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MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Going Forward With Jack County
SERVING JACK COUNTY SINCE 1880
VOLUME 67
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947
NUMBER 34
Volleyball League
Teams Organize
Monday evening at 7:30
tweflve of the local business
and professional men gathered
at the high school gymnasium
for an hour or two of recreation
consisting of basketball and
volleyball games. Plans are
JACK COUNTY ACA 1947
PROGRAM
GETS UNDER WAY
The Jack County Agrieultu-
„ „ . ral Conservation Association
now being made- to organize1 office is overcrowded with de-
teams in town for the purpose f tailed work, trying- to finish all
of creating more interest bv 0ffjee work on- practices ear-
organized competition. H you ,.jej „ut umbn. the 1946 pro-
gram and start the 1947 pro-
gram.
are .interested, contact -). C
Massengale, Dave Gibspn, or
(}. P. (Speck) Ivisley who are
managing the teams that are i .
being organized at this time dicer, is cheeking all practices'March of Dimes only, and has
been called upon ns never be
Tigers To Play St Jo Here
Tomorrow Night At 7
GIVE GENEROUSLY
TO MARCH OF DIMES
The March of Dimes cam-
paign is now on and the citi-
zens of Jack County are asked
to give generously to support
this wothy cause.
The nation inis just emerged
At 7 o’clock Friday night,
at the high school, the Jacks-
boro boys and girls basketball
teams will play the Ht. Jo boys
and gills.
The last game played here
was a thriller—between the
boys teaniss.Henriejtta nosing
out the Tigers one point. The
Oil Notes
A semi-wildcat for south-
eastern Jack is Continental Oil
Company No. 1 E. J. Shawver,
330 feet from south and east
lines of lot 51, block 1, lien-
Vets Of Foreign
Wars Post Begins
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars, a nationally known vet-
erans organization, established
a post in Jacksboro recently.
At present the local chapter
will be ca 1 lei Post 8914. The
j formal name which is chosen
from the names of deceased
from the greatest epidemic of,rh'ls game was close, too.
The Tigers are getting mo're
experiene right along and the
new boys are coming around
infantile paralysis since the
great scourge of 1916. The Na-
tional Foundation for infantile
Olan D. Teague, Sr., field of- .paralysis is supported by the
Masseugale is in charge of +' ! under the 1946 program as fast
C. of C. team, Gibson has the; as lie can get to them and while
Lions Club team and ltisiey
has the G. of C. heavy-weights.
The men teachers of the local
schools compose another team.
Other teams and interested
participants are welcomed.
The sole purpose of this activ-
ity is to provide recreation.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
Place—First Baptist'Church.
Date—This Sunday, Jan. 26,
2:45 p. m.
Theme — Advancing With
Christ,
Devotional, I. Cor. 9:24—
Rev. W. 11. McQuearv.
Organization completed.
Our program for 1947—TI. B.
Youngblood. •
Soul Winning Vehicle—Mrs.
J. E. Bail.
Plans for Reaching Every
Church, Doyle Middlebrooks.
Meet Our Team Leaders.
Meeting of last Feb. in ret-
rospect, (one minute to each
church). Geo. D. Brownlee,
Assoc, Supt,
on the place is making classifi-
cations for 1947 work where it
is wanted.
fore in its history to spend
millions to bring the best
available care to those stride-
Dan Roy Smith is playing his
first year a\nl is developing
into a fine center. Kay Con
tier's goal shooting is getting
better all the time; so are Bit-
ty Slaton and, Pat Houston.
upon as never before to pro-
vide continuing care for the
thousands stricken until maxi
-mum recovery is assured.
The Foundation will contin-
ue to spend millions in seeking
the cause and possible cure for
this great crippler, and pro-
poses so to do until polio is
We have our allocation of
funds for thtf county which is
about the same as received
last year but it won’t be
enough unless we get addition-
al funds later in the year; yet
it seems that the only thing to
do is to go ahead and earn the
money that we have and trust
that other funds will be trims-;
ferret! as they were this year.
About ..*9,000.00 worth
Prior Approvals were issued
for winter legumes, mostly
hairy vetch, which is a small
sum compared with some coun-
ties in Texas where they used
from $75,000.00 to $100,800.00
worth but those counties have
several times as much crop
land as we have in Jack
County. *
The Jack County committee
has selected 15 of the best con-
servation practices offered in
the Texas Handbook and feel
that with every dollar spent;
100 cents worth of conservation
• will be bought.
en, regardless of age, creed.: Lcw;s Kil.,t wjn be bat,k with
color or race, and the Nation-|tbe team. jjp bas beeu ollt fov
al Foundation will be called ,<vo 0r three games. His abili-
ty ami experience have been
greatly missed.
A good game is in store for
the fans, so be there Friday
night at 7:00 o’clock.
JACK COUNTY FOX & WOLF L "iorfkm* fm-wahl to
• the best progam ever rendered
HUNTERS STAGE jin Jack County.
Farmers must keep in mind
to«et their PRIOR APPROV-
AL from the AAA Office BE-
FORE they begin any practice
for which they expect to1 be
paid. Committee.
BARBECUE
rflie Jack County Fox and
Wolf Hunters Association met
with Floyd Henderson at the
buukhouse on the E. E. Hend-
erson Ranch Tuesday, January
14, at 7 ]). m. Barbecue with
all the trimmings was ready
and thoroughly enjoyed by
over 1(M) dog men.
Following the feed a gen-
eral election was held and the
following officers elected: M. 1).
Waggoner, president; Corb
Jackson, 1st V. P.; Tommy
Ware, 2nd V. 1\; Mutt Wliit-
sitt, 3rd Y. I’.; Floyd Hender-
son, Sec. Treas.; Grover .lack-
son, I )ogmaster; Bob
Reporter.
0f| Everybody can take part in
1111is campaign and help—men,
women and children. Just-
drop your dimes in the dime
banks scattered around in
your ’community or at the
schools.
The Foundation spearhead
of the ceaseless war against
polio will, for the reasons set
forth, need funds to carry on
its work in 1947 as never be-
fore in history. So give yotirj
dimes to this cause and let’s
all have a part in stamping
out this dreadful crippler.
There are now several cases
in the county and the County
Chapter and National Founda-
tion are paying for the treat-
ment of these cases with your
dimes, so everybody give vour
dimes in this empaign. Give
today, don’t wait.
The March of Dimes cam-
paign ends -Ian. 30th.
4i
dersen Countv School Land, a!
6,000-foot test. It is 1>m miles!v,‘,enuis 'vlM b,‘ f'h°Sl’n !l1 « lu
southeast of oil production i:i
the yRisi-h Bend conglomerate
Jure date.
The o'rganizaing began a week
pool, east of Joplin, and is v-tL,]. s0 before Christinas but the
of a mile southwest of tlie ^post did not begin to operate
coinpanv s No. 1 Workman,jas a ,mjt until .Ian. 9th, when
completed as a gas well. j the charter was presented.
Warren Oil Corporation No. Mi:yd «. -Martin, a former 36th
1 Haig. T. lvane survey, south-! GLIM011 veteran^ and i-npiv-
westeru Jack wildcat, 3^!sen*’*ve *b‘‘ ^ b ^ *11 ll*'s
miles southwest of Jacksboro, jfll‘ea presented the charter. At.
was drilling below 4,982 feet;1 jla^ meeting officers were
in shl.
In southern Jack, northwest
af Perrin, Deep Roek Oil Cor-
poration No. 1 Rebecca Thom-
elected to serve until March.
Those elected were: Deluia
Lee Mrtin, commander; Rob-
ert Peterson, quartermaster;
John tY. Barnett, senior vieo-
as, W. L. Argo survey, 6,000- commander; Ilyle C. Doss, jun-
t’oot wildcat test, has spudded | (or vice-eommandor; Splawn,
and set 270 feet of 10-inch and j chaplain,
was preparing to drill below The trustees arc: R. L. Max
surface pipe.—Star-Telegram.
JACKSBORO H. D. CLUB
The Jacksboro Home Dem-
onstration Club met Jan. 8th,
with Mrs. Sam Cannon as host-
ess.
The retiring president, Mrs.
A. W. Gray, presented new of-
ficers: President, Mrs. R, L.
Bovd; Vice-President, Mrs. W.
A. Ham; Secretary-Treasurer,
( Mrs. E. M. Davidson, Jr.
Platt, j The yearly committees were
The directors arc. named .by Mrs. Boyd, and the
Earl Bryant; Lewis Ferguson, Constitution and -By-Laws read
Pete Henderson, Allard Smith, and adopted by the" club,
and Deb Jackson. 1 Year books were distributed
In the bench shew, Deb
Jackson’s dog took first place,
Grover Jackson’s second and
Arliss" Jolly’s third. Aboul
9:30 the dogs were turned
loose and the fun began.
All dog owners are invited to
join the association. See any
of the officers and have your
name put on the mailing list.
Another barbecue is planned
for the near future.
. v ■yy.v ' t 'TT
!
fir ntfRnvi
Donald Thetford of Perrin
will be a member of the John
Tarleton Plowboy basketball
team which will get to San An-
gelo Rams. .He played two
years for Perrin High school,
is 18 years old, is six-feet-one
and a half inches tall and
weighs 165 pounds.
and plans made for the club
year.
On Jan. 15th, Mrs. R. L,
Boyd was hostess to the club,
and Mrs.Davidson gave a pro-
gram on “Business Center In
The Home.”
JACK COUNTY BAPTIST
BROTHERHOOD MEETING
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m
Jack County oil circles this
week were featured by the
number of new locations made,
new drilling started and the
promise of a new Elleuberger
field to be uncovered north-
west nf Jermyn as n result of
the showing of oil in the War-|]eqst one
reu Oil Corporation No. C-l
on the J. Gillespie tract.
well, 1 year: Hill Plaster, 2
year, and I). C. Brant, 3-year.
The post .meets each Times
dav night, at 7:30. at the Chi-
lian.
Other service men are invit-
ed to attend. One of the re-
quirements for membership is
that the veteran served at
month outside the
Soil Conservation
District News
Two new conservation groups
presented applications for as-
sistance to the Supervisors of
the Upper West Fork District;
this week. These applications
covering approximately 42,000
acres of land, were approved,
and planning operations will
begin on them as soon as soils
information is secured.
One group, with John Broth-
ers as group leader, is located
at Post Oak. Others making
application with him arc E. L.
Spangler, Boyd Brothers D. O
Sparkman, G. I. Harlan, V. <).
Scarber, li. E. Graves, G. W.
Cleveland, T. E. Kirk and li.
O. Spangler.
The other group consists of
throe ranchers, Tun Cherry-
homes, Joe Durham, and Roy
Cherry homes, Jr., and covers
about 30,000 acres of range
land. Range plans will be de-
veloped on these-ranches with
the assistance of Sail Conserva-
tion Service planners.
Cecil Elenburg lias moved
his terracing |ig to Tom Cher-
ryhomes ranch to start terrace
Tft “C S 7£Vm*
survey, A-l i36, picked up the;... , . . . ,
lime at 5486 feet and drilled 1,1r ' B,,d tl,p ^n,,'s|!.
to 5520. Drill-stemmed from l)t‘ |,,r
5491-5520 feet with tool open ; ""
one hour, the recovery regis- , ‘ ‘st 11 " j1'.1”
tered 720 feet of free oil and «1,0,1,t nifinb.M-. Membership
,, , cards and pens have been giv
no water. Operators ran sur- ^ ^ 1
vey and later set and cement-
ed five one-half inch at 5480
and will drill in during the
next few days.
continental limits of the Buj-l'-onslruet!"n <m cropland,
ted States and in a war thea-J v, bb'b .b'- D- Abornatln, w ho is
ter other than the American a district operator in tie- Gri-ve-
land Group, is farmiing. Cher-
NOTICE TO ALL CHURCHES
IN JACK COUNTY
March of Dimes Workers:
Mrs. J. L. Lacewell, Mrs. E.
E. Faires, co-chairmen ; Mrs. G.
D. Brownlee, Women's organ-
ization, Jacksboro.
Bryson—Mrs. Lloyd McCloud
Perrin—Mrs. J. K. Turner
Joplin—Mrs. Avril Sartain
Keechi—Mrs. Mary W. Green
Antelope—G. E. McAlister
Post Oak—-J. R. Carter
Wizard Wells—Mrs. Elore Fer-
guson
Friendship—Mrs. Gwendolyn
Sehmitton
Newport—Mrs. Helen II. Jef-
fries
Thomas E. Berry and others
made location for No. 1 I). C.j
j Clayton, a 5200-foot
test, 990 feet from north andjing this Sunday for the Infau-
2200 feet from west line of | tile Paralysis campaign, now
,i It is asked that as many
rotary |churches as will, take an offer
ryliomes, who own s and ope-
rates one of the larger ranches
in tin* Upper West Fork Dis-
trict, and uses the cropland to
grow supplementary feed and
temporary pasture for his cat-
tle. says that he is making a
start on a planned conserva-
tion program by terracing
some of his fields before ero-
Ision takes any further toll in
top soil.
New co; perators in tlie Low-
Down rd 'Creek Group are
R. II. Morgn. Dave Ha ire, J.
L. I licks, L. D. Smith, and 11.
From s; me we want to M. Pruiity.
Mr. Morgan, whose home is
in Fort W rth. has 1,000 acres
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HOSPITAL NOTES
JANUARY 15-21, 1947
Admitted—Mrs. Reno R
Brandenburg; R. L. Taylor; L
Ray Nunley; J. E. Scarber;
Mr.s J. I). Copeland, Shannon,
Dismissed — Dolores Gar-
rett; R. H. Massie; Geo. N.
Kinder; John A. Ramzy; Ken-
neth Anderson; K. D. Baker.
Place: First Baptist Church,
Brvson.
Time: Thursday night, Jan. New arrivals— Born to Mr.
30, 7:30 o'clock.' .and Mrs.—
Program: Herman G. Clepper, a daugh-
Song service, W. E. Rhoades. ter-
Devotional, O. L. Bradford.
Guest speaker, Rev. Dallas
Lee. _
Brief social period.
Mitchell, Hill, President.
The Jack County War Ser-
vice books have come. We
think we have enough to go
around , but first Come, first
Mr. and Mrs.. Allen Orler nerved. Bring receipt if you
arc visiting the latter s father, p„j(j Jn advance (yours is re
O. L. Raper, a son.
Lewis Knight survey, A-234,j011
albout D/o miles northeast ofleount on more than just dimes.
Bryson. jas there is no money now in
, . |the National Foundation Fund.'of land lying on each sid(‘ of
Deep Rock Dil^ t orporation ^ Send to the treasurer, .1 L. Howard (’reek. 11 i> problems
are mainly using his land so as
to avoid damage from over-
flows. He and several of his
neighbors plan to retire several
fields now being farmed, and
|put them in bermuda. pasture
I which will lie overseeded with
Rebeeea E. lliomas, a i^l(.tiWP|| , r 11IP
6000-foot rotary test m the Mrs. Geo. I). Brownlee,
southwest corner ot. \\. L. Ar
survey, A-2050, 2l/j miles
of Perrin, is spudded in
below 300 feet.
and OPPORTUNITIES FOR
YOUNG MEN, 17 TO 34
Warren Oil Corporation No. .
1 C. C. Henderson, in J. B. Ir-i Do you like to travel? Gujlmr clover; and johnson grass
vine survey, six miles south of,j)bll'.(‘s -'0'1 b;IVl’ studied about
Antelope, is completed in the in history! Learn a trade while
Caddo at 3454-59 feet and on (loin? all these things. Have
a commission test registered A011 finished high school? Ion
168 barrels of oil. can still do that, can still go to
college on completion of your
enlistment, receive the bene-
meadnw with which sweet clo-
ver will be seeded. Those
measures are a part of a co-
ordinated plan made with tech-
nical help from Soil Conserva-
tion Service personnel to com-
bat erosion on every acre of
Cox Drilling Company No.
2 W. T. Jones, in block 3341, ifits of the G. I. Bill of Rights. Itlicir land.
TE&L survey, three miles east This is available to young j Carlos Clayton is a new co-
ot Jeiuivn, spudded and is men between the ages ot 11 joperator. having reeeutlv sign-
drilling below 1000 feet. ^ land 34 years. See the U. S. Ar-Jed an agreement with the Su
1 G. E. Kadane Sons No. limy recruiting sgts.. in Jacks-
Shanufelt, a Caddo test in the j boro every Tuesday from 10 a.
I. llughson survey, A-256. one ,n. till 1 p. m. at post office,
mile nrth of Bryson, is drill-1_______
agreement
pervisors on 3.000 acres of land
owned by himself and his fa-
ther. J. B. Clayton.
ing shale below 3460
Wichita Falls Times.
feet-
Mr. and Mrs. Mont Robin-. _
son had as recent guests: Mm, s.
Bess Green, of Clarendon, Pete NIGHT CLASS AT
R. C. Tanning. They arc gn
route to Laramie, Wyomiung.
■> 4A” m‘'
T/Sgt. Vestei’ Wilson, Jer-
myn, has been transferred from
the air corps, New York, to
California.
*o—*
II. R. Gowan purchased a as complete without them.
served),
Only reliable persons are
asked to call for the returned
pictures as we wish to get
them back safely to the own-
ers. We certainly wish to
thank you for use of them as
the book would not have been
Long of Iowa Park, and Ruth
Christian of Vineyard; Mr. and
Mrs, Clarence Sinlpson and
twin daughters, Terry Lynn
and Shurry Ann; Bobby Gene
and Wanda Long, Iowa Park;
Billy Jack Green, Clarendon;
Mr. and Mrs. ides Turner and
Linda Paulette Turner, Perrin
Mrs. L. M. Austin, Tpuett
Cooper and family are in Bry-
an, due to the serious illness of
their mother, Airs. W. A
Cooper.
HIGH SCHOOL
The public is invited to at-
tend the study on “the teen-
age and his religion,” next
Monday, 5:45 p. m.
* Star Helps Polio Victims
lot of seven dump trucks at
the NAA plant, Grand Prairie.
It was the first sale in which
groups of from two to fifteen
vehicles were offered at auc-
tion bidding without regard to
priorities, •
These books are choice gifts
or as keepsakes. You must not
pUss up this opportunity. .$3.50.
(Send 20e for postage and in-
surance for mail orders).
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WEATHER REPORT
JANUARY 15-21, 1947
Average temperature, 59°.
Prevailing wind, north.
Rainfall, .14 of an inch.
Sunday night, 19‘
Mrs. E. Ar. Welch -end son,
Paul, «if Beech Grove, Ark.,
are visiting the former’s par-
ents, Air. and Airs. J. E. Gray.
Coming to see them here were,
friends including Airs. F. Mor-
ris, Mr. and Mrs. W, AleCaslin
and children, Fort Worth; Air.
and Mrs. Dana King, Roaring
Spring: Mrs. M. Seigler, Arch-
er City; Miss Lena Bunnell,
Graham, and numbers of Jack
County friends.
“IN STEP FORWARD.”
a special short subject, starring Greer Carson, will be
shown during Theatre Week, Jan. 24-30, at the Aleeea
and Jack Theatres in Jacksboro and1 at the Bryson, in
Bryson.
Contributions for the March of Dimes—Infantile
Paralysis Campaign, will be taken at the theatres during
this time.
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