Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955 Page: 3 of 8
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The Jacksboro Gazette-News
SQUAW MOUNTAIN
Mrs. Bob Powell
Correspondent
Shower Honors Mrs. Garnett
Mrs. Foch Garnett was hon-
ored with a pink and blue shower
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Henry Rogers.
Mrs. John Tarpley was co-host-
ess.
Games were played and prizes
won by Mrs. Edd Myers, Mrs.
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Thursday, April 21, 1955
Howard Ledbetter of Jacksboro.
They presented their gifts to the
honoree.
Many gifts were displayed on
a lace covered table. A large
stork, holding a baby doll, was
the center of the table. Refresh-
ments of cup cakes, blue and
pink punch and coffee were
served. Plate favors were a small
stork with a blue or pink ribbon
on it.
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GROWING
COSTS
/compared to mash feeding
BY CUTTING FEED WASTE
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chicks and Bite-Size Checkers to pullets cuts waste
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Community Dinner At Church
On Friday night, April 29, at
7:30 there will be a community
dinner at the Assembly of God
Church in honor of the Ante-
lope seniors. Everyone is wel-
come to come and bring a basket
lunch.
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Saturday night, April 23, there
will be a union fellowship serv-
ice at the Lynn Creek Chapel.
Everyone is invited by the pas-
tor, Bobby Ware.
W. J. Graham of Olney
brought the message Sunday at
2:30 p.m. Sacred music was
brought by Bobby Ware and
Billy Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Fair of Jermyn were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hunt and
Mr. and Mrs. John Tarpley are
both having cellars dug this
week.
Little Sherry Leach, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Leach,
is on the sick list with measles.
Mrs. Arnold Ray is doing fine
since she returned from the
Jacksboro Hospital after suffer-
ing from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peden vis-
ited relatives in Wichita Falls
this week.
Recent guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanna were
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hanna of
Young County, Miss Shirley Can-
non of Texas U. at Austin, W. F.
Cannon and daughter, Mary
Hanna Cannon, of Dallas, who
have returned from a two week
vacation in Old Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Garnett
had as visitors Wednesday Mrs.
Josephine Hoefle, Miss Mary
Hoefle and Martin Hoefle, all of
Bridgeport.
Dave Williams has returned
from a business trip to Kansas.
Voyne D. Powell, Y3C, left
Tuesday for San Diego, Calif.,
after spending three weeks with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ola
Powell, and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stewart
arid family of California are vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. Ola Powell
and Mr. and Mrs. Babe Castle.
Weekend guests in the Henry'
Rogers home were Mr. and Mrs.
John Graham of Abilene, Mrs.
Nettie Graham of Jacksboro and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hathaway
and Paula Jean of Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. (Bill)
Crowley spent this week with
relatives at Odessa, Amarillo
and McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. Lanoy Jackson
of Wichita Falls spent the week-
end with his parents, the Dallas
Jacksons. Mrs. Jackson returned
to Wichita Falls to spend a few
days with her son. She will also
visit the Arnold Liggetts.
Mrs. Eob Powell spent Satur-
day with relatives and friends
at Post Oak.
Clyde D. Bloodworth of ACC,
Abilene, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr .and Mrs. F. C.
Bloodworth.
Alfred Briscoe of Jacksboro
was in this community on busi-
ness Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jackson
and Doris of Jacksboro were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bob Await
and daughter visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Await, in
Jermyn this week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bonner Jr.
and family spent the weekend in
Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Ova Jackson vis-
ited his brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Jackson of Ar-
cher City, this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Jack Abshier
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. Maggie Cantrell.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Cantrell of
Jacksboro visited Mrs. Maggie
Cantrell this weekend.
Mrs. Reeder Moore of Plain-
view was a Sunday guest of the
Joe Moores and the Doyle
Moores.
Mrs. Ernest Hunt visited with
Mrs. Reeder Moore Sunday aft-
ernoon. They were school girl
friends year ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Conner
and family of Gainesville spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Jackson.
Bowman-Martin
Vows Read in Dallas
The marriage of Miss Kath-
erine Bowman and Lt. Reagan
Martin was solemnized in the
Cox Chapel of the Highland Park
Methodist Church at Dallas, Sat-
urday, April 16.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Bowman of
Wichita Falls, formerly of Jacks-
boro, and the bride-groom is the
son of Mrs. W. R. Martin of
Loraine, and the late Mr. Martin.
Those attending from Jacks-
boro were aunts of the bride
Mmes. H. C. McClure and S. Cas-
tleberry, and Judge McClure and
Mr .and Mrs. Lewis Gray John-
son and Jimmy.
VINEYARD NOTES
Mrs. F. L. Shawver
Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Wam-
pler, Larry and Owen Lee, spent
Easter weekend with Mrs. Wam-
pler’s parents at Gruver. Her pa-
rents are Mr. and Mrs. Byers,
formerly of Perrin.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Shawn,
Rebecca, Martha and Jim from
A&M spent the Easter weekend
with Mrs. J. L. Shawn. Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Green, Lana and
Pamela, spent part of the time
in the home also.
Messrs. J. L. Felkner, W. W.
Morrow and Billy Hitchcock are
spending some time at Lewisville
with the Lone Star Gas crew.
Mmes. Felkner, Morrow,
Shawn, and Miss Hetty May with
the Felkner and Morrow children
have been attending the Baptist
revival at Willow Point.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Shawver
spent Sunday night and Monday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jud
Cramer at Fort Worth.
‘Mrs. J. L. Shawn visited the
Green family in Fort Worth on
Monday. She met her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Shawn of Bridgeport in
the Earnest Cheves home at Wil-
low Point Sunday for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Knox
and children of Azle visited in
the L. G. Hitchock home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock and Mrs.
Annie Hitchcock visited in the
Laster Harvick home at Bridge-
port Friday.
Mrs. W. W. Moore spent Mon-
day in Fort Worth, Mr. Morrow
had shipped his calves for sale
on Monday.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Morrow and daughter from La
Junta visited in the Morrow
home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Akins vis-
ited in the John Worthington
home at Jacksboro recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Collier and
daughter, Joyce, of Seymour
were recent visitors in the F. L.
Shawver home.
James Felkner spent the week-
end in Jacksboro and attended
the track meet at Graham. Mr.
and Mrs. Ad Felkner cf Gruver
were recent visitors in the home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Felkner and
boys were visitors in the Jimmy
Middleton home at Perrin Sun-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Hamilton of Itasca has
returned home after spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Sims and son.
Mrs. F. B. Hill Buried
At Whitt Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. F. B.
Hill of Perrin were conducted in
the Perrin Methodist Church
Tuesday, April 19, at 3:00 p.m.,
with Rev. Weaver, pastor of the
church and Rev. W. H. Mc-
Queary officiating. Burial was in
the Whitt Cemetery with Haw-
kins Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Hill was the former Miss
Marv Ann Fletcher, born Decem-
ber 3, 1866, in Kentucky. She
was married to Frank B. Hill in
Chatfield, Texas, March 2, 1890.
The couple had resided on their
farm south of Perrin 48 years.
They recently celebrated their
65th wedding anniversary.
She is survived by her hus-
band, F. B. Hill of Perrin; five
daughters, Sallie Hill of Bir-
mingham, Ala., Mary A. Miller
of Perrin, Roberta Townsend of
Dallas, Peggy Wilson of Welling-
ton, and Annabelle Malone of Lo-
renzo: two sons, Frank B. Hill
Jr. of Abilene and Vernon Hill
of Arlington; three sisters, Mrs.
R. N. Champion of Dallas, Mrs.
J. S. Chesnut of Austin, and Mrs.
Hugh Riley of Clarendon, and
one brother. Hal Fletcher of
Palo Pinto. Eight grandchildren
also survive.
Pallbearers were Frank Miller,
Adrian, Carol, and Frank B. Hill
m, Leon Wilson, David Sitton,
William McKinney and Fred P.
Wagner.
About People You Know
Al/C Jerry Harper, who is
stationed at Forbes AFB in Kan-
sas, is home visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Harper.
Jerry will leave the states soon
for an assignment in French
West Africa.
Decoration Day May
1 At Wesley Chapel
A decoration day will be held
at Wesley Chapel May 1 at 2:00
p.m., with the following program
in view.
Opening song, led by Willie
Evans, then the opening prayer.
The business session will be held
after which the welcome address
will be given by Rev. William
Oliver. A quartet, arranged by
Charlie Geer, will present sev-
eral numbers, and Jo Ann Law-
ler will give a reading.
A quartet under the direction
of Lester Paul King will be
heard, and Mrs. Minnie Copeland
will give a talk, after which will
be a song and then a reading by
Tommie Swan. A quartet, ar-
ranged by Rev. J. T. Horner,
will sing and Patsy Swan of
Graham will follow with a read-
ing. Georgia Byrant’s quartet
will sing preceding the sermon
by Rev. Luther Hill.
The closing prayer will be of-
fered by Rev. Oliver, after which
the group will decorate the
graves of deceased.
Barton Chapel Chats
Mrs. Doyle Dunlap
Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Samson and
family spent the Easter holidays
in the Jack Maxey home.
Mr. and Mrs. Amon Rhodes,
Richard and Danny, moved to
Jacksboro this week.
Annie May Purefoy, Oran, was
a guest of Katherine Mitchell
this weekend. Other visitors in
the Mitchell home Sunday were
Rev. David Pratt, Rev. David
McCubbin, Rev. and Mrs. Gar-
land McKee, of Fort Worth.
The Barton Chapel Home Dem-
onstration Club met at the Com-
munity Center Thursday after-
noon and made cancer dressings.
Mrs. S. E. Kinder Sr., Mrs. A. A.
Kinder, Mrs. Irvin Martin and
Mrs. Doyle Dunlap were present.
Visitors in the Doyle Dunlap
home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Nunley Wagnun, Mineral Wells;
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Leatherwood,
Jacksboro; Mr. and Mrs. O. D.
Teague, J. D., Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Leatherwood, Bertha Lou
and Joe Doyle.
Out of the community visitors
during the weekend revival at
the West Keechi Baptist Church
were Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Brown, Graford; Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Willis and Rev. McQueary,
Perrin; Annie Mae Purefoy,
Oran; Mr. and Mrs. Nunley
Wagnun, Mineral Wells; Mr. and
Mrs. Wes Leatherwood, Jacks-
bora; Mrs. Wilburn Baker, Lew-
isville; Mrs. Graf ford and Treva,
Grand Prairie; Rev. Dean Mc-
Cracken, Rev. David Pratt, Rev.
David McCubbin, Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Gentry, Charlie and
Joanie, all of Fort Worth; Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Ladd, Danny,
and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fow-
ler of Salesville.
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Dennis, James R. Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955, newspaper, April 21, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth734114/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.