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Roundabout reports unity in support for enlarging Rusk State Hospital Maximum Security Unit and notes funds approved by House and Senate. Bob Edwards named Athlete of the Year at All Sports Banquet. Bill Edwards recalls 1930 award. Local politics quiet ahead of April city election. rising June Lions Club rodeo and reunion plans.
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Houston Post
Rusk State Hospital
Rusk
Martin Dies
Rayford Price
Houston
Dies
House
Senate
Roundabout
Bob Edwards
Bob
Emmett Whitehead
Billie
Bastrop High School
Tom Sartain
Dick Dickerson
Gladstone Thompson
Texas
Lions Club RCA World's Championship Rodeo Pursues Fresh Start
The Lions Club unveils new dates June 10 11 12 and a new producer Jim Should er of Henrietta Oklahoma for the 17th annual RCA World Championship Rodeo. Plans include a parade kickoff luncheon beard contest calf scramble and new barbecue concessions joining revived car caravans and a Rodeo Queen with tickets offered.
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Lions Club
Charles Davis
Ray Kendall
James Blanton
Jim Shoulders
Henrietta
Oklahoma
Lions
Lioness Club
Caravan Mickey Gambrell
Raymond Cooper
Bill Draper
Cracker Dover
Oran Spence
Billy Milstead
Doris Kendall
Jacque Whitten
Leroy Hill
John Barton
John Bill Slover
Ralph Rozelle
Buddy Hinton
Grady Dupree
Banquet Honors Athletes At Rusk High School
More than 300 attended the All Sports Banquet at Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church honoring Rusk High School athletes. Guest speaker Luke Thornton of Palestine, state coaching award winner, urged youth to work hard, balance humor desire and backbone, and strive in sports and life.
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Rusk High School
Rusk
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Gerald C. Chapman
Doyle Brooks
Bruce Pruett
Bob Young
Doug Jordan
Pete Grimes
Billy Watson
Luke Thornton
Palestine
Brooks
Thornton
Rusk Eagles Baseball Opens Season With Elkhart
Rusk High School begins baseball and track seasons with the Eagles hosting Elkhart on Dickinson Field at 4 p.m. Starters include Crysop Hassell Tisdale Hill Holcomb Edwards McClure Townsend McElroy. Approximately 200 FFA and 4H entries compete in Cherokee County Junior Livestock Show at the Rusk Rodeo Grounds Friday with judges from Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin.
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Rusk Rodeo Grounds
Rusk High School
FFA
Cherokee County
John Nance
Agricultural Department
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Cecil Jones
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
Shannon Carpenter
Tyler
Rusk Kiwanis Club
Acton Duncan
Rusk
Crockett Street
Jimmy Brooks
Glenn Higgins
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Don
Detman Maves
Ruskites
Rusk Academy
Rusk Junior College
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Charles Castner
Delmon
Pitts Rusk
Elkhart
Johnnie Richie
Ronnie Gunter
Larry Gunter
Jerry Akin
Parker Stafford
Johnnie Jenkins
Ronny McElroy
Jack Noonan
Johnny Dotson
Eagles
Lee Baseball
Duncan
Dickinson Fiels
Mike Hill
Rusk-Elkhart
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