The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1971 Page: 1 of 14
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D'll-:. s, Texr.3 7^2 3U-
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'Round
Town
With
Roundabout
Roundabout, along with over
200 other Ruskites, enjoyed
the annual Chamber of Com-
merce banquet Tuesday night.
Texas is, we believe, indeed
fortunate to have a man of
Dr. Wade's statue as Com-
missioner of Mental Health
and Menral Retardation-. He
gave us a great talk, too
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These times call for big-
ness... Roundabout can
stand flat footed and tell the
world that the Chamber of
Commerce has a truly big
leader for a president ifi the
coming year. Raymond Co-
ooper gave us leadership
some years bac1' as our CC
president, History will re-
peat itself. We'll have a.
notlier outstanding year.
.0
Roundabout is looking for-
ward to working with Raymond
Cooper and the other officers
of our Chamber of Commerce
ro continue to make Rusk a
belter city in which to live.
Rusk is already the greatest
little ci'y in America...all we
need to 'o is let the re t of
the world know it,, ...
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Roundabout enjoyed a brief
vpir with a truly great friend
(if Ru^k State Hospital, Rep.
(•'red Head, at the banquet ,
|-'red lias proven himself time
and time again as dedicated
public servant who wants to
help our patients at Rusk
State Hospital. Roundabout
value this friendship great.
iy.
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Two men, who h ive helped
our Rusk State Hospital so
much were unable o attend
due to prior commitments.
We're talking of State Senator
Charle' Wil on and Rep, Ray -
ford Price, Roundabout had
the pleasure to talk long di-
stance with Senator Wilson the
other day,..His interest in
Rusk, our growth and develop
merit is keen.... He truly wan
ted to be witli us Tuesday
night. Roth Senator Wilson
and Rep. Rayford Price have
proven that they will stand up
for Rusk State Hospital in
An k' in
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Congratulations are in <r
der to Johnnie McKay, too.
lie was named "Outstanding
Citizen of the Year". lor
year's, we've ill known that
if you want something done
and lone right, get Johnnie
McKay involved. We're proud
of this well deserved honor,
lie is an outstanding man,
• See R'ABOUT Page 11
10< PER ISSUE
The Cherokeean
SERVING RUSK
WITH DISTINCTION
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper. Established As the Pioneer Julv 5, 1847 123 YEARS
Vol, 123
' THl "RSDA V, J AN! 'AR Y 7, 1971
14 1 AGES
NUMBER 31
"Human Enterprise'
is called The Ungiven Self Is The Unfulfilled
Life's Finest Self -Says Chamber Banquet
Experience
CITIZEN OE TIE YEAR Johnnie A. McKay, right, accepts
a commemorative pUnue from Chamber banquet toastmaster
Houston White, Tuesday evening. The scrolled plaque was
a pre -cntarion of Rusk's two banks--First State and Citizens
State. -staff photo
Johnnie McKay Named
"Outstanding Citizen"
Johnnie A, McKay, County
Agent for Cherokee County,
was named the 1970 'Outst-
anding Citizen of the Year",
and was recognized luring
the Rusk Chamber of Corn
merce membership banquet
held here I uesday night,
lie was presented by banquet
Master ci Ceremonies lloust.
on White, who stated;
"Rut in the fruit of the Sp
irit is love, toy, peace, lone
suffering, gentleness, good
ness, faith, meekness, temp
erance; against such there (•.
no law." This is from Gal.
atians, Chapter 5, verses 22
and 23. These words seem
to appropriately fit the nature
of the man, whom we are a.
bout 'o honor as rhe Rusk
Chamber of Commerce's
"Outstanding Citizen of the
Year."
lie i a person known to he
a willing, capable, and able
hardworker, performing all
tasks called upon to render.
lie has served in numerous
capacities and offices for the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce.
This plaque of appreciation
is extendedto our Outstanding
Citizen, courtesy of Citizens
State Rank and hirst State
Rank of Ru k.
Rriefly, the honoree's life
may be summed upas follows:
Horn in 1'ruett, Texas (that's
near Van. .the home of rhe Van
Vandals'), rhe date of birth
wa- l eb. 23, 1926. He is a
graduate of the Grand Saline
High School: served 2 1/2
years in World War II in
the European Theatre; com-
pleted two years at Arlington
State College and three years
at Texas A&M University to
receive Rachelor of Science
and Master of Science de-
grees in Animal Husbandry
and Rio-Chemistry, He com-
pleted his college work in 1951.
In the subsequent years, his
• See McKAY Page 10
(Editor's note; Dr. David
Wade, Commissioner of the
Texas Department of Men.
tal Health and Mental Retar-
dation. was the principal spe-
aker Tue day night, Jan, 5th
for the Ru sk Chamber of Com -
merce annual membership
banquet. He touched on many
"positive points of progress"
of vital interest in the areas
of newly conce ved concepts
in "he treatment of mental
illness. With his consent, the
basic text of his talk !<■ re-
printed herewith.)
"It is a great pleasure for
me to be home again with my
friends in Rusk.
"Most of you know Rtisk is
my favorite place in this whole
state, while I lived here only
a short time, I speak of Rusk
so much that many of my
friends 'hing I'm a native,
and I don't correct them,
"If Governors James Ste-
phen Hogg and Thomas Mit-
chell Campbell were proud
to be from Rusk then who an
1 to argue over a little geo-
graphic error with my
friends? I note the Chamber
of Commerce was organized
in 1939 and my good friend
Jamie Perkins .vas the first
president. This makes my
pleasure at being here to-
night even greater.
"Rusk is a community, what
is thio thing-.what is thisen.
tity called a community? Well,
it may be defined as a co-
ciety in which the ideal life
of all its members is pro-
moted as efficiently as pos.
sible. A community is a way
of life, not merely houses,
'tores and streets. People
of a community enjoy feelings
of security, pride, self-re-
spect and hope. A community
always has many different in
terests; Spiritual, cultural,
political, business, indus-
trial, educational and social,
"Reing community ..minded
is not a folksy experiment.
It is mature collaboration with
like-minded people who are
• See WADE Page 11
NEWLY INSTALLED Chamber president Ray.
mond J, Cooper, left, is pictured here with
last year's two presidents- pat Neill, center,
who moved to Athens the first of September,
and whose position was filled by George
Dodd, right, for the remainder of 1970. Neill
and Dodd both received presidential plaques
of appreciation from Jie < 'hutuber's member-
ship. -staff photo
Mrs. Anna Lou Darb
Business Courses At RHS Designed
For Successful Adjustment At Work
(Editor's note; Continuing
the "featured teacher1' ser
ies, about faculty personnel
of Rusk Independent School
District, this week The Cii-
erokeean is happy to salute
one of the high school staff
members Mrs. Anna 1 ou
Darby.)
As tiie instructor for two
bookkeeping classes, one in
County, Precinct Officials Accept Oaths Of Office
Newly elected County and
precinct officals for Ch
erokee County were ins talled
January 1st in formal . eretn .
onies at the Courthouse in
Risk.
Orvan R. Jones assumed the
duties of rhe office of Coun
ry Judge, accepting the oath
administered hv District Jud.
Pe J.W. Summers, installing
officer.
Other newly elected oountv
leaders who al«o received the
oath of officefrom Judge Sum-
mer1: were Commissioners
W. I\ Jamec and T.R, I 'erkins,
Precincts I'wo and Pour res-
pectively District Clerk W. I".
Parrott; County Clerk Mil
dred Pulton; Countv Tre-
asurer I ucille Seale; County
superintendent Robert Ranks;
County Surveyor George \1ad
dux; and si\ Justices of the
Peaci,1--Abner Webb, Geor>re
R. Wood,' A.I. Brazil, I,A.
Mclntlre, E.I , I ewis and I o.
uise Mttsick.
Judge Summers in his inst.
.illation remarks said, "To
serve is a great privilege.
When people place confidence
and trust in their elected of
ficials, and you enter into it
consc-ietirious re<pect to the
duties of office, this is i
11 itih calling'."
He oncluded by saying, "We
have i fine croup of officials
t tfWUIV
here, and I know they will
sure up in every way,"
The newly installed County
Judge expressed appreciation
for the show of interest from
those present. He conveyed
mixed emotion on the termi-
nation of his law firm pract.
ice of some IP years, but said
he looked forward tothechal-
lenge of his new duties.
Judge Jones repeated an ear.
lier made statement to the
County Commissioners;
'There are many things that
need to be accomplished, but
I am no*, coming in to this
office with an aim of rocking
the boat I come seeking
'pa Idler1' to help get the boat
moving,''
He pledged his help and ser.
vice to each official and each
Individual of Cherokee Coun.
ty durine his term of office.
Dr. H.M, Ward of Jackson,
villr offered the opening in.
vocation, and benediction,
hollowing the ceremonies,
Judge and Mrs, Summers ent.
ertaine 1 officials and guests
with a coffee at their lovely
home on West I ifth Street.
record keeping and one in
shorthand, Mr'-. Anna I ou
Darby finds ample challenge
for the preparation of youth,
ro serve in the business wo
rid.
She says, "I feel these sk
ills are badly needed, and will
be for many year' to come.,
and especially dc the girls
fit well in thi type work. We
like ro place our students lo-
cally, if it all possible,"
In addition to the develop,
merit of the academic skill
irself, Mrs. Darby places gr
eat emphasp on the need for
good grooming, near appear,
ance, and pleasing personal-
ity.
Modern up to date equipment
i' employed In rhe teaching
situations by Mrs. Darby.
All of her course4 are one
year -hookeeping is helpful
to the non-college and
college bound student dike.
Shorthand, he views In rhe
ame manner. "It can be
helpful to the student taking
notes in college, or to the
girl who leaves high ehool
and immediately enters rhe
workirig world."
Recorrí keeping is designed
primarly lor the students who
plan to become members of
•See DARBY, paw 8
Voters Are
Urged To
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Speaker
Capacity
Crowd Hears
Dr. Wade
"One of the finest exper-
iences in living is liking people
and waiving ro share actively
with them in human enter-
prise,'' commented Dr. David
Wade in rhe principal address
made to some 200 attenders
of the annual Rusk Chamber
of Commerce membership
banquet Tuesday night at the
New Southern Motor Hotel.
The guest speaker is the
Commissioner for the Texas
Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation.
"When we worship with oth-
ers, or feel compassion for
others, when we meet ro en-
joy music, when we join with
neighbors to reason things
out, to pursue ideas, to help
the weak, to honor the noble,
to cooperate in bulldingabet-
ter world, our behavior is
worthy of our status as hu-
man beings," he said.
The guest speaker contin-
ued, "Membership in a com-
munity involves a measure
of commitment. If the risks
of becoming involved in action
for the community welfare
are great, soare the rewards,
for it is one of the basic facts
of human life that the un-
given self Is theunfilled self."
Dr. Wade was high in his
praise of all those who help
with support to the hospital
in the form of jobs for pa-
tients, help in training them,
financial and friendly support.
lie noted there Is still much
to he done, however, and ask-
ed his listeners for under-
standing and help in the work
that "we^are trying to do."
Dr. Wade called projects of
rhe Volunteer Service Coun-
cil -such as rhe wilderness
campsites, rhe two lake de-
velopments, the hobby shop
and museum--not "impos-
sible dreams, but realistic
goals aimed at bringing to
the patients a meaningful so-
cial experience,"
(l or the basic text of his
talk, see related article, else-
where, this issue.)
Dr. Wade was introduced by
the superintendent of Rusk
State Hospital--Dr, Lex T,
Neill. The local mental fa-
cility i one of some 24 hos-
pitals, state schools, clinics,
and research institutes,
whose operations' are direc-
ted by the Texas Departmenti
of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation.
Former Chamber president,
Houston White, functioned as
master of ceremonies for the
banquet. Following invocation
.by Rev. Ren Piarce, pastor
of Eirst United Methodist
Church, some 200personsen-
Joyed a steak dinner.
Guests were introduced,
prior to the final remarks of
1970's president, Pat Neill,
Neill began by praising the
officers and committees for
1970^ and apologized for "de-
tertlng the ship In mid.
stream" by the way of hi*
move to Athens, He was high
4y complimentary of the ef-
ficient manner In which Vice
President Georie Dodd had
met «he challenge, effectively
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1971, newspaper, January 7, 1971; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150895/m1/1/?q=cherokeean: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.