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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1967
Page
7
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Coker and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Musick Jr. returned Saturday from a week long vacation. They visited Las Vegas two days and saw the Petrified Forest Painted Desert Grand Canyon Arizona and White Sands New Mexico and other points of interest.
Readable OCR fragment notes exterior plywood product SOIS SOS A and 4x8 foot dimensions. It mentions exterior Y. P. plywood variants and size, suggesting a building supply item for construction use.
New Birmingham is described as a booming city on the Lufkin branch of the St. Louis and Texas Railway in Cherokee County. It lies half a mile south of Rusk the county seat, seventeen miles southeast of Jacksonville and 225 miles northeast of Austin. Settled in fall 1888, it rapidly gains commercial importance from high quality iron resources.
The 38th Annual Texas Firemen's Training School drew over 2000 men from about 30 states to the Texas A and M University campus last week. Fireman Hassel was sponsored by Cherokee County Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. 140 volunteers attended to boost firefighting skills and reduce fire losses.
Private First Class Ronald D. Rhymes 20, of Dialville, Texas, participated in Operation Billings with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam about 40 miles north of Saigon. The operation killed over 340 Viet Cong and destroyed a battalion sized base camp along with several smaller VC camps. Rhymes serves as a cannoneer with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery.
Mr J H Forster of Rusk and Longview together with his daughter Miss Carolyn Forster of Carter Colorado are enjoying their stay at their home this summer in town.
Mr and Mrs Danny S Francis announce James Kelly born July 17 in Bay City weighing 6 lbs 5.5 oz. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Mayes and Mr and Mrs J B Francis of Rusk. Grandparents Mr and Mrs E N Williams of Rusk announce twins born July 16 to their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Beauford Williams of Lake Jackson Texas. Twins named Kelli Ann and Kimberly K weigh 6 lb and 20z and 6 lb 1 oz. Maternal grandparents Mr J M Heinatz of Palacious and Mrs Katy M Heinatz of Austin.
Mr and Mrs J S Chapman and daughters Eileen Dianne and Melody returned Friday night from a vacation visiting sites in Kansas Yellowstone National Park Temple Square Salt Lake City Denver and Cheyenne Colorado. On return they visited Mrs Chapman’s sister and Mr and Mrs R C Cole and family in McKinney Texas.
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