The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 14
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The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27,1850
Rusk, Texas 75785, Thursday, November 3,1977
Home of
The Texas State Railroad
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Homecoming to Honor Class of '48
Rusk-Teague
To Battle Here
The Rusk Eagles raced
one step ahead of the
Madisonville Mustangs last
Friday as they knocked the
Mustangs out of a first
place tie in District 21-AA
with a resounding 35-26
win. The Eagles now hold a
slim one game lead over
three teams in District 21-
AA and must play two of
those teams in their last
two district encounters.
Coach Rick Miller noted
Wednesday that the game
tomorrow at 7:30 in Musick
Stadium against Teague is
more critical than the
Madisonville game as the
District 21-AA champion-
ship is on the line. "They
beat us last year (28-0) and
we entered that game in
contention for the district
crown. We hope to erase
the memories of last year.
Mentally, the kids are
more up for this one than
they were for last weeks'
game. They remember the
game last year very well.''
Miller said the game
against Madisonville was
great except for a lapse in
the third and fourth
quarters. "Offensively, it's
the best job we've ever
done controlling the line of
scrimmage. Our offensive
line is second to none in
East Texas." Miller went
on to say sophomore Ira
rushing in 35 tries and two
TDs. "He still doesn't know
how good he is."
The coach lavished
praise on the linemen who
opened large holes for
Atkins to run through and
the well-thrown blocks by
lead back, Bobby
Christopher. "We've not
played a team this year
where their offensive
linemen were good enough
to play for us. That's how
good our linemen are."
THE GAME
The Rusk Eagles piled it
on the Madisonville Mus-
tangs Friday gaining 258
yards rushing and 104
yards through the airways
to take a heart-stopping
35-26 win at Madisonville.
The Eagles drew first
blood as they took the
opening kick-off 72 yards in
11 plays and comsumed
four minutes and 40
seconds of the first quarter
in tacking six points on the
scoreboard. Pat Richey,
senior quarterback, slam-
med over from the one-
yard line on a quarterback
sneak. David Draper split
the uprights for the PAT,
7-0.
The Mustangs weren't
able to generate much of-
fense so they punted to
Richey who returned the
ball 20 yards to the Rusk
♦SeeFOOTBALL, Pg.3
Atkins did a "tremendous
job" in gaining 222 yards
I 'Round
Town
¡ With Mrs. Roundabout
"What you are is where
you were when." This
borrowed quotation
provides an endless
number of thoughts. From
the humorous to the
serious. Like...if what you
are is...wet...that is easily
understood if you were the
target for a water balloon
Halloween night! And if
what you are is happy...it is
also understandable if you
were at the game Friday
night cheering the Eagles
toward a District
Championship!
Ruskites experienced a
busy weekend, with all the
spooky fun events aimed at
providing entertainment
for all the young-at-heart.
As usual, toilet tissue sales
went up. A few houses and
trees wrapped. It wouldn't
be Halloween otherwise.
This subject was discussed
in a monitored CB
conversation. Obviously,
some visitor in town
inquired of a local, "Say
Good Buddy, what's all this
paper In the trees for?"
And the explanation went
like this, "Well, we have to
climb a tree to go to the
bathroom in this ole'
town." And that's what you
get for eavesdropping on a
CB!
What you are is where
you were when. The
thought is sticky. It gets in
your head and won't let go.
I was thinking of
Halloween observances in
my childhood. Much less
emphasis on the event in
those days. But the
"grown-ups" had less
spare time for fun and
games with the kids. Most
of them would have fainted
at the thought of working
only 39 to 40 hours per
week. That would have
been laiy, excused only by
illness. Times have
changed and so have we. It
helps to remember where
we were when. Provides
guides for trying to figure
out where we'll be
tomorrow.
* See R'ABOUT, Pg. 14
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3 Candidates
Vie for Crown
A bonfire at 7:30 tonight
at an area east of the high
school gymnasium will
kick-off Rusk's '77
Homecoming festivities.
The Rusk-Teague
football game Friday will
also be a big part of
Homecoming weekend as
three Rusk girls vie for the
honor of being chosen
Homecoming Queen.
Homecoming Queen
contestants this year are
Judy Shepard, daughter of
Mrs. Mattie Mae Shepard,
LuAnne Slover, daughter of
Mrs. Joy Slover and John
Bill Slover, and Janet
Sparkman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas E.
Sparkman.
The Duchesses are:
Juniors-Aretha Jordan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Jordan, and Debbie
Dyess, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Dyess;
Sophomores-Regina Mor-
ris, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward C. Morris,
and Billie Lynn Lovelady,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Lovelady; and
Freshmen-Ladora Carter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Carter,and Katie
Struhall, daughter of Mrs.
GeraldineStruhall.
The Class of '78 will also
honor the Class of '48 from
RHS and Bradford High
School during the halftime
* See HOMECOMING, Pg. 14
Busy Crossing
To Get Lights
Madisonville spent a long night chasing No. IS, Ira Atkins, last Friday as the
sophomore picked up 222 yards rushing in Rusk's 35-26 District 21-AA victory.
Atkins has totaled 473 yards rushing in two district games!!!
A stop and go light as
well as flashing yellow
lights will warn motorists
in the near future about the
school crossing used by
Rusk Elementary School
children at the intersection
of U.S. 84 and Hill Street,
according to information
received by State Rep.
Emmett H. Whitehead of
Rusk Tuesday.
Six Rusk women brought
the traffic problem to the
Rusk City Council's
attention Sept. 27 and
asked them to help in
solving the problem. Since
that time, Rep. Whitehead,
Rusk Mayor Morris
Hassell, Rusk ISD School
Board President Tom
Sartain, Rusk ISD Supt. J.
M. Boone, Rusk
Elementary School
Principal Dick McGaughey
and Texas Department of
Public Transportation and
Highways personnel have
been working on the
problem. Rusk Police
Department officers and
Rusk Assistant Fire Chief
Johnny Stover have been
helping the children across
the busy school crossing
before and after school as
an interim measure.
McGaughey requested
and received a grant from
the East Texas Council of
Governments in Kilgore for
adult crossing personnel at
the site. ETCOG allowed
for two elderly personnel to
handle the traffic at the
Henderson Street crossing.
L. S. Thompson of Tyler,
Texas Department of
Public Transportation and
Highways maintenance
• See STOP LIGHT. Pg. 14
Through Decorator's Efforts
RSH Beautified
The bluest blue, greenest
green and hot chocolate
and fudge are the colors
now giving the Rusk State
Hospital buildings a more
'upbeat' look. And who's
responsible for the new
look? Mrs. Beth Bell, wife
of the new clinical director,
Dr. Exter Bell.
Five RSH buildings have
undergone the modern
facelifting administered by
the RSH Maintenance
Department under the
expert direction of Mrs.
Bell. Each of the buildings
has its function stenciled on
the outside walls.
For instance, the
stenciling and color of the
buildings are METAL
SHOP, green and
red-orange (now referred
to as the watermelon);
LAUNDRY, blue and
yellow; POWER PLANT,
blue and yellow;
CENTRAL KITCHEN, 'hot
chocolate' and 'fudge'
color; and the
GROUNDSKEEPER
(which is yet to be
stenciled), green.
Mrs. Bell noted her
colorful project began May
27 with only five buildings
being completed thus far.
She explained that her
color scheme was not
random but instead
coordinated with the color
panels on the U.S. 69-side of
the Day Treatment Center.
"The architect designed
the color panels on the Day
Treatment Center and
the panels are shades of the
colors repeated on the
buildings," she said.
"We hope to do the three
old pastel Maximum
Security Buildings. As
they're needed, we'll
repaint them." The
CANTEEN and
ADMINISTRATION buil-
dings are part of the long
range plan. Right now the
Cameron Interiors in
Houston which she directed
for two years. "I got
involved in hospital design
when I was there. I
redesigned a 50-bed private
psychiatric hospital in
Houston (Belhaven
Hospital)," she said. The
woman remarked she was
a permanent member of
the Dallas Trade Mart.
"I lived in Nashville one
year and got involved in
institutional design. There
I found a state hospital
could rival a private
hospital in design as both
could order the same
"...The design u>ill appear to be trees
and meadows that are rolling among
the buildings." (Beth Belli
weather has us locked in."
The tall blond-haired
woman explained that, she
was well-qualified to be in
charge of the paint work on
the RSH buildings. She
noted she studied interior
design at the University of
Houston before taking a
two year apprenticeship
with a commercial
designer in Houston. "We
did projects like
restaurant!, office
buildings and banks"
Mrs. Bell later (ormed
furniture, paint and other
materials.
"What you do is start
listening to the people on
the wards about their space
problems and needs thén
coordinate the design to
their needs."
Mrs. Bell praised the
work of RSH Maintenance
Department for the
buildings they've
completed up to now. She
mated that many people
had approached her to ask
what outside firms had
undertaken the job to paint
the buildings. "I
appreciate their
cooperation and help.
They've really been patient
with me."
The interior designer's
future painting plans call
for something a little
different on the three MSU
ward buildings. She noted
three sides of each of the
buildings will be painted a
muted green so they will
blend with the
environment.
The remaining side on
each of the buildings will
face the Skyview offices.
"The fourth side will have
a three-part mural which
will have different shades
of green and brown and will
primarily face the Skyview
offices. The design will
appear to be trees and
meadows that are rolling
among the three
buildings."
Mrs. Bell's work is
putting life back into the
RSH facilities with the
'upbeat' look of the newly-
painted buildings. RSH Is
looking much less like the
traditional 'state
institution' these days and
more like an archltectual
showplace thanks to Beth
Bell, the interior and
exterior' decor tor
'Expert Touch*
Mrs. Beth Bell points out the chocolate and fudge colors being put to the CENTRAL
KITCHEN on the Rusk State Hospital campus. The taleated interior director Is
directing the color scheme of the buildings painted blue, yellow, green and Mack
fronting U.8. SS. I'nder her direction five buildings have already been completed
with plans for mere painting jobs in the future.
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