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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Hon. Louie B. Nunn Hon. Wendell Ford
Governor Lieutenant Governor

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

John C. Taylor Commissioner

Harold E. Black Deputy Commissioner

Arthur M. Reynolds Director of Education

Weldon Welch Director of FarmlManagement

W. Parker Hurley Director of Probation & Parole
William Lyon Director of Staff Services
Robert Perry Superintendent of Industries

KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY

John Will Wingo Warden

W. G. Herndon Acting Associate Warden-Custody
John W. Drennon Associate Warden-Administration
William H. Lasley Associate Warden-Treatment
William M. Egbert Supervisor of Education

Robert J. Crubbs Supervisor of Industries

Jerry L. Wilson Chief Counselor

Robert Hopkins Psychologist

Raymond L. Powell Institutional Parole Officer
Max C. Salb, MD Medical Director

R. P. Parker Captain-Correctional Officers
H. R. Patterson Personnel Training Officer
Father Thomas Clark Catholic Chaplain

Rev. Houston E. Inman Protestant Chaplain

KENTUCKY STATE PAROLE BOARD
Glenn Wade, Chairman

Mrs. Lucille Robuck Glynn V. McMinoway
Sewell C. Harlin David L. Davis

CASTLE STAFF

 

H. R. Dunbar Editor

Charles Barmess Associate Editor

Bill Cox Penal Exchange Editor
Charles DuRain Art Director

Billy Steele Silk Screen

G. W. Giles ? Reporter

C. C. Smith Reporter ‘

Donald Riley Circulation Manager

CASTLE- is published monthly at Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville,
Kentucky, under the supervision of the Vocational Training Center. The
Advisor to CASTLE is J. R. Hubbard, Vocational Instructor.

OUR TENTH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION

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Volume X CASTLE Number II

CASTLE - A monthly publication by the residents of Kentucky State
Penitentiary, Eddyville, Kentucky. The primary purpose of this
magazine is the creative expression of the residents here in the
hope that it will 'bring about a better understanding between our-
selVeS'and societyo The views and comments expressed herein are not
neceSSarily those of the Administration. Permission to reprint all
original” materials is granted provided the source is acknowledged.
We Will print and welcome all pertinent rebuttal to articles in our

paper. ' CASTLE‘ is a member of the International Institutional
Press Associationo

aCONTENTSm
Message From Warden Wingo a m u a a a - a = uPage 3
Our Cover Salute to Earle Combs wwwwwww Page A
From The Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 5
Poundin' Keys by Chuck Barmes aaaaaaaa Page 7
NEWS From Other Places 9 ========== 'Page 8
KSP NEWS in Brief —————————————— Page 9
PENAL PRESS in Review by Cox and C.C.~ a - - Page 11
Chapel Events by Mike Scott ---------- Page 13
The EXACON and SOCIETY by Rev. L.I.Chandler-~Page 14
Memory Of Times and Friends --------- Page 15
HERE and THERE by Jerry Foy --------- Page 16
LUTHER THOMAS SCHOOL NEWS ---------- Page 17
PAROLE BOARD Results and NEWS -------- Page 18
MOVIES at KSP Theater ~~~~~~~ Page 19
Canteen Price List -------- Page 20
KSP SPORTS-by Jerry Kernes- - - - Page 21
GUEST EDITORIALnPenal Press” — - «Page 23
HESITATION

Upon the plains of hesitation,
bleached the bones of countless
millions who, on the threshold of
success, sat down to wait, and
waiting they died.

American Salesman
QUOTEaThe Weekly Digest

CASTLE» OUR TENTH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION

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WARDEN WINGO SPEAKS OUT‘,° o a o o o a a o o 0
FROM: Educational Department
William Mo Egbert, Supervisor of Education
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Eddyville9 Kentucky
TO : All Concerned DATE: February 4; 1970
The Educational Department is pleased to announce today that word
has been received on the results of the 1969 American Penal Press
Contest held by the Department of Journalism, Southern Illinois Un-
iversity, Carbondale, Illinoiso Our own institutional paperaCASTLE-
was awarded THIRD place in the national mimeograph Newspaper Sweep-
stakes. There were a total of 630 entries from 59 penal institut»
ions in the nation, one of the largest numbers of entries yet in
.this annual contest.oooooo
. This is only the second time that CASTLE has entered the Penal
PressVContesto We are indeed proud and honored to have our magazine-
paper selected for this awarda
As you know, CASTLE is edited by residentgHugh Dunbar and our Voc»

ational instructor, James R° Hubbard is their advisoro To both of

them, congratulations of the Educational Department is extendedo

Way/m

William/ M E bert
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MEMORANDUM TO CASTLE
FROM: Warden John Wo Wingo Date: March 11, 1970

Subject: Above
Please print the above article by Mro Egberto I want you all to
know that I wholeheartedly agree with hima Congratulations to all

the staff of CASTLE for this signal honoro

   

 

    
 

Johno Wo ing , Warden
Kentucky Sta Penitentiary

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(OUR COVER

Our Cover, Billie Steele comes into his own this month in our Salute
to this Kentuckian, Mr. Earle Bryan Combso . -
Here is what Eastern Kentuckyis Newspaper, The Hazard Herald has to
say:
HALL OF FAME INDUCTS EARLE COMBS
(from The Hazard Herald)

The boy who came from the backwoods of Kentucky to lead the American
League in a halfadozen batting categories during 1927 has made fiit‘ all
the way to the topo 7 .

Earle Bryan Combs, who bounced into the world May 14, 1889, at the
community of pepworth in Owley County and who swung a hickory stick with
the best of Vem was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Coopers==
town, New York. , ,

Combs, tied the immortal Babe Ruth, his Yankee teammate, for batting
average of .356 during the Kentucky boyls greatest year, 1927. Only Lou
Gehrig, who was swatting at .373, outdid the two°

Combs led the American League in base hits, 231, and triples, 23,and
clouted 14 homers in a year. When pitchers were men of steel.

Although Combs hit only 58 homers in his major=league playing career
his consistency was something to marvel. Combs was not really cut out
as a home-run hitter. '

His specialty was getting on first and letting the rest of the Famous
Yankee Murderers Row bring him home. When he did connect for a round"
trip, it was generally at a time when needed.

Combs first got into the Yankee linemup in the fall of 19230 When he
was bought as one of the most outstanding minor league players. Playing
regulary for about two weeks in 1924, he broke a leg and was lost for1fle
season.

Coming back the following year, he fulfilled a prediction by Babe
Ruth and became a Yankee starter. He remained a Yankee regular untilihe
. near fatal accident in July, 1934, almost ended his career. Attemptingto
‘catch an outwfield fly, he crashed into the wall near the end of the sea»
‘ son, he returned in 1935 and was asked to become a coach. He coachedthe
Yankees from 1936 to 1943 under manager Joe McCarthy.

When the war become so serious that it seemed baseball might be halta
ed, Combs did not return. However, he coached again in 1947 with the St.
Louis Browns. Earle became a coach with Red Sox in 1948 when McCarthy
joined the Club as manager. He stayed until 1952 when he went with Nat=
ional League, Philadelphia for one year.

In 1954, Combs retired from baseball to become an insurance executive.
Now completely retired, he lives on a farm near Richmond, Kentucky.-

Combs has received numerous honors, including being named a Kentucky
Colonel. He was honored here in Hazard in 1969 during the annual Combs
Family reunion, a gathering which draws Combs family from across the nate
ion. '-
During last yeaer festivities, Combs recalled two memorable home runs
he slugged. When Richmond Field held an Earle Combs Day in 1923, the loc-
a1 hero came to the game and up to bat for the first time, cracked a round
tripper. Another time he was fond of was in 1947, 11 years after he retia
red as an active player, when he swatted a homer in a Yankee "Olmeimer‘s"
Game.

Editorls Note: The CASTLE takes great pride in joining with all
Kentucky saluting Mr. Earle Combs and wishes him the very BEST
in the future.

 

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The weekend of February 8,1970 saw some really fine basketball
in.our gym. We got to visit with one of our favorite editors, C° Bo
Embry, Jr. of the Ohio County Messenger at Beaver Dam, Ky, Young
COBo had his Messengers in to play SoloUo in a basketball contest to
end all basketball contestso Seven members of the team looked as if
they belonged to The Housse of David team but Embry explained that
it was a Jaycee project, Frontier Days, that will be held in Beaver
Dam on April 13th through 18tho Thus, he and the team were sportin“
the " Beavers", all in practice for the really great celebration to
be held three years from now when Beaver Dam marks its9 lOOth year 3

Embry is'a ball of fire and so is his father, former State
Senator, COB°,Senior. The two of them get out Western Kentucky'soo
Largest,oweeklyooC.B°,Jr. is also mayor of the lively Beaver Dame A
real helper and supporter of our Athletic Department, COBo has been
honored with the state Jaycee Award for Physical Fitness for his
promotion of all sports° They are: Basketball, Softball, Tennis as
well as Golf. it was in tennis that he starred in a tournament in
Daytona Beach,“Florida in 1963. Yes, you might say that the son of
" The Old Man of Green Valley", a Kentucky Colonel, a community lea
ader, and a force in Western Kentucky is a young man to watch. He
will be making a big mark in the state and soon too!

Bill Neimeyer, SOI.U° Coach, said of the Messengers and ttheir
fire-ball coach, ” What a team 2 We were happy to be able to come
down even with just fiVe players. Next year, I hope to be able to
come back and get even;"

Another distinguished guest at the meet was Mro Carrol Taylor
of Evansville, Indiana, who came in to watch his son play for S.I.U.
Mr. Taylor, long with Whirlpool, brought the Editor upmtoudate with
all the happenings of the refrigeration capitol of the world, We
hope he will visit here soon during the week and see the full Cas-
tle bunch at work.

AchA—DRENNON WRITES BOOKm

Mr. John Drennon has written a booklet about the institution,a
fine one indeed, it is called, "THE CASTLE"o If you wish a copy of
this very informative little booklet, just drop a note to him: Be
sure to ask for Mro John W. Drennon’suTHE CASTLE and not CASTLE or
you will have us all confused. Write him care of Box 128, Eddyville
on the Barkley, Kentucky. Zip Code number is A2038.

OUR SECOND YEAR

 

This issue marks our second year of warming an Editor?s chair,
marking the air with prose, or as some would say propaganda for KSP.

It was February, just two years ago that former Treatment War=
den Ralph Roberts speaking for warden Wingo gave us some guidelines
for CASTLE and Mr. William Lesley, who succeeded him has let them
continue, (Continued on page )

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FROM THE EDITOR CONTINUED:

The basic statement was, "We doth care what you say in the paper as
long as you make positive or constructive statementso" This coupled
with the bi of philosophy that a wise man we once worked for used has
been our working guidesm" Every man is entitled to his own opinion but
no man has the right to he wrong in his factso" This suits some9 some
it doesnit but it suits us and we hope it suits youo Bell ringing, we
may be but this issue marks another issue that has gone to press withw
out having a full article or story deleted from it in over a yearo An
enlightened administration permits this and we hope the magazine 'will
always live up to this trusto

IN' OUR MAgt; Béfisfmtaand'Mlsco NOTES;

 

 

Mr. Fred J. Burkhard of the CASEY.COUNTY NEWS Wrote CASTLE a fine m
letter.during the menth c£ January as did Richard Go Herrng°,Editor of'
THE SPECTATOR at Jackson, Michigano It is from the SPECTATOR that VWeI-
thatlwe get theleGHTKEEPERVS REPORT, To our wayvof»thinking this is he
real historyooowooflarl Harding our barber just walked in to remind us a
little taste that he had a pinxup we could useo Her name is Bernice !
Sam Maynard9 the local laundry man for the Warden» just stopped by too,

seems he had a letter from his brother,John9 who reads CASTLE regular-
ly.

FIRST? to donate to the Press Fund were the WOP° AdamsY of Califa
ornia who renewed for two years and added $5000 for the press fund° We
certainly appreciate this generous donaticno NEXT!

CORRECTIONS IN KENTUCKY:

 

All the building and improving going on in the institution just is
an indication that Corrections Is On The Marcho We all know * who the
leaders are but how about those others who are in command down the li-
nes or were workers for many earso Those who faught the good fight—-
day inmand day out; Mistcrs’BiaCk,Parker Hurley, Billy Howard, Burnett
Napier, Todd Crutcher and Jim Oberst, all at the Central Office down
in Frankfort9 this team keeps Corrections marching forward, To these
we dedicate this issue of CASTLEo

NOW WEYRE ONLY NUMBER THREE:

 

The 1969 results of the American Penal Press Contest are in!

The Department of Journalism at Southern Illinois University of
Carbondaleg Illinois says that CASTLE is number three initsY
division of mimeograph newspapers. We salute the winners of
this divisioanHE HILLTOPPER of C01 at Tehachapig California
and second placemCASTLE COURIER at Portsmouth9 NOHo In this
division of twentyatwo papers it was a good clean battle and

we were bested by two of the best° Congratulations to both &
to their editors Mel Mallow at CCI and JOEo Lucas and Ho Smith

with the Naval Disco Command.
CAST EDITO

That's 30 and steto for this monthooooo.=====++++++¢ 03—10e1970”

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In going over some of the things we've written (some appearing in
CASTLE, some not) we were left with the feeling of,"What for you say
that?" In all honesty we‘ve come to the conclusion that the only pur—
pose it is serving is a mode of expressiono We are not in a position
to say exactly what we thinko Sometimes this can be frustrating. We
have on occasion felt like forgetting the whole bit, Then the thought
occurred to us that the easiest thing in the world is to stop trying,
to "throw in the towel" so to speak° But what would this accomplish?
And who in the final analysis would it be hurting? All too often we
reach the state of mind of "giving up? But in each of us there is an
inmborn desire to reach out for that goal just beyond our reacho It is
this desire that keeps us going. Perhaps it iszquestion of dissent in
as much that one can most easily feel thwarted. Dissent simply means
to differ in opinion and we most surely do that with the Editor. I am
also reminded whose ballwpark Iim playing in and one can either play
according to the rules or get out of the game. Somehow, call it comps
ensation, we found that giving up is not the answer, totally agreeing,
not the answer,but rather standing in the middle. Each must find his
own middle=ground where he can retain his individuality without hurt=
ing or using others,

Someone placed this on my desk:

AN OPEN LETTER TO FRIENDS & RELATIVES

I received your nice letters and Christmas cards over the holidayS.
—They were nice and thoughtful and do not think I doth appreciate each
Icard and letter here at Christmas time. To you, who at no other time of

 

the year, seem to remember me, it was a‘thoughtful gesture on your part.
I been locked up quite awhile now. I‘m sure some of you have been
meaning to visit me but for some reason just haveth gotten ardund to.it.
Oh yes, when I first was locked up your letters and visits seemed more
frequent. But as time went by the letters andgvisits came less frequent—
ly until it has become a once a year thing. What would I do without Chr~

istmas?

Perhaps some of you are afraid IVll hit you up for some money. Well

there is no doubt that I could use some but more importantly I need your
friendship and faitho “ '
Well people, I donit know what else to say till next year when

will hear from you again or will once a year get old too? I won't ”know

till next Christmas, will I?
Sincerely,
Joe Inmate

We would like to close out with something humorous but we?ve told
that one, and that oneo Sooo.we?ll borrow from the Bulletin of ‘ Athe
Tennessee State Penitentiary:

Husband: "I just bought four new tires way below wholesale price"

Wife: ”Hafi Doth brag to mei You doth even have a car."

Husband: "Do I say anything when you buy bras?"

O

can: was:

THE BEST TO EACH AND EVERYONE AS EACH DAY PASSES.
CASTLE MARCH 1970 PAGE

 

 

 O H I O 'P R O G R E S S E S W I T H
N E W P R I S O N

by Chuck Barmes

Early in 1971, if all goes as planned, the State of Ohio is going
to have its largest moving job. in its historyo Buses will load sever=
a1 hfindred men now housed in the "old" Ohio State Penitentiary,Columbus,
Ohio, for a long trip to the southern Ohio hills and rolling farm land
of Scioto County and their new prison°

To the convicts, prison officials and Columbus residents as well,
the old prison near downtown district, Columbus, Ohio, will become a
piace of evil memories. Over the years hundreds of deaths have occurra
ed within the walls. Many of the violent deaths from fires, rioting, &
executions. The biggest problem being the over=crowded conditions.

The old penitentiary was built to house only a few hundred prisonm
ers. At one time, the population soared to 5,300, Now, with transfers
to other institutions, the population is maintained at about 2,000,

The current thinking on penology is that all new prisons should be
small affairs with only several hundred inmateso However, in the new
Scioto County Penitentiary, there will be some modifications of” this
idea. It will be, for all practical purposes, a series of separate prim
sons on some 1,800 acres. There will be a maximum security cellblock
for about 250 hardmcore inmates, a medium security cellblock, a minimum
security cellblock, and there will be an honor unit. Most important...
there will be "BREATHING ROOM" for the population.

Ohio State Correction Chief, Mr. Maury Koblentz believes a convict
can be taught a skill and given a reasonable education, but unless he
can overcome bitterness and have real wish to better himself, his chan=
ces of making a go of it are slim. Mr. Koblentz feels that the chances
for improvement in the attitude of those imprisoned will be vastly in-
creased at the new penitentiary.

mmmmmmOmmammm

PRISON IS A PLACE
The origin of this is not known.,,.perhaps youive heard it.

Prison is a place where you write letters and canit think of anything to
say. ‘Where you gradually write fewer and fewer letters and finally stop
writing altogether.

Prison is a place where HOPE springs eternal: where each parole board apu
pearance means a chance to get out even if the odds seem hopelessly ag-
ainst you.

Prison is;place where you can go months without hearing a kind word. 'It
ismplace where your friendships are shallow and you know it.

Prison is a place where a letter from home or from a lawyer can be like a

telegram from the War Department. 'When you see it lying on your bed you

are afraid to open it...but you do anyway and usually wind up disappointed
and angry.

Prison is place where you go to bed before youVre tired, where you _ pull
the blanket over your head when you‘re not cold, It is a place where you
escape....by reading, playing cards, by dreaming, or by going mad.

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KSP N EWS

DRIVER LICENSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEN HERE

 

The first two classes of the Driver License Training Program for
residents to be released by either expirartion of sentence or parole
were held here at the Penitentiary in Februaryo A prior planning sea
ssion with Director Wilhoite of the Division of Driver Licensing was
held With Warden Wingo on February 13th. Correctional Officer Dave
Bradford is helping with the program hereo This new program is just
one of the 1970 plans to come into being for releasees of KOSOP.

NEW DENTIST APPOINTED

A new dentist has been appointed to the Medical facility here at
KSP. He is Dro James To WAlker of Hopkinsvilleo The Corrections Cane
dle informs us that his brother is Paul Walker9 Probation and Parole
Office at Hopkinsvilleg Kentucky,0 Dr. Walker replaces Dr° Charles A.
Hall.

LONG TIME CORRECTIONAL OFFICERw PASSES

Mr. Roy Guthrie9 Correctional Officer for many years at the Pen-
itentiary, passed away February 16 with an apparent heart attack. He

_will be missed by all who knew him9 both staff and residents. All of

us extend sympathy to his family and friends.
MRo WELBY CAMPBELL TRANSFERS

Mr. Welby Po Campbell? who was assigned to Prison Industries at
K.S°Po has been reassigned to the Prison Industries 'DiviSion 'as a
Salesman° He will work out of Frankfort. Formerly with the United
State State Department his historic knowledge and information about
current events will be missed both by Industries and the CASTLE.

DECEMBER CASTLE WINNERS GET EXTRA GIFT

In a special letter to Mr.—Jo Ra Hubbard» Castle Advisos, Mroa
Harry H° Woodward2 Jro Director of Correctional Programs for Stones
Brandel Foundation congratulated the December Castle contest winners:

SportsuBill Eldridge Feature=James Fo Kearnes
DolumnmUarl Shroader FictionaPat O'Hara
Editorial~Sterling Hoskins Rumors William Giles

Mr. WoodWard sent a copy of OoGo Mandinois book, THE GREATEST SALES$
MAN IN THE WORLD, inscribed with the winners? names to be presented to
them. Of one entry, he said» " Let me say that I was most impressed
with Sterling Hoskinsv aPoverty: Never and Alwayso" I feel tthat if
our law makers could understand the sentiment expressed in it there

( continued on page 10 A
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KSP NEWS CONTINUED:

would be a terrific noise in the country as jails and prisons were being
shuttered up across the land, never to be used again."

This was a most generous gesture and all of us here join with the
winners in thanking both Mr. Stone, StoneeBrandel Foundation and Mr. Wood-
ward personally for this wonderful and thoughtful gift to each winner.

........ io(m,-,_m__,m
FORMER CASTLE ASSOC. EDITOR WINS RELEASE

Rev. H.'E. Inman has heard from our former Associate Editor, Donald
R;”POngroVe, who has informed the Chaplain that some of his (Polsgrove)
legal activities had brought him some success. Don sais in part,"...the
Federal District in Louisville had granted my petition for Habeas Corpus
and ordered the institution to release ...no later than the fifteenth of
February.“

He cloSed his letter with, " I received a beautiful letter from our
friend, Rev. Dalrymple, a few days ago. He told me all about his duties
as“a Pastor of thePark Avenue Baptist Church (Paducah, Ky.) and iWhat'”a
challenge his new job really is; At the close of his letter, he "wrote,
'Don, I am praying for you.?.“

“By golly, somebody has been L "

Rumor has it that old Poss.Y is out on the streets, nowL
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NEW HEAD CHEF IS APPOINTED TO KSP

Mr. S. G. Meredith, an eleven year Army veteran, has been appointed
.Senior Chief for the resident dining room here. Mr. Meredith is a nat-

5'ive of Trigg County, raised in Christian County and now resides 'in Ly-

 

on County.

His goals are better food for the men to help improve the morale and
to "plan your work and work your plan." He has stated that he wishes to
hear from the inmate body if they have any positive suggestions to help
him with his modernization program. He has begun a series of grading re-
ports that will give him a daily picture of the food program and by this
he will be able to improve the food program.

He will be assisted in this job by the two stewards, Mr. Choat and
Mr. Sanders. Mr. Meredith has seen most of his military service in the
Far East, with a tour also in Vietnam, and was at Fort Campbell at the
time he decided to join the staff here.

Mr. Campbell is married and has two children. He also wanted us to
mention that the security officer guarding the incoming and outgoing flow
of traffic was Mr. G. R. Smith a native of Trigg County. Mr. Smith .has
been most kind to the Castle reporters allowing them to visit the dining
room to see Castle reporter, Kenny, and get the news from the food center
and report it to you.

s lllllll om _ a _ a - _ _
GOVERNOR LOUIE B. NUNNm " Every Kentuckian Counts I "

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Bill Cox with an assist by C. C. Smith

(A look into the inside monkey wrenches of P.P.)

This is a Vjoint effort this month as Bill Cox was on a court
leave in Cincy. checking to see if the Hudepole was pollutinven
all the wtare here. It ainit. Being “nother Northern Ky. aerie
dweller, he asked me iffen I cud hepi7 him.

"T'will be a sure Vnuff real pleasuer, sartinly."

Doth for the life of me understand why certain J.S.eTIME and the
Washington State Federal Boys Home for J.D.Vs at the ISLAND LAN:
TERN think that we have to sound like Snuffy Smith. For pete sak-
es! We can be as lucid and esoteric as the next bunch of writers.

Our Charles Foster Kane has been zooming around our Zanadau lately
squalking," CASTLE has gone to pot! One, Two, THREE 3 and tCalifa
ornia Mary Jane."

Now what is this all about? We donit know. 9Just went,"Oh hemp"
at him today, as he was reding the CLARION and this is what he had
to say: " Kentucky Rope." Can some of you on the PP hep” us?

We guess that this below is what he means, Vcause Col. Broadside &
Capt. Buckshot gave this to us:

CASTLE IS NUMBER THREE IN ITS9 DIVISION
PRISON MIRROR SWEEPS SLATE FULL TO WIN ALL OF IT

One of the oldest penal publications and the most colorful his=
torically, THE PRISON MIRROR, and its former editor, Harley Sorensen
have won the Charles Co Clayton Award for 1969. This is the award,
for outstanding journalism,presented by the Southern Illinois School
of Journalism at Carbondale, Illinois. Edited at the Minnesota Sta=
te Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota, the paper has been in operation, a
total of many years. BeinguEQUnded in the year 1887.

We can’t help feel that we in Kentucky helped start it, far it
was after the JamesY pals, the Younger Brothers, had robbed the Russ
sellville, Ky. bank that they went on to the pen in Minnesota. To
get the paper started the cons passed the hat and the younger of the
Younger Brothers upped $50. So we take partial credit for this win
for the Bluegrass state as it was our "green" money that started the
paper in Minnestta. How about that, Tom Hamilton? How's that for

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11:1-531:’C)]:‘y. re writing. an , _____________ (by Donald Riley)

It is with some pride that we note in the Mimeograph Newspaper
Division with 22 entries, 59 penal publications entered overall, the
winner was the HILLTOPPER. It is edited by Mel Mallow. Congrats,ED
for this fine win. Second was (or PLACE..This is so our Editor and
Chuck will be able to understand this article. Both are horse play-
era.) was the CASTLE=COURIER, J.E. Lucas and H. Smith, Editors. Say
to you guys, up there...How about your Colonel? Was he in Evansvillei
at the R.O.T.C.? Please answer up, ED. is bugging me. ( BILL COX &
IBIS CONTINUES ON PAGE 12 )

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The Indian° Coming into Show or Third place was CASTLE, edited and .
published at the KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY and all of us are takn

ing credit with HORODo for this wino Believe it or not, he' _gives

credit to all who are due it in 19699 Cookie» Haynes, Riley,DhRain, a
and all the rest° Sheesh! If it had been a WIN OR PLACE there Wou—'

ld have been no peace in the little fire engine red News Officeooo

NOW TO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS ALONG THE CIRCUITooooo.oo.

You all have just snowed us under this past two monthso Since
I was gone and the flu bug hit the NEWS OFFICE there hasn't been
much done in the way of writing or editingo We will have to say
to one and all, " Fight the good fight 3 Fight any fight but be
sure to fight or write! "

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The great men of the past did not
slide by fortune into their high placeo

They have been selected by the severest
of all judges, TIMEo

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by MICHAEL SCOTT

 

During the month of February there were four regular worship ser-
vices held at the K.S.P. Chapel and two at the Farm Dormitory. I The
reason for the lack of four services at the Farm was due to icy iroads
that prevented Chaplain Inman from getting there.

On January the 4th9 the first Sunday of the year. there were sev-
entynfive men of K.S.P. at the Chapel service. There were no visitors
but our Chaplain was at his best delivering a dynamic sermon, not un-
common with the endeavors of Rev. Inman.

We had the good fortune of having the Christian Business ' Men's
Committee of Evansville. Indiana to participate in our worship service
January llth. These men left their homes and churches to drive all

the way here to worship with us and bring us their testimonies. 'They
are true examples of Christ?s love.

Sunday, January 18th. we had five members of the Gideon Camp of
Owensboro, Kentucky accompanied by six other visitors. There were 90
men present for this service.

On January 25th9 Rev. Bush and Correctional Officer Kilgore of the
Friendship Methodist Church. Lamosco Community were here to worship in
our services. Rev. Bush delivered the inspiring sermon and at this ser
vice there were 98 men present (the record for the month).

At the Wednesday afternoon prayer service of January 28th,all that
attended were blessed by the message of Rev. Young9 Central Baptist Ch-
urch, Louisville. Ky. This wonderful man of God speaks from his heart.

‘ On Saturday. January Bist. Rev. Al Grounds of Hopkinsville, Ky.was
here accompanied by Mr. Bill Corbin. Rev. Inman. Al Grounds, and the
K.S.P. Chapel Choir taped a program to be played over radio station WK-
DZ, Cadiz, Ky.

Our Yokefellow program at the Chapel has now grown to four groups~>

plus a group at the Famm Dormitory. Total Yokefellow Membership is 55
in-five groups.

Our Yokefellow groups are open to any man who feels that he might
need this type of Christian fellowship. The Yokefellows are now “meets
ing on Saturdays but we hope this will be changed to week—days in the
future. Anyone from the yard desiring any information about the Yokes
fellow:activities may see us at the Chapel. ,

The Chapel now has a daily prayer service Monday through Fridays
in the morning from ll:OO to llsl5. The prayer service will be ending—
in timeffor you to eat the noon meal. We would to extend a cordial in»
vitation to all those that feel a need for prayer to join us at T 'this
noon-time service.

CHAPLAIN'S SCHEDULE

 

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
7:00 A.M. a 3:30 P.M.

SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. ='12:30 P.Mo
The Chapel will be open during the lunch hour so that those who

want to see Revo Inman may do so without interfering with your
work schedule.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN A SPECIAL WAY.
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