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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1973
Page
4
Bessie Guinn Monkress marked her 93rd birthday on April 26 in Rusk. Born April 26, 1880 in Rusk to Phillio and Maggie Guinn, she married Réymond Monkress in 1907 and has a son Raymond now in Midland.
Funeral for Robert Lee Keahey 85 of Rusk held at Wallace Chapel with Rev. Ben Pierce officiating. Burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery after brief illness at Rusk Memorial Hospital. Surviving sisters include Addie Banks Callie Thomason Tennie Cummings Dora Moon Maurine Bynum Hazel Masters and others. Pallbearers listed.
Dr. W. C. Roddy appointed assistant professor of biology at Tyler State College. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Roddy Jr. of Rusk, he will teach Genetics, History of Life and Environment, and Man this summer with Ecology and General Entomology added in fall and spring. He conducted graduate research at Louisiana State University on coastal and common bermudagrass impacts on grasshopper populations Dichromorpha viridis and Melanophus femurrubrum.
Robert A. von Dornhoff of Southwestern Abstract Co in Rusk will be installed as president of the Texas Land Title Association during the 63rd TLTA convention in Mexico City May 3-5. He has served on TLTA’s board for six years and is active in ALTA, helping to revise a Model Title Insurance Code.
Thomas L. Roper son of Mr. and Mrs. L B Roper of Bullard has been commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduating from the School of Military Sciences for Officers at Lackland AFB Texas. He will train as a pilot at Laredo AFB Texas. Roper is a 1968 Bullard High School graduate with an A A degree from Tyler Junior College in 1970 and a B S from Texas A&M in 1972. His wife Linda is the daughter of Mrs. E E Brumley of Route 2 Jacksonville.
Mr and Mrs B P Reed attended funeral services for his brother in law R H Arthur at Texarkana Tuesday.
Gene Kelley chairman of the Rusk City Parks and Recreation Board and city council member spoke to the Rusk Rotary Club last Wednesday. He outlined park site work and future plans including a tourist train to be run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and estimated the facility would draw about 2,000 visitors daily. Visiting Rotarians Dr. Joe Crawford Raleigh Sherman John Barton Dwight Parsley Glenn Hibbs and Mike Simmons of Fort Worth attended at the Pineview Restaurant.
Marie Whitehead graduate student and Margaret M Williams senior from Rusk are named on Stephen F. Austin State University fall honor roll of 98 students. SFA Registrar Gene Barbin notes honor goes to all A record with full course load. Banquet honored students this spring hosted by the Nacogdoches Boosters Club.
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