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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
4
Local residents list holiday travel and visiting plans with relatives in Bryan Longview Nacogdoches Palestine Tyler Houston Dallas Fort Worth and Shreveport. Names include R J Persons Grace Lea Lawrence Earl Henry Lloyd Dover Abner Webb Jamie Struhall Elsie Sartain and many others.
Brownie Troop 109 enjoyed a Christmas party on Thursday December 15 at the home of Mrs Henry Guenzel. Leader Mrs Elizabeth Davis and 17 Brownies including Melody Chapman Terrie Lou Whitehead Cinda Philbrick Jan Thompson Joyce Wright Darlene Beasley Jane Clair Williams Sandra Norton Hazel Lusk Sharon Grimes Janie Sartain Deborah Chapman Gail Fisher Susan McCarroll Linda Meador Barbara Guenzel attended. Tea sandwiches cookies cupcakes Santa iced cookies and punch were served. A lolly pop tree decorated the table and home with holiday arrangements. Mothers Mrs James Fisher and Mrs Stan Chapman joined in games and social time and gifts were exchanged.
St Luke's Episcopal Church in Rusk will hold Christmas Eve midnight services with Holy Communion conducted by the Rev James McKeown. Services begin at 1145 pm in the church building on Fucld Street with a special invitation extended to all.
The Thimble Club held its annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange at the Rusk Hotel on Wednesday evening December 14 with twelve members present. A centerpiece of native holly and pine cones graced the table and gifts were exchanged from a silver tree.
Church leaders suspend regular meetings until after school resumes. Sunday School and morning worship move to Christmas day at usual times. A Wednesday fellowship following prayer service honors new music and education director Mr and Mrs E C Feazell Jr.
Rev. and Mrs. Jewel McClure invite church members and friends to an open house at the parsonage on December 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. The Rev McClure serves as pastor of the First Methodist Church.
The Daffodil Garden Club held a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs Morris Hassell on Friday December 16 with husbands of members as special guests. A covered dish dinner featured pink net and pink taffeta decor and a bonnet contest with Mrs Malcolm Guinn winning for a wicker bell hat. The program included a film The Child of Bethlehem and gifts for a geriatric ward at Tusk State Hospital. Guests included Mr and Mrs Tom Acker Mr and Mrs Doyle Bagley Mr and Mrs Stanley Chapman Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooper Mr and Mrs Paul Cox Mr and Mrs W E Davis Mr and Mrs Robert von Doenhoff Dr and Mrs W E Gabrt Mr and Mrs Henry Guenzel Mr and Mrs Malcolm Guinn Mr and Mrs Metz Heald Mr and Mrs Herbert Osborne Jr Mr and Mrs Cullen Sherman Mr and Mrs Ralph Summers Mrs W M Vining Mr and Mrs Raymond Vermillion and the Hassells.
Mr and Mrs Albert Miles of Tyler visited the Loveladys in Rusk on Sunday and their son Jimmie from Tyler also called. The Loveladys visited her mother in Hughes Spring and his mother in Daingerfield last week. Linda Grogan of SFA Nacogdoches spends holidays with Mr and Mrs Vernon Grogan. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Morris Hassell and A S Hassell of Jacksonville. Mr and Mrs A C Jenkins of Jacksonville and Dwayne Hassell and family of Palestine also mentioned.
The Gallatin Organized Community sponsors a Spoon Supper Thursday at the school. Attendees pay per spoonful and are asked to bring a covered dish. Cakes and pies will be served. Gerald Jones is president of the organization.
Mrs. Homer Gee and Mr. and Mrs. FE Gregg will spend Christmas with the E R Gregg Jr and Colonel Ackers families in Jack.
Rambler announces a new customer progress sharing program tied to a 50 percent sales gain from December through March. The plan promises payments to buyers totaling up to 15 million dollars as volume and economies rise, with emphasis on durable, economical Rambler American and Ambassador models and continued price competitiveness.
American Motors urges customers to join a Rambler crusade promising shared economic gains through higher Rambler sales. The campaign frames Ramblers as cost effective and reliable, inviting readers to contact American Motors in Detroit for full statements and to spread the message nationwide.
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