Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1955 Page: 1 of 10
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JACK COUNTY'S SHOPPING GUIDE SINCE 1880
CROSSROADS TO WEST TEXAS
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955
NUMBER 22
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J.R.D-
One of the most difficult jobs
on a newspaper is spelling peo-
fj pie’s names correctly. Misspell-
ing a name is accumulative er-
for, one that may be caused by
many people, including quite a
few outside the newspaper. But,
whatever the cause, the person
wronged 'has a good reason to
be somewhat hacked.
A person’s most prized pos-
session is his name. He gets it
soon after entering this world.
He retains it until he dies;
through the name the person
may become remembered for ]
centuries, depending upon what
he has done during the lifetime.
There are many kinds of dic-
tionaries, encyclopedias and
other great books that tell how
po spell names. But the only
correct way to spell a name is
the way the holder of the title
spells it. And that’s the wav we
like to spell it.
We bring this up because
we’ve been making an error in
a person’s name. Mouaton Gun-
ter’s, for about two football sea-
sons now. This young man is
a hard working back on the
Tiger team and certainly he de-
serves to have his name spelled]
right.
However, even he will have to
' admit that the name is unusual
in these parts, and one that Is
subject to error.
When Mouaton first started
playing football we spelled the
name “Mouton.” That’s the way
it is pronounced. Later we start-
ed spelling it correctly. But
when the Gazette-News printed
the high school directory last
winter we were instructed to
spell the name incorrectly.
Since then we’ve asked teach-
ers, classmates and others how
to spell the name. Yesterday we
asked Mouaton. He straightened
us out, and we’d like to pass on
to others the correct way to
spell his name.
Other Tigers have a gripe at
football programs at out of-
town games, and sportswriters,
this season over the name ques-
tion. End Larry Kundysek may
wonder “who’s this Kundsey
boy that gets credit for my
tackles and pass catching. One]
out of town game program had
Forest for Forrest Hughes;
Jimmy Samply for Sampley;
Brooks Bowden for Bowen; Nick
Skiles for Sikes; and so on.
It even called Mouaton “Moun-
tain.”
When we got a program at
the press box we wondered if
we might be at the wrong game.
And on that particular evening
the Tigers played like anything
but Tigers.
We’ll be working on improv-
ing the spelling of the young
men’s names and hope they will
be working as hard at beating
the Olney Cubs Friday.
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Daily newspapers have been
carrying some bad news during
the past week—at least its bad
news for newspapers. Newsprint
has gone up $5 per ton at New
York. But this price rise, by
the time it gets through the
paper houses, etc., means that
come January, when we receive
our next newsprint shipment,
we’ll be paying an additional
$10 per ton.
This newsprint, which you’re
looking at may only cost $131
per ton, as of November 1, in
New York, but when other costs,
particularly freight is added in,
the price will be $237 per ton
FOB Jacksboro.
The price rise isn’t unexpect-
ed. Every other kind of paper
has gone up about four times in
the past year, a total of about
15 per cent.
The price is brought about,
particularly, by the current
newsprint shortage. At present
newsprint is rationed, much the
same as it was in 1947. The
mills are presently able to pro-
duce only about as much as is
being used by newspapers.
There’s even a “gray” market to-
day in newsprint.
Star - Telegram subscribers
may have wondered about the
extra inch or so margin on their
------- during the past week.
t dailies are buying paper
tW oati art H in
Deeds For Widening Highway 281
Received By City, Curbing Asked
Stop Signs Erected
On West Belknap
Stop signs are being erected
along West Belknap Street by
city workmen, City Supt. Claude
Humphries has announced. The
signs will signal all traffic go-
ing into West Belknap to stop.
Highway traffic will have the
right-of-way.
Some of the signs are already
on hand and standards are be-
ing made locally. Other signs
have been ordered.
Police Chief Glen Allen an-
nounced that the stop signs will
be strictly enforced by city po-
lice. And he said that stop
means just that, the vehicle
must come to a dead halt before
starting up into Belknap.
Cold Spell Short;
More Is On Way
Jack County’s coldest weather
this fall arrived with a norther
late Sunday afternoon, but warm
weather was back again today.
A weak cool front is expected
Friday morning.
Warmest weather this week
was 86 degrees recorded both
last Friday and today. The cool-
est, and the low so far this fall,
was 38 degrees Monday morn-
ing. Today’s low was -56 de-
grees.
Despite the norther, daily
high never dropped below 70 de-
grees. By a quirk in local
weather bureau reporting, the
high for Monday was 85 de-
grees. Daily weather reading be-
gin and end at 4 p. m. here. The
norther hit about 5 p. m. Sun-
day.
Several raindrops fell here to-
day; just enough to spot a car.
So far October is the driest
month of 1955.
Land deeds to provide right
of way for widening Highway
281 in the south part of Jacks-
boro have been received by the
City Commission from the Fort
Worth Highway District office.
The deeds call for 90 to 120
feet of right of way from the
Buckhorn Cafe to near Coley
station where the right of way
will be 170 feet.
The county has aready receiv-
ed deeds for right of way from
about Coley station to the inter-
section with Highway 199 eight
miles south of here. The road-
way will be widened to four
lanes from the Y to the Buck-
horn. The highway will be di-
vided from the city limits to
the Y.
Jack County secured about 2
miles of its right of way last
year and Commissioner J. F.
Willingham is contacting land
owners.
The highway department has
proposed that the city pay for
curbs and gutters costing about
$15,000 from the Buckhorn to
the city limits.
While the widening will be one
continuous affair, it will be di-
vided into two projects, one out-
side the city limits and one in-
side, and be let to contractors as
two separate projects.
Field work is almost complete
for plans for widening the high-
way from the city limits to the
Y, according to Resident Engi-
neer John Simpson.
The city will delay starting to
get right of way until it has
secured other right of way for
a natural gas line along the Fort
Worth highway, according to
Maylor Grace.
Lions Hear Rep. Fenoglio
“Look to the future of your
city,” was the subject of a talk
made at the Lions Club yester-
day by Tony Fenoglio, Nocona,
state representative from Clay,
Archer and Montague counties.
Monday is First Taxpaying Deadline;
1955 Poll Tax Sales Below Expectation
Tigers Open District Title Hunt Friday,
Olney To Be Homecomnig Game Foe
Jacksboro Tigers will be hosts
to the Olney Cubs in the annual
Homecoming football game at
Tiger stadium, beginning at 8
p. m. tomorrow.
The game will be the Tigers
first district 2A-10 tilt while
Olney, which started last Fri-
day, has a 19-14 victory over
Decatur under its belt.
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During halftime the Home-
coming Queen will be crowned
by Co-Captains Forrest Hughes
and Norman Whitsitt.
Queen candidates are Jerry
Weir, Willie Ruth Scarber and
Louise Abernathie, but the win-
ner will not be announced until
Friday.
Some reserved seat tickets for
the game are still on sale, ac-
cording to High School Principal
Don Smith. They may be pur-
chased at Smith’s office.
Cubs Are Favorites
The Olney Cubs will be favor-
ites in tomorrow’s tilt by one to
two touchdowns, according to
daily paper sportswriters. Their
team which has eight seniors,
is the sleeper in District 2A-10
and may be Nocona’s only chal-
lenger for thg title. Olney has
a fast backfield but a smaller
line than the Tigers.
The Cubs boast a 5 won, 2
Monday, October 31, will be
the first of several deadlines for
Jack County taxpayers. Pres-
ently, property owners get a 3
per cent discount on state and
county taxes, but November 1
the discount drops to 2 per cent.
No discount is given on school
taxes except to property owners
in the Antelope district, accord-
ing to Deputy Collector L. G.
Prunty.
P?peff
The big
Forty Called For
Petit Jury Service
Forty persons were called to
serve on the District Court jury
November 1, at 9:30 a. m. Cases
set for trial are: J. E. Mc-
Million vs. Texas Employers
Ins. Association - compensation;
Ben C. Fairchild vs. W. G. Cox -
damages for injury, and A. L.
Tryon vs. John C. Hensley -
breach of contract.
Those from Jacksboro are
D. R. Blackerby, Mrs. Sam
Cannon, R. S. Barnett, Joe
Bums, F. F. Dixson, George
Nichols, Mrs. H. C. Teague, C.
R. Johnson and Mrs. Margaret
Hess.
And, Mrs. Kit Gunter, B. B.
Davis, Mrs. Liddy V. Vanhooser,
G. R. Kuykendall, Mrs. Henry
Lewis, Dave Gibson, M. C.
Stamper, Mrs. Naomi Smith,
and R. E. Sampley.
Burley Hull, Mrs. H. H. Mc-
Connell, Charles McClure, Ellis
Stark, Mrs. Carl Await, Dale
Allen and John A. Roberts.
And, Mrs. John A. Moore, Jr.,
Warren Rumage, C. O. Boaz,
Ray Newman, and George S.
Risley.
From Vineyard, Ralph L.
Johnson.
From Jermyn, Mrs. G. S.
Damron, Mrs. J. R. Sloan, D. D.
Gillespie, G. E. Pruitt, and T. C.
Jones, Jr.
From Bryson, J. S. Carter and
Henry Birdwell.
And, Mrs. W. R. Hill, Ante-
Payment of taxes has been
good, according to Prunty, but
the exact amount of early pay-
ments will not be known until
the October report is completed,
about the middle of next month.
Most large property owners
pay taxes early, by October 31,
to take advantage of the dis-
count, Prunty points out.
Payment of poll taxes has
been slow, however, Prunty said
Tuesday. This is unusual in
view of the presidential election
next year, he pointed out.
As of Tuesday only 164 had
paid their 1955 poll tax, neces-
sary for voting in 1956. Poll
taxes are due before January 31,
1956. Only one exemption has
been issued, and that was to
James A. Liggett of Jacksboro.
Residents, 60 years of age or
older, as of January 1, 1955, are
not required to pay the poll tax,
nor secure an exemption in Jack
County, to vote in 1956 elec-
tions.
Doyle Caskey, an outstanding
4-H youth, was among those
honored by the Jack County
Bureau at an
Mrs. L. G. '
ROW Easements
Delay City Gas Line
Right of way easements are
holding up installation of a nat-
ural gas line to serve residences
along the Fort Worth highway,
according to the City Commis-
sion and Upham Gas Company.
The line will connect with ex-
isting service at the Buckhorn
station, go south and east, on
the east side of the highway. A
highway crossing will be made
near the Alf Sewell residence
and lines will go north and
south from there to service resi-
dences on the west side of the
roadway.
Three or four easements re-
main to be secured, according to
Mayor L. E. Grace. The ease-
ments may be signed at Attor-
ney John Moore’s office, Grace
said.
The Upham company has a
crew here now extending several
gas lines, including one to serve
the far west part of the city. It
is hoping that easements will be
secured on the Fort Worth high-
way before Monday.
lost record, compared with the
2 won, 1 tie and 3 lost record.
Elsewhere in the district last
week Nocona beat Bowie 32
to 18.
The Tigers rested from grid
play last Friday and have had
two weeks to get ready for the
Cubs. Despite this the locals
will be in poor shape physically
tojnorrow. Tackle Eddie Gibson
continues to sit on the sidelines
recovering from an appendec-
tomy three weeks ago. Guard
Reed Martin is out for the sea-
son as result of breaking a col-
lar bone last Thursday. The
Tigers top ground gaining back,
Mouaton Gunter, continues to
favor a leg injury suffered be-
fore the Burkburnett game.
Tiger Starters
Starters for the Tigers will be
ends, Larry Kundysek and
Johnny Geer; tackles, Norman
Whitsitt and Charles Gardner;
guards, Dan Davis and Clarkey
Simpson; center, Nick Sikes, and
backs, Gunter, Hughes, Tommy
Mustin and Henry Hurd.
The Senior Class is holding a
chili supper at the elementary
school cafeteria before the game.
Tickets must be purchased from
a class member in advance.
Homecoming Party
There will be a homecoming
party immediately after the
football game Friday night in
the Youth Center. Students and
ev-students are urged to attend.
The* Hallowe’en motif will be
carried out in refreshments and
decorations.
Scout Drive Seeks
$1,500 From City
The annual Boy Scout Fund
drive got underway here Mon-
day with a kickoff breakfast at
the First Methodist Church. The
1955 goal is about $1,500.
Some 22 workers attended the
breakfast prepared by Explorer
Scouts Claude Herd and Rodney
Malone and served by Dan Ward,
Don Henderson, Bob Myers and
Jimmy Nixon.
E. E. Pete Henderson, drive
chairman, was master of cere-
monies at the program, while
J. F. Paulk gave workers their
instructions.
Yesterday Henderson reported
that workers had received $550
including current drafts. The
drive is expected to be com-
pleted this week.
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WORLD COMMUNITY DAY will be observed Friday, Novem-
ber 4, by United Church Women. The nationwide observance
will call attention to world poverty and the need for peace to
improve conditions. The local observance will be held at a
12:30 luncheon at Memorial Christian Church. Mrs. John
Hackey, right, is program chairman; Mrs. John Wilson, left,
and Mrs. Hugh Miller are program committee memebers.
, Gazette-News Photo.
County Commissioners Leam History
While Seeking to Clear Right of Way
Jack County Commissioners
have had many problems to
solve while securing highway
right of way during the past 30
years, but recently they came
up against something different.
Often they have had to move
fences, move buildings and use
condemnation to get right of
way, but soon they will have to
move some graves to clear fu-
ture roadsides.
Two of the graves are on the
future right of way of the FM
road to Highway 281. A third
is in the future widened right
of way of Highway 281, south of
here, near the roadside park.
The Jermyn graves go way
back into Jack County history,
while the third reflects on past
years when settlers were moving
in and through the county.
The Jermyn graves are those
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mason who
were killed by Indians and rene-
gade whites on April 17 or 18,
1858. Just what happened to
them has never been known and
their two children, who survived
not quite three at the time of the
incident, and Milton was about
10 months.
The children were left with
the raid, were Alexander (Tobe)
their dead parents, according to
the history “Ninety-four Years
in Jack County,” by the late
Mrs. Ida Huckabay. A day later
they were found by their ma-
ternal grandfather, Isaac Lynn.
When the road, north from
Jermyn was laid out it passed
by the two graves, but when the
roadway is widened the graves
would be in the right of way.
The Masons bodies will be moved
to the Jermyn cemetery, accord-
ing to County Judge H. C. Mc-
Clure.
The other grave is that of a
Smith child that died many
years ago when its family was
going through Jack County in a
wagon. The child took sick
while its parents were camped
near the present roadside park,
just north of Carroll Creek. It
succumbed to the disease and
was buried adjacent to the camp
grounds.
Not many of the details of the
passing of the Smith child have
been learned by the court. How-
ever, Commissioner of Pet. 2 J.
F. Willingham has been trying
to contact living members of
the family.
Club Room at Ft. Richardson Designated
To Honor Mrs. Huckabay, Co. Historian
The large south room of the
hospital building of Fort Rich-
ardson has been designated as
the “Ida L. Huckabay” room by
the Jack County Historical So-
ciety in honor of the late his-
torian and life member of the
organization. At present there
is $135 in the memorial fund.
The society hopes to furnish
this room as a club room.
Donations of money or fur-
nishings such as couches, lamps,
tables, chairs, drapes, pictures,
rugs, etc., may be contributed.
Hilton Crane, George Porter or
Bud Garner may be contacted
to pick up the contributions.
The city started outside re-
pair last week. The outside
woodwork is being painted and
the rock walls had to repointed
in several places. The roof will
be repaired soon also.
The front rooms that will
house the museum are complete
and ready to receive items of
historical value in connection
with the early days of Jack
County. These articles will be
protected in cases and guarded
by a caretaker.
The rest rooms have been
and floor covering laid.
; will also have con- ]
sinks have been set and a work
table built.
The society has raised enough
money through memberships
and donations to pay for about
a third of the repairs that have
been made. The money must
come from interested folk as
well as be earned by the mem-
bers. Donations may be sent to
the treasurer, Mrs. Bernice Hill.
The Historical Society will
meet Tuesday night, November
1, at 7:30 o’clock in the Cham-
ber of Commerce office to dis-
cuss the choice of a caretaker
and means of raising more
money.
Cub Packs to Organize
Cub Pack 111 will hold an
organizational meeting at 7:30
p. m. Thursday, November 10,
at the Memorial Christian
Church. Boys between 8 and 10
are eligible to join the Cub
Scouts.
Prospective members in the
Pack must be accompanied to
the organizational meeting by
their parents.
Bill Dennis will be the Cub
Master this year, succeeding
Pete Grace. T. D. Williams is
assistant Cub Master, Howard
and Oscar
USO Asks County For $493 to Provide
Morale Uplift For Cold War Servicemen
Jack County’s 1955 USO drive
is now underway, according to
chairman Bill E. Davis, who is
also commander of Battery B,
the Jack County National Guard
Lions To Hold Up
Carnival Visitors
Jacksboro Lions Club will hold
its annual Halloween Carnival on
the north side of the square
Monday beginning at sundown,
according to chairman, L. E.
Pete Grace.
This year’s carnival will fea-
ture some type of entertainment
for the entire family, but par-
ticularly for adults that have
some loose money. “There’s no
gambling at the carnival,” Grace
said, “visitors don’t have \a
chance.” But there are some
nice prizes.
Hie carnival will feature a
cakewalk, bingo, baseball throw,
penny pitch, cigarette shoot,
baseball pitch, roll ball in cup,
mouserace, weight guessing,
darts, roping, fishing and a for-
tune teller.
And there will be popcorn,
hotdogs and cold drinks at other
booths.
Each Lion is to bring a cake
for the cakewalk.
For youngsters there will be
the costume judging contest.
Some of the best spooks in town
usually show up at the carnival
and they’ll deserve a prize for
nerve. Costume prizes will be
announced at 9 p. m.
Tom Middlebrooks Bids
High For County Farm Lease
Tom Middlebrooks was high
bidder for leasing of the Jack
County farm for the next three
years, the Commissioners Court
announced after bids were open-
ed Monday. The eight bids
■ to
unit. Jack Conty’s 1955 quota
is $493.
Jack County men serving in
the Armed Forces in this coun-
try and overseas depend on the
USO for entertainment and
other services, just as their war-
time older brothers did, Davis
points out. Most of the service-
men are between 18 and 25 and
now serving for two years. They
are citizen soldiers that will
soon be returning to this area.
USO provides recreation which
improves morale of servicemen.
USO provides a link between
servicemen and folks back home.
During wartime it was easy
to raise Jack County’s quota,
Davis pointed out. The need for
USO is just as important during
the cold war as in a hot one.
And donations to USO should be
equally as generous.
Everyone is urged to make a
donation, no matter how small,
Davis said.
Postoffice Asks Bids
On Parcel Vehicle
Bids for leasing a station
wagon or pickup on an hourly
basis, without driver, to the
post office for use in delivering
parcel post during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1956, are
being accepted at the post office
until 6 p. m., November 5, Post-
master H. J. Patrick announced
today.
The vehicle must have a load
capacity of 50 cubic feet, back
of the driver’s seat and will be
used for one and a half hours
daily, except Sundays and holi-
days. Further details may be
obtained at the post office.
Paving Delayed Again
Street paving was delayed
again today when contractor Bill
McGee failed to appear. McGee
was reported to be
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