Cherokee County youth attend forestry work shop
Johnny McKay County Agent announces two Cherokee County 4-H Club boys will join a Forestry and Ecology workshop near Jefferson Texas funded by local and state groups. The Cherokee County Farm Bureau sponsors the event with Texas Forestry Association overseeing the program.
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Randall Jinkins
Ponta
Calvin Jinkins
John Martin
Gallatin
Alvin Martin
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Jefferson
Texas
Texas Forestry Association
Cherokee County Farm Bureau Board
Foster Brewer
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Hospital News July 3 to July 9 Admissions and Discharges
The report lists patients admitted from Rusk Alto Dialville Cushing Cushing and nearby towns in the July 3 through July 9 period. Names include Minnie Polk Christine Hudson Mollie Hudson Ethel Norton Maggie Davis Alva Adams James L Bagley and others. Discharges include Priclar Johnson Minnie Polk Eula Jackson Daisy Robertson and additional patients from Rusk.
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Polk Rusk
Christine Hudson Rusk
Octivia Sessions Rusk
Beatrice Watson Rusk
Mollie Hudson Rusk
Ethel Norton Rusk
Maggie Davis Rusk
Alva Adams Rusk
Robert Cruseturner
Alto
Annie Hickman Alto
James L. Bagley Rusk
Priclar Johnson Rusk
Minnie Polk Rusk
H,g, Singletary Alto
Daisy Robertson Rusk
Rusk Firemen To Attend Texas A&M Fire School
Three members of the Rusk Volunteer Fire Department will leave Sunday for the Annual Fireman's School at Texas A M College Station. Fire Chief L L Wilcox and firefighters Billy Darby and Rickey Cleveland will attend. Darby and Cleveland study firefighting methods while Wilcox studies fire prevention. The program with the City of Rusk provides residents a five percent reduction in fire insurance premiums.
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College Station
L.L. Wilcox
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Rickey Cleveland
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Cleveland
Wilcox
City of
Rusk Visitors Include Roten and Main Kin
Sunday visitors to Mrs. Marvin Roten included Travis Roten and nephews Stanley Derick and Mike Main from Dallas. Gilmer residents Suzanne and John Jr. Irwin visited their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McCarroll. Mrs. G H Thomas spent the weekend with relatives in Tyler.
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Stanley
Derick
Mike Main
Dallas
Marvin Roten
John Irwin
Suzanne
John, Jr
Gilmer
Lewis McCarroll
G.H. Thomas
Tyler
Profiles of Democratic Presidential Candidates Wallace McGovern Humphrey Kennedy
The piece outlines backgrounds of George Wallace Hubert Humphrey and Edward Kennedy. Wallace a former Alabama governor with legal training and multiple public works, McGovern a South Dakota senator and author with five children, Humphrey a Minnesota senator ex vice president and Kennedy a Massachusetts senator and former district attorney.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
U.S. Army Air Corps
University of Alabama
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Food For Peace
State Democratic Party
Dakota Wesleyan University
Northwestern University
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Agriculture and Interior
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Humphrey
University of Louisiana
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Boston
Kennedy
University of Virginia
U .S. Army
Labor, Public Welfare
Judiciary
Why Do We Stand When The Flag Goes Past
An essay reflecting on patriotism and memory at Texas A M University. The writer links standing during flag ceremonies to memorials for fallen soldiers, diverse national origins, and shared civic duty. A personal vow to stand tall honors sacrifices and the ideals of liberty.
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College Station
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University
To Observe Annual Reunion
The Schochler Reunion will be held July 16 at the American Legion Hall Hwy 69 in Rusk. Basket lunches will be provided for the all day affair. Later a story about Joseph Lawrence Schochler who brought the Schochler name to America will be told. Everyone is urged to attend.
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American Legion Hall
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Rusk
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Library News Highlights New Books and Hours
The library announces extended Monday and Thursday hours until 7 PM and notes a windfall enabling seventy five new books on order. The selection committee includes Mrs Ellen Copeland Mrs W H Hanna and Mrs A S Moore with donations from several patrons. New titles include Weep No More My Lady and The Brave Men detailing Judy Garland and rodeo life.
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W.H. Hanna
A.S. Moore
Lady
Mickey Deans
Ann Pinchot
Judy Garland
Giles Tippette
Antis Coker
Marie Sales
Jean Thompson
W.R. Gilliam
Sharon Bowling
Marshall Family Weekend Guests Visit Lufkin Kin Cairo Return
Mr and Mrs Charles R Marshall and daughters Karen and Kathy of Lufkin were weekend guests of his mother Mrs Charlie Marshall and aunt Miss Flaye Black. The Marshalls have just returned from Cairo Egypt.
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Lions Club notes and a stranger’s job pitch in Pineview
E B Musick Jr reports on a Cherokee County Lions gathering where a plan to curb fire ants is floated and Leo Club ties are discussed. Dr Larry Buetler of Stephen F. Austin Univ. warns of youth moral decline and inconsistent discipline while Lion Raymond Cooper leads the meeting. A local joke ends with a job hunter’s punch line and a Thursday noon Pineview Restaurant gathering.
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Cherokee County
Lion Lewie Byers
Leo Club
Lions Club
Lon Jerry Landrum
Larry Buetler
Stephen F. Austin University
Buetler
Lion Raymond Cooper
Mexico City
Pineview Restaurant
Local Injury Patient Improves After June 1 Honda Crash
Tommy Hassell injured in a June 1 Honda accident shows marked recovery and has turned in his crutches last week. Mrs Opal Hassell and Tom attended Vacation Bible School at the Seventh Day Adventist Church near Elkhart with Christi William and Guy Yates and Victor Edge of Grapeland.
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Opal Hassell
Tommy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Elkhart
Christi, William
Guy Yates
Victor Edge
Grapeland
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