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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
6
State Medical Auxiliary president Mrs. R. C. J. Robertson of Houston paid her official visit to the local auxiliary, meeting members and discussing activities and support for the organization.
J P Acker Jr recently completed three years of military service and received the Good Conduct Medal on separation. He served as Specialist Four at the 28th Air Base Post Office in Frankfurt Germany since October 1961 and will pursue a Business Administration degree at Stephen F. Austin State College. A Cherokee County Auxiliary meeting on January 22 featured Mrs Breimey er as hostess with members from Rusk Alto and Jacksonville attending.
Rev Jewel McClure will speak at the Rusk P-TA Thursday night after a 7:30 p.m. business meeting in the Junior High Cafetorium with Mrs EF H Whitehead presiding. Parent conferences at 7 will not precede the meeting and babysitting will be available in Room 20. Founders Day banquet plans are to be discussed.
A memo lists group meetings for Thursday to Wednesday including Lions Club PTA and PTA events at Pine View Restaurant Jr High Cafetorium. It also mentions Girls and Boys Basketball games in Carthage Morday Chapel Hill Crockett and Chapel Hill locations and civic groups like Kiwanis and Rotary with noon or 7:15 pm start times.
Army PFC James E. Hughes 24 of Rusk Texas participates with the 25th Infantry Division in a three week mobility and firepower exercise at Pohakaloa Training Area Hawaii. He arrived from Schofield Barracks on Oahu after basic at Fort Carson and is an armorer in Company 14th Infantry. Hughes attended Rusk High School and Henderson County Junior College. His wife Dorothy accompanies him in Hawaii.
Obituary notes the passing of Andrew Byers in Port Arthur with funeral at Forest Baptist Church and burial at Hester Cemetery. Survived by three sons Kenneth Melvin Charles and daughters Ethel Gwendolyn and others, plus several grandchildren and siblings. Also notes a birth in Woodland Heights Hospital and visits to relatives in Rusk Dallas Abilene and Texas City.
Farm Bureau officials from Pace 1 Hall of Jacksonville including Charles Schultz and John Wiley Thomason attend legislative conferences in Austin with state lawmakers and Connally administration officials. Deniny and Grady Dupree Walley also present as county service agents in the session.
In a late session the case against Adamson is continued to the April term. Two other cases are postponed. An arson indictment names Victor Moaké Patricia Freeland and Loretta White. A theft by false pretext indictment lists Bill Bain with MM. Guinn appointed counsel for Bain and Wilson McVicker represents the arson defendants.
Lynch described the Striker Creek unit as pivotal for supplying electricity to a 345 000 volt system and four companies. It will enhance security of electric service and enable transmission during emergencies. The outdoor design plant will use modern steam electric and semi automatic equipment to serve industrial commercial and residential customers in the area.
Roxie Rosanna Meazie aged 85 died suddenly Saturday at her Sardis home. Funeral Monday at 2 PM in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sardis Cemetery. She lived in the Rusk area most of her life and was a long-time member of Sardis Baptist Church. Survived by husband J P Meazie, two sons Miller and Leonard, two daughters Ethel Norton and Florie Jones, a brother Walter Jones, a sister Mollie Thompson, seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Houston White presented the nominating committee results from the January 8 Beaumont conference. The committee of five includes George Morgan Dee Walker Bill Davis and Fred Jones. Shirley Daniels of Lufkin was chosen as the district governor nominee for the March 28 Orange district convention as 41 members attended the noon meeting.
Rusk Lions heard Wilson McVicker, a local attorney, explain the importance of making a will last Thursday at noon. He outlined common pitfalls and the benefits of detailing wishes to avoid future disputes.
Mrs. L. H. Evans, president of the local Women of the Presbyterian Church, attended a luncheon in Kilgore on Wednesday January 16. The gathering, hosted by district president Mrs. R. S. Martin Jr., focused on completing plans for the district conference set for Tyler on March 20.
The Business and Professional Woman's Club of Rusk will meet Thursday evening January 24 at Pineview Restaurant for their monthly dinner meeting. Hostesses are Mmes. Mable Horn and Mildred Fulton. Rev Grover C Talbert Sr of First Baptist Church, Rusk, is the guest speaker. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs Herbert Osborne hosted the Tuesday Bridge Club at home with four guests and club members attending. Prizes went to Mrs Guinn high, Mrs Hassell second, and Mrs von Doenhoff slam.
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