The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 64
JAOKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1943
NUMBER 2
Ration Book No. 3 Bryson Reduces School Want to be an Aviation
Before returning application
form for War Ration Book 3,
check following points carefully:
1. Print or type your name and
return address on application
form so it is easy to read.
2. List names and birth dates
of all members of family unit on
the same application.
3. Sign thf! application in your
own handwriting.
4. Tear off the identification
stub, and keep it in a safe place.
It is your receipt.
5. Add correct postage.
6. Check form carefully to
avoid mistakes.
7. Mail application before June
10.
Food For 3-Day Furlough.—A
service man on a leave or fur-
lough of at least 3 days hereaf-
ter will be provided with a com-
plete application form for obtain-
ing rationed food before he leaves
camp. He will give the applica-
tion to the person who provides
his meals, who will submit it to
the local board for food certifi-
cates within fifteen days after
the furlough ends.
Tax Rate
The Bryson school board voted
to reduce the tax rate for school
purposes twenty percent, setting
the rate at Eighty Cents if paid
Cadet? Army Needs You
Young men between the ages of
18 and 26 can volunteer for in-
duction in the Army Air Forces
for training to become pilots,
in time to take advantage of the bombardiers and navigators. They
3% dicount for October payment.
This reduction was made possible
by several contributing factors.
Tax payments were unusually
good during the past year; twen- needed.
will become part of a combat
team that will take the war to the
enemy. Good health and good
mentality are about all that are
ty-two thousand of the twenty-
nine thousand dollars in outstand-
ing bonds were redeemed during
the past ten months; and operat-
ing expenses were cut more than
six thousand dollars compared to>
previous years.
Women Must Work—By De-
cember, 1943, one-third of the fe-
male population of working age
—17.4 "million women will be re-
lit appreciation for the teach-
ers contribution toward the econ-
omy program, the school board
voted another increase in salary
to take effect Sept. 1st. The max-
imum salary for the class-room
teacher lias been raised from
$967.50 to $1200.00 during the r„ , „
twelve months, for which I ^,.1 ot
Training includes a five month
preparatory course which includes
English, geography, modern his-
tory, mathematics and physics. At
completion of this course, train-
ing as bombardier, pilot or navi-
gator is begun.
Contact Army Recruiting Of-
fice, court house, Graham, Texas.
Old Age Assistance
Revival In Progress at Church of
Christ
The
revival services at the
past twelve months, for which I Christ began Sunday
the teachers express their thanks and will continue through Wednes-
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to the
board.
tax-pav\ers and the school
Buy New Texas Almanac
day of next week.
Robert C. Jones, minister, will
preach on “Faith,” Friday night
of this week; on “Works,” Sat-
urday night; Ollie Duffield, pas
Great economic and social tor, will speak at the Sunday morn-
changes are revealed in data pre-jing and evening services—at the
quired for the civilian labor force sented by the 1943-1944 edition of .evening service, on “God’s Right-
and the armed forces, said WMC
Chairman Paid V. McNutt. At
least 2 million women must be
added to the labor force in 1943.
Stocking Reguations. — OPA’s
new regulation setting definite
maximum prices on rayon stock-
ings is based upon construction,
which in turn govern quality. All
full-fashioned rayon hosiery sold
at retail must be marked with the
ceiling price and the gauge or
the Texas Almanac. Approxi- j eousness. ” On Monday night Mr.
mately 400,000 rural Texans have Jones will speak on “The One
shifted to urban residence and vo-jBody”; Tuesday night on “Sal-
cation since the census of 1940. |Vation from Sin”; Wednesday
For the first time in the history night, “The New Name.”
of the state, the majority of pop-| You are cordially invited to
ulation is now urban, according come to these services,
to information in the new volume.
Mineral production has also
been greatly stimulated. Last
official figure on value of all min-
Masonic Order Elects Officers
Last Monday night Fort Rich-
needle point. Gauge and needle,
count govern wearability, not | any °ther state,
sheerness. First quality, full-
fashioned rayon hosiery prices
now range from 71 cents to $1.31.
Hosiery with special features such
as “non-run,” or mesh, rpinforc-
heel, sole and welt, etc., are now
price from 98 cents to $1.67. Ir-
regulars, secondb and thirds are minerals produced in Texas, and
erals produced was $954,211,150 ardson Masonic Lodge No. 320 A.
in 1941, placing Texas far ahead p. & a. M. held the regular meet-
ing at which time officers for the
While petroleum, natural gas coming year were elected as fol-
and natural gasoline counted for lows: J. C. Massengale, Worship-
most of the production, Texas ful Master; B. Y. Peacock, Senior
would rank high among the states Warden; H. W. Whitsitt, Junior
without the oil group. During Warden; H. H. Stewart, Secreta-
the last two years, there has been ry; J. L. Sipes, Treasurer; J. L.
rapid increase in the number of Duerson, Tiler. The other offi-
Under the new provision, no
balances can be brought forward
and no more than $1,900,5000
state money can be spent in any
one month for Old Age Assist-
ance payments and services.
Since authorized grants already
exceed this amount, this will
force the department to discon-
tinue payment of checks in dol-
lars only. For the first time in
the history of the program, checks
will be made out in odd cents so
that accounting practices will not
cause the leaving of any balance
in the fund which will be lost if
not paid out. The law provides
that all funds shall be prorated if
funds are not sufficient to pay
grants in full.
Jacksboro H. D. Club
Court House, Jacksboro.
Public Welfare,
Soil Conservation Saves Stillwater
From Flood
Stillwater
will be greatly surprised when
they learn how their town was
threatened with a disastrous flood
that didn’t happen because of
conservation work on the SCS
land utilization project, the dem-
onstration project, and because of
the reserve water storage capac-
ity of Lake Carl Blackwell com-
pleted on the land utilization
project in 1938.
Between May 7 and May 20,
during which period 12.03 inches
of rain fall, the lake surface rose
8 feet.—Graham Conservation Of-
fice.
to have School
The Jacksboro H. D. Club met
June 2, on the home of Mrs. II. L.
Greene. Roll call was answered
with what each one reads first in
the daily news. A book review
Red Cross to Sponsor
Home Nursing Course
Come to Home Nursing Class
Everyone is most cordially in-
vited to make plans, now, to at-
tend the free Home Nursing elass-
was given by Mrs. G. S. Morgan, j eS- ^^e.y w‘^ *‘^'1 in the home
Mrs. Greene had the club to in- ec?n0,mie8 department of the high
spect her home which she had P“-1 ^ '(,10 as * iere Dirnish-
pered and re-decorated as a home
Sev-
el things as near like home use as
possible. Text book is 60e, and
can be paid for when arrive.
Jacksboro—Monday, June 21, and]
Thursday, June 24, night classes^
7:30 to 9:30.
Tuesday, June 22, and Frida}
June 25, day classes, 9:30 to
11:30 a. m.
Bryson—Tuesday, June 22, and|
attend* a"nd"take "the iFri.^^’ Ju'ieL25’ uftera0011 classi
es 3.00 to 5:00.
project.
Refreshments were served,
eral visitors were present.
The next meeting will be in the
assembly room at 2 o’clock June
16, with a “Save and Share”
school to train club members in
food conservation. Representa-
tives from surrounding neighbor
hoods will
work back to their
groups. This will be the sixth of J
e^FxtlTof Antelope—Wednesday, June 2<j
a series of joint training meetings
held in the county on the preser-
vation work.
All home makers desiring in-
residents probably J formation on canning, drying,
krauting and other preservation
are urged to take advantage of
the help given at the meeting
nearest them.
N. F. Smith attended the funer-
al of his grandmother, age 102
years, at Stephenville, Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Enlow and chil-
dren of Fort Worth have been vis-
iting Mrs. Abe Kuykendall.
1943 Performance School
cheaper. First quality circular in 1942 there was commercial out-
knit rayon hosiery prices range put of more than sixty different
from 28 cents to 64 cents. Hosiery kinds. -
cers will
date.
be appointed at a later
with special features is priced
from 36 cents to 66 cents and ir-
regulars, seconds and thirds are
cheaper.
-Any
uni-
No Certification Needed
retailer may sell off
forms to members of the armed
forces and Army and Navy nurses
without certification from the
armed services, under an amend-
ment to WPB Regulations. The
only restriction now in effect on
retail sales of officers’ uniforms
is the requirement that retailers
must keep records showing the
name, rank, service and serial
number, if any, of the officer or
nurse to wrom a uniform is sold.
Officers
later date.
will be installed at a
The new Texas Almanac lists
twenty-two major Army camps,
in addition to which there are S.O. Callahan,HI, in North Africa
more than fifty Army
Funeral For 101-Year-Old Woman
aviation
fields. At San Antonio and Cor-
pus Christi, the Army and Navy
have, respectively, their greatest
air training centers.
The new Texas Almanac is es-
sentially the all-round reference
book that it has been, ranging
Word has been received here
that Lt. S. 0. Callahan,III, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Callahan, Jr.,
of Amarillo, was in the battle of
Tunisia.
Lt. Callahan is a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Atkinson and
through the whole field of Texas’L{ 'he late Mr and Mrs. g a Cal.
msrr»rir»nI Ann ppnnmmr* nnJi i ~ .
historical, civic and economic da-
ta. The date of the battle of the
Alamo, the cotton production of
Jones County, the name
State Comptroller, the number of
deer killed in Texas in 1942 and
thousands of other classes of in-
formation in as widely diversified
fields can be found on its pages.
The Texas Almanac is a bienni-
al publication, and the new vol-
ume is for the two years, 1943
and 1944. It is bound in paper
lahan, of this city. He was born
in Jacksboro and lived here a few
10fu ',r years before the family moved to
ot the Amarillo. He is a graduate of the
Texas A. & M. College.
Vacation Bible School to Have
Picnic
The Vacation Church School at
the First Baptist Church has got a
good start with an enrollment the
Mineral Wells, June 8.—Funer-
al services were held Sunday for
Mrs. M. A. Howeth of Stephen-
vdle, 101, a resident of this areajat 60c on newsstands, 75c by mail; first‘three"days oTbetween 85 and
before Mineral Wells was found- als0 in cloth at $1 on newsstands Vnh ti!!
ed- and $1.15 by mail. Order from
the Dallas Morning News, Dallas,
Texas,
Among surviving relatives are
two in Jack County, Mrs. Ellen
Smith of Antelope, and N. F.
Dick Smith of Jacksboro.
U.
S. Marine Corps Women’s
Reserve—Texas Unit
The month of June has been
proclaimed by Governor Coke
Stevenson of Texas its “Free A
Marine To Fight” month in co-
operation with a state-wide re-
cruiting drive now under way by
the U. S. Marine Corps Women’s
Reserve, age 20-36.
One hundred women from Tex-
as are wanted to form an entire
unit that will be known as the
Tatar RanThe
group will be sworn into the Ma-
Corps Women’s Reserve in a
t ceremony m umius ana la-
ter will be trained together.
27% of all men. now servinng
as Leathernecks are Texans.
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Join the WAACS
100. The enrollment w-ill go be-
yond one hundred, which is all
we were expecting this year. The
boys and girls are enjoying a
pleasant, profitable time.
The school will run through
next week, closing with a picnic
for the ones who have attended
A. R. Bilberry.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Herring "of
San Antonio visited relatives and
friends here this week.
There is nothing better for a
patriotic woman to do than join
the Women's Army Auxiliary tiie school.
Corps. The Army urgently needs
capable women, 21-44, for the
WAAC, and needs them in a hur-
ry. The Army hopes to add 90,(XX)
new recruits to the WAAC by Ju-
ly 1, to bring the Corps to its full
authorized strength of 150,000,
and the Army has jobs for even
more women than that. The Air
Forces a one have asked for thous-
ands of WAACS, for all sorts of
vitally important jobs..
Applicant must nave no chit-! They must be stopped immediate-
dren under .14 and no financial ]y un]e88 renewed, in order to con-
denendAirlfl miiot in <*,\nA
health and must have had
least two years of high school.
Notice To Subscribers
Many Gazette subscriptions are
expiring at this time of the year.
I Watch the dfite on your naner
To all who are interested in
helping check compliance: We will
hold two days school with exam-
inations the last half day for
those who wish to take it.
We will hold our annual school
June 15th and 16th, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The school will open
at 9:00 o’clock each morning and
will be held in the court house.
W. E. Yowell, Sec’y,
Jack County ACA.
Colored Pioneer Methodist Church
To Have Memorial Program
The Colored Pioneer Methodist
Church will conduct a memorial
service, Sunday morning at-ll:00
o’clock, June 13th.
The Methodist Church was the
first Colored Church in Jacksboro.
It was given by the white pioneer
citizens. Aunt Susan Phillips is
the oldest charter member of the
church. She still lives and
101 years old on April 28th.
was
You are cordially invited to at-
tend this service.
Rev. Mrs. Vida Porter,
Pastor. I
Rev. W. J. Johnson,
Presiding Elder.
Peanut Pickers For Sale
The AAA Office will be advis-
ed in a short time as to the loca-
tion of agents who will handle
peanut pickers.
Peanut pickers may be bought
on deferred payment plan this
year with a payment of $200.00
down and a balance in payments
at 5% interest'due December 1st,
1943, and October 1st, 1944.
Another deferred payment
plan is with less down payment
with monthly payments through
1943-1944 peanut harvesting sea-
County Gets Big Rain
The rain the last week-end was
county-wide, and started falling
Friday night, continuing
late
most of Saturday, amounting to
2.04 inches. Sunday there was .8
of an inch makinga total of 2.12
for the past week-end.
H. W. Rogers
H. W. Rogers died May 26,
1943. He was born March 5, 1877.
When a small boy he came
with his parents from Arkansas
to Texas, and they settled at Chi-
co, Wise County. He met and
married Mrs. Margaret Caroline
Guinn, Oct. 18, 1899. To them
were born five sons and four
daughters, all of whom are living,
namely: Mrs. Lizzie Good, Olney;
Andie Rogers, Davis, Okla.; Ray
mond Rogers, Jean; Ebert Rogers,
Jacksboro; Henry Rogers, Arch-
er City, Mrs. Cleo Tate, Lubbock;
Robert Rogers, San Diego, Calif.;
Mrs. Elva Graham, Dallas; Mabele
Lee Rogers, Jean.
afternoon class, 1:00 to 5:00.
Perrin—Thursday, June 24, 1 :i
to 5:00 p. m.
Classes must be 4 hours per
week.
You will want to learn the lat-.
est and easiest methods of keep-j
ing your home physically well.
Red Cross Nutrition Class
Come to the Nutrition School^
Jacksboro High School home ec«
nomics department, June 8, 9,
15, 16, 17. It will be two-
each day, 3-5 p. m. This tv^f
hour course entitles you to a *
Cross Nutrition Cei ti cate.
A play room, well supervised!
will take care of the children
the mothers.
Text books for the course
be the small charge of 35c..
Boone will teach Foods
Vital For The Future.
As there ’-ill -K ir
shortage, this is a very impor
course.
Mrs. G.
Jolinsoi
Pressure Cookers
Manufacturers report shows
that approximately 31,000 of the
150,000 pressure cookers have
been distributed to ^retailers.
The following ceiling prices are
quoted for each type of cookers:
National Pressure Co...........$13.90
Mrs. George Wood
passed away at the ho ml
daughter, Mrs. Robert Cl
Terrell, last Wednesday.
Funeral services were
the First Baptist Church,
Thursday, with Rev. Huff
conducting the service. Inf
was in the Perrin cemetery by
side of her husband who pre
ed her in death, Dec. 25,
Grandsons were pallbearer^
Mrs. Ennna Dora Abrams
son was born in Mississippi,
22, 1868. The family came
Texas and to Kaufman Count
when she was two years of age, lo
eating at Tona where they rttj
mained until 1902, then moving
to Terrell where they lived until
Wisconsin Aluminum Co.....$14.90 ;
Burpee Can Sealer Co........„$15.90|1918 when .they moved to Pem:
Counties in western part of' About eighteen months agi
State are permitted to make ad-!Mrs Johnson went back to Ter-
ditional charges.
Jack County
USDA War Board.
June 7, 1943.
Truly,
Perrin H. D. Club
The Perrin H. D. Club met Fri-
day, June 4, at 3 p. m., with Mrs.
Sidney Johnston, who is Victory
demonstrator. Rolleall was an-
rell to make her home,
pioneer, she had seen
changes throughout the South!
west. She had been a member o|
the Baptist Church for more thail
half a century.
Survivors include two daugh-j
ters: Mrs. Hubert Carlisle, Ter-1
rell; Mrs. Dock Rose, Rule; two]
sons: W. W. Johnson, Lcvelland j
Louis E. Johnson, Beaumont |
swered with “My sewing prob-^'Stht grandchildren; one sisterj
lems,” and ways to correct them i Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Tahoka; one
were given by members. Some | brother, George W. Abrams, Law-"
of the articles made of sacks were
shown, including pillowcases,
lunch cloths, sheets, dresses,
smocks, shoebags and bonnets.
Plans were discussed for a
home nursing course which will
begin June 21. sponsored by the
Red Cress. All are urged to at-
tend. It will be held at the school
building.
The “Save and Share” school
will be an all day meeting at the
home of Mrs. Les Brown, on the
regular meetingdate, June 18. The
scheduled program will be in-
cluded in this meeting. All non-
members are cordially invited to
son. Payable on a per ton basis. .. , ... . . , .
Every peanut grower should i attend> IIm g* interest of
ton, Okla.
Telegram
John Bunvnn Brandenburg
Report, just received throng
International Red Cross sta
vour son Private J. B. Branden-
burg, Jr., is a prisoner of war of
the Japanese Government. Lett
of information follows from Pro]
ost Marsha] General.
The Adjutant Gene
Donate Old Silk Ho
tiiaflihero is plenty of har- food preservation in war time.
vf.tinK_».chta,,T i» hi,
We want an
amount of old
iery. So
Call at the Recruiting Office,
Graham, Texas.
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