The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1950 Page: 1 of 10
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The Rusk Cherokeean
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VOLUME 102
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5,1848
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY MAY 25, 1950
NUMBER 47
Census Figures
Show Rusk Past
The 7,000 Mark
Population Gain
Of Decade Placed
At 1,322 Here
Tentative population figures re-
leased Tuesday by District Census
Supervisor J. H. Roquemore, from
the district office at Nacogdoches,
show Rusk slightly over the 7,000
mark. The exact figure is 7,021,
a gain of 1,322 over the 6,69a
count of 1940.
The population of Jacksonville
was placed at 8,992, a gain of
1,799. Palestine, the largest town
in the district gained 256 to reach
12,400.
There may be some changes
from these unofficial figures.
Rusk will at least retain its last
21 to remain above the 7,000 mark.
Rusk is one of the few cities
that will not have to revise the
figures on highway signs at the
city limits. No chamber of com-
merce estimate was posted here.
Cherokee county as a whole lost
4,914, the unofficial report shows.
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BILLY DIXON BROOKS, About 7, son of Mr. and Carl Brooks,
was the proud winner of Shorty, the Shetland, offered by J. C. Wil-
liams. He "is shown here after mounting his prized possession for the
first time. Billy lives on a farm near Alto.
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« Travis Sole Owner
Of Locker Plant
Through a deal completed this
,m week Ralph Travis became sole
owner of the Zero Food Locker
plant in Rusk. He has, since the
plant was opened, been a partner
^ with W. R. VanderMeer, of Ath-
ens.
The business was originally
known as the Travis-VanderMeer j
Locker Plant. In the future it
will be known as Zero Food Lock-
ers.
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To Legion Pr:rty ♦
The general public is invited to i
turn out in force next Thursday j
night, June 1, for an open house
party at Legion Memorial Home
in the city park, Robert Banks,
post commander, has announced. ]
The party lasts from 6:00 p.m. to i
9:00 p.m.
Everything will be free includ-
ing refreshments. There will be
tables for bridge, forty-two, can-
asta and dominoes.
The party is the Legion's way
of expressing its appreciation to
the people who contributed in any j
way to the building program, and j
for other courtesies, Robert Banks,
post commander, said.
THE ARMY DAY CROWD shifted its interest to the Ford Station
Saturday afternoon where J. H. Rounsaville presided at a drawing to
determine the winner of Shorty, the Shetland, along with a saddle
and bridle. The picture above was ma 'e by pointing the camera at
the station. Several similar shots co ; id ha v. been made by pointing
the camera in different directions. Over lour thousand youngsters
registered for a chance at the pony. X j purchases were required.
Fred Lunsford Heads | Armed ForcesDay
County Parole board
Brings Big Crowd
And HolidaySpirit
Three Bands March
Federated Church
Women Meet
The Federation of Church Wom-
en will meet in the Baptist Church
at three o'clock Monday after-
noon.
The subject for discussion will
be "That Not Impossible She."
Fred Lunsford has been named j
by Governor Allan Shivers as
chairman of the Cherokee County J
Parole Board, and has accepted |
the responsibility. The letter I
from the governor asking him to j
take the post pointed out that the j
board acts as his agent in the j
county supervision of men releas- [
ed from the penitentiary under |
various forms of clemency.
The service is voluntary. Month
ly reports on parolees will be sent j
lo the office of the secretary of
state. The board's supervision be-
gins when the prisoner returns
to the county and continues dur-
ing the time when he might be a
resident there. Parolees must re-
port to the board each month and
obey its directions or be subject
to revocation of clemency.
In Four Block Long
Parade In Afternoon
Armed Forces Day with its aft-
| ernoon parade and other attrac-
\ tions brought one of the largest
crowds to Rusk Saturday that has
I been here for some months. Rusk,
| Jacksonville and Alto bands con-
i tributed to the festival spirit j
j which prevailed throughout the;
j day. Members of Co. A, 143rd In-
| fantry, was, of course, the major j
j unit of the parade and passed ■
! twice before
THE LAST WORD
The announcement elsewhere
on this page regarding the change
of ownership of The Cherokeean
imposes on the editor an obliga-
tion to write some sort of final
editorial. He thought of a thou-
sand things he would like to say,
but that many would make some-
what tiresome reading. There
seems to be little choice between
them, so about all that can be
done about it is to say those things
which must be said and then stop.
First of all, he wants to say thig
editing a newspaper in Rusk, has,
on the whole, been fun. He wrote
a letter to Mrs. Lela Barrett some
years ago, asking her, in case she
got to heaven before he did, to
start promoting him for the job
as editor of The Celestial Star
since that is one place the patrons
might equal those in Rusk.
This is true because of the loyal-
ty and friendship Which Rusk has
so freely proffered and has con-
tinued to extend through the years
in spite of inevitable mistakes,
shortcomings and errors in judg-
ment. For your tolerance, we are
grateful—fowd With your forgive-
ness, we are httmble
This sense of obligation to Rusk
made the selection of the next
owner of the Cherokeean a serious
matter. It was easy to decide that
he should be a young man because
it's hard work and a young man's
job. lie should be an East Texan
because then he would have a bet-
ter chance to understand Rusk
and for Rusk to understand hint.
He should have demonstrated by
experience that he is capable of
the responsibility the position car-
ries.
Out of a rather long list of pros-
pective buyers who have shown1
up during the past few years, we j
chose E. H. Whitehead, of Living-
ston. We believe you will like
both him and Mrs. Whitehead. We j
bespeak for them that same friend- j
ship you have shown for us. They j
deserve and we believe they will!
receive the loyal support of sub- 1
scribers, advertisers and users of'
printing. All paid subscriptions |
will continue until expirationj
date the same as if there had been 1
no change in ownership
If you will go back to the first!
sentence above, you will note this j
was referred to as a "final" edi- j
torial. That word "final" was j
used deliberately and is not to be |
construed as "farewell" We havq
no definite plans for the future, j
except to catch a legal-size black i
bass with a rod and reel. Also j
some long-overdue
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E. H. WHITEHEAD
STATEMENT OF POLICY BY NEW PUBLISHERS
In taking over publication of The Rusk Cherokeean,
both Mrs. Whitehead and I realize that we are taking &
newspaper with a tradition of 102 years of splendid jour-
nalism behind it. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Main have set a
high standard in their splendid editing of The Cherokeean.
It will be our purpose to carry on tl\e traditions built up
during the past century.
We believe that a newspaper in reality belongs to the
city and county in which ft is published. It has been said
that a newspaper is but the mirror which reflects the town.
We hope to become a part of Rusk and Cherokee County,
and by our own efforts hope to contribute something to-
ward the building here of a better city and county. We
hope that our newspaper will truly be "a mirror in which
will be reflected a bigger and better Rusk and Cherokee
County.
W e want the people of Rusk and Cherokee County to
use The Cherokeean. We want to publish all of the news
of this area, and of the activities of the people of Rusk
and Cherokee County. It will be our resolve to print noth-
ing that will be harmful to the people. We waiit to have
a part in helping promote all civic and educational enter-
prises.
Feel free to bring us your news items or call us on the
telephone. We believe that a county weekly newspaper
should specialize on Iocs * news. That is what we are going
to do.
With the cooperation of the good people of Rusk and
Cherokee County, we believe we can give you a newspaper
that you will be proud of. We want the paper to keep
abreast of the development of the city and county, and we
j ,pe haVe a Part in building a bigger and better city,
and a bigger and better Rusk Cherokeean.
e invite }ou to come see us and get acquainted.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Whitehead.
Rusk Short On
Cancer Quota
Rusk is falling far short in its
drive for funds in an effort to
its cancer quota, according
, raise
vacationing! ,, ,
... . .... to Frank Gillespi
and visits will receive attention,;
chairman.
with some needed rest in between I Gillespie reports that the
before letting such an ugly word j opportunity to contribute is still
creep back into our
as "work'
thoughts.
Mr. and Mrs
Frank L. Main
L. F. MOUTRAY
Funeral services for L. F. Mout-
The county parole board system j
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RECEIVE DEGREES
Mrs. Lois Henry received her j
masters degree, and Hazel Jean j
Pearman, daughter of Mr. and j
Mrs. D. T. Caveness, received her 1
B. S. degree at commencement ex-
ercises at Stephen F. Austin Col-
lege, Nacogdoches, Monday.
, . . , .. ,i for the open house and inspection j
is not new but had reached a more ! 1U1 ",c
or less inactive status through- ■
out the state, it was said, and is !
being revived by Governor Shiv- j
ers. If the other two members of
the board have been named, he j
lias not been notified, Mr. Luns- j
ford said.
the reviewing stand ?g ^ at 5:30
before disbanding at the armory , ^ _,2> _n th(j home o£ his
open and that any amount will be
appreciated. Checks should be
mailed to Cancer, Rusk, Texas, or
ihe money may be left at either
■\i the Rusk banks. It is hoped to
complete the drive within the next
tew days.
.... daughter, Mrs. Maude Kirby of
to which the public was invited, I , , . . ,
iu wiiiui uh. f Rusk, were held at 2:00 p.m. lues-
The Jacksonville guard com- ,
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MRS. SIMMONS BROTHER DIES
Funeral services were held re-
cently in Drew, Mississippi, for
Wiliam Guin Williams,, a brother
of Mrs. J. R. Simmons, of Rusk.
Mr. Williams, graduate of Pea-
body Teacher's College, Nashville,
and the Law School of Millsap
College in Jackson, was a widely
known educator and lawyer.
A pioneer in the development
of the Lincoln, Mississippi, coun-
ty schools, Mr. Williams had serv-
ed as superintendent of the Drew,
Crystal Springs and Senatobia
schools.
Home Freeze Dealers
Are Banquet Guests
Home freezer dealers of this
area were guests of Zero Food
Lockers of Rusk and Cherokee
Locker Plant of Jacksonville at
Rusk Hotel, it was announced by
Ralph Travis, owner of the Rusk
plant.
The guest speaker was Roy Sni-
der, meat specialist, from Texas
A. & M. College.
MRS JESSIE ISABEL JONES
Funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon at Cold Springs
Methodist Church for Mrs. Jessie j
Isabel Jones, 65. Rev. John Davis !
of Garrison and Rev. Kenneth
Summy of Alto, conducted the
service. Burial was made in the
Shiloh cemetery.
She is survived by six children,
Joe Sam, Jewel and Ellis Jones,
Mrs. B .E. Conner, Mrs. Hallie
Derrett and Mrs. H. D. Clifton,
all of Cold Springs.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
AT THE SMART SHOP
Albert Kojack announced this
week that the work of redecorat-
ing at the Smart Shop has been
completed.
Improvements include a com-
plete redeeoration of the interior,
new fluorescent lights, a new floor
covering and air conditioning.
REV NICHOLS' BROTHER DIES
Funeral services were held in
l'exarkana Thursday for a brother
of Rev. Lewis Nichols, who died
Wednesday following a long ill-
ness.
Rev. and Mrs. Nichols left for
Texarkana immediately upon re-
ceiving word of his death.
posal of parade officials. The
crowd blocked the street from the
southeast corner of the square
west and the parade was unable
to follow the route previously an-
nounced.
On the reviewing stand were Lt.
Col. Stuart Rohre, Rusk, Lt. Col.
Al. T. Ilearne, Jacksonville, Major
Pope A Guinn, Lt. Commander T.
E. Shearon, and Capt. James I.
Perkins, and 1st Lt. David Monk,
Rusk; Jess Scarborough, Jackson-
ville, District Commander of
American Legion and Bruce Fore-
man, member Jacksonville Post
No. 60, American Legion.
Major Guinn and Capt. Perkins
are former commanders of the
company. Capt. James H. Fitts is
in command at present.
On behalf ol liie Rusk citizens,
Jake Johnson, manager of the
chamber of conir ice, expressed
his appreciation to members ol
the three high school bands and
all others who luiu a part in mak-
ing the event a success.
The holiday spirit continued
well into the night as the Lions
Club-sponsored square dance was
in progress. Callers were Coy
Halbert, Rusk, and J. R. McLain,
Jacksonville.
in the Garden of Memories me-
morial park in Lufkin.
Mr. Moutray was born Dec. 7,
1870, in Illinois, and had resided
in Lufkin for some time prior to
his moving to Rusk about sixteen
months ago to live with his daugh-
ter. He was a retired machinist
and a member of the Oddfellow
Lodge.
Survivors include two sons, C.
L. Moutray of Leesville, La.; J. R.
Moutray of Lufkin; two daughters,
Airs. Kirby of Rusk, Mrs. Marie
Treadway of Lufkin; two broth-
ers, T. M. Moutray of Los Angeles,
California., Louis Moutray of Es-
sex, Missouri; one sister, Mrs. Ida
Vandell of St. Louis, Missouri, nine
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Homecoming List
Is Still Problem
Compiling of names and ad-
dresses of former Rusk students
to send out invitations to the an-
nual homecoming in August was
going on at a stepped-up pace.
Through contributions from the
Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, Miss
Billy Ruth Isgate has been em-
ployed to assist in preparing the
list, it was announced.
The cooperation of the public is
still needed in getting the cor-
rect addresses. It frequently hap-
pens that hours are spent running
down an address that somebody
could have phoned in in not more
that two minutes.
Dollar Days For
Rusk Set For
Third Thursdays
June 15 Will Be
First City-Wide
Bargain Day
A group of Rusk merchants met
this week with Jake Johnson, man-
ager of the chamber of commerce,
and decided to set the third Thurs-
day of each month as dollar day
in Rusk. This will make the first
one fall on Thursday. June 15,
since the first day of June comes
on Thursday this year.
Harry Tibbals was elected chair-
man of the arrangements com-
mittee. Working with him on the
committee will be Elma Musick,
Jr., and Houston White. They
will have an announcement to
make in regard to further plans
prior to the opening event.
It is anticipated that a large
number of business firms will join
in the monthly event and believ-
ed that shoppers will find Rusk
the ideal trading point on the
third Thursday of each month.
License number 100 is always
reserved for the president's car.
E. H. Whitehead
Of Livingston
Buys Cherokeean
New Editor And
Publisher Takes
Helm Monday
E. II. Whitehad, editor of the
Polk County Enterprise and Corri-
gan Press for the past five years,
has purchased The Cherokeean at
Rusk. He and his wife will as-
sume active ownership of the
paper, Monday, May 29th.
In addition, to his duties as edi-
tor of the two Polk County news-
papers, Whitehead has been Hous-
ton Chronicle correspondent for
Livingston and Polk County.
His mother, Mrs. P. R. Strip-
ling, will continue as publisher of
the Polk County Enterprise and
Corrigan Press. Mr. P. R. Strip-
ling will assume the duties of
business manager of the Polk
County Publishing Company, June
1st.
Whitehead, a navy veteran, join-
ed his mother in the Polk County
Enterprise at Livingston shortly
after the close of the war, and
has worked with her in building
the Polk County Publishing Com-
pany into one of the largest week-
ly publishers in Texas.
"In taking over publication of
The Cherokeean, both Mrs. White-
head and I realize that we are tak-
ing a newspaper with a tradition
of 102 years of splendid journal-
ism behind it. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
L. Main, former publishers, have
set a high standard in their splen-
did editing of The Cherokeean.
It will be our purpose to carry
on the tradition built up during
the past century," stated Mr.
Whitehead.
The Rusk Cherokeean is one of
Texas' oldest weekly newspapers.
It was established as The Pioneer
in 1848.
The following statement in re-
gard to Mr. Whitehead comes
from E. C. Cochran, mayor of the
City of Livingston:
"The people of Rusk and Chero-
kee County are fortunate in ac-
quiring as citizens the new pub-
lishers of the Rusk Cherokeean.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Whitehead.
"It has been my pleasure to be
associated with Mr. Whitehead
since 1945. The association was
one in which he distinguished him-
self by his agreeable nature, zeal,
hard work, initiative and progres-
sive ideals—qualities which he has
manifested in all his activities as
editor oi the Polk County Enter-
prise and Corrigan Press.
"Emmett Whitehead is a build-
er, a man of ideas, oi public spirit,
with an intense interest in his
city, county, and fellow man.
"Their many friends in Livings-
ton, Corrigan and Polk County
wish for them the very best of
success in their new business ven-
ture. Polk County's loss is Chero-
kee County's gain."
China adopted tea drinking be-
cause the water was impure.
First Tomatoes
Win $25.00 Award
D. A. Fritz, who lives in the
Central High community about
half way between Rusk and Alto,
was awarded the 25.00 offered by
C chamber of commerce for tho
first lug of mature No. 1 tomatoes.
Several tomato men inspected
the lug of fniit brought in Friday
of last week and pronounced all
the tomatoes U. S. No. 1.
An average bale of cotton
weighs 480 pounds.
THE MINTON JONES HOME, eight miles south of Rusk, is being
rebuilt across the highway about a half-mile from its former location.
It is shown above as the tornado left it, about fifty feet from its foun-
dation.
Len Richards In
Commissioners' Race
Len Richards, lifelong resident
of Precinct No. One, authorizes
The Cherokeean to announce his
candidacy for the of lice of Com-
missioner of Precinct No. One,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primaries.
Len needs no introduction to
the voters of this precinct. This
is the first time in his life that
he has offered his services for pub-
lic office, having been on the
"working" end long enough to
know the duties and problems of
a County Commissioner. He will
consider it a pleasure to devote
all of his time to the faithful per-
formance of his duties as your
Commissioner. He has always
been interested in this work and
will serve with cooperation of ev-
eryone to make Precinct No. One
the best in the county.
Known by all of the citizens in
this precinct as a genial, friendly,
hard-working and conscientious
person, Len Richards promises the
best that is in him to make a
Commissioner that all will be
proud of. He assures you that he
will appreciate a careful consid-
eration of his qualifications for
office, your vote and influence
for County Commissioner.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1950, newspaper, May 25, 1950; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326208/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.