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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 75 NO. 22
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1973"
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
aspermont in
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(January 25, 1923)
The flu epidemic is raging in
Aspermont as well as most
everywhere else, but up to going to
press we have not heard of serious
cases, which is encouraging.
We all know that Aspermont needs
an organized fire department and the
fact, that we have had three small
fires the past week make it more
evident that we should and must have
such an organization. Fortunately,
the three blazes that we have had did
not amount to very much but this was
not due to the fact that we have a fire
department, it was just luck.
The teachers who expect to enter
their school in the County Meet have
doubtless become informed as to the
various events which they probably
are eligible to enter. They mostly
have availed themselves with the
information concerning the
requirements, regulations, etc. In
order to make this Meet a success,
the cooperation of every teacher is
necessary because the directors of
the different events cannot do much
without your assistance, therefore we
deem it very necessary that you
notify someone as to just what your
school will enter.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(January 15, 1953)
J. H. Linsley, local consignee for
Magnolia Petroleum Company
products, announces that he has
taken over the management of the
station, formerly known as "Red's"
Magnolia Service Station, on the
highway across from Doug's Cafe.
Mr. Linsley states that he will carry a
complete line of Magnolia gasolines
and oils, and will wash grease cars
and trucks.
The annual Stonewall County
Livestock Show will be held in
Aspermont on Saturday, January 24,
according to an announcement made
this week by Thurman Kennedy,
county agriculture agent. 4-H
Club and Future Farmers of America
boys, as well as Future Homemakers
of America will exhibit livestock that
has been fed as their project during
the past year.
Rainfall in Aspermont for the year
of 1952 totaled 12.76.
Stonewall County gained three
other field wells during the past week.
Applications were filed with the
Texas Railroad Commission for
permission to drill one wildcat and
three field projects in the county.
TEN YEARS AGO
(January 17, 1963)
The Aspermont Hornets, led by
John Godfrey's 40 points and Quenton
Featherston's 31 points, outscored the
Jayton boys in a non-district game,
108-45, here Saturday night.
The Aspermont Luncheon Club's
annual Pancake Supper will be held
at the Aspermont School Cafeteria.
Pancakes and bacon will be served,
starting at 5:00 p.m.
Aspermont Junior High Stingers
ran their season record to six wins
and four losses in edging Lueders 25
to 24 and clipping Jayton 19 to 12.
Stonewall County oil fields have
gained four new wells.
Census of all scholastics between
the age of six and eighteen for schools
at Aspermont, Old Glory and Peacock
got underway January third and will
continue until January 31.
The Peacock 4-H Club met January
15th and elected officers. The next
meeting is scheduled for February.
Twenty were present at the meeting.
A fire which aroused firemen here
around 4 a.m. Sunday morning
completely destroyed the home of E.
E. (Gene) Millican here. There was
no one at home at the time of the fire.
AH of the furnishings were destroyed.
For a time fire threatened the Metcalf
Feed store.
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Junior High Teams to Host
Basketball Tourney Here
FAMILY OF SNOWMEN — This family of snowmen was built in front of the
Billy Nichols home last week by (standing 1 to r) Shelby Ferrington, Rocky
Ferrington, Gary Thigpen, Roland Martin, (sitting) Jeff Martin, Jeff Thigpen
and Thomas Criswell.
The Aspermont junior high
boys and girls basketball
tournament will get underway
Thursday (today) at 2:30 p.m.
when Aspermont seventh grade
giris play Hamlin. Aspermont
seventh grade boys will play
Hamlin at 3:45 p.m.
Other teams entered in the
tourney are Paducah, Albany,
Stamford, Old Glory and
Aspermont.
Paducah and Stamford girls
will play at 5:00 p.m. and the
boys will play at 6:15 p.m. at
7:30 p.m. Albany and Asper-
mont girls will play and at 8:45
p.m. the boys will play. Old
Glory drew a Bye and the girls
Shower Planned
For Mayfields
A shower will be held for Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Mayfield Sunday,
Jan. 21, from 3:00to 5:00 p.m. in
Frazier's Dining Room.
The Mayfield home was
destroyed by fire Tuesday, Jan.
9. Everyone is invited.
Phoeiix CM Completes
Triangle of Activities
AROUND
TOWN
The Phoenix Club has com-
pleted a perfect triangle in
three planned affairs. It began
with an Americanism program
at the Homemaking Cottage,
with twenty-one members in
attendance. Roll Call was an-
swered with, "What Patriotism
Means to Me."
Mrs. Marchel Nauert gave a
picturesque word tour of the
Lyndon B. Johnson Library.
Mrs. Wayne Rash told of the
Negro Race and his standing in
Texas. Mrs. Wesley Robbins
gave a historical resume on the
Latin Americans and par-
ticularly those in Texas. Mrs.
Charles Schwertner was
delegated the history of the
German People in Texas, also
in a brief biography of the life
and descendants of Bernard
Schwertner who immigrated to
the United States, landing in
Galveston in 1877, she related
that he was the great, great
grandfather of her husband.
Mrs. Carl W. Duncan told of the
heritage of the American Indian
and the vital role he played in
Texas History. Her husband is
of direct lineage of the great
Indian Chief, Quanah Parker.
The group contributed to the
Muscular Dystrophy Drive.
Mmes. Kenneth Campbell,
Jess Dalby and Otto FYaser
served refreshments from a
Services Held
Here Thursday
For Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Audrey Naomi Jones, 72,
longtime resident of Stonewall
County, died at 11:15 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 8, in Stonewall
County Hospital after a short
illness. Funeral was at 10 a.m
Thursday, Jan. 11, in Asper-
mont First Baptist Church.
Hal Upchurch, pastor, and
Rev. James Wood, pastor of
Central Baptist Church of-
ficiated. Burial was in Asper-
mont Cemetery under direction
of McCoy Funeral Home.
Mrs. Jones was born April 20,
1900, in Briggs. She married Joe
H. Jones Feb. 21, 1921, in the
Johnson Chapel community in
Stonewall County.
She was a member of the
First Baptist Church in
Aspermont.
Survivors are her husband:
three sons, Vernon Jones, Joe
Raymond Jones and Jack
Jones; one daughter, Mrs.
Patsy Olson; one sister. Mrs. R.
G. Clark; 11 grandchildren; one
great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by
one son, Billy Ray Jones, and
one brother.
table depicting the "covered
Wagon Era" of our Country's
history. Mrs. Jess Dalby gave
the American's Creed for a
dismissal.
Point two of the triangle was
made when invitations in form
of a book, depicting summer
memories through reading,
were sent all children who
participated in the reading
program. The party was held in
the play room of the First
United Methodist Church.
Twenty-seven attended.
Carolyn Ward, summer
librarian, gave certificates to
those who had read the required
number of books. Story book
cookies, sandwiches and punch
was served. Favors were book-
marks embossed with a smiling
book worm.
Friends of the library, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Searcy, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Ward, Dick
Richardson and Mmes. W. C.
Robinson, Raymond Marr, B.
G. Cook Jr., George Kenady Sr.,
Wesley Robbins, Bill Lackey
and Carl W. Duncan were hosts
for the party.
The third and final forming of
the triangle was a Christmas
party in the home of Mrs. Ralph
Riddel. Each member brought
her favorite holiday salad. Mrs.
Elmer Ward gave the in-
vocation, Mrs. Leonard Branch,
leader, presented Mr§. Wayne
Swink who told and portrayed a
new Christmas Story and Mrs.
Joe Searcy read a Christmas
Poem by Helen Steiner Rice.
Gifts were exchanged from
beneath a tree and Mrs. George
Kenady Sr., president, gave
each person a gift.
Each of the twenty persons
present selected a name from a
prepared list to remember in
some special way for Christ-
mas.
Mrs. Carl W. Duncan
dismissed the group with a
Christmas prayer.
Oath of Office
Monday morning, Jan. 1,
Warren W. Frazier, county
judge, assisted by Betty L.
Smith, county clerk, swore in
the elected officials and their
deputies.
Taking the oath were B.
Brown Smith, county attorney;
Marvin Crawford, county
sheriff; Thelma G. Kluting, tax
assessor-collector; J. C.
Gholson, commissioner pet. 1;
J. D. Parker, commissioner pet.
1: Rayburn Fitts, deputy
sheriff; Fred Brock, deputy
sheriff; Ozella Frazier, deputy
tax assessor and Juste Winter,
deputy lax assessor.
by Mrs. Brooks Ellison
989-3358
Holiday visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Hart
were their son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Hart, Garry and
Donna of Athens; their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Simmons, Sandra and
Ronald of Burnalillo, N. M.;
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Gerloff; grand-
children, Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Mites and Shanon of Belen, N.
M.; and Mrs. Hart's mother,
Mrs. Rosa Rash.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart later went
to Athens to visit their son and
family and to hear their
grandson, Bobby of Houston,
preach at Athens.
Mrs. Billy Kohaut and Cindy
of Lubbock were last week
visitors in the home of her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Lowel
Lawerance. They also spent
Sunday in the home of their
aunt, Mrs. H. H. Shadle.
Holiday visitors in the home
of Mrs. John Boland were her
son, Bob Morrow of Pontiac,
Mich., and his son and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Morrow of Ft.
Hood. Also visiting were Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Boland of Jayton
and Bobbie Jean Hardon of
Breckenridge.
Mrs. Boland also visited her
brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Pinson of Marble
Falls. Loyd is a patient in Allen
Clinic in Burnett.
Mrs. Delmon Ellison of
Seminole visited this week in
the home of her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Brooks Ellison.
Mrs. Harry McAfee, and Mrs.
Belva Gardner and daughter,
Brenda, were last week visitors
in the home of her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Graham of
Strawn.
Recent visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fleming
were her daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fuller and
Ronnie and Lore Ellison of
Seminole.
Last week visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dalby were his sister, and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Lee of Monahans. Also visiting
were a niece and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Allen of Whitney.
James H. (Shorty) Wolf of
Canyon was awarded the of-
ficial State Health Depart-
ment's certificate of com-
petency for ecology workers. He
is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mitchell Jr.
and Monty carried Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Mitchell Sr. to Sanford,
Fla., Dec, 31 for the 100th birth-
day of Mrs. Lillie Norwood, the
aunt of Mr. Mitchell Sr.
Clint Sonnamaker, pastor of
Firs! Baptist Church of Little
Elm; Gerald Saffel of New
Orleans Baptist Seminary and
Wesley Duncan of Little Elm
were visitors in the Carl W.
Duncan home on Saturday.
will not play until Saturday st
12:15 p.m. and the boys play at
2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday morning the first
girls game begins at 8:30 a.m.
Mr. Lawrence
Receives State
Certificate
The official State Health
Department's certificate of
competency for ecology
workers has been awarded to
Deryl L. Lawrence who works
for the City of Aspermont. As an
ecology worker, he has been
taught effective ways for
producing safe drinking water
and treatments to make
wastewater into clean streams
for public use.
This training from the Texas
Water Utilities Association, the
largest water and wastewater
training school in the United
States, has produced clean
streams and better operated
water facilities than any other
section of the country.
To receive the certificate, he
has completed both a formal
and a specialized education,
accumulated a prescribed
amount of actual work ex-
perience, and passed the
examination given by the State
Health Department's Sanitary
Engineers.
The growing need for clean
water has made the water
ecologist one of the most im-
portant workers in his com-
munity. Most of his work is not
seen by the public he serves;
but the effects are used daily
everytime someone uses water.
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and the first boys garni; ucgiuo
at 9:45 a.m. The girls cham-
pionship game will be played at
7:30 p.m. followed by the boys
championship game at 8:45
p.m.
Hornets Stay
In Race With
Merkel Win
The Aspermont Hornets came
from behind here Tuesday to
down the Merkel Badgers, 65-64,
and remain just one game
behind the district leading
WyJie Bulldogs. The Hornets
are 6-1 in the District 8-A race.
Eugene Johnson scored 32
points for the Hornets, with
Skipper Lipham hitting 13 and
Gus Moore, 11.
Aspermont won the girls
match, 71-51, with Donna Speck
hitting 23 and Myrna Johnson
hitting 22.
The local B-Team downed
Merkel, 39-26, in the opener.
Playing here Saturday
evening, Johnson scored 20
points as the Hornets picked up
a 55-48 win over Baird.
In the girls game, Myrna
Johnson hit a basket at the final
buzzer to give Aspermont a 53-
52 win over Baird. Miss Johnson
was high scorer for the night
with 23 points.
The B team defeated Baird,
37-21.
Told Qlory News |
By Bernice D. White
Folks around here are en-
joying the sunshine after the
ice, snow and extreme cold
weather of the week before.
Mr. and Mrs. Beno Hert-
tenberger celebrated their 56th
Wedding Anniversary on Jan. 6,
and despite the cold weather,
most of their children and
families and several other
relatives managed to be
present.
Their guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Best, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Herttenberger, Mary and
Martha, and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Herttenberger, all of Abilene;
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Hert-
tenberger Lane, and Bobby
Kittley of Rule; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Herttenberger of Asper-
mont; Mrs. Emma Newman of
Amarillo; Mrs. Roy Wienke of
Lubbock; Mrs. Pauline Fuqua
of Stamford and Mrs. Katie
Gerloff.
Icy conditions kept Mmes.
Newman, Wienke and Fuqua
here for several days visiting
with the Herttenbergers and
Mrs. Katie Gerloff.
Mrs. Beno Herttenberger
hosted the Old Glory Variety
Club in her home on Tuesday,
Jan. 9. Six members were
present along with Mmes.
Newman, Wienke and Fuqua as
guests. The group enjoyed an
afternoon of games and refresh-
ments.
Mrs. Katie Gerloff is the
newly appointed reporter for
the club.
Mrs. Bill Wright will host the
next meeting in her home on
Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Meier
and daughters have recently
moved into their beautiful new
brick home. The home is
located four or five miles
northeast of Old Glory on the
Rule highway. We sincerely
wish for the Meier family many
happy years in their new home.
This community was sad-
dened to hear of the passing of
Mrs. Joe Jones of Aspermont
last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
were residents of our com-
munity for many years, and one
of their sons, Jack and his
Former Area
Resident Dies
Loyan H. Walker, 54, former
Abilenian and superintendent of
Dinosaur Valley State Park in
Glen Rose, died at 2:10 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 7, at his residence
at the park of an apparent heart
heart attack. Funeral was at
2:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at
First United Methodist Church
in Glen Rose.
Rev. John Hutcheson, pastor,
officiated, Burial was in Walnut
Springs Cemetery.
Born June 15, 1918, in Eulogy
community in north Bosque
County, he graduated from
Walnut Springs High School and
Texas A & M University. He
married Patsy Mitchell Dec. 21,
1939, in Stonewall County. He
taught Vocational Agriculture
in Stonewall County and Wylie
High School and was a veteran
of World War II.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, Dr. Mitchell Walker
of Granbury, Gary Pat of Glen
Rose and Ray of Waco; one
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Ann West
of Glen Rose; a sister, Mrs.
Miram Hill of Houston and
three grandchildren.
family, is still living here.
Sincere sympathy goes out to all
members of the Jones family.
Get well wishes go to Les
Houseworth. Mr. Houseworth is
in the Stonewall Memorial
Hospital in Aspermont where he
is reported to be recovering
nicely after suffering a heart
attack.
FIRE PREVSNTION POSTER WINNERS - Winners of the fire prevention
poster contest are (1 to r) Brenda Rimes, first; Gay Walker, second; Bennett
Cook, third and Clifton Kolb, fourth.
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Hester, Mrs. Gary. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1973, newspaper, January 18, 1973; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128194/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.