The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1984 Page: 1 of 20
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MICnOPLSX , INC
P. 0. BOX 45436
DALLAS, TX. 75245
GREENER PASTORS
The grass is looking pretty green on
First Baptist's side of the fence as
highly-recommended Rev. Goforth
accepts duties at the church.
SEF. STORY BELOW
★ LOSING PATIENTS*
Federal Judge Sanders says increase employees at state hospitals
to bring patient/attendant ratios in line with increased supervision. But
MHMR may opt to decrease patient population in accordance with the ruling.
SEE STORY BELOW
SUITE SUCCESS
The Civic Theatre assists in bringing
SFA's Summer Repertory artists to
town June 13 with the opening of
Neil Simon's "California Suite."
SEE STORY BELOW
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The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Kstal>lish<'<l as the Cherokee Sentinel, Februarx 27. 1830
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Vol. 135, No. 17
Thursday, June 7,1984—Rusk, Texas 75785
16 Pages
MHMR Proposes Drug Increase To Reduce Patient Population
By Gloria Jennings
MHMR seems to be playing both
ends against the middle. This may be
well and good, if you can make it
work. But, as always there has to be a
payday and those citizens who are
patients in the various Texas MHMR
hospitals and schools may end up
being the victims in the matter.
The problem at question is what the
state is going to do about Federal
Judge Barefoot Sanders' ruling in
1981 on state mental hospitals. State
hospitals must have before Aug. 31,
1985, a five to one patient-worker ratio
during the day and evening shifts.
This means the state will either have
to hire 1,094 new mental health
workers or release patients in the
state's eight mental hospitals to its 31
community centers.
Dr. John White, superintendent of
Rusk State Hospital says he would
like to comment on the matter, but
can't. He noted that he has not
received notification of Sanders' ac-
tion or a plan between Sanders and
MHMR and could not comment on
what this means or now it will affect
Rusk State Hospital.
Denise Gamino, staff writer for the
Austin American-Statesman reported
last week of a meeting of Austin State
Hospital administrators and 100
supervisory workers and doctors. Of-
ficials had been unaware that a repor-
ter from the American-Statesman had
been in attendance at the briefing.
Hospital personnel are said to have
been told that MHMR plans to reduce
the number of patients in state mental
hospitals by paying community health
centers to take patients and by in-
creasing the use of anti-psychotic
drugs to get the patients out of the
hospitals quicker.
The Austin reporter said in her
recent article that the "agency" wan-
ts doctors in the state hospitals to "get
more aggressive with the use of
psychotropic medication."
These drugs are said to change the
behavior of patients
The article in the Ameriean-
Statemen went on to say that Dr.
Albert E. Gallo, clinic director of the
Austin State Hospital said that "we
aren't going to keep patients around
here for the purpose of seeing that
they get their GEDs."
Staff members at Austin were en-
couraged to start out with 600 or 700
milligrams of Mellaril, a powerful
anti-psychotic tranquilizer and work
their way down in prescribing the
drug It is believed that this might
reduce the length of stay
David Pharis with the R.A.J
Review Panel in Austin says the new
plan between Sanders and MHMR is
flexible and the decision is a joint ef-
fort between the two.
He notes that the new plan allows
for the hiring of the new personnel or
the releasing of patients.
He says the hospitals know what
kind of people that are able to function
outside and they will use that infor-
mation in making decisions. Im-
plementation of the agreement will
cost the state $16.7 million. Cost will
be gradually assumed as the program
is phased in over a year long period
First year costs should be around
$10.4 million However. $6 9 million in
lapsed funds from the hospitals
budgets from last year will be used in
meeting the costs The department
has requested that legislative riders
lie used to enable them to use the fun-
ds which otherwise go back into the
state general fund
Rev. Goforth Accepts Duties
As Pastor Oí First Baptist Church
Rev. and Mrs. James Goforth and son, Tom
The Rev. James Goforth and his
family will be moving to Rusk during
the first week in July.
Goforth accepted the pastorate of
the First Baptist Church following a
church conference Sunday night He
had been highly recommended to the
membership by the church pulpit
committee.
He and his wife, Virginia, and son,
Tom, were in Rusk last weekend to at-
tend various functions of the church.
Another son, Jim Jr., was unable to
visit here because of his duties as a
minister of music at another church.
The new minister was to submit his
resignation at his present pastorate,
the First Baptist Church at Rockdale,
Wednesday night. He has served as
pastor of the Rockdale church for the
past three years.
Goforth is currently serving as
Moderator of the Milam Baptist
Association. He is chairman of the
Rockdale Ministerial Alliance and
President of the Rockdale Babe Ruth
Baseball League
The Goforth family met with dif-
ferent groups of the church family
during the weekend. Activities in-
cluded an ice cream supper with
deacons and their wives Friday
evening; a luncheon for women of the
church on Saturday, a singles
mystery picnic Saturday afternoon, a
pizza supper for youth Saturday
night, a Baptist Men's Breakfast
Sunday morning; and an all church
covered dish luncheon Sunday noon
Time was allowed for visiting with the
new parsonage family during the
various functions
Summer Repertory To Open
'California Suite' In Civic Theatre
"California Suite'' by Neil Simon
will be the first of four plays to be
presented dur.ng the SFA Summer
Repertory VIII being held at the
Cherokee Civic Theatre in Rusk from
June 13 through July H "California
Suite" will run from June 13 through
'Round Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
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us...who shared our willingness to
serve. And yes, to those of you who
voted only, this was important, too.
Preservationist Leader To Be Honored
At Historical Commission Dinner
As somebody else once said, "It is
better to have tried and lost than
never to have tried at all!" And I'll
never forget Snoopy's Words of
Wisdom; "It doesn't matter if you
win...untilyou lose!"
The Creed for the Olympic con-
testants also contains a thought along
these lines; "The important thing in
the Olympic games is not to win but to
take part. The most important thing
in life is not the triumph but the
struggle. The essential thing is not to
conquer, but to have fought well."
And so it is...we console ourselves in
an hour of defeat with words,
thoughts, which convey realistic
thinking. It is an exercise in futility to
worry about what "might have been"
once the moment has passed.
Life is lived not by days or weeks,
not evefi hours. Just one minute at a
time. Really just one second at a time.
In the very present "now" we can
only give what seems to be the best.
And unfortunately, sometimes the
beat la just not good enough.
Our best, Roundabout and the Mrs.,
along with hundreds of really,
dedicated, hard-working volunteers,
just wasn't enough. But we gave it our
best shot. We tried. And we will con-
tinue to try. For it is in the lesson of
losing that one gains the most.
This Is not to say that we can't, or
don't, learn from success and win-
ning. But In the losing...we are pushed
to the outermost realm of understan-
ding. We do learn from such an ex-
perience. We can evaluate the "might
have been," the "what went wrong."
and be guided accordingly In future
We are deeply, deeply grateful for
having had the opportunity to par
ticipate in this campaign. It la with
the moat humble of hearts that we ex
prwa our gratitude to so many who
believed In us. who worked for
Because it reflects that among you,
who know us best, you believed that it
was a worthy undertaking.
Now...that it is over and we can
begin anew, it is vital that we continue
to work together. The issues that need
our attention are still before us.
Now...we know who will be working
for us and serving us. We gladly
pledge our energies of support to
District It's newly elected State
Representative and urge that you join
us. Only by working together can we
achieve the badly needed im-
provements to the total quality of life
for all citizens.
The trite words of "thank you,"
"our gratitude, " are just not adequate
for our feelings. We would need to coin
some brand new phrases to convey
our heartfelt emotions of ap-
preciation. Maybe a new Daniel Web-
ster will come along and write a new
list of such thoughts.
Until that day, please accept this
"We Love You! Every one of you!"
Until next week?-mw
P.S. The foregoing was written
Sunday afternoon. However, an event
of Monday morning is worthy of men-
tion in a postscript.
While winners continue to exult in
jubilation, as they rightfully should,
the staff of Whitehead Enterprises did
their usual...UNUSUAl.! They put it
all together for a loser's party to
welcome back to the office their
Bossmant
A cake was inscribed, "Austin's
loss., our gain!" Now I ask you, isn't
such a demonstration of love and sup-
port enough to make grown-ups cry?
Our service to you just couldn't be
without these super great staff mem
ben' They are usually unusual ..In
excellent performance' Even know
how to gs< Bosses to cry'
Members of Cherokee county
history-oriented organizations will
hear the Texas Historical Com-
mission executive director and honor
a leader in county history preser-
vation work at a dinner meeting at 7
p.m. Tuesday at the Rusk First
United Methodist church fellowship
hall.
The Cherokee County Historical
Commission is sponsoring the dinner
meeting for the history-oriented
organizations, the first of the type,
and may make the event an annual
one. Chairman John Allen Templeton
said.
Curtis Tunnell, the state historical
commission executive, will speak to
the group on "A Heritage Worth
Preserving" as he relates the state
agency's work to the East Texas and
Cherokee county areas
J. W Chandler of Jacksonville, a
retired county and district judge in
Cherokee county, will be recognized
during the evening for his long-time
leadership and support of history
preservation in Cherokee county
Tunnell will present a plaque to Judge
Chandler in behalf of the county
historical commission
The plaque will recognize Judge
Chandler's leadership in establishing
the Cherokee County Historical Sur-
vey Committee in 1958 when it was the
forerunner of the Cherokee County
Historical Commission and for his
leadership in promoting the preser-
vation of the county's history and in
teresting others in that history The
historical commission organization
came into being in 1963 when the
Texas Legislature created the Texas
Historical Commission and its county
units When that took place. Judge
Chandler continued to support the
program until he retired from office
and has maintained a continuing in-
terest in the commission's work in
retirement
Tunnell is a native Texan, is a
veteran of L' S Navy service in the
Pacitic theater of war. holds degrees
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C.urtis Tunnell
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Templeton Outlines County History Project
June 17th Curtain time is 8 p m
The play is divided into three
playlets which all occur in a room of
the Beverly Hills Hotel Simon ad-
dresses serious is íes within the
playlets marriage, divorce, child
custody, friendship -but with his
characteristic insightful humor
The actors are students at Stephen
F Austin Stsate University in
Nacogdoches Ten studentj are
currently preparing for their roles in
"California Suite under the super-
vision of Dr Lawrence Zillmer, coor-
dinator of the Summer Repertory
Theater "(Her the years, the studen-
ts have performed on the SFA campus
before their peers,' Zillmer states
Now they're going to be performing
in front of people who expect high
quality entertainment We want to
produce shows of artistic merit This
means that the audiences will enjoy
them and our students will learn
something from doing them,' states
Zillmer We will be ready to give the
audiences in Rusk the quality shows
that they have paid to see when the
curtain goes up at the Cherokee
Theater " Dr Zillmer said
Season Booster Coupons are
available to the SFA Summer Rep
Program at a 25 percent savings An
adult may purchase a Booster Coupon
for $15.00 and a student Senior Citizen
may purchase a Booster Coupon for
$9 00 which will entitle the individual
purchaser to see all four Summer
Repertory plays for the price of three
Individual tickets are available for $5
for adults and $3 for student'Senior
Citizens Tickets may be purchased
by calling 214 683-2131 in Rusk or by
writing SFA Summer Rep VIII, P O
Box 666. Rusk. Tx 75785
Immediately following the Wed-
nesday. June 13, performance of
California Suite the Cherokee Civic
Theatre will host a reception in th
theatre building to give those in at-
tendance an opportunity to meet the
cast VII who attend the Wednesday
performance are invited to stay for
the reception
John Allen Templeton. chairman of
the Cherokee County Historical
Commission outlined plans for the
new county history at the Monday
evening meeting of the Cherokee
County Heritage Association
Members of the group met at the
Southern Gourmet Restaurant Mon
day evening for the regular monthly
meeting, which is the last until the
club reconvenes in October for the fall
Tom Dean Stevens of Jacksonville.
introduced the speaker He said that
Templeton has spent most of his life in
the newspaper and publication field
Templeton was editor at Jacksonville,
before moving to Fort Worth and then
to Atlanta. Georgia to work with the
All Church Press
Templeton discussed at length w ith
those attending the Historical Com-
mission's plans for publishing a Own
ty History in connection with Texas
l.mth birthday He explained that the
county work is certainly not unique.
as some 200 other Texas county com-
missions are planning similar projec
ts
The Cherokee County History will
include economical growth and
family histories from April 1846
through 1984 Late copy must be tur
ned in prior to Aug 31, IMS The books
will be ready for distribution in
November of IMS The book will con-
tain some 4ft) pages and will include
county history, business histories
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business feature series begins for a
^ week period with this issue of The
Rusk Cherokeean
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1984, newspaper, June 7, 1984; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151647/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.