The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1974 Page: 3 of 23
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Wednesday, January 16, 1974
THE BELLAIRE TEXAN
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PROFILE
NAME: Jean Ruby
FAMILY: husband 3 sons,
grandson
OCCUPATION: dietitian,
Bellaire General Hospital
five years.
To many patients in a hos-
pital, the rattle and clank of
the food trays ‘in one of the
big entertainments of the
day. The green plastic cov-
ered dishes of Bellaire Gen-
eral Hospital hold varied ga-
stromic delights and can
even chart the patients re-
covery. Bland diets isgnal
the post operative and re-
gular diest herald the road
to recovery.
In charge of this eating
adventure is the dietitian
Jean Ruby. She runs the kit-
chen and the cafeteria at
Bellaire General.
Her domain is as expected.
a day in the life of Jean Ruby, hospital dietitian
Huge shiney refrigerators,
freezers and cooks busy with
the next meal. "We’re hav-
ing fried chicken today,”
Ms. Ruby said. So early
preparations were started
for the favorite but messy
to fix food.
Plastic dominates the dish
area. It insures sterility and
eliminates the need for large
storage rooms. The depend-
ence on plastic coupled with
the energy crisis concerns
Ms. Ruby. “I don’t know
what we would do if we had
to go back to glass,” she
said.
The crisis of food short-
ages keep her busy ordering
far in advance. For three
months shecouldn’tgetmany
fruits or vegetables. How-
ever, her salesmen warn her
and she has been able to
order in advance. Oysters,
Former Bellaire
minister dies
William H. Everton, the
first pastor of the Bellaire
Christian Church, passed a-
way at the age of 64 Jan-
uary 11 in his Columbus,
Ohio, home.
A minister of the Christ-
ian Churches, Disciples of
Christ for 25 or more years,
he served churches in
Millersburg, Kentucky, and
Marshall, Bellaire and
Rosenburg, Texas. More
recently, Mr. Everton was
employed by the National
Benevolent Association of
the Christian Churches out
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Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ann Everton; a son,
David Everton, minister at
Pauldint, Ohio; daughters,
Marcia Everton of Col-
umbus, and Mrs. Janet Ed-
wards of Midland, Texas;
and four grandchildren.
Services were held in Col-
umbus January 14 withburial
in Portsmouth Ohio, in the
family burial plot.
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WINTER CLOTHING
GIRLS, INfANTS IQ !4
BOYS. INFANTS IQ 1
FURTHER REDUCTIONS!
REGROUPED! REPRICED!
Vi PRICE OR LESS!
COATS, JACKETS, SWEATERS, SLACKS,
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MATCHED SETS, DRESSES, SLEEPWEAR,
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she said, are Impossible to
get now. Wax beans were
not available for six months
but, she added, no one seem-
ed to miss them.
The cooks sometimes in-
adverently create a person-
nel shortage. Vacations, one
month each year, beome
real headaches because of
the lack of subsitutue cooks.
“We’re going to try conven-
ience foof this year when the
cooks go on vacation,” she
said.
The most popular foods
in the three week cycle menu
are fried chicken and ham-
burgers. “And,” Ms. Ruby
adds, "Julie’s rolls.”
Julie’s lunch rolls are so
popular that they could sell
them all to outside custom-
ers but the patients have
priority.
Surrounded by magazines
illustrating food Ms. Ruby
also plans luncheons and din-
ners for doctors. This,
she said, is one of her fav-
orite duties,
For the patients she plans
three week cycle menus but
writes a new menu each week
for the cafeteria. “I don’t
want them to say, 'Oh, this
is such and such a food
day ’ ” she said.
Each morning Ms Ruby
goes on the floors to visit
with the patients and hear
their requests. Vegeterians
for instance, have special
needs. “Some refuse to eat
vegetables grown below the
ground, ” she said. So
she tries to please.
Rarely, she said, does she
hear complaints. The few
complaints ususally come
from the people on plain food
diets.
She also has concerns that
are highly technical but vit-
al. The temperature of the
cleaning equiptment and the
steam ta ble (he kind of
chemical solution used to
clean. These items must
be perfect to insure the sani-
tary requirements of the two
month check of the City of
Houston Public Health De-
partment.
Ms. Ruby’s satisfaction
comes from the satisfaction
of the people she serves,
the patients, the doctors the
people in the cafeteria. Her
frustrations center mainly
around the food shortages.
she likes her job and
thanks to her enthusiasm,
the dank and rattle of the
trays at mealtime signal a
welcome repast.
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Pettigrew, Terrilee & George, Sara. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1974, newspaper, January 16, 1974; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth567841/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.