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My goodness, have you
noticed the work in
progress on U.S. 69?
TxDOT is busy busy resurfac-
ing this major thoroughfare
in our area. This agency of
state government is so essen-
tial to growth and develop-
ment. It is good when tour-
ists, visitors come to enjoy
beautiful East Texas and find
their travels so enjoyable. We
are further blessed with the
recent re-appointment of our
outstanding citizen, Robert
Nichols, to the TxDOT Board of Commission-
ers. It is a six year term and all of us can be
proud of him. Gov. Rick Perry is to be com-
mended for his wisdom in keeping experience
at work for us!
Have you noticed the happy smiles on the
faces of Harold and Margaret Porter? For
good reason! They have a new grand boy. He
is Ryan Phillip Porter, the son of Brian
and Margene. His sister, Sarah Elizabeth,
will celebrate her third birthday June 30.
Ryan was born June 17.
Our former staff member, Joseph Brooks,
is serving us in Iraq. He recently had time to
send a message which we want to share with
you.
"I'm doing OK, currently in Iraq and have
been here since February. I should get to
come home in September, I hope! It seems
like it has been forever, I still get the paper
here and I read up on how things are back
home. I've received quite a bit of mail from
people who saw the article (about me) in the
paper. I'm with the Marine Infantry Division
keeping peace here in Iraq. It gets really hot
here, today about 125 in the shade and miser-
able. I get to make phone calls home every
once in a while and it's good to hear famil-
iar voices. I am going to take orders to Fort
Worth in September for three years at the
Naval Air Station there. I've been all over the
world in my five years in the Navy and don't
regret one bit of it. From Japan to Puerto Rico
and then now here, but I would much rather
be somewhere else in the world, but that is
what was asked from me so I do it. I hope to
be back in the good old USA soon!''
You may e-mail him at <BrooksJW@imefdm
usmc.mil>
If you write, tell him hello for all of us!
Friend Frank Gillespie keeps me laugh-
ing. He e-mails, "God wants spiritual fruit,
not religious nuts.'' And then he adds, "Life is
uncertain. Eat dessert first."
A former Ruskite was the subject of an
article in the March Texas Logger magazine
shared with us. He is Dennis Berryhill,
president and CEO of Fleetwood Transporta-
tion Services Inc. No doubt you have seen this
vehicle many times while traveling Texas. His
company moves forest products, an average of
4,000 truckloads each week. Dennis has been
with the company since 1989.
Then, the tractor count was
94. Today the tractor count
has grown to 450. The execu-
tive says Fleetwoods mission
is to provide the best cus-
tomer service for the trans-
portation of wood by-products
and flatbed commodities. The
company is based in Diboll
but he lives in Tyler with a
farm in Atoy, where he grew
up. Dennis and wife Brenda
have four sons, two in Los
Angeles and two in Tyler.
He is a graduate of Rusk High School and
attended Tyler Junior College and Stephen F.
Austin State University in Nacogdoches. He
and Brenda enjoy raising miniature donkeys
at Atoy! His parents are the late Julian and
Jewell Berryhill of Atoy.
His company, at the article's writing,
expected to have a 2002 gross revenue in
excess of $51 million. No kidding! This is
another success story of "home town boy
makes good!" We always appreciate hearing
good news!
Another former Rusk citizen moving on up
is Jessica Brooks. She is the daughter of
Lewie and Elaine Byers. And, she is help-
ing with a work of major importance! After
graduation from SFASU in 2000 she took her
BBA degree and went to work at NASA asa
contract specialist working with construction.
It is fun to say, "I know someone who has con-
nections in space!''
We wish better days for all those who are
under the weather and/or having tests to
determine if they are under the weather!
Zuma Huddleston got a good report
recently, meaning she's under house arrest
while she builds her strength! No more jog-
ging and such until she puts on some weight!
She really is better and in great spirits! Judy
Banks Ramey was to have a heart cather-
ization process during which she requests
prayers. A blockage had been inchoated ear-
lier. Her dear mom is Lynn Marie Banks.
Sister is Diane Norton. I even know her
brother Bob in Richardson! You can tell her
family is special to us. And we do wish her
the best at ETMC Tyler.
Judging by what I've seen in passing by.
Norma Black and her family had a birth-
day party recently at her home on FM 2972.
About three of them share June birthdays,
so they try to join for a celebration each year
about this time.
Looks hke I've run out of notes for writ-
ing, except Frank Gillespie, who says, "There
is no key to happiness. The door is always
open!'' Next week we hope to share with you
a few memories of one who was here! Mr.
M. M. Troublefield relates the way we
were on the south, west and east sides of the
square...more than 50 years ago!
Keep smiling!
Alto Lions Club
By Bonnie Houston
Special to the Cherokeean/Herald
Alto Lions Clubhadofficerinstallation, new
member induction and member appreciation
ceremonies Tuesday evening at A. Frank
Smith Methodist Church fellowship hall.
District Treasurer, Lion Harold Yost, con-
ducted new officer installation and new
member induction.
New Lions Club Officers are: Harry
Vanderveer, president; Cecil Miles, first vice
president; Steve Winfield, second vice presi-
dent; Don White, third vice president; Debbie
White, secretary; Kyle Griffith, treasurer;
Larry Griffith, lion tamer; Jimmy Selman,
tail twister; and Randy Sturrock, member-
ship chairman.
New chairman of the boardis Bonnie Hous-
ton; one-year directors are John Ferguson
and Jimmy Houston; two-year directors are
David Middleton and Lawana Patterson.
Officer training was held in Nacogdoches
on June 21.
The president's appreciation award was
presented to numerous members who have
made the past year productive and special
for Alto Lions Club, and was also presented
to two non-members who have done much
to help our club. Holly Middleton and Zelda
Herman. A special "thank you,'' to these two
laches and to the many Lions Club members
who have given so much of themselves as
we work together to fulfill our motto, "We
serve."
Lion Jimmy Selman earned the perfect
attendance award, and the funcl-raiser award.
Lion Cecil Miles was awarded the outstanding
service award and Lion of the Year.
Lions Lawayne Sheffield, John Ferguson
and Davicl Middleton were given Leo Club
sponsorship awards. Lion Middleton also
earned awards for Citizen of the Year and
Distinguished Service. Lion Middleton will
Serve District 2S-1 as vice district governor
for 2003-04.
Awelcome guest attending the program was
Larry Dearman. Thanks for coming, Larry,
and come back soon.
The organizational meeting for the Alto
Chamber of Commerce was held at the Alto
Lions Club building in clowntownAlto on June
24. Alto Lions Club is proucl to have chosen
the formation of the new chamber as a club
project this year.
The first Friday fish fry will be right on
schedule as we all celebrate our nation's
birthday on July 4. Enjoy delicious fish
before firecrackers. Serving hours are 5-8
p.m., and it will be almost dark enough for
fireworks when the fish fry is over. So bring
the family come on out and join us for fun,
food and fellowship.
News reports continue to prove the clanger
in which our members of the armeel services
hve and serve our nation. Let us not grow
weary in well-cloing, pray daily for our men
and women in harm's way, anclfor our nation's
leaders. Gocl bless the USA.
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Things had been pretty
quiet along El Camino
Real until Sunday
afternoon when the hghts
went off during the hottest
part of the clay. Evening
church services across town
were held in the dimming
afternoon hght. Preachers
were forced to get their mes-
sage across a httle quicker
before the heat and the dark
ness overtook their congre-
gations. Folks that tended
to sleep through the services were the only
ones happy. With Sunday afternoon being
my usual time to give you good people your
four bits worth, I was sent scrambling to find
a place with electricity to hammer out this
story.
Baseball and Bible school kept youngsters
hopping this week between the First Baptist
Church and the baseball fields. As soon as
the last out was called kicls hurried from the
fields in their baseball uniforms to attend
Bible School. The theme of this year 's Bible
School was Son Harvest County Fair. A big
crowd of youngsters attended every night,
which makes me think this is going to be
a good year for our areas Bible schools. A
program of singing was held on Friday night
to show off all the kicls in attendance. Hope-
fully we'll be seeing the fruits of our harvests
in not too many years as these young people
grow up to be fine young adults. A big thanks
to all the people who work hard to make
our Bible schools in Alto a big success. The
smiles on the children s faces are a guarantee
that your doing a great job.
I ran into J. C. Carroll last week at the
Pic-N-Go and he tolcl me about his orcleal at
the hospital. The rumor mill in Alto had been
working and I heard that J.C. had passed on
earlier in the week. When I saw him in the
store he tolcl me that he had checl once last
week when he had a bad reaction to some
medicine at the hospital. Luckily they were
able to get him going again and he was look-
ing great when I saw him. Mechcine can be
scary stuff sometime. I'm glacl the good Lord
was watching over the Carroll family through
this orcleal.
Larry and Betty Davis are celebrnl ing
their 48th wedchng anniversary on June 25.
I'm sure those 48 years would have passed a
lot quicker if they wouldn't have had to raise
us three kicls along the way. Things weren't
always smooth sailing but at least they kept
the boat afloat. You can builcl up a lot of
memories in that many years and I know that
when they look back they'll see that most of
them were fond ones. Happy anniversary
Mother and Daclcly!
All the rain we had last week set my yard
and garden to growing at break neck speed,
so that I had trouble keeping up with them.
When I attempted to mow the yard my lawn
mower broke clown before I coulcl finish.
Virgil has worn ruts in the yard coming
back and forth over to my house trying to
get me to clo stuff for him. On Friday I had
to sharpen the blades on his mower and fix
o
Chris Davis
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a flat. He was waiting on
me by the time I got in from
Rusk. When I got his mower
up and running I tolcl him
that he was going to have to
finish mowing my front yard.
He didn't complain about the
Work, which I thought Was
very unusual. However I chcl
have several calls about why
I was making a 92-year-olcl
man mow my yard. I don't
think that you are ever too
old to learn that there is
no free riele in this world. We nearly had a
catastrophe in my garden on Saturday when
Virgil decided to chive clown one of the rows
to check out my bell pepper crop. He chcl
fine going in but he almost ran over all my
cucumbers trying to back out. I tolcl him not
to be chiving through my garden anymore on
that hanchcap scooter. Sometimes I think I'd
have better luck farming in the country and
contenchng with the cleer than in town where
I have to contend with Virgil.
I tried to make conversation with my
mother-in-law last week and was telling her
about what a fine crop of peas I had coming
on. She started complaining and said that I
didn't give her any peas last year to go in her
deep freeze. I chstinctly remember carrying
her at least one bushel and she complained
about having to shell them for a good week.
After that I just put them up in my deep
freeze and tolcl her to come and get what she
wanted when she needed them. It sounclecl
hke a deal to me, but I learned a long time
ago that you can't please a mother-in-law. It
just isn't in their nature.
Everyone is getting geared up for the big
Fourth of July celebration in Rusk on Friday
of next week. If you missed it last year then
you ought to make a big effort to show up for
this year's celebration and parade. I macle
the mistake of being a judge in last year 's
apple pie contest and after tasting all those
pies, I haven't been hungry for apple pie
since. With the recent war in Iraq coming to
a close it seems that the Fourth of July will
have an even bigger meaning as we celebrate
another year of our nation's freedom.
I went to Sunday school this week and
after hstening to our lesson I've come to the
realization that I might have been meant for
another religion hke Buddhism. The Sunday
school teacher Was talking about how we
needed to strive to be more Christ hke in our
hves and it macle real good sense, but when I
look in the mirror I just can't see any resem-
blance. As I get older and rounder I find
myself looking more hke one of those statues
of Buclclha than Christ. If they pul a weight
limit in Heaven I'm afraid that peas, corn-
breacl and homegrown tomatoes are going to
keep me out.
I better wind this week's rambling to a close
and go and try to find a cool spot until the
hghts come on. If you're traveling somewhere
this week on a vacation please be careful
going and coming. I'll see ya next week! And
remember: He who laughs last probably
didn't understand the joke.
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