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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
1
Local voters in Rusk face mayor and two council seats this Saturday with three ISD board seats also on the ballot. The city backs a Roundabout Clean-up Drive led by C E R Gregg and Gene Meyers preparing for Aunty Litter Day on April 5 and Protest March at 3 PM.
A Monday April 5 march at 3 p.m. launches a month long Clean up Campaign in Rusk and surrounding areas. I R Gregg Sr chairs the effort with civic aid as residents pledge to curb littering and sign wearable buttons while local groups collect and display bags of litter on Sunday and Monday near the courthouse.
The Rusk Independent School District holds a quiet contest for three board seats with incumbents Morris Hassell and Tom Sartain seeking re election alongside James Poole. Absentee voting closed March 30 with no ballots cast. Election night will occur at the Southwestern Electric Service Company office near City Hall.
Interest grows in the Rusk city election set for Saturday April 3 with three candidates vying for two council seats. Incumbent Mayor UH Whitehead runs unopposed while LC Williams Raymond Cooper and M G Higgins seek the remaining positions. Williams seeks re election, Cooper leads the Chamber of Commerce, and Higgins previously sat on the council. City Secretary Kendrick Fraver notes seven absentee ballots have been cast.
The Govolunteer Council of Rusk State Hospital asks all within its district to donate women’s hats to the Clothing Center for a Easter parade at church services. A Easter egg hunt is planned with 7000 candy eggs provided by Mr. Frosty Reese and associates. Volunteers are needed to hide eggs in grass, trees and other places by April 9, 1971 at 2 00 p.m.
The Texas Highway Commission awarded a contract for seal cost work on 102.5 miles in the Tyler district under District Engineer W W Potter. M G Williams of Tyler won with a low bid of 276 631 86. Work spans Anderson Cherokee Wood Van Zandt Gregg Rusk and Smith Counties and should take about 60 working days. Cherokee counties project SH 294 covers about 12 miles from Anderson County line to SH 21.
The Upper Room from Family Portrait by Coffee and Cowan will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday April 4 at the United First Methodist Church in the educational building. Actors sit around tables in a cross pattern lit by candles to depict Christ's last years from Nazareth to Jerusalem. Mary waits in the upper chamber after the Last Supper.
The Rusk Chamber of Commerce announces an Easter egg hunt for children 10 and under on April 8 at 2 p.m. in the Court House lawn area. Beta Sigma Phi and Alpha Alpha Mu Phi members assist. banks donate prizes. no registration form is required. Parking lots on Sth Street host ages 5 to 7 while ages 8 to 10 search the 4th and Lone Oak area.
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