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JACK COUNTY’S SHOPPING GUIDE SINCE 1810
Jacksboro, Tans, 76056, Monday, March 8,1971
AT THE CROSSROADS TO WEST TEXAS
NUMBER 41
Modern Nursing Home
Work Starts This Week
Chamber of Commerce
Banquet Ready Tuesday
Work to start this week on
setting foundation for a
modern 106 bed nursing home
on a block of property just
south of VFW Hall, acquired
by Mac-Dee Inc. of Mineral
Wells from the estate of the
late Mrs. J. W. Knox.
D. D. Spencer of Mineral
Wells, partner in the cor-
poration, told The Gazette-
News that construction of the
$50,000 building should re-
quire from 90 to 120 days,
with opening likely in July.
The block of property is
830 feet by 250 feet, bounded
by church Street on the west,
Jasper Street on the south,
Jack street on the east and the
VFW property on the north.
The building, which will have
an area of 25,000 square feet,
Is designed so that from a
centrally located station, a
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nurse can see every room in
all four wings.
Plans for the modern nurs-
ing home have been approved
by the State Health Depart-
ment. The home will be
equipped with the latest medi-
cal facilities, including ther-
apy room with pressure ma-
chine, muscle building and
whirlpool equipment.
A beauty shop will be avail-
able to patients, as will a large
recreation room and a chapel.
The building will be equipped
with central gas air condition-
ing for year round comfort,
according to Weldon Hood of
the Brazos River Gas Com-
pany who was with Spencer
whef he visited the Gazette
office.
There will be some 80
rooms, eitherprivate or semi-
private for two patients. Each
Final Rites Held
For Porter Risley
Funeral rites were held at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
Monday, 11 a.m., for Porter
Risley, who died March 3 at
El Paso.
Father Michael Erwin, pas-
tor, was the officiating min-
ister. Arrangements were with
Hawkins Funeral Home and
burial was in Oakwood Ceme-
tery. Pall bearers were Jesse
Massengale, Pete Simons,
Pete Bommarlto, Pat Myers,
Claude Gregg and Charlie
Wells.
Porter Risley was born in
Jacksboro Nov. 6,1904, the son
of Ward and Roslianna
O’Haugharty Risley. His wife,
Lorinda Moore Risley, pre-
ceded him in death. He was an
automobile dealer in El Paso.
Surviving are a son, Porter
Risley Jr. of El Paso; and a
brother, George Risley of
Jacksboro.
Phone Company
Expects Growth
Southwestern Bell has 54
reasons to expect continued
growth in Jacksboro during
1971.
According to R. H. McJil-
ton, local manager for the tel-
ephone company, that’s the
number of new telephones
added during 1970 fora year-
end total of 2,634 in service.
“By the end of the current
year,” he continued, “the
company expects to add an-
other 110 telephones to those
already in service here.
“Use of telephones here also
continued to be high during
1970, with an estimated annual
volume of 3,467,000 local and
long distance calls,” he said.
“The best possible service
at the lowest possible price
was not Southwestern Bell's
only contribution to Jacksboro
during 1970,” McJllton added.
“The company paid about
$1,300 in ad valorem prop-
erty taxes and some $2,500 in
gross receipts taxes during the
year to meet its obligations as
a good corporate citizen.”
The comapny is engaged in
a statewide effort Involving
an estimated $460 million dol-
lars in new construction for
service improvements and ex -
panslon, he said.
“This massive “ amount of
Contests have developed at money for Texas represents!
Bryson and .Antelope in school more than half of Southwest-
board elections scheduled for eru p2n>s planned expendl-
Saturday, April 3, it was fores in its five-state oper-
learned from the office of ptme territory during 1971,”
County Judge John R. Lind- McJllton explained,
soy* He noted that more than
At Bryson, four candidates $180 million will be spent
for two vacancies are Bobby in the company’s northeast
M. Mitchell, George N. Kin- Texas operating area-of
der, Henry Pipping, Beth which Jacksboro is a part.
Schllttler. “This money is being spent
Four trustees from a list in keeping with our commlt-
of seven candidates will be ment to provide every custo-
elected at Antelope. They mer with the best possible
are D. A. Hadderton, Gran- telephone servics, while fac-
ville M. WeUs, Doyle W. fog ever-incmsisg demands
Moore, Jr., Troy Bolton, for consir.mjicatlons facili-
R. E. Voyles, Maurice Cleri- ties,” McJllton said,
hew, Loyd K. adder. “Ail vacations for the70's
. Perrin and Jacksboro will point to unparalleled growth
elect three trustees from a for the communications in-
list of three candidates. iustry--in Texas and through-
Those at Perrin are John out the nation. That’s why we
W. Barker, Bobby L. Hutton, are setting such large cco-
M, C. Tucker. i’ttl struction budgets-so we can
are stay ahead today and be
Stamoer Jerrv Craft
room will have a nurses call
system and separate toilet fa-
cilities, or half bath, said
Spencer. TV outlets will be
provided.
Mac-Dee Inc. operates a
nursing home in Mineral
Wells and in other Texas
cities, Spencer said.
“We expect to employ 60
local people in the Jacksboro
facility,” he explained and
said information may be ob-
tained from Fred Calhoun
here or by calling Spencer
at 325-0550 or writing him
at 2601 Hilley Drive, Min-
eral Wells.
BOUND FOR REGIONAL FAIR-(l) Phil Gilbreath, teacher,
and Robin Thompson look at Robin’s project “From Tadpole
to Frog.”; (2) Pam Paschal and Mrs. Vivian Fuller, teacher,
with exhibit “How Plants Breathe, Eat and Drink”; (3) Mrs.
Leora Roberts, fifth grade teacher, with Landy Bennett’s
ecology exhibit, “Man’s Relation to Grass.”--Staff Photos
With a capacity which can
hardly be expanded past 200,
the Lions Club Building will
be virtually bursting at the
seams Tuesday night for the
45th annual Chamber ofCom-
merce banquet starting at
7:30 p.m. The buffet dinner
will be catered by Dairyland.
Jerry Craft will act as mas-
ter of ceremonies. Retiring
President Jack Smith will
welcome the visitors and pre-
sent the new president, John
R. Lindsey, who will pre-
sent the past president’s
award to Smith.
Presentation of other
awards will be made by
Charles McClure, Lonnie
Wooten and Dr. W. G. Mask.
Members of Jacksboro
Chapter, Future Business
Leaders of America, will
jpresent a skit.
Jack County Agent Jim
Price will present the speak-
er, Reagan Brown, Extension
sociologist from Texas A&M
University, whose talk will
feature the banquet theme,
“Where Do We Grow from
Here?”
New officers who will as-
sume their duties along with
Judge Lindsey are S. V.
Stark, vice president; Cliff
Cotten, second vice presi-
dent; Grace Chambers, trea-
surer.
Directors include Ralph
Hammond, Dr. Mask, Don
Smith, Charles Geer, Dr. Paul
G. Lillard, Price, McClure and
Jim Spiller.
Directors at large are
Eddie Graham, A1 Malone, Ro-
bert Abernathie, Lonnie Woot-
en, Ed H. Stewart, Mabel
Claire McGee and Mayor
F. C. Heard, ex officio.
Banquet committees, an-
nounced by Erma Apple-
white, chamber manager, n-
clude: Marciea Davis, chair-
man; B. H. Gregg Jr., food;
Burl Golson, greeter chair-
man; Ima Bush, Katherine
Gregg, Evelyn Craft, Polly
Craft, decorations; Bob Pet-
erson, Fred Calhoun, seating
arrangements; personnel
Jacksboro National and First
National Bank, registration;
FBLA, LaVerne Ogle, spon-
sor, entertainment; Jack
County Herald and Jacksboro
Gazette-News, publicity.
WEATHER
LEONARD L. GASKIN
Memorial Rites
Held for Gaskin
Memorial services were
conducted for Leonard N.
Gaskin in Jackson, Miss., on
Monday, March 8. He died
Friday night in a Jackson
Hospital.
Mr. Gaskin, 71, was born
in Jack County on July 21,
1899 to Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Gaskin. His father was
formerly a postmaster in
Jacksboro. He was a veteran
of World War I.
He married Audrey Leach
in Jacksboro in 1921 and to
this union were born three
children, two of whom pre-
ceded him in death. In 1924 be
moved to Monroe, La., and in
1941 to Jackson, Miss., where
ha had continued to make his
home.
At one time he operated
Gaskin Bonding Company at
Jackson, Miss. He was a
number of First Christian
Church, Capitol Lodge 600
AF A AM, Jackson Scottish
Rite Bodies, Wahabi Shrine
and Wahabi Shrine Patrol,
and the American Legion.
He is survived by his wi-
dow, one son, Commander
Richard G. Gaskin of Pen-
sacola, Fla., four grandchild-
ren and one great grandchild;
a sister, Miss Zela Gaskin
Wichita Falls; also a son in
law, Wallace W. Boss of Wal-
nut, IU.
School Trustee
Candidates FBe
Crowd of 1500 Visitors
View Science Exhibits
More than 1500 people vi- Tommy Witherspoon, “Smok- er, "Amplifier”; David Kin-
sited the annual Science Fair ing Machine”; Stephen Boykin, der, Ignition System”; The-
in Jacksboro Junior High Gym "Effect of spectrum Light on resa Milner, “Telephone Am-
Friday, when blue ribbon win- Plants”; William Pierce, "Se- pHfler”; Debbie Bloodworth,
ners were named to exhibit wage Disposal.”
in the Regional Science Fair Red Ribbon winners, who
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Church of Christ
Sets Lectureship
“Electric Motor”; GregClay- The public is invited to at-
___ __ _______ ______ __ ton, "Thermometer”; Ricky tend a series of lessons to
at Midwestern University to will be taken to the regional Hales, “Outdoor-Indoor Wind be taught at the Church of
- *- »-*- .............. Gauge”; Jimmy Graham, Christ, 215 East Belknap,
“Morse Code”; “Glenda Jacksboro, at 7:30 nightly
Jones, “Cameras.” beginning Monday, March 15,
Gilbreath had two students Bud Hales, pastor, has an-
be set up Wednesday, March fair Saturday, are:
10. Fifth graders taught by Mrs.
The Regional Science Fair Roberts, Guy Falkinburg,
will be open to the public from “Buoancy of Liquids”; Vadah
Thursday, March 11, 4:30 Harrison, “Solar System”; on Hie list of seventh grade nounced.
p.m., to Saturday, March 13, William Catlln, “Battery Ig- blue ribbons, Randy McCon- March 15 Ed Bryant of
nition”; “Ginger Johnson, nell> ‘The Effect of Ferti- Bridgeport will discuss “What
“Rndv nt life”- PhilinFlem- lizer on Plants” and Bill About Predistinatlon?”
ine “A StmDle Telephone ” Kessin&er> “Earthquake.” March 16 Leroy Brownlow
^Thompso^fsixth S- „Mrs. Fuller’s wventhgrad- of Fort- Worth will discuss
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BUSINESS CONTRIBUTOR-The folks who work at the Ga-
zette-News and Herald who always have time to contribute
blood when the Red Cross Bloodmobile comes, Included here
(left to right) Gladys Carter, Georgie Fae Jackson and Oma
Myers, newshens, Priscilla Perritt of Bryson, Vera Wilton
of Jacksboro, and Shirley Weldon, newshen.—Staff Photo
45 Donate Life Gift
To Bloodmobile Here
9 p.m. Some $8,500 in gov-
ernment bonds will be given
away as prizes.
Blue ribbon winners will
exhibit in the regional show
__________________ ers Laneta McGaughey, ers taking red ribbons were “What About the Holy spirit-
and the 43 red ribbon win- “Molds”; Tab Sims, "De- Ju}t®(Fenter. “Glucose Mole- ual Gifts?”
ners will be taken to visit the
regional exhibit.
There were an amazing
number of exhibits in the
science fair here, totaling
over 250. A few of the exhi-
bits
Moore, seventh grader taught
by Mrs. Carol Lindsey, who
exhibited “Rocks.”
“Even the white ribbon win-
ners learned something about
science and the organization
of a project,” said J. R.
Thompson, director of the
show.
Judging was done by Jimmy
Moore and his high school
science students.
Blue ribbons in the fifth
and sixth grade division were
limited to two. They went to
Landy Bennett, fifth grader
taught by Mrs. Leora Roberts,
with an ecology exhibit,
“Man’s Relationship to
Grass,” and Shirley Riggs,
Thompson’s sixth grade stu-
dent exhibition “The Human
Body.”
~ Six of Mrs. Vivian Fuller’s
seventh graders who won blue
ribbons are Becky Fleming,
"Galvanometer”; Ann Wbit-
sitt, “Subsurface Forma-
tions”; Pamela Paschal, ‘ ’How
Plants ' Breathe, Eat and
Cur
veloping Useful Products from ?T,1|e e.M*rch.11,7 ^Pb Starling of
Dninnqkinc”- I vnette lewis relePhone and How It Works”; Stephenville will discuss
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bits were from Antelope troutt "Tooth”-Sarah Price ^Stonehenge , Jerry Hop- About the Bible and Its Place
School, including one of the “Hygrometer”- Eddie Smith” VhS’ ,pr°iect Mercury.”; in the 20th Century?”
-J ribbon winners, Marcia “Telegranh”- ’ Jana Ward’ J?h“ D‘ Thon>pson, "Paper- March 19 Foy Kirpatrick of
«Dart« nfrar >* ’ shell Pecan”; Glenda Koonce, Fort Worth will discuss “What
Bryan Elenburg, “How to ^“I, Creation and Evolu-
Catch Worms”; Cindy Oil- rfh^n\thw„^®rs r®d Uon?
ver, “What Makes Water Thompson s st“-
Magnify?” Jeff Parish, *r,1,!5tJ" ,{?nes’
"Electric Motor”; Robin LnJ f t “d,^Ls/ FaS
Ware, “Pollution”; Kevin East®r> Wb^ky SU11 ;
Florence, “The Mysterious ,, ton /arris, "Growth
Insect”; John Black, “Tim- Movements a Plants.”
ing Circuit”; Michael Coop-
GS Junior Art
Lost Valley PAC
Exhibit Planned
Festival Slated
Lost Valley Porcelain Art
Club met at the club room
March 4 for workshop and
planning the annual spring
exhibit.
March 20-21 have been set Mrs. Mizell Stewart, exhi-
as dates for the Jacksborc bit and social chairman, and
Girl scout Junior Art Festival, her committees are making
according toClara Mae Frank, plans for the 10th annual
chairman of the event. exhibit to be held at the Jacks-
“Bieeest gate most people, Art handcraft coi.tri- boro National Community
more snakes, and the rattle- buted by grade school and Room,
snake steaks sold faster than junior high students will be on Some special pieces of
they could be cooked,” was display from lp.m. until 5p.m. ®.hln? ,wl,11, ** ertHbited as
Aaron Hull’s comment of the at the Jacksboro National the best of the past 10 years,
week end Snake Safari staged Community Room. pllec.es ,.that hav*
by the Jacksboro Fire Depart- Students may show artwork been painted in the past
ment. Pictures and story in done in crayon, pencil, ink, .... t ,
The Jack County Herald. chalk, oil, watercolor or hand- Ther« jj11 be a preview of
* * * craft. Each student may enter ®e exhibit on Saturday,
Drink”; Holly Garner, "Cur- Tiwr trackmen took the cue picture in each division. March 27, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
rent Electricity”; Michael district meet at Decatur Sat- Pictures must be framed or op®n Hie public.
..
Ware, “Native Trees of
Jack County”; Joanna Den-
nis, “Smoking Machine”.
Phil Gilbreath’s seventh
grade students who won blue
ribbons were Robin Thompson
with “From Tadpole to Froh”
and David Lindsey with “What
Organisms Live in the Soil.”
Stephen Wood, eighth [iTad-
er who is a student of Mrs.
Joyce Caddell, had a blue
ritfcsa exhibit on “Making
Pure Water. ’
The other blue ribbons
were won by eighth graders
in Tompson’s class, Pam
Fenter, “How Do Plants
in a Closed Environment
Respond to Ce
z Mai
drlcks,
Pmm C
ers,
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urday under the guidance of mounted and brought to the O" /'“day. March 28-from
Coach Jack Brister. Story bank by 4 p.m. Friday, 8 to J* ^
and pictures in The Jack March 19. will be q>en to the public. Door
County Herald. Students who wish to enter pr[fe* w111 be given.
* • « art work done at school may ***** me*ting will be at the
U you weren’t one of the do so. However, mimeo- £0urbk/°°m 00 March 18 for
1500-odd people who viewed graphed work .will not be "‘““P-
tbe Junior High Science Fair accepted.
Friday it wm your loss. Quite Entries will be judged in PERSONA L . . .
impressive. three groups: Grades 1,2,3,
I raised an eyebrow at the pjjdes 4 and 5, and Grades Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Byrd of
“How to Catch Worms" title, 6> ">}■ Electra spent Sunday with Mr.
but Fair Director J. R. **11 be completed and Mrs. W. R. Carter, Mr.
Thompson said: and ribbbns awarded before and Mrs. Larry Carter, Ricky,
“More than 1500 people show begins on Saturday, and Terry to celebrate Mrs.
came through here today, and March 20. Judging will be w. R. Carter’s birthday,
they kept pushing the button b*8** primarily on origihal-
whlch shot a little charge of *‘y.
electricity into the earto to tested students in
make the worms crawl oat— 8r*H® school and junior high
they ' finally electrocuted jjjj with
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MARCM 17-
r.rf AND M#W THE
LUCK O'THE
IRISH
srnr
On the new time schedule
of the Red Cross Red River
Regional Bloodmobile in
Jacksboro, 45 donors ap-
peared to give of themselves
so that others might live,
Chairman J. W. Hulsey re-
ported.
Nine donors called in, re-
porting illness or medication
during the past two weeks.
Donors have learned that Red
Cross Blood Center will not
accept blood donors if they
have had an antibiotic shot
Mrs. Annie Allen
Final Rites Held
Funeral services were held
at First Baptist Church Sun-
day, 2 p.m., for Mrs. Annie
James Allen, who died March 5
at Jack County Hospital.
Officiating were Rev. Virgil
Cougur of Gainesville and
Rev. Jack Nivens. Arrange-
nents were with Hawkins Fun-
eral Home and burial was in
Willow Point Cemetery.
Pall bearers were Billy
Oliver, Jimmy Williams, Ray-
mon Hooten, Billy Don Work-
man, Ralph Chivers and Ray-
mond McPherson.
Mrs. Allen was born May 10,
1881 in Randolph County, Mo.,
the daughter of George and
Jennie Reed Swetnam. She
was married Nov. 3, 1904 in
Jack County to Roy B. Al-
len, who died Aug. 8, 1969.
She is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Lessie Fitz-
gerald of Jicksboro, Mrs. Je-
well Gary of Lamont, Calif.,
Mrs. Lucille McClaren of
Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs.
Trecie Laird of Jacksboro;
four sons, Clifford Allen of
Jacksboro, Leonard Allen of
Bridgeport, Link Allen of
Porterville, Calif., and Audie
Allen of Gibtown; 25 grand-
children and 35 greatgrand-
children.
Also by a sister, Mrs.
Trecie .Abernathie of Gib-
town; and six brothers,
Emmitt Gafford of Matador,
Jess Swetnam of Wheeler, LK.
Swetnam of-Graham, Hit Swet-
nam of Bryson, Desman Swet-
nam of Wichita Falls and
Harry Swetnam of Lorenzo.
within the last month or have
taken certain types of drugs
within past two weeks,
since these drugs might be
harmful to persons receiv-
ing their blood.
Of the 45 donors appear-
ing 38 were accepted and
seven were deferred. Those
appearing were, Mrs. Inez
Berry, Joe Ash, Richard Nall,
Floyd Colbert, Charles Bush,
Eva Martin, Weldon Woolsey,
Margaret Maxwell, Glynn Boy-
kin, Rev. E. M. Hay, Leroy
Fitzgerald, Mixon Stamper,
Marvin Tilghman, Angie
Simpson, Sharon McRoberts,
Dorothy McRoberts.
Oma Myers, Gladys Carter,
Georgia Faye Jackson, John
R. Lowrance, J. W. McDonald,
Rev. Ronald Eldridge, W. T.
Lee, John W. Simpson, Gerald
Moore, James Dennis, John-
nie McCord, Zella Solomon,
Mary Ruth Cross, Bill
Cross, Vester Wilton, Harry
Gaskin, Robert McClure,
Jerry Craft, Gary Potter, Al-
vis Epps, Rev. Tom Price,
Wyke S. Turpin, Virginia
Martin, Lonnie Wooten, John
Moore, Billy Bob Garner, W.B.
Craft, Jr., Tommy Mustin,
Jack D. Graham.
Mrs. Mary Ruth Cross wjls
a two gallon donor.
Jack D. Graham became a
one gallon donor.
Volunteers working during
the Bloodmobile visit were
Dr. C. C. McClure, Mmes.
Billie. Conner, LVN, E. C.
Franklin, John K. Hackley,
Ed Faulkenburg, Lula Wright,
Jess Leatberwood, Henry
Richards, Walter Sbead, Ralph
Hammond, Jack Hutto, Harry
Gaskin, Mixon Stamper, Wess
Ham, C. R. Langford, MolUe
3lack, Ernest Whitaker, Cas-
;ie Isaacs, Mason Cope, Fred
:ox, E. M. Davidson, L. O.
Shook, Miss Myrtle Christian.
Members of Christian Wo-
men’s Fellowship Class of
Memorial Christian Church
the refreshment donors, in-
cluded Mmes. Leola Bruce,
Ronald Eldridge, Glenn Poy-
nor, Ralph Hammond, Ruth
Richards, Grace Simpson,
John K. Hackley, Willie
Green, Martha Green, Wal-
ter Shead, Lucile McElhaney,
Nera Stinson, Judd Cherry-
homes, Kate Broaddus, Necia
Riggs.
’ “Thanks to all these, who
made my Job easier,” said
Hulsey.
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