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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
1
The column riffs on Walter Lippmann predicting U S leadership eclipsing Britain and Rome, then mocks such prophecies while delivering a punchy year end style critique. It notes Congress in Washington, compare Rome to U S growth, and jokes about Indians guns, Khrushchev, and the UN in a brisk, opinionated tone.
The Rusk Volunteer Fire Department will install new and re elected officers at the annual installation banquet and ladies night on Monday. Raymond Magruder is re elected fire chief to be installed by May or Morris Hassell. Also to be installed are Oran Spence James Weaver Joan Lester Lewis Banks T E Beck L L Wilcox Kenneth Van Cleave Leon Pleger and Charles Wilcox. Lewis Banks will be toastmaster. The banquet starts at 7 p.m. at Pine View Restaurant with entertainment by the Rusk High School Combo. The Rusk VEC has 25 regular members and four retired members attend along with eight special guests and city council members.
The Rusk Band Booster Club hosts an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 pm for the completed $60,000 band hall. About twenty attended the Tuesday meeting where plans were set. The Rusk High School Band will perform music at 30 minute intervals and boosters will serve refreshments. The building will be used once chair legs are tipped to prevent floor damage. The upper story houses offices storage rooms practice spaces and equipment repair with the main classroom.
A dense list of local club gatherings spans January 10 to 17. Highlights include Lioness Club at Rusk Hotel noon January 10, B and P W Chapter, Texas Cale Thalian Club afternoon events, and community choir, band hall open house, and public meetings at First Baptist and City Hall.
John Lester was inducted as president of the Rusk Chamber of Commerce in 1963 at the annual banquet. He pledged full cooperation, noted 1962 achievements led by Outing President Robert Doenhoff, and urged unity to advance the chamber’s program and community projects.
More than 150 attended the banquet in Rusk where former District Attorney Bob Murphey of Nacogdoches was guest speaker. The humorist urged local growth through a strong community climate as out-of-town guests looked on. Paul Cox served as toastmaster and presented to von Doenhoff. Special awards went to Southwestern Electric Service Company, South Texas Producers Association, Gulf Coast Federated Feed Association, Lloyd Smith, Comer Hudson and E.G. Grisham for aiding Christmas pole erection. L. A. Corpin received a toy-making certificate and E. H. Whitehead a merit certificate for board service. Mayor Morris Hassell introduced Murphy. dinner music featured the Rusk High School combo and John F. Murdoch.
City accidents rose each year in the sixties with 1960 at 40, 1961 at 93 and 1962 at 96. The 1962 record included three fatalities two on city streets and one in a railroad crash, the worst in the Police Department's books. Police Chief Homer Smith expects the total to exceed 100 as new areas join the city. In 1962 police activity included 2690 parking tickets 133 moving violations 51 court trials 33 jailed 18 appeared in court not jailed and 10 teen term cases. Traffic totals show 1960 40 accidents 7 injured $6100 damage. 1961 93 accidents 13 injured $43500. 1962 96 accidents 12 injured 3 fatalities $20784.
The January July term grand jury returned ten indictments after two days of deliberation. Indicted individuals include Carl Dean assault with intent to murder C T Rais theft by false pretext Benjamin Floyd Thompson arson Victor Moake Patricia Freeland Loretta White conspiracy to commit arson Billy Bain swindle Jessie Ivy forgery Ollie James Porter rape. Jurors named include Jack R Stone Paul Martin Richard Johnson F L Harris J D Kelsay T L Gay F L Diamont Marl Sherman Fred Thompson Dewey Murphy M E Ezelle Floyd Birdwell.
The Rusk Industrial Foundation will hold its annual subscribers meeting on January 23 in City Hall starting at 7 p.m. President Leo Tosh announced that directors for the new year will be elected and any other business before the group will be transacted.
County Court entries show two defendants fined on January 4. James Jackson pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was fined 35 dollars while Shirley Wayne Conner pleaded guilty to contributing to delinquency of a minor and was fined 75 dollars. Tom Clemmons was named in a theft charge in the docket.
School trustees discussed special education classes for handicapped students but delayed action pending more information. Superintendent Gerald Chapman will check Rusk qualification and student numbers, with findings due after the Mid Winter Conference of the Texas Education Agency. The board also voted to exclude baseball from Rusk High School athletics while track remains offered.
Hayden Fry of SMU, named Southwest Conference Coach of the Year by sports writers, will speak at the Jan 17 Rusk All-Sports Banquet in Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. Fry led SMU after a rocky start in 1962, with a season of near upsets.
The Citizens State Bank of Rusk reported deposits of 4,201,371 on December 28, 1962, up from 3,920,213 a year earlier. The rise reflects a statewide trend toward larger bank deposits as county institutions benefited from the December call.
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