Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, January 25, 1988 Page: 1 of 8
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ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH YEAR. JACKSBORO GAZETTE-NEWS, JACKSBORO, TEXAS 76056 PUBLICATION tyUMBER 271720
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MONDAY^JANUARY 25,1988 NUMBER 38
Pasture fires kept area
volunteer firemen busy over
the weekend with thousands
of acres of grassland and
timber ablaze in Jack, Clay,
Young, Parker, and Archer
Counties.
Jacksboro Volunteer Fire
Department press liaison
Doug Withrow said, how-
ever, that to his knowledge
no injuries occurred.
A fire just off FM 2210
near the Jack/Wise County
line north of highway 199
drew trucks and firemen
from Jacksboro, Bridgeport,
and Perrin Friday.
Huge clouds of smoke bil-
lowed up Saturday after-
noon from a large bum south
of town on highway 4 be-
tween Jacksboro and the
Barton Chapel community.
An area 21/2 miles long, and
estimated to be as wide, had
burned before firemen from
Jacksboro, Chico, Bryson,
Perrin, and Graford were
able to extinguish the blaze.
Approximately 25 to 30
firemen, two bulldozers, and
a maintainer, fought the fire,
aided by a local tank truck
company which handled
1,000 to 1,500 gallons of
water.
Cause of the blaze,
Withrow said, was deter-
mined to be an area resi-
dents' burning trash.
. Grass fires also broke out
at Gibtown and Shannon
Saturday with local firemen
responding to a call from
Gibtown. Fires in Archer
and Parker Counties also de-
manded attention. A Jacks-
boro bulldozer and operator
was requested by firemen in
Parker County.
Sunday saw Jacksboro
Volunteer Firemen respond-
ing to a grass fire which
started from burning trash
at a home south of highway
380 W.
AARP Installs Officers
AARP chapter No. 1737,
met January 18,1988, at the
Jacksboro Bank Community
Room and Ms. Jayne Ca-
trett, assistant state direc-
tor, installed the following
officers:
President, Mrs. L.C. Hub-
bard; vice president, Harold
Avants; secretary, Mrs. J.L.
Lacewell; Treasurer, Harry
Youth Basketball League Tryouts
Scheduled for Saturday Jan. 30
The City of Jacksboro will
sponsor a Youth Basketball
League for boys and girls in
the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th
grades. Tryouts for team
placement will be held on
Saturday, January 30,1988
at 9:00 a.m. at the Armory.
Everyone interested in play-
ing will be placed on a team.
Players are required to at-
tend tryouts. If a child is not
able to attend tryouts, one
make-up tryout session will
be scheduled.
There will be a $10.00 reg-
istration fee which will cover
the expenses of T-Shirts,
insurance and awards. Play-
ers will be allowed to keep
their shirts at the end of the
playing season. Players
must bring their registration
form and fee on the day of
tryouts.
Volunteers for coaching,
officials and score keeping
will be needed. If you would
like to volunteer, please con-
|l tact Arthur Reaves or Linda
Heathcoat at City Hall. The
phone number is 567-6321.
Players need to be accompa-
nied by a parent for tryouts if
at all possible.
All students of the Jacks-
boro Independent School
District will be allowed to
play. However, if at the end
of the 4th six weeks grading
Gaskin; chairperson nomi-
nating committee, Mrs.
Harry Gaskin; program
chairperson, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cox; community service
chairman, Chester Arga-
bright; public relations
chairperson, Mrs. Chester
Argabright; membership
chairperson, Mrs. Clorene
Hicks.
Health care chairperson,
Mrs. Martha Jones; legisla-
tive chairperson, Mrs. Neva
Henderson; tax aide service,
Mrs. Edith Faires; sunshine
chairperson, Mrs. Velma Pe-
witt; hostess chairperson,
Mrs. Aaron Hull.
Board of directors: J.L.
Lacewell, Mrs. Elizabeth
McConnal, Howard Elen-
burg, W.T. Lee, Mrs. Clorene
Hicks, Pete Armstrong, and
L.C. Hubbard.
Anyone 50 and over is in-
vited to join AARP and share
in all the advantages. Next
meeting is scheduled for
Monday February 15.
"The grass and brush
around this area is very dry,”
Withrow pointed out Mon-
day morning. "There is no
safe way to bum trash, and
especially when the wind is
blowing. Sparks can still get
away, even from a covered
barrel, and start a devastat-
ing fire in seconds."
Withrow urges everyone
to be extremely careful with
fire of any kind. An ill ad-
vised trash fire, a carelessly
discarded match or cigarette
-- any number of things can
cause costly and damaging
grass fires, he says.
"Landowners need to be
aware, also," he says, "that
bulldozers and backfires are
often the only way we can
contain a fire once it starts.
"We try to avoid the neces-
sity of cutting fences," he
points out, "but when that's
the only way we have of fight-
ing a fire we simply need the
landowners cooperation."
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Ogle Announces Candidacy for
Re-election in Precinct One
North Texas Rehab Center
Schedules Parent Meeting
period a student is failing a
subject, he or she will not be
allowed to play their next
two scheduled games.
If you wish to participate
and cannot afford registra-
tion fee, please contact
Arthur Reaves or Linda
Heathcoat at 567-6321.
Jacksboro Lions
To Meet Wed.
The Jacksboro Lions Club
will conduct its monthly
meeting at noon Wednesday
January 27 in the Lions Club
Building, 200 East Street in
Jacksboro.
Antelope Jamboree
Set for Jan. 30
The regular fifth Saturday
night Jamboree will be pre-
sented at 6:00 p.m. Saturday
January 30 in the Antelope
Community Center at Ante-
lope.
Homemade pies, cakes,
and sandwiches will be on
sale as will soft drinks. Ad-
mission is 500 at the door for
adults and 250 for children.
Door prizes will be awarded.
All musicians are invited
to participate in the show T,
and the public is urged to 1 h°Peutc! eXery°ne Per:
= out aud enjoy the good ■ ‘£r “Kw
that I will appreciate their
vote. If/e-elected I will con-
tinue to serve you to the very
best of my ability.
I would appreciate your
Clothes Closet
Open Wednesday
PASTURES GOING UP IN SMOKE-This huge column of
smoke arose Saturday afternoon from a grass fire which
burned on both sides of Highway 4 between Jacksboro and
The Clothes Closet, a non Barton Chapel. This picture was taken from a point several
profit service project spon- miles north of the actual fire.
sored by the women of sev- Gazette Staff Photo by BobWare
eral local churches, will open
for its second January sale of
good used clothing Wednes-
day. Hours are from 1:00
until 5:00 p.m. and the loca-
tion is 339 East Jasper.
, Aldermen to Meet
First of all I would like to
say that it has been an honor
for me to serve as your com-
missioner. I would like to
continue to serve you in that
capacity, so once again I am
asking you to re-elect me as
your commissioner.
My wife, Betty, and 1 were
born and raised in Jack
County. We live in the Truce
Community. We have five
children: Ricky, Terrie,
Timmy, Lisa (16), and Ter-
esa (13), all of whom at-
tended, or are attending,
Jacksboro schools.
The mayor and board of
aldermen for the City of
Jacksboro will meet in regu-
Persons washing to donate lar 8ession at 6:30 p.m. Tues-
articles for the sale may do so day January 26. The follow-
dunng sale hours. ing agenda has been posted:
1. Call the roll.
2 Adopt the minutes of the
January 12, 1988, regular
meeting.
3. Hear from the public.
4. Authorizations by Council
a. Consideration of
monthly accounts payable.
5. Reports
6. Adjournment.
LeRoy Lane
City Administrator
Meetings of the city gov-
ernment are open to the
public and all interested
persons are welcome to at-
tend.
Commodities Distribution
Set for Wednesday Jan. 27
Distribution of USDAsur- Persons receiving food
plus commodities will be con- stamps or Social Security
ducted from 2:00 until 5:00 benefits are automatically
p.m. Wednesday January 27 eligible for receipt of these
at the Lions Club Building commodities. Families with
200 East Street in Jacks- low income, or no income,
boro. may also be eligible.
Young Farmers Set Show Date
CLIDE OGLE
support in the upcoming
election, Tuesday March 8.
Clide Ogle
County Commissioner
Precinct 1
case manager, is facilitator
for the meeting.
A parent meeting will be
held Thursday, January 28
under sponsorship of the ,, „ , , ... ,.
staff of the Infant Develop- Mrs- Zembrod will discuss
ment Program, North Texas services available through
Rehab Center. The meeting the Infan} Development Pro-
will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Parants concerns
at Sacred Heart Catholic of th*ru: chidr®a- Parents
Church Educational Build- may visit with other parents
ing, 1505 Ninth Street, Wic- of chfidren with special
hita Falls needs to discuss their needs,
The meeting is open to all experiences and problems,
parents, grandparents and The meeting is the first of
k foster parents of children in an ongoing parent group
(PI the Intent Development Pro- that will meet the last Thurs-
gram at the Center. Lyn day morning of each month.
Zembrod, IDP supervisor/ Additional information may in these acd
' be obtained from Mrs. Zem- Sgt. John Stahl of Mineral
brod at 322-0771. Wells stated, "In Jack
County, our troopers investi-
Pupput GrOUP fO gated no fatal accidents, 2
super
Falls Highway Patrol Dis-
trict comprised of 8 counties
said, "For the month of De-
cember, our troopers investi-
gated ho fatal accidents, 73
personal injury accidents,
and 91 property damage ac-
___________________ ddents. There was no one
the Center. Lyn day morning of each month, killed and 73 persons figured
idents."
Only Two Injured, No One Killed
In December Traffic Accidents
Lt. Joe Rex Smitfl, District personal injury acddents,
Supervisor of the Wichita and 5 property damage acci-
dents in the month of Decem-
ber. Two people were iiyured
in these acddents, but there
were no fatalities.
The Valley View Young
Farmers have announced
February 19 and 20 as the
dates for their 5th Annual
Invitational Show. The
event will be held at the
Valley View FFA Project
Center.
The show is open to all
Future Farmers of America
and 4-H Club Members. En-
tries available are heifers,
market steers, breeding
sheep, market sheep and
swine. Entry fee is $7.00 a
head, late fee is $9.00. Tro-
phies and ribbons will be
awarded.
Judges for the show are:
Sheep-Troy Gilbert, Ver-
non, Texas.
Steers & Heifers-Jerry
Roberts, Whitesboro, Texas.
Swine-Dr. T.D. Tanksly,
Burtram, Texas.
For more information and
entry forms call 817/726-
3522 or 726-3362.
LOCAL BRIEFS
by Bob Ware
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Bible Study
Scheduled at
Liveoak Baptist
y Bible
[nightly i
Church
Perform atMt. Home to bo Shown —,.... r._„
, ^ On Wednesday, February Rev. Woody Singleton, pas-
God s Gang, the musical 3rd at 7 p.m. a film showing tor, ha« announced,
puppet show from Jacks- the plight of Christians in
boro’s Southwest Baptist Russia will be shown in the
Church, will be presented at Fellowship Hall of the First
7:30 p.m Saturday January United Methodist Church.
30 at the Mountain Home The event is co-sponsored
Christian and
Mountain Home
Missionary Baptist Church.
The public ' ”
January Bible Study is
scheduled nightly at Liveoak
Baptist Church Sunday,
January 31 through Wed-
nesday, February 3 at 7 p.m.
Teacher for the book of
Malachi will be Rev. Joel
McCoy, pastor of First Bap-
tist Church of Montague.
A nursery will be
and the public is
invited to attend,
pastor.
lt seems to be the season,
so Perk's column/ad in this
edition addresses the subject
of cold medicines. Be sure to
read what his Gibson Phar-
macy ad says about common
cold remedies.
***
TU Electric has a habit of
printing ads which catch the
eye and get the point across
with very few words. Such is
the case in today's edition.
Check it out and you'll see
what I mean.
***
H&R Block says "let us
show you how much we care"
for the local taxpayers. The
new tax forms are confusing
provided enough. That’s why 1
cordially town preparers who
said the about us Wome so fi
Beltone hearing tests are
offered free each Friday from
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Gibson's
Pharmacy. The ad is in this
edition.
Ray Black has some top-
notch buys in both new and
used cars and trucks at his
Ray Black Motor Company
in Graham. Check it out!
Things are slowly getting
back to normal around the
office after the recent holi-
days, so hopefully the Fat
Kid will be able to find time
to do a better j ‘
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McGee, Leigh. Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, January 25, 1988, newspaper, January 25, 1988; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733207/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.