Rushians Cub Rodeo results and Lions Club praise and critique
The 19th Annual Rushians Cub Rodeo concluded with top finishers Geneva White, Bobby Whitehead and Robbie Whitehead in youth divisions. Bouquets to President John Barton and Rodeo Chairman Robert von Doenhoff for a strong event and to Billy Milstead, Ray Kendall and Leon Pledger for fourteen weeks of arena rebuild work. Brickbats to Lions who failed to attend work shifts. volunteers note reduced turnout compared with prior years and reliance on concessions and ticket sales for revenue.
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Rushians
Ion
John Barton
Robert von Doenhoff
Billy Milstead
Ray Kendall
Leon Pledger
Rodeo
Rusk Lions Club
J.leinback
Ions Club
Milstead
Kendall
Pledger
Jon von Doenhoff
Weather Bureau
Cherokee OK'd For 169000 FM Road Work
The Texas Highway Commission approved 169000 for grading and structures on two new Farm to Market Roads in Cherokee County as part of the 1967 FM Road Program. District Engineer W W Potter of Tyler announced the projects and supervision will be by Edwin M Campbell.
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Texas Highway Commission
Cherokee County
W. W. Potter
Tyler
Black Jack
Edwin M. Campbel
Music
Texas
Ate
Ains
Texas Education Agency
Library Club Ends Year With Hopeful Notes
The Library Study Club of Rusk marked the end of its fiscal year with a May 23 dinner at Pineview. Rita Hudson and Sandra Smith sang solos with Rusk High School choir director Mrs. Gorta Norton, followed by a talk on American opera by Mrs. Ebert Cope.
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Library Club
Library Study Club of
Rusk
Pineview
Egbert Copeland
Rita Hudson
Sandra Smith
Rusk High School
G Orta Norton
W. W. Finley
Ebert Cope
America
W. H. Hanna
Army Private Completes Training at Fort Polk Louisiana
Army Private Billy F. Allen, 21, son of Mrs. Wilma E. Allen of Lufkin Texas, completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training May 26 at Fort Polk Louisiana. The final week included guerrilla warfare exercises and Viet Nam style simulations. He learned to remove booby traps set ambushes and avoid enemy ambushes along with small unit tactics land mine warfare map reading communications and firing the M 14 rifle M 60 machine gun and 3 1/2 inch rocket launcher. His father Billy P. Allen resides in Welis Texas.
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Ft, Polk
Billy F. Allen
Wilma E. Allen
Groesbeck
Lufkin
Tex
Ft. Polk
Vietnam
Wi'lie PF
Alen
Wels
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Geneva White
Bobby Whitehead
Robbie Whitehead
Sloan Williams
Hungerford
Frances Stover
Ed Stover
By, E, B, Musick, JR
Dad
Henry’s Jewelers
Rusk, Texas
USDA
Shurfine
Whitfield
del Monte
Tnabisco
Libbys
Vienna
U.S
JOY
Cn Ae
Aes
Shurfresh
Osed
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