The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1978 Page: 1 of 16
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TIXAS PRESS
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Vol. 129
15' Per Issue
16 Pages
Number 9
The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27,1850
Rusk, Texas 75785, Thursday, April 20,1978
Home of
The Texas State Railroad
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V olunteer System
Asked by Group
A five-member
Ambulance Committee
appointed by the Rusk City
Council agreed Monday in
a 2's hour meeting to
recommend the city
purchase an ambulance
and operate a volunteer
«mergency service out of
Rusk Memorial Hospital.
The committee
composed of Ken Worley,
Mrs. Eleanor Gabbert,
Mary Ann Patterson,
George Dodd and William
R. Meador compared notes
from other emergency
ambulance services and
came up with the
recommendation for the
council.
Ambulance service
operations from Cushing,
Crockett, Jefferson,
Grapeland and a county-
wide ambulance operation
proposed by Ron Boren of
Jacksonville were all
reviewed by the four
members who met at RMH
Monday.
It was agreed the city
Boone To Retire
After 33 Years
Work Continuen on Car
Trut State Kailroad employes were bu*> recentls tr>lntf to pul the open air car into operation. The passenger
car h bring worked on in the Kusk Maintenance Yard. Supt. Kd Mclaughlin explained the unique car still lacked
«eat , paint and a rubber floor base The TSR will be In operation each Saturday in April, according to the
superintendent. Me «aid the train would lca\e the Itusk Depot at II a.m. each Saturday. -staff photo
Separate MSU, RSH
The operation of Maxi
mum Security Unit as a
separate entity from Rusk
Stale Hospital was propo
sed by Rep Kmmctt H
Whitehead in a speech here
Friday night The occasion
was a dinner lo honor four
employees who have re
tired (rom the staff at
MSU
He suggested thai the
division would remedy pre
sent administrative prob-
lem* "Three supennten
dents have left because of
MSU," he said
The facility which treats
the state's criminally in-
sane is the only one of its
kind in Texas
He referred to the legal
problems which surround
patients in the unit "I
really don't want to (urn il
over to (he Texas Depart
ment of Corrections," Rep
Whitehead said "A divi-
sion In responsibility can
help us move the unit to-
ward the best of its kind in
the nation."
The speaker asked for
reactions and comments to
the proposal
Four retiring employees
at MSU were honor guests
They are Doug Scott, 10
years: Duward Smith, 2i
years. Buford Costlow, 21
years and Lester Goff, 10
years
Open House Planned
\t RSH May 5th
Dr Exter Bell Jr ,
acting supenntedent for
Rusk Slate Hospital, an
nounced plans (or the
twenty sixth annual Open
House scheduled Friday,
May f> Featured during the
one-day event will be an
awards presentation at
9 30 a m by the Mental
Health Association of
Tyler A patient musical
program will be given at 10
a m and 2 p m and tours
will Ik* conducted from 9
a m through 4pm
The one day event will
allow citizens an opportun
its to visit the hospital
during Mental Health
month and take a good look
at the many treatment
services being provided the
over 800 patients hospital
ized at Rusk During the
past year the hospital has
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Somebody left a bit of
humor on my desk The
clipping reported this quote
from a politician: "Half of
my friends stand for this
and naif of them stand for
that, and I stand with my
friends "
Well...it's the season for
politics to get a good share
of new coverage...and
logically to be the subject
of a few jokes!
Travel 'round town, and
even out, the past week has
provided some interesting
turns of the corner. Some
pure, serendepity!
Unexpected, delightful
surprises.
Like the news of dogwood
trees growing In Uvalde.
That Info was learned at
the County Airport
Tuesday afternoon. And
who planted the trees?
Why. Jaaey Briscoe of
course! She was o* tour
with her husband, Gov.
Briscoe, and reported four
Dogwood Trees alive and
well at her home. Janey
ashed of course about the
beauty of the present
blooming season, but her
busy campaign schedule
with the Governor leaves
little time to either "stop
and smell the roses," or
admire the dogwood.
An off the cuff
guestimate of 500 persons
welcomed the Briscoes to
Cherokee County Tuesday.
Ceremonies were marked
by roses for the gals-Janey
and daughter, Cele; music
by the Alto High School
Yellowjacket Band and
words of appreciation by
Sen. Roy Blake and
Himself, our State Rep. M.
C. Moore acted as emcee
and presented the
Governor to several
hundred persons.
Another corner was
turned, and I collided head-
on...with a busted (and
that's what I mean) hot
water heater. If you've
gone down this road, no
need to tell you what It's
like. All Is well that ends
well...and that's when the
•MeeK'AHOUT. p. 16
received a face lift' on the
inside and outside We have
added carpet, new furni-
ture. partitions for privacy,
brighter and more decor-
ative colors to the interior
and exterior of our build-
ings In so doing we feel we
have added a more plea-
sant and therapeutic
atmosphere to the
hospital," said Dr Bell.
Scheduled to be honored
during the awards presen-
tation ceremonies will be
James Richard Crippen,
Psychiatric Aide of the
Year, and Mrs Barbara
Arnold. Psychiatric Nurse
Technician of the Year
Crippen. a psychiatric
security technician on the
Maximum Security Unit,
has been employed by
Rusk State Hospital since
1973 Mrs Arnold is a men-
tal health and mental re-
tardation supervisor on the
Sunshine Unit and has been
employed at the hospital
since 1966
Both recipients were
selected by fellow
employes from a list of
candidates including Psy-
chiatric Nurse Technician
nominees Doris Mayes,
Evileen Keels, Louise To-
bias and Barbara Garner.
Psychiatric Aide of the
Year nominees include
Juanita Rogers. George
Grant, James Norton,
"Louie" Pate, Larry Dear-
man and Bebe Norton
Dr. Bell noted signify
cance of fellow employes
recognizing their peers for
outstanding and dedicated
service and expressed his
appreciation to the Tyler
Mental Health Association
for their part in making the
awards presentation more
• See RSII, p. IS
Rep Whitehead added
his praise for their out-
standing performance to
that of Dr. Exter Bell,
acting superintendent and
Herbert Nichols, MSU
chief security officer.
Special gifts were pre-
sented by Charles Ray
Peters on behalf of the
donors-RSH Employes
Federal Credit Union, First
State Bank, Citizens State
Bank, J.B. White Co. and
Mathews-Miller.
In stating his apprecia-
tion, Dr Bell pointed to the
uniqueness of MSU as
being one of just a few
forensic psychiatric units
in the U.S. "Statistics are
revealing and we realize
that the MSU population is
composed of very hardened
criminals, or those who are
too disturbed and comba-
•See MSU. p. 16
J. M. Boone, Rusk
Independent School
District superintendent,
announced Tuesday night
he would retire effective
July 1,1978 after 41 years in
school teaching and
administration.
He made his
announcement at the
monthly school board
meeting. Boone is in his
fifth year as Rusk ISD
superintendent after
having spent 38 years as a
principal of the Rusk
Elementary School and at
one time the elementary-
junior high school
combination. Eight years
were spent outside the
Rusk ISD.
Boone's letter said in
part, "This is not an action
that was impetuously taken
without due deliberation.
This is perhaps, the most
difficult decision that I
have ever had to make.
However, I feel that I have
made the proper decision.
"I wish to express my
sincere appreciation to the
members of the School
Board for their dedication
to improving the
educational opportunities
for all our pupils. Also, for
your concern and support
of our teachers and
administrators."
During the meeting, Tom
Sartain, board president,
said, "I wasn't looking
forward to the day this
would happen. I want to
* See BOONE, p. 16
would have to purchase an
ambulance at a cost of
approximately $20,000.
RMH staff members would
operate the ambulance
during the daytime
Monday-Friday while
volunteers would be called
upon for nighttime and
weekend work. Each
ambulance would call for
two personnel~a driver
with at least a knowledge of
first aid and an attendant,
who would be a qualified
Emergency Medical
Technician with 80 hours of
medical training. Drivers
would also be required to
carry beepers so they
would be in contact with
RMH at all times in case of
emergency.
Mary Ann Patterson
reported on the Cushing
service which was fell-
volunteer and had been in
operation for three years.
She said the ambulance
service got off to a good
* See AMBULANCE, p. 16
Dr. Bell Retires
Rusk State Hospital will
be losing Dr. Exter Bell Jr.
through retirement
effective May 1st,
according to a letter sent
to MH-MR Acting
Commissioner John J.
Kavanagh, M.D., from Dr.
Bell. Paul Kaufman,
assistant superintendent,
will assume the duties of
acting superintendent on a
temporary basis until a
suitable replacement can
be found.
Kaufman is not a
medical doctor and can,
therefore, not hold the job
of superintendent on a
fulltime basis under Texas
law. Kaufman came to
RSH in January.
Kaufman has been a
hospital administrator for
the last 20 years. He comes
to Rusk from the Texas
Medical Center at
Hermann Hospital in
Houston where he was an
associate hospital director
for five years.
Dr. Bell stated he would
retire from the Texas
Department of Mental
Health-Mental Retardation
and move to Madeira
Beach, Fla., where he
planned to "complete a
• See BELL, p. 16
Council Rescinds Approval
Of Mobile Homes Placement
Rusk City Council Mon-
day rescinded an action
they had taken last week to
allow mobile homes on pro-
MET To Move
To Jacksonville
Don Boyd, director of
Rusk's Motivational
Educational Training
operation, announced
recently he would move the
organization's Rusk
operation to Jacksonville
the first of May. MET has
been working out of the
Armory on Euclid Street in
Rusk
The reason behind the
move was "all the talk
about wanting the Armory
building for a recreational
center," said Boyd. "We
looked in Rusk for a
suitable building to set
partitions up in and we
couldn't find rooms large
enough."
The MET Rusk director
said he would move the
federally-funded organiza-
tion to J.B. White's old
office building in
Jacksonville. MET locally
has seven fulltime and two
parttime employes. Boyd
estimated they trained 150
people at the Armory aloné
in a year's time and over
100 in jobs outside the
Armory in MET's 42-
county area of operation.
Asked about the $2,600
owed the city by MET for
past rental fees on the
Armory, Boyd stated that
he was present at the April
'77 meeting at which time
the rent on the Armorv was
raised from 1150 to 1350 "I
sent them a copy of the
lease agreement calling for
the $350 increase and asked
them to forward it to our
Cleveland, Texas offices,"
• See BOYD. p. 16
perty not zoned for the
structures.
Three men-Ray Fin-
cher, Howard Davis and
Homer Smith-were al-
lowed to locate their mobile
homes in areas not zoned
as mobile home designa-
tions as called for in the
city's Zoning Ordinance.
City fathers approved the
mobile home owners plans
last week to proceed with
locating their homes on
land within the city limits.
After a complaint by
Frank Howell, chairman of
the Rusk Zoning Board, the
council rescinded the order
made last week at the
council's regular meeting.
Howell read the council-
men the city's Zoning Or-
dinance and said they had
to hold a public hearing if
they were contemplating
making exceptions to the
ordinance.
Homeowners who have
property within 200 feet of
the proposed zoning excep-
tion being taken radar con-
sideration must be notified
of the public hearing and
the proposed change, said
Howell. He suggested lve
council rescind their order
of April 11 and refer the
three gentlemen to the
newly-formed Board of
Adjustments.
Councilman Lewie Byers
made the motion the coun-
cil rescind the order and
refer the men to a Board of
Adjustments. Councilman
Raymond Cooper and
Johnny Williams each
seconded the motion. City
Secretary Nancy Florian
informed the councilmen
• See ZONING, p. 16
Eagles
Rusk's catcher. Tommy Williams, slides Into homeplate to score the Eagle's first
run during the Palestine Westwood game last week. Rusk went on to win the game
4*1 In a crucial baseball game. Coach Gary Turner's baseball squad stands 3-S In
District tl-AA action and it-3 on the year. Eagles play Fairfield there at 4 p.m.
today. Rusk Is the defending District tl-AA Champions...for three years running.
-photo by donna bostlck
'No. 3'
Rusk Eagles baseball
team bombarded Teague
13-3 at Dickinson Field
Tuesday to notch their 10th
win in a row this season.
The win puts the Eagles
at 14-3 on the season and 3-0
in District 21-AA
competition. Rusk will
travel to Fairfield for a 4
p.m. game today as they
try to make a clean sweep
of their district foes in the
first round of conference
competition.
Eagles will play three of
four gamee on the road in
the second mind of district
play.
Against the Teague
Lions, the Eagles managed
to garner 11 hito while
• See KAGLKd, p. II
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