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Page 2A—CHEROKEEAN/HERALP of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, October 19,2000
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CIjerokeeap/Herald
October 19,2000
Emmalt H. Whitehead
publisher
Marie Whitehead
•dltor
Texas' oldest continuously
publlshsd weekly newspaper.
Establlshsd as the Chsrokse
Ssntlnsl Fsb. 27,1850
Jim Hogg State
Historical Park, Rusk
Caddoan Mounds State
Historical Site, Alto
Texas State Railroad State
Historical Park, Rusk
Scene in Passing
Marie Whitehead
editor@mediactr.com
Those of us who were here
know how beautiful the
weather was for the
32nd annual Indian Summer
Festival. We are still critically
dry...and would have welcomed
a "rain-out" for the weekend, if
we'd been asked. Anyway, it
didn't rain anything out and a
good time was managed by all
just the same.
Many persons gave hundreds
of hours to make it possible for
this event to come together.
The Pioneer Festival in Foot-
bridge Park, arts and crafts
around the square, musical entertainment cour-
tesy of the Church on the Hill, "Oklahoma" by the
Cherokee Civic Theatre and sounds of the Texas
State Railroad offered the happy time hoped for
each visitor. By your reading of this, it is quite
likely we will have had a couple of inches of rain.
That rhay be a bit optimistic, but why not? When
you're at the bottom of the barrel, there's no place
to go but up." Thank you Chamber President
Kenneth Melvin and Manager Louise Morriss for
all you and your people accomplish. Now, before
you pack away your "fun clothes" keep one eye on
the November 4 celebration planned by Main
Street. It's a townwide homecoming unlike any
before. More details later.
How delightful to hear from Gladys Clapp last
week with an answer for a recent question in this
space. How big is a league of land? She says 4,605
acres . And how much is a labor of land? She says
177 acres. Mrs. Clapp says they moved here
several years ago, to the Spivey Place about five
miles south of Rusk, in the community of Salem.
She has done a lot of research, family genealogy,
and ohe knows these things. Her call tied to a
question stemming from the mysterious marriage
license. This calls for prodding your memory a Dit.
Johnny James sought our help via e-mail. Duly
reported here, help came almost immediately. But
we had trouble with his e-mail address. This info
really belongs to our El Camino Real writer Chris
Davis because he was the one who broke the case.
Broke the code. Got through to somebody, some-
where. If he doesn't cover it this week, I'll tell what
I know next week. And thank you Mrs. Clapp for
enlightening the granddaughter of a surveyor. I
should have known.
An e-mail from Eva Lee Sartain's special child,
Tommye Pickett, conveys the info that Saturday,
Oct. 8 was a special day for her Mom, Eva Lee. She
celebrated her 80th birthday (she doesn't look it)
with a surprise birthday party hosted by her
children. These included Jim and Debbie Sartain
of Waco, Bob rfhd Pam Sartain of Birmingham and
Jane and Les Woods of Palestine, Mike Sartain of
Waco and Tommye Pickett of Rusk. They booked
Sadler's Party Room in Jacksonville. Nine grand-
children and three great grandchildren were
among the special honorees. One
of them, eight-year old Natalie of
Birmingham shares her
Grandmom's birth date. Another
birthday noted was that of Eva
Lee's sister, Lois Spradling, who
recently celebrated 82 years
young. A total of 75 persons
shared in the celebration. Son
Jim Sartain served as master of
ceremonies. Members of the
Brunt/Boyd families were among
the guests. They recalled early
days of growing up in Alto. Steve
Slover, a nephew, sang the
moving song, "In This Very
Room," as a tribute to the honorees. After the
Happy Birthday Song and cutting of the cake
everyone enjoyed visitation and picture-taking.
Don't you know they had a memory-making
evening? And among others celebrating landmark
events, there's Mr. and Mrs. Karl Greene. Found
them on the square Saturday, one of our quality
exhibitors with wooden furniture pieces. And you
know what? They were observing their 67th
wedding anniversary. And they still don't look it.
Happy, great wishes for many more to this fine
couple.
Congratulations are also in order to one of the
younger generation. Crystal Munsinger, a student
in Louisiana, continues to win in track competi-
tion. Her latest also saw a win by Tameka
Gardner, recent Rusk High grad. Visitor to our
office last week was Renata Nunn, widow of the
late artist Ancel Nunn. With her was her beauti-
ful, namesake niece from West Germany. It was so
unexpected to see her in the pre-Indian Summer
Festival days, but so appropriate. HeHhusband
had been one of our Advisory Board members for
the first Indian Summer Festival staged in 1969.
A quick visit to Wells Thursday confirmed with
the camera what we had been told. A beautiful
sign proclaims the "winning edge" which belongs to
all students of Wells ISD. They have been declared
"exemplary" under the TAAS rules. And that is not
easy. Congrats to all of the young people, faculty,
administrators and board members.
Among the familiar faces seen in that brief visit
were Dale Morton, superintendent, Wendy Collins,
Dee Carter and C. W. Williams. At the Fair
Saturday we found Wendy browsing with spouse
and two kiddos, and Mr. Williams and Son were
Exhibitors of beautiful, metal artwork.
Last week, Carolyn Thompson returned from a
visit to her brother's and family in San Francisco.
She accompanied her Mom-in-Law who stayed on
for a longer visit. It was hard for the train and
park to remain on course while she traveled.
Another pair of travelers were Carmen and
Gladys Dotson who are sisters-in-law. They made
a visit to Kemah a couple weeks ago to hear
Please see SCENE IN PASSING, page 8A
High Points From El Camino Real
October on El Camino
Real is always a very
busy month. The Alto
Homecoming Festival is just a
week away and things are really
hopping. I almost took over the
paper last week and I apologize,
but they left some out the week
before and I had to catch up. I
don't want anyone to ever say
that I didn't give them their
quarter's worth.
We are glad to have Rose
Peacock back home after
surgery last week. She is doing
just fine the last time I checked. Keep her in your
prayers in case Elvin is doing the cooking until
she recovers. Get well soon, Rose!
I just heard that Verline Birdsong has been
real sick. I think she is on the upswing by now,
but throw an extra prayer her way just to make
sure.
A trio of Alto ladies, Dorothy McDaniels,
Micky Lilly and Nelda Lawson went on a trip to
the Southern Gospel Singing Convention in
Louisville, Kentucky Sept. 19 and stayed until the
24th. The ladies had a great time and even took a
river boat cruise while they were gone. They
headed north to see Indiana before returning
home. They didn't say whether they went to sing
or just listen, but either way, I bet there were some
tunes hummed, all the way home. No telling what
went on at the Texaco station without Nelda there
to keep the riff-raff runof^I bet Willed
ancíthé boys hiacl a fieja day. We're glau
to have you ladies bawsáte knd sound'.
Max and Zelda Herman added
another grandchild to their family.
Their daughter, Kimberly, and her
husband, David Lemm, are the proud
parents of Travis Ray Lemm, who was
born on Oct. 5. The little boy waB a real
whopper weighing in at 9 lbs. 12 oz. The
family lives down in Spring. This is Max
and Zelda's fifth grandchild. Congratu-
lations on the new family addition!
The Alto Missionary Baptist
Church is having an Auction Oct. 21
starting around 10 a.m. Charcoal
hamburgers will be sold during lunch.
There will also be pony rides available
for the kids. The church is trying to raise
money to purchase a Church Camp in
Romania. If you haven't seen the
church's new facilities, this will be your
chance to stop by and take a tour. Who
knows, you might even find a bargain
you can't live without. I don't think
Virgil ever went to church camp when he
was a little boy. This sounds like a nice
Chris Davis
e-mail: elcamlnoreal@lnu.net
make him some reservations.
Work at the Stella Hill
Memorial Library continues at
a fevered pace getting ready for
its dedication Oct. 28 during the '
Alto Homecoming Festival.
Mary Nell Danheim wanted me
to remind people about the big
plaque that Will be hanging in
the library with brass plates^to ^
honor loved o'nes passed with a '
memorial or Honor those living
or just get yoür name on the
plaque. If yoA want something
on the plaque, all you have to do
is give a $100 donation to the library. Mary Nell
Danheim can be reached at 936-858-3749 for more
details.
Mavis aka "Mazy" Overby sent word for me to
come by her house on Friday afternoon. She had
finally made contact with Johnny James of
Longview who had been seeking to deliver a letter
addressed to her in 1938 that he found in an old
trunk. The envelope contained the marriage
license of her parents from 1906 and some hand-
written poems. Ms. Overby said that the hand-
writing was hers and that she wrote poems, but
couldn't remember writing these. Mazy lived with
Johnny's grandparents on the black top road going
to Cold Springs when she was a young woman.
The marriage license was in remarkable shape
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camp for him, so I may go ahead and
"Mazy" Overby finally receives s letter addressed to her In
1938. It was hand-dsllvered by Johnny James of Longview,
who found the letter in sn old trunk In a barn.
Alto Middle School Students Speak Out on Voting Rights
Parents should vote to elect responsible president Awesome president can be elected if everyone votes
By Lakandra Woodard
Alto Middle School, 7th grade
It has come to my attention that you are
considering getting a child's opinion of why
they think the parents should vote. Here
are my reasons why I think that parents
should vote.
First of all, parents want a responsible
president. Secondly, I think parents should
vote to preserve freedom and last of all, I
think parents should vote for protection.
First of all, parents want a responsible
president. For example, a parent wouldn't
want a president who wouldn't take care
Lakandra
Woodard
problems.
Secondly, I think parents should vote to
preserve freedom. For example, I wouldn't
want to live in a country that isn't free.
Would you?
Last of all, I think parents should vote for
protection. For example, a responsible presi-
dent is supposed to protect his people and
his country.
In conclusion, I think parents should vote.
Here are my reasons. First of all, parents
want a responsible president.
of their
Secondly, I think parents should vote to
preserve freedom and last of all, I think parents
should vote for protection.
Voting is a crucial part in the future of this country
By Garrett Davis
At,to Middle School, 7th grade
1 think my parents should exercise their
right to vote because the right to vote is
given in the U.S. Constitution. Some coun-
tries don't have the right to vote and if you
don't vete, your opinion won't be heard.
Our forefathers decided that citizens of
this country should have the right to vote.
You are not allowed to vote if you have been
convicted of a felony or are not a citizen of
the United States. It is stated in the amend-
mentofthe U.S. Constitution. Therefore if you do not
commit any felonies and you are a member of the
Garrett
Davis
United States, then you are eligible to
vote.
Our United States is very lucky to have
the right to vote. Some countries do not
have the right to vote. Some are run com-
pletely by monarchs and similar leaders.
If you do not vote, then your opinion will
not be heard. Leaders with different views
than you could be elected to represent the
country. Voting is the right tochoose people
for offices that have the same ideas as you
do.
■■■ Voting is a crucial part in the future of
this country. Whether or not our parents
vote determines whether we live free lives when we
grow up to he adults.
By Tisha Hamilton
Alto Middle School , 7th grade
The question came about, "Why should
your parents vote?" I think they should
vote to elect a president, we look up to our
parents, and there was a time that not
everybody could vote, they have freedom
now. My opinion our parents should vote.
I think our parents should vote to elect a
president. Our parents should vote for a
president that will help all the states,
cities, schools, our parents need to vote for
a strong leader.
If our parents vote and even the people who do not
have children (that are not parents) voted we could
get an awesome president, somebody that will help
us, like our parents do.
It's important that our parents vote because we
look up to them. If they vote we learn from them and
why they vote what they vote. When they show us the
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right way and why to vote, we can show our
kids how to do right and vote and they will
look up to us, and their kids can look up to
them.
There was a time when certain races, or a
certain type of people could not vote. Our
parents should vote specially if you could
not vote at one time. For example, there
was a time when people would kill you for
certain things like if you had glasses, you
were dead. Why? Because they thought you
were smart they didn't want that, they just
wanted dummies somebody that act like a
little puppy. Also black African Americans
had to fight for freedom, to vote, and to stop being
treated like trash. Anyway, my point is parents
should vote.
That's my reason why I think parents should vote.
I do not care what race you are vote, we need a strong,
good, helpful president, so we need strong, good,
helpful parents to vote. As I said back in my introduc-
tion, I do think parents should vote. So vote, vote.
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