Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1970 Page: 4 of 8
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Jacksboro (Tex) Guette-News Page 4 Thursday, August 20, 1970
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Lite an Artist...
Story and pictures by JOHN IRA OWEN
■you doirt lave to Sit up
and leg for it
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Jacksboro Tiger Purple & White
PONCHO
All the girls will want one of these!
Purple
KNEESOCKS
to complete your school ensemble!
Leather Fringed
VESTS & BAGS
The latest thing!
Norma’s fk
Six years ago, Lee Chas-
tain, recovering from aback
operation, racationed in Neva-
da. Browsing in a rock shop,
he saw a table Jop, a con-
glomerate with many diffe-
rent types of rock imbedded
In plastic and bearing a $175
price tag. Lee decided he one
day would be able to make
table tops better and cheap-
er than the one he saw.
On returning home, he pur-
chased saws and began col-
lecting rocks. At first, he
made only small items, rings,
necklaces, bracelets and key
chains, to prepare him for
the bigger Job of • creating
a table top.
Lee’s hobby has now taken
over the Chastain household,
about eight miles west of
Jacksboro, and shows no signs
of letting up. Cans, buckets,
milk cartons and anything that
will serve as a receptacle
line the sidewalk, filled with
everything from petrified
dinosaur cud to Brazilian
agates.
In Ms workshop are more
rocks in cigar boxes, small
cans, plastic cases and bot-
tles. They are everywhere,
in shelves and under tables.
Along the walls are hung var-
ious examples of table tops,
several necklaces, literature
on rocks, technical equipment
and charts. Lee’s prize spec-
imens, mostly Arizona fire
agaiesL have been glued lov-
ingly to styrofoam and placed
in a clear plastic case for
easy display. Turquoise, pe-
trified wood, dinosaur bone,
knuckle and gizzard, Mexican
fire opals, horn coral and
Apache tears also are included
in Ms menagerie of rocks.
The weigM is slowly pulling
the room from the main house;
cracking and splitting plaster
provides evidence.
Most of Lee’s rocks are
from Arizona and Nevada, ei-
ther bought or found in the
prospecting fields, but he re-
ceived a small block of jade
as the result of a trade. In
Nevada, a couple noticed two
of Lee’s brightly-colored,
dog-shaped, rock ash trays.
“I didn’t want to sell and
they didn’t want to buy, but
since they were rock hounds
too, they offered to trade.
When they got back to their
home in Alaska, they sent
me the jade and I sent them
the ash trays.”
Jade is fairly expensive,
so Lee believes he received
the better end of the deal.
Lee’s work is not for sale.
”1 haven’t made rings for
all my relativesyet,”hesays.
Because of Ms operation and
advancing age, he can work
only one hour per day.
"I just do it to pass the
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Nl'MHEK ONK ON THK BALLOT (HJK.'iO)
(■eneral Election Non . 1070
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Subsections
(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11),
(12), and (13), Section 1-a,
Article V, Constitution of the
State of Texas, be amended to
read as follows:
“(5), The Commission may
hold, its meetings, hearings
and other, proceedings at such
tfmes and places as it shall de-
termine but shall meet at Aus-
tin at lehst once each year. It
shall annually' select one of its
members as Chairman. A quo-
rum shall consist of five (5)
members. Proceedings shall be
by majority, vote of those pres-
ent, except that recommenda-
tions for retirement,' censure,
or removal of any person hold-
ing an office named in Para-
graph A of Subsection (6) of
this Section shall be by af-
firmative vote of at least five
(5) members.
‘‘(6) A. Any Justice or
Judge of the Appellate
Courts and District and Crimi-
nal District Courts, any Coun-
ty Judge, and any Judge of h
County Court at Law, a Court
of Domestic Relations, a Ju-
venile Court, a Probate Court,
or a Corporation or Municipal
Court, and any Justice of the
Peace, and any Judge or pre-
siding officer of any special
court created by the Legisla-
ture as provided in Section 1,
Article V, of this Constitution,
may, subject to the other pro-
visions hereof, be removed
from office for willful or per-
sistent conduct, -Which is clear-
ly inconsistent -with the proper
performance of his said duties
or casts public discredit upon
the judiciary or administration
of justice; or any person hold-
ing such office may be cen-
sured, in lieu of removal from
office, under procedures pro-
vided for by the Legislature.
“B. Any person holding an
office named in Paragraph A
of this subsection who is eligi-
ble for retirement benefits un-
der the laws of this state pro-
viding for judicial retirement
may be involuntarily retired,
and any person holding an of-
fice named in that paragraph
who is not eligible for retire-
ment benefit^ under such
laws may be removed trom of-
fice. foridisability seriously in-
terfering with the perform-
ance of his duties,' which is, or
is likely to become, permanent
in nature.
“(7) The Commission shall
keep itself informed as fully
as may be of circumstances
relating to the misconduct or
disability of particular persons
holding an office named, in
Paragraph A of Subsection
(6) of this Section, receive
complaints or reports, formal
or informal, from any source
in this behalf and make such
preliminary investigations as
it may determine. Its orders
for the attendance or testi-
mony of witnesses or for the
production of documents at
any hearing or investigation
shall be enforceable by con-
tempt proceedings in the Dis-
trict Court. •
“(8) After such investiga-
tion as it deems necessary, the
Commission may in its discre-
tion issue a private reprimand,
or if the Commission de-
termines that the situation
merits such action, it may
order a hearing to be held be-
fore it concerning the removal,
or retirempnt of a person
holding an office named in
Paragraph A of Subsection
(6) of this Section, or it may
in its discretion request the
Supreme Court to appoint an
active or retired District
Judge or Justice of a Court
of Civil Appeals as a Master
to hear and take evidence in
any such matter, and to re-
port thereon to the Commis-
sion. If, after hearing, or after
considering the record and re-
port of a Master, the Commis-
sion finds good cause there-
for, it shall issue an order of
public censure or it shall rec-
ommend to the Supreme Court
the removal, or retirement, as
the case may be, of the per-
son in question holding an of-
fice named in Paragraph A of
Subqpction (6) of this Section
and shall thereupon file with
the Clerk of the Supreme
Court the entire record be-
fore the Commission.
“(9) The Supreme Court
shall reyiew the record of the
proceedings on the law and
facts and in its discretion ma;
may,
emit
for good cause shown, pel
the introduction of additional
evidence and shall order pub-
lic censure, retirement or re-
moval, as it finds just and
proper, or wholly reject the
recommendation. Upon an
order for involuntary retire-
ment for disability or an order
for removal, the office in
question shall become vacant.
The rights of an incumbent so
retired to retirement benefits
shall be the same as if his re-
tirement had been voluntary.”
"(11) The Supreme Court
shall by rule provide for the
procedure before the Commis-
sion, Masters and the Su-
preme Court. Such rule shall
afford to any person holding
an office named in Paragraph
A of Subsection (6) of this
Section, against whom a pro-
ceeding is instituted to cause
his retirement or removal, due
process of law for the proce-
dure before the Commission,
Masters and the Supreme
Court in the same manner that
any person whose property
rights are in jeopardy in an
adjudicatory proceeding is en-
titled to due process of law,
regardless of whether or not
the interest of the person
holding an office named in
Paragraph A of Subsection
(6) of this Section in remain-
ing in active status is consid-
ered to be a right or a privi-
lege.-Due process shall include
the right to notice, counsel,
hearing, confrontation of his
accusers, and all such other in-
cidents of due process as are
ordinarily available in pro-
ceedings whether or not mis-
feasance is charged, upon
proof of which a penalty may
be imppsed.
“(12) No person holding an
office named in Paragraph A'
of Subsection (6) of this Sec-
tion shall sit as a member of
the Commission or Supreme
Court in any proceeding in-
volving his own retirement or
removal.
“(13) This Section 1-a is al-
ternative to and cumulative
of, the methods of removal of
persons holding an office
named in Paragraph A of Sub-
section (6) of this Section
provided elsewhere in this
Constitution.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing con-
stitutional amendment shall
be submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of this state
at an election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November,
1970, at which election the bal-
lots shall be printed to pro-
vide for voting for or against
the proposition: “The consti-
tutional amendment relating to
the removal, retirement, or
censure of Justices, Judges,
and Justices of Peace under
prescribed circumstances.”
time, that’s all, but if I could,
I would work all day.”
ye keeps five or six stones
in preparation for rings, each
one made specifically for a
relative or friend. One will
be oblong, another oval and
another round, depending on
the preferences of the re-
cipient.
The intricate work of cutting
and polishing a stone is enough
to discourage most people,
but Lee talks as if it just
came natural to Mm. “I have
to see it before I can make
it though, picture it in my
head. Kind of like an artist,
I guess.”
First, a stone must be
chosen that has the basic,
natural shape that will permit
cutting it to the desired di-
mensions. He admits that a
rock can be shaped to form
anything, but picking a good
stone saves work.
set and presented to a niece
or added to Lee’s collection
if the finished product does
not meet Ms requirements
of Derfection. —
He buys settings through schools again;
the mail, so thestones must There will be a lot of
fit them. Each setting will changes in store tor them,
AUSTIN, Tex.—More than
2.7 million Texas students
soon will be heading back to
hold only a certain size rock.
Lee began making table tops
only a few months after he
first began the hobby. For
Mm, a top takes approximate-
ly six mopths to complete.
”1 didn't realize the amount
>f work that was needed. There
are so many stones to cuL
polish and fit, I have to get
help from my wife.”
Three of Lee’s tops have
won ribbons at rock shows,
but Ms two favorites have
remained on Ms wall. One.
a cut of Texas, surrounded
by stars, on a black back-
although most probably will
fast adjust or barely recog-
nize the differences.
* Teachers will begin work
a little earlier, and classes
in some areas will start ear-
lier.
* School year will stretch
out from 175 classroom days
to 180.
* Teachers will be on duty
10 more days of non-teacMng
work for in-service training
and to help with school open-
ing and closing.
* For 224,500 little ones,
the school experience will be
ground hangs by his bed. The brand new* ^hey we the first
other, a composite of three graders and (30,000) five-
different sizes of stars, also ye*r-olds in a new state-
He then cuts and shapes hangs in the shop supported kindergarten pro-
to more exact specifications, Lee is quick to comment 8™“- „
moving the stone slowly 0n the last one. A dru8 education program
through the saw. Care must «i had all the stones cut 4180 be initiated, seeking
be taken to prevent cMpping perfectly and set in the mold. 40 effective two-way commun-
and cracking, “They’re as when I poured the plakic, Nation between youth and
easy to break as egg shells,” they came apart and started adults. Utilized in the effort
says Lee. He has several floating. I tried to straighten will he modern teclmiques and
stones, completely finished them, and I did, all except teaching methods wMch en-
but cMpped and broken, that the big star in the middle, courage students to express
are not fit to set into rings, it’s way off center.” themselves rather than rely->
“I Just did all that work Because of the hard work in6 on lectures, preaching or
for nothing; when you drop involved in making tops, Lee moralizing. TraiMng of local
one, its gone.” has returned to making most- leaching teams in 1,206 school
Settling down in Ms old ly rings and small pieces, districts is slated to start
rocking chair, pipe by Ms **i just can’t get enough help in September and October,
side, he begins the exacting to make table fops.” * Twenty-two school dis-
work of sanding and polishing Lee enjoys Ms hobby though, tricts in major population and
the cut stone. More time is and has many plans for Ms fieograpMc areas will be pilot
spent here than any other rocks, a ring out of opal, testing three key facets of
stage, the extra fine sand- a necklace out of jade. In the the state’s emerging plan for
paper makes slow progress language of the young, he just special education. These dis-
on the hard surface, “does Ms thing,” paging the tricts will serve as proving
When the rock is polished time and working with Ms ground for efforts in com-
and sized, it is rr-3-- ■ - —*■—*------
By VERN SANFORD
examinations is 7,171, an in-
crease from 1,490 in August.
Texas’ induction quota of 704
is the state’s share of a na-
tional call of 12,000 men,
all for the Army.
PARK DEDICATION—Out-
standing new Lyndon B. John-
son State Park near Stone-
wall, and across Ranch Road 1
from the famed LBJ Ranch,
will be officially dedicated
on August 29 at 2 p.m. —
Former president will at-
tend the festivities wMch in-
clude a reception and luncheon
in Stonewall.
INSPECTION TIME
AGAIN—Another auto inspec-
tion deadline is approacMng poses,
for veMcles with red stick- Sadler noted that 47,000*1,
ers and the large numeral res were purchased by thin
“9.” district from the state in 1956
These cars, warned Col. for $1 an acre. In 1961, Sad-
Wilson E. Speir, director of for said, he refused to approve
the Texas Department of Pub- the district’s application
lie Safety, must be reinspect- to buy additional lands, after
ed before midnight Sept. 30. officials admitted 20,000
Texas now has a 12-month acres of the original purchase
inspection system. Sticker in were considered surplus
the lower left-hand corner acreage not needed for navi-
of each automobile windshield gation purposes. Some of tMs
contains a large numeral land was sold, and has gone
showing the month of in- Into private real estate de-
spection and expiration._velopment.__
m
Speir said cars with red
stickers and a number “10”
must be reinspected before
midnight on the last day of
October, those with an “11”
by the end of November and
those with a “12” by Decem-
ber- 31. Fee remains at $2,
with adjustments or repairs
extra if required.
LAND RECOVERY
SOUGHT—Land Commis-
sioner Jerry Sadler has called
on Atty, Gen. Crawford C.
Martin to take whatever legal
steps are necessary to re-
cover lands of Calhoun Coun-
ty Navigation District not be-
ing used for navigation pur-
Start Your
Set Today!
hands.
prehensive special education,
early childhood programs for
exceptional children and
teaching tailored for children
with language and/or learn-
ing disabilities. if
EAGLE MAY BE OUT-A / f
Railroad Commission exam- [ •}
iner has prepared a report
recommending Missouri Pa-
cific Railway Company be per-
mitted to discontinue its St.
Louis Eagle passenger train.
Finding came after exten-
sive hearings in several
cities. Opponents of shutting
down the train have 30 days
to reply and restate their
case.
Eagle was one of the last
three passenger trains on a
regular run across the state
from Texarkana to Laredo
and back once a day.
MP claimed a revenue loss
and asked permission to cut
Monday. August 24-,-Ham 14 ^raft0'CALL UP -SeD-
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Tuesday, August 25-Meal «•“» from 5®?
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ramzy Loaf creamed Potatoes,But- “ "L3® J* ordeJred
attended the American Asso- tered Spinach. Hot Rolls and for Induction withi a random
ciation of Sheriffs Posse and jeuy^ muv ’ sequence number Mgher than
Col. Charles M. Duncan,
state Selective Service
•s un-
go high-
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on the committee planMng the beque Weiner^Creamed Po- 4be year* Duncan said new
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Ramzys Attend
Playday Finals
Lunchroom Menu
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Riding Clubs National Wednesday, August 26-
Playday Finals at Will Rogers Ham & Pinto Beans, Macaro-
Coliseum, Fort Worth, last ni & Tomatoes, Cole “
week. . Corn Brei ‘
Carl is vice president of Cookies &
District 9 and was active Thursday, August 27—Bar
ito Beans, Macaro- de^ ^Selective Ser
aloes, Cole Slaw, dfSo? E^d ifSars
5Sl Ch”““e ffiS&SBiXK
Were were 694 horses In Soils,’ Plum CobMerNlEj
the grand entry at 8 a.m, Friday, August 28--Slonny helped hold the level on se-
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been saddled up that early ding. M induction physical and mental
after traveling all night.
There were 3500 entrants
in the events, the best in the
nation since all were dis-
trict winners. The banquet
wMch closed the events Sat-
urday Mght was attended by
3200 people.
SPEEDfS
ESSENTIAL!
The sooner your prescrip-
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your doctor's, prescribed
treatment begins. We at
Rexall realize this, so we
make every effort to give
you the prompt, courteous
service you've come to ex-
pect from us...
Your
Pharmacy
Thur. - Fri. - Sat. Aug. 20, 21, 22
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one Group Dacron Double Knits
Values to 5.98 - Now 3*98 Yd.
One Group Fabrics
Values to 1.49 - Now S90 Yd.
One Table jfabrftCS
Values to 3,49 - Now 9®C Yd,
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Customer Parking
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Sewell Building-
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Our Store
City Rexall
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Come in and register all three days for a drawing
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1st - 15.00 in merchandise
2nd - 10.00 in merchandise
3rd- 5.00 in merchandise
you do not need to be present to win.
Remnants 1/3 Original Priea
We have received lots of new fall
fabrics including the famous kettle
cloth.
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