The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931
NUMBER 42.
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Drouth Relief Loans Available in
Jack County/
The Gazette received a tele-
gram from Senator Tom Connally
Tuesday advising that Jack Coun-
ty has been included iu drought
relief area and may secure loans
for farmers to be used in the pur-
chase of seed and feed.
D. R. Sewell, named as key
banker to represent the agricult-
ural interests of .Jack County, has
received notice that Jack County
has been officially designated as
in the area entitled to drouth re-
lief loans, and he hopes to have
the necessary organization com-
pleted so that applications may
be received from farmers of this
county within the next few days.
As soon as the supplies are re-
ceived, applications and full in-
formation may be obtained at the
office ’of J. N. Wheeler, county
agent. Mr. Sewell has named Ol-
iver Loving of Jermyn, P, II.
Marks of Perrin, and Gus Jones
of Jacksboro, as a county com-
mittee for the handling of these
applications. The loans are
made by a government /drouth
relief committee with offices in
Fort Worth and there should be
very little delay in getting final
action on an application.
Xo Conduct Revival at tks First Baptist Church
County Funding Bonds.
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Among the bills listed as hav-
ing been introduced in the Legis-
lature is one authorizing the
Commissioners’ Court of Jack
County to issue bonds funding
its outstanding road and bridge
warrants. Our information is that
this bill was drawn by the county
judge of this county, and pro-
vides that valid warrants hereto-
fore issued against the Road and
Bridge funds of the county and
outstanding against the comity
prior to the enactment of the law
may be extended in a series of
funding bonds, but not to include
any increased or new indebted-
ness of any kind. Many of the
counties in this section have
adopted this procedure in recent
years to obtain a more conven-
ient schedule of maturities and a
lower rate of interest on their
outstanding road and bridge war-
rants; and the commissioners’
court of this county hopes by this
method to arrange the road and
bridge finances so that a smaller
tax fate than is now required will
take care of the road and bridge
interest and sinking fund. If
this authority is granted, it may
not be exercised. The county
may not be able to assemble the
outstanding warrants so they can
be taken up in a bond issue, and
fhe bond market may be such
that nothing would be gained by
making the change. In fact, the
report on the bond market now
is that there is praeticlly no sale
for bonds. Also, it is reported
thatin a recent decision of the U.
S.District Court at New Orleans
the validity of some funding
bonds has been questioned, and
this may effect the issuance and
sale of the bonds to be authorized
by this bill. There will be no ex-
pense in having the bill enacted,
and if it is passed by the Legis-
lature it can be taken advantage
of if it appears to the interest of
the comity.
A revival meeting will
be held in the auditorium
of fhe First Baptist Church
beginning next Sunday,
■March 22nd.
The pastor, Rev. A. R.
Bilberry, announces that
the church has secured
Rev. W. W. Rivers to con-
duct the preaching serv-
ices. The latter is wejl
known in this section of
the -state, especially
among those of tlie Baptist
denomination.. lie was for
thirteen years pastor at
Port Worth; state evan-
gelist for two years and
for the jiast two years
pastor at Plectra, and is
rated as one of the lead-
ing pastor-evangelists.
Preaching services will
be held twice daily—11
a. in. and at 7:30 p. m.
Special arrangements are
being made for special
song services in connec-
tion with the preaching
daily.
The pastor and the
,members of' the church
extend an invitation to
every one to attend this
series of meetings.
State Itinerant Nurse to Visit
Public Schools.
Through the efforts of the Par-
ent-Teacher Association, the phy-
sicians of the county, and various
REV. W. W. RIVERS
Is the Small Town
Merchant The big city is the most depend-
1 ent. and helpless of all political
are
Losing Out? | subdivisions. Its arteries
Of late a great many Texas ed-j rooted in the towns and villages'
itors have been asking that ques-1 which surround it, and, when
tion. They ask it in all serious- these towns and villages are ill-
ness'-; they are genuinely alarm- j nourished the city, too, is pretty
ed about the survival of the small 'certain to wither and decay,
town. | The greatest enemy of the small
To the small town editor, who town is’not the nearby city; it is
sees his townsmen purchasing too I the small town citizen who has
much and too often from nearby not learned that the only hundred
On Texas Farms.
THE GUSHER
News of the Bryson School and
Community.
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j Friday night, March 13th, the
sophomore class enjoyed a weiner
roast at Baylor Springs. Those j other organizations, co-operating
I present were Sylvia Gaskin. Wil- with the State Department of
I lie Sanders, Marian Mahler, Bes-! health, the services of Miss Olga
Isiie Ainsworth, Bertha Smith, Vir-jBuresh. a state itinerant nurse
jginia Lee Keyser, Zonita York/has been secured to work wkii rhe
!Gladys Moore, Mamie Gydan, Lu-'local organizations in the leimols
| cile Bigham, Dorothy and etlielda of the county for the nex; . ,w
j Clayton, Boyd Maher, Lewie Cha/ weeks.
!fin, Ilarry Gaskin, Benton Rankin,! This work consists of tL ■ iu-
! Wylie Johnson, L. G. Caskey, Le-! spection of the children in the
jroy So Id it tier,- Travis Roberts, j schools and assisting in the eoi-
■ Ray Pemberton, Howard Bryson, rection of physical delects, mak-
!01 en Gaskin, Douglass Newman, • hip sanitary surveys of schools,
land the sponsor, Miss Margaret land the other duties incident to
Lovelace. j tKe public health of the children
__ i in which most of the parents are
I Mrs. Edwards is giving the sen-■ nd<,rcwted.
| iors a partv March 17, which is St ! A reception was given at the
| Patrick’s Lav. with onlv the sen-j s,,hool budding Tuesday for Miss
iors and Miss Willie Mae Butler,11 by the local Pmmt-Teaeh-
i the -sponsor, as guests.-The enter- ,‘1’ Association at which time she
I tainment will consist of bridge P!,V(J fl •sI'l,*ndid talk in regard to
and fortv-two. The color sheme lu'r work to a number of teachers
!of St. Patrick’s day will 1m* car- aml Parents. A special program
ried out in decorations and re- /'/" H,s0 P™' *°J’ thoae attending
t resliments. ! us, inYetine by the pupils ot Mrs.
__ illicit Hensley.
Joe Smith of Brazos left for / *\??hedo1'' is being worked out
■ _______ hv Miss Buresh and Couuty hu-
M,: and Mrs. B. F. Rankin and perintendent W. A. Ham for vis-
fan,ilv went to Weatherford re-/1"" a11 of the rural schoo s of
eentlv j the county. 1 he dates ot thenv
* , v, i> i it i .. meetings will be announced in ad-
Mr and Mrs Buck Helvey vis- ) the bpnrtil of p;iren(s
ited here fromAlvord recently. wh<| )uay wjs)l ,() at1pm,t she
„. . „ . . T , requesting that the parents bring
King ( herryhoines from Jacks- \ ' child;en of h(l0, age for
boro visited Louella, ( layton. j11K11P(.tion
<;■ K- *M^per of ^ ljibrarv wil[ sponSor
Wichita balls visited Mr. and a)) meeting at the Baptist
.Mrs. Floyd Bennett this week- j(.hlIrch Thtm*|ay, March 26,
, end\ ,, , . I for a discussion on health by Miss
Miss Lvelen Sue Dawkins a , Kuresh Wldle here her office will
|teacher in the Bryson public bo in the commissioners' court
(school, visted Abilene the past room
j week-end.
family visited
Bert Bost ami
Cutting beds have been esfab-j111 Petrol|a 1,11,1 Wiel,ita Kal,s tlle !
lished by demonstrators in yard I l)ast "’cck-cml.
improvement in Trawick and Ap-
Truce News.
cities, it is a serious matter. Ev-
erybody seems to take out; no-
body seems to put in—and that’s
a dangerous condition, whether it
be in-a crossroads village or a
city where seventeen railroads
and nintey-six steamship lines
rub elbows.
As a matter of fact, no far-
sighted city endorses any move-
ment which threatens the pros-
perity and progress of the small
towns which dot its Hinterland.
per cent dollar is the dollar spent
at home. Moreover, strange as it
may seem, the worst offender fre-
quently is the small-town mer-
chant who neglects to practice
what he preaches.
If home-town people would de-
velop a sense of home-town loyal-
ty, all this talk of the “small
town losing out’’ would be the
emptiest sort of prattle. There
never was a time when so much
opportunity for development and
pleby communities, Nacogdoches
Comity, in order to multiply cut-
tings of desirable yard shrubs for
general distribution among both ,
home demonstration club mem- sl,0'v 11 ,<ort VW,h
•hers and others. week-end.
growth was offered enterprising
communities. Texas’ only glass
factory is located in a relatively
small town, as are her two great
sugar refineries; in point of
fact, high tension lines for the
transmission of electric power
have wiped out the small town's
disadvantages and emphasize its
attraction.
Alyne Henderson was home! Iruce, March 17. Some of the
from Weatherford College, with j successful farmers have finished
two guests, Dick and Bill Loft. !l>>«"Img corn while others have
.Air. Jackson and Miss Yirgie • J,,st b<T'"'- Mon* corn and teed
Wileman visited the fat stock I (‘roP!l "'ill be planted this year*
the past Iban have been planted in this
section for several years.
Airs. George Edwarls visited in Airs. Long, an old-time resident
Dallas the past week-end. jol bLis community hut having
Airs. J. E. Terrv and children l,v,,<l 1,1 Newport several years
visited relatives in Denton last i af >• died ;,t her home at that
weej- | place last Thursday and was bur-
A. Vick and family visited the !ie<l at ,llis l,lMce Friday at three
fat stock show at Fort Worth. <! clock- Mrs. Long counted her
_ I triends with her acquaintances,
Reduction Made in Insurance
Rate.
Following is a telegram receiv-
ed by S. 0. Callahan, city fire mar-
shal :
Austin, Texas,
March 13, 1931.
S. 0. Callahan,
Jacksboro, Texas.
Jacksboro receives fitfteen per
cent good fire record credit eceet-
ive Alarch first.
J. W. Deweese,
Fire Insurance
Commissioner.
Federation Club Day To Be
Observed.
Members of organized clubs in
Jack County are cordially invit-
ed to attend the open meeting of
the Federation program at the
First Baptist Church of Jacks-
boro, Thursday,- March 26th "Tit
S. n m. T*'*og.»; u sponsored by
For information pertaining to any event
wadies should confer with the special director
Program Annual Intersckolastic League Meet
Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28 Public School Athletic Field, Jacksboro, Texas
Friday, March 27th
!) :00—Spelling—High School Building.
Senior, Class B, High School and Rural.
Room 207, Second Floor.
Junior, Ward and Rural" will report to
Room 207. /
Sub-Junior will report, to room 207.
10-12—Essay Writing, All Divisions, Second
Floor, Class B, Ward, Rural, Room 202.
10- 11—Arithmetic, All Divisions, Room 107,
First Floor.
11- 12—Extemporaneous* Speaking, Study Hall,
Second Floor.
11-12—Music Memory, All Divisions, First
Floor, 105.
11-12—Picture Memory, Second Floor, 204.
9:30-12—Tennis, Boys and Girls Singles, (Pre-
liminaries and Finals), -Public
- School Court.
11- 12—Three-R Contest, Rural, First Floor,
Room 102.
12- 1:30—Noon Intermission.
1:30—Rural Declamation, Auditorium.
Senior Boys.
Senior Girls. '
Junior Boys.
Junior Gii-ls.
2:45—Debate, All Divisions, Study Hall, Sec-
ond Floor.
Rural High School
„ Boys * Girls
Girls Boys
3:00—Preliminaries, 100 Yard Dash; 22<T
Yard Dash.
7 ;30—Declamation, Class B, Auditorium.
Senior Boys.
Senior Girls.
Junior Boys. 1
Junior Girls.
The Parent-Teacher Association !for to kno'v h,‘r Wi,s ,0 love her.
of Bryson high school is conduct-1A .larfe concourse of relatives and
ing annual physical examinations I attended the tnneral, and
The m.l'v tluiur it.pt „„„ Ml » f,)r t]"’ students of the Brvson I ,,,aiiy bcautitul flowers testified
« , •' tlp . at. ca!1 j/11 a i school The visiting nurse will fo ,h">’ esteem. She is survived
*“• ...... 'nuk. ,km WMimiiurtW *wl ?»»». Will l)«,.<ly of Rio
parents will be notified of the *,ratl<b‘ ^ allev ; ( laud Long of
condition of each /child. This 1 Lov<*land : ',ainvhl Lonft Truce;
[work is one of the most worthy 1",) daughters. Airs. Jennie Mc-
iever undertaken bv our local p i Manus of Ryan, Okla., and Mrs.
good small town in the indiffer
ence of its citizens.—“Editorials
of the Month.’’
IT. A., and very beneficial results l/.ra. Woolsey ol Newport, All of
will be obtained. j whom were present at the time of
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Saturday, March 28th
9-12—Senior Girls, Volley Ball, Preliminaries
and Finals, Public School Athletic
Grounds.
9-10:30—Junior Girls Baseball, Public School
Athletic Grounds.
9-30:30—Junior Boys Baseball, Public School
Athletic Grounds.
9-12—Tennis, Boys and Girls Doubles, Pre-
liminaries and Finals.
10:00 Finals Pole Vault.
12-1:30—Noon Intermission.
1:30—Senior Boys Track and Field Finals,
Public School Athletic Grounds.
1:30—Junior Boys Track and Field Finals,
Rural, Ward and Glass B, Public
School Athletic Ground.
1:30—Rural Peutathelon, Athletic Grounds.
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DIRECTORS IN CHARGE
Ernest B. Whitaker..................Director General
0. M. McCloud..................Director of Athletics
C. C. AlcClurg. ....................Director of Spelling
Herman T. Webb............Director of Arithmetic
Mrs. Stella Conner ...Director of Essay Writing
Ivan P. Oliver............Director of Ex. Speaking
W. F.. Cannon........................Director of Debate
Paul CSiints..............Director of Alusic Memory
Miss Grace Ham. Director of Picture Memory
Aliss Laura Kelsay........Director of 3-R Contest
J. E. Terry....................Director of Declamation
Norman A. Howry .Director Rural Pentathclon
1. L. Dodson.............Director of Rural Schools
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SPECIAL DIRECTORS
W. F. Cannon..................Tennis and .Volley Ball
Leigh Green—..............................................Junior
Girls and Junior Boys Playground Ball
Stewart Albert Newman.......................................
.......................Junior and Senior Boys Track
Ivan P. Oliver................Shot, Discus and Javelin
S. W. Dnren........................../*.................................
.......Junior and Senior Boys Field Events
'her death.
The Saturday
night singing
The seventh grade, accompani-1
led by their sponsor. Air. Robert | was ,11,ot ,u',d on aeeount of unfa-
! Jackson, went on a weiner roast''.01’'1.’ " caflici^■. so there was
last Thursday night at Baylor i smgmg Sunday night. 1’he sing-
' Springs. The group of thirty, Iis liehl at Pome home each
j the class and their guests, report- i '-,{,Hirday night ii the weather
ed a delightful evening. I periiiitM.
I The members of the junior class / ” 1 Dandy who is sending a
are now practicing on their annu-',f." , a's ll<>r<' boosting for the
jal play, “The Mvsterv of thelUl° (,ralui(’ VhHcv. ami can t see
Third Gable." They are expect- |'vh-v ™ore PW)Ple do11’1
ing this play to be one of the best Hd 1 !,Si <’0l‘rt‘sP°11dcnt is nmde to
ever presented in Bryson. j wonder wliv so many Jack Coun-
_ m t__ j tv people wander back here if it
j is so bad and the other place is so
Local S. A. Council Officers fine.
Some live stock
Elected.
A meeting was held Tuesday
afternoon for the election of offi-
cers by the local council, or advi-
sory board, of the Salvation Army
when the following were elected:
J. L. Sipes, president; H. A.
Wills, secretary-treasurer. Other
directors were Dr. J. A. Stevens,
W. M. Brown, Gus Jones and
Judge H. C. McClure.
As the Salvation Army work is
now carried on the state is divid-
ed into districts with Jack and
Young Counties comprising one
district which is now under the
supervision of Adutant Saunders,
with headquarters jmAJraliam.
The annual drive for member-
ships will be made here on the
] 26th under the supervision of Ad-
utant Saunders. After that date
the tambourine will not. be pass-
ed to the business houses for col-
lections, but the monthly pledges
will K? coll :l 'd 1. h r >r en au-
thorized representative.
selling and
trading going on—some cattle
buyers from Newport paid a pre-
mium price to J. W. Franklin for
some baby calves last week.
R. H. Zuber of Bowie was in
Truce on business Saturday.
Mrs. S. T. Smith was in New-
port on business recently.
Aliss Ellen Spradlin has return-
ed from a stay in Newport.
Air. and Mrs. J. W. Franklin
visited in the homes ofO.H.Trout
and John Smith at Jacksboro,
Friday.
Women’s Prayer Meetings.
The ladies' east side prayer
meeting was held last Friday af-
ternoon at the residence of Mra.
H. R. Reeves, with Airs. A. D.
Brant as leader. Tin* next ser-
vice will he held with Miss Alar-
garet McClurkiu next Friday af-
ternoon v :th 3Lre. Ferol S’’ r p-
suire as leader.
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Dennis, J. R. The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1931, newspaper, March 19, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729461/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.