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Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
Volume 97
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1943
NUMBER 35
Report Progress
Being Made On
Blast Furnace |
McCrossin Flew
Here For Short
Time Saturday
Robert Long, Electrician's Mate 2c
xxf Washington/ D. C. visited his
mother, Mrs. E. W. Long and other
relatives here this week.
A telegram received Wednesday
revealed that satisfactory progress
was being made for final approval
of the propose^ blast furnace at Rusk
which several days ago was approved
by Donald M. Nelson, 'chairman of
the War Production Board. It is thot
it will be ready for action by the De-
fense Plant Corporation by the first
of next week.
Col. E. F. McCrossin, head of the
operating company, flew to Dallas
last Friday and came to Rusk for a
short time Saturday to attend to lo-
cal matters which neded his atten-
tion. While here he took several rolls
of motion pictures of the plant site
and scenes about town including the
square and school facilities.
MEN 4F WAR
Relatives of "Pinky" Ph'llips left
for Dallas Thursday to meet him. He
has been recuperating in a west coast
hospital afer seeing several months
service in the JMarine Signal Corps.
^ Pvt. James Earl McGaughey of
Foster Field spent the weekend in
iRusk.
Lt. Col. J. Collier Rucker, son of
Mrs. Joe B. Copeland, who is in the
Medical Corps of the U. S. Army,
has landed safely in England.
Corp. Chas. Cummings of Elling-
ton Field is spending a furlough here
with his sister, Miss Geneva Cum-
mings.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Thompson,
Rusk Route 2, haw bear notified
that their son, Arthur 0. Thompson
Sic has recently received rating of
El&ctrician's Mate 3c. Young Thomp-
son is wth Ships Repair Unit, San
Diego, California.
Pfc. Derius J. Sessions of Catmp
Tyson, Tenn. is spending a furlough
here with Mrs. Sessions.
Randolph Odom, seaman 2c writes
his mother, Mrs. Dollie Odom, from
Corpus Chrisi that he' is being trans-
ferred to a radio school. Randolph
left Rusk September 7.
j Granville Boyd, Gunners Mate, 3c
returned to duty at San Francisco
this week after visiting here with
his parents, Mr. and M'rs. Roy Boyd.
Sgt. J. 0. Summers of Camp Shel-
by, Miss, is spending a furlough
here with his mother, Mrs. E. L.
Summers. _•
For the next few weeks Byford H.
Sparkman, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Sparkman will undego a limited
training period to condition him for
duty with the United States Navy.
At the conclusion of his training per-
iod at Farragut, Idaho, he will be
given a 15-day leave before being as-
signed to duty at one of the shore
stations in the United States or to a
base on foreign shores.
Corporal and Mlrs. F. M. Draper
announce the arrival of a nine-pound
son, Stanley Mac, October 1st at a
Jacksonville hospital.
Corporal F. M. Draper has return-
ed to Camp Breckenridge, Ky. <#fter
spending a 10-day furlough here wih
Mrs. Draper and other relatives.
C. L. Langston has received word
that his brother-in-law, >Capt. Jim
L. Hargrove, of Randolph Field, has
graduated from Instructors' Train-,
ing School with flying colors.
Sgt. and Mrs. W. T. Boyd, who
' have been visiting in the Ed Derrick
and Roy Bojd homes, have returned
to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
INJURED AT FORT BENNING
Pfc. Joseph 'Clark of the Anti-tank
Company, 300th Infantry of The In-
fantry School Troops, Fort Benning,
Ga., is in Station Hospital recover-
ing from leg injuries received when
he picked up a dud during a detail
assigned to policing Bickford Range.
The dud exploded injuring him so
badly that it was first 'believed his
leg-s might have to be amputated.
He was visited by an officer who
said to him, "You're a mighty good
soldier."
Private Clark TOplied "No, sir,
I'm not. If I was a good soldier, I
wouldn't have picked up that dud in
the first place."
Clark is the son of Mrs. A. t.
Clark of Rusk, Route 4.
The Rusk Area
Goes Over Top.
On Bond Sales
No Quotas For
October But Will
Be For November
A big -spurt in bond sales Friday
and Saturday put the Rusk area ov-
er the top on its quota of Third War
Loan bond sales with a total of
$232,793.75. The quota was $232,-
176.00.
Cherokee county as a whole went
over by slightly in excess of $70,000
or $70,233.85 to be exact. This is
for sales reported through October 2.
The quota for the county was $967,-
400.00 and sales amounted to $1,-
087,633.85. .
This is on bond sales up to and
including October 2 and known as
the September Third War Loan Quo-
tas. Actually, the excess will be con-
siderably more than this because the
Treasury Department has announced
that all series E bonds reported to
the Federal Reserve Bank by Octo
ber 16 will be credited to September
quotas.
Because of this arrangement, it
was announced by the Treasury De-
partment that there will be no quotas
set for October. However, people are
reminded that there will be a quota
for November.
, Five rural communities in the Rusk
area lead in exceeding their quotas.
Those communities are Maydelle,
Oakland, Reklaw, Atoy and Bulah.
The order in which they are named
has no relation to the amounts by
which they exceeded their quotas.
Teachers To Attend
Palestine Meeting
A number of Cherokee county
teachers are expected to go to Pal
estine October 14 to attend a meet-
ing at three o'clock ih the afternoon
at the courthouse at which Dr. J. R
Griggs, 'Chief High School Supervis-
or and Curriculum Director, will be
the main speaker, according to C. L.
Langston, County Superintendent.
All principals, superintendents and
county superintendents in this area
are invited as well as any others who
may be interested, -
MRS. SALLIE DURHAM McGILL
Mrs. Sallie Durham MfeGill died
last Thursday at her home in Forest,
She is survived by her husband,
J. F. McGill; five daughters, Susie,
Ada, Ida, Mrs. Lelia Goff and Jim
mie Frank all of Forest; two sons,
Joe of Rusk and Charlie Bruce with
the U. S. Aiimy in Australia. She is
also survived by two brothers, John
Durham of Alto; Walter Durham of
Forest and one sister, Mrs. Jennie
McGill of Geaumont; and three
grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
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L. A. TANNERY
Funeral services were held at Mt.
Zion cerrtetery at 3:30 September 26
for L. A. Tannery, 86, who died in a
Houston hospital.
Rev. L. A. Thigpen of Alto had
charge of the services. Burial was
made in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
He is survived by two daughters,
jMjrs. Annie Quiimby of Rusk and
Mrs. Viola Stewart of Houston and a
son, H. E. Tannery, of Houston.
Mr. Tannery was born in South
Carolina and came to Cherokee coun-
ty with his parents when he was six
years old. He was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Rusk.
Rusk Quota For
Is $3,870.40
United War Fund
'Flans For Big
Drive Are Being
Worked Out Now
Rusk's quota for, the United War
Fund has been set at $3,870.40, it
was announced this week by local
chairman Melvin Sessions following
a district conference at Tyler Wed-
nesday. The county quota of $16,127
was broken down on the same basis
as the Third War Loan quota with
twenty-four per cent being assigned
to Rusk.
This represents' the largest chari-
table contribution Rusk has ever
been asked to make, exceeding by
$1,870.40 the quota asked for the
Red Cross last spring. However, it
will be remembered that Rusk area
almost doubled the Red Cross quota
by raising $3,779.47 which is just
about $100 under the quota for the
United JVar Fund.
- Preliminary arrangements are now
being worked out for the big drive
and complete announcements will be
made next week, Mr. Sessions said.
Human Calendar
In Rusk Monday
If you are on the verge of domes
tic rift because you can't recall the
lay of the week you were married,
or if you can't answer young John
ny's query as to the day he came
into the world, you can stop worry-
ing.
In Rusk Monday was a mon who
can recall not only these dates, but
'v^ithourtJ a second's hesitation the
day of the week which belongs to
any date from pre-civil war days to
the present and then on into ther fu-
ture farther than ' anyone is likely
to be interested.
J. W. Bowen, known to citizens of
Beckville, Texas, as a Panola county
farmer is cited by Robert Ripley as
the world's "human calendar."
The exraordinary gift, for it is not
a mathematical system, but an in-
stinct—was first discovered in Bowen
when as a child he was found to pos-
sess a magnetic attraction toward
calendars. His parents thought little
of the strange power their boy had,
and so the world heard nothing of
the unusual wizard of dates until a
few years ago.
Asked how he explained the phe-
nomenon, Bowen said: "I do not
know. I only know that when I hear
a date as though it were written in
front of me the day of the week
flashes on imy brain. I don't have to
figure. It is just there."
Doctors have examined the calen-
dar genius and have no explanation,
unless it is that he was born with
an extra brain cell which registers
dates, Bowen said.
So if you are in need of help in
learning the day of any historic or
personal date from the days of King
Tut oh to the dreamed-of era of
rocket ships and supermen, seek out
this Panola county farmer who won't
keap you waiting long enough
wink and eyelash.
LOCAL FOOTBALL BY
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
Two football teams of the Rusk
high ^hool dubbed the Blacks and
the Whites, clashed on Musick Field
last Friday afternoon wth a 6-0 vic-
tory resulting for the Whites, cap-
tained by Jei^y Chapman.
Chapman made the only touch-
down of the game. Durwood Price is
captain of the Blacks. ,
COUNTY PTA TO MEET HERE
The County Council of Parent-
Teacher Associations will meet in
Rusk for an all-day session on Sat-
urday, October 16. t
The home economics department of
the senior high school will cooperate
with the local PTA in serving lunch.
There will be a varied program of
plans and discussions. Mrs. Virginia
W. Scharborough of the University
of Texas will be one of the featured
speakers.
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ELIJAH THOMIAS TRAYLOR
Funeral services were held at 3:30
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. M. H. Schluter for Elijah Thom-
as Traylor, 78, who died at 7:20 Sat-
urday.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Gene Roach of Maydelle. Burial was
made in Pleasant Grove cemetery.
He is Survived, by his widow, Mrs.
Georgia Ann Traylor; seven sons,
Robert and Wesley, of Rusk; Walter
of Gordon; Floyd of Dallas; Willie
of Maydelle; Simon of Tecula and
Ralph of the U. S. Army, overseas;
two daughters, Mrs. ;Lu!a Ryder and
Mrs.. Betty Dixon of Rusk; one broth-
er, Floyd Traylor of Austin and one
sister, Mrs. Rachel Reed of Palestine;
45 grandchildren and twenty great-
grandchildren. Three of the grand-
sons are in military service.
Pallbearers were Jess Benge, J. J.
Pike, Bowie Arnwine, Hosea Jones,
Horace Jones and Morris Lee.
NEW LEGION MEMBERS
The local American Legion post
rcached a total membership of sev-
enty-three this week as the follow
ing paid dues for the coming year:
D. B. Lawson, V. ML Holmes, Ben
F. Bailey, S. R. Yorbrough, Frazer
Guinn, Will Barnes, Louis C. Hart,
Wm. A. McCarty and Robert Riley
Pierce.
Register Oct. 21-23
At Schoolhouses
For Ration Book 4
Instructions Sent
To Teachers Who
Will Handle Job
Ration book No. 4 will be issued
October 21 to October 23 inclusive,
it has been announced with teachers
of the state handling the job again.
These dates fall on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
The schedule of hours for Rusk
has not yet been worked out, Supt.
Gerald Chapman said Wednesday,
but will be ready for the complete
announcement next week.
Instructions to all teachers were
mailed out this week by the Cherokee
County War Price and Rationing
Board. The books arrived Tuesday.
Following are the instructions
mailed to the teachers which contain
information of interest to all who
will apply for the books:
The following is the general out-
line of the issuance of War Ration
Book IV:
1. The registration will be a local
school site registration. The United
States 'Commissioner of Education
has asked for the cooperation of the
school authorities. The matter has
been cleared with the Texas State
■school authorities. However, the lo-
cal Boards will make the necessary
arrangment with the local school
authorities.
2. Registration in Texas will take
place October 21, 22 and 23, 1943.
3. A simple application form sim-
ilar to the form used for the sugar
registration will be provided at the
registration site. The form will be
filled out by the registrar and sign-
ed by the applicant in the presence
of the registrar. % , ^
. 4. The book is to be distributed to
all persons except members of the
Armed Forces, who are subsisted in
kind, or who are members of offi-
cers' messes; persons confined to in
stitutions; and persons residing less
than sixty days in the United States.
Book IV will be issued only on pres-
entation of a consumer's Book III
At the time Book IV is issued, the
registrar will write Book "IV" on
the lower right-hand corner of Book
III.
5. Under present plans, Book IV
will not be +ailored.
1. The registrar will enter the
name and address of the person to
whom the book is issued on each War
Ration Book IV at thj time of issu-
ance.
7. Validation Stamps will be re-
quired for Book IV.
Soldiers Admitted
To Theatre Free
Through an arrangement worked
out last Wpek between the Texas
theatre, the Lions Club and Kiwanis
Club of Rusk, a uniform, has been
the admission price to the Texas
theatre since September 27. The ar-
rangement montinues until October
12.
The arrangement was primarily
made for the entertainment of the
soldiers who are conducting the scrap
drive in Cherokee county and stay-
ing at the Rusk high school gymnas-
ium, but was expanded to include
(any local boys who may be home on
furlough. The only exception would
be in case a large group of transient
troops should be billeted here over
night.
Ordinarily where such arrange-
ments are made the soldiers are re-
quired to pay the tax, but the two
service clubs of Rusk are paying this
item.
Dr. Bolding Speaks
At Kiwanis Club
Dr. H. F. Bolding, Superintendent
of Rusk State Hospital, was the
speaker at the Tuesday noon Kiwan-
is luncheon. He discussed the func-
tioning of the conscious and sub-
conscious mind and their relationship
to behavior.
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REV. OWEN TO PREACH
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. R. L. Owen, will preach at the
Presbyterian Church at both next
Sunday morning and evening ser-
vices, it has been announced;
The public is invited to attend the
^services.
REV. LLOYD H. THOMPSON,
State Evangelist, Texas Christian
Missionary Society, of Fort Worth,
Texas will preach at The First Chris-
tian Church Monday and Tuesday
nights at 8:00 p. m., October 11 and
12.
The sermon subject for Monday
night will be "How We Know the
Bible is Inspired." For Tuesday night
the subject will be "Heroic Living."
Rev. Thompson held a revival here
in May, and we are sure that his
many friends will welcome the op-
portunity of hearing him again.
New Regulations
On B and C Books
B and C coupons were reduced to
two gallons each effective October 1.
A coupons are valid for three gal-
lons. Local War Price and Rationing
Boards will not receive instructions
or be able to consider claim for res-
October 6 to dispose of coupons tak-
toration before October 15.
Dealers were allowed through Oc-
tober 6 to dispose of coupons taken
at old value either to supplier at
time of replenishment or to Boards
for Inventory coupons. The usq of
envelope endorsee for declaration to
boarda on R-54}. not required. All
coupons exchanged by dealers at dif-
ferent unit value must be separate-
ly summarized on Form R-541. Dis-
tributors are allowed through Octo-
■ber 11, to deposit old value coupons
and must complete separate deposit
slips for each deposit at different
unit value.
Patton Acknowledges
Congratulation Letter
The following letter from Repre-
sentative Nat Patton w.as received
this week by Curtis Ainsworth, man-
ager of the Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce, in reply to a letter of congrat-
ulation mailed to him by Mr. Ains-
worth following the announcement
that the Rusk blast furnace had re-
ceived approval of the War Produc-
tion Board:
Dear "Cousin" Curtis:
Thanks* for your gracious letter of
September 28th and the words of
gratutious congratulations extended
to me for my persistent effort? in the
matter of the Rusk Iron Ore project.
I have believed in this project for
many years. I knew it was sound and
logical. I knew it was right there-
fore I could not quit, and I assure
you and your associates that I will
keep on keeping on until I see molten
iron running from hot furnaces.
I can visualize a great industry and
moreover, I can visualize much hap-
piness ,and prosperity to the citizen-
ship there as a result of ihis pro-
ject. I want you and "Cousin" Jim-
my and all of he boys to know that
I appreciate your steadfast coopera-
tion and but for the, support that
you boys gave me and the encour-
agement you lent in the darkest
hours of my efforts is appreciated
by me more than you know.
We will see his project blossorm into
a full fruition, and when that day
comes, I will mark it f>s the crown-
ing reward of a life's effort to be of
service to my fellow man.
With a heart full of gratitude to
you and each of you for your expres-
sions of kindness and laudations.
Sincerely your friend, Nat Patton
Special Services At
Church Of Chris
Special services will be held it
Chtarch of Christ Friday night, Oc-
tober 8, 1843. Brother McCaleb o.
Center, Texas will preach.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Bro. McCaleb will be accom-
panied by two of the elders of the
Church at Center.
Collect Scrap
Metal In Rusk
Next Saturday
Every Citizen
Urged To Cooperate
With Army Men
The Army Mobile Collecting Sal-
vage Unit of the Eigth Service Com-
mand which has been quartered in
Rusk since September 27 will devote
next Saturday to collecting scrap
metals in Rusk, it was announced
this week by Lt. George Martindale,
officer in charge.
A great deal of scrap was collected
in Rusk about a year ago, but a lot
more was missed and much has ac-
cumulated since. The collection can-
not be a success unless every home
owner does some work on the job
before Saturday. The premises should
be searched including attics and gar-
ages and every place where scrap
metal may have been placed, and all
scrap placed in front of homes to be
ready when the trucks call.
In case items are too heavy for the
owners to move, the soldiers will be
glad to do the job if they will no-
tify Lt. Martindale, the chamber of
commerce or I. R. Hall, Rusk scrap
chairman.
The following appeal to Rusk was
prepared by the Eighth Service Com-
mand at Dallas:
"This year more than 100,000,000
tons of steel will be required for our
war effort. One-half of this amount
is scrap metal. And the Army is
asking you to collect scrap metal
now. The time is short. Army person-
nel and Army trucks will pick up
your scrap Saturday, October 9. It
is time for every householder to get
busy! Go over your premises thor-
oughly. If you have already turned
in scrap metal, look again, you will
probably tipS «ome more.
"This is the people's job. It is
something you can do to show Uncle
Sam you are ready to do your bit.
"This is a direct and persnal ob-
ligation to all of our boys on all
fronts. You may think, "my littl%
bit wouldn't help". But, yur "little
bit", multiplied thousands of times,
will create a mountain of raw mater-
ial which can actually turn the tide.
"Get your scrap out. Place it along
the curb, or near the front gate. Let's
go Rusk! Give every bit of scrap
you can lay your hands on to the
Army now. No piece is too small or
to large."
Lt. Mlartindale said he had receiv-
ed some splendid cooperation in the
rural areas mentioning especially
Mack Dover, Maydelle student, who
helped locate a boiler far back in the
woods and J. O. Holsomback, also
of Maydelle. H. Tredwell, of Alto,
helped ai lot, he said.
At Alto a steam boiler at the S.
P. Fox gin, which had been buried
for over thirty-three years, was un-
earthed and started on its way to
Japan or Germany in the form of
bullets.
Messages Received /.
From 5th Army Boys
Three messages received during
the past week from members of the
Fifth Army have been reported to the t
Cherokeean.
Mrs. Edgar Ford has received
three letters from Captain Ford
.written September 12th, 15th and
19th. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Richey,
Reklaw, received a letter from their
son, Emerson, written September
19, and Vonsille McVicker this week
received a cablegram from Sgt.
Autrey McVicker reporting that he
was well.
The letters reported the boys "very
busy and on the move."
Sweet Potato Looks
Like A Jap Baby
B. H. Hudnell wondered last week
if saboteurs had been busy in his
sweet potato patch. He uncovered
potato about three inches in diameter
with eyes, protruding ears, flat nose,
a grinning mouth and low forehead.
It was very similar to Jap carica-
tures common in cartoons.
The potato, which Mr. Hudnell
called a "Jap baby" may be seen in
the Cherokeean office.
Hunt for the good points in the
other fellow. Remember he has to
do the same in your case.
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