Eagles Triumph in Round Town Victory Night
The Round Town Eagles impressed with a strong Friday performance, featuring the first string and backups in a hard hitting district game. Albert Kojack visited, slowly recovering in Houston after plastic surgeries, thanking supporters. Bills Parrott missed his first game in four years due to illness, and pay raises were noted for RSH staff starting October 1.
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Birds
Roundabout
Fager Eagles
Rowndabeout
Bill Parrott
Billaid
Bill
Van
Bearden Furniture Ad Pricing Correction Noted
A correction states Bearden Furniture misreported a Cape Ord browner living room suite price on page five. The advertised price was $299 instead of the erroneous $2.99.
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Bearden Furniture Company
Commissioners Uphold Precinct Boundaries In Jacksonville Area
In a special session Monday the Cherokee County Commissioners voted to keep Jacksonville area election precincts and all county precincts unchanged. They cited Article 2.04 of the Texas Election Code and found adjacent unincorporated territory cannot form valid precincts of suitable size. The board also approved the 1966 county tax roll and agreed to cooperate with the State Department of See ELECTION, Page 5.
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Cherokee County
Jacksonville
State Department
Stockmen To Hear Animal Husbandman
Walter E. Kruse will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse Council Room in Rusk. He will discuss performance and gain test work at the A and M center and similar sites and how testing results may affect Cherokee County production. A. N. Walley Jr. of New Sum merfield, chair of the program committee, urges all county livestockmen to attend, calling it a very outstanding program.
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Walter E. Kruse
Rusk
Kruse
A&m Enter
Cherokee County
A. N. Walley, Jr
New Summerfield
Expansion Planned for EZ Vision Cable in Rusk
E H Whitehead announces a year long expansion of EZ Vision Cable to nine channels including a local channel. Upgrades begin with microwave facilities from Crockett tower and aim to add television camera and local programming with 16 hours daily, plus three Houston channels KTRK KPRC KHOU.
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EZ Vision Cable
E. H. Whitehead
Crockett
Ruskites
Chanel Six
Tele
Houston
KTRK
KPRC
KHOU
Tyler
Lufkin
Texarkana
Shreveport
Rusk Eagles Cruise Over Raiders 20-6 on Friday Night
Rusk Eagles toppled the West Rusk County Raiders 20-6 in New London to move to 3-0. The game featured a 14-0 halftime lead, a fourth quarter Raiders TD on a 12 yard pass, and a 50 yard marching TD drive by Rusk.
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Rusk Eagles
Raiders
Rusk
West Rusk County Raiders
New London
Eagles
Kirbyville
Livingston
Doyle Brooks
Parker Stafford
Brooks
West Rusk
Eagle-Wildcat Live Broadcast Planned Friday
Rusk Eagle football fans can watch the Friday game against Kirbyville via Chan 2 cable starting at 7:30 p.m. Pre-game warm-up with Savage Sam Florian followed by play-by-play, with a Saturday 3:30 p.m. KTLA radio re-broadcast. Eagles rack up 294 rushing yards and 20 first downs.
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Rusk
Jack Martin
Kirbyville
John Moody
Chan. 2
Savage
Sam’ Florian
Ktla Radio
1580
Local Drive Continues For Motel, Golf Course
At the PTA meeting in the Rusk Junior High Cafetorium 175 attendees heard a panel discuss Who's Pressuring Johnny. PTA president Dr. E C Martin opened the new school year with Eloise Willingham introducing the panel of 11. Subtopics covered teenage patriotism, home support for country, and the link between dishonesty and excessive focus on success.
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Ing
Johnny
PTA
E. C. Martin
James Fisher
Morris W. Hassell
J. M. Bonne
Frank Morgan
Messers
Pete Grimes
Curtis Atkinson
Jim Perkins
C. M. Shaw
Oscar Lindstrum
Adton Duncan
Grover Talbert
Eloise Willingham
Pat
New Pool Facility Planned for Rusk Lions Club
The Rusk Lions Club undertook demolition of the old bath-house to clear space for a new three thousand dollar bath-house at the City Swimming Pool. Lion Leon Pledger said haydite tile will be used and the structure will mirror the old size with a redesigned floor plan including a lobby store room concession stands and separate dressing rooms. Construction is expected to begin in three to four weeks.
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Rusk Lions Club
Lions Club
Lion Leon Pledger
Rusk campaign nears goal for motel golf complex
By Wednesday morning donors and stock sales totalled 12000 towards a 265000 motel restaurant golf course project fronting Highway 69 near Euclid Street. The effort aims 65000 from local citizens to meet city obligations while Temple Industries plans a 5000 stock purchase.
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Rusk
Highway 69
Euclid Street
Rusk Lions Club
Rusk Industrial Foundation
Leo W. Tosh
Arthur Temple
Diboll
Temple Industries
Temple
Tosh
RSH Staff To Receive Pay Raises
Rusk State Hospital employees will get pay raises effective September 1, about 3.75 percent or one merit step, per acting superintendent Dr James Kreimeyer. The raise is funded by a $100,000 boost in the hospital budget, bringing total salary funds to $2,683,714 of a $3,535,987 budget.
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Rusk State Hospital
James Kreimeyer
Winners Told In Play for Pay Pigskin Contest
Last week’s Play for Pay football contest proved tough for entrants as Quitman 38 14 over Chapel Hill and Wills Point 20 0 over Van. Winners earn 7.50 5.00 and 3.09 with June Cleveland Heinie Odom Mayo Starkey named. New contest starts this week with entry forms in this issue due by Friday 4 pm.
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Quitman
Chapel Hill
Wills Point
Van
June Cleveland
Heinie Odom
Mayo Starkey
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Round Town
Albert Kojack
Albert
Katherine
RSH
E-2 Vision Cable Company
Vision
Whitehead
East Texas
Rusk- West
Stafford
Eagle-Wildcat
Rusk Eagle
Community Inns of America
Rusk Parent- Teacher Association
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