The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, March 14, 1983 Page: 3 of 10
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Monday, March 14,1983
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
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In the ongoing quest to
become "the finest in-
stitution in the world" in
cancer research and
prevention, the UT Science
Park-Research Division, a
and plans to have 120 to
130 people at the park by
the end of next year.
Riddle of Cancer 1
"We're isolated out
here," Dr. .Slaga said
part of the UT System \ Tuesday, gesturing toward
Cancer Center, M.D. An-
derson Hospital and
Tumor Institute, has more
than doubled its size recen-
tly, with more scientists
and updated facilities to
come.
Dr. Tom Slaga, Director
of the Cancer Center since
December, 1982, said
operations Mkve expanded
from 14 staff members
(post-doctoral fellows) and
22 to24PhDs, M.D.'s, and
veterinarians plus
technicians, secretaries,
etc. (some 80 to 90 people)
the wooded vistas
surrounding the center in
the midst of Buescher State
Park. "We need a large
number of scientists to in-
terract to solve the great
riddle of cancer." Slaga
added that the center urges
new personnel to move in-
to the Bastrop-Smithville
area, "for everybody's
benefit." Isolation aids in
concentration, and he
hopes, the influx of scien-
tists into the communities
will help both civically,
and in the school systems.
The center has recently
added eight new staff
members in the goal of
having expertise in all
major fields of cancer-
skin, breast, \Jjver,
respiratory, colon and
pancreatic-a "nucleus of
people" 1 interacting
together..
Also, the group will have
an additional animal
building by late summer to
hplp in experiments con-
cerning causes of cancer,
and most importantly,
chemoprevention of can-
cer (ways to chemically
prevent cancer).
MoreStaff
New staff members in-
clude Dr. Eric Tang, from
Washington University in,
St. Louis. His expertise is
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Jury rules Wilma Wiley
estate goes to Eskews
After a solid week of
testimony and court
proceedings, a Bastrop
County jury^- quickly
upheld a will drawn up by
the late County Com-
missioner Wilma Wiley
that gave most of her estate
to her brother Oren Eskew
and sister-in-law Belle
Eskew.
Three grandchildren,
Mary Sue Wiley, Wesley
Oren Wiley and Robert
Morris Wiley, had filed
suit to prevent the carrying
out of a will Mrs. Wiley
had drawn up on a piece of
a scratchpad from Citizens
State Bank 10 days before
she died.
The will, dated April 1,
1982 said, "I Wilma Wiley
wish to leave my cash and
my personal property and
land to Belle and Oren
Eskew. They spend what
they want and leave the
balance to my gran-
dchildren: Va to Mary, V*
to Wes, Vi in savings ac-
count for Robert and for
his college.
„ Mrs. Wiley had written
a will in 1974 that
bequeathed all of her
property to the three gran-
dchildren. The money and
the income from the sale of
her property was to be in-
vested in certificates of
deposit and to be given to
the grandchildren after
they became 21.
A Bastrop County jury
took only a few minutes to
decide that Mrs. Wiley was
of sound mind when the
final will was made out and
that she was not under the
undue influence of the
EskeWs.
in trying to understand
how chemicals cause
damage to the DNA struc-
ture and how the cells try to
repair themselves. Dr.
Tang was highly recruited,
he added, and came to the
facility last spring.
Another exciting ad-
dition is Pathologist (the
first there) Dr. Andres
Klein-Szanto, from the
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee. His specialty is
studying the induction of
cancer into the respiratory
system, to study cellular
changes. He came in Sep-
tember.
Dr. Mike MacLeod,
also from Oak Ridge
Laboratory, came in
November. He is a
molecular biologist,
studying how chemicals
change the DNA structure,
and the carcinogens'pie.
Dr. Slaga is very excited
with the addition of Dr*. *
Sue Fischer, also of Oak
Ridge. She is a biochemist,
studying the role of
prostaglandins (which has
a hormone-like effect on
other cells) in specific can-
cers. "This is a very, very
exciting area," he said, "it
has lots of potential, and
ties in with the induction
and prevention of cancer,
and prevention of cancer.''
She's been with the in-
stitute since September.
Dr. Jill Pelling, Oak
Ridge, is a molecular
biologist studying how
chemicals alter viruses.
Slaga explained that many
scientists blame certain
cancers on viruses, and
more data is needed.
Dr. Becky Morris, a
cellular biologist, is
studying how carcinogens
alter the growth potential
of cells-another "very,
very important" field.
She, too,' is from Oak
Ridge,'-and joined the
group in September.
-rtrnransfer from the
M.D. Anderson Hospital
in Houston is Dr. Allen
Richie. He is an im-
munologist.
Finally, the eighth new
member is Dr. Mike Gud-
CITHERS SJRTE BRRH
P.O. Box 457 Bastrop, Texas 321-3973 Member FDIC
community calendar
MONDAY f
The Bastrop Gty Council
meets the secontLMon-
day of each month at 7:30
p.m. at Bastrop City Hall.
The Smithville School
Board meets at 7 p.m. the
third Monday of every
month in the board room
of the Administrative
Building in Smithville.
The Bastrop County
Commissioners' Court
meets the second and
fourth Monday of the
month at 9 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Court
Room, Bastrop County
Courthouse.
* * •
The Smithville City
Council meets at 7 p.m.
the second Monday of
each month at Smithville
City Hall.
* * *
Missionary a Fellowship
Circle meets the second
Monday of each month at
First United Methodist
Church.
♦ * #
Rockne Waist Watchers
meet every Monday
evening at 7:30 p.m.
Sacred Heart School for in-
formation call 321-2608.
• + d "7
Bastrop Boy Scout Troop
187 meets at 7 p.m. every
Monday at the Scout Hut.
• * *
LBA V.F.D. Women's
Auxiliary meets the
second Monday at 7:30
p.m. at the fire station.
* * *
Bastrop Band Boosters
meet on second Monday
night of each month at 7
p.m. in the high school
band hall.
# • * .
Bluebonnet VFD Ladies
Auxiliary meets 2nd Mon-
day of each month at 7i30
p.m. New members
welcome. Call 321-3754
or 321-5628 for meeting
location.
TUtSOAV
Business & Professional
Women's Club meets 2nd
Tuesday each month at
Baron room Citizens
.State Bank.
Bluebonnet Acres
Volunteer Fire Dept.
meets the first Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.
at the Bluebonnet Acres
Fire Barn. General mem-
bership meets alternating
Tuesdays.
* * *
Earnest Bartsch VFW
Post 2527 meets second
Tuesday of each month;
8:30 p.m., summer; 8
p.m., winter.
* * *
... -P
The National Association
of Retired Federal Em-
ployees meets the fourth
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at
Citizens State Bank.
. > * * *
LBA V.F.D. Men meet fir-
st, third, and fifth
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at
the fire station.
• * *
The Bastrop Lions Club
meets the second and
fourth Tuesday at noon at
the Castle Restaurant.
* * *
The Bastrop Evening
Lions Club meets the first
and third Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. at the Castle
Restaurant.
* * *
The Bear Backers meet
every Tuesday night
during football season at
7:30 p.m. at the high
school cafeteria.
* • *
The Bastrop Volunteer
Fire Dept. meets the first,
third & last Tuesday of
every month at 7:30 p.m.
at the fire station.
•
The Bastrop School
Board meets at 8 p.m. the
second Tuesday of each
month in the Ad-
ministrative Building
Board Rcfom.
The Smithville Hospital
Board meets the fourth
Tuesday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at Smithville
Hospital. ...
The Elgin City Council
meets thf first T uesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.-
at Elgin City Hall.
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• The Bastrop PTA meets
every third Tuesday at the
f»igh school auditorium at
7:30 p.m.
Pine Forest Civic
Association meets second
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
the Pine Forest Inn &
Racquet Club.
• * *
The Elgin School Board
meets the first and third
Tuesday each month at
7:30 p.m. at the School
Administrative Building in
Elgin.
«■ * * *
Bastrop American
Legion Post 533 meets the
fourth Tuesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m.
* * •
American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 533 meets
the fourth Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.
at the Post Home.
* * *
The Sons of the
American Legion meets
the fourth Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.
*t the Legion Hall in
Bastrop.
* * *
WEDNESDAY
The Hospitality House
Senior Citizens Center,
100 Villa View Drive,
Smithville, has meetings
the first and third Wed-
nesday of each month.
The Srrtithville Chamber
of Commerce meets the
third Wednesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at
Smithville City Hall.
* ♦ * \
The Improved Order of
Redmen meets the third
Wednesday of the month
at 8 p.m. at the Redman
Lodge.
* * *
The Improved Order of
Redmen Auxiliary meets
the fourth Wednesday of
each month at 8 p.m. at
805 Main Street.
THURSDAY
Smithville DAV Chapter
207 arid Ladies Auxiliary
meets the third Thursday
each month at 7:30 p.m.
at Smithville Hospitality
House. „
Bastrop County Crime
Stoppers meets first Thur-
sday of each month at 7
p.m. at the County Com-
missioner's Court, Bastrop
Courthouse Annex.
The Bastrop Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday each month at
2:30 p.m.
Bastrop County Board of
Realtors meets second
Thursday Noon-Luncheon
Meeting-Pine Forest Inn.
J.A. "Soony" Poole,
President. 321-6559.
The Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce meets the last
Thursday of each month
at 12:30 p.m. at the Old
County Jail.
* * *
The Smithville Volunteer
Fire Dept. meets the
second and fourth Thur-
sday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at the Smithville
Fire Station.
FRIDAY
String Prairie Community
Center meets the first
Friday Of every month.
t
* * * "
The Bastrop Historical
Society meets every four-
th Friday at the Bastrop
Museum.
Senior Citizens of
Bastrop meet the second
and fourth Friday of each
month at 2 p.m. at the
Combined Community
Action Center, 703 Spring
St.
Join us in the Baron's
Room at Citizens State
Bank for coffee and good
conversation, the second
Friday of every month
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
v • / • . •
See hundreds of prize animals
Saturday at the
Bastrop FFA shcryv and auction
Will Rogers Arena 1
... 1. ■ ■ -
arms sms Burnt
P.O. Box 457 Bastrop, Texas 321-3973 Member FftlC
zinowicy, of Oak Ridge, a
pharmacologist, "similar
to a biochemist," Slafca
added.
In addition, two new
specialists have been
signed on and will arrive
shortly: Dr. John
DiGiovanni, from the
Wistar Institute at the
University of Pen-
nsylvania, a specialist in
chemoprevention; and Dr.
John Reiners, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, to
study Interferon, an im-
portant new drug now
believed to help in the cure
and prevention of cancer.-5
"I'd like to see it used on
animals more before we
use it on people," Slaga
said.
He added the center has
an active recruiting
program, and plans to
&K.
doctoral scientists wiihin
would be a tangible way for
someone to help in the
thi year, and a dozen study who has had a close
graduate s tudents, relative or friend die from
preferably student PhD's
who can be trained directly
in the center's disciplines.
> Help Needed
While the) center is
flowering, Slaga stressed
that with decreasing
federal and state funds, the
center needs more and
more financial help from
the private sector. While,
for example, the American
Cancer Institute is a won-
derful organization, he ex-
plained, none of that
money is filtered down to
institutions such as the one
here.
Local funding, or
donations, could help in
purchasing new, special
equipment, he added, and
the horrible disease.
He also said the center
was in "desperate need" of
volunteer help—"older
people who would help
with the switchboard, or
things like that." He ad-
ded, "we already have
fomc that are invaluable to
us. They're just donating
time/instead of money."
Future plans include the
building of dormatories or
cottages so that the center
can hold group meetings
for people from all over the
world. The first meeting is
scheduled for the spring of
1984, but the lack of
proper accomodations in
the area is "a tremendous
drawback."
Dr. Tom Slaga
Essie Jones
dies at 63
Bastrop native Essie Lee
Jones, 63, died March 4,
1983 in Bastrop.
She was born to McKiii-
nley and Ella Davis
Williams on Sept. 24,
1919.
Funeral services were
held March 8, at the Lone
Star Baptist Church, with
Rev. Aaron Taylor of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Shiloh
Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones is survived
by her mother, Ella
Williams of Bastrop; five
sons, Charles Jones, Jr.,
of Austin; Clement Jones,
of Manor; and Robert
Jones, Cleve Jones, and
Udell Jones, all of
Bastrop; three daughters,
Linda Washington,
Clementine Haynes, and
Yvonne Smith, all of
Bastrop; one brother, Jor-
dan Williams of Thorn-
dale; a sister, Mattie
Galloway of Bastrop; 30
grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
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