Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1972 Page: 1 of 6
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10* JACKSBORO GAZETTE-NEWS
NINETY-THIRD YEAR J‘ / Jacksboro] Tana 76056. lined**. Anairt 7. 1972 r' .' NUMBER 11
August Comes Dir and Warn;
Water Pumping Record Sot
The first week of August
was dry and warm but hardly
set any records, perhaps
thankfully, for Jacksborc
residents. There was a trace
of rain last Thursday after-
noon that ended just as most
residents had closed car win-
dows. Actually it didn’t fall
over all of the city.
High temperature so fai
this month was 99 degrees both
Saturday and Sunday but lack
(dflhmmer breezes made it
warmer. Wichita Falls
had a high of 105 degrees
while Mineral Wells had 103.
But weather bureau thermo-
meters at those cities are
located near airfields while
Jacksboro’s thermometer
is located at a higher ele-
vation and away from any
concrete surfaces.
Lake Jacksboro dropped
.38 feet last week, about
4 1/2 Inches, which is nor-
mal for August. Currently the
lake’s level is 8.16 feet
below spillway level.
The city water plant set an
August pumping record Sun-
WEATHER
Rain
July 31
Aug. 1
Aug. 2
Aug. 3
Aug. 4
Aug. 5
Aug. 6
day when 924,400 gallons
were processed. A higher
record was set In June and
so far this year the 1,000,000
gallon mark hasn’t been
reached. Clouds Monday may
give a slight respite from
the normally high pumping
day of the week.
August, 1971, was the
second wettest month of that
drouth year. Jacksboro re-
ceived 3.75 Inches In that
month and showers that fol-
lowed in September wiped
out drouth appearances for
the remainder of the year.
" Currently 1972 is also a
drouth year and there can’t
help but be hopes that his-
tory might repeat.
Hou$8 of Davis Officers Named,
Properly Purchase Is Finalized
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FINALIZING HOUSE OF DAVIS PLANS-Elected as officers of “From House of Davis
Corporation” and finalizing authorization for land purchase for the House of Davis furni-
ture factory construction planned here are (left to right) Fred Calhoun, secretary, Jim
W. Davis, president, Floyd Allred, treasurer, Joe Sfray, vice president.—Staff photo
Blood Mobile Due Thursday;
Seventy Pints Life Needed
Floyd Allred, treasurer, and
Fred Calhoun, secretary.
Officers finalized author-
ization of the property pur-
chase of ten acres from
Jacksboro Inchistrial Foun-
dation who secured the land
from Jim Andrews on the
Fort Worth Highway. Also
present was Aaron Hull,
president of the local In-
dustrial Development Foun-
dation. Calhoun is also Jacks-
boro Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Team Chairman.
The possibility of founding
a board of directors from
local residents was dis-
cussed with the decision to
three other persons in the 'elect these at a later date. The
deaths last year of Haltom group reviewed and dis-
In a meeting held Monday
morning In director’s room
of First National Bank offi-
cers elected for "From
House of Davis Corporation”
were Jim W. Davis, president,
Joe Spray, vice president,
Lafoon Trial
August 28th
District Judge Stanley Kirk,
District Court, Wichita Falls,
has set Aug. 28 as new date
for the murder trial of Leroy
Lafoon of Fort Worth.
Lafoon Is charged with
The Red River Regional
Blood Mobile unit will again
make a visit to Jacksboro
this week equipped to take as
many pints of blood as
londayOpensSchedule
«
For School Registration
High school students should j
register promptly at their
specified time, Jacksboro
High School principal Glynn'
Boykin said when announcing
the registration schedule
which beings Monday, Aug. 14.
Alphabetical order of re- j-
glstratlon has been reversed
giving those who have custo-
marily been last to register,
a chance to be first.
On each, day registration
will be:
9- 10 a.m.—students with
last names beginning with U
through Z.
10- 11 a.m.~P through T
11- 12 a.m.-K through O
1- 2 p.m.—H through L
2- 3 p.m.—A through G
Classes will register as
follows usine above alpha-
betical order:
Monday, Aug, 14-seniors
Tuesday, Aug. 15—juniors
Wednesday, Aug. 16-
sophomores.
Thursday, Aug. 17—fresh-
men.
Students who have not pre-
viously attended Jacksboro
schools are asked to regis-
ter Friday, Aug. 18 at 9 a.m.
possible, with the hope that
there will be sufficient num-
ber of donors to keep the
staff busy and tables full the
entire afternoon, folks are
reminded.
There were some first
time donors last time and It
Is hoped these will returr
and new ones will become
donors, Moore said. Those
eighteen years of age are
welcome, as well as all
others through 65 years
of age '*•‘>0 nuslifv
Gerald Moore, coalman of
Jack County Red Crossurges
folks to donate blood to the
BloodmoMle scheduled here
Aug. 10. He reminds that
friends and neighbors will
need seventy pints of blood
during the next three months.
"Donating to the Blood Bank
Is the way responsible people
plan ahead for the safety of
others and for themselves,”
Moore explained. "Though
you would not turn down a
friend In need, he may not be
able to contact you personal-
ly.”
Phone Moore at 567-2655
or 567-3461 for an appoint-
ment to give blood or come to
Jacksboro National Com-
munity Room between 1-
5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10.
"Let us all do our very
best to meet our goal this
tftne—it’s a matter of life
and death to many folks,”
Moore concluded.
City women, Mrs. Edith
Shores and MissDeAnnClon-
lnger, whose bodies were
found in a stock tank near
Jacksboro.
Judge Kirk said a venire
of 250 prospective jurors
had been called for the
new date.
The start of the trial was
delayed earlier when two
witnesses failed to appear.
Those witnesses have been
located.
Others charged are La-
foon’s wife, Charlotte Ann
Lafoon and Ralph Brown
of Lake Worth and his wife,
Doris Brown.
cussed bids, and expect to
announce contractor for the
building by Friday of this
week, Davis said.
Arrangements to Increase
size of the previously pro-
posed building from 30,000
square feet to 40,000 square
feet, a 100x400 foot struc-
ture, were discussed at the
meeting.
A number of shares have
been allocated for purchase
by local residents, Calhoun
said. In order for interested
persons to purchase shares
or make stock subscription
they may contact Spray or
Calhoun.
Possibility of construction
of the House of Davis furni-
ture factory in Jacksboro be-
gan some two years ago,
growing out of a business
appointment Calhoun had
with Davis, when the idea
came up and interest began
to grow. Since that time the
development has steadily
jrogressed, including the
raising of necessary funds
by Jacksboro Industrial Foun-
dation.
Last Thursday agroup iiom
Jacksboro met in Dallas with
iim Davis, his CPA, Kenneth
Graves, and Small Business
Administration representa-
tives Fred Lawrence and
James Wassell for a pre-
closing hearing and consid-
eration of all conditions in-
volved.
Attending from Jacksboro
as participants in first lien
mortgage holders were Joe
Spray, First National Bank,
Olney Savings, and S. V.
Stark and William Eatherly,
Jacksboro National Bank. Jim
Spiller was present as at-
torney for Jacksboro Indus-
trial Foundation and first lien
mortgage holders, and Fred.
Calhoun as chairman of.
Jacksboro Chamber afCom-
merce Industrial Founda-
tion Team.
Softball Tourney Closes;
Fifteen Trophies Awarded
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Bids for FM 2190 Construction
Highway Commission to Open
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AT TRIPLE G GRAND OPENING-(l, left to right) Triple G
operators, Don, Charles and Gary Gardser congratulate Mrs.
Bob Powell, winner at the RCA table TV given away at the
store’s festivities Saturday night; (2) Gary Gardner presents
baskets of groceries to first lucky winner present, LeRoy
McDonald, while Shirley Archer who drew winning name looks
on and Mayor F. C. Heard, emcee, stands at back right;
(3) youngsters, Sissle Ljane Newberry of Austin, Jim Bo
Terrell, Julie Fenter, Shirley Archer, of Wichita Falls,
Vanessa Parsons, Star la Teague and Bobbie Montgomery,
some of whom drew numbers for winners, as band mem-
bers, in background, Jim Bob Smith, Loyd Ashley, Jackie
Barton and Charles Armontrout entertain with music. Other
grocery winners and those drawing their names were
Gerald Eubanks, Vanessa Parsons; Mrs. J. W. Ellis, Star la
Teague; John Craft, Jim Bo Terrell; Mrs. Ida Watson, Jeff
Brown; Beth Stamper, Edwin Lane; Mrs. Bobble Pewitt, .
, Melvin Green; Marion Cross, Aerri Parsons; Bob Ragland,
Julie Terrell; Mrs. R, w. Jackson, Robert Lane.-Staff
"*iotos
Texas Highway Commis-
sion will open rids Tuesday,
August 22, at Austin, for
construction of 3.344 miles
of FM 2190 in Jack County.
The project will run from
the end of existing pave-
ment, 6.5 miles west of
State Highway 148 in (he
Roberts Prairie area, norm-
west to about the county road
Intersection just east of the
Cambern Creek bridge.
The extended roadway will
have two 10-foot traffic
lanes and be built of right
of way having a minimum
width of 100 feet. Precinct
4 workmen are presently
building fences on the new
right of way lines.
A&A Contractors at Olney
is progressing well on the
Highways 281-199 4*lane
project from North Main In
Jacksboro northwest 7 miles.
Construction at the south 2-
lanes is currently underway
from the W. R. Johnson
Ranch west to the Highway
Intersection.
Many of the concrete struc-
tures have already been
completed and work started
on all of the structures from
the Johnson Ranch west
Nearly 50% of the dirt work
on the job has been completed
and the overall Job was over
20% complete as of Aug. 1.
After the 4-lane work It
completed west of the Johnson
Ranch the contractor will be-
gin widening to 4-lanes
existing pavement from the
Ranch east to about the HiU-
crest Courts. The entire
project is slated to be
completed In 1973 but con-
tinued good construction
weather will speed up the
work.
cooper & Woodruff of Am-
arillo have begun laying a hot
asphalt mix on Highway 199
southeast of here near the
Texas Industries crusher at
the Wise-Jack counties line.
The project calls for the
asphalt overlay from Spring-
town northwest to the High-
ways 199-281 intersection 7
miles southeast of here. A
tion into Jacksboro and from
Springtown toAzle.
The Amarillo firm will also
put down an overlay from
Highway 199 north on an FM
road past the Azle schools.
Work on all of these pro-
jects is being inspected by
the local resident engineer’s
office.
Wichita Fills Services
Held for Drowning Victim
Funeral services were helt
Monday, 2 p.m. from Trlnlt;
Baptist Church, Wichita
Falls, for Rev. Eddie Jim
Deaver, 22, whose body was
recovered from LakeKlck-
apoo about 11 p.m. Satur-
day by two men from Shep-
pard AFB after a search of
about three hours.
Interim pastor and youth
director at Thornberry Bap-
tist church, Deaver was
swimming with his wife and
friends near the south side
of Lake Klckapoo when he
first was missed about 8 p.m.
Deaver was a senior student
at Midwestern University.
Officiating was Rev. Jack
Nivens, pastor of First Bap-
tist Church of Jacksboro as-
sisted Rev. Don Coleman,
Baptist Student Union di-
rector at Midwestern Uni-
versity. Burial was InCrest-
vlew Memorial Park,Wlchl-
a Falls.
Born Aug. 3, 1950 In
Graham, Deaver was an
ordained minister and was
employed part-time at
Sheppard AFB. He lived
for a time in Jacksboro when
he first surrendered to the
ministry. He was a 1968.
graduate of Antelope High
School.
Survivors Include his
wife, Shirley; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Deaver
of Olney; a brother, Dewey
of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs.
Maedean Keene of Poteau,
Okla., and Mrs. Eunice Nash
of Arlington; his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewe*
Deaver of Olney and Mr. anc
Mrs. Luke Williams at
Chouteau, Okla.
Weatherford carted off the
first-place trophy at Jacks-
boro Softball Tournament
Friday night when they beat
Woodson 10-0.
Winning pitcher was Monty
Morgan.
In Thursday night games
Harrison Reunion
Slated August 13
Harrison family reunion
will be held Sunday, Aug. 13,
at the VFWHallinJacksboro.
Basket lunches will be spread
at noon. Everyone is invited
to join the fellowship.
Methodist Relreal
Change in Dales
Woodson beat
2-0, then beat
Monument 7-6,
Cedar Oaks
Young Count?
Fiteen trophies were
awarded when Joe Parks of
Cedar Oaks was named most
valuable pitcher of the tour-
nament, while Jimmy Stewart
of Jean-Loving was mos(
valuable infielder. Mos
valuable outfielder was Joe
Ed Pesch of Woodson.
Earning All-Star honors as
GSA atheletes were catcher
Russell Reedy, Young County
Monument; Buddy Myrick,
first baseman, Young County
Monument; Jim Davis, third
base, Jacksboro Merchants.
Also outfielders, Milt
Waldrop, of Woodson, Monte
Garner of Jacksboro, George
Tuel of Graham Independents.
Morgan at Weatherford was
All-Star pitcher.
A watch donated by Jackson
Jewelry was won by Raymond
Shields.
President of the Jacksboro
Softball Association is Bill
KImberlin. Gary Whitaker Is
vice president, they were
responsible for tournament
arrangements.
Helping with concession
stand and field maintenance
for the tournament were
Arthur Reeves, David Jack-
son, Richard Smith, Claud
Herd. James Thorne of
Graham umpired the entire
tournament.
LARRY WRIGHT
Post Oak Church
Slates Revival
PERSONAL ...
Virginia Peterson who has
lived the pact three years
In Florida, graduating from
high school there last June,
has come to Texas to live with
relatives In Fort Worth. She
spent the week end with the
James L. Jacksons and has
gone to spend this week with
Daria and Marla Jackson
in Wichita Falls. Bringhe
Vlrgtaiajrom Fort Worth
Revival services are being
held at Post Oak Baptist
Church Aug. 6 through 13,
Rev. Bill Alexander, pastor,
has announced.
Evangelist Is Larry
Wright Singer is Eddie Rett-
statt Both are students at
Southwestern Baptist Theolo-
gical Seminary, Fort Worth
All young people are invited
to a hamburger cook-out
Tuesday, Aug. 8,6:45.
PERSONAL . . .
Maurice Robinson, father
of Mr. E. M. Hay, returned
Friday to his home in Flor-
rleant, Mo. after several
days visit with the Hays
hart, iiad attending the lira
A change in dates has been
announced for the Conference-
Retreat to be held at the
Bridgeport Methodist As-
sembly, reports the office
of Jacksboro First United
Methodist Church.
New dates set are Tues-
day and Wednesday, Septem-
ber 21-13 instead of Au-
gust 29-30. It was explained
that the new dates will enable
Bishop Stowe to be present
and have a part In the leader-
ship of the retreat
Costs for the five meals
and one night lodging will
range from $9.25 to $1J.25
A ,$2 registration fee will
be charged. More informa-
tion will be available later.
Richard Hall On
(IT Dean’s List
Six students at the School
of Allied Health Sciences
of The University of Texas
Medical Branch have been
named to the Dean’s list for
their academic achievement
during the 1972 summer tri-
mester-first term.
According to Robert K,
Bing, EdD., dean of the SAHS,
who made the announcement,
the students include Richard
W. Hall, Jacksboro.
The six honorees are
completing the first year
of a two-year curriculum
as clinical associate stu-
dents in the Department of
Health Care Sciences at tee
school. The program Is de-
signed to educate men and
women to be assistants to
physicians.
Students must earn a grade
mint average of 3.5 on a 4.0
Jcale to be eligible for the
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AT CLOSE OF SOFTBALL TOURNEY--(l) Trophy Winners
include (left to right) Milt Waldrop, outfielder, Wood-
son; Raymond Edmonson, second base, Weatherford; Butch
Blevins, short stop, Weatherford, LeRoy Holland accepts
trophy for Jimmy Stewart as most valuable lnfleld6r, Loving-
Jean; Buddy Myrick first base, Young County Monument;
Monte Morgan, all-tourney pitcher, Weatherford; Monty
Garner, outfielder, Jacksboro Independents; two trophies
sitting on home plate go to Jimmy Davis, third base, Jacks-
boro Merchants and Russell Reedy, all-tourney catcher, Young
County-Monument. Other winners were Joe Parks, most
valuable pitcher, Cedar Oaks; Jimmy Stewart, most valua-
ble lnfielder, Loving-Jean; Joe Ed Pesch, most valuable i
fielder, Woodson; (2, standing) Jacksboro fellows
things going were Arthur Reaves, Garry Whitaker,
KImberlin, David Jackson, Richard Smite, Claud!
(kneeling) James Thorne of “
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