The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1980 Page: 1 of 18
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TEXAS PRESS
The Cherokeean
Vol. 131
15c per Issue
Number 10
18 Pages
Texas' oiliest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel February 2<. 1850
Husk. Texas 73785, Thursday. April 24.1980
Home of
The Texas State Railroad
RSH Open House
Planned May 2nd
Rusk State Hospital will conduct its
twenty-eighth annual Open House
Friday, May 2, from 9:00 p.m. until
4:00 p.m. according to Robert S. Glen.
M.D., hospital superintendent.
Glen says the one day event will
feature tours of the treatment units,
service buildings and two patient
variety programs at 10:00 a.m. and
2:00 p.m. The patient programs will
feature patients in a variety of
musical entertainment under the
direction of Mrs. Kssie Madden
former employee and currently a
volunteer for the hospital.
At 9:30 a.m. in the Chapel
Auditorium, the Mental Health
Association of Tyler will present an
award to the Psychiatric Aide of the
Year. This years nominees are: Mr.
James Green, Gus Coates, Billy J.
Nicholson, Archie Buckley. Samuel
Black and Mesdames Serena Keech.
Helen Riggs, Twila Crosby, Barbara
Gilmore, Denise Jones. Deloris
Garrett, Jo Ann Williams. Geraldean
Irwin and Maxine Watson.
The award winner will then be
eligible for state wide competition
sponsored by the Mental Health
Association, Texas division.
Dr. Glen will then make the Super-
intendent's award to the Psychiatric
Nurse Technician of the Year. The
nominees are: Mesdames Elizabeth
Rogers, Belinda New. Laverne L.
Grogan. Viva Lanier. Edna Crews,
Helene Shingle, Louise Beasley,
Dorothy Wyatt, Avis Sparkman.
(Marine Rushing and Mr. George
Beasley.
Dr Glen said. "The employees of
Rusk State Hospital are very proud of
this hospital and certainly welcome
the opportunity to invite the citizens of
East Texas to Rusk tor these special
tours, patient variety programs and
the awards that reward the employee
for outstanding service."
Rusk State Hospital is located in
Rusk and is a division of the Texas
Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation. The hospital
services thirty-one counties in the
Deep East Texas-Gulf Coast Region.
Students
To Enroll
Registration for Rusk Independent
School District Kindergarten students
for the 1980-81 school year will be held
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 29
in the Bradford Kindergarten Cafe-
teria.
All children who will be five years
old on or before Sept. 1.1980, will need
to be registered on this day. Parents
will need to bring the child, his birth
certificate, and his immunization re-
cord to the school. The child and his
parents can visit the classrooms,
cafeteria and playground to become
acquainted with his future surround-
ings.
After this pre-registration, the
child will not need to be registered
again before the first day of school.
'Round Town
with Mrs. Roundabout
Campaigning must be a lot like
becoming a grandparent for the first
time! A who|e new experience! Each
day provides something exciting. As
we close the time gap between now
and May 3rd. we're already touching
the remembrance of yesterday on the
campaign trail, where wonderful
people added a special lustre to
memories' string of pearls.
The dozens of homefolks who have
given of their time to travel...and
talk...on behalf of lliinself's
candidacy. And the marvel of it all is
the age range of the volunteers. The
youngest to date is all of three years
old. The oldest? Well...who would ask
a retired person to give an age???
When you're "forever 29" what
difference does the number of years
make anyway?
Folks' response in the big. four-
county district is still even more
overwhelming. Good friendships are
being made. It is doubtful that the
nice, grandfatherly man who spoke
with Holly McGaughey Saturday will
forget her either. He'd been given a
brochure by the seven-year old and
she had most politely asked him to
"vote for Mr. Whitehead." He
teasingly asked why he should do that.
And she quickly responded, "because
he's my friend!" With campaigners
like her, What else do you need?
' Campaigning came to a halt for an
hour during Friday's trip to Mexia.
There the 33 of us who made the two-
hour drive, were treated to a quick
tour of Mexia State School. It is
always an emotional, heart-rending
experience to see the less fortunate
products of nature, victims of
circumstance beyond anyone's
control. The thoughtful, careful
attention given these children at
Mexia's facility is comforting to all of
us who saw the work being done.
These kinds of human-caring-
programs make the Job of serving as
state representative one of great
pride.
Perhaps at times it has been a
sacrifice to us as a family, as a
business, to have the head of the clan
away so much. But that visit Friday
was reassurance that he had not
served in vain and neither had we
given up anything. Bather, we have
gained immeasurably because he was
at the right place at the right time to
help provide the needed funding for
those who cannot provide for
themselves
On the lighter side of the campaign
trail, "hello" to aU their friends In
Rusk from Jack and Virginia Martin
Dan Reeves—All Sports Banquet Speaker
RISD Maintains
TEA Accreditation
who have a business and beautiful
new home in Normangee. This area is
special to me, because that's the
home of my friend who served as
maid of honor at our marriage 32
years ago. It's also the home of the
friend who served as pianist! That
was when we were all students at Sam
Houston in lluntsville.
Closer to home, our travels have
provided new friends in a new church
at New Summerfield! It's geodesic
tan architectural term which is
probably mispelled) and it is unique
in construction. More unique is the
composition of the memberhsip and
we made a mental note to return for a
more detailed account of this
gathering of God's people at a future
date. The pastor. Rev. Charles
Taylor, remembers our favorite
candidate from earlier days in Mexia.
It is really a small world!
Still another new friend was
discovered in business at Ontervllle.
lie is one of the newly relocated
victims of the "asphalt jungle." S«
many persons, we've noticed, have
said farewell to the city life and
See *KOl MIABOt T. p. 10. Sec. I
Livestock
Meeting
Tonight
"Alternative Beef Cattle Market-
ing" will be the topic of the program
for the meeting of the Cherokee
County Livestockmen's Association at
7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at the
Junior Livestock Show Barn located
on SW Loop 456. just off Highway 69
south of Jacksonville.
Two outstanding beef cattle market-
ing authorities will be on the program.
J.D. Sartwell Jr. from Pory City
Stockyards in Sealey will discuss
video cattle selling. Computer mark-
eting will be the topic of Dr. Ernie
Davis, livestock marketing specialist
for the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service. Both systems have been used
successfully In several parts of the
country.
The program is co-sponsored by
the Area • Build East Texas Com-
mittee All interested persons are
urged to attend.
The Rusk Independent School
District Board of Trustees were
notified that the school district will
maintain their accrediation following
a recent Coordinated Monitoring Visit
by the Texas Education Agency.
Superintendent Tony Murray
reported to the board in their meeting
Monday that no major deficiencies
were reported by the team of seven
persons who visited the school system
Feb. 23-24. "They were especially
complimentary of otfr elementary
reading program and the results from
it and reported that our Junior High
and High School CVAE programs
were above standard," Murray
reported.
The board also approved
permission for the Rusk High School
Band to make an overnight trip to
Houston to perform in the Astrodome
prior to an Astros baseball game. The
trip will be made May 16-18 with the
performance on the 18th. "The
invitation came as a result of the
band's winning the Sweepstakes
Award," Murray reported.
Donald Dickerson, representing the
Rusk Community Organization, asked
the board for permission for his group
to use part of the Bradford Campus
for expansion of a park area. No
action was taken until a specific
request can be made.
The Board reviewed and approved
objectives for the Athletic Program to
be used in Student Handbooks.
The Driver's Education program
was reviewed and the fee will remain
at $65.00 per student. Murray reported
that the average cost statewide was
$110.00 per student, as calculated by
the Texas Education Agency.
The employment of Elvira Cribbs
was approved in Special Education on
the Rusk State Hospital campus.
Board members attending the
meeting were Tom Sartain, Mary
Buchanan, Bruce Stovall, Bobby
Tosh, Dr. Jim Hunter and Forrest
Dyess.
Theatre Awards Night
Slated Here Monday
The presentation of awards will
highlight the Annual Awards Night
Ceremonies of the Cherokee Civic
Theatre at 7 p.m. Monday in the
Fellowship Hall of the First United
Methodist Church in Rusk.
Awards will be presented for favor-
ite portrayal bym actress over school
age and under school age and favorite
portrayal by an actor over school age
and under school age. Plays to be
considered in balloting this year
include "The Glass Menagerie." "The
Sound of Music" and "Bull In A China
Shop." Ballots were mailed to all
members of the organization. Presen-
tations will be made by last year's
winners Mrs. Mary Byers. Dr. Randy
Boyette. Sally Boyetteand Del Patter-
son.
Tickets to the dinner are $5.00 each
and reservations may be made at
Flowers 'N Things, Nixson Phar-
macy, Tosh Insurance Agency, South-
western Electric Service Company
and Charles Warren State Farm
Insurance Agency. The meal will be
catered by the Cherokee County
Shrine Unit.
Chárles Warren will serve as mas-
ter of ceremonies. Warren and Ernest
Singleton are serving as co-chairmen
of the arrangements. Committee
members include Marcelette Brous-
sard. Madeleine Morgan, Dr. Randy
Boyette, Ernie Clay, Cissy Crysupand
Sue Jared.
Deadline To Vote Absentee
In Primaries Is Tuesday
Seventy-two absentee ballots have
been cast in the Democratic primary,
according to a report from the office
of Mrs. Fairy Upshaw, county clerk.
Sixty-three persons have voted
absentee In the office and nine ballots
have been returned by mail.
Seventeen Republican ballots have
been mailed out to voters unable to
visit the office, however none had
been returned at presstlme
Wednesday.
RHS Athletes
To Be Feted
Presentation of awards and a talk
by Dan Reeves, offensive coordinator
for the Dallas Cowboys, will highlight
the annual Rusk Quarterback Club
All Sports Banquet honoring all Rusk
High School athletes at 7 p.m. Satur-
day in Scurlock Center at Lon Morris
College in Jacksonville.
Tickets to the banquet are $(¡ each
and may be purchased from the Rev
Grover C. Talbert. Mrs. Peggy Worn-
ack. Mrs. Johnnie Stanley and Arlis
Corley and at Citizens State Bank.
First State Bank. Rusk High School
and Buckhorn Grocery.
A new addition to the awards
ceremonies will be the Outstanding
Performance Awards in each indivi-
dual sport. This includes all sports for
boys and girls. One participant in
each sport will receive the award.
Traditional awards to be presented
include the Emmett H. Whitehead All
Sports Award to an outstanding male
athlete; the J. L. Hassell All Sports
Award to an outstanding female ath-
lete; the M R. Philbrick Fighting
Heart Award to an athlete who has
given their best to their participation
in the athletic program and the
Francis Townsend Award to an adult
who has supported the program in an
outstanding manner.
Rev. Talbert, president of the Rusk
Quarterback Club, will welcome the
guests and introduce the speaker
RISD Superintendent Tony Murray
will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Members of the coaching staff include
Athletic Director Rick Largent; John
Paul Dixon; Doug Jordan; Bill Penix;
Jerry Decker; Larry Walker, Mrs.
Martha Peloquin and Bob Nation.
In Dan Reeves' first two years as
offensive coordinator, the Cowboys
dominated the statistics, leading the
NFL in 1977 and NFC in 1978 in total
offense. After two seasons as a
player-coach, Reeves became the
club's offensive backfield coach in
1972. He spent the 1973 season in priv-
ate business before rejoining the
Cowboys staff in 1974. He added the
duties of offensive coordinator in 1977
A running back for eight seasons,
1965-72, with Dallas, Reeves finished
his career as the Cowboys' fifth
all-time leading rusher despite a
series of knee injuries. He rushed for
1,990 yards and 25 touchdowns and
caught 129 passes for 1,693 yards and
17 touchdowns.
Reeves was a feared option passing
halfback as a pro after playing
quarterback at the University of
South Carolina. He was inducted into
the University of South Carolina's
Hall of Fame two years ago.
A native of Americus, Georgia,
Reeves signed with the Cowboys as a
free agent in 1965. Dan, age 36. and his
wife Pam. have two daughters and a
son.
Group
To Study
Codes
Selected surrounding cities will be
surveyed to receive copies of building
and construction codes as a result of
action taken by the Ad Hoc
Committee on Construction Standards
of the City of Rusk.
The committee met April 16 at City
Hall for a general discussion of codes
now in use and the problems with
them. It was agreed that the codes
were generally outdated. Surveys of
the codes in Lufkin, Nacogdoches,
Jacksonville and Palestine will be
studied before a recommendation is
made to the Rusk City Council.
The committee also requested that
Mayor James V. Fisher appoint a
licensed plumber to the committee
and a letter has been written to Leslie
Parker asking that he serve with the
group.
Present for the meeting were
Councilman Danny Berry, chairman;
Bruce Bryant; George Dodd;
•Emmett Holcomb and Bobby Tosh.
The committee will meet again on •
May 7.
TPEA Sets
Fish Fry
Rusk State Hospital Chapter 19,
Texas Public Employees Association
will host a fish fry at 7 p.m., Friday at
the National Guard Armory in Rusk.
Purpose of the event will be the
presentation of service pins to honor
Rusk State Hospital employees.
The menu will include catfish, hush
puppies, cole slaw, french fries and
iced tea. Admission will be $2 for
adults and $1 for children. Tickets are
on sale now at the hospital.
Mike Sharp is chapter president and
Wilson Lilly is serving as coordinator
for the fish fry.
Tuesday, April 29 is the deadline for
casting absentee ballots in either
primary.
Grounds for voting absentee are
expected absence from the county on
election day; persons 66 years or
older; inability to attend polk on
election day because of physical
conditions, religious beliefs,
confinement in jail or duties as an
election clerk or poll watcher.
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F1R8T PLACE WINNERS-These Rusk Junior High Seventh graders
placed first in the District 21AA Track Meet Apr. 7 at Westwood. From
left are Tammy Hill, tir«t In the 1M yard dash with ■ time of II :M;
Htacey Newman, first in the High Jump with a leap of 4 feet, 4 laches
and first In the Board Jump with 16 feet, 8 Inches and Kosslya
, first la Ike Shot Put with 11 feet, a Inches. -staff pheto
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