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The Jacksboro Gazette-News
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
SERVING JACK COUNTY SINCE 1880_
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, lkuRSDAY,7uLY 17, 1947
CROSS ROADS OF WEST TEXAS
SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER 7
Local Boy Scouts at
Camp, Worth Ranch
Roddy Gwaitney at
Hall-Encampment
Roddy Gwaitney of Troop
111 is attending Philmont^ Scout
Camp in northeastern New
Mexico. Philmont is the largest
Scout Gamp in the United
States and covers over 200
(square miles. It is quite an
honor for the Jacksboro Troop
to have a representative there
for the first time in its history,
as a Scout must meet definite
requirements to be able to
make the trip which lasts one
month. The Scouts ane very
proud of Roddy, and think they
will have one such Scout to go
Philmont each -year from now
on.
The Weather!
JULY 7 TO JULY 14
Temperature
Monday
maxi.
101
mini.
70
Tuesday 1
94%
66
Wednesday
90
68
Thursday
87
63
Friday
88
79
Saturday
101
64
Sunday
100
72
RECORD BREAKING GROUP
Approximately 43 boys 'of
the Boy Scouts, Troop 111,
Jacksboro, ate attending 'the
Boy Scout Camp, Worth Ranch*
in Palo Pinto County, this
week. The Jacksboro Troop
holds a record for having the
largest number of boys at-
tending for the last two years.
The Scouts of Troop III will
spend the week in taking part
in fishing, boating, swimming,
hiking, Scout handicraft and
nature study periods. Worth
Ranch is the camp for the use
of the Boy Scouts of the Port
Worth Area Council, which is
made up of nine counties. This
camp was started some fifteen !
years .ago a^id has cost over
one * hundred forty thousand
dollars.
Boy Scouts of Jacksboro at-
tending Worth Ranch this
week are: RoV Hensley, Scout
Master; Ed Henry Stewart,
Jacksboro School! District Election
July 23-New Grammar School Bldg. T
Torn J. Boone, pastor of
Don and Ernie Beshear, John!^r^ Baptist Church, Mart.
Rainfall .55 Thursday, July
10. Friday, trace.
Prevailing wind, south.
Messrs, and Mines. J. B.
W. and James Floranee, Wayne
and Buddy Henderson, Homer
VanZandt, Pascal Gwaitney,
Jim Spiller, Ches. Mathis, Gene
Shields, Francis Knight,. Law-
rence Pewitt, Clint Caldwell,
Earl E. Simpson, Weldon
Swann, R. W. Patton, Norman
Pickett, Billy Clayton, Bobby
Ramzy, Pat Myers, Steve Tilgh-
man, Carroll Snyder, Carl Mc-
Donald, Chas. Teague, Clifton
Stedman, Sammy Akins, Jim-
my Bowen, Bert Young, Glenn
Fawks, James Singleton, Billy
Neely, Lawrence Dobson, Mon-
roe Henderson, Joe Ray Can-
Sharp and Cy Perkins are ya-fal) G Ggrtter, Horace
cationmg m Colorado. Patsy ,Moore George Jones
and Ann Perkins are visiting
their grandparents in Fort
Worth. t
Mrs. Audrey Neely and son.
Billy Frank, spoilt ...the holi-
days in the J. N. Connell
LIONS CLUB
The Lions Club held their
regular meeting Wednesday,
home at* Boehito" Okia. Robert! '(ul{ wjthAth* uew P1'6^
Lee Neely who had been'^- Llon J- A' Sevens, pre-
visiting there accompanied wcm°'
them home. T. 0. Lane was introduced
Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Tan- ^ uew member.
Wav and Jackie Tannier of j
Texas City visited the for-! Lion II. C. Teague gave a
mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. s‘101't summary on the Lions In
D. Tanner, on the 4th. Mrs.
Jack Tanner had a brother
to get killed in the recent ex-
plosion at Texas City.
George Pant, Weatherford,
brother of Mrs. J. L. Worth-
ington, is rounding out his 46
j ears of service August 4th, as
president of the First Nation-
al Bank of tha't city. His fath-
er served the bank 54 years. In
the early days the banlj work-
ed continuously day and
Wight for six months during
the cotton season and did
nothing the rest of the year
Marion Woods has befen
viditing her uncle. Marks
Heath, at Dallas. He ancf
family accompanied her home
and visited here and with
relatives at Perrin.
Wade King and family of
Deming, N. M., are here visit-
ing relatives.
It was announced this week
that Wesley Marr of Jaeksbbro
had purchased Frizzell’s Drug
Store from the Frizzell inter-
ests, effective July 1. Marr
assumed management of the
store Wednesday morning, Ju-
ly 9.
Transfer of the property
marks one of the largest busi-
ness deals in Knox City in re-
cent years.
Frizzell’s Drug, probably
the oldest business in Knox
City, was established by the
Ezzell Brothers in January.
1907. On August 1, 1909, T. P.
Frizzell, Sr., purchased the
stock and property from the
Ezzell Brothers. Mr. Frizzell
was owner of the store and ac-
tively engaged in the business
uritil his death February 4 of
this year.
Mr. Marr is not a stranger
in Knox City, having been em-
ployed by Rhe store from 1936
to 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Marr
have purchased the home of
Joe Russell, known as the Har-,
rison house. They have three
ternational Convention which
is to be h’eld in San Francisco,
Calif., late in this mouth. He
and Lion Stevens and their
wives are planning to attend
the convention, leaving here
the 21st. At thi| meeting all
four of them were dressed in
the regular Texan regalia
which they count on wearing
at the convention.
Rev. A. R. Bilberry spoke to
the club on the youth move-
ments of today and citizens of
Jacksboro tomorrow.
Texas, and student at Baylor
University, will do the preach-
ing at the open air revival to
Hart at the First Baptist
Church this Sunday, continu-
ing through the next Sunday.
Rev. Boone was in the U. S.
Navy 1943-46, San Diego,
whtre he assisted the jpastorof
the Highland Avenue Baptist
Church, National City, Calif,,
and Was associational Train-
ing Union director. He served
as promotional secretary of
education at the National Bap-
tist Memorial Church, Wash-
ington, 1). C., 1942-43.
A goal has b^eti set for 360
at Sunday school, and a larger
one for the next Sunday.
More visitors are needed.
Get. your names to visit from
the church office.
■ Sax Adams, music, director
of one of our largest Baptist
Churches, will need plenty of
singers to put over a great
song program. He is a young
man and unmarried and will
appreciate a large intermedi-
ate and young people’s choir.
The juniors and adults must
invite others.
Let’s make this the greatest,
revival we have ever had.
The men are reminded to be
<Jn hand this Friday night to
arrange all the seats.
The Board Of Education of
the Jacksborfi Independent
School District has ordered an
election to be held on July 23,
1947, at the High School build-
ing for the purpose of voting
on $300,000 bounds for the con-
struction of 1 an elementary
school building. The present
school tax for the Jacksboro
Independent School District is
$1.00 on the fine hundred dol-
lar valuation 'and the School
Board does not plan to go be-
yond the present $1.00 tax.
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Miss Lucile' Cooper of Jer-
myn is visiting in south Texas.
Mr. annd Mrs. Frank Reed
spent July 4th at Odessa with
their children. They brought
two of their grandchildren
home with ihem for a few
days visit. *
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Frances Rogers of Lincoln,
Neb., is visaing her aunts,
Mines. Lee Easter and Ira Ed-
mondson, Jacksboro, and Mrs.
M. C. Durham, Jermyn.
Travis Mask has bought the
Lige Moore place on Knox
Istreet and he and family are
now at home there. Mr. Moore
has bought the former Rains
place on Short Street and he
and family have moved there.
Deaths
JOHN WOODWARD DIES
John Woodward died around
10 o’clock/ Thursday morn-
ing, July 17s at his home in
Jacksboro, after an illness oi
some months.] He is survived
b.y Mrs. Westward.
Funeral arrangements
incompete.
THE CITY PARK
Jacksboro Man Catches
agged Fish at PK Lake
SARAH MOSLEY DIES
Just what led to tho estab-
lishment of it and is it worth
while. A good many years ago
when the main travel was all
over the old bridge, aud be-
fore the highway was built, a
group of ladies headed by Mrs
Fayette Wilson as spokesman
approached me, saying they
wished to purchase a smaii
block of land .for park pur-
poses, stating that they want-
ed to have a small place where
the people could have then-
little outings and picnic
lunches as there was no plaee
to go for these things except
out on the side of seme public
road After talking the situa-
tion over and looking for a
suitable site, they decided on
a small block of land that 1
owned on the west side of the
present park. They said this
would answer their purpose.
At that time there was a nice
spring on the west side of the
park running from the south
Bluff to the creek. Some time
afterward some person, I do
not know who was responsi-
ble. decided1 they could im-
prove it, put in a charge of
dynamite and instead of im-
proving it ruined the spring.
Some time afterward, dur-
ing Mr. Douglass’ administra-
tion they had an opportunity
to purchase the Dozier tract
and add it to the original
tract, greatly increasing the
value of the park.
Is it worth while? The
park is shady during all the
day. and any time you can find
a nice shady place, the center
being open, letting the sun in,
.which keeps the driveways in
good condition, Also, there are
'at present some seventy-five or
are eighty nice pecan trees on the
property, some of the very
large trees are doubtless more
than one hundred years old.)
G. L. Franklin, owner and
operator of the Jacksboro Ba-
kery, last Sunday caught a
prize fish No. 149, at Arthur's
Camp, Possum Kingdom Lake.
The fish was caught about 100
yards from where a group of
tagged fish was released.
Mr. Franklin has not learn-
ed what the prize is to be.
SIKES REUNION
Place—Harry Sihjes’ 'camp,
Possum Kingdom Lake.
Time—July 25-26-27,
HOSPITAL NOTES
JUNE 26—JULY 16
Admitted—Mrs. C. B. Har-
din; Jo Ann Morrow; Luther
Mendenhall; Mmes. W. 0. Mc-
Donald; Sarah Mosley; Jack
Hull; C. W. Ladd; G. T. Ad-
ams.
Dismissed—James P. Pol-
lard; A. D. Kinder baby; Rose
Marie Humbert; W. C. Can
trell; Mmes. T. A. Fuller; W
L. Weir; G. T. Norris; Belle
Malone; J. W. Hennington;
Annie Arig; Fred Cox; II. L.
Daggett; Luther Craig; Dick
Williamson; Messrs. Tommy
King; L. B. McMillan; Joe
Fry; E. C. Richards; 0. T.
Skipper; Jennie McDowell;
R. Jones; Mmes. L. M. Heter;
Ruth Lewis; Ray P>. Fry; C. S.
Jackson; Dorothy Shields; Ev-
orine Emmett; Guinn Camp-
sey.
Hollis Allen Award-
ed Bronze Star
Hollis Allen has received a
citation which' reads:
“Captain Ilollis G. Allen,
Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 131st
Field Artillery, on 7 March,
1942, displayed heroism in ac-
tion against, the enemy near
Soerabaja, Java, when a nu-
merically superior enemy force
launched a determined attack
against his position defending
an approach to the city, he
personally directed the fire of
his weapons, inflicting heavy
casualties upon the enemy and
checking the advance. The
courage, determination and
leadership displayed by Cap-
tain Allen in directing the ef-
forts of his troops gained
time for the evacuation of Al-
lied forces from the harbor at
Soerobajia and reflects great
credit upon himself and the
military service.”
JACKSBORO GOLFERS TO
PLAY WEATHERFORD
The Jacksboro and Weath-
erford golfers, having beaten
each other rather decisively on
their home courses, intend to
see who is the better by meet-
ing on neutral grounds. The
deciding match has been sched-
uled for Sunday, July 20th, at
the Mineral Wells Country
Bi rtlis, to Mr. and Mrs.— i Club. All players who can
make the trip {ire asked to
Paul S. Marshall, daughter
Ben B. Moore, son; Ray Fry,
daughter; C. S. Sandy Jack-
son, daughter; Loyd M. Hea-
ter, daughter; Lewis King,
C. W. Ladd. son.
son;
Remember to Vote
sign the
club.
board at the local
Mrs. Sarah Mosley (colored) Utere is also a number oi oth- j WCulKsSw^Y
er nice trees and shrubs, a nice #
Ed. attending the University
of Texas in Austin.-—Knox
Camt* Herald.
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METHODISTS INVITED
TO RETURN VISIT
Several members of (he Min-
eral Wells Methodist Church
accompanied Charles Dennis
to the local chureh when he
preached in the absence of Rev.
Houston. •This included Six-
teen of the young people with
their sponsors. Gordon Dennis
who directed the singing,-asks
that you send your request
hymns, care Station KORC,
Mineral Wells, and he will sing
them at 8 a- m. Monday,
Wednesdaay. and Friday, on
the Hymn Time program, if
the music is available.
They wish to express their
appreciation, for the hospitality
shown them, and extend an
‘.invitation to the church and
friends here to return the vis-
it when their new church is
finished. At present the foun-
dation has been completed
and it will be a most com-
plete plant that the Jacks-
boro people might enjoy see-
ing.
CUNDIFF BAPTIST
Date—August 3-10.
Vacation Bible School 2:30-
4:30 afternoons.
Preaching 8:15 by J. B.
Herndon, pastor.
Will everyone feel a cordial
welcome to be in this school
and the services.
REVIVAL MEETING
Plaee—2nd Advent Chris-
tian Church, on Pump Station-
Barton Chapel road.
Time—July 19-27.
Speaker—Rev. D. W. Foster.
JERMYN BAPTISTS
A revival meeting <s now in
progress, with the pastor, Rev.
Prather, doing the preaching,
at the Jermyn Baptist Church.
The vacation Bible school is
also in session, from 8 to 10:30
a. m.
Come and be with us.
died Wednesday evening, July
16, around 6 o’clock, after a
long illness. She was the wife
of the late George Mosley.
Funeral services will be held
on Sunday.
Bob Clardy of Idabell, Okla.,
visited relatives here over the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Spencer
of /Oklahoma were week-end
visitors in the Randy Spencer
home.
Bill Johnson is visiting his
,sister. Mrs, Hamilton, at Me-
gapel.
E. C. Richards, Jr., was
home Wednesday, from NTSC,
Denton. Guests with him were
his voice teacher, Mary Mc-
Cormick. and R. McConnell,,
Amarillo, and Tommie Hardic,
students.
rock bluff on one side, and
the creek and bluff on the oth-
er.
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The best information 1 have
been able to obtain is, there is
an investment of something
like six thousand dollars in
the property, of which five
thousand dollars of this
amount, the citizens of Jacks-
boro will have to pay com-
mencing in 1953, with the lasr
payment being due in 1962.
Somehow it seems wrong to
me to destroy this investment,
The time has eventually conic
for us to vote to build a new
grammar school. Many of us
oldsters wonder why it could
not. have been 25 years ago
when we were in school or
teaching up there.
Some of the parents who
take an interest in the neat-
ness and attractiveness of the
school rooms have done much
in having necessary improve-
ments made along. We hope
they will spread the word
about the election to the vot-
ers, and really make an effort
LENDING LI3RARY AT
WEST JEWELERS
A lending library has been
installed at the West Jewelers,
east side of (he square, with
Gill of the latest books out. If
t interested In good reading you
are invited to come in and
look over the hooks.
Operated by Raymond R. G.
Sampley.
with the bulk not paid for. We in having a modern and a safer
will have to pay this, whether [building for the children,
we keep the park or flood it. \ Several districts have been
JACKSBORO RED BIRDS TO
PLAY MN’L WELLS WOWS
The Jacksboro Red Birds
soft ball team will play the W.
0. W. team of Mineral Wells
here next Wednesday night.
Wednesday night the Red
daughters. and one son, JixnlJbirds defeated a Minerals club
here 4 to 3—8 innings.
This money to be used by Houston are visiting in the
the Soft Ball Association. Ed Booher home here.
BRYSON BAPTIST
The revival at the Baptist
Church, Bryson, closed Sunday
with about twelve joining the
church by letter and baptism.
Good crowds attended each
night. Rev. A. Lightfoot of
Fort Worth did the preaching;
0. L. Bradford led the singing,
and Mrs. Rit Swetnam. played
the piano with Mrs. Preston
Crum assisting.
Fifty members of ' Rev.
Lightfoot’s chureh attended
the Thursday night service.
Heat Wave On
RECORD HEAT
Thursday (today) 1:50 p. m.
108°.
Wednesday afternoon, July
16, the thermometer went to
107° in Jacksboro. Tuesday
afternoon, 105°. v
Do 'the people of the city,
county, and traveling public
appreciate it? I think so. As
I pass it very oft^n, 1 can
coun't from two to ten or more
cars, and during some family
reunions during the summer I
will see forty or fifty cars.
Sunday I was in the park and
there were some ten or twelve
cars of 'two different family
groups, men, women, and chil-
dren, fixing their picnic lunch-
es. There were three laboring
men lying beside their trucks
in the shade resting.
These things you can see for
yourself, and should'we flood it.
where could we find another
suitable location, as all suita-
added hnd room must be made
for the new pupils. The pop-
ulation of the town has practi-
cally doubled since the present
grammar school was built.
There is not any raise in
taxes, but there is one require-
ment—the qualified voters are
called upon to come vote for
it next Wednesday at the High
school building.
NOTICE TO VETERANS '
1 am taking applications for
enrollment in some new class-
es in Cooperative Agriculture
and Distributive Education
(business training) to begin
July 29. Those who desire to
enroll in one of these classes
should contact me at once on
second floor of court house,
first door north of elevator, on
Monday, Wednesday, or Sat-
urday.
Ernest B. Whitaker,
Coordinator, •
Jack County
Vocational School.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvy E. Ow-
en of Lubbock announce the
birth of a son, Thomas Clinton,
July 3rd.
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Mr. and Mrs. MeAvey and
children and Mrs. Singleton of
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SPEAKING AT COURT
HOUSE TONIGHT
M. G. Miller, secretary,
Chamber of Commerce, amend-
ed the Southwestern Institute
of business executives at Dal-
las. last week.
Tom V. Watsonof the U. S,
Chamber of Commerce is meet-
ing with an informal grouh to-
night. Thursday, July 17, at
8 o’clock, in the county court
room to discuss the preserva-
tion of the American economy
of individul incentive, free-
dom of enterprise and the
menace of the communist in-
filtration of our nation.
Everyone is cordially invit-
ed.
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The lucky angler who snags tagged fish No. 300 in the
$50,000 Possum Kingdom Fish Rodeo can take his pick
of the above three automobiles or the equivalent in cash.
This latest, prize was donated by Camp Operators and the
Possum. Kingdom Game and Pish Association.—(Courte-
sy, Graham Leadsr). i - - :
ble locations for a park, con-
venient and accessible to 'the
city would be flooded.
Let’s keep our park and the
good will of the people who
use it, and not having the peo-
ple of Jacksboro paying for a
park commencing in 1953 that
is flooded with water and no
ALL STARS ENTER
SEMI-FINALS
GRAHAM TOURNAMENT
The local All Stars soft ball
team will play the Graham
team at Graham Friday night
in the semi-finals of the Gra-
ham tournament.
The Ail Stars enter the semi-
finals by downing Ihe Gluey
All Stars last Saturday night
in the tournament to a tune of
18 to 1, in a one-sided game.
THE M. B.. PRUITTS 49TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Sunday, July 13th, Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Pruitt of Jermyn
celebrated their 49th wedding
anniversary with a family re-
union. All of their eleven
children and twenty of their
grandchildren were present.
Lunch was served picnic
style, and in the afternoon ie3
cream and cake were served.
A nice gift was received
from the children.
Those present were: Escle
Pruitt, Kamay and the fami-
lies of Luther Pruitt, Pre-
mont; Ernest Pruitt, Olney;
Mrs. D. T. Gilmore and daugh-
ters, Hobbs, N. M.; George and
Lannei Pruitt, Lowell Crump-
ton, Jermyn; Reece Pruitt,
park to use, an idea that Jacksboro; Henry C-oats, Kn-
would seem to me preposter- may; Noel Clark, Graham;
ous.
Dan R. Sewell.
Euel Damron, Jacksboro.
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