Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1976 Page: 3 of 22
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Burleson Star, Thursday, April 8, 1976--3
Continuing Education Deemed Necessary By Critical Care Nurse
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OBSERVING SLAVE SCOPE—Cleta pauses to observe
200 Years Of Beauty Pageant
NUTRITION BILL OF RIGHTS
Is Scheduled At Mound Sat,
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Among well known per- The pageant, being spon-
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LETS ELECT
BOB MAHANAY
Hughes Presents Play
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
MARY ELIZABETH
Mr. and Mrsl Jasper Cas-
BOB MAHANAY
...Editor and Publisher
News Editor
....Society Editor
....Advertising Manager
independent newspaper
Her brothers
are Dick, Jasper
Diane.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE DIGNITY
AND COMMUNITY RESPECT OF THE COURT
PD. POL. ADV. BY ROBERT M. MAHANAY
GETTING MARRIED
SOON?
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
COY MANGUM
FT. WORTH, TEX.
817-732-4352
For a Complete
Professional
Coverage of Your
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beauty pageants. The pag-
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Wayne Hutson
James Moody
Mary Cowley
Chuck Hutson
The Burleson Star is an
published weekly in the interest of Burleson and
adjacent areas by Burleson Publishing Co., 319 N.
Burleson Blvd., Burleson, Texas, 76028. Any erron-
eous reflection upon the integrity and reputation of
any individual or firm will be corrected if brought to
the attention of the editor.
Address all correspondence to the Editor, Burleson
Star. P.O Box 383, Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone
295-5278.
Trophies will be presented
in all age categories in both from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
judged by three persons who
are all past judges of Metro-
plex pageants and Miss
Texas performances. They
include a Fort Worth ballet
instructor and other Metro-
plex instructors in the arts.
and every contestant in the
pageant will be presented
with a gift.
OPTIMIST: "One who takes o_,
a frying pan on a fishing trip." the annual project of the
Montclair Shopping Center.
Proceeds will be used for a
trip to Six Flags, which is
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Anon. Scouts.
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CREAM OF TARTER
Cream of tartar, one of the
main ingredients in baking
powder, is recovered from
fermented grape juice in
wine making.
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The Pauline G. Hughes
Middle School Drama De-
partment invites everyone
to come join the cast from “A Chevies, slumber parties,
Blast From the Past”. bubble bum, and of course
rock ’n‘ roll.
BURLESON STAR
Second Class Postage Paid at
Burleson, Texas
Subscription Price $6.00 Per Year in
Johnson and Tarrant Counties.
Other areas of Texas $8.00
Outside Texas, $9.00
[Add 5% Sales Tax]
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Cleta graduated from Burleson High School, where she
------—1 was named “Miss BHS”. Her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cogburn, and her sister, Mrs. Marsha
Scott, all live in Burleson. The Cogburn family moved to
stem from her main interest in nursing-that of caring for Burleson from Fort Worth when Cleta was about four. . ,
critically ill patients. She and Fred were married in December of 1969 at First equipment into a van, goes fishing, hunting and swims. He
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You’ll journey back into
thbse nostalgic fifties and
sixties with the jargon, fads,
sock hops, burgers, heavy
presented next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, April 14 and 15, at 7:30 p.m. in
Hughes gymnasium. Admission will be 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
See related story. -Star Staffoto
i education to assist in making informed choices from the
available food supply and as a protection against food and
nutrition misinformation.
“Nursing is becoming a real profession in every sense of
the word and I’m thrilled to be involved in it.”
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the slave scope at a nurseb station in a coronary care unit.
The scope constantly monitors the hearts of all patients in
the unit. Any change in a patient’s electrocardiogram is
noted instantly by highly trained nurses. Cleta is a special
care area supervisor at Harris, where she looks after six
intensive care units, one respiratory, one cardiovascular
[open heart unit] two coronary and two sub-acute units.
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The Right to be Assured Optimum Health
Every American has the right to be provided health
through good nutrition.
The Right to Choose
Every American has the right to be provided a variety of A
foods that will promote good nutrition and prevent disease.
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^Every American has the right to be provided nutrition t|
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BY MARY COWLEY <
Cleta Brown’s career encompasses many facets of nursing, was a cheerleaderand
and numerous titles have been her’s since she became a
■ registered nurse in 1970.
However, each activity in her professional career seems to
James G. Brown, are longtime Burleson residents.
Fred, who played football for Burleson High School, went
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sonalities who will haw a J. sored by Omega Delta chap-
part in the “200 Years'iof ter of Beta Sigma Phi
Beauty” pageant this Satur- Sorority, will begin at 5 p.m.
day will be Joe Martin. A at Mound Elementary
f deejay on KSCS and WBAP School.
Bff radio, Martin wiU serve as Tickets obtained
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Judging in the beauty
II division will be an instructor
J from a modeling school, a
. committee member of the
Z Miss Texas Pageant and a
fashion coordinator for a
Metroplex department store.
The talent division will be talent and beauty divisions front of Hilley’s Pharmacy in
This brief step back into
time will occur Wednesday,
April 14, 3:45 p.m. and
Thursday, April 15, 7:30
p.m. in the Hughes gym-
nasium. Admission will be 50
cents for adults and 25 cents
for children.
The play features Jim
Boots as Joe; Ricky Bush as
BJ the DJ; Don Crowe as
Hambone; Sharia Davis as
Rita Kaye; Carmel Dixon as
Sally; Lisa Durham as
Trudy; Alan Eden as Spamp;
Jerry English as Punkie;
Eric Freeland as Johnny;
Kristi Hartmanas Babs;
certified critical-care nurses in the United States.
It was in January that she, along with nine other
registered nurses, took a four-hour-long exam offered by the to TCU before doing a stint of duty in Vietnam. When he
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at the door for $1 for adults Bake Sale
75 cents for students and 50
cents for children.
Contestants will include
American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She passed
and qualified for the title of critical care registered nurse
(C.C.R.N.)
Given in Dallas, the exam is a measurable means of
determing the indepth knowledge of the critical care nurse.
In no way is it intended as a replacement for a basic nurs-
ing examination, she pointed out.
Highly qualified, specialized critical care nurses from all
over th& country developed a core curriculum from which
the exam, was made.
A ■W^TICAL CARE NURSE, I learned when I
intervfewM Cleata at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth,
assumfes the responsibility for care of the acutely ill person
in both emergency and life support settings.
Intensive care units at Harris have one nurse for every
two patients, and 40 percent of the time it’s on a one to one
basis, she said.
Cleta is a special care area supervisor at Harris where she
works the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift. There she looks after six
intensive care units on two floors. She carries a “Beeper”
with a special signal which enables her to be where she is *
most needed almost instantly. She also responds to “Dr. t
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She, her husband, Fred, and three-year-old son, Shane, •
live in a country home south of Burleson. Fred cleared the |
land and they had an architect design the home, which was
built in four levels.
Cleta did the interior decorating and related that her love
for attending auctions prompted her to shop for furnishings
in this manner.
She also enjoys being outside and doing yard work.
“To relieve my frustrations, I cut down trees. Our home is
surrounded by them,” she laughed.
While talking with the slim, blue-eyed, blonde, I got the
distinct impression that she converges on each situation
with enthusiasm and that Cleta undoubtedly, has an
inexhaustable supply of energy.
Her desire for nusring-especially in intensive care
units-had its beginning when she worked as a Candy Striper
in the flower room at Harris when she was 15-years-old.
“I like intense situations. Nurses in ICU function at a high
level. They are indepdendent, agressive and dynamic,” she
explained.
tilio of Burleson are proud to
announce the[birth of a
daughter on March 29 in
Harris Hospital in Fort
Worth. I
Named Maryj Elizabeth,
she weighed sev
three ounces am
20 inches in length.
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Judy and
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“My husband is priceless,” Cleta said.
They have installed ramps in their home to accomodate
the wheelchair.
Fred recently accompained her to San Francisco for a
three-day convention- “The Fourteenth Annual Symposium
of Critical Care Medicine”.
“There were many international doctors and nurses-espe-
cially from Canada-who are actively involved in critical care
medicine there.
“Information was shared and I was proud to know that
we re keeping up in Fort Worth. This is a progressive area
and we are able to meet the needs.
, “Harris has all the necessary equipment for open heart
surgery and three or four such operations aie performed
here each day. It’s all going on right here!” she exclaimed.
As we talked, it became obvious that she continually
strives to gain more knowledge in her chosen field of
nursing.
She received a bachelor of Science degree when she
“On the contrary, I feel my work has made me more
compassionate and has increased my faith in God.
“With all the equipment in the world, I know we couldn’t
make it without God. My work has made me aware of how
fragile life is and makes me more appreciative of each day.
“I realize my own finiteness and am able to accept the fact
that death is a natural part of living.
1 graduated from TCU-Harris College of Nursing in 1970. In |
1974, she applied for and was admitted for a master of
science in nursing, on which she is continuing to work. She is •
also working toward a clinical specialty with cardio-pulmo-
nary patients, an advance degree dealing with total patient
care and patient teaching.
“I feel Harris has a good continuing educational program,”
I she said.
I She gives lectures and was inservice director-teaching
I other nurses about special care-in 1971-72. She had given a
lecture entitled “Respiratory Assessment” on the day I
visited her.
SHE HELPED CHARTER the local American Associa-
tion Critical Care chapter in 1971, has been on the board of
directors for the American Heart Association for three
years, has screened people for high blood pressure, started a
stroke club in 1974, has taught cario-pulmonary resuscita-
tion and is chairman for a nutrition committee.
She will soon be inaugurated into Sigma Theta Tau,
national honor society for professional nurses.
Cleta has practiced her nursing skills in special care areas
at Harris for the past six years, but says she isn’t
unemotional and does become absorbed with her patients.
“When I see an acutely ill patient and it doesn’t bother me,
that’s the time I’ll quit. I don’t feel I’ve become hardened.
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EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT-Here Cleta displays an
emergency cart, located in the corridor of an intensive
care unit at Harris. Function of the equipment is to shock
the hea?t in order to establish a more normal rhythm. She
pointed out that Harris has the necessary equipment for
open heart surgery and that the Metroplex Area is
progressive and up to date in this field. -Star Staffoto
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PAGEANT EMCEE-Joe
Martin, a deejay on KSCS
and WBAP radio will be
master of ceremonies for the
beauty pageant at Mound
Elementary this Saturday. A
Johnson County native, Mar-
tin has been in the broad-
yickii Johnson as Gloria; Dee casting business for 26 years
Ann Kelley as Darling; Scott andhasbeei
Metheny as Duke; Loraine
Minton and Paula Perez as
'Miss Nichols; Mark Murray
as Bill; Ken Nicholson as
Tony; Jennifer Russell as
Betty Lou; Guy Winfrey as
Haskell; and Macy Winn as
Patsy.
A bazaar and bake sale
girls, ages three through 18, will be staged by Scouts in
and a special boys division, Den One of Pack 481 on
age^ three to six. Saturday, April 10.
Trophies will be presented Sales will be conducted
Dancers include Molly J
Basket, Steve Cline, Alan |
Dixon, Kelli Grisso, Jimmy r
Harvey, Lauren Holt, Mari-
anne Holt, Tony Keefer,
Todd Massey, Donald Mc-
Shan, Jerry Messer, Joe
Minton, Richard Osteen,
Terri Polster, Suzanne Spur-
lin, Kelly Stepan, Mike
Stevens, Lori Stone, Janie
Strother, and Carrie Wright.
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REMEMBER WHEN--A portion of the
cast of Pauline Hughes Middle School
Drama Department’s production of “A
Blast From the Past’are pictured above.
The play, dealing with the fads, music and
jargon of the fifties and sixties, will be
Nursing Horizon Broadens For Cleta Brown
IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR Fred found he had a
spinal disorder and is now a paraplegic.
“He’s in a wheelchair, but there’s nothing he cannot do
after spending about two months in a rehabilitation center,
he continues to operate his business, drives, loads
Only recently she was notified that she is now one of 350 United Methodist Church here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sets UP on crutches with braces and works 12 hours a dav
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