The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1976 Page: 1 of 4

THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 78, NO, 17
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1976
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Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(December 9,1926)
The Ahneah Girls and Guardian
were guests at a treasure hike, last
Saturday afternoon, given by
Hermona Shadle, The girls hunted
for sometime before Delia Mont-
gomery found the hidden treasure,
a lunch of wieners, crackers,
marshmallows and peanuts. The
girli then enjoyed the games of
pirate end red light.
Those who came were: Laverne
Goodloe, Edythe Thomas, Ruth
Hickman, Delia Montgomery,
Madine and Margaret Long,
Celestia Brannen and Mary
Grindstaff.
You may be glad to know that the
Scout Troop has been granted a
two-acre plat of land at the City
Lake site, The cleaning of the land
will be under way in the near
future.
You have a special invitation to
attend our meetings, which are
held each Tuesday evening at 7:15.
The Fire Hall is our meeting place
now.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ritchie were
in town Wednesday. It took about
12 hours with a 4-horse team to
deliver their load of cotton and
turkeys, owing to the recent rains.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(December 13, 1956)
The annual Christmas Pageant,
presented by members of the
community choir, will be given on
Sunday, Dec. 16, at 6:00 p. m. There
will be only one performance this
year in order that the special
service will not interfere with the
regular services of other churches.
The community choir is com-
posed of members of different
denominations in the county. This
is only one of their activities. They
also sing at funerals and have been
used on numerous other occasions.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Kolb, for-
merly of Crane, have recently
moved to Aspermont, and have
purchased an interest in the City
Barber & Beauty Salon, from Mr.
and Mrs. J. 0. (Froggie) Norris,
owners.
The Phoenix Club will be joined
by the Kachina Club in sponsoring
a community lighting contest again
this year. The Lions Club is thought
to be entertaining the idea of of-
fering prizes for the lighting of the
business district.
Members of the clubs' com-
mittees divided the contest into
three divisions: (1) Best decorated
door, and, (2) Best decorated
window, and (3) Best decorated
lawn scene. First and second prizes
will be awarded in each division.
TEN YEARS AGO
(December 15. 1966)
The Aspermont FFA chapter will
sponsor a turkey shoot Saturday,
Dec. 17, starting at 11 a. m.
The shoot will be at the Asper-
mont High School behind the Ag
Building.
All proceeds will go to the FFA
chapter.
The Aspermont public schools
will be dismissed from classes for
the Christmas and New Year
holidays at 2:30 p. m. on Thursday,
Dec. 22.
Classes will resume on Jan. 3.
A group of grade school children
have joined efforts to bring an
integration of the Nativity in a
story and song.
The Aspermont High School girls
will (day in the Hamlin tournament
this weekend. There will be games
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Aspermont girls will meet the
Old Glory girls Thursday at 6:40 p.
m. for their first game.
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SENIOR FOOD WINNERS—Senior first [dace winners of the Stonewall
County 4~H Food Show at Old Glory Monday are, from left, Michael
Nauert, main dish; Billie Jo Baitz, side dish; Marcene Baldree, bread
and dessert; and Sherry Rhoads, snacks and beverages. They will
compete on district level at Wichita Fall? Jan. 22. Winners there advance
to state competition.
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JUNIORS 60 TO DISTRICT—Junior winners who will compete at
district Jan. 22 are, from left, Tom Lee Rhoads, bread and dessert;
Denise Pierce, main dish; Rachelle Dunham, side dish; and David
Newman, snacks and beverages. The first place winners were named
Monday at the County 4-H Food Show at Old Glory. Other blue ribbon
winners, not pictured, are Shawna Vahlenkamp, Bevette Richardson,
John Snitker, Leslie Jennings, Anita Carol White and Kim Pierce.
Christmas Decoration
Contest Being Planned
Four civic organizations
have pooled their efforts to
sponsor a citywide Christmas
Decoration Contest here.
Sponsors are the Phoenix
Club, Lions Club, Jaycees
and Young Homemakers.
Prizes will be offered for
the first three places in two
divisions, homes and com-
mercial businesses.
Theme for the outside
decoration contest will be
"Christmas in '76." Entries
must be in by Dec. 17 by
calling 989-3541, from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
The outside appearance of
homes and commercial
businesses will be judged
Dec. 19.
Cash prizes of $25 for first;
$15 for second; and $10 for
third will be awarded in each
division.
Homemakers
Set Yule Party
The Aspermont Chapter of
Young Homemakers will
have their Annual Christmas
Party and salad supper,
Monday, Dec. 13, at S p.m. at
the Homemaking Cottage.
Each member if. to bring a
salad and a gift for a secret
pal.
Rental Housing Need
Survey Being Conducted
A survey is being con-
ducted in Aspermont to
determine the need for rental
housing to be financed by the
Farmers Homo Ad-
ministration. The forms are
available at Aspem:ont City
Hall.
A similar survey was
conducted last year.
Everyone interested in this
type of housing is urged to fill
out a form, even if they did so
last year in the November
survey.
The objective of the Rural
Rental Housing loan program
is to provide credit for good
rental housing, designed for
independent living, at a
rental cost senior citizens and
Office Cluster
Yswniny Cowi0
To Be Offered
An organizational meeting
at Frazier's Bookkeeping
Service pt 7 p.m . Twsday,
Dec. 14, will be held to set up
an office cluster training
course to be offered at
Stonewall County Courthouse
through Texas State
Technical Institute of
Sweetwater.
Hie course will encompass
basic and advanced
bookkeeping, and filing.
Available to any person 18
years of age or older, the
courses are provided for
individuals who wish to learn
a salable skill or who wish to
upgrade their present em-
ployment.
All interested persons are
urged to attend the meeting.
FFA Delivering
Citrus Fruit
The citrus fruit being sold
by the Aspermont Future
Farmers of America Chapter
arrived this week and is being
distributed to those who
placed advance orders.
A limited amount of extra
fruit was ordered and is
available by contacting the
agriculture department at
the school, as long as the
supply lasts. Price for a 20 lb.
box is $4.50 and the price for
the 40 lb. box Is $7.00. Hie
fruit is grapefruit and
oranges and half-and-half
boxes will be sold. There is no
extra charge for mixing.
Pat Ward will be on the
Natalee Powers' Show Thurs-
day (today) and Monday,
Dec. 13, at 12:15.
Meador Named
Cotton Round-up Head
Senior Citizen Club
Holds Christmas Party
The reading of the
Christmas story, an ex-
change of toys, refreshments
and table games highlighted
the Dec. 6 meeting of the
Senior Citizen Club.
The 7 p.m. meeting was
held at the American Legion
Hall. Erwin Diers, club
president, presided. Forty
persons were present.
Vera Beil read the
Christmas story from the
fiibl* and gave the prayer.
Each person brought a toy
for the Christmas tree. The
wrapped gifts were num-
bered and placed under the
tree. After the gifts were
dk-awn and unwrapped, they
were collected to be givwi to
the needy children of the
county.
Refreshments of coffee,
cocoa, cookies, sandwiches
ana homemade candy were
served.
Table games included
bridge, dominoes and forty-
two.
The club meets the first and
third Monday nights of each
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack McGough were elected
to be the hosts and hostesses
for the next three months.
Mrs. Roy Herttenberger
and Mrs. Lee Smith will
distribute the Christmas toys
for the eld). Anyone who
knows of children that would
need the toys should contact
these ladies. They toys are
for children up to eight years
of age.
Everyone over 50 in the
county is invited to Join with
the others in attenifing the
Senior Citizen Club meetings.
Bill Meador of Peacock has
been named Stonewall
County Chairman for the
second annual Cotton Round-
up for Crippled Children
which benefits the West
Texas Rehabilitation Center
in Abilene. Herman A. Propst
of Anson and Elmer Martin of
Colorado City are General
Chairmen for the event.
Cotton producers are asked
to pledge a bale, or bales, of
cotton to the Round-up with
the proceeds going into the
operation of the private, non-
profit rehabilitation facility
which serves the handi-
capped of the Southwest.
Pledges from Stonewall
County should be made
through Meador.
Other area chairmen in-
clude: Leon Cohorn,
Lamesa; Max Von Boeder,
Snyder; J. B. Cooper,
Roscoe; Foy Mitchell, Rofoy;
Bobby Lemmons, Colorado
City; Mrs. Charlsie Poe,
Winters; and Rei Johnson,
Fl«mot
This year the West Texas
Rehabilitation Center will
provide services to almost
4,500 handicapped persons.
HOSPITAL
PATIENTS
In hospital Tuesday:
Juan Flores
Ida Medina
Myrena Craft
Jess Patten
Mattie Patton
Charles Dill
Dee King
Vicky Smith
Cas&ndra Jackson
Dismissed Nov. 29-Dec. 8:
A. I. Heathcott
Buster Lee
L. V. Frichard
Hey Grantham
Arlisa Louis
Jim Anderson
Terrie Suggs
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othar people with low
moderate income cm afford.
The living unit* and site
plans will be designed by an
architect. The Aspermont
Housing Authority and city
officials are now working
with the kim of Staniey
Brown, architect, of Dallas.
The firm is helping with the
preliminary stages and will
provide the dasign and
supervision of the units, if the
project proceeds to full
development
Time interested in ob-
taining convenient, at-
tractive, safe and com-
fortable rental housing for
Aspermont are asked to
complete the simple survey
form.
The housing effort can
become a reality only if
strong desire and need for
housing is shown.
Hornets Down Haskell
In District 7-A Opener
The Aspermont high school
basketball teams opened
District 7-A play here
Tuesday evening with the
boys winning over Haskell,
62-39, and the girls losing to
Haskell, 74-63. Aspermont
won the girls Junior variety
game, 34-31.
Scoring for the boys were
Harris 10, Kenady 8,
Dickerson 8, Cook 4, Parker
2, Laury 6, and Setter 24. For
the girls it was Pittcock 33,
Bookman 28 and Branch 2.
The boys and girls junior
varsity teams will be playing
in the Spur B Team Tour-
nament this weekend.
Tuesday the boys and girls
varisty and the boys junior
varsity teams will travel to
Hamlin to play their second
district game.
Domingo Cnstoneda
Named All-District
Weekend events should be
reported to the STAR BY
NOON Mend*?.
The Aspermont Hornets
had one player on the District
7-A AJ! District first team
selected by the district
coaches in a meeting last
Wednesday, one on the
second team and five that
received honorable mention.
Making the first team as
kicker was Domingo
Castaneda while Jerry Selter
was a second team guard.
Billy Meador and Brad
Dubert were named on the
honorable mention offensive
unit and Gregg Salazar, Steve
Yarbrough and Selter was
selected honorable mention
on the defensive unit.
Hamlin, winners of the
District 7-A championship,
landed four positions on the
first team while Munday led
the first team selections with
three on the first team of-
fense and five on the first
team defensive unit. Haskell
had six players on the first
units, Crowell five and Knox
City, Aspermont and
Paducah each had one.
The offensive and defensive
teams selected were:
OFFENSE
FIRST TEAM: Center,
Rocky Marlow, 170-pound
senior, Crowell. Gnards,
Dennis Docking, 185-pound
senior, Munday and Johnny
Larned, 180-pound senior,
Haskell. Tackles, Allen
Young, 175-pound senior,
Hamlin (unanimous); Mike
New, 175-pound senior,
Haskell; and Willie Bach-
man. 210-pound senior.
Crowell (unanimous). Ends,
Bill Reynolds, 120-pound
senior, Knox City, and Mike
Urbanzyk, 175-pound senior,
Mundry (unanimous).
Quarterback, Gary
McAdams, 185-pound senior,
Haskell. Running Backs, C.
B. Sparkman, 130-pound
junior, Crowell; Robert
Spells, 195-pound junior,
Munday (unanimous); and
Delbert Thompson, 906-pound
senior, Hamlin (unanimous).
Kicker, Domingo Castaneda,
senior, Aspermont.
SECOND TEAM: Center.
Nick Ramirez, Paducah.
Gnards, Jerry Selter,
Aspermont and Jesse
Billington, Haskell. Tackles.
Russ La key Hamlin, and
Steve Crlss, Crowell
Charles Brown, Hamlin , i
Don Midlins, Rotan,
terback. Andy Haynie,
Munday. R«mI | Backs,
Stanley Jones, Hamlin, Kevin
Marshall, Haskell, and
Voreiie Rise, Haskell.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Guards, Robert Posey,
Rotan; Ronnie Phillips,
Munday; Troy Lewis, Knox
City; and Tomas Gonzalez,
Hamlin. Tackles, Billy
Meador, Aspermont. Ends.
Jimmy Ledbetter, Hamlin;
Brad Dubert, Aspermont;
Marvin Coleman, Crowell;
and Tommy Maberry,
Hamlin. Quarterback, Paul
Reynolds, Hamlin; and
Tommy Tamplen, Crowell.
Running Backs, Jerry Carr,
Rotan; Terry Glover,
Crowell; and Jim Browning,
Haskell.
DEFENSE
FIRST TEAM: Down
Linemen, Dennis Doc kins,
165-pound senior, Munday
(unanimous); Norman
Hooper, 180-pound senior,
Crowell (unanimous); Allen
Young, 175-pound senior,
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pound senior, Haskell; (tie)
Wayne Melton, 160-pound
senior, Munday and Jesse
Billington, 196-pound senior
Haskell. Linebackers, Willie
Backman, 210-pound senior,
Crowell (unanimous);
Delbert Thompson, 205-pound
senior, Hamlin; and Jimmy
Cook, 180-pound junior,
Munday. Secondary, Bryan
Walker, 157-pound senior,
Paducah; Mike Urbansyk,
175-pound senior, Munday
(unanimous); Robby
Thompson, 155-pound senior,
Munday (unanimous); Kevin
Marshall, 155-pound senior,
Haskell.
SECOND TEAM: Dowa
Linemen, Paul Reynolds,
Hamlin; Lindy Jordan,
Paducah; Steve Criss,
Crowell; Rocky Marlow,
Crowell; and Gilbert Torres,
Crowell. Linebackers, Gary
McAdams, Haskell; Stanley
Jones, Hamlin; Vonnie Hise,
Haskell. Secondary, Jay
Wall, Crowell; David An-
derson, Knox City; Charles
Brown, Hamlin; and John
Cox, Rotan.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Down Linemen, Jimmy
Albus, Knox City; Paul
Hin son, Rotan; Gregg
Salazar, Aspermont; Steve
Yarbrough, Aspermont;
Johnny Larned, Haskell;
Russ La key, Hamlin; Judy
McGaughy, Knox City.
Linebackers, Ray
Weaihersbee, Rotan; Tommy
Mangls, Xnox City; Jerry
Selter, Aspermont; and Oran
Carroll, Crowell. Secondary.
Mike Hymer, Hamlin; and
Randall Russell, Crowell.