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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 73, NO. 8S
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, APRIL 15, 1971~
PERMONT IN
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
Yesteryears ]
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ORTY YEARS AGO
'April 16, 1931)
The revival at the i3aptist Church
begins Sunday, April 19th. Pastor F.
G. Rogers of Spur will do the preach-
ing, the local pastor will have charge
of the music. We are trusting God to
give us a real revival. We are count-
ing on every saved person in reach of
Rolling Plains PCA Sets
Childress Meeting Apr,
Salary Suit Dismissed
Against Commissioners
services to give tiis best support
the se
in singing, praying and soul winning.
We are assured the preaching is
to be of the highest order. Brother
Rogers is a real pastor Evangelist.
He preaches the old gospel in power,
yet with child-like simplicity and hu-
mility. He is the kind of man any
christian should love. He is a great
soul winner. He keeps the Evangelis-
tic fires burning in his church. After
several years in Spur, even during
"these times" he preaches to a house-
full. The crowds will hear him here.
Let us continue the splendid eo-
ooperation of the churches. What
helps one church spiritually helps all
who participates in the services.
There will be a splendid orchestra
adding to the music. If you play any
musical instrument, bring it and use
it.
Notice is hereby given that an an-
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Farmers Gin Co, will be held at
Swenson, Texas on May 1, 1931, at
2:30 o'clock for the election of di-
rectors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business
-as may be brought before the meet-
ing.
Plans arc complete for the
37th annual stockholders
mooting of the Rolling Plains
PCA to be held April 17 in
the municipal auditorium in
Childress, according to J. L.
Hill Jr., president. Registration
will start at 11 a.m. to be
• o]lowed by lunch in the audi-
torium.
rhe business session wiK
start at 1 p.m. with reports
from the Board of Directors
and tho management.
Terms of two directors
will expire at this time. They
arc c. G Burson Sra of Hask-
ell and W. C. Mann of Clar-
endon. Burson has expressed
a wish to retire from his PC-
A duties and the Nominating
Committee, in session in
March, placed in nomination
lor this position on the board
tho names of J. P. Perrin of
Haskell and Herbert Belling-
hausen of Knox City.
Mann was renominated for
the position he presently oc-
cupies on the board and to
oppose him the committee
named M. C. Jones of Quita-
que.
A total of $400 in cash
prizes will be awarded to
eleven people at various times
'luring tho mooting. These
prizes consist of two for $100,
two for $50. three for $20 and
four for $10. All stockholders
and their wives or husbands
are eligible lor participation
in door prizes.
Tho Rolling Plains PCA is
composed of the territories of
tho former Stamford and
Memphis I^CA's and serves
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and ranchers in a 17-county
area of the rolling plains of
Texas, with offices in Stain-
ford, Spur, Mundsy, Childress
and Matador.
More than $360 million has
fn:en loaned since the PCA
was organized and currently
the loans outstanding exceed
$16 million.
The present Board of Di-
rectors is composed of C. G-
Burson, Sr., Chairman, Hask-
ell; Lasater Hensley, Vice
Chairman, Guthrie; Mack T.
Claburn, Anson; Dean Deck-
er, Childress and W. C. Mann,
Clarendon. J. L. Hill Jr., is
president and vice presidents
are J. R. Gleaton, R. C. Cobb
and Bill Glenn.
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BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD - Brenda Rimes
broke the oldes standing Aspermont High School
girls track record when she broad jumped 10'7"
in the Idalous Track Meet. The record was pre-
viously held by Nancy Galloway and was set in
1958. Miss Rimes took second in the meet with
her six jump and was just two inches short of
first place.
Local Girls to Compete In
Requirements for Acreage pktrict Meet Saturday
Set Aside Program Told
I*. TEXAS
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(April 19, 1951)
The Lions Club has laid the pre-
liminary plans for their annual clean
up drive to begin next Monday and
continue thru the week.
Mayor Riddel has proclaimed the
week through an official proclamation
and all Aspermont is urged to give
the town a dressing up.
The best thing to do says Lions
Club president Harold S. Kenady is to
get out the first thing Monday morn-
ing and get the job done; then it will
be done.
"Cracked Nuts" a three act com-
edy by Jay Tobias is the name of the
Senior Class play which is to be pre-
sented in the gymnasium on Tuesday
evening the 24th of April at 8:00 p.m.
Prices are 25£ for grade, school
children 40£ for 8th and high school
students and G0£ for all others.
Each Senior has tickets. Buy a
ticket; help a senior and see a
rollicking play.
Members of the Aspermont
School were hosts on Monday evening
to all teachers of Stonewall County
and their guests at a Barbecue Din-
ner. The meeting was the final meet-
ing of the year. Canasta, Bridge and
dominoes were enjoyed.
TEN YEARS AGO
| (April 20, 1961)
Announcement has been made to
le effect that the Annual pre-school
will be held at Aspermont Ele-
mentary School on Friday, April 28.
All pre-sehool children who are
Irolled on the 1961-02 school cen-
and their parents are extended
invitation to attend,
A deal was consummated hist Sa-
rday whereby Mrs. Rita Trammell
juired ownership of The Fashion-
ette, millinery store in Aspermont.
|Mrs. Trammell took over from Mrs.
B. B. Young and Mrs. Clay Feagan,
who were the original owners of the
store, located next to the M. & K.
Variety Store in Aspermont.
Announcement has been made to
the effect that the singing convention
will meet on next Sunday, April 2'A,
at 2:30 P.M., in the Peacock Baptist
Church. All those interested are ex-
tended a most cordial invitation to be
present.
Stonewall County farmers en-
rolled in the feed grain,
wheat, or cotton programs
are being reminded thai,
the acreage set aside under
each program should be as
productive as the acreage
normally used to produce the
crop.
Herman Dugan, Chairman
of the Stonewall County
A g r i cultural Stabilization
and Conservation (ASC) Com-
mittee, also advised farmers
that their set-aside land must
be acreage that was either
in non-conserving crops
planted for harvest last year
or was used as diverted acre-
age under tho farm programs
last year.
He suggested that producers
who have any doubt about
whether their proposed set-
aside acreage will meet the
qualifications should check
with the County ASCS Office
as soon as possible.
Mr. Dugan pointed out that
at the time producers come in
to the County Office to cer-
tify their set-aside acreage,
they must specify precisely
Central Baptist
Church Sets Dates
For Bible School
The Central Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School will be
hold June 7 to 11. Theme this
year will bo, "Jesus, the An-
swer to Today's Problems."
Officers and teachers for
the one week program will
be:
Superintendent: Rev. James
Woods.
Pianist: Mrs. W. D. Thorn-
ton.
Song Leader: Mrs. James
Woods.
Secretaries: Bessie Coch.
ran and Mrs. David Bingham.
Refreshment Committee:
Hattie Ellison, Ann Criswell,
and Mrs. D. II. Powers.
Publicity Committee: Mmes.
Bob Boone, Miles Ellison and
Don Maxwell.
Picnic Committee: Mmes.
W. D. Ellison and Aaron El-
lison.
Nursery: Mrs. Bruce Tabor.
Beginner: Mmes. Gene Mc-
Dowell and Bobby Stone.
Primary Boys: Mmes. Leon
Haag and Rufus West.
Primary Girls I: Mrs. Char,
lie Moore and Rhonda Moore.
Primary Girls II: Mrs.
Pete Cochran, Mrs. Wayland
Bingham and Glenda Parker.
Junior Girls: Mmes. Travis
Collom and Bob Boone.
Junior Boys: Mmes. Eddie
Jones and Danny Moorehcad.
Jr. High Girls: Glon Dun-
ham and Alton Parker Jr.
Jr. Hitfh Boys: Mmes. Mil-
ton Weaver and Leon Ander-
son.
whore the set-aside acreage
is located. Final dates for
certification are: May 1 for
wheat and August 15 for
cotton and feed grain.
Ai'etr a producer has certi-
fied, if a mistake is found in
his sot-aside acreage he could
lose some or all of his farm
program payment.
"A farmer who js not quite
sure whether his set-aside
meets all requirements would
be well advised to check with
the County ASCS Office ahead
of time. Also, he can request
measurement service, which,
if followed, will give him a
guarantee that he has enough
set- aside acreage.
Producers in the voluntary
feed grain, wheat, and cot-
ton programs for 1971 set
aside a percentage of their
land to enserving uses, and
will also maintain their
farm's conserving base acre-
age. On the rest of their
acreage they may plant as
much feed grain, wheat, cot-
ton, or any other crop they
chose, with the exception of
quota crops. Quota crops in-
clude peanuts, tobacco, rice,
extra long staple cotton, and
sugarcane, which may be
planted only on farms with
allotments for these crops.
Local Cub Scouts
To Hold First Pack
Meeting Apr. 30
Aspermont Cub Scout Pack
131 will be holding its first
pack meeting Apr. 30 at 7:00
p.m. in the Fellowship hall
of the First Baptist Church.
A promotion ceremony will
be conducted for four of the
twenty-one members. The four
lx>ys being promoted to Webe-
los are Andrew Hearn, Gary
Myers, Monte Mitchell and
Gary Thigpen. Parents and
friends are urged to attend.
Now is the time to enroll
new Culi Scouts. Any boy who
is 8 years old or in the third
grade and is interested in
joining the Cub Scouts may
contact Mrs. Buddy McNutt,
Mrs. Jerry Douglass, or
Harold McNutt for more in.
lormation.
Den mothers and helpers
are badly needed in order to
handle the new members.
Anyone inet rested in helping
with Cub Scouts please call
Mrs. McNutt or Mrs. Doug-
lass or Harold McNutt.
The Girls District Track
Meet will bo held Saturday at
Jayton with the action start-
ing a 10 a.m. Twelve schools
are in the district meet, in-
cluding Aspermont, Jayton,
Spur, Paducah and Knox City.
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday for
Mrs. Lawrence, 98
Mrs. Julia Haines Lawrence,
98, of Jayton diod at 8:55 p.m.
Saturday in Hamlin Memorial
Hosital.
Funeral was held at 2:30
p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist
Church of Jayton with the
Rev. Murry Brewer of Aber-
athy officiating, assisted by
Bobby Ted Gallagher.
Burial was jn Jayton Ceme-
tery under direction of Little-
page Funeral Home of As-
permont.
Mrs. Lawrence was born
Feb. 18, 1873, in Wood Coun-
ty and hail lived in Kent
County since 1915. She mar-
ried John H. Haines in 1891.
He died April 1, 1915. She
married H. I. Lawrence in
1928. He died March 17, 1943
Mrs. Lawrence was a mem-
ber of the Bajrtist Church
of Jayton.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Jack Myers
and Mrs. Rosa Lee Myers,
both of Jayton; four sons,
Clifford H. Haines of Abi-
lene, William F. Haines of
San Diego, Calif., Johnny
Haines and M- M. Haines,
both of Las Vegas, Nov.; one
sister. Mrs. Ella Mosley of
Rochester; 15 grandchildren;
25 great-grandchildren; 22
great great-grandchildren.
Five children preceded Mrs.
Lawrence in death.
Grandsons served as pall-
earers.
More Books Given
To County Library
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hearn
have given the Stonewall Li-
brary several books recently.
The types are varied such as:
philsophy, social sciences,
fiction, executive, opinion,
essay, political, adventure,
business, biography and mys-
tery.
Mr. Hfcarn is a teacher in
the local schools and both
he and his wife are avid
readers.
Light Bulbs
T h c Aspermont Boy
Scouts will sell light bulbs
house to house Thursday af-
ternoon.
HAD A PARTY? That's
news, call the STAR.
Easter dinner guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Phillips, Sharon, Donald and
Larry wore Travis Swink of
Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Davis and Jerry Wayne,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lackey and
Ronnie, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Lackey of San Antonio, Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle Rash and
Donna, Eddie Rash of Abi-
lene, Mrs. Roger Foil and
Randall and Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Hodges of Abilene.
The Aspermont Girls Track
Team scored 53 points to take
sixth place in the Idalou In-
vitational Track Meet. There
were 17 teams entered in the
meet. The local girls bettered
nearly all of their previous
times Sand distances in the
meet.
The 440-yard relay team of
Vickie Jackson, Brenda
Rimes, Anita Munoz and Dana
Hight ran a 53.1 for fourth in
the meet.
The 880-yard relay team of
Munoz, Jackson, Cynthia
Parker and Rimes set a new
Aspermont record of 1:55.9
for sixth in the meet.
The mile relay team of
Hight, Parker, Munoz and
Jackson ran a 4:37.0 for fifth
place.
Miss Hight took second in
the 80-yard hurdles with a
time of 11.5.
Miss Rimes broke the old
Aspermont record in the
Broad jump with a 16'7" for
second place. The old record
was held by Nancy Galloway,
set in 1958.
Miss Rimes won the 220
yard dash for Aspermont'sr
only blue ribbon of the day
with a 27.1.
Miss Hight won third in
the high jump with a leap
of 4'8". She took second in the
triple jump with a 33'5".
The Junior High girls also
took part in the meet with
Jamie Branch and Lisa Book-
man eying for fifth place in
the high jump. Miss Branch
also won third in the 60 and
third in the hurdles.
TEC Interviewer
To Be In Aspermont
Once A Month
The Texas Employment
Commission has announced
that W. T. Edwards Farm
Placement Interviewer 11, of
the Sweetwater office, will
be in the Stonewall County
Courthouse the first Friday
of each month to take appli-
cations for workers seeking
employment and orders from
employers in need of workers.
Edwards said that crews
and family groups are in de-
mand as well as individuls. He
added that, "Farm workers
are urged not to migrate to
other states unless they have
confirmed job commitments
with specific employers. There
has been a loss of approxi-
mately 1,600 job opportunities
for interstate migrant workers
in seasonal agricultural and
related activities in 1971."
Mrs. David Baum and
children, Cindy and Tim,
visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Odell Myers.
Visitors in the home of
Brooks Ellison were her
daughter, Mrs. K. K. Cox of
Port Arthur and Mr. and
Mrs. Dolmon Ellison of Semi-
nole.
District Judge Ben Char-
lie Chapman granted a Plea
in Abatement and dismissed
the suit filed by Hubert Roach
seeking an injunction to stop
what was claimed to be an
overpayment in salary to the
Commissioners of Sionewnll
County.
The suit was entitled,
"Stonewall County vs. Sally
Wright et al." Included in
tnft enif umra .>a1iw wriahi
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County Treasurer; Raymond
Marr, County Auditor; and
the following County Com-
missioners, Clifford C. Ghol-
son, Wayne Thigpen, Cecil
Norris and Elmer D. Ellison.
Defendants Gholson, Norris
and Ellison filed the Plea of
Abatement which was heard
in District Court Thursday,
Apr. 1.
Judge Chapman in dismiss-
ing the suit issued the follow-
ing statement; "The Court
having considered the Plea
in Abatement and the law
pertaining thereto, and the
court having heard argu-
ment by both counsel is of
ihe opinion, that as a matter
of law, said Plea in Abate-
ment should be granted.
"It is therefore ordered,
adjudged and decreed, that
Ihe P'P.a }f| t |c
granted and said above styled
and numbered cause be in all
things dismissed with tjhe
costs being taxed to Hubert
Roach."
The suit filed by Roach
claimed that the commission-
ers were drawing illegally and
unlawfully as salary for Coun-
ty Commissioner the amount
of $600 a year.
jayton Selective
Board Resigns In Protest
All five members of the Se-
lei^ive Service Board located
in Jayton have resigned in
protest of Lt. William Galley's
conviction prcmediated murder
in connection with the My
Lai incident.
The board represents
Dickens, Stonewall and Kent
Counties.
R. G. Goodall of Jayton,
chairman of the board, said
the board sent a letter to
President Nixon and Sen.
John Tower announcing their
resignation.
Goodall said the letter said
Houston Federal
Land Bank Lowers
Variable Loan Rate
John G Storey, manager
of the Federal Land Bank
Association of Spur, announc-
ed today that the Federal
Land Bank of Houston will
reduce the interest billing
rate on variable rate loans
to m%.
"This reduction will be ef-
fective on installments ma-
turing on or after June 1,
1971 and effects more than
$100 million in variable rate
loans to over 3200 Texas
farmers and ranchers," Stor-
ey stated.
The variable rale loan,
which was introduced by the
Houston Bank in July 1969,
lets the interest rate "float"
over the variations in the
money market. This Is the
second time since January 1
that tho billing rate has been
reduced and the third such
reduction in the past year.
in part, "We feel Calley got
a bum deal . . . (the con-
viction) was illegal, unjust
and a disgrace to the United
States Army."
Goodall said the board had
been jn Jayton 22 years and
he said it could take as long
as two years before another
board is appointed. He said
the appointments must come
from Austin.
Other members of the board
include Woody Woodward,
Raymond Harris, Lowell
Robertson and Oren Yarbor-
ough.
Von Buliord Tells
About Livestock
Tour At Meeting
The Stonewall County
Farm Bureau met Monday
night at the school cafeteria.
B. A. Erdman, vice president,
announced the speakers.
Van Bullard spoke on the
Livestock tour he made
through Texas and into Okla-
homa.
Rex Connors, fieldrnan from
Quanah, showed the film of
the tour.
Ben Reaid, agency, spoke
on different phases of Farm
Bureau insurance.
Discussion of the increase
in the membership dues was
postponed to a later date.
Refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dun-
can and Lisa Fachonn of Den-
ton visited h s parents Mr.
and Mrs. Car] W. Duncan over
the Easter weekend.
Total Farm Real Estate
Debt Increased By FHA
Farmers Homo Administra-
tion credit can now be avail,
able to farmers whose real
estate debt my total as much
as $100,000, according to
James V. Smith, Adminis-
trator of this credit agency
«f the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The new limit is authorized
in recent legislation. It
changes a 10-year old maxi-
mum of $60,000 that has
been outmoded by increases in
land values and farm sizes.
Although the average FHA
loan of $24,000 is far below
1he limit, the legislation has
(he effect of fixing $100,000
as:
Tho maximum amount F-
IIA alone may lend to a
farmer on real estate to
buy, enlarge or improve
a farm, or
The maximum amount of
real estate financing for
one farmer that FHA
may share with other
lenders.
Mr. Smith said the legis-
lation is expected to have
wide effect in drawing more
private capital into credit-
scarce rural areas — an ob-
jective sought the past two
ycars as FHA has stressed its
participation in family farm
financing with other lend-
ers.
The agency can subordi-
nate its mortages to private
individuals, banks, and other
commercial lenders, or Fed-
eral Land Banks when the
other lender's loans are for
authorized FHA loan purposes.
The Administrator said the
new $100,000 total debt limit
will help many young farmers
and others, who could not get
sufficient credit from any one
lender, to finance their needs
from combinations of lend-
ers including FHA.
The new act also makes
Vict Nam veterans eligible
for priority consideration of
loan applications. It abolishes
a requirement that applicants
enjoying veteran's preference
must have a farm background,
but requires training or ex-
perience in farming.
The Farmers Home Admin-
istration conducts farm, rural
housing and community fa-
cility loan programs through
a nationwide system of more'
than 1,700 rural offices.
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