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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
8
The Rusk Study Club reports the library owns five to six thousand volumes with 400 regular readers and 900 loans monthly. They state a yearly deficit of about 500 dollars and appeal to the community to donate funds or books, inviting interested persons to contact club members.
Childs Food Stores announces a broadened profit sharing program for all employees age 21 with two years service. Meetings led by Crawford Gailfrey, VP Secretary Treasurer, and store executives outline sharing profits from Childs and Kroger Co. and subsidiaries after a recent Kroger merger.
Winston B. Lucas of Irving Texas will be at the Joe B. Copeland Store in Rusk on Tuesday June 19 from 10 30 am to 5 pm to photograph children for a contest with 24 25 dollars in prizes for the three best photos. Photos are free to enter with proofs shown and optional extra prints. No purchase required to compete. All children’s photos in this section may enter.
The plan, in effect at Kroger for four and a half years, yields 1.83 dollars in value for every dollar saved by employees. It features free retirement, health and accident coverage, enhanced life insurance, hospitalization and surgical benefits, with only 12 weeks service needed. Part of the fund is invested in Kroger stock, raising employee stakes. Childs employees join the Savings and Profit Sharing plan June 16, with other enhanced benefits starting around July 1.
The schedule lists multiple games from late June through August including Red Sox Giants Braves Cardinals Yankees Dodgers Indians Senators and Yankees matchups with 6:30 and 8:15 start times. A playoff round will begin August 7 to crown the league champion.
Chief Moore of the Local U S Navy Recruiting Station in Palestine announces a new policy to speed advancement in rate. Qualified personnel may reach a petty officer rating in less than a year through intensive training on ships and shore stations. A second class petty officer rating could be earned before completing the second year of service.
Members of the First Methodist Church greeted the return of Rev Jewel Strong as pastor for another year. The Houston Annual Conference announced minimal pastoral changes affecting the Rusk Jacksonville Alto area with several ministers reassigned to DeKalb New Summerfield Dialville Providence Gallatin Alto Circuit Groveton Elysian Fields and other nearby charges.
The Dallas corps responded 9 000 times and logged 15 000 man hours. Mr Williams demonstrated new emergency equipment and explained its use. John Lester noted potential emerg ency corps in Cherokee County with leadership from Sheriff Allen Dotson and police chiefs Homer Smith and Sam Bollinger.
The hospital notes list patients admitted across Rusk Alto and Tyler with names including Joe Lee Barbara Kay Yarbrough and Dock Russell Jordan. Discharges cover S J Featherston infant daughter Bill Fulton Busby Ella Clifton Claiborne Bagley Fuqua Rowe Tackett Lusk Maness C J Smith and infant son and Mrs Nash with infant daughter.
Rusk Chapter No. 79 of the Order of the Eastern Star will install its 1956 57 officers Thursday June 14 at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. Installing officer is Mrs P J Babb of Jacksonville with Mrs Mildred Fulton as Installing Chaplain and Mrs Floy Nelson as pro tem secretary. Officers to be installed include Pauline Powers as Worthy Matron E B Davis as Worthy Patron Velma Helcomb as Associate Matron N Ward Seale as Associate Patron Margaret N Ross as secretary Ruth Black as treasurer Lucille Seale as conductress Belle Johnson as associate conductress Mattie Davis as Chaplain Kate Love as Marshall Roberta Scott as organist Ada Favaron as Adah Angie Johnston as Ruth Shirley Hasser as Esther Jewel Guenther as Electa Mamie Baker as Warder and W L Rabe as Sentinel. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Dr Roy C Noble staff physician at Rusk State Hospital spoke to the Rusk Kiwanis Club at Smiths Cafe in regular session. He described improved methods of treating mental illness and cited admission statistics. Lt Gov attended as a guest.
Dr. Noble announced that recent discoveries in mental illness treatment led to more patients being released than admitted at Rusk State Hospital in the past year. The talk was introduced by J. C. Williams, with Lt. Gov. C. T. Bush and Crawford Godfrey among special visitors.
County Clerk Elma Musick Jr notes two criminal docket cases this week State of Texas v W W Culver theft over five under sixty dollars and State of Texas v J G Parmley DWI. Licenses issued to Eddie Louis Hemby and Edith Sue Dowling French L Henderson and Laura Veollie Glenn Kenneth Ray Corley and Joyce Merle Gregg Elmo Simmons and Hazel Jean Lenzy.
The notice lists multiple couples including Edward Glenn Green with Frieda McIntyre LaJuan and Charles B Watts with Nelda Waymer Rounsavall among others. Also named are Robert Anderson with Omarene Johnson Elmo Cary with Callie Mae Jones Anis Eli Hill with Betty Ruth Pearson and Morris McDonald Goff with Laura Beth Bowling.
Rev Gus Ramage a retired Christian Church minister from Waxahachie Texas is filling the pulpit for six weeks at the First Christian Church here He preaches twice daily on Sunday at 11 a m and 7 p m A pastor is expected to be secured by mid July says Chairman Jack Fitts
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