Local Visits and Weekend Guests Roundout Texas Area
Mr and Mrs C M Buddy Shaw and family toured Virginia Skyline Caverns near Front Royal. Dr and Mrs W E Gabbert and relatives returned from Houston with ballgame visits to the Astrodome and sightseeing of the Texas battleships. Various Montgomery and Fort Worth area families hosted relatives over weekends and vacations, including guests from Liberty Dallas Tyler Edinburg Longview Fort Worth and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M
Buddy) Shaw
Meg
Karen
Virginia
Skyline Caverns
U.S. 340
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Highway
Shenandoah National Park
Skyline Drive
Front Royal
W. E. Gabbert
Cathy
Chuck
Diane Chapman
Houston
Astrodome
Cincinnatii Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Texas
San Jacinto Monument
Meredith Nelson
Edinburg
Jim Richardson
Jimmy
Rhonda
Liberty
Robert Henry
Dallas
Lois Henry
Richardson
Ottice Houston
Beaulah Allen
Gerald Smith
Brent and Neal
Tyler
Winnie Denton
Lawrence Smith
John Thompson
Longview
Clifton Thompson
FE. G. Partin
Partin
Morris Cummings
Sons
Fort Worth
Edgar Wallis
Mrs Elliott Rusk resident dies after illness
Leona Gertrude Elliott aged resident of Rusk died Wednesday night July 21 after a period of illness. Final rites were held Friday at 2 p.m. in Wallace Funeral Chapel with burial at Walker Chapel Cemetery near Reklaw. She left three sons Jim Alfred Claude all of Rusk, one daughter Alyne McCrary of Rusk, plus seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Several relatives and guests from nearby towns visited, including the Georg eRobert Jones family of Pasadena and others from Corpus Christi and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Rene Don Copeland
Walker Chapel
Cemtery
Reklaw
Jim
Alfred
Claude
Rusk
Alyne McCrary
Elmer Cummins
Peggy
George Robert Jones
Pasadena
Rose Berry
Earnest Weldon
Pauline King
Corpus Christi
Lois Henry
Beaulah Allen
Ottice Houston
Lake Styker
Wayne Tosh
Erik and
Ditrik
Austin
Leo Tosh
John Robert Butler
Vickey Louise
Winnie
John Butler
Cox-Caveness
First Methodist Church
J. E. Farrow
James
Texas City
Joe Clark
Dallas
W. E. Wallace
Roy C. Sloan
Marshall
Cherokee County 4-H to Stage Amateur Talent Show
The Cherokee County 4 H Council sponsors an amateur talent show on Friday July 30 at 7 30 p m in the Community Center at Ponta. Each 4 H club must present an act or skit and a 25 cent admission is charged for attendees nine years old and older. Proceeds benefit the county 4 H Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
4-H Council
Ponta
Rusk B&PW Club Hosts Informal Buffet Supper
The Rusk Business and Professional Women's Club held an informal buffet supper Thursday night July 22 at the Rusk Hotel. President Esther Mae Durrett welcomed new member Mrs Ida Fisher and guests including Mrs Lucille Seale Mrs Rosalie Thomas and Miss Carolyn Forster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk Business and Professional Women's Club
Rusk Hotel
Esther Mae Durrett
Ida Fisher
Lucille Seale
Rosalie Thomas
Carolyn Forster
Maudie Musick
Miss Forster
Cortez, Colorado
Cortez
Colorado
Ruby Ross
Bernice Looney
Mable Hern
Glaydis Evans
Lena Bell Pirtle
Mildred Fulton
County 4 H Camp Plans Set With Activities
The Cherokee County 4 H program committee met in the courthouse council room to outline a camp with crafts, swimming, scavenger hunts and safety drills. About 35 4 H ers have signed up. The camp will be at Wispering Pines Girl Scout Camp between Nacogdoches and Garrison with adult leaders handling menus and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wispering Pines Girl Scout Camp
Nacogdoches
Garrison
Three County Boys Attend '65 Forestry Shortcourse
Sixty agriculture students and 4-H youths attended the 1965 Youth Forestry Shortcourse in Huntsville, jointly sponsored by the Texas Forestry Association and the Texas Forest Service. Three county boys from Jacksonville and Rusk participated, with local sponsorship from banks, civic groups, and chambers. The program covered tree identification, marketing, preservation, and wood utilization, along with recreation and citizenship training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas Forestry Association
Texas Forest Service
Lee B Zeagler
Larry Anderson
Bobby Joe Burrell
Jacksonville
Harry Milton Attaway
Rusk
Cherokee County
Chamber of Commerce
First State Bank
Elm Grove
Woodville
Citizen State Bank
John Haislet
DeWayne Weldon
Tex. Forest Service
Jack Didon
Champion Papers, Inc
Henry Stietz
W. A. Smith
Agricultural Extension Service
R. R. Rhodes
Texas A. & M. University
Vic Suneson
Foster Lumber Co
Bulova Watch
Lufkin
Rotary Club Sees Slides on Viet Nam
J. T. Favaren of Rusk spoke to the Rusk Rotary Club about Viet Nam and Far East regions after returning from armed service. Slides covered Viet Nam Japan and China with Favaren’s commentary. Guests included George Favaron Jack McElroy and Dr. Joe Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Viet Nam
J. T. Favaren
Rusk
Rusk Rotary Club
Far
Japan
China
Favaron
James Richards
J. P. Favaron
George Favaron
Jack McElroy
Joe Crawford
Spa origins spark name change in health resorts
A note explains that the town of Spa in Belgium, famed for its mineral spring discovered in 1326, gave the new common name spa to health resort destinations with springs attracting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Belgium
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C. Day
W. H. McCrary
Burnell Stovall
Ellis Manning
Edwin Dickey
Curtis Spinks
Bertis Watson
Ford Weatherly
Clubs IN Action
James E. Engbrock
Sandra Lunsford
B&pw
Sharon Copeland
Dorothy Emerson
National 4-H Foundation
Washington D. C
Emerson
Joe Bill Mettauer
Fredonia
Karen Perkins
United States
Caiety
SF Vat Busneyi
Inderella
Disney
Auch Turner
Robertson-O'Brian
Ruth Stefanie Roman
Powers
Acapulco
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Eva Marie Saint
Martin Raniohofe
Manhattan
Uary
Coats
Bngs
Rug Sale
Cial Spe
Hose
S.ze
Bordens Mellorine
Vienna
Santa Rosa
Cox
Borden’s Reg
Libby
Kimbell
N. Main
Shattuck
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