Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
JACK COUNTY'S SHOPPING GUIDE SINCE 1880
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958
CROSSROADS TO WEST TEXAS
NUMBER 5
James R. Dennis
After three weeks of editorial-
izing on the water situation in
Jack County and urging that
local agencies cooperate in any
means possible to further water
conservation, we’re going to step
down off the platform.
We’ve tried to point out the
need and possibilities for sav-
ing waters that drain into Jack
County’s streams. The editorials
attempted to be both educa-
tional and encourage officials
to take further steps.
Editorials however are just
t one person’s or one newspapers
thoughts about a matter. Their
effectiveness depend upon sup-
port of other citizens. If you
have agreed with the editorials
tell your elected officials. And
we urge you to do likewise if
you don’t agree, particularly if
you can suggest a better plan.
And our thanks to those who
have expressed their apprecia-
tion of the articles.
* * *
July 4 holiday will be starting
about the time you read this
issue. It’s going to be a long
holiday weekend for many.
Along with the safety associa-
^ » tion we urge you to drive care-
® fully, use caution when swim-
ming and boating, and try to
avoid home accidents.
Each year the holiday casual-
ty toll almost equals that of a
major battle—hundreds killed,
thousands injured, property
damage measured in millions.
It is hard to imagine an event
being called a celebration when
so many are killed and maimed.
* * *■
Last July 4 Jack County was
ip the midst of its biggest cele-
bration. On Independence Day
the County had a big free bar-
becue at Lake Jacksboro Park,
a water skiing event, beard
judging contest and the first
performance of the Centennial
pageant.
This year July 4 will be mark-
ed in a more leisurely manner.
The Bryson Lions are sponsor-
ing a big dirtner on the ground
at McCloud Lake. They invite
all residents of the county to
pack a big basket lunch and
join the activities. And there
will probably be a political
| speaking.
Jacksboro residents, partic-
ularly local merchants should
cooperate in making the dinner
a big affair.
Locally there are no organized
activities this year* but there
should be many at the swim-
ming pool, skating rink, fishing
or boating at Lake Jacksboro,
and attending movies. And a lot
of us wiU be just loafing in the
shade. Barbecue outfits and ice
cream freezers shoufd get a real
workout this weekend.
* * *
Texas is about to take a sec-
ond row seat in the largest state
contest. By December Alaska
will become eligible to assume
the title of “the largest of the
49” and Texas will surrender
the title it has held for all but
four years since 1848.
While reading one of the daily
newspapers this week we saw a
map that had the state of Texas
superimposed over an outline of
Alaska. We noted that it is.
further from Canada to Alaska’s
west coast than it is from Tex-
arkana to Efr Paso and from
Point Barrow to Alaska's south
coast than it is from the tip
of the Panhandle to Brownsville.
The new champ is really a
"big-un”.
But we’re still the largest of
the 48 adjoining states. There
will still be a lot more Texans
to tell fall tales than there will
be Alaskans but we won’t be
able to “out-sriow” them.
This time of the year we sort
of wish we cobid share boasts
with the Alaskans. They can
boast of having the coldest
weather while we seem to have
the hottest summers. If the tifco
climates could be mixed in July
and August at least we’d be
cooler.
Sealed Bids For Rebuilding 6.9 Miles
Hiway 281 To Be Opened July 16
The Texas, Highway Commis-
sion will open bids July 16 on
construction of 6.9 miles of
Highway 281 in Jack County.
The project calls for rebuilding
and partial relocation of High-
way 281 from the Archer Coun-
ty line south to near Jackson’s
Station (about 19 miles north-
west of Jacksboro).
The project calls for grading,
structures, base and surfacing
the roadway. The bridges along
the route have already been
widened but a number of cul-
verts will have to be lengthened.
The roadway, when completed
in the summer of 1959, will be
26 feet wide and a number of
dangerous curves will be elim-
inated. The new roadway will
go about a mile west of Ante-
lope and the present roadway
through that community will
probably become a farm to
market road. •
Jack County completed pur-
chasing the 140 foot wide right
of way for the seven miles dur-
ing June. Condemnation was
necessary to secure several
tracts. No appeals were made
from awards set by Special
Commissioners. Pet. 4 Commis-
sioner Travis Matlock reports
that most of the fences for the
new roadway have been com-
pleted.
Several pipelines will have to
be lowered in the right of way
as construction progresses.
If a low bid meeting the
Commission’s requirements are
received July 16 work on the
new section will probably begin
early in August.
Second Highway 281 Project
The Highway Commission
may ask for bids in September
for widening and rebuilding 281
from Jackson Station to Lynn
Creek. The county has secured
all but four tracts of right of
way for the 5.2 mile strip. Plans
for this second section have al-
Bryson Lions Hold
July 4th Picnic
Annual Fourth of July picnic
sponsored by the Bryson Lion’s
Club will feature water skiing,
fishing and swimming in Mc-
Cloud Lake Friday and there
will be horse shoe pitching and
visiting under the trees.
The Lions will be on hand at
1 p.m. to welcome all Jack
County folks. They extend an
invitation to all to spread a
basket lunch for the evening
meal.
Political candidates are in-
vited to speak after the picnic.
McCloud Lake can be reach-
ed by turning north off High-
way 24 onto the Jermyn-Bryson
Highway, then north to the top
of Raley Hill (the first hill),
turn left on the old Jermyn
Road about 100 yards, turn
right through a bumper gate
and follow the road around to
the lake.
ready been completed and ap-
proved according to'Senior Resi-
dent Engineer John Simpson.
Commissioner Matlock re-
ports that a large part of the
fencing for this second section
has already been completed. The
second section will also, prob-
ably be completed in 1959.
Two FM Roads
Construction of two Jack
County Farm to Market road
projects may also start this fall.
The Resident Engineer’s office
is completing plans for complet-
ing FM 1156 from Wizard Wells
through Vineyard to Highway
199 at Joplin.
The Highway Department has
already turned Right of Way
deed instruments over to Jack
County. The county must fur-
nish all right of way at its own
expense for FM roads while the
state is paying half of the right
of way costs for Highway 281.
The Engineer office is cur-
rently completing plans for
building seven miles of FM 2190
from Highway 148 (five miles
north of here) northwest to
Robert’s Prairie. Jack County
will probably receive right of
way deeds for this project in
the next few days.
The Engineer office is also
preparing plans for extending
1191, which goes south from
Bryson, another four miles to-
ward Possum Kingdom Lake.
Jacksboro Community Clinic To Survey
Civic Needs Desired By Those Attending
Local Stores And Offices Close Friday,
Many Will Remain Dosed For Weekend
Jacksboro stores and offices fices will be closed Friday and
will close Friday in observance
of the National Independence
day, July 4, and some stores will
stretch out the holiday by re-
maining closed Saturday.
July 4 is one of the city’s
five official holidays according
to the Retail Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. Many
residents will do their weekend
buying Thursday so the entire
family may take a holiday.
The Postoffice and banks will
be closed Friday but reopen for
business Saturday. County of-
Saturday. State and fereral of-
fices customarily close Saturday
and thus will observe a long
weekend.
But the weekend won’t be a
holiday for cafes and service
stations.
This week’s issue of the Ga-
zette-News is being published
on Wednesday so that patrons
may receive their papers ahead
of the holiday. No rural nor city
postoffice routes will be carried
Friday. Next week’s issue will
be published on Thursday.
Historical Society Invites Butterfield
Mail Centennal Caravan To Visit Here
Miss Margaret Bradley of Gainesville
Named Methodist Education Director
James Fellcner Scalded
When Radiator Blows Out
James Felkner pf
was scalded on the s
per chest this
tractor’
Miss Margaret Bradley of
Gainesville has been employed
as Director of Christian Educa-
tion by the First Methodist
Church, Rev. Roy Anderson an
nounced this week.
Miss Bradley will assume her
duties July 7 and will live in
Spears garage apartment, 254
W. Archer, t
Miss Bradley was born and
reared In Gainesville and grad-
uated from high school and col-
lege there. She was a member
of the Whaley Memorial Metho-
dist Church choir and the Wes-
leyan Service Guild. She served
as secretary to a local physician
for a number of years.
She was employed by Dr.
Hubert T. Johnson at the Meth-
odist Home in Waco for two
years, then became the assistant
Director of Christian Education
at the Herring Avenue Metho-
dist Church In Waco.
She has been the assistant
Director of Christian Education
for the past two years at the
Ridgelea Methodist Church in
Fort Worth.
5 JHS Cheerleaders Attend
Midwestern U. Clinic
Five cheerleaders for Jacks-
boro High School are attending
the Cheerleader school on Mid-
Western University campus this
week learning new yells and
fight songs.
Those attending are Mildred
Dixson, Pat .Swiney, Beverly
Nixon, Harriett Copeland ahd
Ann Leatherwood.
Miss Margaret Bradley
Jacksboro’s Community Clinic
next week is expected to attract
250 to 300 residents who wish
to express their views on needs
of the community today and in
the future.
The Clinic sessions will last
about an hour with residents
writing down the improvements
they would like to see in Jacks-
boro. Then the suggested im
provements will be discussed
along with suggestions for
bringing-*these desires about.
Sponsors of the clinic, the
Chamber of Commerce and
President’s Club, hope that
more than 250 will attend. They
point out that a better survey
of civic needs can be completed
if more residents participate.
Stan Shively, manager of the
Community and Area Develop-
ment Division of Texas Power
& Light Co., wHI be the modera-
tor at the meeting. He will give
each person attending a session
a card on which to list in order
of importance the projects that
are thought to be needed by
Jacksboro..
Later, results of the various
meetings will be tabulated and
presented to the City Commis-
sion, Chamber of Commerce,
and other clubs to be used as
a Master Plan for improving
Jacksboro.
Members of the President’s
Club, in a recent meeting, were
told how the clinic operates.
Each club was urged to have as
many members as possible at-
tend one of the clinic sessions.
And club members should urge
others, every resident, to attend
one of the meetings.
A tentative schedule of clinics
was announced this week. Other
organizations may schedule ses-
sions by calling the C. of C.
office.
July 8, noon to 1 p.m., C. of
C. luncheon, Fellowship Hall,
Memorial Christian Church.
Anyone may attend; admission,
$1 per plate for luncheon.
July 8, 3-4 p.m.: Employers,
employees, general public; C. of
C. office at City Hall. Meeting
designed for those unable to at-
tend a night session.
July 8, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.:
B&PW Club, Classroom Teach-
ers, Thursday Study Club, Jack
County Historical Society,
School Board, General Public,
at Fort Richardson.
July 9, noon to 1 p.m., Lions
Club luncheon, First Methodist
Church.
July 9, 3-4 p.m.: P-TA, Senior
Library Club, General Public,
Fort Richardson.
July 10, 3-4 p.m.: General
Public, Employers, Employees,
C. of C. office.
July 10, 7:30 -8:30 p.m.: Fire
Dept., VFW, Sheriff’s Posse,
Jaycees, American Legion, Lost Schools.
Battalion, DAV, General Public, tember 15,
at Fort Richardson. -
The Butterfield Overland Mail
Centennial Caravan has been in-
vited to visit Jacksboro and
complete cooperation with the
celebration was pledged Monday
by the Jack County Historical
Society. Earlier in the meeting
at Fort Richardson the Society
elected officers for the coming
year.
The Centennial Caravan will
mark the 100 Year Anniversary
of the start of the Transcontin-
ental Stage Line, a 2,800 mile
route between St. Louis and
San Francisco by Col. John
Butterfield. Later Butterfield’s
Stage Line became the Ameri-
can Express Co.
The original line carried mail
via stage twice a week between
St. Louis and San Francisco.
Jacksboro, which had just been
chosen county seat of the newly
organized Jack County, was one
of the main stops on the Butter-
field route.
The original trip of the line
required 25 days from St. Louis
to San Francisco. Mail was car-
ried by train to Tipton, Mo.,
from that point by stage. The
first pouches left St. Louis Sep-
Rex Gleason Spending
Month's Vacation Here
Rex Gleason, principal of the
Munich America High School,
Munich, Germany, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. M .L. Gleason, dur-
ing the month of July.
Mr. Gleason has served in this
capacity for the past 12 years
in Department of the Army
1858, stopped at
Jacksboro early in the morning
Newcomers To City, County To Be Guests
At Roundup Picnic At Pali July 14
Highway 2814-Lane Widening Project
Hay Be Completed Within A Week
H. B. Zachry Co. workmen ex-
pect to complete next week the
seven mile four-lane highway
project south of here. The proj-
ect begins at the Los Creek
bridge in the south part of
Jacksboro and ruqs south seven
miles to the intersection of the
two highways, 199 and 281.
Work on the four-lane proj-
ect has been underway since
early August, 1956, and had
originally been scheduled for
completion in the later summer
of 1957. Contractor delays and
heavy rains during 1957 pre-
Absentee Voting In July 2i Democratic
Primaiy To Open Sunday, Closes July 22
Absentee voting in the July
26 Democratic Primary will be-
gin Sunday according to County
Democratic Chairman James R.
Dennis. The absentee voting per-
iod will continue through Tues-
day, July 22.
Persons who will not be able
to go to the polls on election
day may follow two procedures
in casting absentee ballots.
Many will go to the County
Clerk’s office and request and
cast a ballot at the office.
Persons presently away from
here may write the Cbunty
Clerk’s office requesting that an
Absentee ballot be sent thejn.
The returned/ ballot must be
before midnight,
and must reach the
before noon, elec-
ts
n
. \:
ballots will be mailed Monday.
Persons leaving on vacation this
weekend may contact County
Clerk W. C. Koone at his resi-
dence Sunday to secure an Ab-
sentee Ballot. After Sunday Ab-
sentee Ballots will be Issued
only during the regular hours of
the Clerk’s office.
City Repainting Parking
Markers And Zones
Repainting of “No-Parking”
spaces and parking lines was
started this week by City work-
men. Most of the orange spaces
have already been finished ac-
cording to Supt., C. C. Humph-
ries.
Other city workmen are con-
tinuing with patching of city
streets and cleaning out drain-
age ditches,
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Attend
vented completion last fall.
Presently workmen are com-
pleting cleaning up, placing of
guard posts, and some spot
patching. Rain during the per-
iod when pre-mix was put down
on South Main has caused some
breaks in the surfacing of the
roadway. Last week the contrac-
tor plowed up all of the surfac-
ing material on the west side of
the roadway, dried out the base,
and put the matSHkl back down.
This week a four-foot wide
median strip has been shot on
the city section between the
Buckhom station and where the
divided section begins further
south.
The roadway is 68 feet wide
from the Los Creek bridge
south to where the roadway
divides into two lanes. Each
lane is 24 feet wide with a
paved 10-foot outside shoulder
and 4-foot inside shoulder.
Union Service Sunday
At first Presbyterian
The summer series of United
Services for the • evening wor-
ship sponsored by the Presby-
terian, Methodist and Memorial
Christian Churches will begin
7:30 p.m. July 6. The first serv-
ice will be at the First Presby-
terian Church.
Rev. Roy Anderson will be
the speaker and the music will
be under the direction of Rich-
ard Highfill. Members of. the
three choirs are Invited to sing
together.
The July 13 service will be
at thf
Church
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Newcomers to Jacksboro and
Jack County will be honored at
the County-wide Newcomer
Roundup picnic Monday, July
14 at Jacksboro’s City Park.
The seventh County Newcomer
Roundup picnic will be held at
6:30 or 7 p.m. just east of the
swimming pool area.
The Roundup is co-sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce
and Jack County Business and
Professional Women’s Club.
Originally the roundups were
held three times a year but cur-
rently they are being held an-
nually. Last year the newcom-
ers were honored at the free
barbecue on July 4 at Lake
Jacksb^ro“Pirk.
Anyone “Who has moved to
Jack County since June 30,1957
Is considered a newcomer and
invited to be a guest at the July
14 Roundup. And others are old-
:imers and the hosts.
Newcomers should bring eat-
ing utensils for themselves
while the “oldtimers" will bring
picnic lunches which will be
spread by a B&PW committee.
The Chamber of Commerce
and B&PW club are trying to
gather a complete list of all
Community Clinic Is
C-C- Luncheon Topic
Stan Shively, representative
of the Texas Power & Light Co.
of Dallas,' will be the speaker
at the monthly Chamber of
Commerce Luncheon, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, July 8.
The luncheon will be served
in the Felowship Hall of the
Memorial Christian Church and
reservation should be made no
later than 9 a.m. Tuesday mom-
newcomers so that invitations
may be mailed to each family.
But since some will be missed
all “newcomers” are urged to
let this article be their invita-
tion. Local businesses are asked
to send a list of all new em-
ployees to the C. of C. ofice.
of September 15 and arrive at
San Francisco October 10.
A reporter, W. L. Ormsby
made .the first trip, and later
wrote a book about the journey.
His story is the basis for the
Centennial Caravan.
Here September 22
Jacksboro has tentatively
been selected as the overnight
stopping point for Sept. 22. A
committee composed of James
R. Dennis, chairman, Mrs. Leigh
McGee, and Mrs. H. H. McCon-
nell was appointed to contact
the Caravan Headquarters and
extend it an invitation to stop
here.
Among the other cities to be
visited by the caravan are Fay-
etteville and Fort Smith, Ark.;
Durant, Okla.; Sherman, Gaines-
ville, Jacksboro, Fort Belknap,
Albany, Abilene, San Angelo,
McCamey, Stockson, Texas;
Carlsbad, New Mexico; Dell
City and El Paso, Texas;
Also, Lordsburg, N.M.; Tuc-
son, Casa Grande, Gila Bend
Ranch, Los Angeles, Bakers-
field, San Jose, and San Fran-
cisco.
Special mail pouches will be
picked up at postoffices along
the route and letters will be
backstamped at San Francisco
October 10. A special stamp will
be issued to mark the Centen-
nial.
New Historical Society Officers
Leigh McGee was reelected as
president of the Historical So-
ciety Monday; W. T. Gamer,
vice president; and Mrs. W. T.
Gamer, secretary. Mrs. Blanche
Mathis was named to succeed
Mrs. Bernice Hill as treasurer.
Retiring directors Mrs. Vir-
ginia Breech, John Barnett and
S. V. Stark were reelected to
three year terms. Mrs. W. D.
Abernathie was elected a two
year director. Other two year
directors are T. J. Yowell, Per-
rin and Bowman Lewis, Bryson.
One year directors are Dr. W.
G. Mask, Mrs. Esther Young,
and Mrs. W. W. Tinney.
The Historical Society will
meet again Tuesday, July 22.
135 Youngsters Participated In Summer
Youth Program Monday At Schools
One hundred thirty-five Bobby Nelms, James Simpson,
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youngsters were present Mon-
day morning for play in the
Summer Recreation Program at
the school grounds, Don Smith,
director announced*
Those out Monday were:
Mickey Kundysek, Billy Jack-
son,- James Estes, Roy South,
Rickey Deweese, Don Wall,
Sandra, Camella and Terry
Brewster, Ann Leach, Eula Mae
Brown, Donna Leffingwell, Max
Turner, Peggy Granger, Ann
Collinsworth, Gregg Smith.
Also, Bill Cherryhomes, Mar-
garet Endicott, Bobby and Bev-
erly Hurd, David & Allen Bloch,
Paula Platt, Vicky Williams,
Susie Smith, Jeanine Jacks,
Cindy Slimp, Gayla Endicott,
Regena Collinsworth, Tina and
Cathy Leatherwood, Patty
Slimp, Betty Wooten, Pete For-
son, Emmett Forson, Bill Jacks.
And, Dennis and Terry Rob-
ertson, Johnny Lee Deweber,
Lou < Vee Fintey, Donna Mc-
Anear, Lisa Paschal, Maurice
Sonner, Sharron and LaDonna
Schmittou, Eddie Miller, Robbie
LaBarr, Ronnie Henderson,
Tommy Smith, Craig Smith,
John Simpson, Steve Nelms,
About People You Know
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owen have
returned home after vacation-
with their daughter and
Jlr. and Mrs. F. J. Kren-
of Lake Jackson.r^
Jan Moore.
Ann Perkins, Cholly McClure,
Arthur Reaves, Gary Shields,
James Jones, Berry Jackson,
Pat Williams, Ann Williams,
Ruth Lail, Glenn Briscoe, Cathy
and Maria Bommarito, Kenny
Dicksoij, Robert Leach, Jeannie
McClure, Bob and Mike Grace,
Phil Scrogum.
Carol Granger, Charla Jo
Moore, Becky Hall, John Gos-
sett, Dottye Henderson, Diane
Spencer, Charlotte Branden-
burg, Danny Freeman, Wayne
Yowell, Joseph Ingram, Roger
Dale Lewis, Steve and Beth
Wheelis, Jerry Garland, Rickey
Massengale, Rita Turner, Linda
Roberts, Donald Sartain.
James Henderson, Sharian
Sartain, Eva Owen, Dorothy Mc-
Roberts, Tommy McRoberts,
Pete Roberts, Richard Green,
Janie Estridge, Jimmy Deweber,
Alice Leatherwood, Mary Ann
Pankey, Harold Pankey, Sue
Yowell, Linda McLane, Donna
McRoberts.
Bobby Bowen, Buddy Dodson,
Grant Porter, Jimmy Rummage,
Jerry Schmittou, Janice Rum-
mage, Rayburn Baker, E. J.
Hubble, Laimy Hubble, Gayle
Brumbelow, Jimmy Brown,
Mike Stewart, Craig Zigler,
and Katherine Dealing.
Sue Koch, Diane Sloan,
Mary Martha Gowan, Jimmy
Don Gowan, Tim and Jack
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