The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1965 Page: 7 of 16
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Cancer Crusade Chairman Named
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MJíS. J. D. NORTON of Rusk, county chairman of the annual
Cancer Crusade, and Rusk Postmaster, Fred Lurtsford, exam-
ine a pamphlet which shows how cancer seals will look this
year. The seals, which aie used to provide funds in the battle
against cancer, go on sale April 2. —Staff Photo
Richards Announces
City Council Post
James Polk Richards has au-
thorized The Cherokeean to an-
nounce his candidacy for a posi-
tion on the Rusk City Council in
the Tuesday, April üth, City elec-
tion.
Richahls, a long-time Rusk res-
ident, is a member of the First
Methodist Church, the local Ro-
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JAMES I'OLK RICHARDS
tarv Club, and is active in Scout
work.
1 He was bom and reared in the
Atoy Community, where his fa-
ther, John Richards, still resides.
He and his wife, the former Ge-
nelle Holcomb, have four chil-
i dren, Cathy, aged 14; Debra, aged
12; Jimmy, aged 11; and Ricky,
aged 8.
Richards was graduated from
Rusk High School and Lon Morris
Junior College in Jacksonville. In
1ÍH7 he was graduated f'r.rn Sam
Houston State Teachers Col Ierre in
Huntsville with a Bachelor of Bus-
iness Administration Degree.
During World War II, Richards-
was a pilot in the U.S. Army
Air Force.
His past employment record
consists of: two yea re as a life
Insurance underwriter in Rusk;
a school teacher at Maydelle for
one year; a dairy fanner in Rusk
for four years; and an account-
ant for a Houston steamship com-
pany for seven years.
Richards has been the owner
and operator of Richards Food
Mart in Rusk since April 1, 1951.
In a statements to the voters.
Richards said, "If elected, I will
make every effort to serve the
best interest of the majority of
the citizens of this community."
Mtb. J. D. Norton of Rusk ac-
cepted the position as County
Chairman of the Cherokee County
Cancer Crusade February 15 dur-
ing a meeting of the organiza-
tion's board of directore.
The meeting was held in the
Community Rocín of the Rusk
Building and Loan Association.
On Febroary 16, Mrs. Norton
attended the District Cancer Cru-
sade Workshop held in the Carle-
ton Hotel in Tyler.
Monday morning, Mrs. Norton
reported to The Cherokeean that
plans are being made to publi-
cize the annual crusade which
formally stalls April 2 and lasts
through April 27.
She stated that posters will be
placed in businesses throughout
the county around April 1 and
that an announcement of group
captains for the county will be
m>'de soon. The Crusade will be
climaxed with a house to house
march en April 27 which will co-
incide with a national house to
house drive to obtain funds to
help in the battle against cancer.
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First Baptist
Church To
Hear Visitor
In the absence of Rev. Grover
Talbert, the pulpit of First Bap-
tist Church will be filled by Rev.
Tilson Maynard, Sunday. March
14th. The guest minister is Miss-
ionary for the Smith County Bap-
tist. Association, offices located
in Tyler.
The local pastor left Monday
by plane for Eugene, Oregon
where he is preaching lor a rev-
ivid at nearby Springfield, the
Eastside Baptist Church. Mrs.
Talbert ami son, Tony, accomp-
anied him to Dallas where he
boarded the plane. They drove
on to Oklahoma for a visit with
her parents.
P-TA Slates
Basketball
Games Friday
A Benefit Basketball game is
planned Friday, March 12th. in
the Rusk Hteh School Gvrr:. Spon-
sored by the local PTA unit,
the twin-bill will feature a match
between the Senior boys and
Coache s: also girls versus
Mothers and ex-students.
According to Mrs. Ike Danel,
chairman of the Budget and Fi-
ance Committee for PTA, the
entire contest is planned for "fun"
ard she adds, "if we make a lit-
tle money for PTA we'll be hap-
py niVx-ut that too"
The first match is scheduled
for 6:30 p.m.
Ccld drinks and popcorn will
bp available for pat ras conven-
1 ience, and pleasure.
0
, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Haws of
Ruston, Louisiana were visitors
in the home cf Mrs. H C. Edwards
over the weekend.
(Continued from Pag* 1)
tiona, or hold other type of Jobs.
Mayes report , "Pew attendants
in our unit have had any special
training. A lot of them have tak-
en first aid courses and some
have taken orientation courses.
When a new attendant comes up
to our unit, we place him with
an older charge attendant who is
familiar with how we operate up
here."
THE PATIENT
People of medical knowledge
who are In daily contact with the
ontlents in the Maximum Secur-
ity Unit say many of the patients
are psychotic and not truly in-
vine in the legal sense where
the patient must be unable to
distinguish right from wroni he
fore he Is to be found Wally
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Maximum Security-as It is-Portrayed
THE CHEROKEEAN of
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, IKS
patient's relatives come great dis-
tances for a visit and intend to
remain in town for a while, the
superintendant allows visits with
the patients for several days. Vis-
itors are supposed to be limited
in number, but again the rule is
relaxed when the visiting area is
not over-crowded.
When visitors arrive to see the
patients, the patients are brought
downstairs to the office of the
Maximum Security Unit. Visitor*
and patients are separated by a
strong mesh wire which acts as
a precautionary measure against
smuggling of items into the unit.
Bed linen is usually changed
twice a week on the wards. The
hr?njtftl laundry takes care of the
cleaning of the patients' clothes
rore ne is 10 ne lounn letiany , , . , . .
.... , i ard a change of clothes is given
not accountab e for any crime ' , , , .. ' ,
, i rut m each hath day. If a patient
( romm ' . , wisVo to ehan°e clcthes on anoth-
These fíame men say that the : . , , , , ,
, , , j , ' er day. he may check out ad-
crree rf mental illness found in J14. . . ... . ,.
, , ., ,, i dlhon"! Hethin^ frem his n«r.
'he patients varies cons'derablv. . , . , , ., .
o , . , ... sona helonf'Ts f-cm the clothes
Seme of the pat ents have intel-
this is no fault of their own. Ra-1
ther it is a fault of the State and
the vast majority of Texans who
express no interest in how they
can help improve facilities in hos- I
pitáis such as Rusk State Hca-
pital. The criminally insane pa- i
tient who said not many people
cane is just about right in his i
attitude.
O
t
ligcnce quotients on the college
level and are able to rationalize
and be aware of their environ-
ment. From this level, the de-
cree of mentality dropp on down
to the classic example of insan-
ity, the patient who lives in a
world of hallucinations.
During their group therapy ses-
siens, the patients are encouraged
to talk about their problems and
'o discuss anything they wish.
Most of the comments concern
what they consider to be the main
oroblems in the administration of
he unit.
One of the most evident prob-
lems they have to contend with
is simple boredom. For those who
are mentally fit to indulge in dif-
ferent types of recreation, this
Droblem is a major one and not
one to be dismissed lightly.
In the entire unit, there are
only two ping-pong tables and
ore very small pool table, Games
which the patients can play con-
sist of cards, dominos, and
chess. Some patients play catch
inside the wire-enclosed balcon-
ies on their wards.
The matter of outside recrea-
tion is one of dispute among pa-
tients and attendants, and some-
times even patients themselves.
Attendants say each ward has a
schedule listing which wards are
•iiinpesed to have some sort of
"Utside activity on certain days.
One patient said he had been out
pretty often. Another said he had
inly been outside two or three
times in the past two years. The
majority of the patients a<?ree
they seldom are allowed outside,
although there is a volleyball net
and a basketball net inside the
Maximum Security compound.
At the present time, just about
the only reading matter which
oatients receive is mailed to them
by their relatives or friends. Mag-
azines or books are not to be
found lying'around
Dr. Charles Castner, superin-
tendent of Rusk State Hospital,
reports that the large library fa-
cilities available.to other patients
is also available to patients in
the Maximum Security Unit. It j
is the responsibility of the charge
attendants to bring reading ma-
terial to their wards, but Dr j
Castner reports some of the at- j
tendants have been neglectful !n
these duties. It is fyi 'administra-
tive problem which will soon be
corrected, according to the doc-
tor.
Hospital personnel state that a
plan Is now under consideration
to provide a llbpary cart, con-
taining different types of hooks
and other reading material, which
can be pushed from ward to ward
so patients may have the oppor-
tunity to read more.
Patients in the waids have ac-
cess to television, and movies
are shown on the wards twice a
week. The Hospital Chaplain, Dr.
Carl Case, conducts church ser-
vices for the patients each Sun-
day.
PATIENTS' ROUTINE
Patients get up each mornine
at 6 a.m., eat breakfast at 7
o'clock, and lunch In shifts be-
ginning at either 11:30 or 12 o'-
clock. Most of the patients go to
bed at 8 p.m., however, some
are allowed to remain up a little
longer if there is a television pro-
gram they wish to see. All pa-
tients must be lexked in their
dormitories when the nitrht watch
comes around usually about 9:45
p.m.
They take baths and are al-
lowed to shave twice a week.
Mondays and Thursdays are let- i
ter writing days. Tuesdays and
Fridays are mailing days. Pa-
tients are not supposed to be al- j
lowed to write more thnn two ;
letters on eatfit letter writing
day, but sometimes the rule is1
relaxed. The State provides a |
stamp for one of the letters and
the patient must obtain his own j
second stamp.
Visiting days are allowed every
two weeks from the hours of 1:30
until 3:10. in ímObmbm where the
Special
Pre-Season
Offer.
Homeowners
get a
famous
Carrier
air
conditioning
system now,
and get
this
food
freezer
free.
COATS HAVE OU ENTS
Mr, and Mm. Howard Coving-:
ton and two sons, Jimmy and
Bobby of Tularosa, New Mex- i
ico spent last week with his mo-'
ther. Mrs. Dora Coats and Mr.
Coats.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Pool of
Danbury, Texas were weekend ¡
guests in the Coats home.
Birthday
Celebration
Held Sunday
Elmer Beckworth, Jr. celeb-
rated his eleventh birthday with
a party at his home Sunday af-
ternoon at 2:00. 1%? young guest
enjoyed an afternoon of bingo and
other games. Prizes were award-
ed to the winners.
Refreshments of birthday cake
art! ice cream were served to
Charles Robert Hassell, Chuck
Hinton, Dwaine Van Cleave, Gary
Mcrriweather, Randy May, Ken-
ny Wettcrcmrk and Mike Magou-
irk of Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson
Wed March 1
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hender-
son announce the marriage of
their son, Thomas Keith and Misa
Hast l Joyce Perry, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Perry of
Nacogdoches on March 1st at the
home of the grooms' parents.
The couple will make their
home In Nacogdoches, where both
are employed.
sonal hefrjnf'Ts f-cm the clothes
room on each ward which is men-
aced by another nafient.
Another part of their daily rou-
tine is the cleaning of the wards
The patients are responsible for
keeping everything in their wants
clean and the wards are Knot-
loss. The 'wards smell of disin-
fectant and everything is kept in
order.
The routine hardly varies. The
patients and the attendants be-
come used to it and it becomes
a way of life for them. It is not
a hard and fast routine which
takes up all the patients' lime.
On the whole, the Maximum
Security Unit at Rusk State Hos-
pital is managed very well, how-
ever, as in almost everything,
there is definite room for im-
provements. There is a dire need
for better trained personnel who
can help in the rehabilitation of
tho patients, but the hospital sim-
ply cannot hire or train enoui'h
of this type of personnel on the
limited budget which it receives
from the State.
The other major need is for
other forms of recreation and
training for the patients them-
selves. All hospital personnel
talked to admitted this need, but
again the problem of securing
funds and securing additional,
canable personnel hhkfc-rs much
of the progress the hospital would1
like to make alcng these lines.
Basically, all personnel in the
Maximum Security Unit at Rusk
State Hospital are performing a
fine job. They are understaffed
and their pay is a disgrace, but
actual retail value
$149.50
Call
for a
no obligation
survey.
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Rusk, Texas
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1965, newspaper, March 11, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150591/m1/7/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.