Round Town Round Town Harding Roundabout Horse Show
Round Town hosts the Cherokee Riding Club annual horse show with halter and performance classes featuring East Texas horses. Palestine visitors will meet Parks and Wildlife chairman Jack Stone in Rusk on August 14 to discuss collaboration. State Senator elect Don Adams of Jasper announces the birth of daughter Debra weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces.
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Texas
Cherokee Riding Club
East Texas
Roundabout
Palestine
Rusk
Parks and Wildlife
Jack Stone
Stone
Don Adams
Jasper
Debra
Don
Weekend Shootings In Cherokee County Prompt Investigations
Three weekend shootings in Cherokee County sent three people to the hospital and led to three arrests. Eli Hinton was released on 1500 dollars bond on assault with intent to murder charges. Lester Thompson is hospitalized in Jacksonville in satisfactory condition.
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Cherokee County
Eli Hinton
Justice of the Peace
Abner Webb
Newburn
Jacksonville
Lester Thompson
Bobby van Ness
Rusk Housing Group Plans Rental Housing Survey
The Rusk Housing Corporation subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce met at City Hall at 2 p.m. Tuesday to discuss rental housing surveys. Morris Hassell chaired as Charles Hart and Joe Siceven from the Farmers Home Administration outlined details needed to pursue a loan application for two and three bedroom units.
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Rusk Housing Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Rusk
Morris Hassell
Charles Hart
Farmers Home Administration
Joe Siceven
Cherokee County Grants Aid Disadvantaged Students
Congressman Wright Patman announced that the Office of Education awarded 128 843 in grants to 106 Texas First District schools. The funds support special programs for educationally disadvantaged children under Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Cherokee County receives 8467.
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Wright Patman
Tex
Office of Education
Texas
First Congressional District
1969 Cherokee County Texas Census Snapshot
Census data show Cherokee County with a 1969 average family income of 6137 dollars and per capita income of 2184 dollars. The 1970 count reached 43008 residents with 3900 foreign born or native with foreign-born parents, 62.4 percent of men and 36.8 percent of women in the labor force, and 7,090 students aged 3 to 34 enrolled in school. Copies of the report are available from the Government Printing Office or Commerce field offices.
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Cherokee County
Texas
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Burglars Target Alto Dealers In Two Thefts
Cherokee County sheriff reports two burglaries in Alto at the Pearman Chevrolet and Pearman Dodge lots Sunday night. The Chevrolet office lost 10 dollars, while the Dodge premises netted 300 dollars after entries through a rear window. Investigators suspect the same offenders, with no leads at press time.
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Cherokee County Sheriff's Department
Richard Davis
Alto
Pearman Chevrolet Co
Pearman Dodge Co
Back to School Registration Dates At Rusk
Despite hot weather, Rusk teachers students and parents prepare for school. Teacher in service runs August 17 through 25. Student registration set for August 21 at 8 30 a.m. Buses page 8.
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Rusk
Horse Show at Rodeo Arena Saturday by Cherokee Riding Club
A open horse show will be held this Saturday at the rodeo arena on Crockett Street by the Cherokee County Riding Club. Halter classes start at 10 a.m. with performance events at 1 p.m. including pony western pleasure reining western saddle horse keyhole straightaway barrel pole bending flag relay cloverleaf barrels rescue race ribbon roping and jackpot roping. A novice class for 52 inch and under is set for 12:45 p.m. Concession stands will operate for refreshments. Club officers and directors are listed.
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Cherokee County Riding Club
Nancy Norman
Tracey Graham
Kay Norman
Jon Thompson
Jimmy Graham
Rodeo Arena
Crockett Street
Rusk Police Install New Radar Units
Rusk Police installed a new $1 785 radar unit in a patrol car to catch speeders half a mile ahead on straightaways. Five speed limit radar signs were placed on Highways 84 69 and 110. Patrolman Vertice Wallace warns residents to observe speed limits or risk tickets and fines.
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Rusk
Allen Hughes
Vertice Wallace
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Round Town
Fred Buchanan
Walter Meyers
Rusk CC
Southwestern Electric Service Company
John Lester
Southwestern Electric
E-2 Vision TV
General Phone Company
United Gas Company
Parcania Holman
Nan Travis Hospital
Elberta Street
J'ville
van Ness
Rusk Housing Group
Bowie
Camp
Cass
Cherokee
Delta
Fannin
Franklin
Harrison
Henderson
Hopkins
Lamar
Marion
Morris
Panola
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San Augustine
Shelby
Titus
Upshut
Wood
Escept OF Transportation
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City OF
Cee
Highway Department
Uates
U. S. 69
Daniels Street
Reynolds and Land
Forrest Mat
Thews
Texas Highway Department
Sides Graham
Weldon Maitland
Charlene Graham
Robbie Mathews
Treas
Urer
Spooks Norman
Charles Ray Peters
Jim Scott
Jack Quinn
Carl Lee Mathews
Uing
Wallace
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