The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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The Cherokeean
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NUMBER 52
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AT LAST-Si K toI is out and
so is the Legislature' With you,
we will welcome home Him-
self...and promptly hand him a
bouquet of problems we've
been saving! Including this
column. After he gets his
Austin office set up for the
summer and his mother home
from the hospital, we should
see more of Roundabout
Around Town'
When he's ready for his desk
back, we hope to split for the
house and catch up on...of all
things...writing! Which means
this fun time we've had
keeping your Cherokeean
rolling is about over, and now
we'll get some long neglected
work done...at the house.
Our Better Half is very
grateful to the people of
district 15 for allowing him to
have this experience in service
at Austin Probably, he can
write columns the rest of this
summer about "capitol hap-
penings."
NICK OF TIME-- As the
metropolitan areas grow lar-
ger. the number of legislator*
representing them increase*
accordingly. Likewise, as rural
population declines, so does
representation in state govern-
ment. Without wishing to
appear "braggy," we just
mention this to say that Husk
State Hospital was adequately
represented and its needs
made known...before it Mas ton
late. The present trend indi-
cates rough sledding in the
years to come for small towns
as they compete with cities for
a share of state tax dollars
So...we're personally glad that
Himself was there this session
and he did work very hard to
secure as much as possible for
our No. I Economic \ssrt'
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ULTIMATE BENEFITS
Most importan! In (his dis
course is the recognition of
patient benefits during this
session of the legislature The
budget has been expanded to
offer higher p;i>. more build
ings and renovations lo ex
isling structures Ultimately
the patients of the institution
will reap the greatest rewards
through improved care and
facilities Money has been
made available to do this anil
the hospital's administrator
Dr Lex T Neill. is a person
who can be expected to follow
through in the best interests of
Ihe patients
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SMI1.K OK TIIK I) \\ The
average wife talks much faster
than the average husband can
listen!"
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HB 925 Gives Rusk Hospital $45,000
For Simmer Student Employment
THAR SHE BI.OWS-The "filling up process"
begin this week for Ihe Rusk Lions Club
swimming pool for the opening Saturday
Holding the hose for the first sprinkle of water
are Lions Club members C H King, Leon
Pledger and Billy Watson. Larry Minter will
manage the pool whieh will be open from 1
p.m. to 9 p.np. Monday through Saturday and
1 p.m to 6 p m. Sundays -staff photo
Rusk Lions Club Sets Saturday Opening
For Swimming Pool and Skating Rink
The Rusk Lions Club will
open two areas of recreation
for young people Saturday The
swimming pool will open for
the summer and the skating
rink will re-open, according to
Hilly Watson, member of Ihe
local club
The swimming pool will be
open from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and
observe Ihe hours of 1 p.m. to 6
p m on Sundays
Rusk High School Coach
Larry Minter will be the pool
manager Admission will be
Scholarships, Medals
Given at Commencement
Scholarships scholastic me
dais and attendance awards
were among the special
recognition given Rusk High
School seniors at commence
menl exercises Friday nighl in
Ihe Rusk High School ti\ m The
graduation was scheduled lor
Musick Stadium lull was
moved to the gym due to rain
Bluegrass, Gospel Music
To Be Featured in Concert
A 1952 Rusk High School
graduate and an avid early fan
of country western music is
returning lo Rusk as a
promotor and professional
agent of Blue Grass music and
performers
June Mclnlyre Rudine. as
the coordinator of the Blue
Grass and Gospel Music
Concert set for 8 pm Saturday
night, in the Rusk Junior High
auditorium, will be really
realizing one of her sc'ioolgirl
dreams The concert is spon-
sored by the Rusk Lions Club
June's father George, still
lives on Rider Road in Rusk
June, a golden-haired, blue-
eyed beauty, whose 5' 11 "110
pound frame is just about the
same as it was in school some
20 years ago, became interes-
ted in country music as far
back as the early 40's and is
now considered an expert in
the field
"I remember my favorite
record at that time was
"Drifting Texas Sand" by
Webb Pierce, and I used to
think how to get more deeply
involved in this beautifully
expressive music," says Mrs.
Rudine.
"Now I consider myself the
most fortunate of women, she
continues.
"While continuing my in-
terest in music I still took the
time, and had the good sense to
get married to a fine man,
establish a home and have two
children. And now I'm return
mg to my first real home with
music and m\ husband It's
just wonderful'
June Mclnlyre married Ken
Rudine President of Triangle
Engineering Co . Inc of
Houston in 195 ) has two
sons Shannon l.i and Rod. 11
and resides at nil? Candlelight
in Houston
Headlining Ihe Saturday
nigh! musical concert will be
the well-known stage and
recording group. Roma Jack
son and The Tennessee Pals
With a varied repeloire of
songs, the group has been most
popular on the concert circuit
with recording dates in Nash-
ville and Houston on Ihe I)
label
Their most popular single hit
was "Golden Slippers" which
is one of the cuts in I heir album
"Caney Creek
Other top numbers which
Jackson's Pals will play
Saturday will be "Dueling
Banjos", "Golden Slippers",
"Lamplighting Time". "A-
mazing Grace" and "Brush
Arbor".
Members of the group
besides Roma, who plays
guitar, are Randy Jackson,
fiddle; Bill Bonner, guitar;
Emile Humbert, banjo; Keith
Humbert, bass fiddle and
Robert Shipley, Dobro guitar
Mrs Rudine notes, "The
Tennessee Pals won first prize
in the recent McKinney. Texas
Blue Grass concert with first
♦ See CONCERT, Page 11
Top scholarship winners
were Dennis I.vie Slaton.
\aledic'lorian and Janet Gail
Hill salutalorian
LaJuan Sales received Ihe
VtiMi Beta Sigma Phi scholar-
ship I rom the three Husk
chapters Xi Kpsilon Kappa
( iihk roil Gamma and Alpha
Alpha Gamma
\ 4250 scholarship was
presented to Phyllis Case on
behall of Beta Alpha Chapter
of Delta Kappa Gamma
A nursing scholarship was
given to Frances Dossetl b>
members of the Kusk Business
and Professional Women's
Club
The Cherokee Counts PTA
Council scholarship in the
amount of $200 wen! to Marcus
Lee Hassell
Scholastic medals were pre
sented to senior honor sludenls
Dennis Slaton Jane! Hill.
Carolyn Stafford. Zalinda
Christopher Jackie Foster.
Tony Watson. Angela Parsons.
Phvllis Case and Marcus
Hassell
Perfect attendance certifi-
cates were received by Angela
Parsons, four years Dennis
Slaton. four years Calhy Gay
Gabbert two years; Alan
Middleton. one year and
Zalinda Christopher, one year
Three Teams
Are Unbeaten
In Baseball
The Cardinals. Giants and
Indians remain unbeaten in
Junior baseball action follow-
ing another week of play which
saw two games rained out
Friday night.
The Cardinals are leading
their league with three wins
and no losses The Astros are
following second with two
+ See BASEBALL. Pfcge I4
50c for children through high
school age Adults and those
out high school will be charged
$l
Season tickets are available
to families at a base price of
$20 plus $5 per child
Swimming lessons will be
c«iducted during the month of
June Those interested may
contact Watson at 683-2848.
The skating rink which also
opens Saturday will observe
the following schedule: Sat-
urdays. 9 a m to 12 noon, 2
p.m. lo 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10
p.m ; Sundays, 2 p.m to 5 p.m
and Monday through Friday, 7
p m to 10 p.m Each session
will last one and one half hours
Admission will be 75c for
persons renting skates and 50c
for persons who own their own
skates
Rusk's economy for the next
three months was increased by
$45.000 Monday in Austin. A
last minute effort by State
Representative Emmett H.
Whitehead resulted in the
passage of House Bill 923 which
authorized a special appropri-
ation for $45.000 to implement a
Summer Student Employment
Program at Rusk State Hospi-
tal.
"This is a real challenge,"
says Dr. Lex T Neill, RSH
superintendent. "The special
fund will allow us to hire about
50 full time employees for the
three month summer period.
People 17 years of age and over
will be employed from the
area."
Dr Neill said that college
students home for the summer
will be given first considera-
tion. However, he added,
adults will be considered as
well as students in high school
17 years old or more.
"We are grateful to our State
Representative for his efforts
in our behalf and we will want
to use these funds to best
advantage," said Dr. Neill.
Missing Girl
Is Released
To Parents
A juvenile reported missing
last Friday has been released
to the custody of her parents
after being picked up by
Cherokee County Sheriff's
deputies Tommy Jones and
Bill Griffith Monday night.
The 13 year old girl had been
missing since noon Friday,
according to Griffith.
She was picked up in
Cherokee County Monday
night and later released to her
parents
Rep. Whitehead praised the
work of Senator Don Adams
and Senator Ron Ciower for
carrying HB 925 in the Senate.
"Employing a technicality.
Sen. Adams brought the bill io
the Senate floor at the last
minute, and helped persuade
his fellow senators to approve
the fund for Rusk State
Hospital.
■ It m hit mm
The 63rd regular session ol
the legislature ended only
hours later, at midnight
Monday.
Rep. Whitehead, who carried
the bill through the House
Friday with a unanimous vote
of 144-0. says he is optimistic
that the Governor will sign it
into a law. "We have been
virtually assured of this." he
said
"Banfiit in the Park"
Tryonts Set Monday
Trvouts for parts in the
Cherokee Civic Theatre pro-
duction, of "Barefoot in the
Park" will be held at 7 p.m.
Monday In the community
room of Citizens State Bank,
according to co-directors Mrs.
Gerry Struhall and Larry
Wright.
President Paul Cox an-
nounced the initial production
of the Neil Simon play at the
general meeting of the organi-
zation May 24.
"Tryouts are open to anyone.
You need not be a member of
the organization to tryout,"
stresses Cox. "If you don't
thihk you qualify as an actor,
we are also in need of people to
construct sets, work props and
handle publicity. TTiis is a
community endeavor and
Dod|irs Lead
Farm Leafue
Dream Turns into Reality
For RSH Patients in MSU
The dream of new modern
surroundings in a well-con-
structed building has come
true Al least for 67 patients in
Rusk Stale Hospital's Maxi-
mum Security Unit the dream
has become a reality
The first fnove lo the new
buildings was made Monday to
Skyview II Herbert Nichols,
supervisor of Ihe unit, says
Skvviewl will be occupied in
the next two weeks
"The patients have comment
ed quite favorably on the new
surroundings They rested well
the firsi night in their new
home." Nichols said
Rusk Lions
Slate Rodeo
The Rusk L.ions Club will
sponsor an open rodeo here
Thursday . Friday and Satur-
day . June 7-9 The rodeo w ill be
produced by Jack Day of
Tyler
Glen Stanley, rodeo chair-
man. says rodeo events will
include bareback riding, bull
riding, calf roping and girls
barrel racing Persons wishing
to enter the rodeo may contact
Day in Tyler at 566-3382. Entry-
fees will be $15 each for
bareback riding, bull riding
and calf roping and $io for girls
barrel racing "Books will
open for entry in the rodeo at 5
p.m. Monday," says Stanley.
The Rusk Evening Lions
Club will operate the conces-
sion stand.
Performances will begin at 8
p.m each evening at the Rodeo
arena on Crockett Sfeet.
everyone can participate," he
savs
"Barefoot in the Park was
a long running play a
successful movie and tele-
vision series The play calls for
four males and two females
The play revolves around a
young lawyer, just beginning
his practice, and his wife of
only six days The couple move
into a one room apartment
with no furniture, no heat and
six flights up with no elevator
To complicate matters, the
wife attempts to fix her mother
up with an eccentric older
gentlemen who lives in the
attic The mother takes pink
pills for her ulcer and sleeps on
a board The older gentleman
known as the "Bluebeard of
48th Street." eats Arrflenian
food and is always broke
In addition to the four major
roles there are also two cameo
parts for a telephone repair
man and a delivery man
"The play is written in
sections so that everyone need
not attend every rehearsal,
says Director Mrs Struhall
The production is slated lor
some lime in earlv July
Cherokee County's Repre-
sentative explains that HB 925
will provide funds for the
employment of students at
Rusk Stale Hospital during
June. July and August.
"These young people have a
great Effect on Ihe patients at
RSH," he said "It offefs the
patients an opportunity to see
new faces and to become
involved in more activities
than existing personnel some-
times have to give."
He pointed out that when
families involved are con-
sidered, "thousands of people
will benefit from this bill "
The hospital has already
employed 45 persons for
special summer jobs "This
bill will enable us to work
about 50 more and we will
begin hiring immediately."
said Dr Neill
Hospital policy has pre-
viously limited work of this
type to dependents of present
personnel. "Now, we can be
more liberal and accept
students from families who are
not represented on ihe staff."
says Dr Neill
Salaries for the jobs are $360
per month, or $1,080 for the
three month period.
"These are temporary jobs
and as such no vacation lime
will accrue nor is there an
allowance for sick leave," he
explained
We will do our best through
supervision and instruction to
help them render a needed
service a! Ihe hospital," says
Dr Neill
Rusk Youths
To Attend
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The first patient to move into
Skyview II was James W The
new building is quite a contrast
lo his home of the past few
years The routine of the long
corridors of drab-covered
brick and crowded dormitories
of the old MSU buildings is
replaced with a large recrea-
tion area piped-in music from
record player or radio; sepa-
rate 12-man dormitory areas,
two of these in each of the four
wings and smaller lounge
areas, with television, for each
24-man dormitory .
The building is furnished
throughoul with colorful, mod-
ern furnishings Color tel-
evision is available in the main
recreation area The modern
dining room is also a delight to
the new residents The kitchen
area features shiny stainless
steel fixtures
Sixteen attendants also
"made the move" to the new
building This is in addition to
office help, psychologists and
doctors who will serve the unit.
Another "new home" also
opened in MSU this week. The
new supervisor's building
houses offices for Supervisor
Nichols; Mrs Danny Smith,
secretary; Mrs Elton McCuin,
clerk and the duty supervisor
on the three shifts.
Spiral stairs in the office lead
to the control tower for the
unit.
Perhaps the new facilities
mean little to the man on the
street, but to those confined
year in and year out to the old
buildings of MSU, it marks a
milestone
Monday began reality for
what was once a dream.
At the halfway point in Farm
League baseball season, the
Dodgers are leading the league
with three wins, no losses The
Eagles hold second place with
two wins, one loss followed by
the Tigers, one win, two losses
and the Lions, three losses
In action Tuesday night the
Eagles downed the Tigers in a
thriller and the Dodgers
maintained their lead over the
Lions.
Next Tuesday night the
second row of play begins w ith
the Dodgers and the Tigers
and the Eagles against the
Lions. Game time is 8:30 p.m
Inside
This Issue
SB SOCIETY
i* \ge<;
Gary Lynn Halbert and Mike
U-inback of Rusk post 293.
have been chosen as delegates
to allend the thirty third
annual American Legion Boys
Stale June (i at the University
ol Texas in Austin
Department Commander,
James P. Holley announced
that Hf>0 boys from all parts of
Texas and two from Mexico
are expected lo participate.
Following registration, each
citi/er, will be assigned to one
of iwo political parties the
M X Nationalist or Federalist Each
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A NEW HOME-Maximum Security Unit
Supervisor Herbert Nichols holds the door
open to Skyview II for the first MSU patient to
move into the new home. A total of 67 patients
moved Monday into orte of two new, modern
buildings in the Rusk State Hospital unit.
Skyview I and II have capacity for 192
patients and Ihe move to Skyview I to
expected within two weeks -staff photo
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