Adams Furniture in Justin: Furniture With A History

ADAMS FURNITURE Furniture

WITH A HISTORY

by Diane Ciarloni

Justin, TX, just feels like the perfect backdrop for a place like Adams Furniture. Justin was settled by 70 people in 1848. The plan was to create a Utopian society. Its failure was official one year later.

Not much came out of Justin for the next The present, sprawling store was built 30 years or so. Then came the railroad, in 1938 and, today, it’s stuffed to the and the steam-powered locomotives rafters with a broad selection of quality, belched new life into the area. A post American-made furniture. office was granted in 1887, and the little-town-that-could Adams takes deepOwner Jim Smith was 16 when he started became an established shipping and salvage location. seated pride in having 85 to 90-percent working at the store in 1969. “I became a small percentage Adams Furniture first American-made partner in 1979 and bought out the appeared in 1929 as inventory. previous owners in Adams Cash Store, 1982,” he explained. more of a general mercantile than anything else. The shelves were stocked Adams’ market is within a 15-mile with shoes, hardware, guns, hunting and radius of Justin, tapping into a 200,000 fishing equipment, and anything else a population. Most customers come from family living in North Texas might need. word-of-mouth marketing. Adams takes deep-seated pride in having 85 to 90-percent Americanmade inventory. According to Smith, this is based on four primary reasons. First, it helps the American economy and American craftsmen. Second, it offers superior quality. Third, the lack of dangerous chemicals makes it family safe. Fourth, there are many more options to avoid cookie-cutter designs.

No furniture is sold online because pictures can be deceiving. Neither are prices posted online because of the broad choice of options.

Adams stays current in styles by traveling to markets in North Carolina and Las Vegas. “We also have reps come to the store and show what they have available,” Jim said.

When you think about it, that’s impressive for a town that failed after just one year!

SHERIFF’S

WITH SHERIFF TRACY MURPHREE

DIFFICULT DAYS

Many Texas cities were faced with frigid temperatures, power and water outages and shortages of food in the February winter storm. Sheriff Tracy Murphree states, “The Denton County Jail is like a small city. We are in charge of the well-being and care of around 1000 inmates. While other county offices are closed for the inclement weather, we are conducting business as usual.” He also added, “I am very proud of our Officers, staff and Facility Maintenance team that went above and beyond during those difficult days.”

The Denton County Jail never lost power like so many others did during the winter storm. The jail has several generators that are in place should they be needed. The generators are tested regularly as mandated by the state, to assure that they are functional. The temperature in the jail never went below the acceptable range but there were extra blankets handed out as needed for inmates.

The Denton County Jail also never lost water, but because of the City of Denton’s Boil Water Notice, we were affected. We had to boil all water that was used for cooking and drinking. Igloo water coolers were purchased to be distributed throughout the jail. We also purchased 12,000 water bottles and 6000 pounds of ice.

Another challenge the jail faced was with our food supply. We rely on food deliveries and because trucks couldn’t make their routine deliveries, we were forced to revamp our menus to continue to meet the needs of our inmates. Our revamped menus met the mandated daily calorie count for the inmates set by the state.

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Because of the treacherous road conditions and dangerous temperatures, some of our Detention Officers were forced to sleep in jail barracks that were set up for them. Other Officers carpooled together making sure that they arrived in time for their shifts.