The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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The Solemn Old Judge says thai
the best time to hang on is when .
you reach the point where the av- j
erage person would fall off.
V
A-' X -
M- P. Lott was telling us the
other day about a big wolf hunt he
went to- It was held in a 50 acre
circular inclosure- The men stood in
the middle and watched the race on
the outter circle- It was fine for
awhije but some one left the gate
open and all the dogs got out-
Volume 53 -- Number 32
Aspermont Texas, Fridayi May 121 1950
S- D. Smith- local minister had
a very strange experience- He got
married and performed his first
marriage ceremony on the same
day- So naturally he was very ner-
vous- It is said that when he mar-
ried the first couple he mumbled
the vows in a barely audible voice
and about all could be heard was
his closing- admonition: I pronounce
you man and wife go and sin no
more-
Wiley Wildcat Well Flows Oil
Note to Editor Wade at Javton:
If you had been in Aspermont on
Wednesday night you could have
heard the Bull Frog chorus!
There is only one topic of con-
versation iti Aspermont this week
and it is not the fine rain we receiv
ed - but OIL-
The Wvlie Well in the north east
part of the county shows prospects
of really being a hum dinger flow-
ing about 50 barrels per hour on
the drill stem test- We don't know
anything about oil but they tell us
that is prospects for a good well-
After word got out about the well
things really broke loose here. The
telephones began to ring off the
walls- the streets and offices of
the town were full of big business
executive looking people- and two
men out of three going down the
street had a map under his arm-
FINE RAINS
FALL HERE
THIS WEEK
Stonewall County has been soak-
ed by fine rains the past week- with
some hail mixed in with it-
Tuesday night a 3 inch rain ac-
companied by hail was reported in
the Oriana community and also
rains north of town-
Wednesday and night there was
rain all over the county- Here in
town about 2 1-4 inches-
Peacock about 3 inches-
Swenson I! 1-2 inches and the
Johnson chapel community about
that much- North of town 3.90 in-
ches has been reported while in
parts of the Old Glory community
as much as 5 inches lias been re
ported- Good rains all over the
county-
Next week we will probably hear
people wishing it would stop ram
ing.
Enormous prices were offered
for leases and royalties- and in
some instances taken up -- and in
other instances even more enor-
mous prices were asked-
There has been more activity j
here in town the past three days j
than we have ever seen- But what
do we care? Aspermont is now an i
OIL TOWN and we will just j
have to get used to such things- j
Commissioner Evin Gholston says ]
he is proud of the new oil well fori
two reasons- One it is near his pro-:
perty and two it. is in his precinct- ;
SCHOOL
TO CLOSE
NEXT WEEK
Another school term comes to an
end next week with the last of the
class work on Thursday- Examin
ations have been arranged in high
school with all tests coming in the
afternoon and re view sessions in
the morning class periods-
School wil] dismiss at 3:35 on
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
and after the elementary graduation
exercises—about 2:30 Thursday- The
teachers will spend Friday recor -
ding grades- counting books and
completing the term in general-
TEMPERATURE
Bv W- E- I'-YEATT
Was there ever a time when
prospects wore more promising for
Aspermont and Stonewall County
than right now?
The fine spring rains have the .
■earth in wonderful condition to
make good crops this summer-
The city lake has plenty of wa- j
ter to insure good water supply
this year-
AND . . with several millions
of dollars of outside money already
spent here for oil. the prospects .
are that we are just beginning to
see what oil can really do for our
county-
What Aspermont really needs is'
some one or group to build a large |
number of rent houses to help meet i
the acute housing shortage- There j
is a great influx of population here
right now and no place for them
to live- This week if they had been
available the Star could have
directed a large number of custo-
mers for furnished places- Daily
we have callers inquiring about a
place to stay- People trying to lo-
cate here make house to house
canvasses begging people to move
over and rent them part of their
house-
Even at the present cost of pro-
duction you couldn't go w.'ong in-
vesting any available money in
rent houses- - That is our opin-
ion Of course we don I have the
available monev People who do
have it might think differently-
There are peoph who have cm
ploy merit in our town that need
to move here hut e:in f ad no place
to stay -- this hurts them and it
hurts the town
Another thing we need badlv is
better telephone service The four
lines out of here that the telephone
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ATTEND CHURCH
MOTHERS DAY
Sunday is Mother's Day. A num-
ber of the local ministers have re-
quested the Star to urge a large
attendance on that day
"How could a family better ob-
serves the day" states the Rev.
Marvin Menefee pastor of the Me-
thodist Church "than to all go to ,
the church of their choice in a ,
family unit?"
So please your mother Sunday j
by going to church with her-
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Rister of
Abilene and Elizabeth Gardner
spent last week end with Mr and
Mrs A Gardner-
Darwin Metcalf of Tech was at
home over the week end
Mrs Mark Luttra|l attended to
business in Hamlin Friday-
officials thought would be suffi-
cient when the new system was
installed last fall have proved to
be very inadequate-
That Girl on Washington Avenue
says that liars not only disagree
with those who tell the truth but
very often fall out and quarrel
among them selves-
Lions Club
Elects Officers
Paul Marion of the Spur Experi-
mental Station was guest speaker
at the Tuesday noon session of the
Aspermont l.ions Club He was in-
troduced by Chester Walker the
program chairman
He gave a very interesting talk
on experiments made an the sta-
tion with beef cattle-
New officers for the club w're
elected including Harold S Ken-
ady as President and Jack Rails-
back Secretary jTreasurer-
The new staff of officers will
be inaugurated following the dist-
rict Convention-
Another ladies night will be
held at that time-
Style Show At
School Tonight
The Style Show sponsored by
Mrs Bert Mullen and the Home
Making class scheduled to have
been shown Thursday night has
been postponed until tonmhl Fri-
day on account of the rain-
They have a very good show-
lined out to be given at th" school
and there will be no admission
charge- All are welcome Mrs-
Mullen said-
Mrs Leonard Graham has rctur-
ited her mother Mrs Morrow and
ned from Amarjllo where she vis-
sisters Mrs Dot Avery and Mrs
Kennedy- Ann Kennedy returned
home with her-
WELL FLOWS 50 BARRELS PER
HOUR ON DRILL STEM TEST
Flowing production from the
Bend section of the lower Penn-
sylvanian was developed Tuesday
on a drillstem test from 5,995 to
60 5 feet in the C- L- Norsworthy
Jr- et al Dallas No- I C D Wiley
Section 44- Block G Alice Steph-
enson survey north eastern Stone-
wall County wildcat 12 miles north j
east of Aspermont-
Open ifl minutes- gas was at the
surface in four minutes and mud
in 13 minutes- with the wildcat
flowing a 2 inch stream of oil in i
22 minutes During the next 35
mipiitw it flowed at the estimate i
rate of 50 barrels of 46 gravity oil
hoioiy throui'.h five-eighths inch
ho' io:o hole choke-
recovery was 750 feet of oil j
Flowing procure \v:-s 1-425 nriunds !
"oid sho1 in botto-nhok- pressure:
2 525 pound-, in 15 minutes
Operators were running seven1
of'h e;is na to test and complete !
The wildcat topped the Caddo'
at 5.935 feet minus datum point of:
4-340 f■ .•' and entered the conglom-
erate al 5.993 feet minus datum of I
4.353 feet
P N- Wiggins Jr- and N-irv.vorthy I
No- 1 W E Green section 99 Block \
F H and T C survev !4 miles north j
of Aspermont was drilling below
0-556 feet in Hickory sand- The
Ellenberger had been tupped at (>■-
332 feet minus datum point of 4---
657 feet-
Seaboard Oil Company No- 1 W-
1. Martin section 4 Block U T and
P survey southwestern Stonewail
wildcat was coming out with core
of an unidentified sand from 5-464
to 5-47fi feet- Two hour drill stem
test from 5-401 to 5-417 feet had
recovered 130 feet of heavily oil
and gas-cut mud and one gallon
of free oil-
Quarter mile north of the Fish-
er County line in south east Stone-
wall S B Roberts of Abilene will
drill a 5.000 foot wildcat as his first
No 1 Fay Young Morton- 330 feet
from south and east lines of Sec
Hon 22 Austin and Williams survev
No- 349 Drillsite is 2 1-2 miles
north of the Roundtop pool of Fish
or and 5 1-2 miles north west of
Hamlin-
Sun Oil Company No, 1 Beulah
Branch section 339 Block 2 H and
TC survey 6-000 foot wildcat in SW
Stonewall was drilling below 4-755
feet in hard sand and shale-
Last Rites For
L. S. Jasper Held .
Here Sunday
Lawrence Spencer Jasper. 57-
passed away at his home south of
Aspermont at 9 p in Friday May 5
after several years of ill health and
physical suffering-
Last rites were held Sunday af-
ternoon at the First Baptist Church
with the pastor the Rev S D
Smith officiating- Interment was in
the Aspermont Cemetery with the
Springer Funeral Home in charge
of the arrangements-
He was born in Collin County in
1893- While still a boy he moved to
Abilene with his parents' and lived
there until coming to this county
in 1927-
He was married to Miss Belle
Reed on July 11. 39,12. One son
Paul preceded him in death in 1947
the other surviving children are:
Frank of Houston. Mrs Ethel Marie
Ferrell of Houston- Mrs Evelyn
Hogue of Ventura. Calif- and Miss
Pansy Jo Jasper of Camarillo- Can-
He is also survived by his wife.
3 brothers 2 sisters and 5 grand
children-
Mrs Rosa Rash of Seminole is
visiting her daughter Mrs -Jordan
Hart-
Mrs Roy Riddel 'of Lubbock and
Mrs R L Springer of Kotan were
Asoer'mont visitors Saturci tv-
Mr and Mrs Henry Deickmeier
attended the funeral of her aunt
Mrs Hamilton at Rule Saturday-
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW'
I'ommy l/mmi-i
jonrs: Kti
sun
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Charles McDowell son of Mr
and Mrs Leonard McDowell spent
the week end at home- He is em-
ployed with the Highway Depart-
ment at Seminole.
Peacock Revival
Closes Sunday
The Revival meeting is in pro-
gress at the Peacock Methodist
Church- The pastor the Rev Mar-
vin Menefee states there will be
services Friday and Saturday-
nights at 3 p. m. and the closing
service at 9:45 Sunday morning-
Everyone is invited to attend-
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BACCALAU REATE
First Baptist Church
May 14- 1950- 8:00 P- M
Processional Jo Ann Wright
Invocation Rev Marvin Menefee Pastor First Methodist Church
Song "Onward Christian Soldiers" No 46 Audience
Piano Solo "Danny Bov" Sotiya McAfee
Sermon Rev S D- Smith- Pastor First Baptist Church
Solo "Hold Thou My Hand"
Benedict ion
Recessional
Frances McDowell I'SIIICRS
Dalva Johnson
ill
Anna Hall
Aubrr-v M"Auloy
Jo Ann Wright
Billy Wayne McMeanx
Bradley Hulsey
COMMENCEMENT
Asoermont High School
I'hursday F.venirui Mav IH- 1950 7.45 P M-
Hieh Schoo lAuditonum
second Row
•Mrs Kenneth ii
mas Warn." , Abbott Mr: Thomas Abbott-
Tl vd row: Jimmie Kern West - Mrs Lo.vd Wi
II C T.oberson; Garrett Smith - Mrs S- D. Smith:
cterson - Mrs- Leon Anderson
m J
1 lioll, I
Aiu'.v
-I.. Ann Wright
Ri v Marv\"i Menefee
Ann McAuley
Anna Hal!
.1 M Hickman I1T
Senior Class
Richard Moore
Maude Ella Boyles
('•"■ne'e. Gallowav
Maud FII-1 Boyles
Soma McAfee- Fave Smith. Ida Baldwin-
Peggy Chiltlress and Cornelia Galloway
Ann McAulev. Accompanist
i'rn«-r..-,!-on or &w;.rds Sunt R. W. Johnson
Pre. em -tion of C|as for Diplomas Principal John S- Withelm
t-.s'-.-I Change Mrs John P- Ward
"«ned'"l.>on Rev- S D. Smith,
"•n A idorson I'SHKRS Tom Tavlor Marr
Afton Frazier Calvin Lawrence
1 h'l icessiona:
I m-nca 1 ion
Salutatory
So|o "Look for the Silver Lining"
Class ll'Sl, rv
S,ini! "Tlx Friendship Song"
Class Will
Ola s Poem "Prieolcs' the Heritage"
"-'alediclre-v
Special Music "End of a Perfor) Da-
D G hols
ope;:. Mrs
Dorothy
i Lopez
• Mrs Jh (" Kr >
LEFT TO RIGHT Child's name and Mother
Top row: John Dave Gholsor Mrs J
Sue i<oberso:i - Mrs Carl Koberson: Oscar 1
and Pete Roa Jr. Mo- Pete lloa
Second row: James P-><< lass- Kinn'iv
cry: Tommy and G|en Ellison Mrs Miles Ellison; James Ronald
Gardner Mrs Jimmit- Gardner: and Gary and Terry Ellison - Mrs
D- W Ellison
PRIZES: l*t Tommy Latimer *>«d Jones
3rd Russell Howe 3rd Myra Ella Ellison
BACCALAUREATE
Peacock Baptist Church
May 14- 1950: 11:00 A M
Process'-onnl 1^'is*: Winn!" Veager
,*n vocation Rev; L. R Myers
Song "Give of Your Best to the Master" .. Melva North
Introduction of Speaker Rev- W- T North
Message Rev- C. S. Cox
Benediction • Rev- A C Wiebe
Recessional Miss Winnie Yeager
COMMENCEMENT
Peacock High School
May 15- 1950. 8:30 P. M
Processional Miss Winnie Yeager
Invocation Rev- A- C- Wlelw
Salutatory Address Melva North
< i.iss Prophecy Kenneth Kinf
Will Anna Rash
•Song , Melva North
Introduction of Speaker Supt. W- C-
Speaker ...... John H-
Valedictory Address Ethel
Presentation of Diplomas Tom
Presentation of Awards W- C
Benediction . Rev- L. R-
Recessional Misa
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Richards, Afton E. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1950, newspaper, May 12, 1950; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127347/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.