Rusk Junior League Baseball Opens as Tomato Deal Nears
District Clerk Bill Parrott explains a new all steel jury wheel used to select jurors for the 145th Judicial District Court in Rusk. The weekend opening features the Braves Yankees Indians and Cardinals games at Lions Club Park with free admission and season passes sold to fund the Junior League. Tomato sheds open in Rusk and East Texas with expected prices near Be per lb for high quality fruit as buyers urge late harvests to avoid rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Parrott
Court of Criminal Appeals
Cherokee - Angelina
Nacogdoches
Rusk
Lions Club
W. H. Hanna
Braves
Yankees
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Ben Shirey
Wayne Townsend
Bill Vining
Shelby Hood
Dodgers
Altors
Red Sox
First Federal
Earl Henry
Dub Summers
Bill Whitten
Giants
Citzens State Bank
Southwestern Abstract Co
Buddy Hinton
Henry Westbrook
Senators
Alto
Indians
Cardinals
Jones
Tomato Deal Aims to Open in Rusk With Low Prices
The Tomato Deal is set to begin in Rusk on Monday with J P Acker planning to open his shed and prices seen around 8 to 10 cents. Riley Maness hints events may start next week and excitement grows as Rusk hums to life.
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Rusk
J. P. Acker
Riley Maness
East Texas
Jacksonville
Acker
Roundabout
Rusk Cherokeean
Cherokeean
KTLA
Felton Banks
Yarborough Campaign Tour With Hillbilly Band Visited Jacksonville
Ralph Yarborough visited Jacksonville last week meeting backers and planning to stump the state with a hillbilly band following W. Lee O Daniel. Backer Bobby Butler recalls Yarborough comparing his defeats to Abe Lincoln to explain persistence in politics. Bob Shattuck nears recovery after surgery and returns to town briefly while Jewel runs the family grocery.
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Ralph Yarborough
Jacksonville
W. Lee O’daniel
Bobby Butler
Yarboroughs
Yarborough
Abe Lincoln
Abe
Bob Shattuck
Bob
Jewel
John Dowdy Seeks Return to Congress in 7th District
John Dowdy asks citizens of the 7th congressional district for reelection. He cites seniority and voting record, pledges continued full-time representation, and emphasizes agriculture focus including larger 1956 cotton acreage and farm-to-market road funding. He notes ongoing work and invites inspection of his voting record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th Congressional District
Congress
John Dowdy
Cotton Belt Official Speaks To Rush Kiwanis Club This Week
Harry W. Hudson Cotton Belt assistant general manager addressed the Rusk Kiwanis Club sharing the railroad’s history and growth since 1880. He argued railroads remain the cheapest freight method and noted Cotton Belt as a Class 1 line with substantial freight capacity.
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Cotton Belt
Rush Kiwanis Club
Harry W. Hudson
Cotton Belt Railroad
Rusk Kiwanis Club
Rusk
United States
J. C. Penick
Chas. W. Castner
M. H. Norton
Jack Nichols
J. C. Williams
Leo W. Tosh
Eldridge Gregg
M. G. Mitchell
Tyler
Roy Ginn
G. W. Corley
Jack Pinson
Emmett Whitehead
Elma Musick, Sr
Church News in Review Radio Program Set on KTLA
On Saturday June 2 at 8 30 am KTLA will begin a weekly fifteen minute program Church News in Review. Rev Gene Tomlin will compile and present the notices inviting churches and denominations to send announcements to Route 1 Rusk for air time.
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Roundabout
Austin J. Hollingsworth
First Christian Church
Hollingsworth
Ministerial Alliance
Ktla Radio
Blair
Nebraska
Mrs. Hollingsworth
KTLA
Church News In Review
Gene Tomlin
Tomlin
Rusk
Trees Mean Jobs Protect Forests Keep Texas Green
The piece argues forests support employment and urges preventing wildfires to preserve trees and the ecological and economic value they provide in Texas. It emphasizes conservation as a pathway to sustained jobs and a healthier environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mrs Ratcliff Addresses Rusk Lions on Austria Visit
Mrs Ed Ratcliff spoke to the Rusk Lions Club at Smiths Cafe last Thursday about her visit to Austria. The talk was described as vivid and interesting with M H Norton as program chairman and Lion President Lloyd Pipes inviting a future visit.
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Ed Ratcliff
Rusk Lions Club
Smith's Cafe
Austria
M. H. Norton
Lion
Lloyd Pipes
Four Criminal Cases Filed In County Court In Cherokee County
Four cases were filed on the County Criminal Docket at the Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk this week. State of Texas vs. Chuck Wilson and Virginia Wilson charged with aggravated assault. State of Texas vs. Elma Fulce, charged with driving while intoxicated, entered a plea of guilty and waived trial by jury with a $100 fine and three days in jail. State of Texas vs. Albert Simpson charged with DWI and State of Texas vs. W. W. Culver charged with DWI, neither tried yet.
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Cherokee County
Rusk
State of Texas
Chuck Wilson
Virginia Wilson
Elma Fulce
Albert Simpson
W. W. Culver
Weldon Garrett Named New Manager at Mer. Piggly Wiggly Rusk
Weldon Garrett, longtime Childs Piggly Wiggly veteran, is transferred from Childs stores in Crockett and Palestine to manage the Rusk location. A World War II veteran, he joins the Palestine Kiwanis Club and Methodist Church family. he started in Jacksonville and has 11 years with Childs. He assumed duties Monday, May 21.
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Weldon Garrett
Childs Piggly Wiggly
Rusk
Alvin Childs
Childs Food Stores, Inc
Garrett
Childs Organization
Jacksonville
Childs
Crockett
Palestine
Palestine Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
Richardson Receives Degree and Fellowship at A&M
Mr and Mrs J W Richardson of Alto and Mrs Lois Henry attended the Baccalaureate service and the Commencement at College Station where their son James Richardson received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering. He also earned the Lane Wells Fellowship for fifteen hundred dollars and will pursue a Master’s degree at A M.
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J. W. Richardson
Alto
Lois Henry
College Station
James Richardson
Lane-Wells
A&m
Mrs Grounds Buried In Cedar Hill After Long Illness
Maggie Belle Grounds eighty died Monday at daughter’s home in Reece after a long illness. Rites held Wednesday at Holmes Brothers chapel with Rev William Helpenstell. Burial in Cedar Hills cemetery at Rusk. Survivors include three daughters, three sons, four sisters and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Mrs Grounds was a Providence church member who lived here 14 years. Widower J W Grounds was her husband.
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Oakland Baptist Church
C. H
Charlie) Dickson
O. P. Meador
Lonnie H. Webb
Cherokee County
Oakland
Nettie Yarbrough
Brack Dickson
Palestine
Odell Smith
Maggie Belle Grounds
R. D Hartless
Reece
Holmes Brothers Chapel
William Helpenstell
Providence Methodist
Cedar Hills
Rusk
R. D. Hartless
Ken Russ
Cisco
P. M. Winfrey
Freeport
Walter Jenkins
Homer Jenkins
Murph Jenkins
Houston
Lillie Runnels
Frankston
Flora Jenkins
Mittye Loper
Jacksonville
Bob Hudspeth
Kilgore
Lester Etheridge
Orvil Lake
Claude Petty
Paul Priestley
Wesley
Memorial Day Talk Heard By Rusk Rotarians
Rusk Rotarians heard an appropriate talk on Memorial Day by club member Houston White. He outlined the history and purpose of Memorial Day as Americans. President Mayo Starkey presided at the well attended meeting at the Rusk Hotel with visiting Rotarians Howard Bramlette and R. C. Buckner of Jacksonville.
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Rusk
Rusk Hotel
Houston White
Mayo Starkey
Howard Bramlette
R. C. Buckner
Jacksonville
Minton Moseley Improves At Nan Travis Hospital
Minton Moseley continues to steadily improve at Nan Travis in Jacksonville. He is now permitted to sit up for short intervals and do some walking.
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Minton Moseley
Nan Travis
Jacksonville
Black family visits Fort Worth and Dallas business
Mr and Mrs Alex Black and their son David traveled through Fort Worth and Dallas for business on Sunday and Monday. The text notes Pascal the inventor of the adding machine as a Reichman in 1642.
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Alex Black
David
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pascal
Reichman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cere
Gible
Watters
Elma Musick
Citizens Industrial Insurance Company
C. J. Hawler
Bruce Gates
Bill Jones
Travis Roten
Rusk National Guard Armory
Patricia Beasley
Troy Beasley
Grady Browning
Patricia
Josh Woods
Ed Stover
Parrott
Charlie Dickson
A. L. Green
Barbara Gale Green
W. R. Bunn
Taylor Pharmical Company
Frank Evans
M. G. Aven
Chuck) Wilson
Virginia Dave Wilson
James Arthur Wallace
Hester Irene Elkins Wallace
Johnnie Dennis
Ella Dennis
W. L. Cunningham, Jr
Lula Mae Cunningham
Laura Allen
Jerry F. Allen
Lula Mae Johnson
Herman Johnson
B. A. King
H. F. Stevens
Delta Drilling Company
Et al
Mrs. Ratcliff
Rusk Lions
New Mer
Piggly Wiggly
J. Richardson
Cedar Hill
Rusk Rotarians
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