The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1971 Page: 1 of 4
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ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1971
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active part in this meeting. Every ex-
service man should feel it his duty to
be present and take an active pari in
the nomination of these officers. The
chow call will sound at exactly 8
o'clock.
The pastor asks that announcement
be made for regular preaching ser-
vices Sunday. He. is in revival at
Geneview this week but plans to be
here for both morning and evening
services. A full attendance of the
membership is requested and a
cordial invitation extended to
everybody.
Items in the school news are:
Friday, September 4, pupils who want
to enter high school and who were not
enrolled in Aspermont at the close of
the last term, will please report for
classification. Credits for accredited
high school or those secured by state
examination are the only ones that
will be recognized. Classification will
be based on entrance examinations
excepting in the case of those who
have standard credits.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(August 2, 1951)
Notices have been received to the
effect that a Cub Scout day camp is to
be held at Rotan on August 14, 15, 16.
The camp, which is to be held at the
Rotan swimming pool, will convene
each day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. A
program of swimming, handicraft,
games, contests, model building and
molding will be had.
All who attend are asked to bring
sack lunch, swimsuits, ball gloves
and bats.
All boys between eight and 11 years
are invited.
Alll students who are interested in
going swimming are asked to meet at
1:30 Friday at the regular place. The
party will be at Rotan. This will make
up for this week and next week too
until further notice, says R. W.
Johnson, sponsor.
A deal was consumated this past
week-end whereby Saied's Depart-
ment Store of Aspermont was pur-
chased by Ted Daiki.
Mr. Dakil, who comes here from
Childress, will be the sole owner of the
store and has asked The Star to thank
the public for the patronage that this
store is now receiving. Mr. Dakil
assures the people of this area that a
complete line of seasonable and
popular-priced merchandise will be
carried in stock at all times.
TEN YEARS AGO
(August 23, 1961)
Elsewhere in this issue of The Star
will be found an advertisement
calling attention to the opening of a
watch repair business in the Clay
" >rug Store.
This new business will be operated
|y J. R. Berry, who comes here from
mkin.
There will be a general cleanup of
le Oriana Cemetery on August 29th.
The cemetery is located west of
Peacock. All who are interested are
urged to be present, according to R.
E. Bilberry.
The meeting at Shinery Lake
Baptist Church is in full progress. The
meeting began last Friday, with Rev.
McWilliamsof Anson helping with the
services. Everyone is extended a
cordial invitation to attend.
Rev. T. B. Allen, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, left yesterday
(Wednesday) for Dallas, where he
will be in a revival at Edgemont
Baptist Church for 12 davs.
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Hornets to Hold
Scrimmage Friday
Aspermont Hornet fans will
get their first chance to see the
local football team in action
Friday evening when the team
travels to Munday for a
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Next Friday, Sept. 3, the
Hornets will scrimmage the
Hamlin Pied Pipers here
beginning at 8 p.m.
The Hornets will open regular
season play at Rule, Sept. 10.
Their first home game will be
with Anson, Sept. 17, and then
they will host Merkel here Sept.
24. The Hornets will travel to
Spur Oct. 1 ana then piay
Throckmorton here Oct. 9 for
Homecoming. All of these
games start at 8 p.m.
The Hornets will open district
piay al Aibany Oct. 13, and men
host wyiie here Oct. 22.
They will travel to Roscoe Oct.
29, play Knox City here Nov. 5
and close out the season at
Baird, Nov. 12. All district
^aiiica will duu i ai 7:30.
392 Students Enroll In
Aspermont Schools Monday
The Aspermont school got
underway Monday with
THE FIRST DAY — The first day at school was an exciting day for these 20
first grade students, pupils of Mrs. L. A. Dippel.
WEATHER
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Total rainfall for August 6.30.
Total for year 13.77.
i-County Education Co-op
To Aid Exceptional Children
Children's Pictures to
Be Taken In Color Free
The Tri-County Education Co-
Op has been formed by the
public schools of Fisher, Jones,
and Stonewall Counties.
The purpose of developmental
early childhood education
programs for exceptional
children, is to provide in-
structional educational services
to children who are ages three,
four, and five years old who
may be predicted to experience
academic problems upon en-
tering regular elementary
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday
For Boots Clay
Henry R. (Boots) Clay., 51,
died at 7 p.m. Sunday in
Stamford Memorial Hospital
after a short illness. Funeral
was held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in
the First Baptist Church of
Aspermont with the Rev. Bob
Griffith, pastor of the Paint
Creek Baptist Church, of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Double
Mountain Cemetery under the
direction of Littlepage Funeral
Home.
Born Oct. 18, 1919, in
Maryneal, he had lived in
Stonewall County since he was a
chi'd. He was a member of the
Baptist Church. He married
Dewrell Snow of Oklahoma at
Colgate, Okla., on Dec. 2, 1942.
He was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. Nancy
Douglass of Aspermont and Eva
Ilene of the home; two sons,
Billy D. Clay of Euless and
Johnny Clay of the home; one
sister, Mrs. R. L. Snow of
Aspermont; two brothers, J. D.
Clay of Aspermont and J. B.
Clay of Marshall; and five
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Lee Smith,
Dalton Davis, Ned Ward, Jack
McGough, J. N. Lee, Charles
Clark, Donnie Clifton, and H.,
W. Swink.
school programs.
Pete Lollar, former
elementary principal in Anson,
has been named supervisor.
The other supportive staff
members are Mrs. Mona
Conger, early childhood
counselor; Mrs. Carol Williams
and Mrs. Anneita Forrest, early
childhood diagnosticians. This
supportive staff will direct a
faculty of 15 specially trained
teachers and four instructional
sides to deal with the very
young children.
These teachers will be
working in conjunction with the
local schools.
Interested parents are asked
to leave information as to how
they may be contacted with
their respective school prin-
cipals.
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Monday August 30, is the big
day set to take Living Color
pictures of your little ones. The
Star is having pictures taken of
all children accompanied by
their parents or other guardian
to the Aspermont Star office
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
absolutely free of any charge or
obligation.
The Star wants to publish a
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BY BERNICE WHITE
Free Tickets For
West Texas Fair
Mailed to School
ABILENE — Tickets are
being mailed this week to the
school superintendent in
Aspermont so students and
teachers can attend the Wed-
nesday, Sept. 15 activities of the
West Texas Fair.
Fair President R. Lee Rode
said the complimentary tickets
would permit general ad-
mission to the fairgrounds.
There are a number of free
midway attractions Wed-
nesday. The Bill Hames Shows
will bring rides and shows, and
judging in several events is
scheduled.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Howie of
Binger, Okla., announce the
arrival of a son, Jeffery Dale,
born Aug. 9, Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mrazek of
Aspermont and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Howie of Abilene. Jeffery
Dale has one sister, Jill Marie.
Clasified deadline is noon
Tuesdav.
Crude Oil Production In
Texas Hits All-Time High
reserves down for the third
straight year."
Stonewall County, which has
had recorded production since
1938. had a total crude oil output
of 1.13,234,726 barrels up to the
beginning of 1971. Stonewall
County production in 1970 was
6.266,814 barrels at the rate of
17,169 barrels daily.
Fifteen counties produced
more than 25 million barrels
with Andrews topping the list
with 71,684,656 barrels followed
by Ector with 68,562,247 and
Scurry with 58,085,376.
Gregg remained the all-time
champion with a cumulative
production of 2.2 billion barrels.
Ector is second with 1.7 billion
barrels.
DALLAS — Production of
Texas crude oil last year again
hit an all-time high while ad-
ditions to reserves continued to
lag, according to the latest
compilation of the Texas Mid-
Continent Oil & Gas
Association.
The state's oil fields produced
1.2 billion barrels of crude
bringing the total for the past 81
years of recorded production to
34.1 billion barrels.
"Economic benefits from the
production were felt throughout
Texas," says Kenneth E
Montague, Association
president, "as 205 of the state's
254 counties had producing oil
wells It is unfortunate that
more oil was produced than was
found in Texas pulling our
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Vahlenkamp were in Missouri
last week visiting with their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Brown and children,
Janie Kay and Larry Don Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sprout Baldree
and girls visited in Rotan
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Wilfong and family.
Mrs. Minnie Schmidt and
Paul, Mrs. Andrew Anderson
and T. A. Anderson attended a
family reunion Sunday at
Hamilton. They also visited
with Mrs. Oscar Anderson in
Cross Plains and they visited in
Priddy with Mrs. Lena Tiemann
and Albert.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simmons
and three of their sons, Jerry,
Jack and Joel, of Ft. Worth
were here last weekend visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beno
Herttenberger. The three boys
stayed here to spend the week
with Mr. and Mrs. Hert-
tenberger while Mr. and Mrs.
Simmons went to Houston to be
with Mr. Simmons' mother who
underwent surgery there
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Houseworth and Randy
vacationed in Longview last
week.
Visitors in the home of Mrs.
Ben Klump last Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lavender
of Stamford and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Klump.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones
have moved from Denton to
Weatherford, Okla., where they
plan to continue their education
at Southwestern State School of
Pharmacy. Jones will work
toward a degree in pharmacy
and Mrs. Jones will continue
her work toward a degree in the
field of education
Weldon Spitzer is home from
Texas Tech in Lubbock visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Garrett Spitzer. He attended
Tech the second six weeks of the
summer session and will be
going back next week to enroll
as a freshman.
Judy White was home last
weekend visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Bernice D. White,
her grandmother, Mrs. Tillie
Dippel, and other relatives and
friends. Judy will be enrolling in
Texas Tech Wednesday to work
on her Master's Degree She
began working on this degree
this summer.
Reva and Regina Letz were
home from Angelo State in San
Angelo visiting their parents,
Mr and Mrs. Ed Letz. TTiey will
be enrolling for the fall term
this week. Reva will be a senior
and Regina will be a freshman.
Rebecca Letz, a graduate of
Old Glory High School now
living in Sagerton, is enrolling
in Hendrick's School of Nursing
in Abilene this week. She at-
tended Texas Tech last year.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
David Letz.
Stanley Diers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Diers, will be at-
tending North Texas University
in Denton again ths fall. Stanley
was out of school for several
years while serving with the
Armed Services, but he is back
now working toward his degree.
Steve Letz will be attending
Electrician's Union School in
Abilene this fall. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Letz. The
Allen Letz's daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Danny Gene Letz of
Lubbock, will be a candidate for
graduation from Texas Tech in
December.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Jennings
and children have returned to
Albuquerque, N. Mex., after
spending a week here visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
W. Jennings and Mr. and Mrs.
A. R. Sawyers.
picture of your child in a
photographic feature series of
local children entitled "Citizens
of Tomorrow."
A professional children's
photographer will take the
pictures in Direct Living Color.
We emphasize, therefore, that
you dress the children colorfully
so as to take full advantage of
the beauty of Color
photography.
There is no charge or
obligation for taking the pic-
tures. Parents don't even have
to be a subscriber to the Star
nor even a reader. You do not
have to purchase pictures
either. Proofs will be shown in
Color and you may obtain Color
portraits by arranging direct
with the studio representative if
you want them. That is entirely
up to you! The pictures ap-
pearing in the newspaper will
be in black and white.
In keeping with the quality
Feature policy of this
newspaper, we want to make
this a memorable Feature. This
means we want all the pictures
of local youngsters we can get to
run in the paper. Kiddies and
parents alike will reap no end of
fun and pride as the pictures
appear in the paper. Mothers
and fathers of children in the
area which this newspaper
circulates, please help us and
remember the date Monday
Aug. 30 at Star Office and bring
your children to be
photographed.
If you have not already made
an appointment for this com-
munity event do it now. Call
Patti McAnally at phone
number 989-2692 and avoid the
posibility of a long wait.
teachers, students and parents
all busy trying to get the first
day behind them. There were
255 students in grade school and
junior high enrolled Monday
morning with 12 new students.
They are Darla Dixon, Virgil
Polk, Dana Vaughan, Salina
Polk, Ron Worihington, Ricky
Scheller, Debbie Scheller, Reba
Janita Polk, Jason Taylor
Marr, Robby Lane Neatherlin,
Alton Scheller and Danny Sh-
celler.
There were 137 students
enrolled in high school including
five new students. They are
Marty Taber, Vickie Wor-
thington, Linda Pinson,
Dewayne Worthington and
Laquita Polk.
Old Glory Sets
Reduced, Free
Lunch Policy
The Old Glory School has
announced a free and reduced
price lunch policy for school
children unable to pay the full
price. Those who qualify for the
reduced price lunches will pay
20 cents.
Local school officials have
adopted a family size and in-
come scale to assist them in
determining eligibility. A copy
of the scale is available for
inspection at the school.
Families falling within these
scales or those suffering from
unusual circumstances or
hardships are urged to apply for
free or reduced price lunches
for their children. They may do
so by filling in the application
forms sent home in a letter to
parents. Additional copies are
available at the principal's
office in each school.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
McGlothlin of Ardmore, Okla.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kirkpatrick and sons Rod and
Lance Monday.
Cemetery Work
Set Saturday
There will be a cemetery
working in the Aspermont
cemetery starting at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 28. Please come
and bring hoes, rakes, mowers
and a sack lunch, is the plea.
The cemetery is in real need
of cleaning and should be
cleaned before winter, a
spokesman said.
4-H Leadership
Meeting Called
Here Sept. 2.
There will be a meeting for all
who are interested in 4-H
leadership Thursday, Sept. 2, at
10 a.m. in Hickman's Cafe.
The meeting, according to
Mr. Truette Henning, will be to
discuss the overall program for
the school year of 1971-72 and to
elect officers.
All men and women who
would like to work in 4-H are
invited to attend.
Weekend events should be
reported to the Star by noon
Monday.
HAD A PARTY? That's news,
call the STAR.
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Gary Hart of Athens has been
visiting his grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Hart for three
weeks. Mrs. Hart accompanied
Gary to his home this weekend
to visit her son and family, Mr.
and Mrs W. E. Hart.
Mrs. Frank Mrazek and Dana
visited with her daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Howie in Binger, Okla.
Classified deadline is noon
Tuesday
Weekend events should be
reported to the Star by noon
Monday.
CHAPTER SWE ETHEART - Harriett Martin was
elected Chapter Sweetheart by the Aspermont
Chapter, Future Farmers of America, for 1971-72 at
the Aug. 10 swimming and watermelon supper at
the Steve Cochran home. Harriett is a junior in
Aspermont High School, is cheerleader and has
participated in basketball, tennis and has shown
lambs. She is (he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C.
Martin.
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McAnally, Mrs. Dean. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1971, newspaper, August 26, 1971; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128121/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.