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Established June 25, 1948
ODEM, TEXAS, 78390, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972
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LVNs Needed
Taft Hospital Provides Training
District Court
Cases Gain
Carol Roberts of Taft arrives
** at the Taft Hospital at 7 a.m. in
her sparkling white uniform,
white shoes and blue cap.
She is in the senior period of
the vocational nurse training at
Del Mar College with her
clinical experience at the Taft
Hospital.
Miss Roberts completed four
months of prehospital in-
struction in the classroom at
Del Mar Tech.
During the four-month
phase, she put into practice her
classroom theory, under the
close supervision of Mrs.
Lavonne Humphreys, R.N.
instructor for the program in
the Taft facility.
Mrs. Humphreys is only one
of 12 Del Mar instructors who
are assigned a certain number
of students at various hospitals
in Corpus Christi and
surrounding areas. Students
are placed as nearly as
possible in their own homes for
the hospital phase of training.
Miss Roberts’ experience
within the hospital includes
care of patients in medical and
surgical nursing, care of ob-
sterical patients and infants,
administration of medications,
with optional experience in the
operating room.
Students spend a week in Dr.
* Rose Tunnell’s office, learning
about common illnesses of
children, and they observe and
assist in the laboratory, X-ray
and dietary departments in the
hospital. During this period of
work experience, they have
regular daily classroom in-
struction within the hospital
under the guidance of Mrs.
Humphreys, who closely
supervises them during the
entire year.
At the close of their one year
of intense training, students
are qualified to take the state
licensing examination. Upon
passing, they then become
licensed vocational nurses
(LVNs) and can be employed
in all areas of hospital work,
doctors’ offices, schools, in-
dustry, specialty areas such as
radiology, the operating room,
and some do private duty not
only in the hospital but in
homes.
Men and women interested in
m the vocational nursing
program are encouraged to
contact the vocational nursing
office at Del Mar Tech, 882-
* 6141, Extension 45 or 46. Cost of
the year’s program may be
paid monthly with a maximum
of $12.50 per month for out-of-
district students. Beginning
with the fourth month of
training, however, a stipend of
$85 per month is paid to each
student by the hospital for the
duration of training. Also,
scholarships are often
available through local civic
organizations. Financial needs
can be discussed with the
secretary at the registrar’s
office.
There is a vast need for more
and more LVNs. Taft Hospital
employs local residents as
much as possible. Two
graduates are needed as of
July 1. Carol Roberts, who
began working in the dietary
department as an aide when
she became interested in the
nursing program, will
definitely be employed by the
Taft Hospital as an LVN upon
completion of her training.
The number of cases filed in
district courts of San Patricio
County during 1971 was 72 per
cent more than the number
filed during 1970, according to
statistics released by the Texas
Civil Judicial Council.
Cases filed during the last
calendar year totaled 861--159
criminal and 702 civil.
Judge John H. Miller of the
36th District Court and Judge
Joe C. Wade of the 156th
District Court have jurisdiction
in San Patricio County. They
also serve Aransas, Bee, Live
Oak and McMullen Counties.
The local district courts
disposed of 661 cases during
1971, 48 per cent of the cases
filed during the year or carried
over from 1970 and 727 cases
were pending on the dockets at
the end of the year.
Statewide, the 245 district,
domestic relations and special
juvenile courts experienced a
seven per cent increase in
filings--to 278,338 cases from
260,171 in 1970. One-fourth of
these were criminal cases.
These state courts disposed
of 51 per cent of the total cases
filed in 1971 or carried over
from 1970. The defendant
entered a guilty plea in 47 per
cent of the criminal cases
disposed of. In the cases
disposed of by a jury verdict, 78
per cent of the defendants were
found guilty and 22 per cent
acquitted.
Of the 272,341 cases pending
throughout the state at the end
of 1971,16 per cent had been on
the docket 12 to 24 months and
24.5 per cent had been pending
over two years.
Mike Whited Receives
Foundation Scholarship
Carol Roberts administers medication to Edward V.
Gallagher, Gregory, patient at the Taft Hospital.
Agricultural Journalism
Scholarships Available
Clayton Fund Scholarships
will again be available this fall
for agricultural journalism
majors at Texas A&M
University.
Dr. R. C. Potts, associate
dean of agriculture, said The
Clayton Fund of Houston has
authorized use of up to $6,000
for the awards to be made
during the 1972-73 school year.
This is $1,000 more than for the
previous year.
The dean said The Clayton
Fund was originated by W.L.
Clayton, founder of Anderson,
Clayton & Company.
Potts said the scholarship
program has been in effect at
A&M for 19 years and ad-
ministered by the College of
Agriculture and the Depart-
ment of Journalism.
C.J. Lea bo, head of A&M’s
Journalism Department,
described agricultural jour-
nalism as an established and
expanding field. Graduates can
choose from numerous em-
ployment offers by
newspapers, magazines, radio
and television, public relations
firms, and state federal in-
formation services.
He said the program in the
1971-72 school year had 23
students. More are expected
this fall.
The curriculum involves a
general background in
agriculture, with specialization
in journalism courses.
“Texas A&M is the only
institution in the state and one
of the few in the nation that
See SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 2
Danny Mike Whited was
recently notified that he had
been selected as a recipient of
one of the few Clark Foun-
dation Scholarships awarded
July Call
Announced
The July Draft Call has been
announced by Colonel Melvin
N. Glantz, state director of
Selective Service.
Men in the 1972 first priority
selection group with lottery
number 50 or lower will be
issued induction orders with
reporting dates in July. This
priority selection group is
made up of men born in 1952
and of men who lose a defer-
ment during 1972.
During April and May, in-
duction orders went up to
lottery number 015 during June
to 035 and for July will go to
050.
Men with lottery numbers of
90 or lower will be ordered for
preinduction physical
examinations during July if
they have not yet been
examined. Also, physical
examinations are ad-
ministered to men in the 1972
first priority Selection Group.
Thirty days notice will be
given on all induction orders.
There is no quota for Texas;
however, Colonel Glantz said
he expects 400 men to be in-
See CALL, Page 2
for. the 1972-73 academic year.
The scholarship will be in the
amount of $750 and is made
possible through Mike’s par-
ticipation in the Texas In-
terscholastic League academic
events. Also taken into con-
sideration was his par-
ticipation in high school
scholastic achievement and
extracurricular activities, as
well as the recommendation of
the principal.
Upon completion of the
See WHITED, Page 3
County Gets
Funds For
Probation Unit
Two criminal justice action
grants to units of local
government in the Coastal
Bend Council of Governments
were approved by Governor
Preston Smith.
The two awards, to San
Patricio and Brooks Counties,
are to establish probation
departments. Total amount is
$33,426.
Money will come from the
Criminal Justice Council,
which oversees statewide law
enforcement planning and
administers funds from the U.
S. Department of Justice for
crime control projects in
Texas.
San Patricio County’s award
of $23,796 is to establish a
juvenile probation department.
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Winebrenner, Mary Cornett. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1972, newspaper, June 22, 1972; Odem, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1053078/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Odem Public Library.