The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
VOLUME 94
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940
NUMBER 40
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Canners, Inc. To
Start Contracting
Tomatoes Jan. 1
Contracts To Be
Left Here With
Chamber of Commerce
Canners, Incorporated announce
this week that they will start Janu-
ary 1 contracting tomatoes for their
plant at Rusk. Contracts will be left
with the Rusk Chamber of Commerce
the same as last year. The contract
j)rice will be again ten dollars per
ton.
Commercial canning of tomatoes
in Rusk got off to a big start last
year. While only about two hundred
acres of tomatoes were contracted,
surplus from the unprofitable green
deal provided a large volume of fruit
to tax the capacity of the plant for
several weeks. However, growers
without contracts found themselves
at a great disadvantage in facing
long waits to unload as it was part
of the contract agreement that con-
tract growers would be served first.
During the better part of the canning
season, Canners, Incorporated paid
$12 per ton for choice tomatoes they
had under contract at $10.
The advantage of having a canning
plant to take care of surplus green
deal tomatoes was well demonstrated
here last year. Many growers who
faced losses under ordinary circum-
stances were able to avoid the loss
and make a fair profit by hauling to-
matoes to the canning plant that
would otherwise have rotted in the
field.
Because of the experience of last
year, it is not believed it will be nec-
essary to canvass the county to ob-
tain signers this year. Growers are
asked to call at the chamber of com-
merce office in the city hall and ob-
tain their copies as soon after the
f}rat rf th * vpnr •ji.i. TKp
caners have not indicated whether or
not they will be able to handle an
unlimited amount and it is certain
that in the event the acreage should
be over-subscribed, growers will be
accomodated in the order the con-
tracts are signed.
Rusk Deer Hunters
Have A Good Season
Deer have been plentiful this sea-
son and all fat according to reports
of local deer hunters who have been
exceptionally successful since the
season opened.
Among those to bring home evi-
dence of success in the form of bucks
with a sufficient number of points
are Boots Black, Bill Payne, Bill Sut-
ton, Newton Long, Louis Long, Ed-
(win Dickey and Frank Brunt. Dr. C.
A. Shaw and Dr. M. S. Wheeler
bagged two each and thirteen-year-
old Bill Wallace got one.
Medals Presented
4-H Club Winners
Assistant County Agent Alfred
Crocker is in receipt of specially de-
signed gold medals which have been
awarded Elmer Cole and Harry
Thornton for outstanding 4-H club
work. Cole made the best county rec-
ord in the national meat animal pro-
gram and Thornton ranked highest
in a demonstration for use of elec-
tricity on the farm. Both boys are
members of the Grange Hall club
lead by S. P. Wilcox, teacher.
The awards were presented at an
agricultural meeting and play night
program held Wednesday night at
Grange Hall.
Lon Morris Program
At Methodist Church
The Fine Arts Department of Lon
Morris College will put on a special
program at the Methodist church
next Sunday exening at 7 o'clock.
This program will be furnished by
the <flass in dramatics and speech
and the department of music. It will
consist of a play and a varied pro-
gram of music. The program will be
of the highest class in every way. It
will be both entertaining and inspir-
ational. There is no admission
charge. The public in general is cor-
dially invited to be present. This will
be a program of unusual merit. You
won't want to miss it. Tell your
fiiends about it.
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PROPOSED AUDITORIUM FOR BAPTIST CHURCH
Above is shown a pencil sketch of the proposed auditorium for
the First Baptist Church of Ru sk. The drawing is by Grace
Alice Pryor, of Rusk.
Kiwanians Hear Talk
By Artie Explorer
E. L. Kessler, of Houston, who ac-
companied Admiral Byrd on his ex-
pedition to the south pole, delivered a
splendid address to members of the
Kiwanis ciub at the regular noon
luncheon Tuesday. He had spoken at
the high school earlier in the day.
Mr. Kessler told Kiwanians about
the difficulties encountered in fi-
nancing the expedition, the care in
planning preparations, the trip to the
pole and experiences while there.
Kiwanis Basketeers
Defeat Lions Club
The veteran Kiwanis club football
team handed a 12-4 defeat to the Li-
ons club basketball team in a bas-
ketball game played in the high
school gymnasium Tuesday night. It
was reported before the game that
fouls would be called only in case a
player was held while being slugged.
Referee Armstrong called but one
foul and that was early in the game.
The two counters for the Lions
came in the first minute of play be-
fore the Kiwanians managed to get
the ball to their end of the court.
Then the Kiwanians took the lead
and the Lions had but infrequent
wild throws for the basket for the
remainder of the evening.
Substitutions were frequent with
no Kiwanian playing more than a
quarter at a stretch with the excep-
tion of center Peak, who played prac-
tically the entire game.
L. T. JOH loN
Funeral services foi T. Johnston,
65, of the Oakland community, who
died of a heart attack Tuesday night,
will be postponed unt.. /Saturday
pending the arrival of his son, Joe
Johnston, from Colorado.
Arrangements are in charge of W.
H. Wallace.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
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Help to Protect Your
Home from Tuberculosis
Receipts from seal sales at the
county T. B. Headquarters are com-
ing in some slower than anticipated
with the quota far from reached if
the extensive campaign against tu-
berculosis in Cherokee cunty is to be
carried out as planned.
If possible for them to do so, those
who have received stamps through
the mail are urged to send in their
contributions as soon as possible.
State AAA Committee
Hopes For Big Vote
The outcome ol the cotton market-
ing quota referendum Saturday, De-
cember 7, will have a direct effect
on every cotton farmer in Texas and
the rest of the South.
For the votes of the hundreds of
thousands of cotton producers in
nineteen states will determine wheth-
er quotas will be in effect in 1941,
whether the farmers who cooperate
with the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration program will be pro-
tected from those who refuse to com-
ply, and whether non-cooperators
will be penalized for their failure to
plant within their acreage allot-
ments.
That's what the Texas AAA com-
mittee, meeting in College Station,
pointed out to the cotton producers
of Texas, all of whom are eligible to
vote in the referendum, in a final
statement before the voting begins at
9 a. m. Saturday.
"It is not necessary at this late
date to point out again that we have
on hand a two-year supply of cotton
or that the war has deprived us of
nearly all of our export market, but
every cotton farmer should bear
these important facts in mind when
he goes to vote," the committee said.
"Ample information has been sup-
plied all farmers in regard to these
factors. All farmers already are fa-
miliar with quotas and know how
they operate. Understanding these
matters, they will realize why it is
so important that all who are eligible
to vote do so."
The committee reminded farmers
that everyone who shared in the pro-
ceeds of a cotton crop in 1940 is eli-
gible to vote, regardless of whether
he is complying with the AAA pro-
gram. Two exceptions to this rule
were mentioned: (1) those producing
cotton V/j inches or more in staple
length, which is not subject to quo-
tas, and who are not producing oth-
er cotton, and (2) those, such as hus-
band, wife and children, who partic-
ipated in the production of cotton
under a single rental or cropping
agreement or lease.* In the latter
case, the person who entered into
the agreement or lease is eligible but
the others are not.
No absentee voting by mail, proxy
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POSITIONS OF FOREST
GUARD TO BE FILLED
Announcement has been received
by the Rusk postoffice that competi-
tive examinations for junior and mi-
nor forest guards which carry a
wage stipulation of $4.00 and $2.80
per day when actually employed.
To qualify applicants must have
had three seasons experience with
forest fire control organizations, or
rather extensive experience with
timber, and must not be ov r 35
years of age.
Full information regarding the ex-
aminations may be secured at the
Rusk post office. Applications must
be in by December 19.
FLUE FIRE
The fire department made a run
Tuesday night to the Newton house
formerly occupied by Will Barrows
when a flue burned out.
Texas Highway
Week Observance
Program Tonight
Sam R. Greer To
Address Service
Clubs Of County
All arrangements have been com-
pleted for tonight's luncheon at
Deckard's cafe and the program in
the district court room in observance
of Texas Highway Week. The lunch-
eon will start at seven-thirty with
Sam R. Greer, of the People's Na-
tional Bank, of Tyler, the speaker.
Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions club
members of Rusk, Jacksonville and
Alto will attend the luncheon which
was arranged at the suggestion of
the Texas Good Roads Association.
Ihe general public is invited to at-
tend the meeting in the district court
room where motion pictures of Tex-
as highways and highway work will
be shown immediately following the
luncheon.
James I. Perkins appointed county
chairman by the Texas Good Roads
Association, will call the meeting to
order at seven-thirty and introduce
the toastmaster, Gus S. Blankenship,
of Jacksonville. The invocation will
follow.
Following the luncheon and after
introduction of guests, the guest
speaker will be introduced by B. B.
Perkins. ,
STRING BAND MT. HOPE TONITE
The string band of the Rusk State
Hospital will sponsor a musical en-
j tertainment at the Mt. Hops school
building, Friday night, December 6.
Admission will be ten cents for
adults and five cents for all school
children.
High School Girls Win
Six Of Seven Games
The girls basket ball team of Rusk
high school is already off to a flying
start, having won six out of their
first seven games. The girls last
year won the district and gave a
good showing in the state meet at
Waco. Coach Thomas has great hopes
of again representing this district at
the state meet.
The policy of Rusk high school is
to always bring at least one out-
standing girls' team to Rusk. This
year the west Texas team of Gates-
ville, State Champions in 1939, will
play the Rusk team December 31 and
January 1 in the Rusk gym. These
games will give a comparison of the
type of ball played in East and West
Texas.
Schedule for the Rusk girls
throughout December is as follows:
Bullard, there, December 6.
La Poynor, there, December 10 ,
Maydelle here, December 13.
La Poynor, here, December 17.
Bullard, here, December 19.
Gatesville, here, December 31.
Gatesville, here, January 1.
Baptist Sunday School
Meeting Here Dec. 11
The First Baptist church of Rusk
will be host to Cherokee county Bap-
tists Wednesday, December 11 when
the Associational Sunday School En-
largement Conference gets under
way. The program starts at eleven
o'clock in the morning and closes at
three-thiry. Noon lunch for guests
will be served by the local church.
This work is under the leadership
of S. S. Hopkins, State Sunday
School Secretary. The meeting here
is one of the same type that will be
hskl in all of the 110 associations
throughout Texas in one week.
The program will be under the di-
rection of four Sunday school work-
ers. This is considered one of the
most important expansion programs
ever attempted by the church and
all who can are urged to be present
for the entire day.
This Also Goes For Soil Conservation District
Voters January 14
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IN THE COTTON MARKETING
QUOTA REFERENDUM, DEC. 7
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1941 COTTON MARKETING QUOTA REFEUENlfht BALLOT
Do you favor cotton marketing quotas for the 1941 crop?
U Hi are for quoin pol If job arc •tiinil qaolaa
"X" in ibii bo* pat "I' to thia baa
YES
NO
Cotton producers will have the opportunity on Saturday, December 7,
to decide whether cotton marketing quotas, which have been in effect
during the past three years, will apply to the 1941 crop. Every producer
of cotton should go to his community polling place where he will be
given a ballot, like the one shown above, on which to express his opinion.
It is both a privilege and a duty of each producer to cast his ballot in
the referendum. Whether the referendum is really representative of
the farmers' thinking depends upon the number of producers who vote
on December Z, ...
Rusk Lunch Room
Was Opened Monday
The lunch room sponsored by the
Parent-Teach-r Association opened
Monday when hot, wholesome lunches-
were served to one hundred thirty-
I seven.
Construction of the concrete block
lunch room building- started soon af-
| ter the beginning of school. Many
members of the Parent-Teacher As-
sociation have devoted a great deal
of time to the enterprise. Rusk bus-
iness firms contributed funds to the
undertaking and a portion of the con-
struction labor was donated.
Soil Cons * nation
Meetings In Progress
The schedule of community meet-
ing for explaining the soil conserva-
tion program which will be voted on
December 1 is being carried out this
week.
It is hoped that all land owners
will be thoroughly familiar with the
provisions of the soil conservation
law before the time their ballots are
cast.
Rev. Solomon Accepts
Call To Glade water
Rev. John Solomon, former pas-
tor of the First 1 tvsbyU-rian church
of Rusk has accepted a call from the
Gladewater church, effective Sunday,
December 15, when he will preach his
first sermon there.
Rev. Solomon It ft the church here
after a successful pastorate of three
and a half years to accept a call of
Sunset Presbyterian church at Dal-
las four years ago. He was made
moderator of the Dallas Presbytery
April, 1939.
Plan Big Barbecue
For Company A Men
A farewell party for Company A,
143rd Infantry Tuesday night at the
city park at seven o'clock is being
sponsored by the local post of the
American Legion with Rusk business
firms contributing to the expense of
the barbecue.
A big feed is planned with all
members of Company A and any who
have contributed invited. In the
.event of rain Tuesday night plans
fire to postpone the party until Wed-
nesday night.
Urges Cotton
Producers To
Vote Saturday
• Two Thirds Majority
Necessary To Make
Quotas Mandatory
A call for all eligible Cherokee
County cotton growers to vote in the
marketing quota referendum Satur-
day, December 7, is made by R. R.
Banks, chairman of the County AAA
Committee.
Reviewing the referendum back-
ground, Mr. Banks points out there
are two important facts for growers
to consider: First, that a marketing,
quota is provided by the Agricultur-
al Adjustment Act of 1938 when cot-
ton supplies were 7 per cent or more
above normal, and, Second, that a
two-thirds majority of the growers
voting in the Cotton Belt is required
to put quotas into effect.
Today's cotton supplies are 37 per
cent above normal, he states. The
world supply of American cotton is
estimated at 25 million bales, as com-
pared to the normal supply—which
j is made up of normal exports and do-
| mestic consumption plus an adequate
| allowance for carry-over—of about
j IS million bales.
Mr. Banks declares that increased
i world consumption of American cot-
| ton is not indicated in the immediate
future. Past history shows that war
| conditions not only cut down the na-
I tion's cotton exports, but also reduce
| world consumption, he says.
"Each grower has a vital interest
I in working toward the best price pos-
i sible ioi- his cotton," Mr. Banks
| .states, "lie needs to consider market-
; ing quotas in terms of surplus cot-
| ton supplies and reduced consump-
j tion due to the present European
! war.
"Every farmer who produced cot-
j ton :n 1940 should go to his commun-
jity polling place December 7, and ex-
■ press his opinion on quotas for 1941.
A large majority of cotton growers
i voting will mean that the referen-
i dum outcome represents the true
i opinion of producers as a whole."
Cotton loans, which have heiped
th.L- year in maintaining cotton farm-
| e. s' incomes, can be made available
to cotton growers in 1941 only if
mark, ting quotas arc approved in the
referendum December 7. The Ag'ri-
ctiltUiul Adjustnu-rt Act of; 1938
specifically provides that if quotas
are proclaimed and then voted down,
loans cannot be made, points out R.
R. Banks, chairman of the County
AAA Committee.
"With the present restricted ex-
port outlets, and in spite of an ex-
panding domestic consumption, cot-
ton today probably would be selling
for the lowest price in history, were
it not for loans which have placed a
floor under the price," Mr. Banks as-
serts.
He pointed out that if marketing
quotas are not approved in the re-
ferendum December 7, th;- 1940 cot-
ton loan program will have to cease
at the time ballot results are an-
nounced, and a loan could not again
be available until August 1942.
I; quotas are appro and it
loans are made available, growers
who plant within their at . . i. - allot-
ment are eligible for loans on all cot-
ton they produce in 1911, Mr, Banks
■ays. Those who overplftnt thiir al-
lotments are eligible for loans only
on cot .on produced in excess oi their
marketing quotas, and then only at
till per cent of the loan rate for co-
operating producers.
Present Pageant For
Underprivileged Fund
A pageant the proceeds of which
will go to underprivileged children,
will be sponsored by the Parent-
Teacher Association Thursday night,
December 16, under the direction of
Mrs. Hugh Lester.
It is reported that an impressive
and worth-while program will be
given. It will start at 7:15 and an
admission charge of 10c and 15c will
be made.
REV. SOLOMON'S MOTHER DIES
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at Haskell for the
mother of Rev. John Solomon, who
died there early Tuesday afer sev-
eral days critical illneia.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1940, newspaper, December 6, 1940; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325819/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.