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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1963
Page
1
A columnist jokes about the Kennedys inventing walking and the rise of a walking craze. The piece notes Bobby Kennedy plans a 50 mile walk and compares it to Teddy Roosevelt’s historic hike, warning a walking spree could spark political and economic crises while quipping that active feet keep them away from the oral cavity.
A fast moving cold front dumped snow across Rusk and East Texas for about five hours Monday, disrupting schools. By Tuesday sun melted most of it and by Wednesday only traces remained as a 12:05 PM crash on North Main Street was blamed on slick pavement.
Former Highway Patrolman Robert Pecot announced his candidacy for City Marshal at 11 40 Monday as City Marshal Homer Smith seeks reelection. City Attorney Wilson McVicker also filed for reelection. Filing closes March 2 with city election set for April 2. Pecot, 50, served 21 years in the patrol including two years in Cherokee County. Additional early filings include E H Whitehead Mayor Maurice Higgins Councilman Kendrick Frazer City Secretary.
Voters on February 25 will decide whether to accept federal aid and incur up to 182 000 in city funds for water and sewer work. The council called for an election and will publish straw ballots asking if the city should accept the grant and assume the debt.
A listings page lists upcoming meetings and events for several groups. Lions Club and Lioness Club host noons at Texas Cafe and Pine View Restaurant, Thalian Club holds a play at RHS Auditorium, and sports schedule notes Chapel Hill girls and boys basketball. Rabies vaccination at Rusk Fire Station. Various chapters and societies meet Feb 18 to 20 including TPEA, Beta Sigma Phi, and Wesleyan Service Guild.
Chamber of Commerce directors propose a city underwrite of 1500 to fund street signs and house numbers. Numbers will be sold to residents with Lions Club members handling sales as a nonprofit effort. City Council delayed funding and asked for direct talks with Chamber officials.
Cherokee County officials plan a Thursday tour of Crockett Woodville and Jasper airports to decide how to operate the new embryonic airport. The airstrip will be usable in early spring with no approved operation plan or Hangar or facility improvements yet. A proposal from Herschel Kyle of Rusk offered a six aircraft hangar and fueling at an 800 by 150 foot adjacent lot.
Robert Moses of Rusk runs Pineview Restaurant and hosts Ray Shields, East Butler Pa. visitor en route to Corpus Christi. After coffee and conversation, Shields falls for East Texas life, buys Moses’s remodeled home and land, plans to move wife and four children to Rusk this summer, with family likely joining later.
Gladewater Bears defeat Rusk Eagles 88 points to 72 to clinch the 16-AA lead as Dale Dotson hits 50 for Rusk. Three Eagles foul out, Wesley Ray scores 24 for Gladewater. Rusk to defend second place against Chapel Hill Friday in the Bulldogs gym.
A Jacksonville firm J. L. Devenport Co. Inc. was defendant in a civil suit filed by Standard Cycle and Hobbies Inc. of Oklahoma City seeking 2684.46 dollars. The parties reached a settlement, terms undisclosed, ending the case in Venice with a new venue summoned for the final civil jury week.
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