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March Issue, 1970

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NeW ‘ Editor.

~ Wednesday, January ‘28,
1970, was the day for Carl
Earnsley Which all of us look
forward to 7......‘....Parole'!
Earnsley, who resided in
Theodore, Alabamafprior to
his incarceration, .arrived at
the institution on May 3, 1964,
to begin serving a 21 year sen—
tence.

. .After holding a number of
institutional j 0 b s, Farnsley
Was 'asSigne'd to the “Sky-
t o w e r” staff in August of
1966.. On November 11, 1968,
he assumed the position of
editOr and held that post until
his realease.

Taking over as the new
“SkytOwer” editor is Gary P.
Barrow. BarrOw, who hails
from Indianapolis, Indiana,
arrived at the reformatory on
October 2, 1969, with a 10
year sentence. Shortly after
his arrival, he became Secre-
tary‘of the S.P.A.D.E. Club
and held that office until their
annual election. In December
of last year, Barrow ran for
office of President and won!
Since his administration” has
taken office, the S.P‘.A.D.E.
Club has steadily been making
noticeable improvements and
is currently working on several
worthwhile projects,‘

Prior to being named Editor
of the “Skytower‘ News”,
Barrow taught mathematics
in the academic programand
also assisted with the GE. D.
program. ' ' i

We Wish Carl the best of
luck on his recent parole and
hope that we won’t be, seeing
him again, at least ........ Not
IN HERE! ' .

Efia Stat?

S..PA.DE Letter Writer

Shortly a f t e r Christmas,
the S.P.A.D.E. Club proposed
a 5new project called the “Gen—
eral Electric Letter—Writer”.

The project Was written out in

detail and submitted to the
administration for their ap—
proval. Everyone in the ad—
ministration was pleased with
the prOposal and gave the S.
P.A.D.E. Club the “green
light”.

The General Electric Co-
pany was contacted in Lou—
isville and the machine was
sold to the club at cost. The
project was held up due to the
fact that General Electric was
on strike and unable to fill
the order for the needed vinyl
discs. Shortly after the strike
was over, the discs arrived
and the project was launched
Saturday, February 21, 1970.

This project allows any in—
mate to purchase a ticket in
the Inmate Canteen, bring the
ticket to the S.P.A.D.E. Club—'
room located in Dormitory 8
on Saturdays and cut a record
to be sent home to wife, girl—
friend, mother, father, child—
ren, or friends. Of course
these people have to be on the
inmates regular correspound—
ence list. There is a special
sound-proof booth to assure
t h e the maximum 0 f privacy
during the recording of the
record. All records of course
are censored by the mail office
On a record player provided
them by the club. These rec—
ords can be played on any
standard record player at
33 1/ 3 speed and instructions
accompany each record. Tick—
ets are now on sale for one
dollar and the project is ex-.
pected to be one of. thebest

ever conceived by any club
thus far according to project
chairman, Ed Griffin.

Who was the first customer
when the doors opened for
business? None other than
Norman Igo! Who else?

 

Rehabilitation Program

A group therapy class was
formed in the Rehabilitation
Department under the leader—
ship of Mr. Gene Priddy, Psy—
chologist assigned to the De—
partment. The new group was
officially initiated in November
of 1969. Eight men were orig—
nally assigned to take part
in the group. These men were
chosen by Mr. Priddy and
his associates from those men
who were at that time on the
Rehabilitation Department
rolls.

The participants were
screened and interviewed by
Mr. Priddy at which time the
ideas and potential of the
forthcoming group were ex—
plained. Each man who is a
member of the group has vol—
unteered for the s e s s i 0 ns
which meet each Thursday at
2: PM. The objective of the
group’s membership is to try
and learn from each other by
getting to know one another
and discussing each member’s
problems openly. This does
not mean problems in any one
area of a man’s life such as
here in the institution, but
quite to the contrary. The
problems which each member
faces are brought out, Whe—
ther it be problems on the
“yard”, problems which deal
with his family life on the
streets, etc. The first rule
which is met and understood
is that notthing that is said
within the group is to be re-