Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, November 16, 1987 Page: 2 of 10
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MEMBER 1987
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
JACKSBORO GAZETTE-NEWS
Jacksboro, Texas 76056
Pub. No. 271720
Rated AA by Community Research Bureau. Published weekly and
entered as second class matter. Postage paid at the Post Office at
Jacksboro, Texas 76056, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Jacksboro Gazette, established at Springdale in 1880as Rural
Citizen, moved to Jacksboro and changed to Jacksboro Gazette in
1889 and combined with Jacksboro News, established 1895, were
consolidated in 1919. Oldest business institution in Jack County.
Classified advertising rates: 21c per word first insertion, 19c per
word each consecutive insertion thereafter. Classified paid in
advance, 19c per word insertion.
Leigh McGee, Editor and Publisher
Office Phone (817)567-2616, Residence (817)567-3338.
Subscription Rates: in Jack and adjoining counties S6.00 per year,
elsewhere in Texas 58.00 per year. Out of State 510.00 per year.
College Students (9 months) 55.00, Armed Forces, 55.00 per year.
Published Each Monday by
Leigh McGee
124 West Archer, Jacksboro, Texas 76056
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Randy Perritt
Funeral services for Randy
Perritt, 30, were conducted at Granbury and Jackie Coucl
2:00 p.m. Monday November 16 and Montie Hatfield of Mineral
in the First Baptist Church with ^ye]]g. two stepsons, Micjkie
daughter, Terry Warner of Azfe;
four stepdaughters, Martha
Hunt and Marilyne Meek of
aronhnrv nnd Jackie CoucH
JACKIE WORTHINGTON
Jackie Worthington Won Honors,
McClure Re-elected to SWCS Board Promoted Sport of Womens' Rodeo
MnPlnro nf MfClurp is an FJdpr in t.hft First,
Charles McClure
Jacksboro was recently re-
elected to the Jack Soil and
Water Conservation Board of
Directors October 5, 1987.
McClure represents Zone 3 of
the district.
The purpose of the Jack
SWCD, with headquarters in
Jacksboro, is to promote sound
soil and water conservation
programs on farm and ranch
lands within the district and.to
serve as a voice for farmers and
ranchers on conservation mat-
ters and other issues affecting
property rights of landowners.
The board of directors coordi-
nates the conservation efforts of
various local, state and federal
agencies and other organiza-
tions and has authority to enter
into working agreements with
these govermental agencies and
private concerns to carry out its
purpose.
As one of five individuals
serving on the district board of
directors, Mr. McClure will be
responsible for district policies
and procedures for carrying out
the district program within the
framework of the Texas soil
conservation district law.
In other areas of leadership,
McClure is an Elder in the First
Presbyterian Church, Director
of Oakwood Cemetery Associa-
tion, and a Director in the
Jacksboro National Bank.
In Texas there are 206 soil
and water conservation dis-
tricts. Each is a legal subdivi-
sion of state government organ-
ized by local agricultural land-
owners with the assistance of
the Texas State Soil and Water
Conservation Board. Unlike
most other legal subdivisions of
state government, SWCD's do
not have the powers of taxation
or eminent domain. All conser-
vation programs managed by
the districts are of a voluntary
nature to the landowner or op-
erator.
Jacksboro rancher Jackie
Worthington died September 26
of this year, only a few days after
she was inducted into the
Jacksboro High School Hall of
Fame during the pre-game ac-
tivities at the school's annual
Homecoming.
When she retired from the
rodeo circuit, at 32 years of age,
she turned her attention to the
operation of her father's
Clearfork Ranch, carrying on
alone after his death in 1971.
This honor was the final, but
far from the only, recognition
JCH Auxiliary to
Host Bake Sale
The Jack County Hospital
Auxiliary will host a bake sale
beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday,
November 24 in the Hospitality
Room at the First National
Bank in Jacksboro.
Proceeds from this sale will go
to the hospital.
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Monday, Chalupas
$3.95
Wednesday, Tacos
$3.95
Tuesday,
Fried Popcorn Shrimp
$4.95
Thursday,
Fresh Water
Catfish Fillets
$4.95
Including Tea or Coffee
Open 7 Days A Week
Monday-Friday 11 am-10 pm
Sunday 11 am-3 pm
acquired during the life of this
amazing woman who grew up
and lived on the family ranch
north of Jacksboro.
After graduating from J. H. S.
in 1942, Jackie Worthington
attended Texas State College
for Women in Denton before
embarking on a stellar career as
a prize winning rodeo per-
former.
Between the years of 1949
and 1954 she won the Girls'
Rodeo Association All Around
World Championship six times;
took 4 World Bull Riding Cham*
pionships; 4 Cutting Horse;
World Championships; 2 Bare-
back Bronc World Champion-
ships and 1 Ribbon Roper World
Championship.
All told, the diminutive Jack
County Cowgirl won 17 individ-
ual world titles before dropping
out of rodeo competition to help
her father operate the family
ranch.
She helped organize the Girls'
Rodeo Association (later re-
named the Woman’s Profes-
sional Rodeo Association) in
1948, toured the country for sev-
eral years promoting this or-
ganization, and served as its
president for two years (1954 -
'55).
Sidesaddle, the publication of
the National Cowgirl Hall of
Fame, called her involvement
with the founding of the Girls'
Rodeo Association "legendary."
Jackie Worthington was one
of the first to be inducted into
the National Cowgirl Hall of
Fame and Western Heritage
Center in 1975, the year the
Hall of Fame was founded. Her
portrait, painted by Shirley
Crystal, was unveiled at the
Hall of Fame in August 1987.
Her picture was al so featured on
the cover of Sidesaddle maga-
zine in 1987.
It was there she died, bring-
ing to an end the extraordinary
career of a Jack County woman
who gained worldwide fame and
high honors for her contribution
to the sport - - and the way of life
- - she loved.
Women's Volleyball
Tournament Scheduled
A women's volleyball tourna-
ment is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 21 at the
Armory.
the pastor, Rev. Albert
Warnken, officiating. Burial,
under the direction of Maddox-
Marrier Funeral Home, was in
Mountain Home Cemetery.
Born July 1, 1957 in
Jacksboro, Perritt was active in
the oil and gas business. He was
a member of the First Baptist
Church of Jacksboro. He was
never married.
A1975 graduate of Jacksboro
High School, he was a member
of the 1974-75 All District foot-
ball team and was awarded
several athletic scholarships.
Randy Perritt developed an
interest in antiques and was an
avid collector. He died Saturday
November 14,1987.
Survivors include his parents
Buster and Faye Perritt of
Jacksboro; one brother, Ricky
Perritt and one sister, Vivian
Jenkins, both of Jacksboro; one
niece, Pamela Jenkins, and his
grandmother, Marie Dunlap,
both also of Jacksboro.
Harold Horton, Rayland
Jackson, Keith Jackson, C. E.
Clark, James Shoun, Jimmy
Perritt, Glenn Perritt, and Ron
Oliver served as pallbearers.
J. B. Brandenburg
Graveside funeral services
for J. B. "Sonny" Brandenburg,
68, of Mineral Wells were con-
ducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday
November 12 in Oakwood
Cemetery under the direction of
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Funeral Home of Mineral Wells.
Bom in Jack County, Bran-
denburg was a World War II
Army Veteran. He had lived in
Mineral Wells since thel950s.
He was a Methodist and a
member of Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 2399 of Mineral
Wells. He died Wednesday
November 11,1987 in a Mineral
Wells hospital.
Survivors include his wife,
Lillie Brandenburg of Azle; one
Meek and Curtis Meek of Min-
eral Wells; two grandsons; five
stepgrandchildren; one step
great-grandchild; two brothers,
John Brandenburg and Reno
Brandenburg of Jacksboro; and
one sister, Sadie Cayce, also of
Jacksboro.
LOYD GRIFFITTS
Funeral services for Loyd
Griffitts, 86, are scheduled for
10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November
17 in the Hampton Vaughn
Funeral Home Chapel in Wic-
hita Falls. Burial will be in
Graceland Cemetery at Jer-
myn.
Griffitts was born December
7,1901 at Willow Point. He was
raised at Jermyn and graduated
from high school there. He lived
at 4600 Taft Street in Wichita
Falls and was retired from the
Postal Service after 43 years
service. He was a Baptist and
was active in the Texas Pecan
Growers Association. He died
Sunday November 14,1987 in a
Wichita Falls hospital.
Survivors include his wife,
Fannie, of Wichita Falls; one
daughter, Gwendolyn Woodard;
one son, Keith Griffitts; 4 grand-
children; 5 greatgrandchildren;
a sister, Ruby Galloway; and
two brothers, C.O. Griffittts and
Gordon Griffitts.
Texas Savings Bonds Sales
Up $5.5 Million in August
United States Savings Bonds
sales in Texas for the period
October 1986 through August
1987 amounted to
$343,282,292, an increase of
$5.5 million or almost two per-
cent over the same period a year
ago, T. J. Morrow, District Di-
rector for the U.S. Savings
Bonds Division in Texas, an-
nounced today. These sales rep-
resent 88.5 percent of the state's
1987 assigned dollar goal of
$388 million.
Sales of Series EE Bonds
amount to $13,812.00 during
August 1987 in Jack County,
Leigh McGee Volunteer County
Chairman, said. The October
1986 - August 1987 total for the
County was $97,581.00, which
represents 114.8% of the
County's 1987 assigned dollar
goal.
Nationally, sales of Series EE
Bonds in August totaled $461
million and brought total sales
of U. S. Savings Bonds to $9.84
billion for fiscal year 1987, an
increase of 37% over the same
period a year ago. The amount
outstanding in U. S. Savings
Bonds as of August 31,1987 was
$97.99 billion, up 14% over
August last year.
For E, EE Bonds held for five
years or longer, the average rate
for the 5-year period, ending
October 31,1987 is 8.75 percent.
All Series EE Bonds purchased
on or after November 1, 1982 -
and held at least five years- will
earn 85 percent of the average
market yield on Treasury mar-
ketable securities. Bonds held
less than five years earn inter-
est on a fixed, graduated scale.
It's out of this world—a nebula,
that is. These masses of glowing
gas, millions of miles across, are vis-
ible from 900,000 light years away.
Each is as large as an entire galaxy
like our own.
Facts Of Law
By Patrick A. Myers
CONSTITUTIONALITY
Determining the constitutionality
of a state statute is a highly compli-
cated procedure. For example, a
state statute may bo unconstitu-
tional if the authority to enact the
law in question.!* given exclusively
to the federal government by the
United States Constitutldn. A state
law may AUo be struck down as
being contradictory to the
Constitution.
A state constitution may also con-
tain a prohibition against the en-
actment of certain laws, which
again would make them unconsti-
tutional if they were to be enacted.
...
It is a basic principle of law that all
efforts to find a statute constitu-
tional mustbe exhausted before the
law can be found unconstitutional.
...
"The makers of our
Constitution...conferred, as against
the Government, the right to be let
alone—the most comprehensive of
rights and the right most valued by
civilized men."
-Justice Louis D. Brandcis
Justice of United States Supreme
Court
Brought to you as a public service
by
Patrick A. Myers
124 S. Main Street
Jacksboro, Texas 76066
817-567-6303
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Take With Water
Water is the most common substance occuring in the body. It
is there to provide a number of important functions which are
necessary to our survival. Water is also an important part of the
environment outside our bodies. Because of the general abun-
dance of water in most communities, we often forget about its
importance. When it comes to medications, water is critical in at
least* three areas*
Disintegrates Medications: Solid doses (e.g., tablets and
capsules) must be broken down in the stomach if they are to be
properly absorbed into the blood stream. Water promotes the
disintegration and absorption of these medicines.
Dilutes Medicines: Water is the large solvent in which various
chemicals in the body, including drugs, are dissolved. Water
helps keep drugs from irritating the lining of the stomach. It also
prevents the more potent drugs from becoming unduly concen-
trated in the body. Drinking adequate amounts of water is
essential if this diluting function is to be maintained.
Works with Medicines: Certain drugs, such as the sul-
fonamides, bulk forming laxatives, ana urinary tract anti-
bacterial agents need water in order to work effienlly.
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