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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 77. NO. 14
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974
ASPERMONT IN . . .
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(November 20, 1924)
Peupit; witii a daTK aliu SlGOiiiy
view of life say that autumn is a time
of melancholy. They observe the
yellow vegetation the falling leaves,
decay that is everywhere apparent
and it suggests the decline of life and
the end of all things. They sit around
with the blues. Hopeful people with a
bright outlook find pleasure in the
crisp and tingling air of autumn,
which puts new energy in the nerves
and muscles. So while the dark-
visioned folks gather gloom in all
periods of the year, those with a
bright glimpse of the future see
pleasant prospects at each turn of
the road as the seasons bring their
succession of blessings to a beautiful
and prosperous community such as
this.
A well known oil company has
developed 260 different uses for oil,
none of which is pouring it on
troubled water.
Troubles aren't helped any by
carrying them in your face— and
neither is your face.
Doctors get very little from people
who whistle while they work.
The hardest boiled egg is yellow on
the inside. Remember this simple
truth the next time some bluffer
goes into action.
The things we are afraid of are
the things we don't tinderstand.
When you go to bed tonight, ask
yourself if there is anything you did
today that you are ashamed of.
On next Friday Nov. 21 the
Aspermont Bobcats will meet the
Sylvester football team in one of the
hardest fought games of the season.
This will be our last game at home
and it is hoped that we will have a
record breaking attendance. Come
out and yell for Aspermont.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(November 25, 1954)
The Aspermont Parent-Teacher
Association met in regular session
on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the high
school auditorium.
Aspermont, Rule and Haskell will
be represented by a delegation of 10
persons at the Circuit Assembly of
Jehovah's Witnesses at the
Municipal Auditorium in San
Angelo, Texas.
Members of the First Baptist
Church of Aspermont are an-
nouncing that a "pounding" is to be
given to Rev. and Mrs. Frank
Foster, who are moving to Asper-
mont next Monday.
A bake sale will be held at Don's
Style Shop in Aspermont on
Saturday, Dec. 4. Proceeds from the
'sale will be applied on the building
fund of the First Baptist Church.
TEN YEARS AGO
(November 19, 1964)
Bids were opened last Thursday
on the proposed Hospital here in
Aspermont.
The Aspermont High School boys
and girls will play Girard here
Friday night in a basketball game.
Game time 7:00 p.m.
A Domino Tournament will be
held Thursday night November 19 in
the school cafeteria. Play will begin
at 7:00 p.m. There will be a charge of
$1.00 per person.
The Aspermont School board has
announced that beginning with Jan.
1, 1965, the school will assess and
collect their own taxes. John L.
Gardner has been appointed as
Assessor and Collector.
Businesses will close in Asper-
mont next Thursday, Nov. 26 to
observe Thanksgiving.
A Turkey Shoot will be held here
Saturday Nov. 21 at the Fire Hall. It
is under the sponsorship of the Fire
Department.
Cub Scouts
Enter Derby
In Abilene
Den* I and II of Pack 131
made a trip to Abilene
Sunday for the .Pushmobile
Derby. The derby was held in
the K-Mart parking lot at 2:30
n m
The Scouts who par-
ticipated in the derby match
were: Roland Martin, David
PinCiicF aud J'SiiSit
Douglass from Den I. Their
den leader is Mrs. Dana
Martin. Dione from Den II
were Jackie Workman, Glen
Taffinder and Larry
Williams. Mrs. Taffinder is
their leader.
Den I and II, Pack 131,
placed fourth in the meet.
Students of Abilene, Hawley
and other surrounding areas
participated in the meet.
Bill Maftin and sons
Roland and Jeff along with
Danny Letz helped to build
the pushmobile!
Everyone is urged to watch
for individual pushmobile
races to be in Aspermont at
the courthouse. The date has
not been set.
Den II is in the process of
selling popcorn and first aid
kits. They are also planning
to begin their calls Monday,
Nov. 25 for clothes and
canned goods which will be
given to the needy for
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Any donation for this cause
will be deeply appreciated.
Cub Scouts
Get Awards
In Ceremony
Cub.Scouts of Den 1 and 2,
Pack 131 had their Ad-
vancement Ceremony Nov. 11
at 7 p.m. in the First United
Methodist Church Basement.
Cubmaster Rev. Elmer
Ward led the advancement
ceremony assisted by Dana
Martin, Paulette Douglass
and Janiece Taffinder.
Those present receiving
Bobcat Awards were: Larry
Williams, Roland Martin,
Jimmy Douglass, David
Fincher and Stephen Wayne
Criswell. Criss McCanlies
received the Bear Badge.
Glen Taffinder received a
silver arrow under Wolf
Badge and an All American
Badge and Two Stars for
recruiting new members.
Jackie Workman and Sammy
Elkins earned their Bobcat
Badge but were not present.
Jim Cochran earned his
silver arrow under his Wolf
Badge and the All American
recruiting Badge but was not
present for the ceremony.
Den 2 Scouts presented
Mrs. Taffinder with half
dozen red roses.
A skit given by Den I
depicted scouting under
Akela. Den 2 gave a comedy
skit with pilgrims, Squanto
Indians and Running Bear
Indians.
Refreshments were fur-
nished by Mary Ward,
Paulette Douglass, and Den I.
There were nine scouts and 23
guests present.
Louis, Vicki and Ron
Dodson of Stinnett attended
the Pep Rally and football
game here on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W.
Duncan and Trey Duncan
visited the Bill G. Taylor
family in Satanta, Kans. this
week.
Bill and Kathy Taylor and
Carl Duncan attended the
football game in Stinnett
Friday night.
Mrs. Ollie Duncan returned
home Monday after spending
several days visiting with her
son and family the Carl W.
Duncans.
Visitors in the Carl W.
Duncan home this week were
Mrs. D. D. Duncan, Stewart,
Tenn ; Donnie, Derwood and
Heidi Duncan, Rediands,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Alec
Bainbridge, Clyde, and Mr.
and Mrs Roy Williams of
Lubbock.
Hornets End Season With
Win Over Crowell, 14-13
FESTIVAL SATURDAY—The First United Methodist
Church of Aspermont will observe its annual Lord's Acre
Harvest Festival Saturday. Pictured are homemade
quilts, canned goods, arts and crafts which will be among
the many items to be auctioned. A meal will be served by
the women from 5 to 7 p.m. Plates will be (1 for children in
first to sixth grades, and $2 for adults. The auction sale
will begin at 7 p.m., in the basement. Everyone is invited.
NEWS FROM
Around Town
By MRS. BROOKS ELLISON
989-3358
The Aspermont Hornets
finished out their season with
s 14-13 victory over the
Crowell Wildcats.
In the first period Ray
Dodson hit End Eugene
Johnson with a 14-yard
Cattlemen
Set Meeting
To Organize
A meeting to organize an
Independent Cattlemen's
Association in the area will be
held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Aspermont High School
Cafeteria.
All farmers and ranchers
who are interested in an
organization to benefit the
independent cattleman are
invited and urged to attend.
scoring pass. Ray Radcliff
kicked the extra point.
in ihe scconu quarter
Wildcat Halfback Don Spark-
man scored on a four-yard
run. The kick was good by
David Bell.
At half-time the score was
tied 7-7. There was no scoring
in the third quarter. In the
fourth period with 4:35 left in
the game, Dodson hit Johnson
with a 12-yard pass. Radcliff
kicked the extra point which
wound up being the winning
point.
With 2:57 left, Crowell
Quarterback Randy Prince
hit Bell with a 28-yard scoring
pass. Bell's kick was wide to
the right.
With 90 seconds left in the
game Aspermont was forced
to pur.l vSvm «v
the Hornets defense neio cne
Wildcats at midfield.
The coaching staff is ex-
tremely proud of this group of
young men. Their desire and
effort was second to none, the
staff added.
The coaches expressed
appreciation for the tremend-
ous support of the ad-
ministration, student body,
faculty and the community.
"Now.', they said, "we asre
looking for the Same support
for our basketball teams. So
come out and support the
Hornets to a successful
season."
Mrs. Ona Mae Simmons of
Midland has been visiting in
heme of her brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Godfrey of
Peacock and friends Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Vaughan.
Weekend visitors in home
of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Myers
were their son and family Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Myers, Byron
and Dale of Midland.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
were weekend visitors in
home of Mrs. Allison's
mother, Mrs. Murry
Freeman.
Weekend visitors in home
of Mrs. Pete Shadle were her
brother and families Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Biffle of An-
chorage. Alaska. Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Biffle of
Weatherford, Mrs. Faye
Dameron of Rule and Mrs.
Norman Sneed of Gail.
Mrs. Ernest Jenkins of
Hamlin spent Sunday in home
of her mother Mrs. H. H.
Shadle.
Mrs. Inez Calvin of San
'Antonio has been visiting in
home of her sister and
husband Mr. and Mrs. John
Metcalf.
Early Paper
Next Week
An early deadline has been
set for the Aspermont Star
due to the Thanksgiving
holiday, Thursday. All news
and advertising to appear in
this paper must be handed in
by the end of this week or by
Monday noon of next week.
The office will be closed
Monday afternoon instead of
Tuesday.
The Star office will also be
closed on Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday of next week.
Farm Bareaa Promoting
Moat Itoms for Holidays
WEATHER
Former Resident Opens
Art Studio In Lamesa
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Larry Dennis Trammel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Trammel and former
resident and barber of
Aspermont is developing a
commercial art studio in
Lamesa.
His charcoal and pencil
drawings of horses and
people have been favorably
received. Patrons have liked
his work well enough to refer
others to him.
Among his ac-
complishments are drawings
for Wayne Graves in Gains
County, D. K. Robinett and
Judy Hays of Snyder. The
Hays drawing is his most
complicated one, being a
pasture scene featuring a
stallion, three mares and
their foals. He has several
other drawings in the work,
including portraits.
Recently the barber set up
a studio above the Dal Paso
Barbershop, spending his
extra time working there.
Since he finds it preferrable
to work with photographs of
the subject he's drawing, he
is also in the process of set-
ting up a small but functional
darkroom.
Talking about problems of
drawing a person or animal
he explained that a single
pencil line can change a
picture completely. He
estimates that it takes five to
six hours to outline a subject
and another 50 to finish it out.
Dennis moved to Lamesa
after graduating from high
school to work during the
summer at the barbershop.
He attended Texas Tech as an
architecture major gaining
the expertise he uses in
drawing house plans now.
Dennis says he hopes to
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Congressman Omar Burleson
announces that farmers in
Jones, Kent, and Mitchell sre
eligible to apply for
emergency loans through the
Farmers Home Ad-
ministration (FmHA) as a
result of drought, hail and
flooding conditions in 1974
that caused crop damage and
soil erosion.
eventually be able to devote
full time to commercial
drawing. In the meantime, he
will continue to barber, doing
his drawing at night and on
his days off.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Davis
and Blandley of Oklahoma
City, Okla., visited her
grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Fletcher last weekend.
Stonewall County Farm
Bureau has joined an all-out,
statewide effort to increase
consumption of meat, poultry
and dairy products during the
holiday season, according to
Z. R. Chisum of Jayton,
president.
The organization will
promote the giving of cer-
tificates for these products as
holiday gifts, he said. "We
think this is a positive ap-
proach in assisting those
commodities which are in
serious trouble," he ex-
plained.
The local FB leader said
there are two ways this can
be done conveniently:
(1) Through buying gift
certificates (redeemable in
those commodities) at
grocery stores. "We are
providing gift certificates to
stores which do not have their
own, along with colorful gift
envelopes," he said.
(2) Through giving a check
or money order. Farm
Bureau will provide an at-
tractive message card
(explaining the gift idea)
along with a nice gift en-
velope. The County Farm
Bureau office in Aspermont
has a supply of both items,
free of charge.
Committees of the county
organization are calling on
grocery stores to encourage
their participation, he added.
Farm Bureau is also
providing the necessary
supplies (certificates, win-
dow posters, etc.), and will
publicize the promotion
throug[h advertising and
publicity releases. Com-
mittees are already busy on
these projects, he said.
The Texas Farm Bureau is
helping to coordinate the
effort on a statewide basis
along with many other
agricultural groups. The
Texas Department of
Agriculture has committed
its TAP (Texas Agricultural
Products) program to the
promotion. The Texas Retail
Grocers Association and
large food chains are also
participating.
State Farm Bureaus in
several other states are
carrying on similar
promotions, Chisum said.
"This can truly be an ef-
fective campaign if we all
work at it," he declared.
QUIZ TEAM—The Future Farmers of
America Quiz Team which placed first in
district and will compete for area honors
Saturday at Big Spring are from left, Clint
Cook, Judge Ward and Julie Hawkins. The
annual Double Mountain District FFA
Leadership contest were held in Hamlin
Monday.
SR. FARM SKILLS TEAM—Members of the
Senior Farm Skills team which placed second
in district Monday are from left, Steve Yar-
borough, Kevin Shadle and Scott Metcalf.
JR. FARM SKILLS TEAM-Members of the
Junior Farm Skills team which placed second
in district Monday are from left, Paula
Vaughn, Carla Tate and Cheri Clark. Not
pictured is Judy Pittcock.
FARM RADIO TEAM—Members of the Farm
Radio team which placed third in district
Monday in Hamlin are from left, Victor Pena,
Bennett Cook and Gary Cowan. There are IS
schools in this district.
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Craig, Darrell. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1974, newspaper, November 21, 1974; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128288/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.