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i* JACKSBORO GAZETTE-NEWS
DIAL 567-2616 te PUe* Classified Ads
NINETY-SECOND YEAR
JACK COUNTY'S SHOPPING GUIDE SINCE 1880
Jacksboro, Texas 76056, Monday, June 14,1971
AT THE CROSSROADS TO WEST TEXAS
NUMBER 3
Jacksboran Vice President
Of Texas BPW Federation
By MABEL CLAIRE McGEE
Darlene Bonner of Jacks- Tbe club also was recog-
nro was elected third vice nlzed for its membership
president of the Texas Feder- increase during the year,
atlon of Business and Prafes- Treasie Bates, president of
sional Women’s Clubs at Fort the 1971-72 club year, accept-
ing the honor certificate from
tlonal Federaton in 1919,
for whom an international
scholarship has been named,
who was deeply moved at the
introduction of a young wo-
man from Bangkok, Thailand,
current recipient, to the con-
vention.
Jean McCarrey of Illinois,
second vice president of the
National Federation, charmed
the convention at every ses-
sion with an ebullient per-
sonality which was the com-
plete master of both sense
DARLENE BONNER
Maude Arnold state member-
ship chairman-
jack County Club also re-
ceived a certificate for coor-
dinated programming during
the year, Dimension ’71 Dar-
lene Bonner accepting the
award.
Mabel Claire McGee, editor
and co-publisher of the Jacks- nonsense,
boro Gazette-News and Jack Two achievements raised
County Herald, a charter spirits of the BPW mem-
member of the Jack County Uarship during convention,
Club, was honored by District one °i them the factthatTexas
10 as one of 12 state candi- led the “Ship of Commerce"
dates for the Golden Torch of the national during the year
award which recognizes bust- through its membership in-
ness firms for career assis- crease,
tance to women. The other was the long
Gladys Duncan was a awaited passage of Equal
member of the state creden- Legal Rights for Women by
South Wind Helps Gas Workers
Avoid Disaster After Accident
Possible injuries and fire
were averted Friday afternoon
when residents of blocks 90C
and 1000 of West Mesquite
were evacuated from their
throwing clods of dirt a
hundred yards or more.
Ray, Rhone and Sorrell ran
from house to house cutting
gas off at the meters and
homes because of an accident asking residents to leave the
that occurred in the South-
western Gas Pipeline Com-
pany, Inc. Dipeyard her.
Employees of Brazos*River
Gas Company and South-
western Pipeline, Monroe
Ray, Willie Rhone, James
area. Traffic in the vicinity
was stopped.
Gas escaped with a loud
roar for nearly an hour until
they were able to get it shut
off west of Jacksboro. An
emergency valve was turned
Delk, Raymond Crow, Darmon
DRESSING UP THE PICNIC TABLES-L. K. Bowen made
and donated this handsome covering for cement table at
lake Jacksboro and if the cost is low enough after he fi-
gures it up, the city will buy others for the tables at
the lake, according to Mayor F. C. Heard. Busy here with
the paintbrush is Roy Armstrong—Gazette Photo by
Dorothy Anderson
Lyon, Mike Fuzua, Larry
Howeth and Malcolm Sorrell
were doing some cleaning in
the yard around two o’clock
when the blade on a fackhoe
machine driven by Fuzuahung
a two inch riser pipe contain-
ing some 700 pounds of gas
pressure.
An explosion was caused
Newsom, Southwestern push-
er supervised operations.
The riser pipe was dug out
of the ground, welded and re-
placed. In two hours workmen
had things back to normal
in the pipeyard and began light-
ing pilot lights on stoves and
water heaters throughout the
neighborhood.
Monroe Ray said had it not
both houses of the recently ad-
journed Texas Legislature.
Hermine Tobolowsky of Dal-
las, lonetime state legislative
tials committee
convention.
Worth June 11-13. She also was others from the Jacksboro
elected as a delegate to the club who attended convention
national convention at Cleve- were Gwen Tilghman, Melba chairman who must have de-
land, Ohio in July. Davis and Jessie Mae Hicks, voted at least half her waking
Mrs. Bonner, who teaches Geraldine Eidsonof Fort life to promotion ofthiscause,
English and French in Jacks- worth presided at convention, was given a standing ovation
boro High School, has just New officers were installed at by the convention. Her
completed her second term tbe concluding session by
as president of the Jack County Judge Hughes.
BPW Club and as recording Among the notables at con-
secretary of the state federa- vention were Judge Sarah T.
tion. She also served two Hughes, past state and national
terms on the state board as president and honorary state
district director. Last sum- president; Mary Lilyerstrom,
mer she was a delegate at a founding member of the Na-
large to the national conven-
tion at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Named Woman of the Year
by both BPW and Junior
Library Club, during different
years, Darlene also has been
active in many other civic
fields. She is presently spon-
sor for Nike Club, BPW spon-
sored organization for high
school girls and serves as
Junior Class and Honor Club
sponsor.
response:
“Now you have a long year
ahead of you—for you must
convince the voters! This
question will appear on the
ballot in 1972, and the voters
will decide whether you can be
first class citizens!”
Chamber Luncheon
Slated Wednesday
Monthly luncheon of the
Jacksboro Chamber of Com-
merce will be held Wednesday
June 16,12 noon at the Jacks-
boro National Community
Room.
Ralph Hammond will be in
charge of the program, ac-
cording to Mrs. Marcela Davis
who is serving in the Chamber
office while Mrs. Erma Apple-
white is on vacation.
Reservations may be made
in tbe chamber office and the
luncheon is open to all.
Texans and Spurs in Contest
For First in Pee Wee League
been for a strong south wind
blowing the gas away from the
hot motor of the machine a
tragedy would have likely oc-
curred.
District Play Day
EventSet June 19
It will be Play Day time in
Jacksboro Saturday, June 19,
when District 9, American
Association of Sheriff Posse
and Riding Clubs, sponsors the
district event here, starting
at 7 p.m., at the Jack Countv
Sheriff Posse Arena on High-
way 24 west.
Only members of clubs af-
filiated with the association
may participate in the games
but everyone may watch—and
at no charge.
A number of members of the
Sheriff Posse and the Jack
County Rough Riders are ex-
pected to take part in the pro-
gram.
LITTLE LEAGUE LITTLE LEAGUE
The Cardinals, Midway and STANDINGS
Graford maintained their grip
on the first three places as w L Pect. GB
each took a victory last week. Cardinals 6 0 1.000
Midway (14-2) and theCar- Midway 4 1 .800 1 1/2
dinals (15-1) easily defeated Graford 4 2 .667 2
the Mets while Graford was Braves 2 3 .400 3 1/2
being battled by the Braves Perrin 2 4 .333 4
(5-1). In other action Perrin Mets 1 5 .166 5
saueeked by the Dodgers 5 to Dodgers 1 5 .166 5
4. Results—Midway 14, Mets
The deciding games in the 2; Graford 5, Braves l;Cardi-
Little League are about a hills 15, Mets 1, Perrin 5,
week away. Graford plays the Dodgers 4.
Cardinals on June 18 andMid-
PEEWEE LEAGUE
STANDINGS
Texans 4 o 1.000
3
WEATHE-R
Spurs
Rangers
Oilers
Perrin
Cats
Sluggers
Midway
Graford
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
1.000
.750
.667
.500
.333 2
.250
.000 3
.000
1/2
1
1 1/2
2
1/2
3
1/2
4
Results—Spurs 8, Graford
4, Texans 10, Midway 4; Oilers
5, Perrin 4; Rangers 7, Slug-
gers 4.
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OTHER CLUB HONORS
The local BPW Club
scrapbook, prepared by
Dorothy Anderson, public
relations chairman, won third
place in the largest category
among three, that of clubs
with a membership between
41 and 70.
Final Rites Held
For Jeny Isbell
Funeral services were held
at First Assembly of God
Church Monday, 10 a.m., for
Jerry Wayne Isbell, who died
June 11 at an Amarillo hospi-
tal. Officiating minister was
Rev. Roy Carpenter.
Arrangements were with .
Hawkins Funeral Home and
burial was in Oakwood Ceme- "ote„of ***?. ‘
tion” spotlighted by attendance
of 75 guests at the Thursday
IN TUNE WITH ECOLOGY—Girl Scouts one stage to 75
guests whom they entertained at the closing evening
of their annual Day Camp based on an ecological theme,
each unit presenting its own skit on control of the en-
vironment and the danger of ignoring the lessons of
nature.
County Taxes
Soon Bi
Will
e Delinquent
Day Camp Bids on Ecology Theme
Girl Scout Day Camp ended
tery.
Pall bearers were Chester
Williams, Charles Erwin,
Carroll Berry, Tommy Jones,
Richard Rux, Ray Tullis.
Jerry Isbell was born in
Jacksboro July 7,1940, the son
of Wo W. and Zella Rumage
Isbell. He was married to
Connie Scarber June 8,1959
at Snyder. A superintendent
for Carter Oil Company, he
had lived in Canadian for three
years.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Connie Isbell of Cana-
dian; two daughters, Shonda
and Bethany, and three sons,
Gerald, Mitchell and James,
of the home address; his
father, W. W. Isbell of Jacks-
boro; five sisters, Mrs. Arlis
Frazier and Jolene Brown of
New Braunfels, Mrs. Marie
Frazier of Ventura, Calif.,
Mrs. Eula Mae Collom of Min-
eral Wells, Thelma Isbell of
Jacksboro; five brothers, W.R.
Isbell of Jacksboro, Cecil Is-
bell of Gordon, Loyd Isbell
of sayder, Allan Isbell of
Canadian, Claude Isbell of
Jacksboro.
Sheryl Sewell Is
Student at LCC
Sheryl Sewell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Sewell,
Box 7 has enrolled for the
first summer session of 1971
at Lubbock Christian College.
Lubbock Christian College
is a private, liberal arts col-
lege now entering its four-
teenth year. It is a tear
year college offering bache-
lors degrees in fourteen ma-
jor fields of study.
evening program.
After greetings and the Girl
Scout Song, the Girl Scout
Chorus, sang an appropriate
song as each unit presented a
skit on ecology or pollution.
Pioneer Unit led by Mrs. Joyce
Price, presented "Child Play
in the Year 2000.”
The Indians, under leader-
ship of Mrs. Barbara Adams,
gave a "Pollution Parade.”
"The Town Mouse and the
City Mouse" were presented
by Mrs. Beth Stamper and her
Rolling Stones.
Miss Clara Mae Frank’s
Two Jacks borans
On Doan's List
COMMERCE—Nine hundred
and four students have been
named to the spring Dean’s
List at East Texas State
University.
The office of university
President D. Whitney Halla-
day released the names this
week. The list, ETSU’ spe-
cial honor roll, includes un-
dergraduates who have re-
gistered for not less than 15
hojirs of academic work and
have maintained a total grade
point average of at least
3.25 (4.0 isaperfect average.)
Students who won Dean’s
List recognition include two
from Jacksboro, Diane Solo-
mon, now Mrs. Bobby Middle-
brooks, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Solomon, and
James P. Potter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chatter Potter.
Jack County Tax Assessor
Vernie Mae Pruitt reminds
that taxes will be delinquent
in her office if not paid before
July 1 and urges that every-
one try to come in before that
time.
Mrs. Pruitt also reminds
that land owners need to come
Explorers presented the skit and render land for next
"Walk, Don’t Ride.” year’s tax roll, and those who
"The Ugly Bug Ball,” a have stock on leased land
dramatic dance, was pre- need to render those now.
sented by Mrs. Pat Fetter's
Cadettes.
The pageant ended as tbe
girls gave the conservation
pledge, gave tbe flag cere-
mony and retired the flag with
a poem, "America” andTaps.
Friday was cleanup day at
the campsite, after which the
girls had a swim party and
picnic. Several units spent the
night.
At the camp circle girls re-
ceived certificates for perfect
attendance. Staff leaders were
praised by Mrs. E. C.
Richards, camp director, for
making it a "most successful
day camp for 1971.
way on June 22, while the
G&rdinals and Midway meet
on June 24.
PEEWEE LEAGUE
Either the Texans or the
Spurs will take a giant step
toward the Peewee title Tues-
day night when the two un-
defeated powers meet in the
showdown games.
The victors will emerge
from the game with victories
over two of their nearest ri-
vals. The losers will join the
Rangers and Oilers with a loss
to one of the four contenders.
The Rangers who lost to
the Texans wiU be pulling for
the Spurs while the Oilers who
lost to the Spurs will be
rooting for the Texans.
The game will put the
Spurs hitting attack against
the Texan’s brilliant pitch-
ing. The Texans’ must be
considered the favorites.
In last week’s action the
Texans beat Graford 10 to
4, the Spurs defeated Mid-
way 8 to 4, the Oilers edged
Perrin 5 to 4 and the
Rangers took the Sluggers 7
to 4.
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
June 15
THURSDAY
June 17
PEEWEE LEAGUE
Texans vs Spurs
Oilers vs. Rangers
LITTLE LEAGUE
Mets vs. Braves
Perrip vs. Graford
Spurs vs. Midway Cardinals vs. Braves
Graford vs Sluggers Graford vs. Dodgers
Hortex Regional Planning Group
Has Award for Criminal Justice
Gazette-News to Print Column
Pages From Western Histoiy
Beginning this week in The moved to Fort Worth when
Jacksboro Gazette-News is she was four years old.
the column, "Pages From “I still have lots of re-
Westorn History,"writtenbya latives here.” she said,
native of Jack County who lives
Members Attend
Rainbow Assembly
Representing Jacksboro
Assembly 190 Order of Rain-
bow for Girls at Grand As-
sembly at San Antonio this
week are Molly Milton, Debra
Nelms, Lisa Denison, Joanna
Dennis, Susan Clerihew,
Donna Fitzgerald, and Tina
Davis. All have been working
to receive B Certificates.
Molly Milton will bea mem-
ber of the Grand Choir. Adult
sponsors are Mrs. Hazel
Mar ley, Mrs. Flo Milton and
Mrs. Belle Graves.
Mrs. Graves will act as
Grand Guard.
The group is traveling on
a chartered bus with Nocona
and Bowie groups.
in Azle, Mrs. J’Nell LaVerne
Pate.
She is placing the column in
numerous weeklies in Texas
and hopes to expand the scope
of the column to tbe entire
West and place it in news-
papers in other states as well.
Mrs. Pate has done a great
deal of research on the Tens
frontier in the 1870’s which
she frequently used in her
column which has been appear-
ing for three years in The
Azle News.
She has written a book about
Cavalary Colonel Ranald
Slidell Mackenzie who was
stationed at Jacksboro’sFort
Richardson in 1871.
"Although the book was
accepted by Crowell Collier
Press, a division of Macmil-
lan Company in New York,
I am beginning to despair of
its ever coming out, I think
they shelved tbe project," she
said. "I’ve already spent the
advance money they gave
me, though.”
Mrs. Pate was bora in
her family
PERSONAL
Mr. andMrs. Tim Strickland
have returned from a three
week visit with Mr. and Mrs.
L.R. Mills andfamllyatFalon,
Nev.
Mrs. Bill Klmberlin, Ronny
and Arthur, Mr. and Mrs.
Ricky Smith visited Mr. and
Mrs. J.'W. McCullougu in
Decatur Sunday. Darla re-
turned home from visiting
her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Durward Sloan
of Azle were Friday visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hart.
Mrs. Harold Wheeler and
children, Stephanie, Stacy, and
Stephen also Karen Barbarick
of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Bell and Aaron Lee
Stevens of Azle visited Mrs.
Willie Spangler and Foncine
Rodgers, Wednesday. Visiting
them Friday was Mr. Y. P.
Mooreland.
AUSTIN—Nortex Regional
Planning Commission, Wichi-
ta Falls, is one of 21 regional
councils awarded criminal
justice planning grants for
Fiscal Year 1972 by Gov-
ernor Preston Smith Friday.
The amount is $19,000.
The awards, totaling more
than $545,000, were approved
m recommendation of the
Texas Criminal Justice Coun-
cil, which oversees state law
enforcement planning and ad-
ministers funds from the US
Department of Justice under
the Omnibus Crime Control
Act.
The Nortex grant will be
used in Implementing action
projects outlined in previous
plans and in updating the com-
prehensive five-year criminal
justice plan for tee 12 coun-
ties of tee Norte Texas State
Planning Region.
Professional criminal jus-
tice planning services will be
furnished to each unit of local
Lubbock Man Visits
H. E. Owen director of adult
education for Lubbock public
schools was one of twenty ad-
ministrators in his field from
throughout the country who
served three days this week as
a consultant in a special eval-
uation and study which
Columbia University is making
for the U.S. Department of
Health Education and Welfare
in New Orleans, La.
He is conducting a workshop
at Lubbock for a 100 county
area this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen, Clinton,
Edward and Martha spent tee
weekend with H.E.’s parents,
Mr. and MrS. Tom Owen.
Four Generations
Four generations were pre-
sent in tee home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Boyd with tee re-
cent visit of tee following and
their children, Mrs. M. D.
Ranson of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs.
Bruce Shephard of Raytown,
Kan., Mrs. Johnny Ransom of
Olatba, Kas., Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Boyd and Elizabeth, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Andersou, of
Dallas, Lewis F. Boyd of the
University of Texas, Austin.
government in all 12 counties,
with the commission serving
as a regional clearing house.
These counties are Archer,
Baylor, Childress, Clay,
Cottle, Foard, Hardeman,
Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wil-
barger and Young.
To supplement the $19,000
grant, the commission will
contribute $2,111 to the cri-
minal justice planning budget.
Nortex regional planning
meeting for tee executive
Jacksboro took teat 20 per
cent chance for rain and man-
aged to turn it into a .58 down-
pour early Monday. The wea-
ther chart for the week:
June 7 Rain Max Min
June 8 99 H
June 9 93 78
June 10 99 ll
June 11 .W 92 99
June 12 ^4 „5
June 13 11
Trail Ride Held
By Joplin Group
Joplin 4-H members,
parents and friends enjoyed
trail and hayride through the
ranch of Mrs. A. R. Bilberry
June 9 beginning at 6 p.m.
The ride ended at the Lilly
roadside park, Fort Worth
Highway where tee group was
joined by Mr. and Mrs. Junior
Mower, Debbie Leach, Mr.
and Mrs. Cleon Denison,
Richard Milton, Beverly
Erwin and W. D. Abernathie
for a weiner roast.
Riding horseback were
Judy Hall, DeWayne Leach,
Lisa Denison, Wesley Wil-
commlttee will be held Thurs- liams and Margie Williams,
day, June 17, 7:30 p.m. at the while Mrs. Doris Abernathie
Green Frog in Jacksboro.
Committee activity reports
will be made on finance, law
enforcement, water-sewer
public facilities. Personnel
regulations will be discussed
for adoption and the nominat-
ing committee report will be
heard.
and David, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Hall and Chris, Rhonda Mann,
June Anderson, Pete and Katie
Hutton, Wesley and David Du-
pree, Mike Smith, Emily and
Janice Milton, Dale Leach and
Jerry Denison rode thehaywa-
gon pulled by a tractor driven
by Lamar Williams.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER—Mr. and Mrs. Marlet Brum-
below (left), Jacksboro, and Mrs. Albert Wilson, Marlow,
Okla., congratulate their mother Mrs. W. L. Brumbelow
with one of Ida Mae Stark’s handsome cakes.
Mrs. Brumbelow Honored on 95th
Mrs. W. L. Brumbelow had
four of her six living children
with her to help celebrate her
95th birthday last Friday, at
Cox Convalescent Center.
They were Marlet Brumbe-
low and Ellsworth Brumbelow
of Jacksboro, Mrs. Albert Wil-
son of Marlow, Okla., andMrs.
Cecil Weir of Midland.
Unable to come were Mike
Brumbelow of El Paso and
Mrs. Joe Counts of Wichita
Falls. Deceased are Mrs.
rW
Urban Kelly and Mrs. Linnie
Cobb.
Mrs. Brumbelow, Alice Jo-
sephine Helton before her
marriage to tee late W. L.
Brumbelow, grew up in Jack
County.
She has 14 grandchildren,
21 great granchildren and nine
great great grandchildren.
A sister, Mrs. Vaude
Sampley, 83, lives at Kings-
ville.
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