Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1971 Page: 1 of 6
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i* JACKSBORO GAZETTE-NEWS
DIAL 5&7-26161 to Place Clatttfied Ads
NINETY-RRST YEAR
JACK COUNTY'S SHOPPING GUIDE SINCE ISIO
jacksboro, Tnu 76056, Monday, February 1,1971
AT THE CROSSROADS TO WEST TEXAS
NUMBER 36
Bowie Boys, Petrofia Girls
Capture Jacksboro Tourney
WEATHER
Rita Mas Min
SCORES
Girls - First round
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
January 30
January 31
The Bowie Boys and Petro-
lia Girls were crowned cham- Boys - First round ____ _________
^Gions of their respective di- Wayside 37, Bridgeport 32 Jacksboro 27, Bryson 12
^^isions of the Jacksboro Junior Bowie 3g( Henrietta 28 Petrolia 42, Bridgeport 32
High Basketball tournament Jacksboro 7th 52, Olney 37 Bowie 22, Henrietta 6
Saturday night. Jacksboro 8th 39, Bryson 30 olney 32, M. W. Austin 26
24 ™^"-B.y 2e
““ Tacksboro 8th 52, Jacksboro £trolia S1/ Bowley 22
in the Boys division Bowie Jenrietta 29, Bridgeport 26 „ T A^ti^^^BrysM 31
nipped the Jacksboro Eighth 3ryson 45j olney 27 ■ • w* Ausun * y
Grade in the finals 37 to 32. 3oys . Third round Girls - Third round
Randy Perritt with 14 points Wayside 49, Jacksboro 7th 25 petrolia 42, Jacksboro 16 the Olney Cubs 67 to 59 Friday
was high point man for the B0Wje 37( Jacksboro 8th 32 Bowie 26, Olney 10 “Sht.
second place Kittens. Henrietta 37, Bryson 25 Bridgeport 39, Austin 19
Bowie had defeated Hen-
Tigers and-eftes
On District Road
Roy Leach, Mike Maxwell,
Lee Cook and Jim Whitsitt
all hit in double figures as the
Tigers took a district win over
rietta (36-28) and Wayside
(Boswell) (48-24) to reach
the finals and Jacksboro’s
Eighth Grade had defeated
Bryson (39-30) and Jacks-
boro’s Seventh (52-41) on
|their way to the finals.
The Petrolia girls easily
School Superintendent Don Smith
Accepts Similar Post at Cleburne
«rssrti tsr?
ourameT StP 11016 Position of superintendent of
“adefeated Bridge- gg™
port (41-32) and Bowie(31-22) h announced her® last
earlier in the tournament and
^■srr sssms;s
boffirmuttgrade«to as the outstanding educator
2? for taird ptace 1 toe J"0* 2f applicants Cle-
Bowie girls earned a third
place finish by beating Olney P pa a^“*. has s x f em®n*
36 to 10 tary schools, one junior high
Henrietta beat Rrvsnn 37 and high school, with over 4000
lation bracket and Bridgeport {JjJJjJjg 212 ‘
beat Mineral Wells Austin 39
Don Smith holds a B. S. de-
t!oihyforthegirlSCOnSOlatl0n gree from Texas Wesleyan
DON SMITH
Schedule Meeting
14 61
14 46
Jin lexas wesieyan Cook Moll.e Mlltnn
and a M. E. degree from children, Tommy a junior, and onof/ense M p yed
TCU, and has done 33 hours Craig, a sophomore at NTSU, jackshoro‘ 93
on his doctoral program at and Sue, who is a JHS senior. n, -
NTSU. He is a past president of the ’
An Air Force veteran, Don North Texas School Adminls-
Jacksboro Young Homemak- Smith has had 21 years ux- trators, the Jacksboro Lions
ers will meet Thursday, Feb. perience, working five and a club, the Jacksboro Chamber
4, 7 p.m., in the JHS Home- half years as coaeh, junior of Commerce which ofieepre-
rnaking Department. high and high school princl- seated him with its Outstand-
Mrs. Frances Vaughn of pal- He served nine years ing Citizen Award, and ispre-
Frances Fabrics will present as high school principal4iere sently a director in both
the program, “Sewing with and is completing his seventh chamber and Lions Club,
lingerie.” A nursery will be year ln the superintendency. An elder in Memorial
provided. He is married and has three Christian Church, he is a
past Boy Scout leader. He is
a member of TSTA and NASA.
Superintendent Smith re-
Good to hear Harold Brooks is
home after several days treat-
THEY WON WEATHER CHARTS-LeraCoan, Lori Geer, Mike
Riggs, Kristi Jones and Robin Ware proved to be the sharpest
weather watchers and won charts and wind chill charts from
TV weatherman John Van when he conducted a discussion
period after program at Jacksboro Junior High Weather
glasses last week.—Staff Photo
%\
up Queries Earn Weather Charts
Wyoming Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bo Rey-
John Van, meteorologist period to answering questions
with Channel 6, visited Jacks- about the weather and about TV
boro Junior High School sixth broadcasting,
and eighth grade science students who asked the
classes taught by J. R. Thomp- largest number of intelligent
son, in connection with a weather questions werepre-
weather study they are doing, sented weather charts and nolds °* aeriaan, Wyo. re
For a quarter hour, Van wind-chill equivalent temper- °ent*y visited Mr. and Mrs.
discussed types of weather ature charts. 2*car Boaz. Mrs. Boas and
associated with high and low These were Robin Ware, j5: w™ *° Hou®'
pressure areas, then devoted Lera Coan, Kristi Jones, Lori , t0 vlslt Mr* 81x5 Mrs*
the remainder of the class Geer and Mike Riggs. Tippin and George Meta.
celved a Distinguished Ser- ment in a Fort Worth hospital,
vice Award from Vocational He’ll be welcome back at the
Agriculture Teachers of Texas watch bench at Bush Jewelry,
at the 1970 state meeting. * * *
Last month he was appointed Don’t forget the Chamber of
to Region II executive com- Commerce luncheon Wednes-
mlttee of University Inter- day, Feb. 3,12:30 p.m. in the
scholastic League. Jacksboro National Communl-
Twice last year he was ty Room. Along with special
selected by North Texas stations preceding the affair,
schools to represent them in call the chamber office li
Washington concerning PL874 you want a luncheon reserva-
on Impacted Area Funds. He tion, by noon Tuesday,
has worked with Region IX * * *
Education Service Center on Sarah Rumage has planned
many committees and last some pretty good excitement
summer served on a panel at for you at Norma’s Dress
Texas Tech on teacher train- shop with a Ground Hog Day
ing and certification. Sale starting at NIGHT. If
In the summer of 1969 be you’re on the distaff side or
received a fellowship from have someone who is, be among
’the Kettering Foundation to the first on the spot,
attend the College of ®™thern * * *
Utah.
Bryson Classes
Choose Officers
Mtional scholarships.—Photo bv Russel Jones
The game was fast moving
and exciting as both teams
ran a full chart press.
Leach was high point man
with 15 followed by Cook an(
Maxwell with 14 each. Whit-
sitt had 11 and Billy Williams
scored 8. Ronnie Colbert and
Wayne Pickett each scored a
bucket
The Tigers are now 3 and 3
in district play.
Jacksboro 13 21 17 16 67
Olney 13 14 12 20 59
Debra Fleming and Cosy
Lowrance each scored 24
points to lead the Tigerettes
to victory over the Olney girls
61 to 46.___
The local girls wrapped up
the game in the first quarter
as they outscored the visitors
23 to 5. Barbara Smith scored
all of her 13 points in the first
half and then played defense
most of the second half.
Also playing on defense were
Brenda Jackson, Angela Flem-
ing, Rosie Lewis and Paula
Presents Paper §§
At Convention
Eddy D. Williams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Williams
of Jacksboro, presented the
paper, “Feed/Cattle Price
Relationships and the Optimum
System and Location of Cattle
Feeding in Texas" at the an-
nual meeting of the Southern
Agricultural Economics As-
sociation convention at Jack-
sonville, Fla., Feb. 2.
The technical paper, writ-
ten by Williams and Donald E.
Farris, member of the Texas
A4M faculty, grew out of
Eddy’s master’s thesis at _ _
HI "v
US. Bond Sale ■ HHA " 4
Per Cent Low
Ftir December
IVI wwV LITTLE MISS 1971—Moncia Marie Clay, as she is admired bv her mother and father, the
Charles Edward (Eddie) Clays, while her nursery attendant, Mrs. Raymond Moore of Bry-
December sales of United son, looks on in the mother’s room at Jack County Hospital. Monica is Jack County’s first
States Savings Bonds in Jack baby of the year and will receive gifts from local merchants.-Staff Photo
County were $2,654, according
to County Bond Chairman,
R.C. Christian. Sales during
1970 totaled $87,890 which
represents 59 per cent of
the yearly sales goal of
$150,000.
Texans purchased
$14,698,804 in Series E andH
Savings Bonds during the
month. Total Bond and Free-
dom Share sales for 1970 were
$181,582,787 for 101 per cent Monica Marie Clay is Jack B. D. Wheelis and delivery tional Bank, Cotten Drug, Boax
of the state’s goal of $179.9 C°unty s New Year baby, be- nurse was Agnes Glover. Department Store, Sear Mer-
million. Seventy counties and coming winner of the 1971 first Monica has a 13 1/2 chandise store, McCoy Furnl-
seven districts In Texas have contest sponsored by month old brother, Charles ture, Ted Jackson Texaco Sta-
achieved their 1970 sales Jacksboro merchants and the Edward Clay IE. Grandparents tion, City Drug, Jackson
goal. Jack County Herald and Jacks- are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jewelry and Herald Publish-
Nationwide, sales of E and boro Gazette-News. Edward Clay, Mr. and Mrs. ing Co.
H Bonds during December The daughter of Mr. anc, John L. Tarpley of Jacks-
were $384 million for an in- Mrs- Charles Edward Clay boro. Great grandparents
crease of 11.1 per cent over Jr-> Monica Marie was born are Mrs. J. B. Clay of Jacks-
December 1969 sales. Total Saturday, Jan. 30, 9:21 p.m. boro, Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
cash sales of E and H Bonds at Jack County Hospital. She Smith of Bridgeport, Mr.
for 1970 amounted to $4,665 measured 19 Inches long and and Mrs. H. L. Ferguson of
Monica Clay Wins Title
As New Year Baby of'71
W. C. Smothers
Rial Rites Held
million - 6.2 per cent above w®l8k®d 6 tbs. 14 ozs.
1969 Attending physician was Dr,
..... ■ ■ «
Mr. and Mrs. Mizell Ste-
wart will be honored with open
house on their golden wedding
Anniversary Sunday, Feb. 7,
Jermyn.
Monica’s parents are both
1968 Jacksboro High School
graduates. Her father Is em-
ployed as a mechanic at
Southern Airways. They live
at 520 Richardson in Jacks-
boro.
The new year baby will re-
ceive valuable gifts from
man Stewart nad owneu a Bush Jewelry, Jacksboro Na-
confection business in Sey-
Mize# Stewarts to Be Honored
For Golden Wedding Here Sunday
Ground Hog Day
Boy Celebrntes
Keith McCaghren Florance
was honored for his Feb. 2
ground hog day birthday by
his grandmother, Mrs. Lela
McCaghren, with dinner Sun-
day at her home. Keith is 8
years old.
Present were his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James
Florance and older brother
Kevin, and Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny McCaghren, Kimberly
and Shannon of Abilene.
Perrin School
Honors Listed
Perrin Elementary and High
Funeral services were held
Jan. 24, 2:30 p.m. in Baum-
CarlOck-Baumgardner Fun-
eral Chapel, Mineral Wells,
for W. C. Smothers, 83, of
Post Oak, who died Jan. 22
at Jack County Hospital.
Rev. W. Ii McQueary was
the officiating minister and
burial was In Woodland Park
Cemetery.
Grandsons who served as
pall bearers were Jerry
Richards, David Easter,
Claude Smothers Jr., Gran-
ville Bailey, George Stubble-
field and Lem Bennett Jr.
Smothers was born Oct. 20,
1887 in Indian Territory, and
lived at Palo Pinto from 1905
to 1970. A retired ranch work-
er, he was a Baptist.
He is survived by four
daughter, Mrs. Hazel stubbie-
field of Stephensville, Mrs.
Ray Wright of Texarkana, Mrs.
Virgie Glover of Cisco and
Mrs. Bill Bennett Jr. of Bry-
son; three sons, Earl Smoth-
ers of Monterey, La., Claude
J. Smothers of Post Oak and
Jay Smothers of Snyder; ten
grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.
Reminding you of some migh-
ty fine Valentine gift sugges-
tions are City Drug and Mc-
Coy Furniture.
Class officers announced
for Bryson High School are:
Seniors—Randy Wyatt
president; Kirk Clayton, vice
president; Richard Starbuck,
secretary-treasurer; Joanie
Dooley, reporter. Class fav-
orites are Joanie Dooley and
Kirk Clayton.
Juniors—Ralph Coley,
president; Rick Andrews, vice
president; Howard Hull, sec-
retary; Vickie Leming, trea-
surer; Kitty Riley, reporter;
Jamie Rhoades and Howard
Hull, class favorites.
Sophomores—Linda Ains-
worth, president; Ricky Lea-
therwood, vice president;
Brenda Eason, secretary-
treasurer; Michael Wyatt and
Ricky Pippin, reporters; Linda
Ainsworth and Cary Little,
class favorites.
Freshmen—Amy Petty,
president; Jim Andrews, vice
president; Terry Whitmire,
secretary-treasurer; Aletha
HebtasM and Earl Martin. re-
Hess.
The day before the cere-
mony was so beautiful Mrs.
Stewart remembers remark-
ing, "I sure hope it isn’t
sleeting tomorrow!” But it
was, mixed with snow and rain I
So the brlde’sfatberalmost
got stuck driving the couple to
town to catch the GT&W train
for their Dallas honeymoon.
Misell and bis cousin Nor-
Easter A)ipears
On Honors List
mour but sold out when Mizell
was drafted into the US Army
from 2 until 5 p.m. at their in World War I. He served
home, 2300 Crusher Road, ^ engineering company
Jacksboro, when friends are ^ TOS 0n the front lines in
invited to call and bring no Germany when Armistice was
gtfts- signed. He came home in 1919
Members of the house party, ^ was married two years
with their son Ed Stewart of iater.
the home, will Include Mmes. After the war Mizell and his
Ed Erwin, Della Callis and iate brother, Charlie Stewart,
Frances Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. opened Stewart’s Grocery
George Weber and RoySte- located in the Fort Richardson
wart, all of Jacksboro, Mrs. Hotel where the Chamber of
Jennie McKenzie of Hurst, commerce office is now. He
Mrs. Minnie Farmer of Fort later purchased Charlie’s in-
Worth, Mrs. Odessa Smith of terest and in 1938 sold the
Granbury. store to brother, Roy Stewart
Mizell Stewart and Ornee who moved it a door or so to
Berry were married Feb. 7, the south. Mizell then went into
1921 at the ranch home of the cattle business in which he
the bride’s parents, Mr. and remains.
Mrs. M. T. Berry. Vows HH
were read at 8 a.m. by The Stewarts lived their School honor roll for third
Methodis minister, Rev. E.S. first four months in a small six weeks has been announced
Coburn. Attending besides rent house after which they by Superintendent Bob Cannon
the Immediate families were built the home in which they as follows:
Minnie Farmer and Helen have lived some fifty years— First grade—Rhonda Royal,
adding and remodeling as Tina Johnston.
needed. Second grade—ScottMos-
The ’ Stewart’s firstborn, a ley, Sherri-Thompson, Bethany
son Frank, died in infancy. Gibbs, Traci York, James
Next came Robert Lee and
then Ed Henry. Both sons are
Jacksboro High School grad-
uates. Robert, an accountant,
attended Texas Tech and now
lives with his wife Nell in
Memphis, Tenn. Ed received
his master’s degree at North
Texas State, Denton, and pre-
sently owns and operates Ed’s
Clothes Shop in Jacksboro.
Ornee Stewart, a JHS grad-
uate, attended Texas Wesleyan Lorraine Cranford, Paul
College, Fort Worth, where Johnston, Kenny Price,
she studied art, a talent she Seventh grad e-Bruce
still enjoys through assoc la- Gibbs, Kim Howard, Betty
tion with Lost Valley Porce- Keller, Janet Miller,
lain Arts Club. Eighth grade-David Aber-
nathie, Robin Await, Vicki Da-
Tbe Stewarts are members vis, Everette Johnston, Kathy
of Jacksboro First Presby- Mitchell, Debra Robinson.
Martin and Roeer Gifford; phy- terian Church where Mizell Ninth grade—Charlotte
slcal education, Susan Ford Stewart Is an elder. He Is a Archer, Susie Howard, Debra ma“*g®r °f "®w
and Kim Ainsworth; athletics, member of the Masonic Lodge. Madderra, Phyllis Middleton,
Linda Ainsworth and Kirk Mizell Stewart served 20 Debra Wilson, Vicki Sitton.
Clayton; agriculture, Kirk years on the Jacksboro School Tenth grade-Judy Hall,
Clayton; mate, Arlene Aina- board, many as president. He Barbara Miller, Celesta
worth; social studies, Debra retired from this responsible Mitchell, Kay Ann Tucker.
Pippin; science, Michael lty soon after Ed’s graduation I Eleventh grade-Rhonda
Ford; Spanish, Roger Gifford, in 1949. In years past the Ste- Mann, Carol Middleton,
Other honors include Brenda warts enjoyed gardening. Carol Patton.
McCoy, FFA Sweetheart; Long time residents of Twelfth grade-Debbie Cot-
Randy Wyatt, FHA Beau; Jacksboro and Jack County the to„ a8ve Higgins, Tressa
Randy Wyatt and Joanie families of Mr. and Mrs. Ste- Keller, Roxanne Lee, Bill
Dooley, all round boy and wart have contributed much to plxje. y* Ann price, Billy
gir|; Kirk Clayton and Joanie business and community life Rayi Brenda Rhoades, Dolma
Brock, Karen Mason.
Third grade—Deborah Her-
rera, Russell London, Kim
Lyon, Laura Montgomery,
David Whaley.
Fourth grde—Sandra
Tucker, Mitchell Cannon.
, „ ?rade average on a 4.0 scale,
don, Lance Whaley, Dawn Ew-r a senior airrii'iiihiro
ABILENE—Sammy Joe
Easter, son of Ernest Easter
of Rt. 3, Jacksboro, has been
named to the Dean’s Honor
Roll for the fall semester at
Abilene Christian College.
He is among 378 students
who took at least 12 semester
hours and had at least a 3.45
Bryson Teachers
Pick Who's Who
Who’s Who selections at
Bryson High School art:
English, Roger Gifford;
homt economics, Terry Burt
Conway; business, Virginia
Herrera, Randy Penson, Glenn
Mitchell.
Easter, a senior agriculture
major, is a 1959 graduate of
Sixth grade—Cindy Counts, J^ksboro High School.
through the years.
Mrs. Cornett
Heads Office
Mrs. Imogens Cornett,
daughter of Mi. nnd Mrs. Clyde
McAnear of Jacksboro, Is
by H. A R. Block Inc., which
advertises as the world’s
largest tax service.
A Jacksboro High School
graduate, Mrs. Cornett stu-
died accounting and business
at Draughoo’s Business Col-
lege, Wichita Falls and last
year completed the 1970
career, course with HAS
Block.
Mrs. Cornett Is married and
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McGee, Mabel Claire. Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1971, newspaper, February 1, 1971; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth735045/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.