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The Rusk Cherokeean
VOLUME 103
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, OCTOBER 5, 1950
NUMBER 14
CARNIVAL STARTS FRIDAY
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History of State Hospital Is Outlined In Series
In knowing the History of this
( Hospital one is better able to
" understand why the needs are so
great at the present time. It
must be remembered that the
iield of Psychiatry is still very
young and it has only been re-
cently that many remarkable
methods of treatment have been
developed. Thus when the Hospi-
" tal began there was no intent in
mind to administer Psychiatric
Treatment for such advancements
as insulin shock, electro-shock,
^ and all the other recent develop-
ments had not come into being.
Thus, in the beginning and through
the years up until recently the Hos-
'• pital has grown conforming to the
pattern and custodial care for our
patients.
• During the first half of 1919,
the Texas Prison System moved
all the inmates of the Rusk State
Prison to Huntsville, Texas. The
former prison buildings and
® equipment were transferred to
the State Hospital facility. After
remodeling some of the buildings
and complete demolition of others,
^ the Rusk State Hospital admitted
the first mentally ill patient on
August 11, 1919. The present ad-
ministration building which was
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constructed of native rock in 1894
represents the only space avail-
able for mental patients at the
time of the Hospital opening. It
still contains the long "cell
blocks" which now house mental
patients instead of "convicts."
This large stone building was
connected to a massive 15 foot
wall which had four guard towers.
The windows of the so-called
wards had heavy iron bars and
within the building the floors
were of stone. In front of the
early Hospital was an iron foundry
which added to the already de-
pressing atmosphere.
The first superintendent was
Dr. R. C. Gregory, but he died
shortly after his appointment.
Then Dr. W. L. Johnson was
named superintendent. He was
an inspired individual and ac-
complished much in developing
the Hospital, but he was fought
continously by the opposing force
of an unenlightened public. He
was responsible for the replace-
ment of the iron bars with grills
which in itself was an act to turn
the buildings into a Hospital. At
the time of his appointment there
were no sidewalks and he saw
that they were built. Also during
his administration an infirmary
was erected which is today used
for senile patients. In the way of
Therapy, Dr. Johnson tried to in-
stitute Nydrotherapy and Occupa-
tional Therapy, but he failed in
these attempts because the neces-
sary funds were not available for
such an undertaking. He did in-
stigate the "Clinic Meetings"
which were held once in towns
for the purpose of giving medical
attention to the patients suffering
from Organic Diseases. The old
time workers conclude that his
administration was one of the
favorable milestones in the history
of this Hospital.
One point of interest in the
growth of this Hospital is that
even at the present time as in
past years, there is an extreme
shortage of Doctors, Nurses, and
attendants. This has been a great
handicap in the obtainment of
proper Psychiatric and Medical
attention. Through the years,
mental illness was treated only
by "custodial care," which meant
that the patient was brought to
the Hospital, not to be treated,
but only watched so that he
would no harm himself or others.
Until recent times the disturbed
patients were controlled with an
abundance of sedatives combined
with the use of straight jackets
and lock rooms. During the 20's
and 30's there was very little
treatment of any kind given to
the patients. In the past, even as
late as the middle 30's inadequate
treatment of syphilitics existed in
this Hospital. One abominable
condition that existed until about
1937 was that the tubercular pa-
tients were not segregated. It has
been said that the only medical
attention the patients had during
the 20's was quinine and calomel.
The hospital has had a con-
tinuous but gradual change in it's
size and appearance. The con-
struction of new buildings has al-
ways been far behind the needs
in terms of the number of patients.
In 1921 the hospital had 600 pa-
tients and this number has now
increased to 2573. According to
the standards now set up this lat-
ter figure is 812 patients over the
set capacity. The first large scale
construction occured in 1923 with
the errection of an infirmary
which is now used for senile pa-
tients. Then in 1925 while Dr.
Shytles was superintendent, ward
building N and K was converted
from a barn. Ward building E, F
and G was constructed by 1926,
and the first floor of the cottage
building was erected by 1927.
About this same time the old 15
foot wall was removed, and of
course, this did much to improve
the atmosphere of the hospital.
The building program gradually
continued to 1930. In 1929 the
present powerhouse was con-
structed and today the old power-
house building is used for oc-
cupational Therapy and the
barber shop. During this same
year the central kitchen was built
which at present furnishes food
for about 1400 patients and em-
ployees who are on wards with-
out kitchens. From 1928 to 1930
three more structures were built
which housed wards 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11. Then came the depression
which caused the cessation of
construction for the next three
years. In 1933 the present laundry
building was erected leaving a
rather small structure which for
many years was utilized for a
sewing room, recreation hall, and
on Sundays seved as a Chapel. It
is at the present time, in it's de-
teriorated condition, used to
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Eleven Mote Men Of Cherokee
County Are Token This Week
EAGLES WILL PLAY GRAPELAND
HERE; CONSIDERED UNDERDOG
Cherokee County's Selective
" Service Board sent 12 more men
to the colors Monday, October 2,
according to Mrs. Hazel B. Musick,
R Chief Clerk. The men were sent
to Shreveport La., and following
their induction traveled to Camp
Chaffee, Arkansas for training.
Men inducted are: Frank Ed-
* ward Riley, Jacksonville; Clarence
Frank Knight, Alto; Charles Ed-
win Berrington, Jacksonville; Har-
j j old Leslie Barber Jacksonville;
Morgan Stanton Ragsdale, Jack-
sonville; Carlton E. Darby, Jack-
sonville; James Lindy Middleton,
iii Rusk; James Vernon Burt, Alto;
Billy Joe Merritt, Jacksonville.
Three negro inductees are:
Arlinzer Williams Jacksonville;
, jCleophus Morgan, Bullard, and J.
B. Alexander, Troup.
Students Of Rusk High School Have
Organized Staff For Newspaper Now
, 4-H Club Boys
Compete In State
'Dairy Contest
On Tuesday, September 26, the
Cherokee County 4H dairy judg-
Oing team went to Corsicana and
participated in the state wide
dairy judging contest held in
connection with the annual show
jof the Texas Jersey cattle club.
The members of this team are
Robert Moody, New Hope club;
Tommy Ganske, Enterprise club;
1) Wayne Cruseturner, Gallatin club;
and Odis Echols, Rusk club.
These boys tied for eighth place
in the competition. O. B. Clifton
•lAss't. County Agent, states that
this is a very good showing in view
of the fact that this was the first
time either of these boys had par-
ticipated in a dairy judgng con-
test and they were competing a-
gainst some of the top 4H teams
from various sections of the state.
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TEXAS FARMER GIVES
ALL TO CANCER FIGHT
Id TAFT—Will Hueremann work-
ed hard all his life as a farmer
and managed to accumulate val-
uable farm property here. When
' he died, a bachelor, he left his
$250,000 estate to the Cancer Re-
search Center at Houston.
Methodist Group
Has Kick-Off
Dinner Monday
The workers in the every mem-
ber canvass program of the Goal
for Giving Campaign at the First
Methodist Church held their
kick-off banquet Monday night.
Forty workers were present with
their families.
Following an enjoyable even-
ing, the workers signed 100%
their goal for giving cards which
averaged approximately $5.00
each per week.
This is a fine start in the
Church program, and should be
an inspiration to all to exert their
very best in helping to do their
part in the advancement of the
work of the First Methodist
Church.
Miss jMarylyn Perkins
To Be Duchess From
Rusk At Rose Festival
Miss Marylyn Perkins, Duchess
from Rusk to the Tyler Rose Fes-
tival, October 5. 6. 7. and 8, and
Miss Martha Ann Beall, Duchess
from Jacksonville, will be the
house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lest-
er Henry while in Tyler.
Judge and Mrs. James I. Per-
kins and Mr. and Mrs.T. B. Jorgen-
sen of Houston will also be guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry at the
Queen's Ball following the coro-
nation on Friday night. While in'
Tyler, they will attend the Queen's
Tea, and other parlies preceding
the Coronation.
j The Rusk Cherokeean and the
students of Rusk High School
have completed arrangements for
school activities, news, and gossip
to be published weekly in this
newspaper. The students have
been given a page that will be
exclusively high school news.
The editorial staff of the
EAGLE'S ECHO is: Terry Med-
ford, editor; LaWanda Jones, As-
sistant Editor; Sports Editor,
Jimmy Persons; As'st Sports
Editors, Harlon Crawford, John
T. Thompson, and Donald Wood-
ard; Society Editor, Joy Dover;
As'st Society Editors; Marilyn
Henry, Dolores Maness, and Anita
Simmons. Sue Madden is the
columnist.
Parents and ex-students will
find the EAGLE'S ECHO very in-
teresting. The staff did a fine job
in compiling their first copy in
less than one day.
"We believe that this arrange-
ment will prove most satisfactory
to both the Rusk Cherokeean and
the students. This newspaper
wants more readers, and the stu-
dents want a paper," stated the
publishers of the Cherokeean.
This will give this newspaper
an additional 200 to 300 readers.
UNDERWATER THEATRE
OFFERS UNIQUE SHOW
SAN MARCOS—A unique sub-
mersible theatre in which spect-
ators witness underwater per-
formances by expert swimmers
and divers and by trained sea
lions, opened here last \veek.
Known as the "Aquarena," the
aquatic show is said to be the
only one of its kind in the US.
Rusk's Eagles will entertain
the Grapeland Sandies in Rusk
Friday night, and by comparative
scores, Rusk is a two touchdown
underdog. Grapeland lost to Elk- j
hart 7-0 last week. Elkhart wal- ;
loped Alto four touchdowns, and |
the Eagles had to fight hard to
eke out a 7-0 win over the Yel-
lowjackets.
Reports from Grapeland indic-
ate that the Sandies have found a
winning combination, and expect
to take the Eagles for a ride in
their Sand storm.
Coach "HotDog" Thompson is
worried, but is still able to smile.
The boys have looked pretty good
in practice, and should play a
hard brand of football this week.
Their mental attitude is certainly
better than it was last week. They
know they will not run over the
Sandies of Grapeland.
We like the Eagles In a thriller
by one touchdown or more. TRese
boys can play good football, and
will*likely show their fans some
good blocking, hard tackling, and
fine running.
Mrs. Hazel Robinson, Misses
Julia Perkins, and Winnie Meeks
were Alto visitors Thursday.
Training Union
Organized At
First Baptist
A new Training Union was
organized at the First Baptist
Church of Rusk Sunday evening,
October 1, with Mrs. C. L. Jackso.i
as the leader.
The new Training Union will
be named the B-Hi-U, and all
boys and girls, fifteen and six-
teen years of age are invited to at-
tend.
The following officers were
elected: President, Bobby Mercer;
Vice President, Drusilla Nolley;
Secretary, Becky Clark; Mission-
ary Chairman, Yvonne Willing-
ham. Group Captains are: Nan
Webb and Marilyn Jackson.
Corn Contest
Results Given
By Vet. Head
The Office of Vocational
Schools for Veterans of Chero-
kee County announces some of
the results of corn harvested from
contest acres in the Veterans Corn
Growing contest.
"The following veterans and the
"niourt harvested from their con-
.ejt acres represent only a partial
list of the contestants. We know
that several more fields have been
harvested, but the results have
not yet been submitted to this
office," explained A. H. Mc-
Cutcheon, coordinator of the
school.
W. J. Martin, Rt. 3A Rusk, Tex-
as, 64 Bu. and 55 Lbs.; Lewis Lar-
son, Reese, Texas, (9 Acre) 51
Bu. and 59 Lbs.; J. D. Cates, Alto,
Texas, 81 Bu. and 6 Lbs.; Marvin
H. Reed, Mixon, Texas, 45 Bu. and
19 Lbs.; C. C. Vaughn, Rusk, Tex-
as, 69 Bu. and 46 Lbs.; Virgil Den-
nis, (Colored) J'ville, 67 Bu. and
12 Lbs.; Jack Ford, Maydelle,
Texas, 70 Bu. and 44 Lbs.; Ben
Hendrick, J'ville, 49 Bu. and 3
Lbs.; James Thompson, (Colored)
Forest, 90 Bu. and 60y$ Lbs.; Con-
way Rice, Alto, 103 Bu. and 44
Lbs.; Cecil L. Wilborn, Dialville,
73 Bu. and 19 Lbs.; G. W. Thoma-
son, Dialville, 55 Bu. and 55 Lbs.;
L. C. Arrington, Craft Community,
72 Bu. and 38 Lbs.; Vernon Scog-
gins, Reklaw, Texas, 66 Bu. and
55 Lbs.; Oran Wade, Reklaw,
Texas, 65 Bu. and 38 Lbs.; Book-
er Cox, Reklaw, Texas, 77 Bu. and
26 Lbs.; J. D. Lloyd, Sacul, Tex-
as, 68 Bu. and 44 Lbs.
Before harvesting, each acres
is accurately chained to determine
that it is exactly one acre. The
corn harvested from that acre is
then weighed as pulled, and the
bushels are computed on a weight
basis of 72 pounds to the bushel.
"From the results already in,
we can begin to see some lessons
in fertilizing and cultivation
methods that we can tie to and
say, "this is the way it ought to
be done to make over fifty bushels
of corn'. As other results come in,
these 'truths' should become
clearer," concluded McCutcheon.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gregg will
attend the Tyler Rose Festival as
the guests of Mr. Henry Bell.
Their son, Bobby Gregg of Tyler,
will be the escort for the Duch-
ess from Rusk, Miss Marylyn
Perkins, for the Coronation and
the Queen's Ball.
Big Parade Will Open
Show In Rusk At 4:15
The lid blows off the sixth an-
nual Rusk Lions Club Carnival
Friday October 6th when a big
parade will officially open the
show. The parade is slated to get
underway at 4; 15 p. m. in down-
town Rusk. Contestants for Queen
of the Carnival will ride on beau-
tiful floats, the snappy Rusk High
School Band will parade, and
many school children will par-
ticipate.
Fourteen attractions will high-
light the Carnival, and six new
stands are being constructed. F.
F. A. boys of Rusk High School
are working on booths and con-
cessions now.
"We believe that this will be
the finest Carnival ever staged in
Rusk," said J. C. Williams, Jr.,
Carnival Committee Chairman.
The following attractions will
highlight the big show:
Hot Dog Stand; Auction of
Merchandise; Ducking Stool;
String pull; Country Store and
Rummage Sale; Fishing Stand;
Weight Guessing; Dart Throw
(Balloon): Cake and Pie Stand;
Bingo Stand; Cigarette Board;
Fortune Telling; Dart Throw
(Number); Novelty Booth, and
Pot Plant Booth.
Coronation Of Three Queens For The
Lions Club Carnival Set For Saturday
First Baptist
Host To Assn.
Meet Here Tues.
The first Baptist 'Church of
Rusk was host to the Centennial
Session of the Cherokee County
Baptist Association October 3
and 4, 1950. More than two hund-
red messengers and guests regis-
tered during the three sessions.
A history of the association was
read by Rev. Lonhiu'H. Webb, pa
tor of the local church. Dr. J.
Howard Williams Executive Sec-
retary of the Baptist General Con-
vention of Texas was the Princi-
pal speaker at the Tuesday even-
ing session. Dr. C. S. McKinney,
a former pastor of Central church
Jacksonville preached the annual
sermon on Wednesday. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for
the coming year:
Moderator. Rev. J. B. Ousley,
Alto; Vice Moderator, Rev. Robert
Vaughn, Old Palestine; Clerk,
Mrs. Pearl Clark Rusk; Treasurer,
Mrs. Carl Martin, Jacksonville;
Sunday School Supt., Mrs. C. R.
Murphy, Old Palestine; Training
Union Director, Mrs. J. D. Stoud-
enmeir, Jacksonville; W. M. U.
President, Mrs. W. L. Fuller,
Jacksonville; Brotherhood Presi-
dent, Mrs. Frank Knight, Sr., Alto;
Members of District Board: Rev.
J. B. Ousley Alto; Rev. James
Draper, Jacksonville; Rev. Lonnie
H. Webb, Rusk ;Mrs. W. L. Fuller,
Jacksonville; Chairman of Evan-
gelism Rev. James Draper, Jack-
sonville; Chairman of Radio and
Public Relations, Rev. Paul N.
Deal, Mixon; Associational Or-
ganizer, Rev. Lonnie H. Webb,
Rusk; Vacation Bible School Di-
rector Miss Octa Mae Averitt,
Jacksonville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Madden of
Dayton spent the week end here
with homefolks.
The Coronation of the Lions
Club Carnival Queen will be
staged in the High Sefcool Audi-
torium at 8 p. m. Ed Guinn, Dis-
trict Governor of Lions Clubs of
2 S-l will crown the Queen.
Forty students will take parf
in the Coronation. Three Queens,
representing the Elementary, Jr.
High, and Senior High Schools
will be crowned. Each Queen will
have her court of Dukes and
Duchesses.
Six p. m. Saturday is the dead-
line for contestants to secure
votes. No person, with the ex-
ception of tho.- 2 counting the
votes, will know who has been
selected Queen. All girls will
come dresed as a Queen.
Everyone is invited to attend
the Coronation services.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Finley of
Longview are visiting in the W.
W. Finley home.
Funeral Services
Will Be Held
For C. Francis
Funeral services for C. T.
Francis, born August 21, 1880 in
Dialville, will be conducted at 2
p. m. Friday, October 6th in the
Chapel of Wallace Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in Salem
Cemetery.
Mr. Francis passed away Tues-
day, October 3 ,1950 in Rusk at
the age of 70 years, 1 month, and
11 days.
He had lived part of his life in
Fort Worth and Cleburne, but
was considered a native of the
Rusk, Alto area.
He was a veteran of the Spanish-
American War, and served two
years in the Marine Corps.
Mr. Francis is survived by his
wife, three sons, one daughter,
ten grandchildren, one great-
grand child, three brothers and
two sisters.
Rev. Schwitter will conduct the
funeral services and will be as-
sisted by Rev. Sutton.
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NOTICE
The O. E. S. School of Instruct-
ion will be held in Jacksonville
November 20th, 1950.
Cherokeean's Circulation Drive
Closes Saturday; Assured Success
The RUSK CHEROKEEAN'S
big circulation drive closes Sat-
urday, and is already assured of
success. The students of Rusk
High School have received well
over 150 new subscriptions their
first week, and will likely double
this figure by the time the drive
closes Saturday.
Contestants for Queen and their
supporters of the Lions Club
Carnival are working hard in an
effort to secure the 75 points given
with every subscription to the
Rusk Cherokeean.
The Music Department of Rusk
High School receives 75 cents
from each $2.00 subscription
taken, and the contestants for
Queen receive 75 points in their
bid for this high honor.
There is an estimated eight
thousand readers of the RUSK
CHEROKEEAN in south Chero-
kee County today. This gives
Rusk's newspaper the honor of
being the largest weekly publish-
ed in this section of East Texas.
For less than four cents per
week, a person may help himself
and help his school. Subscribe
now to the Rusk Cherokeean. The
campaign closes Saturday, Oct-
ober 7th.
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