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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1960
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NO. 1 DORA ROBERTSON STAKED;
OLD GLORY WELL TO GO DEEPER
:ans for
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id you evcwscc such strange i
ather as'^re having? j
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This time last week we had j
one-third inch of snow (wet),
and this week wo have measured •
13-100ths of an inch of rainfall !
(which came Monday night), j
o—o I
Unsoasonal temperatures have ,
brought about spring-like weather
over much of the state and the
southwest,
o—o
Guess we'll have to wait and
let Mr. Groundhog straighten it
all out of February twoth.
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We're sure sorry to disappoint
all of you, but the Luncheon
Club boys decided this Tuesday
noon not to haveRheir anual bas-
ketball gamely the March'of
Dimes, but 'instead have a pan-
cake supper for the same bene-
fit.
o—o
I just know this tears you up
as much as it does me—but that
is the way the cookie crumble
(as they say in beatnik style.
O—O
'Tis a shame, too, 'cause Mr.
'ason had bean in training for
lat game (so he says).
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Right here and now would be
good time to remind all of
•'you who want to vote in this
year's elections (and haven't
done so) to pay your poll tax
NOW!
o—o
Don't put it off another day—
'cause if you're like me, you'll
forget it, and then it'll be too
late.
^ o—o
Avoid the lasrft minute rush.
, /o—o
I want to say a kind word (or
two) to the party (or parties) re-
sponsible for that certain busy
thoroughfare (street to you, Mr.
Johnson) getting graded.
o—o
And to think that I didn't
have a thing to say beforehand.
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Everywhere you go (around
town) people's got papers scat-
tered all over their desks and
wrinkled brows and worn-out
pencil erasers—a-figgerin' i n -
come taxes (or tryin' to).
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HINT: Newspaper advertis-
aflk/a mighty good item for
«MWng on your 1961 income
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'Someone asked Mr. William
,j*ley, the chewing gum man,
, war he spent so much money for
advtajping, and he said it was
to establish his product.
o—o
His interrogator came back
end said, "Now that you're es-
.tablished, why do you continue
' to spend so much money for ad-
vertising?"
O—O
1 Mr. Wrigley put an end to the
questions by saying, "To keep
anyone from making a better
brand of gum."
o—o
The political pot continues to
boil in Stonewall Oounty, as you
will notice with the announcing
of two more candidates.
o—"®
PERTINENT FACTS:
Character it what makes in-
dividuals do more than the law
require*.
• • •
What this nation needs is more
"lernme" and leas "gimme."
• • •
Individuate need balance for
y i\ successful living—essentially at
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S
o you think, or do you think
tninli^l or do you think you
G..E. Kadane & Sons of Wi-
chita Falls have filed an appli-
cation to re-enter to 5,600 feet
an abandoned wildcat three and
one-half miles northwest of Jud
in east Stonewall County.
The No. 1 B, E. Tatum, it was
originally drilled in 1952 and
plugged at (5,166 feet.
Location is 467 feet from the
north and west linos of W. M.
Smith Survey, A-444.
No. 1 Dora Robertson Slated
Jake L. Hamon and Sunray
Mid-Continent Oil Company No.
1 Dora Robertson was staked in
the Gloria Gay, West (Bend
Conglomerate) Field, seven miles
north of Aspermont.
Drill-site for the No. 1 Robert-
son is 600 feet from the north
and 2,085 feet from the west
lines of Section 151 in Block D
of the H&TC Survey. Permit
depth applied for is 6,400 feet
with rotary.
Jim B. Curry of Abilene has
filed an application for the No.
1 J. D. McGough, which is a
planned 3,600-foot rotary wild-
cat.
Location is five miles north of
Hamlin, 330 feet from the north
and east lines of the W. E. Kaye
Survey 6.
A south Stonewall County
wildcat, which was drilled four
and one-half miles north of
Hamlin, was plugged at 3,725
feet. That dry hole was Carter
Foundation Production, El Chor-
ro Exploration and Dick Lowe
No. 1 Minor Alexander. It was
in Section 8 of Austin & Wil-
liams Survey 349.
The No. 1 Alexander was
drillstem tested at 3,628-36 feet
in the Swastika Sand. Recovery
was 660 feel of gas, 60 feet of
mud-cut oil, and 390 feet of salt
water.
New Pay Looms
A new pay, the Gunsight,
looms for the Leather Chair
(Swastika Sand) Field, one and
one-half miles northeast of Ham-
lin in Jones County. It is W.
Irvin Robinson of Abliene No. 1
R. H. Gardner, and is in Sec-
tion 174, Block 1, H&TC Sur-
vey.
Operator was waiting on ce-
ment after setting casing at
3,460 feet. Total depth is 3,607
feet.
A drillstem tesrt at 3,396 to
3,607 feet in the Gunsight re-
covered 90 feet of free oil. No
shows were encountered in the
Swastika.
Location for an Eight High
(4,800 Upper Strawn) Field pro-
ject was staked three miles
southeast of Rule in Haskell
County. It is B. A. Duffy Of
Abilene No. 1-A McCandless.
Drillsite is 2,406 feet from
the west and 720 feet from the
south lines of Section 59 in
Block 1 of the H&TC Survey.
A Weinent, South Field pro-
ject was staked in north Has-
kell County. It is Katz Oil Com-
pany of Abilene No. 1 Fred D.
Brown, et al.
Having a proposed depth of
4,900 feet with rotary, it spots
330 feet from the north and 3,027
feat from the east lines of the
John Conner Survey 73.
o
Mrs. Esther Mayfield and Mrs.
Alma Pool of Lubbock are visit-
ing in the N. A. Pittcock home
this week.
think you think? (No immediate
answer necessary.)
• • •
People who believe that the
church has a divine mission
should belong to, and contribute
to, the church of their choice.
• • •
The man who plays 18 holes
of golf can get awfully tired
when his wife asks him to attend
a reception.
O—O
Well, you have had it.
o—o
Abysinnia.
"V.'i. ■: y
COMPLETES INFANTRY
OFFICER COURSE—Army 2nd
Lt. Coy W. Hoggard, 24,
(above), son of Mr. and Mrs.
G H. Hoggard of Jayton, has
recently completed the officer
basic course at The Infantry
School, at Fort Benning, Ga.
Instituted for officers who have
not yet served with troops, the
10-week course is designed to
familiarize each new officer
with the administrative and
tactical responsibilities of an
infantry unit commander. He
is a 1953 graduate of Jayton
High School and a 1959 gradu-
ate of Hardtn-Simmons Uni-
versity. Abilene. (AIITNC).
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JAN. 15 DEADLINE FOR
ENTRIES IN 1960 CONTEST
WICHITA FALLS, Jan. 11.—
Louie C. Huffman, mathematics
instructor at Midwestern Univer-
sity. announced today that the
deadline for entries for the 1960
National Mathematics Contest
for High School students is
.January 15.
These contests are sponsohed
by the Mathematics Association
of America. Mr. Huffman is
chairman of an area committee
composed of W. A. Morgan,
Nocona High School; James Beat-
ty, Archer City High School;
Mrs. Josephine Cogdell, Electra
High School; and Randell Brad-
ley, Wichita Falls High School.
High school principals and
mathematics instructors in the
area high schools are requested
to send their entries to Dr.
H. J. Etitlinger, University of
Texas, Austin. The contest this
year wlil be held on March 10.
Counties included in this area
are Archer, Baylor, Childress,
Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman,
Haskell, STONEWALL, Throck-
morton, Wichita, Wilbarger and
Young.
W. R. Trammel
Out for Pet. 3 Job
W. R. "Trigger" Trammel of
Swenson has authorized this
newspaper to announce that he
will be a candidate for the office
of County Commissioner, Precinct
No. 3, Stonewall County, subject
to action of the Democratic pri-
maries.
Mr. Trammel states that he
will issue a more detailed state-
ment in regards to his candidacy
a .later date.
HALL RITES HELD
HERE SUNDAY
Funeral services for Alfred
Russell (Fred) Hall, 73. were
held in the Aspermont First
Methodist Church on last Sun-
day afternoon at 2:00.
The Rev. Albert F. Lindley,
pastor, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Hansel Pearce, pxstor of
Aspermont Central Baptist
Church. Interment was in the
Aspermonit Cemetery with Young
Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers were "Farmer"
Hill, Hap Hill, Bub Hill, Doyle
Hill, "Uncle" Hill and Glen
Hoy. Frank Hoy served as the
family usher.
Mr. Hall passed away on last
Friday in the Hamlin Memorial
Hospital after an illness of sev-
eral months.
A retired Brazos Valley
Bledsoe County, Tenn., on Janu-
ary 12, 1886, and had been in the
county 55 years ago.
Survivors include his wife,
Mabel; three daughters, Mrs.
L. A. Sherrod and Mrs. Gladys
Miller, both ef Aspermont, and
Mrs. Vernon Stewart of La-
nv.v-a; one son, Joke, of Aspei
mon't; a brother, Ky. of Boone-
villo, Ark.; nine grandchildren,
and 11 great grandchildren.
Hubert Roach COUNTY COTTON GROWERS MUST
Asks Re-Election MAKE CHOICE ON ALLOTMENT
Seeing is believing—if you see
it in print.
FEBRUARY DRAFT QUOTA
CALLS FOR 246 MEN
AUSTIN. Tex,, January 5.—
The state quota for Texas draft
boards in February calls for 24fi
men, Col. Morris S. Schwartz,
state Selective Service director,
announced Tuesday.
The February call is the state's
share of a national quota of
6,000 men, all for the Army.
Colonel Schwartz also an-
nounced that local boards would
send approximately 1,000 men for
pre-induction physical and men-
tal examinations. These men
return home after being ex-
amined at the examining stations.
Local board quotas for Febru-
ary already have been figured
and placed in the mails to the
boards.
The February quota will be
filled with men who are at least
22 years old on February 1st,
with the exception of volun-
teers or delinquents, who may be
younger.
o .
Keep in the rut too long and
you'll dig your own grave.
Hubert Roach of Aspermont
has authorized The Aspermont
Star to announce that he will be
a candidate for re-election to the
office of County Attorney of
Stonewall County, subject to ac-
tion of the Democratic primaries.
Mr. Roach has said that he will
issue a formal announcement of
his candidacy at a later date.
H. W. DIECKMEIER
INTERRED TUESDAY
Henry William Dieekmeier,
70, succumbed last Saturday
morning in a hospital at Bren-
ham, Texas, to severe burns,
which he sustained during the
Christmas holidays when a stove
blew up there.
Funeral services were held at
4:00 P.M., Tuesday, in the First
Methodist Church in Aspermont
with the Rev. Rex Mauldin,
pastor of Munday First Method-
ist Church, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Albert F. Lindley, pas-
tor of the local church. Inter-
ment was in Aspermont Ceme-
tery under direction of Young
Funeral Home of this city.
Pallbearers were Sam Payne,
Mark Luttrall, Col ley Gil ley,
Bryan MetcaLf, Harry Fletcher,
and Fleet Tarrance. Pete Shadle
served as family usher.
Mr. Dieekmeier was born on
I August 18, 1889, in Burton, Texas.
! He had been in the county since
11909. His farm is three miles
J north of Aspermont.
i Survivors include his wife,
I Pauline: one daughter, Mrs,
Irene Lewis, cf Roaring Springs;
three sons, llenry II., of Asper-
mont, Fred E and James P.,
both of Olympia, Wash.: three
sisters. Mrs. Minnie Stolze and
Mrs. Annie Wearing, both of
Burton, Texas, and Mrs. Augusta
Kessler of Houston: one brother,
i Fd, of Burton; eight grand-
i children and one great-grand-
child.
JANUARY 31ST DEADLINE
FOR PAYING POLL TAX
H. O. (Harry) McAfee. Stone-
wall County tax assessor-col lec-
tor. this week urges all voters
of the county to pay their poll
taxes at their earliest conveni-
ence, and thus avoid the last-
minute rush.
I January 31st is the late day
that voters can secure the poll
tax. ■ "
Up until Tuesday noon of this
week, approximately 599 poll
taxes had been paid in the
county.
There are approximately 200
"overs" and "unders" in Stone-
wall County.
In 1956. the last presidential
election year, a 'total of 1497
votes (unofficially) were oast in
the sheriff's race.
In 1958, a total of 1297 votes
(unofficially) were cast in the
August runoff primary in the
county judge's race.
o
INTERRED TUESDAY
FINISHES COURSE — Army
Pvt. Donald L. Scott, 19,
(above), son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Scott of Aspermont, has
recently completed the com-
munications center operation
courss at the Southeastern
Signal School at Fort Gordon,
Ga. During the eighit-week
course, he was trained to re-
ceive, process and relay mess-
ages by various means of com-
munication. A 1959 graduate
of Aspermont High School,
Scott entered the Army last
August and completed basic
training at Fori Carson, Colo.
(AHTNC).
COUNTY SCHOLASTIC
CENSUS IS UNDER WAY
Census of all scholastics be-
tween the ages of six and 18 for
schools at Aspermont, Old Glory
and Peacock got under way on
Friday, January 1st, and will
end on Saturday, January 30.
Children to be included are
those who will be six years of
:i.;e on or before Sept. 1, I960,
•■nd who will not he 18 years of
nge before that date. This in-
cludes all married people, col-
lege students, or students in
school who will be under 18
next September, and all parents
or guardians are urged to give
the necessary information to the
census taker when called upon.
If any parent has not been
contacted by January 21, he is
asked to contact Mrs. Thelma
Smith, county school superin-
tendent; or Supt. T. C. Clark or
Prin. Wesley Robbins in Asper-
mont, Supt. W. C. Robinson at
Peacock, or Supt. V. R. Levcrctt
at the Old Glory school.
Those registered thus far in
Aspermont are:
Name Date of Birth
W. H. Eason, office manager
of Stonewall County ASC, IMS
stated that now that marketing
quotas have been approved for
the year 1960 crop of cotton, the
next step the farm operator takes
will be to choose between the
"A" and '"B" allotments and the
price support for his farm.
However, we are informed, no
elect.on of such a choice can be
filed until after the farm oper-
ator receives a notice of the
■price support level applicable for
ItiCO under the "A" and "B" al-
lotments.
Choice "A" will include the
regular farm allotment and price
to cooperators who comply with
their farm allotments will be
not less than 75 per cent of
parity. Choice "B" will include
allotments which are 40 per cent
larger, and price support to co-
operators will be 15 per cent of
parity less than under Choice
"A". i
The price support level for
the 1960 cotton crop will be an-?
nounced by the U. S. Secretary
of Agriculture not later than
January 31, 1960. Each farm op-
erator will then be informed of
the support levels available on
his crop under both program
choiccs. The farm operator will
be reminded of the deadline-
March 16, 1960—by which time
he must resist«r his election of
Choife *IB" wilh the" County
ASC office. No action is re-
quired if he chooses to elect
Choice "A", it was further point-
ed out.
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Attend the Church of Your Choice!
F.va Dawn Roa
Kirby N. Shadle
Carla Y. Martin
Kay Foster
Roy Winter
James Alsup
Michael Hinze
Robert Hanke
Clara Jane Gholson
Jeffrey Hecht
Vickie Abernathy
Carol Harvey
Ronny Morrison
Pamela Jones
Danny Meek
I<ast rites for James McMahon,
a former resident of Stonewall
County, were held on Tuesday
at 3:00 P.M. in the Peacock
Baptist Church. The Rev. James [Thomas Gaither
Hall, pastor, officiated, and inter- {Johnny Hughes
ment was in the Double Moun- j Jimmy Don Linsley
tain Cemetery, south of Peacock. | Vickie Lopez
The deceased, who was born Palma Hallford
December 19, 1884, passed away f Eugene Feathergton
in Dallas on January 11. He |.Terry Swink
was an uncle of E. A. McMahon [Bill Rogers
of Peacock. Patoric Hoy
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe
Criswell and sons, Joe and Ricky
Paul, of Big Lake visited here
over the past week-end.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Landreth
and children of Snyder visited
with har parent*, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Childress, on Sunday.
5-4,54
12-15-53
6-17-54
2-15-54
1-28-34
3-15-54
10-30-53
5-26-54
10-19-53
6-16-54
10-19-53
8-13-54
5-15-54 1
6-26-54
1-30-54
4-9-84
8-7-54
7-3-54
2-6-54
2-9-54
5-4-54
3-25-54
7-31-54
7-16-54
LUNCHEON CLUB HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
The Aspermont Luncheon Club
met on last Tuesday at noon in
the dining room of Hickman's
Restaurant., Lowell Welch pre-
sided in the absence of Bill
Young, club president.
Following the meal, the club
entered into a business session.
J. R. Rf.y gave a report on the
pipe that is to be used for erect-
ing street markers, a club pro-
ject.
A discussion of the March of
Dimes benefit basketball game,
staged by members of the club,
was next held. After a lengthy
discussion, a motion was made
and seconded, and the club
voted to drop the basketball
game, and instead of this, spon-
sor a pancake supper and La-
dies' Night program. A com-
mittee, composed of T. C. Clark,
P. D. Lambeth, James M. Hick-
man, III, and Lowell Welch, was
named to work out details for a
program and pancake supper,
to be open to the public. Ad-
vance tickets will be sold, and
the proceeds are to go to the
March at Dimes.
As soon as an out-of-town
speaker has been secured, the
date of the supper and program
will be announced.
There being no further busi-
ness, the club adjourned. One
guest was on hand.
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SUB-DEB CLUB TO HOLD
WORK DAY ON JANUARY U
The Aspermont Sub-Deb Club
is having a work day on January
23rd.
The club's station will be at
the home of Ann Foster.
The girls do various jobs, such
as wash oars, wash window*,
clean house, baby sit, wash
clothes, dishes, or just any job
that needs to be done.
The money that is made from
♦he work day will go toward the
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sharp of
Lamesa rae visiting her sister,
Mrs. Edna Graham, and Mr. and i banquet, to be held in February.
Anyone needing these services
is urged to oall SMI, and the
girls will appreciate your tart-
ness—Reported
Mrs. Ward Gardner.
o-
Mrs. Carl W. Duncan under-
went major surgery in Hendrick
Memorial Hospital in Abilene on
Monday morning of this week.
Use the ClaaadteOt.
fAY YOUR POLL TAX NOW! JANUARY 31 IS THE
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