The Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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The Jacksboro Gazette-News
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
SEE VINO JACK COUNTY SINCE 1880
CROSS ROADS OF WEST TEXAS
SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
NUMBER 37
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State Designates FM
Highway To Post Oak
The Highway Department
has announced that it will
build a farm-to-market road,
from State Highway 148 to
Post Oik, subject to the ap-
proval of the Public Roads Ad-
ministration and subject to
the condition that the County
furnish all required right-of-
way. The road will cover a
.distance of 4.1 miles.
Upon fulfillment of the con-
ditions, securing right-of-way
and Public Roads Approval,
the State Highway Engineer is
directed to proceed with the
preparation of plans for con-
construction at an . estimated
cost of $50,000.00. The De-
partment will assume the road
for maintenance upon comple-
tion. of ^construction.
Last week the Jack Coftnty
Commissioners Court had a
special meeting to sign the or-
der to get the necessary right-
of-way. In the order the
County agreed to secure the
land necessary for ibuildng the
road.
P. T. A. ADULT STUDY
STARTS TUESDAY NIGHT
The T. A, is offering a 12-
series study of “Home and
Family Life.” Rev. N. W.
Conner, pastor of the Memori-
al Christian Church, has con-
sented to teach the course.
Beginning Tuesday night,
Feb. 15,at the grammar school
at 7:30 the first studly will be
“Are You A Delinquent Par-
ent?”
This is the first studj? course
the P. T. A. has offered! to the
public and it is asked that a
most cordial invitation be pass-
ed around so classes will be!
the more interesting. Bring
some one, or several, with you
for this onei-hour study.
ROBBERS FOUND
I>an White, 48, and Robert
Curtis Bagwell, 17, are being
held at Vernon, probably to be
taken to Stephenville jail, it
The Court has also ordered,was their killing of Crockett
the securing of right-of-way
on Highway‘24 from Bryson to
the Young County line. Right-
of-way from Jacksbofo to Bry-
son was secured several years
ago. The Court points out
that this dbes not mean that
the Highway Department has
ordered’ improvements in the
road at this time.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. D. Art Ray will
preach at the Presbyterian
Church in Jacksboro, next Sun-
day, Feb. 13th, at the regular
church hours. Rev. Ray is
from Webster, Texas, and was
for some years pastor of the
vB T o t h e r hood Presbyterian
Church of Wichita, Kansas. He
comes to us highly recommend-
ed as a preacher of ability. Ev-
eryone is invited.
Committee.
Ross, Stephenville service sta-
tion attendant, that probably
rounlded up a series of robber-
ies. Some at Jacksboro have
been told by an investigating
ranger that their guns or rifles
will likely be returned. A few
weeks back some homes here
were burglarized-—those tof
Howard Elenburg, Roy Cherry-
homes, P. A. Boaz, R. M. Prun-
ty and- probably others.
NOTICE, MASTER MASONS
Fort Richardson Lodge No.
320 will confer a Fellow Craft
Degree on Saturday, Feb. 12,
beginning promptly at 7 p. m.
All Master Masons urged to
be present.
JERRY SPENCER
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Jerry Spencer, son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Maurice Spencer, ac
cidentally sho-t himself in one
foot Sunday afternoon, while
hunting ■with J. W. Laycock,
five miles west of Jacksboro.
He was brought to the clinic
by a passing motorist.
Bonles in his left foot were
shattered by the shot but no
permanent injury was sustain'
ed. He was released from the
cimic Wednesday.
TSTA President To Deliver Address Football Teams To Be
At Elementary School Opening
The formal opening of the
new elementary school building
will be held tomorrow evening
at 7:30. The Board of Educat-
ion of the Jacksboro Schools
extends to every one am invi-
tation to attend. A visitation
period for inspection of the
building will be from 5 until
7:30 and after the program.
Joe Humphrey of Abilene,
president of the Texas State
Teachers Association, and H.
E, Robinson, State Department
of Education, Austin, will ap-
pear on the program.
SENIOR LIBRARY CLUB
The Senior Library Club met
Jan. 27, at the home of Mrs.
R. L. Gwaltaey. Each officer
of the club gave her yearly re-
port. The club made dona-
tions to the cancer andl infan-
tile paralysis funds.
Mrs. Anderson Shawver, ac-
companied by Mrs. C. C. Haw-
kins,sang “My Native Home.”
Mrs. H. C. Teagiue, program
director, presented Mrs. W. R.
Johnson, who gave a most in-
teresting talk on hei trip to
Europe. The theme of her talk!
was the foreign homes which
she visited while there, and
she showed numerous pictures
of points of interest.
Manes. Bob Evans and C. V.
Rauschelbach were guests of
the club.
The Senior and Junior Li-
brary Clubs will hold a joint
meeting Thursday night at
the First Baptist Church, with
Mrs. Herschel Nash, district
president, as guest speaker.
(This meeting was called off).
The next regular meeting
wil) be at the home of Mrs. E,
B. Whitaker, Feb! 24th
Mrs. Jas. Natier, the for-
mer Sue Taylor, of Campbell,
Calif., has been visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Gus Jones.
Legion Post Installs
Hew Officers Monday
The Bailey-Durham Ameri-
can Legion Post will install of-
ficers for the coming year at
its meeting Monday night, Feb.
14. A. A. Files will be the new
commander; E. B. Sewell, Vice-
Commander; Nonnan Conner,
Chaplain; L. G. Prunty, Ser-
vice Officer; Richard Hall,
Sergeant-at-Arms.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 and be held at the C. of C.
office in the City Hall. Legion
members and other veterans
are invited.
The American Legion has
been recruiting members at
this time and report the fol-
lowing paid up members:
Shannon—Joe Campsey.
Perrin—W. 0. Calloway.
Vineyard—Oscar M. Erwin.
Jacksboro—F. P. Boone, Jua-
na Hildred Faires, A. A. Files,
A. F. Little, Luther G. Prunty,
Oscar Boaz, Nat H. Bush, H. C.
Clipper, James M. Cooper, E.
SL (Pete) Coley, James R. Den-
nis Jr., Brice H. Gregg Jr..
Richard Hall, Jim B. Hensley,
Jim E. Hensley, William L.
Hicks, * George* H. Howaid,
Clifford R. Johnson, William
R.Kinnaman, R. Moore, Eldon
Nugent, Joe Lieberman, Her-
bert A. Lucas,Anthony J. Osi-
ka, Robert Peterson, Lowell
P» Phillips, Carroll B, Porter,
Lester Raper, R. G. Saimpley,
Charley T. Blankenship, Ellis
E. Henderson, John C. Hens-
ley, John M. Laird, Neetum A.
Steed, J. M. Bonner, Howard
Shabay, Pete Shabay, Paul
Smith. William L. Upharo, J.
R. Weaver, Chester, L. Wood,
Lorn C. >
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INDEPENDENTS PLAY AT
SPRINGTOWN MONDAY
Monday, February 14, the
Jacksboro Independent basket-
ball team will meet the Wea-
therford Independents in their
second game in the Springtown
Tri-County tournament. Six!
teams have entered the double
round-robin playoff. The game
will begin at 9 p.m.
Last Monday the locals de-
feated the Springtown quintet
38 to 24.
* Admission to the tournament
is 15c ain# 25c. Proceeds will
be used to help build a fire-
house in Springtown..
DECATUR TRIPS TIGERS—
TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday night the Decatur
Eagles 'quintet eased by the
Jacksboro High. Basketballers,
24 to 23 to win the south half
of the district championship.
In conference play they have
suffered no defeats. The 'Ea-
gles will play the winner of
the northern half of the dis-
trict, probably Bowie, at a la-
ter date for the district cham-
pionship.
In -the preceding game the
Juniors were more fortunate
and raced by the Decatur Jun-
iors 22 to 13.
Miss Maxine Middlebrooks,
nurse at St Joseph’s Hospital,
Fort Worth, visited, her par-
ents here last week,
■
formal Opening
Jacksboro Elementary School
Presiding ..........J. B. Sharp, Superintendent of Schools
Musical Selections .............. Mrs. Jewell Moore, Director
Invocation Bob Evans, Pastor, First Methodist Church
Introduction ........................................... Platform Guests
Greeting .............. L. L. Peterson, School Board Member
Address ................................ Joe C. Humphrey, President,
Texas State Teachers Association
Address ..........._.................................. H. E. Robinsno
Department of Education
PLATFORM GUESTS.
Board of Education
0
Thos. Cherryhome, President
L. L. Edwardls, Vice-President
Cy Perkins, Secretary
M. L. Stewart
C. 0 Ramzy
A. F. Little
L. L. Peterson
Howard! Elenburg John C. Hensley,
Prin. Elementary School County Supt.
John Henderson
Prin, High School
Mrs. Sarah Sikes,
President P. T. A.
Mrs. Pearl McConnell,
Vice-Pres. P. T. A.
0. C. Cook,
Deputy State Supt.
Joe C. Huumphrey
President T. S. T. A.
T. M. Trimble,
First Ass’t State Supt.
Rev. Bob Evans
First Methodist Church
PUBLIC HEALTH
INTEREST SHOWN
Public health units for Young,
Jack, and Throckmorton Coun-
ties are possible if the counties
can raise their share of the mon-
ey and if the state health de-
partment fares well with the
present session of the legisla-
ture.
These three counties are
among 101 counties in the state
who have shown an interest in
organizing health units on the
basis of 60 per cent local and
40 per cent state funds. Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, state health offi-
cer has recommended $600,000
be used for public health imit
work for the next two years in
the state. He will ask the sen-
ate finance committee and the
house of representatives appro-
priations committee to raise
that figure to $1,000,000, or
$500,000 for each year.
An estimate of $1.50 per cap-
ita per annum is needed to fin-
ance a health unit in any given
area. Services provided by a
county health unit includes
making home visits by public
health nurses to expectant
mothers; securing proper
correction of physical defects
in children whose parents-are
unable to pay for needed care;
dental servee; supervising and
nspeetive food establishments
and inspecting food establish-
ments and polio control.—Gra-
ham Leader.
Judge McClure hias had cor-
respondence with the Health
Department on health work
for Jack County.
Mrs. R. A. Box, P. T. A.
health chairman, reports $100
in the health fund here for. a
health care for each child while
in grammar school, for a set
of approved scales with *igh
est. measurements, and the re-
mainder will be used in show-
ing health films in the grade
school auditorium. Superin-
tendent Sharp reports that
curtains are being bought to
darken the new auditorium.
Mrs. Minnie Simpson had as
recent guests, Mr. and Mrs. S.
O. Callahan of Amarillo, and
Oscar Simpson and family of
Wichita Falls.
Kelly Acord of Dallas visit-
ed his mother here the past
syeek-eod.
ORCHARD
DEMONSTRATION
J*. W. Hulsey, county agent,
invites everyone who is inter-
ested in more and better fruit
for Jack County to attend the
orchard management demon-
stration at the Jim Crum
place, one mile o|f the Fort
Worth Highway at the Pump
Sthtion.
The demonstration will be-
gin at 9 a, m. and! will take
up all your orchard problems.
Monday Feb. 14.
1264 POLL TAX RECEIPTS
ISSUED
1264 poll tax receipts were
issued by the Jack County tax
collector’s office. Sale of the
poll tax ended Monday, Jan
31st. In addition six exemp-
tions were issued to 21-year-
olds. Jack County is not re-
quired to issue exemptions to
those over 65.
This was probably the small-
est number of receipts issued
in recent years. As the poll
tax receipt is required for
voting in Texas, election re-
turns during the year will be
very small.
Tuesday morning the collec-
tor-assessor’s office began sell-
ing 1949 vehicle license plates.
John K. Hackley bought the
first license, CC 8500,' for a
passenger car.
The license plates may be in-
stalled on vehicles any time
before April 1, the final date
for using 1948 plates.
VETERANS AFFAIRS
SCHOOL
The Veterans Affairs Com-
mission of Texas has announc-
ed that it will hold a Service
Officers School at Minera.
Wells on Saturday and Sun-
day, Feb-. 26-27, in the Commu-
nity Building.
It will be for all County
Service officers officers anc
veterans organizations Post
and Chapter Service Officers
within a radius of approxi
mate 75 to 100 miles of Min
eral Wells.
Honored February 18
FIRE INSURANCE
RATE CUT
Jacksboro’s improved fire
record last year helped: restore
5% credit of fire insurance,
the State Board of Insurance
Commissioners announced this
week. Policies written after
March 1 will receive 15 %
credit instead of the 10% al-
lowed in 1948.
In 1947 and previous years
policies for property in the
City were allowed 25% credit.
During the year of 1947 se-
vere fire losses amounted to
$46,632, of which $24,876 was
Insured loss, and credit was
cut to 10%. 1948 fire losses
amounted! to only $2,366 over-
all and $916 insured loss.
The good fire credit is based
on the ration of fire losses to
premiums paid over a 5 year
period.
The Jacksboro High School
Junior and Senior 1948 foot-
ball teams are to be honored
with a banquet Friday, Fch.
18, at the gradie school cafete-
ria. The banquet is jointly
sponsored by the Lions Club
and the Chamber of Commerce.
Lettermen for the past year
will be announced and gift*
will be presented1 to the
coaches.
The speaker for the evening'
has not been announced'.
Tickets will cost $2.50 and
are being sold by Cecil Shaw,
Red Moore, Netum Steed, A.
A. Files, and James Dennis.
HIGH SCHOOL HONOR
ROLL 3RD SIX WEEKS
Seniors—Edna Hobson*, Glo-
ria Weatherford; Juniors—
Betfy Box, Elizabeth Dennis,
Barbara Hull, Trevia Ramzy*,
Margaret Wolfe*; Sopho-
mores—Catherine Little*, Car-
olyn Shaw, Frances Shawn,
Barbara Beggs*; Freshmen
—Lois Duncan*, Dorris Dun-
lap*, Bernadyne Weatherford*,
8th Grade—Idella Farris*,
Monroe Henderson*, Selette
Hulsey*, Caroline McConnell*,
Catherine Stephens.
* Denotes those on honor roll
for first semester. Others on
the semester honor roll were:
Senior, Ann Swetnam; 8th
grade, ' Dorfhy Shields and
Jackie Page.
MARCH OF DIMES
The March of Dimes cam-
paign is still on. Give now
and help save lives.
First Baptist Church, $59,12.
10&
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my turn to
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GUEST PREACHER AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
C. Stanley Clifton will be
the guest speaker at the Me-
morial Christian Church Sun-
day, Feb. 13th. With degrees
in sociology and social work
from Duke and the University
ot Minn., he is now assistant
professor of sociology at T. U.
u. and will present a message
that will combine scieutihc
andl religious prinriples to-
gether. Communion will be
observed at the morning hour.
Rev. Conner will bring tho
children’s message on “Howto
earn money.”
All who can are urged to
come, as the church is indeed
fortunate to have 4 speaker
like Prof. Clifton.
At the evening service Rev.
Conner will preach on “The
Great Temptations of the
King.”
If you have no church home
in Jacksboro you are cordially
invited to make this church
yours, but go to church some-
where Sunday.
MRS. DESKIN DIES
Mrs. Katy Deskin, age S6,
of Antelope, died Tuesday in
the Olney hospital. Funeral
services were conducted at the
Antelope Baptist Church,
with burial in the Antelope
Cemetery.
SEVERAL HUNDRED
ATTEND STOCK SHOW
Several hundred from Jack
County attended the Fort
Worth Stock Show Saturday.
Many went down in the motor-
cade in the morning and oth-
ers later in the day.
POINTS OF INTEREST—
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Congressman Ed Gossett re-
ports the recent inauguration
to have been a mammoth af-
fair. The seven tickets he was
allowed were used by ones of
his district, and he and has
staff made it a point to see that
all the interesting places were
visited.
The inaugural parade wae
8 miles long and took three
hours to pass.
From J. V. Boley and Bill
Booher who attended fro*
here, some of the places that
will probably interest most of
the readers are given. They
went through the underground,
passage which was built t*
keep government officials
from being detained. ... It
would take 90 years to read
all the inscriptions under
antiques in the Smithsonian
Institute, but the most out-
standing for traveling were
the first airplane by the Wright
Bros, the Mexican’ ox-cart us-
ed by Maximilian in 1864, and
the last carriage used by the
White House and that by
Woodrow Wilson. . . . They
rode up the elevator to the
Washington Monument but
walked down its 898 steps. . .
In the war equipment display
was one of Hitler’s super-
bombs. . . The large columns
to the new Supreme Court
building are 7 feet in diameter
and there is one for every
judge. . . The national air-
port is government owned but
privately operated—only sec-
ond to that of Germany. . .
John L. Lewis maintains *
home in Washington, and they
rode by it, and through the
zoo.
These two, as others from
here who have visited there
couldn’t help but notice that
all telephone and other utility
poles are underground and
that, the home of George Wash-
ington, Mount Vernon, is the
most complete, home and has
the most imposing location of
any beautiful place.
Throckmorton Man Diesl
In Overpass Accident
ERNEST L. McDOWELL
Ernest L. McDowell, age 78,
died early this morning in the
Jacksboro hospital.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:30 Friday afternoon, Feb.
11th, at the Memorial Christian’
Church. Burial in Oakwood
Cemetery.
JHS BASKETBALL GIRLS
WIN OVER DECATUR
)
Here, Tuesday night, the
Jacksboro basketball team de-
feated the Decatur girls by a
score of 33-17.
- In the second , game the
Jacksboro Exes basketball
team defeated the Jacksboro
Tigers by a score of 53 to 39.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Reed and
daughter of Odessa visited in
the Reed and Weatherford
homes here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deni-
son of Brownfield visited here
the past week-end.
T. 0. Denham, age 32, of
Throckmorton, who was rid-
ing in a truck with hi^ father,
was fatally injured when their
truck and another truck side-
swiped each other on the.
overhead bridge3%miles south
of Jacksboro on the Fort
Worth Highway last Friday
afternoon, around 2 :30. An-
other passenger in the truck
was V. 0. Hath Cock of Throck-
morton. All three men were
brought to the Jacksboro Clin-
ic by the Hawkins Ambulance.
T. 6. Denham died about fif-
teen minutes after reaching
the hospital. The elder Den-
ham and Hatlicoek were releas-
ed from the hospital Saturday.
The other truck, owned by
Jim Hill Produce Co. of Fort
Worth, was driven by Virgil
Blankenship and a passenger,
Jerry Thompson, both of Fort
Worth, who were not hurt bad-
ly enough to be hospitalized.
Sheriff Lee Roberts a:
County Attorney Jouette
Bonnier investigated the wren
Both true!® were consider**
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