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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
3
Leroy Edwards and Margie Car ol Clark and others listed in court roster. State of Texas v Pete Clayborne fined 100 dollars and jailed three days plus costs. State of Texas v Herbert Lewis vehicle registration suspended pending. Divorces granted and damages sought in several district actions. Johnnie Dennis granted a divorce from Ella Dennis.
Louvert Lloyd Griffin of Rusk has earned high honors at Stephen F. Austin State College and was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Miss Mary Thompson, dean of women, announced the selection based on scholarship leadership character and citizenship.
Local residents list weekend visits with relatives in Palestine and Houston. Mrs. W. E. Wallace remains hospitalized in Tyler after surgery for a broken hip. Several families from Jacksonville, Flint, and other nearby towns are noted visiting or attending events, with travel to Huntsville for a football game.
Funeral services for W. J. Rice, 99, were held in Gram Prairie after a two month illness. A Grand Prairie resident for two years, he was a retired farmer born March 2 1857 in Pickens County South Carolina. He moved to Texas at 30 and served as a church deacon. Survivors include a son James A. Rice and a daughter Carrie Jarmon with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He celebrated his 99th birthday this year with a party and recalled walking with God for 74 years.
Ponta 4H Club met November 8 at the Community Center for a program on landscaping by Miss Martha Barnett. She advised on planning, shrub placement for screening, and border shrub locations, noting that well planned landscaping enhances home beauty and value.
Interesting facts highlight California hosting both the highest and lowest elevations in the U S A. The piece also notes Boy Scouts eligibility for handicapped boys, riot creation requires three, treason as a constitutional crime, the earth’s equatorial girth exceeding its meridian, slander as oral abuse, and Atlantic saltiness surpassing that of the Pacific.
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