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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 71, NO, 50
ASPERMONT IN
ASPKHMON'T, STONEWALL COl'NTY. TEXAS 79502. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1969
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(August 7, 1919)
m.
""Mrs. Alta Perkins received the
appointment this week as Post Mis-
tress of the Aspermont Post Office.
This appointment assures us that
the duties of this office will be
promptly and accurately discharged
and that the patrons will receive the
best of service.
There will be an all-day singing
atSwensonSunday, August 10th. All
singers are especially invited to
attend.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(August 4, 194 9)
The Aspermont Legion Softball
team won two games this week from
Rule and have clinched first place in
the Brazos Valley League. With only
one more game to play to complete
the schedule they are two games a-
head of the field.
The Stonewall County Band Clinic
will give their last concert Saturday
night August 6. Band n u m bcrs,
junior band numbers, solos, duets
and old time violin tunes by E. C.
Marr will be presented.
A 1950 wheat allotment of 30-11.5
acres for Stonewall County has been
announced by the county agricultural
Conservation Committee.
This represents Stonewall Coun-
ty's Proportionate share of the
national wheat allotment of 68-9
million acres, R. L. Kennedy, com-
mittee chairman explains.
Temperature August 2 at 6 a.m.
70, 3 p.m. 92 and 7 p.m. 84.
Aspermont High School Coach
T. C. Clark is in Beaumont this
week attending the coaching school.
TEN YEARS AGO
(August 6, 1 959)
Aspermont Semi-Pros were
crowned champions last Sunday aft-
ernoon by defeating Knox City, 9 to
0, for the undisputed winner of the
1959 Brazos Valley League.
The local team ended with i\ fine
record of nine wins and one loss as
compared with Knox City's eight
wins and two losses. Aspermont's
only loss of the season was a close
4 to 2 loss to Guthrie, who finished
in third place.
Local fireballer Jim Melton set
down Knox City in nine innings with-
out a score and with only two hits.
Melton walked none in registering
his fourth win against one loss.
Carl Hulsey was the big key to
the championship win by smashing-
out a double and a single for three
trips to the plate. He had three runs
batted in. Wally Roa also paced the
win with one hit for two and a run
batted in. Reid, Melton and Hcr-
rera all had one hit each for hitting
honors. Hulsey, Tony Roa and Wally
Roa had two runs scored apiece
while Reid, Pena and "Stud" Hill
had one each.
Aspermont will participate with
Knox City and Woodson in the sec-
ond annual All-Star game to be played
in Guthrie at 3:00 p. m. next Sunday
evening.
Starting in the All-Star game
will be James Melton, pitcher: Wayne
Mason, catcher; Carl Hulsey, first
base; James Reid, shortstop; Wally
Roa and Tony Roa, outfielders.
"Farmer" Hill will manage the
team.
T. C. Clark, superintendent of
Aspermont l\iblie School, has an-
nounced that the local schools will
begin the 1959-60 term on Tuesday,
Sept. 1. Busses will run at the reg-
ular time, and classes will be held
all day.
Stonewall County has gained site
for a new wildcat in the area nine
miles southeast of Aspermont.
The venture is Ab-Tex Produc-
tion Company of Abilene No. 1-10
Minor Alexander.
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RECEIVES TROPHY -- Miss Harriet Martin receives Hie District 3
Horse Show trophy from "Miss Vernon" recently after she had won the
District Show held at Vernon Santa Rosa Roundup Grounds. Miss Mar-
tin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Martin of Aspermont. She
and "Mr. P.adger" will compete in the State Contest in Sweetwater
August 1.1 and Hi.
Light Vote Turnout
Here On Amendments
Voters who cast I heir bal-
lots in AspermontTucsday ex-
pressed their desires on Un-
constitutional amendments
Over tlie '.late most issues
were turned down that would
cost the taxpayers money,
with the exception of increase
in welfare assistance.
With incomplete tabulations,
it looked like the Texas Wa-
ter Plan was to sutler defeat;
legislators were denied their
second request for a pay
raise and a second eft rt in
three years to gain approv it
of annual legislative sessions
Seventh Grade
Band Students
To Meet Monday
All seventh grade students
who would like to be in the
high school band are to meet
at the band hall, Monday and
Tuesday Aug. 11 and 12, at
8:00 a.m. for audition and to
practice marching.
On Wednesday, Aug. 13,
all members of the high school
band are to meet at 7:30 a.m.
for practice.
The 1960-70 twirlors, Lynn
Ward, Brenda McDowell,
Carla Lambert, and drum
major, Barbara Howell, re-
turned Friday from twirling
school at S. M. U. Also at-
tending the school was Kay
Spradley and Kathy Boyles.
Another group of band
students attended band school
at McMurry. They were
Vickie Abernathy, DeWitt
Elll.' on, Robei t and Thomas
Hanke and Mitchell Kidd
\\a • turned down.
Statewide at 11:15 p.m.
Tuesday the Texas Flection
Bureau had the following
tabulations from 219 of the
254 counties with 1S7 com-
plete:
Constitutional deletions: for
312,330, against 252,794.
Water plan !>onds: for 283,
524, against 297.273.
Legislators' pay hikes: for
192,092, aginst 378,218.
Water tax exemptions: for
259,971, against 299,675.
Welfare ceiling increase:
(or 399,-i49, against 213,454.
F.nd state bond interest,
ceiling: foi 263,044, against
389,457.
State employees' survhosr
aid: for 368,611, against 204,
180.
KNpand student loan plan:
for 350,910. against 228,895.
Annual legislative session:
tor 247,105, against 310,148.
Peacock Church
Summer Revival
To Open Sunday
The First Bapti-t Church
of Peacock will begin theh
summer revival Sunday, Aug
10. and continue through
August 17.
The Rev. Don Turner
pastor ol the Cahary Baptist
Church in Mineral Wells wil
be the cvant'eh'-t, Freddie
Johnston, pa-t r of the Pea
cock Church \\ ill direct the
singing,
Services will be held each
morning it tit am. with piay-
or services at 7:30 p.m. and
worship service at 8 p.m.
Final Notice On
Water Rights Act
Given for Sept. 1
The Texas Water Rights
Commission announced re-
cently that final notice of the
recording deadline under the
Water Rights Adjudication
Act of 1 Of>7 has been given.
Everyone who is using water
from a public tream who
does not claim under a certi-
fied filing or a tiermit from
the St.ih- miM record bis
claim bv Sept. 1 1969 Users
of watei for dome-tic nad live-
stock watering puriV'ses are
exempt from this requirement.
Failure to timely record
the claim will "extinguish and
bar" the claim of water right
according to Section 4 of the
Adjudication Act All affected
water users who have not al-
ready filed their claim arc
urged by the Commission to
do so as soon as possible.
Valid claims will be recog-
nized to the extent of maxi-
mum use of water without
waste during any year between
1963 and 1967. Where the
user was in the process of
constructing a system or had
facilities to use a larger
amount of water on the ef-
fective date of the Act than
be had actually used, use
from 1968 to 1970 may tie
recognized.
Further information and
form-' for recording claims
under the Water Rights Ad-
judication Act may lie ob-
tained from the Texas Water
Rights Commission, P. O. Box
12396, Capital Station, Aus-
tin, Texas 7S711
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Kcn-
ndv III lioin Canyon were
home (or the weekend visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene McDowell and Mr. and
Mi*. Geo. C. Kenady Jr., and
other rcl.iti'es.
Faculty Complete for
Aspermont Schools
Aspermont School faculty
has been completed with the
hiring of five new (acuity
members, Supt. W. C. Robin-
son has announced. New mem-
bers of the faculty this year
are Mrs. Jay Harbin. Mrs.
Lillie Gibson, Kirby Priest,
Ronnie Tcichclman and Jerry
Allen.
Mrs, Gisson, a graduate of
North Texas State University,
has taught 34 years in schools
at Plains. Denver City. Little
Sunday. Fitzgerald, 14 years
at Hamlin and for the past
three years has taught the
homeward bound students in
Abilene from the fourth grade
through 12th grade level. She
and her husband, Everett,
who is retired from the T&P
Oil Company have built a
new home in Hamlin. Mrs.
Gibson will teach the sixth
grade.
Jerry Allen is a summer
graduate of Stephen F. Aus-
tin College and this will he
his first teaching assignment.
He will teach science in high
school and will assist with
coaching duties. He nnd his
wife will move here in the
near future.
Priest is a graduate of
A CO with a math degree. He
will teach junior high math
and coach junior high sports.
He is a brother ol Terry
Priest, former teacher and
basketball coach.
Mrs. Harbin is a Texas
Tech graduate and has taught
for a number of years at
Levelland. She taught last
year at Rotan She will be
teaching science in junior
high. Her husband is agency
manager for Stonewall Coun-
ty Farm Bureau.
Tcichclman is a graduate
of Texas Tech and will
teach agriculture and Horti-
culture. He is married and
the father of a son, born
Sunday August 3. This will
be his first year to teach.
Other Members of the
faculty are: elementary: Mrs,
Willie Dipple, Mrs. Dorothy
McMcans, Mrs. Belle Boyles,
Mrs, Sonny Bounds, Miss
Nelda Blagg. Miss Myrtle
Commons, Mrs. Margaret.
Poore. Mis, Rena McGough,
Mrs. Elva Lea Walker, a^d
Mrs. Joy Jameson.
Junior High: Sonny Bound-
and Mrs. lna Kennedy.
High School: Mrs. Lillian
Hicks, Mr. Stephen Cochran,
Mrs. Opal .[iiries, Mrs. Mar-
garet. Lot:, Mrs. Jo Ann
Mitchell, Mi ss Pam Bearden,
Mr, Jerry Ivowrcy, Mr. Rus-
Stamford Hospital
Sets Open House
Sunday Afternoon
Stamford, Stamford area
citizens have now entered the
last phase oj providing the
latest equipment and facili-
ties lor medical care as plans
for official open house of the
Iiew Stamford Memorial Hos-
pital has been set for Sunday
afternoon, AngUM 10, 1969
from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The $1,250,000 00 ultra mod-
em medical plant is located
on a 16 acre tract ol land east
o( Slumlord on the Albany
highway. built with $750,-
000 00 from two bond issues
arid a $500,000.00 Hill-Burton
grant. Construction was start-
ed in November 1967. General
Contractor was Rose & Sons,
Inc., of Abilene and Tittle,
Luther, Loving and Lee also
of Abilene were the architects,
being represented by John J.
Luther.
The 50-bed hospital has 42
private rooms and 4 semi- pri-
vate rooms. All rooms are
equipped with piped in oxy-
gen and vacuum. Each room
hIso has a telephone and tele-
vision with remote control,
along with the latest electro-
nic nurse call system.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Robin-
son have returned after visit-
ing their son and family in
California.
sell Fuller. Mrs. W. C. Robin-
son. Mr. Troy Gauntt, and
Mrs. Troy Gauntt.
Aspermont High School
Principal Burl Jameson has
announced the schedule for
registration for the 60-70
school term.
Registration will be held
on Monday and Tuesday
August 18 and 19 as follows:
Monday — Freshmen — 9 to
12 a.m. Seniors — 1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday — Sophomores 9 to
12 a.m. Juniors 1 to 4 p.m
There will be a general
faculty meeting Friday, Aug.
22 beginning at 9 a.m.
Classes will begin Monday,
August 25.
Old Glory Turns
Down Consolidation
Old Glory voters turned
down the consolidation pro-
posal with Aspermont in
Tuesday's election while As-
permont voted their approval
to the measure.
Former Resident,
Thomas Tarrance,
Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for Thomas
Alvin Tarrance, 58, of Odessa,
fonnvr Aspermont resident,
were held Monday at 2 p.m. at
the Aspermont Church of
Christ, with Howard Peacock
of Odessa officiating.
Burial was in the Asper-
mont Cemetery under the di-
rection of Littlepage Funeral
Home.
Mr. Tarrance died Friday
morning in MeCamey Hospital
after a brief illness.
He was born June 5, 1911,
rit Gail and married Mary
Goodin at Aspermont. He was
n retired construction fore-
man for Humble Oil Co., and
was a member of the Church
of Christ. —
Survivors include his wife;
fbur daughters, Mrs. Pete
Allen of Las Vegas, Nev.,
Mrs. James Hooper of Odessa,
Mrs. J. D. Sims of Granger
nnd Mrs. Donna Rich of
Odessa; his mother, Mrs. El-
la Keeth of Aspermont; two
sisters, Mrs. Ava Bowermari
of Iraan, Texas and Mrs.
George Dickson of Peacock;
throe brothers, Fleet. Tar-
rance of Aspermont, Jack
Tarrance of Welling, Okla-
homa and Charles Tarrance
of Hollywood, Calif.; and
eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Joe Mar-
quis. Charles Abernathy, Vir-
gil Kolb, Jackie Tarrance,
Tommy Hooper and Dale
Sims.
Donald Reed New
District SCS
Conservationist
Donald H. Reed has moved
to Aspermont Irom Tahoka
to become the new District
Conservationist if the Soil
Conservation Service, He will
replace Harold Kin who wa>
transferred to Meridian.
Reed and his wife, Shirley
and daughter, Amber, wil)
reside at 133 Grace St.
Old Glory residents voted
against consolidation with
Aspermont. by a margin of
125-27. In Aspermont, 126
were for the proposed con-
solidation, while only 16 were
against.
In Aspermont, there were
142 voters and in Old Glory,
152.
Old Glory had an average
daily attendance of 72.3 stu-
dents last term. Aspermont
was the only other remaining
district in Stonewall County.
Both town had to approve the
issue for it. to go into effect.
AHS to Add New
Subject to Fall
Class Schedule
One new subject will be
taught this year in the As-
permont School System.
Stephen Cochran and Ron-
nie Tcichclman will teach
horticulture. They will each
teach one class. They are
both agriculture teachers,
but the horticulture class
will be taught to both boys
and girls.
AHS Football Boys
To Report Aug. 14
For Physicals
All high school boys inter-
ested in playing football are
to report to the lield house
Thursday, Aug 14. at 6:00 p.
m for physical examinations.
Two a day work-outs will
begin Monday. Aug. 18 at
7:00 a.m.
County Farm
Bureau Office
In Own Building
The Stonewall County Farm
Bureau has purchased the
office building at 40S Broad-
way from Mr. A. E. Ball. The
olfice equipment was moved
in on Thursday and officially
opened for business Friday,
Aug. 1, 1969.
Everyone is cordially in-
vited to stop by and see the
new office and visit with Jay
Harbin, the agency manager,
and Mrs. Jewell Roddy, office
secretary.
An open house is planned
for a latci dale, to be an-
nounced.
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NEW OFFICE — Stonewall County Farm Bur-
eau has moved into its new office purchased
recently. An open house will beheld at a later
date.
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1969, newspaper, August 7, 1969; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128015/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.