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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1975
Page
5
Local historian Jack Moore will address the Cherokee County Heritage Association at 7 p.m. Monday Feb. 3 at the New Southern Motor Hotel. He will discuss the Trial and Hanging of George C. King of Rusk in 1895, introduced by program chair Mrs. Walter Meyers.
A planning session by the Special Activities Committee of the Rusk Chamber of Commerce discussed the Carson and Barnes Circus for Monday March 24. Ticket sales will be by eighth grade students at Rusk Junior High with a percentage to their class. Other plans include a Poster Contest and a Clown Contest across school levels. The committee set dates for Easter Egg Hunt March 29, Cherokee Independence Days Festival June 27 28, East Texas Armadillo Race October 4, Halloween Carnival and Festival, and the Christmas Parade in December. Members listed include Mrs Patterson, Mr and Mrs Charles Warren, Mrs A M Freeman, Mrs Louis Penney, Mrs Frank Morgan, JoEd Anderson, Larry Procter, Joe Ray Ocker and Mary Moore.
Cherokee County law officers with Nacogdoches County, Texas Rangers and the FBI hunted three white men who robbed the Cushing Bank shortly after noon Monday. Deputies and Highway Patrol pursued all Monday afternoon and part of the night. Officials said the suspects wore baseball caps and sunglasses and fled in a 1972 blue Plymouth Fury. The sheriff noted this was the bank’s second hit, with the first in early December and one suspect believed involved in both robberies. No arrests reported at press time.
Mrs Marie Whitehead will be guest speaker at the Rusk Chapter AARP meeting in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church on Thursday night February 6. She will discuss the history of the Rusk newspaper, the topic of her recent master's thesis.
Cherokee County Commissioners named the Historical Survey Committee officers led by Edith Rose as chair and Marion Mallard as vice chair with eleven county holidays including Texas Independence Day and Thanksgiving. The court heard requests on a county cancer policy, a salary increase for Abner Webb, and a radio for Game Warden Jerry McRae.
Rusk City Police is investigating a knife incident reported Friday night at Majors Gate Addition. Two residents, Cjester Robertson and Willie Ray Moore, were treated at Nan Travis Hospital and Jacksonville Hospital. A third suspect remained at large. A separate two vehicle crash at Sixth Street and Lone Oak Street caused about 350 dollars in damage.
The Education Advisory Council heard a report on East Texas Adult Basic Education led by Billy Watson of Rusk. Growth from 553 adults in Cherokee County with a 37 985 budget in 1966 67 to 5 087 adults in 12 counties with a 191 000 budget in 1973 74 was outlined, with attendees from state education agencies and local cooperatives.
Rusk resident Bill Vining of Dallas spent the weekend at home with his parents Mr and Mrs WM Vining. Robert Thompson and his mother Mrs Clifton Thompson and aunt Mrs Bill Curtis also returned Sunday from visiting their brother and uncle MA Chandler in a Big Springs hospital.
State Senator Don Adams of Jasper was named chair of the Senate Administration Committee by Lt. Governor Bill Hobby as the 64th Legislature opened on January 14. Adams, a Democrat from District 3, also joined the Finance Committee and serves on Rules Jurisprudence Civil Matters and Constitution panels.
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