Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1993 Page: 14 of 23

                                
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PARTICIPANTS IN THE CHEROKEE COUNTY Historical Commission Marker
Dedication Sunday afternoon at the Singletary Memorial Library were Carolyn
Benner, Peggy McArthur, Ethel Pledger, Grace Guinn, Mary Madden and Boots
Burfoot. Mrs. Benner is a descendant of one of the members of the Bachelor Girls'
Library Club. Mrs. McArthur is librarian; Mrs. Pledger, immediate past president
of the Library Study Club; Mrs. Guinn, representing her late husband, Malcolm
Guinn's Foundation; Mrs. Madden is president of the Thalian Club and Mrs.
Burfoot, a member of the Library Study Club, -staff photo
Rusk library gets
historical marker
Cherokee County Historical Com-
missioner dedicated an Official
Tfexas Historical Marker for the
Bachelor Girls' Library Club Sun-
day afternoon &t the Singletary
Memorial Library in Rusk.
The event was attended by rela-
tives of the original Bachelor Girls'
Library Club, the Rusk Library
Study Club and the Rusk Thalian
Club, as well as members of the
Cherokee County Historical Com-
missioner, the Library Board and
Friends of the Library.
Commissioner E. R. (Bob) Gregg
represented the County Commis-
sioners Court and Mayor Mike
Crysup and Councilwoman Gloria
Jennings represented the Rusk City
Council. Mike Murray, assistant to
the city manager, represented the
Rusk city staff.
John Allen Templeton, chairman
of the Historical Commission, pre-
sided at the gathering. The invoca-
tion was offered by Fayrene Curtis,
president of the Library Study Club.
Boots Burfoot, member of the Li-
brary Study Club, led in the pledge
to the U.S. Flag*and Mary Madden,
president of the Thalian Club, led in
the pledge to the Texas Flag. Ethel
Pledger, past president of the Li-
brary Study Club presented theclub
history.
The marker was unveiled by
Carolyn Powell Benner and
Josephine Powell Thomason,
daughters of the Bachelor Girls'
Library Club charter members.
Another daughter, Roselyn
Wight man Kellev was unable to
attend.
Among those descendants of the
original Bachelor Girls' Library
Club members attending the dedi-
cation were Carolyn Powell Benner
of Houston, T. W. and Josephine
Powell Thomason of Denton; Judy
Ryman Holmer of Dallas, Mrs.
Eldridge B. Ryman (Pat Wright) of
. Lufkin; Kathrine Aiken Dickinson
and children — Nathaniel and
Zaciiarv, Clifford and Rachael, all
of Leander; Julia Beall Crowder of
Houston; Commissioner and Mrs.
Bob Gregg of Rusk; Captain Ret'd.
USAF John and Mrs. (Marilyn
Betts) King of Rockwall.
Bernard Mayfield officially dedi-
cated the marker on behalf of the
Cherokee County Historical Com-
mission and the Texas Historical
Commission.
The benediction was given by
George Dodd, vice-chairman of the
Historical Commission.
The marker was financed by he
Malcolm M. Guinn Foundation.
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THEY'RE ALL READY FOR HALLOWEEN-Jamie Struhall, 8, and his seven-year-
old brother, Terry, are ready to observe the fall Halloween celebration. They are
the son of Debbie and Jamie Struhall. Mrs. Struhall has the yard on Henderson
Street decorated with wagon wheels, bales of hale, the scarecrow and freshly
Group home
to be started
soon in Alto
An administrator for the Chero-
kee County Transitional Living
Center, which is part of the Chero-
kee County Mental Retardation
Association recently spoke with the
Alto City Council concerning a group
home to be started in Alto.
The Center has found a home in
Alto that will meet their needs at an
affordable price and hope to move
seven clients in by November.
They opened up their first home
in Jacksonville, in Sept. 1986. There
are now eight in Cherokee County.
Evelyn Smith, the administrator
who spoke with the city council,
said that thejplients of the homes
are supervised 24 hours a day. They
work daily from approximately 8
a.m. to4.p m. at the Sheltered Work-
shop (one is in Rusk and one in
Jacksonville) and then they have a
regular schedule at home. Some are
able, after training, to walk short
distances alone.
"For the most part you will find
our clients are well supervised and
friendly and will be very happy tp be
a part of the community," she said.
The administrator said that many
people do not understand the differ-
ence between mental retardation
and mental illness.
"The people we serve are develop-
mentally delayed, generally as a re-
sult of a birth injury or something
that happened before birth," she said.
"A person who is mentally ill would
have a diagnosis from a psychiatrist
such as depression or schizophre-
nia. We primarily serve individuals
with mental retardation."
Before 1978, services for the men-
tally retarded in Cherokee County
were limited to the State School.
Then, some Cherokee County citi-
zens spoke with representatives from
Lufkin State School and asked for
services to be spread out into Chero-
kee County. These citizens started
the Cherokee Coilnty Mental Retar-
dation Association and the first Shel-
tered Workshop opened in Rusk the
next year. There are now about 90
clients in the Sheltered Workshop
programs in Cherokee County.
The first group home was estab-
lished in Cherokee County following
a lawsuit that was filed against the
State of Texas to try to get the men-
tally retarded out of the institutions
and into their own communities.
Election from p. 1
Jacksonville, Thelma Holloway and
Nancy Curry, judges.
Box 43, Ward 4, City of Jackson-
ville, Jacksonville Public Library,
Polly Dublin and Carol Hooker,
judges.
Box 44, Northeast Jacksonville,
Tecula Baptist Church, Roy D.
Jimerson and Joyce Barber, judges.
Box 45, New Summerfield, New
Summerfield City Hall, Lanelle
Wilcox and Sherree DaviB, judges.
Box 46, Pleasant Hill, County
Building, State Hwy. 110, Doris
Mitchell and Olive Newman,
judges.
Box 47, Ponta, First ftaptist
Church, Ponta, Elna Perkins and
Guinn Johnson, judges.
Box 48, Concord, Concord Pres-
byterian Church, Macil- Hall and
Mary June Florence, judges
planted plants.
All-day event
is slated
at church
Adams Chapel United Methodist
Church and the Rev. Charles
Nunnally, pastor, have extended a
special invitation to the public to
attend their fourth annual "All Day
Singingand DinnerontheGrounds"
at the church on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Singing is scheduled to begin at
10:30 a.m. and resume at 1:15 p.m.
Following the noon meal. Both con-
gregational singing and special
music by guest performers will be
featured.
The format will be informal as
usual and singers and listeners are
invited to come and go during the
day as they have time.
Adams Chapel Church is located
in the Bulah community, 10 miles
southwest of Rusk on FM '23.
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