The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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The Aspermont Star
Entered as Second-class mail at Aspermont, Texas under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Printed Every Thursday Morning. Afton E. Richards, Owner, Editor and Publisher
Volume 52, Number 9
live Asperm-mt (Texas) Star, Tlwrsday, November 11, 1948
Subscription Price $2 per yea
We went out to the site of t2'c
new oil test the other day, on the
Smith ranch 3 miles south of
town. This is the closest to town
they .have gotten so far, and we
are all hoping, as wc have in the
past that this will be The (Ine
Star advertising <pays off, as F. j
J. Dalby will tell you- Last week '
he came in the office and ordered j
an ad, for a washing machine ma-
chine ,he had that 'he did not need.
Later in the day he was telling t
man about placing the ad, and he
bought the machine from him —be-
lore the paper came out
All Stonewall Co. To Celebrate Armistice Here
Parade Memorial Roping
The sustained advert' ,ing that I".
M. Lawrence has been doing the
past two or throe m.mtns is pay-
ing off in added business (or some
thing is). He told us that last
Saturday afternoon and night he did
more business that he has ever done
in that period of time since he has
been in business here.
Star readers are really getting out i
of the red the past two weeks. The
first issue in November we put a
red X on the papers going to de-
linquent subscribers A large nun - j
bcr of them have ii<uuled across toe
necessary two bucks and said Get
flat red X off mv paper And a (
Jot of them' have paid uv> years in
advance. With newsprint paper j
costing more than three times what j
it did in pre-war years, we can I
fairly use this lettuce to an advan-
tage. j
The big parade gets under way
at 10 a. in. at the soft ball park.
All business ihouses are invited toj
have floats. In addition the ran-
ches have been solicited to enter
floats. A number of bands will
furnish music,
Gegrge Uankc, representing the j
American Legion invites all ex-ser-
viccrmn to march in the 'parade.
Don't miss this parade. It will
open ti'ic long day of celebration.
Dance
At 8 p. m. the Ansercian Leg-
ion dance gets under way- A good
band has been secured, and the Keg-
ion invites the general public down.
At 11 the Memorial Service will
be held at the City park south of
the Court House. Chaplain S- D.
Smit|, of the American Legion will
officiate at t,his service. This is
to be tlve most important part of
the day. All citizens of the county
are requested to be on hand and
help pay tribute to our war dead.
Every body is thinking and tail:- j
ing about the Armistice celebration
to be ihere today. It is the first an-
nual affair of this kind, and we
want to make it bigger and better
as the years come and go.
!
George Hanke and Chas. Aberna-
thy did some fair-sized fish ng the
first of the week. We would ac-
cusee them of bu,ing them, but do
not know where any that size could
be bought. They had two yellow
cat that weighed 55 lbs. Caught
them at Phantom Mill. The next
time we go fishing we want to take
one of these boys along.
I
Talking about the paper — most
people take the paper for granted.1
They go to the post office, or box
at tihe usual time, and there -;t is.
They pull it out of the box, glance
at the front page with some remark
like this: Wonder if there is any
Last Rites Held
For Mrs J. B. Metcalf
Here Wedneday
Mrs. ). B. Metcalf, 46, died
Tuesday morning early in the Ro-
tan hospital* after a Lingering ill-
ness.
Last Rites were held Wednesday
at 2 p m. at the A'permont Bap-
tist Church, Rev- Ross Re.'nss or
Swenson officiating. Burial in the
Aspeiuiont Cemetery with Springer
Funeral Home in charge of arrange
merits.
She is survived by her husband
who is Commissioner of Precinct 3
of this County; 2 daughters H.I tie
Hazel Eaton and S.hiirlcy of Asper-
mont and 1 son Darwyn Metcalf
student at Texas 1 ccli. .
She was converted at the age of
1(5 and joined the Baptist Churc't
and continued faithful until her
death.
Nadine Baldree and
Leon Lomack Are
Wed at Sagerton
Nadine Baldree, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. M. R. Baldree of Asper-
mont, and Leon Lowack, son of F.
J. Lowack of Old Glory were mar-
ried in the Lutheran Church at
Sagerto,n on October 30 at 7 p.m.
The bride wore a gray suit with
black accessories. Her corsage was
of white carnations. For something
old she wore a gold band belonging
to her mother, for something blue
she wore blue ribbons on her cor-
sage, and for something borrowed
she wore a string of pearls belong-
ing to her neice, Miss Ina Louise
Bald rec.
Mrs. W. F. Teiehclman, s;ster
of the groom was bridesmaid and
Mr. Teirhelman was best man. Miss
Jurvaita Baldree and Furman Met-
calf also attended tlve wedding.
'Hie couple will I'i'-'e east of Old
Glory where Mr. Lomack is en_-
Immediately following the me-
monal service, the Rodeo and Ro-
ping events will begin. This will
run thru the lunch hour, but the
Legion Auxiliary will sell refresh-
ments at the grounds.
A very fine program is scheduled
at the rodeo grounds, so by all
means don't miss it.
Home
Coming
At 7 p m th Home coming at the
high school will get under wa/.
On the agenda for the night there
will be a Woijianless Wedding, A
greased pip; raoe by members of the
b FA Cluster, the ArnVstice Queen
race and free refreshments.
'Hie coronation of Queen and
King will be at about 8.30 Supt.
R . Vv . j.,,.nson says.
The race will be decided by vot-
es at lc en oh, with a candidate from
each class. Winning class gets 50
percent of their receipts, other clos-
es get 10 percent, the balance is to
go to the lighting fund lie said.
Football Poppies
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ii
in
far-1 >;ncr.
Mr. Co'.c.r spent
v • k end
vv;
ith bis daugster Mrs B. Dalby.
news in the Headache tii.s week ■
and proceed on their way, never giv
ing thought to wihy or how the pa-
per got there. — But boy, do they
howl if it is not there?
Well the story is d i :erent, at the
newspaper office. 1 f you have nev-
er been around a newspaper office
the last two or three hours before it
goes to press — take our advice
ajwl don't go.
There is a inrad scramble to get
everything ready at the same time
and not leave anything out — ex-
cept the mistakes.
One of two things always hap-
pens — Either there is too much
material to go in the amount of
s«pace — or else there is not en —
ough- Invariably it thappens that
when wc have a heavy run of adver-
tising, every body in town turns
■in news, and that really messes
things us. A few weeks ago wc
got the paper just about made up
and found we had enough material
for one extra page. If we left out
the over-run, we would have to
Jcave town, rather tihan face the
angry people who contributed the
articles that were left out. If we
added two extra .pages, that-would
require many more hours of work,
and we would have to print them
at a financial loss — but that wa;
the final.decision, rather than leave
the news out.
When wc don't have much adver-
tising, and thus plenty of room for
news, wr couldnt pry a news storv
out of anyone with a ton foot pole.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement VrirH
siient the week end with
bis parents Mr. and Mrs- L. 11.
Viertel. '■
'i'lttise papers were carr'-ed !' the
rest office at 5 a. m. Thu'-sd->y
after we had worked all ni lit on
them, and when you got the paper
out of "our box, the ink wes st II
fresh on it.
Wc rushed home to try to g^t
a fe winks of slo.'g. but " out I
the phone began to ring off the wall
( i : lowering it, we lenrned t
was an irate merchant who wanted
to kno'vv >.hv the printing he o-der-
cd the day before bad not been de-
livered ?
Then wc eat a b:te of bra'hist
on the rtin,#and go to the office to
get this job ready. Shortly so^.e
loafer passes by, sees us wor ing
and comes in with a surprised look
on his face. What are you do'ng
today .... he asks .... I thou lit
you got the paper out yeste dav
Was our face red the other da' 5
We got a letter through- the mail
from a local merchant .... an I
the onvclone and letter both were
printed out of town .... If we
were not afraid the Slier ff and
County Attorney would read this
we would give him two to one odds
that the out-of-town job cost him j
more money than we charge, and it
was on a poorer grade of paper
than we use
Mr. and Mrs. Don Harrell of
Lubbock had business bore Sat.
Patsv Respess and room mateBil-
lie Marie Smith of I lard in-Simmons
I'niversity spent the. week end with
her parents Rev and Mrs Respess.
|
Mr. and Mrs. Austin left Sun- |
for Dallas where he is to have treat-
ments .
Mr .and Mrs. George Metcalf
• ( h:|"<-:>(.!• ■ visited a s-:st-er in law
Mrs. Bryan Metcalf at Rotan Sun.
I
T-v'or Robins spent the week
visiting in Abilene.
Raymond Marr returned from
Dallas Friday night where lie had
been to visit an aunt Mrs Sarah
Leister who is very ill.
Peggy Joe Mullis was hospital-!
ized at Rotan two days of
At 2:30 p. m. the big football
game between the Aspermont Hor- |
nets and the Lueders Pirates gets
under way. This is an annual j
grudge affair, and the teams are
evenly matched. All lovers of clean
sports will enjoy /.-e game.
Miiss Elibeth Hays
James A. Whitehead
Wed in Abilene
Miss Elibeth Hays and J arms A. '
Whitehead were united in manage
Saturday night, Nov. 6th at Abilene
by Don Morris president of Abi-
lene Christian College in his home.
Attendants were Miss Verda
Graham and Newt Rash.
I Others attending the ceremony;
j wore Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Hays, Jo Rash, Steve Freeman,
Betty Whitehead and Clyde May— j
: nard.
M rs. Whitehead is an only da-
l lighter of Eli 1 lavs of Aspermont
and a niece of Mr. and Mrs.
j Ollie !'it/.gerald with whom she
made her home for a number of
years-
The bride was dressed in a green
I woo! gabardine suit with ?ray ac~"
cessories and a corsage of white
gardenias. She is a graduate of the
Aspermont High School and is
emploved as stenographer at the
Consolidated Abstract Co.
Tile bridegroom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. 1'"- B. Whitehead of
Cisco nnd is employed with a drink-
ing company there. He is a veteran
of War II.
Remember the war dead. Give to
the still suffering disabled veterans
They need our help. Buy a red pup*
er poppy Thursday from the Aer-
,-r popp\ Thursday front the Amer*
lean Legion Auxiliary and wear it
find serve the living.
Show
Also Pete Blackshear (has on a
good show at the Queen. No mat—
tinee will be given but the usual
n:ght show will be on.
Telephone Company
Seeks Kike In
Ratots Here
T
last week.
n
Jim Rutherford has returned to
his home at Odessa after visiting his
parents, Mr, nnd Mrs. W- Z.
Rutherford.
Mr. and M.rs. W. F. Terry
left Sunday after a visit with their
dauehvT .Mrs. John Metcalf. They
will visit a son Willow City be-fore
ivturnvig to their home in Bryan.
e * f-rocs TTurse
To Teach Home
Nursing Course Here
I
! A -M-nvnt and iivtv has been
fortunate hi securing the servi--es ol
■ a Red Cross Nurse for tea h ng a
Ivome nursing course in the Asper-
mont School. 1? wi'l consist of thirty
hours training in all phases of home
nurs:n'\ IS to b<- ta'vrht h.- fhe R •«.!
C
ross
N,
d 1°
in th
If O
solutions
The S'onewal! County Farm Bu-
reau held their annuel county con-
vention Thi!rr'I.-v.' night November
d, 1f)':8 at the Court (louse at
Aspermont. About 100 were -n at_
tendance with ('heater Walker, St>>-
• •• \> "H ("i . A • and II. D.
Card veil !"-M Reore'-c:ifative f r
District Three harm Bur-'au mr.ik
r-i
That Girl on Washington Ave-
nue says silence is not always gol-
den. Some times its just plain yel-
low.
Off% ''^t-v'i'f v fvir uv,rc
clccre 1 ns fo^ovv^: Pr^'ulcTU. ! , f!c
W. of S\vencon : Vice Prv-
sident. S. G. Dnboi? of A'-oer r/mt:
and George Hanke. Secretary 1 rei-
nsurer of Aspermont.
D're- !' - fo'- t.h" count'.' for the
corn ng yar elected were: 1 onv
Let/., C. A. Grice, Tlarrv Hetcher,
Zcarl Galloway for the four Com-
missioners Precincts with lorn I'..
Hart (•'"•fed -s (hrector at large for
the county. Delegates elected to at-
tend the State Farm Bureau Con-
vrntion in Sail Antonio Nov. S, 9,
and 10 were Ahm/o Mavfield, Lv-
t'- MeKwen, S. G. Dulxise, Torn
Hart and Bill Kennedy, Miss Ver-
da R-ie Graham, Stonewall County
l'"arm Bureau Queen, who placed
second and runner_up to tlve Dis-
trict 3 Quee.n will also attend the
convention accompanied by Miss
Ma*ine Myers.
Every member is urged to attend
the State Convention if possible and
t hi ire desiring to go should write the
Plaza Hotel, S:m Antonio, Texas
urji ■ -ilia!ely for reservations, and
plan to leave here Sunday Nov. 7
bv 10.00 A.M. to get there in
tune to pet hotel rooms. Six resol-
utions wvre passed by the meeting
to submitted to the resolutions
at Snn Antonio for I-egis
'la'v.e aid. The contents of the res-
olutions ''a- ed were rus follows:
That support prices hr put on a'/ri-
rultura! p:\ndurls r,i 00 prrcent of
t r:'v instead of the proposed slut
ing scale support prices to GO per
crr.t in I!)~0 end for 0ft per went
of parity prices to continue in the
long ran:/.'- farm program: Thai a
fair suppr rt price he set for livestock
'Ilevislatio.ti he effected outlaw-
ing propaganda blaming the farmer
for the hi.:h prices; that State fin-
ancial aid lye granted for the
small schools ivhere needed, in order
that these schools might maintain
their scholastic standing and college
affiliation: that legislation he passed
setting up a rural road program
practical and applicable to all coun-
ties of the state; and that fjinds be
made available for construction of
dam projects on rivers to impound
water for municipal and irrigation
purposes.
Home ec(Yi"<T'ics Do'artment bv
Mrs. Bert Mullen. Home he tea-
cher.
In connect-on efforts are bein
made to interest local women in en-
roling in an adu't course n hone
nursing to be taught after school
hours, bv the nurse. Women inter-
ested should coot-i t school officials
tor further information.
Aspermont f-viunnfc to secure
t.! c services of the Red Cross. Very
few schools have securer! such a pro-
gran?. The service was secured here
through the servees of Mrs. A. R.
Mnncille and Supt. R. W. Johnson.
Supplies are to he furnished by the
Red Cross, along with the services
of the nurse.
Anv adult interested in the ad-
yir,i)uneeir"nt for new telephone
rates at Aspermont was made today
by i'. A. Ro'i-inette, District Man*
ager for the Southwestern Associa-
ted telephone Company.
Greatly increased costs of fur-
nishing telephone service .make it
neci' -ary for the telephone company
| to place -new rates info effect imm_
; cdiatcly. Robinette states that be
h".s met with the city council and
explained the need for new tele—
| phone rate here.
j 1 .he present rates for telephone
! NT.n e - V.- : e e !:.b! i lied prior to
1035. Sinoe that time the telephone
system at Aspermont has grown from
H '• e ' i- • to 219. We are
proud, Robinette said, that in these
I•> >ears we have boon able to pro-
vide more and better telephone ser-
vice without increasing rates. How
ever, the pyramiding effect of high-
er costs of operations - - -vhigher
I wages, taxes, equipment and supplies
- - - ipn';e new rates necessary des-
pite every possible economy that
could be used.
'•! that while .rev-
enues had increased, expenses had
io, reat a much faster rate.
Since 19-10 revenues have increased
I 72 j'.' c " whi'■ • e- p n -es have
Irene i>p 110 percent and that conv
pany set revenue had dropped un-
til today the company is losing a,p-
pro-.-ima'ely $800.00 per year.
The new rates are reasonable and
j are nee- -: \ ! > help «>ay the cost
' of furnisihin telephone service. We
! do riot seek big profits, but arc ask-
ing only for rates that will pro-
vide enough earnings so that wc can
' continue to expand and improve ser-
v'c-:\ it was stated.
For residence telephone users the
new rates will represent an increase
of less than one cent per day for
the individual line service. For bus_
iness users the increase is approx-
imately ?> 1-3 cents per day.
ult course mentioned is urged to
talk if up.
Sa'e Shooting of
Fire Works of Any
Mind Prohibited
There is an ordinance, duly passed by the Council of the City
of Aspermont prohibiting, the sale of any form of fire worb
Within fhe city limits, and also prohibiting the shooting off ftte
works with in the city. Limits, and prescribing penalty far vi-
olation of this ordinance.
In the f'ture all violators of this ordinance will be V"*®"
cutcd to the full extent of the law. ,
THE CITY COUNCIL.
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Richards, Afton E. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1948, newspaper, November 11, 1948; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127266/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.