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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
1
Merchants of Rusk plan the biggest Bargain Day next week with an airplane drop of over two thousand flying saucers. Good Western Music will entertain on Thursday afternoon as the band sets up on the courthouse lawn.
The schedule shifts the Friday events to Thursday and Saturday to allow extra savings. The flying saucers will be discarded Thursday afternoon.
A letter from Martin Dies Jr a State Senate candidate reports his car crash involving a shrimp truck months ago left him weak from long bed confinement though x rays show his broken bones have re fused and he is out of the hospital.
Both candidates for the Texas Supreme Court, Judge Joe Greenhill and Judge Sarah T. Hughes, visited Rusk this week in a bid for votes. Greenhill carries broad attorney endorsements in Cherokee County except one, while Hughes is backed by the Business and Professional Women of Texas.
The Texas Poll shows Governor Price Daniel leading with 60 percent for re election and opponent W Lee O Daniel at 16 percent. The Singing Wills Family of Fort Worth teams with the local Christiannaires Quartet for a Cherokee County gospel sing at the courthouse square Saturday from 4 to 5 30 and 7 to 9 with no admission charged.
The Rusk Monroe Joplin VFW Post will meet Thursday night at Smith's Cafe. Newly elected officers will be inducted and plans made to widen membership. Veterans in the Rusk area are urged to attend and join the post. Meeting starts at 7 30.
The MYF Intermediates held a regular Sunday meeting at First Methodist Church. President Sue Vining led, minutes were read by Norline Morgan, and program assignments were made for the next week with Diana Banks and Susan Miller joining in, plus refreshments by Stephanie Cox.
Cherokee county tomato farmers facing crop disaster extend a wholesale invitation to truckers to move in and take thousands of bushels of produce. Farmers say East Texas tomatoes are top quality despite a national market collapse and weather damage to early fruit. Trucking could salvage investments as sheds struggle with low prices and limited demand.
W. R. Doc Jordan named Outstanding State Constable by the Texas Law Enforcement Foundation for his service since 1945 in Cherokee County. In Rusk, Rotary Club installed Robert M. Hayes as president Joe Jackson as vice president and Houston White for another term as secretary treasurer. Malcolm Guinn led the installing ceremony praising outgoing president R. L. Wilson who attended the Rotary International convention. Ed Havard attended as Cherokee County Agent.
The Louisiana Cajuns are descendants of Acadians driven from Nova Scotia by the British in 1755, a migration shaping the cultural origins of Cajun communities.
The text notes Rome under Nero featured a grand public slaughter house. It then shifts to a remark about the sale of modern accident insurance in the United States, stating it did not begin until 184. The sentence blends ancient and modern topics, indicating a discussion of historical contrasts.
Officials of the First Methodist Church will be installed Sunday July 6 with Rev. Elwood Birkelbach officiating. Rusk Lions Club installs officers Thursday at noon with Allen Caldwell presiding. the program notes past-year achievements and community projects.
Thirty one pupils sign up for summer make up courses, Su perintendent Gerald Chapman said Tuesday. Enrollment closed early this week and covers grades five through eight. The six week program has no fees and runs 7 30 to 11 30 with two teachers for four classes.
Texas Governor's Mansion dates to 1853, predating the Capitol by 32 years. Electric power began in Texas in the 1880s with the first power plant located in Galveston.
The Rev Elwood Birkelbach pastor of the First Methodist Church Rusk spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Why I Am a Preacher He urged members to reevaluate their lives and motives and recalled early influences that led to his vocation Ralph Travis presided with J W Summers as program chair. Visitors included Tom Dyal Jr Dock Galloway O H Green and Tom Stephens.
Junior and Pony League games moved teams past the halfway point of the season as the Athletics defeated the Phillies 6 to 2 in Pony League action while the Red Sox erupted for 18 runs to top the Giants 7. Five remaining series are slated before the season ends on Friday, July 18.
The Palestine District welcomes Dr Joel Tower new superintendent with a barbecued chicken and ham supper next Monday at 7 30 pm on the parsonage lawn. President Felton Banks invites church wives and invited children with final headcount by Friday.
Mrs Knox Ray was named superintendent of the First Methodist Church Sunday School Youth Department. She succeeds Mrs Edwin Campbell, according to an announcement from Pastor Rev Elwood Birkelbach.
State hospital staff traveled for meetings across Texas this week. Superintendent Dr. Charles W. Castner spoke in Austin with the new State Director Cyrial J. Ruilmann on operations and budget needs. W. D. Draper and Keith Kennedy attended a business managers and chief accountants session in Wichita Falls. Nursing director Edith Vick and training education chief Cleora Myrick joined Austin seminars on revised class curricula for the coming year. Hearings on the local hospital budget are set for July.
Marvin Troublefield Jr of Dallas is spending a few days on vacation with his mother Mrs. Marvin Troublefield. He works for the Department of Agriculture as an auditor for the Dairy Marketing Division in the Dallas area.
Between 1947 and 1953 chemicals overtook oil as Texas's leading industry, reshaping the state’s economy and employment landscape with a shift in major outputs and corporate focus.
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