The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1977 Page: 1 of 16
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Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27, l 850
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Number 11
Rusk, Texas, Thursday, May 5, 1977
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Open House Observance
A wards,To urs, Pro grams
Planned Friday at RSH
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Four members of Shannon McLaughlin's art class busily sketch and paint from other artists' paintings as well as
their own photos during their twice a week art course work at Rusk High School. The busy artists are from left
nearest the camera then clockwise, Mrs. Katherine White, Mrs. Nellie Pearce, Mrs. Jimmie Westbrook and Mrs.
Loberta Clayton. Eighteen Ruskites participated in the Adiilt Basic Education course entitled. Introduction to
Drawing and Painting, with the age running from about 13 years old to a young 70 years old. The students plan to
put on an Art Show from 1-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, May 14-15, at the Rusk Depot. The public is invited to attend
the show. staff photo
Awards, tours and mu-
sical programs by the pa-
tients will highlight Rusk
State Hospital's 25th an-
nual Open House Friday.
Dr. Robert B. Sheldon, su-
perintendent, invites the
public to attend the one day
educational opportunity.
An awards presentation
by the Mental Health Asso-
ciation of Tyler at 9:30 a.m.
will precede the first of two
musical programs by the
patients at 10 a.m. in the
chapel. A second program
by the patients will be
given at 2 p m.
tours of the facilities will
be conducted from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Honored during the
awards ceremonies will be
Mrs. Wanda Choate. Psy-
chiatric Nurse Technician
of the Year and Jimmy L.
Christopher, Psychiatric
Aide of the year. Mrs.
Choate will enter state
competition for her
achievement.
Both recipients were se-
lected by fellow employees
from a list of candidates
including Psychiatric
Nurse Technician nomi-
nees Will Tom Liles, Zuma
Huddleston, Mary W. Whit-
aker and Evileen Keels.
Psychiatric Aide of the
Year nominees include
Margaret Hargrave, Jua-
nita Barnett, Venita J.
Johnson, Elaine F. Terry,
Bruce Gibson, Jerry Don
Leviston, Jewel W. Berry-
hill, James Pierce, Corine
Dover and Reba P. Wick.
Dr. Sheldon extends an
invitation for all citizens to
visit Rusk State Hospital
and to view the specialized
treatment programs, build-
ing renovations, new con-
struction and enjoy the
patient musical program.
Rusk State Hospital con-
ducts a full life support
system by providing bed
and board, education,
training, health care, rec-
reation and all other ser-
vices to East Texas citi-
zens. It operates 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, 365
days a year.
The hospital, a division of
the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation serves 31
counties in the East Texas-
Gulf Coast Region, as well
as the entire state for com-
mitments to the Maximum
Security Unit.
Open House for the Max-
imum Security Unit will
include tours for adult, col-
lege agd professional
groups and a Bar-B-Que
lunch served in the unit for
guests. Proceeds from the
lunch will be placed in the
Patients' Benefit Fund
Dr. Sheldon expressed
the importance of under-
standing the needs of the
mentally ill and encour-
ages all citizens to visit the
hospital Friday.
Meeting Slated
On Town Talks
All Ruskites are invited
to attend a meeting at 7
p.m. Friday in the District
Courtroom on the second
floor of the Courthouse to
discuss the possibilities of
holding a Town Meeting in
Rusk.
The Institute of Cultural
Affairs in Athens will offer
information that night as to
how other East Texas cities
have held their Town Meet-
ings. The Athens organiza-
tion is hoping to conduct 25
Town Meetings in the East
Texas area in the next few
months.
%'Round
Town
Creativity Shown in Art Class
With Mrs. Roundabout
They say the grass is
always greener on the
other side. But it is also just
as hard to mow! How's that
for an opener?
Last week in this space, I
was super strung out on the
beauty of our area. East
Texas specifically. Well...
in all fairness...the equal
time, equal space doctrine,
it should be noted that
Texas is not called the
Land of Contrasts for no-
thing! There is an abun-
dance of beauty in nature
throughout the state, espe-
cially now.
Can you hear the roar of
five foot, white caps rolling
toward shore at South Pad-
re Island? Imagine the
sound just outside an open
door. And add the graceful
flight of the seagull. Ships
silently moving on the dis-
tant horizon. Billowing
clouds. A constant, refre-
shing breeze.
It is easy to understand
why the "Snow Birds" seek
this resort area at Port
Isabell. But in the spring,
they join the migratory
ducks and geese, heading
back home. Texans are
blessed just to call this
state "home." It truly of-
fers something for every-
one.
Our land is rich and
diverse. From oil industry
to millions of acres for
farming and cattle produc-
tion. Thriving businesses,
big and little, plush hotels
to camping parks. Ocean,
lakes, streams, rivers, golf
courses, magnificent hor-
ses, and beautiful people in
all kinds of homes. Chil-
dren and adults in all kinds
of educational programs.
You guessed It...Thurs-
day began a four day trek
for your writer who joined
wives of State Representa-
tives for a tour of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley. The
Journey by bus was delight-
ful because It afforded op-
portunity tor ilghl-ieelng
which l« difficult when
you're serving an the pilot,
or navltfatar, (or your own
vehicle) More than too
legUlalom and wive were
entertained b> the Lower
HI* Grande Valle* Cham
m( Cutntnerve
And the high peak of my
own excitement was the
display of our new bro-
chures from Cherokee
County in the posh offices
of the regional chamber!
The staff was most coop-
rative in a promise to help
us tell the story of tourism
in our county!
The short trip included
more educational aspects
than one could possibly
hoDe to share in a weekend.
Visits to Pan American
College, Texas State Tech-
nical Institute, a sugar
cane co-op to convert cane
into raw, brown sweet
stuff, the fish industry,
fresh fruits and vegetables
+ See R'ABOUT, Pg. IB
Have you ever caught
yourself saying, "Look at
that beautiful painting...I
wish I could paint like
that." That's exactly what
17 Rusk area residents
have been making come
true as they've attended an
Adult Basic Education
course at Rusk High School
in the fine art of drawing
and painting for the past
few months.
Young and old alike,
ranging in age from 13 to
70, have been learning the
skills involved in becoming
an accomplished artist
from Shannon McLaughlin,
who is herself an exception-
al artist and has a bach-
elor's degree in art from
Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah.
Shannon noted that she
began with the basics in
her first few class periods
at RHS and told her stu-
dents about art principles
in drawing. "From there
we begin work to learn
how to model a figure by
showing highlights and
shadows on a house and a
body," she said.
One of the most driven
home points was perspec-
tives. The students learned
how to draw a house where
the lines on the house went
back to a vanishing point.
"It was difficult to many of
the students as they'd
never done it before. At
first, nobody knew what I
was talking about." The art
teacher explained that
where she came from art
basics were taught in the
7th grade.
Next the class advanced
to pen and ink sketching. "I
was astonished at the
whole class. Everyone had
a real good sketch. We had
varying success with paint-
ing but I feel we were much
more successful with
sketching. I'll probably
concentrate more on pen
and ink sketching next fall
when I conduct the class
again."
Asked about the students
response to art, Shannon
said, "The response has
been extremely enthusi-
astic. I've let them be on
their own at the end of the
year and it's hard for a
person to motivate himself
without someone standing
there pushing him. Most of
the people really tried to
stick in there."
The original class had 22
students in it but was whit-
tled down to a hearty 17
who regularly attended
class. Most of the students
did their work at home and
on class night would come
in to ask for pointers as to
how to improve their work.
Participating in the class
were Norma Black, Betty
Breen, Loberta Clayton,
Maxine Cummins, Kather-
ine Draper, Sharen John-
son, Theresa Jones, Car-
olyn Leiber, Betty Lusk,
George Dodd, Betty Man-
ning, Louise Nicholson,
Nellie Pierce, David Rich-
ards, Margarette Smith,
Arlene Waddell, Jimmie
Westbrook and Katherine
White. As one of the 17
students put it, "I'm ner-
vous after a long day at
work and I walk into that
+ See ART CLASS. Pg. 16
Travis McCain, who at-
tended the Troup Town
Meeting last year, is work-
ing with several interested
Rusk citizens to build up
general support for a Town
Meeting June 4 In essence,
the Town Meeting is de-
signed to help a town set its
goals and solve its prob-
lems with the involvement
of the entire town's popula-
tion. Weeks of problem
studies are worked on in
one day's public session
where people work on spe-
cific problems in small
groups. Actually, it's an
old-fashioned get together.
Anyone wanting to help
organize such a meeting is
urged to attend the kick-off
meeting Friday night. For
more information contact
Travis McCain
City Council
Will Meet
The Rusk City Council
will hold its regular May
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tues-
day night in the council
chamber of City Hall.
Items which can be ex-
pected on the agenda in-
clude grants, sale of tim-
ber, water, street and sew-
er service, and other topics
as may be requested for
discussion by citizens.
State Awards MSU Contract
To Temple Company Thurs.
B&D Developers of
Temple Thursday won the
contract for renovation of a
building at Rusk State
Hospital's Maximum Se-
curity Unit, according to
Rep. E. H. Whitehead,
health and welfare, vice
chairman of Appropriative
Matters of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation.
Rep. Whitehead noted
that the $197,000 project
Choir
Schedules
Concert
Tickets are now on sale
for the Rusk Higli School
Choir'8 Spring Concert, an-
nouces Mrs. Gloria Dotson,
director. Admission to the
function is $1. The concert
will be given ut 8 p.m May
12 in the Civic Theatre
Klfty-flve students will
participate in a program of
sacred, popular and
apeclalty mualc
Tickets may la< pure ha*
ml at the door on the night
ut (he concert, or In ail
vaiue hum any of the choir
member ,
was due to begin in ap-
proximately 30 days, with
completion expected in
early 1978.
"It is gratifying to see
the project getting under-
way. It was one of my
projects in the last legisla-
tive session," says Rep.
Whitehead.
Whitehead said the build-
ing to be renovated, Num-
ber 528, is used for recrea-
tional and occupational
therapy within the Maxi-
mum Security Unit, the
only facility of its type in
the state.
"The building certainly
needed the work." said Biil
Bible, director of Design
and Construction for Texas
MH&MR. "I think it will be
a way to significantly im-
prove the delivery of ser-
vice at Rusk "
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Whitehead said his major
concern in working for the
renovation last session was
that the patients be given
every chance at rehabilita-
tion. "I think it is import-
ant that the environment at
these facilities be attrac-
tive and at the very least,
liveable."
"We owe it to those who
need help as well as to the
people of the State of
Texas. Rusk State Hospital
is a facility which the state
can point to with pride."
Enrollment
Underway
Pre-registration for pub-
lic school kindergarten is
underway and will continue
through Monday, May 9.
announced Dick McGau-
ghey. elementary school
principal
"Any child who will be
live years of age on or
liefore Sept 1,1977 and who
Intends lo enroll in public
Hchool kindergarten,
should do ho by next Mon
tiny," lie Maid
PttreuU ina> call Ihe
ftvhool or com# hy my
oil lev." he «nÍYi c*
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Cot ni lv lo Kiwlrt* Honor
Hill Holland, cherokee County TourUm Communion chairman, left, and Mike Crynup, CofC TourUm DlvUlon
chairman, will be among a large contingent gainK la T> lei today lo receive a «pedal award from the Kaal Tena
Chamber at Commerce al their talk annual TwurUtltoveluyment Conference IV i KTtT book reprenenl tt>
\ear« oi continuous participation in the national tourlW ad>et tUtnn program at Ul* KTtT, lite special awar*< !ll
mugniie Ike count continuous participation «tall photo
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1977, newspaper, May 5, 1977; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151227/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.