The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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Of And For Stonewall County
Aspermont, Texas, Thursday May 24 1934
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Aspermont School
Closes
The graduation exercises of i' rid ay
evening, May eighteenth marked the
close of the I93'3-193'l term. A largo
and attentive group of friends and
lelatives listened to music by Airs.
K. Knight, a deeltiim.ttion by William
Jordan, a piano .solo l>y lOtnnia Dean
liingham, u reading l>y l.ila
lirunnen and an address by Mi
K. llaydgji of Abilene. Mr. J. 1
gins, president of the Hoard,
some interesting facts about <
members and presented diplomas
the following:
lOldon and II If. I'reseott, Jr., J. < •
Daugherty, Jr., Woodrow Chennault,
Howard Davis, Jack Douglass, Hoy
Boyd Goodloe, VViiliam Jordan, Wiley
Marlow, Kalph Uiddel, Kenneth Winn
Margaret Anderson, Emma Dean King
ham, Marguerite KlacUshear, liettye
Klliott, Rosa Lee Forgus, liuhy I >
Harvey, Leona llecht, Lila Marie I:ran
nen and Ernestine Herring.
lOmniu Dean liingham ranked first
in her class, her average of !tf !a be-
ing almost, two points above' that <>r
Marguerite lllackshear and Kalph lllit-
ilel, the students who ranked second.
On Thursday evening the auditor-
ium was crowded with those who want
ed to .see all the pupils of both schools
excepting graduates in the plays:
"Peanuts and Pennies," and "Kiur-
birds in the Forest Court." Principal
V. 0. Holley presented iOleinentar'y
School diplonu to these pupils:
Thomas Aid it1, Wade Davis, Wit-
burn lOllison, Woodrow l.ee, Howard |
Marlow, Wesley Uobbins, Koss .Smith
Melvin Shadle, IOIimra Abbott, Yona
Mae Abbott, Alcne Comer, Lorene 101-1
lison, Ceneviev® Goodloe, Kuth Hahn
Mildred Hauke, lOilna tleeht, Doris
Martin and lOli/.abeth Taylor.
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The Wonians Missionary Society
met ai ihe church May 22nd.
Opening Song: "Near the Cross."
Mrs. Gi'.mon gave the I hide lesson
from ihe 5tli chapter Matt: _'!i-;.sci:
Mrs. Mann led the prayer and .Mrs.
Wylie gave the lesson Jfr*n.i Christian
ity and Industry in America.
Mrs. Yeliua Davis dismissed witli
prayer.— Press Keporter.
To My Customer
Methodist ('hurch
Services
'ndergo (operations
The superintendent, Miss lioebuck,
awarded j 6rfect attend.met; certifica-
tes to the following:
Billy Kay Lee, Millie Marie Am^r-
son, Jack ilalin, Jim liaugli, W. ' ■
Nelson, Kuth Childress1, lOdiva Hcciit,
Lorene lOllison, Vona Mae Abbott;, Mi-
nora Abbott, Thomas Abbott
Abbott, Frederick Dalby, fid
Inez Aycock, 101 va Long, Margaret
Anderson and Marguerite KlaeS&hear
Honor badges were given to these
pupils for making the highest average
lor the year in their several classes.
Hilly liay Lee, Dera Frances Bran-
lien, Velnut Lu lioyd, David Durham
Hilly Springer, Mary Jp Stewart, lOu-
gene Shadle, Mattie Mae lOvans, Annls
Durham, Iva lOllcn Krannen, Lorene
LOllison, I'ldna fclecht, Jimmie Robert
son, AI f red Coiieli, Clifford Yiertet,
Johnnye :l.a Verne Smith and Geiaid-
ine Carr.
elii' ht fill ,'ii d |'i1 • !"ii
KaccnInurente on-a
;■ glad to jrei hark t"
oiiinterrupted run of
We liavi- had <
able times in the
sions but we are
the regular an
things.
Sunday School meets at 10:00 o'cloeS.
Attendance ha.- Iwon except ionall
good for several week.-. Let's keep
Louise up the good record. There i a class
Tyler for every Methodist of every age and
the work falls -hort hy ,
any are absent. He a "Helper" and
come.
The pastor hopes to preach at both
services next, Sunday. We are study-
ing the message; of the Prophets.
Sunday morning the subject will he
"The Mes-age ol (he Broken |l."i;i',"
Sunday eviiing, "The Message of the
Broken Heart." Be a "Helper," (,'ninf
Aspermont Bal! Club
!' v OUT inking'
American Legionaires
Convene at Lubbock
First Executive Committeemen of
the I'.lth District were elected at the
Our league standi
tumble last Sunday
"licking" at the hand'- <•<' I.'
score of 7 and 2:
Of course alibi's won't win
tier change the score on the
records, hut out ide of th
1 I/lli
second in-
American Legion Convention at Lub- nimr when l.'ide iuad< iivi
bock, Herbert M, Mason, Lockney, Tex of them on errors, the
as and Lee Stin on, Snyder, Texas was (game wa.>. a real jain-ui
elected assistant extcutive committee-
mail.
100 out of town persons from 25
counties were present. l«eo. 10. Hugh-
es, State Department Adjutant, Austin
was alHo present.
Variety of entertainment, includins
I ridge, forty-two, golf, theater partie.
and dancing was enjoyed hy all.
Lunch was served on the lawn
the legion hall.
Dr. Bradford Knapp, President
Texas Tech, was principal -peakcr fi
the evening.
Clyde 10. Keen. Adjutant of Haiti
Johnson Post, Aspermont, 'leva v
the only member attending from hei
tin
Tuesday of iu■
i.ioht citi/s, ns ■ ol i
Baptist Sanitaria!
operations.
Mi. A. 11. 10Hi
eery and .Miss 10n
• ■I tonsil o),ierat:oi
Our latest r,.o i
the patients were ■
.Mrs. John War,
•il o :11! iii ted to 11
meat.
tie
two A
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A liih'ne
I ol
on lor major sur-
ma Dean Bing'hain
..-as thai :' '
ett in;' aieie
of Swell.-en «:i.
e hospital for t reat
Texas Cowboy Reunion
July 2, o, 4; Stamford
1 harles I!. Turner, Mayor of Da
..ill again lead the parades at
l'e\ t'owhoy Ketinion and Uodei
!«■ h de at Stamford on Julv 2, It,
1 wish to take this method of ex-
pressing my appreciation of the busi-
ness you have given me while I have
been in business in Asperniont. it j
has been a pleasure to serve you and
1 sincerely hope you will continue to
patronize my successors. Thank you,
liud Norri*.
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I'. 11. Meeting
at Pei'ryton May 29th
Perryton, Texas, May 2.'3ni: Good
roads Ijoosters and liigliwa) delera
lions in nearly ever;, city from the
Canadian to the Mexican border.-, a-
iong the route of the Great Plains
Highway are making plans lo attend
the tenth annual meeting of the high-
way association to be held here, May
2!>.
The Perryton Chamber of ('runnier
ce has taken over the task of enter-
taining the convention with the a.-sist
ance of the Perryton Lions Cluh ami
public spirited citizens of the nhari
die comniunity. The program ol tin
da> will include every kind of enter-
tainment feature, to be concluded with
a banquet in the evening, given li>
i the Lions Club.
A number of im|u rtunt ioe.h'.vay
atlers will come before the con'en-
l|as j lion which is to convene at i'dJt.) o
the clock on the morning of May 21 . A
to j proposed chain.'" in the |..ut"i of tin
i, road through the southern part ol
Singing Convention
The Stonewall County Singing Con-
vention met in regular session last
Sunday at Peacock at 10:M0 with a
large attendant'.;, with singers from
Tyler, Abilene, Hamlin, Spur: Girard
Kotan and Wichita Fall.- and we had
the best convention that Stonewall
County has had, was expressed by
guile a number of persons that were
present. To say it was enjoyed, is
putting it mild, there was plenty of
dinner for all and then some.
The next convention meets at the
Double Mountain (.'hurch the third Sun
'day in June at ~ P. M. everybody
invited, W. 10. Pyeatt, Secretary. \
Birthday Party
Maurme Carlilo eoUjbniLe<l hor thin!
birthday with a party for her little
friends WednO'h'y, May lGt.h. hv< ry
one enjoyed blowim; up balloons and
playing sanies. Kach I.it.tle !.';uest brot.
:i Rift, Cakes, punch and candy mints
were served to the following:
Sunshine Mann, i!.:tiiia Pa ye Young-
er, Martene (lur t, Audry ilolley Jane
Marie Abbott, jinroliiy Sue* Marr,
Alary Joyce i '^better, Maivrine and
Mania Carliie, Jimmy ilieljnan, I>11Jy
Gist, Jimmy Rrad^haw, Mrs. V,
Holley. )'>eul:.di Mae (bxidloM and Ann
KJizabel\\ Smith.
Red & White Store
Changes Hands
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Norris and
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insumati'-d ia; t weei-;
i>i 1 vaoek bouj'ht
r« • from Hud
•sion on Monday
their anuounee-
tin" Star.
[,-vcese Kesigns
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Mi's. Zor-i. (!il:son ! lack-
eli'oad !)ies at 'Teniplt'.
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that Mr
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old home, llil
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She had bee
bum time and
for treatment
M. S. and i:
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11; i <•1. e i r«
/i.ra Ci'oson, had
>anitarium M• •• •ia
i,i wa buri«'<! at
Ih,|-o 'mesdas at
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• and fam
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that Mi-
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•st Of
ball .
and Aspermont made eleven hits '<>
their credit aviainst seven for Ivule.
Now, 1 ask you, is that fair, to e--t
a run for each hit Well that i.-' how
it st&zula anyway, whether fair or not.
Thursday of last week Peacock heal
us for their fir. t time this year .-.eon
Tie' ' i'lie.i.ia " - 1
we made them a visit and brought
l a. the deeisioa by the senre ol 7 to I
For our next j:anve we will face the
Monday nine, who are second in the
league standing, so if at all po able
coine out and help us make il .i diffor
• ait -toi y after Sunday's t^amo. <). h.
KKAH THE STAR KM.
Mr, lv. l: \a-neil, an old timer
of Stonewall ('ountv and who left hern
in IHOII, was in Aspermont the laU'-r
part of last w."«*k m<let M 0
friends.
Turner will ride Oscar F >tt'e \1 Texas is creating a k'reat d<-al
an S. M. S. hor>e and a saddle valued i terest and will probably caud-
al .fTnO.OO. The saddle i one of the I'iuht on the fb^.r of the c«ur>
finest over made in the state and will : a«. eoniiiu.'; 11 J \. Kotni^jj,
be j'iven as a prize in the old timer- j.Platte, Nebr., ore-ident "t th *
roping contest. In this contest only-I'lains Highway association,
men past fifty-live years old are atluw - — —x
e<i to enter. No entry fee 1s charged
in this event, the only ijualif ratio:*
l)eing- that the roper be not les.- than
fifty five years old.
The arena events, of the Texas Cow-
boy Reunion and Rodeo are purely
amateur, no professional,- are permit
ted to ''liter any of the contest-'
John M. Cist of Odessa is on*: i<i"nt
and < 'harles P.. (*oorubes <if Stamford
i,-. secretary. Prank Khoades, Phrock
morton, who trailed cattle to Canada
from Pexas in the nineties is se:aor
judi'.e of all rvtnt'. Prank R\oa<le.
wa;- tfiven the silver cup at last year's.
kkIco for being1 the most typic.d eow-
boy past fifty-lKc years old. Pifty
thousand people are expected to attend
the reunion ami rodeo this yeai, lortv
thousand attended last year.
ol in-
a bi^
■nt ion,
Non h
«I reat
| Basket Dinner and Bar-'
! becue at Brazos Valley
i
j There «ill I"' a wruM-vard vorkih:'
at Brazos Valley Cemetery on Dee<i-
|ratiim Day, May 110th.
Then.' will he a basket dinner and
free liarlieeue. Karli one e sti|i| iHed
tn l riii« semet I'.inir tn eat and also
sontetliiiiK tn work with.
The ladies of the Methodi.st ChureTi
will have a Bazaar, Saturday, .Julie
Look fur pine ■ next week.
( It'll,
t'> mo*
five the firs! 1'
that we removi
aiiiiiMini-eiiieiit ri
I'ulilii Weii'.her
f-'eaeeek, Texa-.
RKAD THE 8TAK ADa
ktii'wn as "< i;i 1 >1 h• i
alio.! at tlio .Star of-
!iii v,--ek and a.sked
liaotC' frolll the
•Iwintl of llis I e for
of f'reeilujt No. 5,
x-
Mi. and Mr., S. f.. Stewart, Miss
i'tta Koeburk and Mr. (.1, I'. Kailrtlweic
attended an educational eonferenee at
I'adiieah last Saturday, May I'.L 'Ihe
.rjifen-are railed hy the Deputy State
Superintendent, Mr. Bryan J>ioli.-on,
wa- attended i'V County Seh.c ol Board
Meudiei's, i unity and other .school
■aipei-inti'iident and prinoipah-i in the
twelv euunti" eomprisinK this dis-
trict. State Superint.end-erit Wood ,
...wa ' i.. .:uif'.i to he present, sent,
as his subs4atute, A. A, 11 dh'ek of the
Mural Srii.. I Divii.iioi of the Depart-
ment of I0dneat ion.
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We have purchased the Red v \\ hite Store
formally owned by Bud Norris and have re-
stocked with a new and complete line ol mer-
chandise.
Come to see us when in need of anything-
in the Grocery line. It we don t have it we
will try to get it for you.
All I'a Iron ago Appreciated, (iive lis A Trial
& PEA COCK
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We strive to please you every day with
Quality Groceries and prices made to
please
II you are not already giving us a share
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Guest, Margaret E. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1934, newspaper, May 24, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth126849/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.