The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955 Page: 1 of 1
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The Friendliest City in the Friendliest State
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ASPERMONT STONEWALL COUNTY. TEXAS, THUBSDAT, FEBRUARY 3. 1955
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tty YE-HOOLH
From what we can learn,
Thursday, March 24th will'"- be
a history-making day in Asper-
mont.
<>—o
This is the date set for stag-
tg the gigantic celebration to
amwiemorate the observance of
lie completion of the eight-inch
irater pipeline from Rule to
Aspermont, bringing permanent
water to our fair city.
o—o
You'll be hearing more about
this gala affair as plans are per-
fected.
An old-fashioned "open house"
t. by Aspermontians will be held
I, on that date, and invitation is
being extended to folks not
only from surrounding cities and
towns, and over the entire state,
Sf but to folks from every section
of the nation to be present.
o--o
A day-long celebration will
be staged, and much enthusiasm
is being manifest by the mem-
bers of all committees in charge
of planning the day's program.
O—'~"*0
The Aspermont Lions Club
has recently reorganized, and is
•holding its meetings each Tues-
day noon in the banquet room
of Hotel Stonewall.
o—o
. This organization deserves and
£; >'needs the support of every indi-
* vidunl in Aspermont, and the
ehrt) extends an invitation to
business and professional, men
from every section of the
county.
o —o
Not a week passes but that
people come to town and ask
to contact the lions Club, cham-
ber of comme'rce, or some or-
ganization composed of business
men.
o -o
The importance of our Lions
Club as a media for exchanging
ideas and carrying on worth-
while projects cannot be meas-
ured in dollars and cents.
0—o
Every business man should
make a special effort to be
present next Tuesday noon, and
to become a member.
o—o
Every service organization
needs a 100 per cent backing
of the townspeople (and county
people) to do the most good.
o—o
A concerted effort will go
fori<h to enlist new members,
!§ai/d if you are approached, dbn't
|urn hands down without giv-
ig it careful consideration.
o—n
YOU NEED THE LIONS CLUB
IT NEEDS YOU!
o—o
The Kachina Club is desirous
of collecting as many dimes and
dollars as they can for the 1955
March of Dimes fund drive,
and are climaxing the drive
with an evening of entertain-
ment Saturday night at the
high school gymnasium.
o—o
We understand that the Ka-
china Clubbers will tangle with
ladies of the Phoenix Club in
a volleyball game.
o—o
This, in itself, should be more
than worth the price of admis-
sion,
o—o
Then, on top of that, there
is to be a basketball game be-
tween two "indepedent" teams.
O1" o
So make your plans now to
attend And enjov a fun-filled
evening, while helping to fight
infantile paralysis.
r - o
Bottles, did you real mean to
sue old Yee-Hoodi?
How could* you treat "the old
t, man" thusly?
"<' , o --o
Squire, that was a nob'" deed
vou performed in removing that
broken soda wn'rf bottle from
the street and saving some poor
^motorist from Ca flat tire.
Abyssinia.
Mrs. .lack Douglass, president
of the Kachina Club who are
sponsoring the Stonewall Coun-
ty 1955 March of Dimes, an-
nounces that the drive will run
through Saturday. February 5th.
On Saturday night at the high
school gymnasium, two ball
games will be unreeled, with
ticket sales proceeds to be given
to the March of Dimes. This
event, to begin at 7:30, is being
sponsored by the Kachina Club.
In the first game, ladies of t.'ne
Phoenix Club will play the la-
dies of the Kachina Club in a
game of volley ball." The second
game of the evening finds As-
permont "Independents" play-
ing Aspermont "Oustiders" in a
basketball game.
The Kacnlna Club reports a
total of $634.84 has been contri-
buted thus far to the March of
Dimes. Of this amount. $164.00
has been donated by business
and professional men.
A breakdown of funds re-
ceived is as follows:
Sub-Deb Club $63.00
W.S.C.S. "42" Party 7.50
Aspermont Elementary
School ..* 48.48
American Legion
Dance 35.21
Mothers' March 128.15
M-G-M Club
(Johnson Chapel) 4.50
Kachina Club coffecs
and parties 90.50
Mailing Cards 43.50
Business Men 164.00
the Phoenix Club will give a
"42" party in the high school
study, with proceeds going to
tho March of Dimes. Time for
the party is 7:30 p.m.
FEB. 15 DEADLINE
ON DROUTH FEED
Mr. Eason, office manager
for the local ACS office, has
received information to the ef-
fect that February 15, 1955 is
the last date for making applica-
tions for drouth emergency feed.
Mr. Eason states that if fann-
ers and ranchers file by that
date, and are eligible, they will
receive purchase orders for a
60-day supply, which will run
them through April loth of this
year.
It was further stated that a
period of 120 days will be al-
lowed from date of issuance to
cash in the purchase orders.
FOOD SALE SATURDAY
Members of the WS.C.S. of
the Aspermont First Methodist
Church are sponsoring a food
sale on Saturday, February 5th
at Bryant - Link Department
Store. Cake aihd pies will be
sold. and proceeds will be used
f«r the society's projects.
TOTAL $634.84
On Thursday, February 10th,
Experience always provides
the raw material for a lot of
unnecessary conversation.
Atreno church Sunday.
CONTRIBUTORS TO ANNUAL STOCK
SHOW. HELD JANUARY 22, LISTED
Below is the listed the names
and amounts contributed to the
staging of the annual Stonewall
County livestock show, held on
Saturday, January 22.
Jack Chambless $10.00
J. Darvol Driver 5.00
J. B. Pumphrev and Son 15.00
N. E. Springer 7.50
Stamford Pro d u c t i o n
Credit Assn. 10.00
■J. M. Hickman. Jr. 5.00
W. W. Frazier 5.00
Norris Barber Shop 5.00
r. W. Frazier ' 10.00
T. J. Kennedy 5.00
Jack Alvis 5.00
Kimbell Mills 25.00
Doug's Cafe 10.00
L. R. Moyers 10.00
Farmers Produce 5.00
F. B. Moore Grain Co. 25.00
J. H. Linsley 15.00
A. L. Lawrence 10.00
Recreation Hall 5.00
J. Ft. Ray 5.00
Fleming Equipment Co 5.00
Car! Hunt 10.00
E. W. Simpson 10.00
A. H Sawyer 5.00
J. T. Johnson 3.00
Simpson Bros. , 7.50
CarVton Prince 2.03
A 15 Cox 1.00
John Duncan 2.00
K"!V.'.dy Drug 20 baler, hay
Alton ' Parker 100
.Jim Graves 2 00
A. G Parker 2 00
L. 1 lingers 2.00
I) Moorehend 5.00
H II Hamilton 1.00
W. A. Morgan 1.00
Car! Brister 1.00
C K Hoi Soman 5.00
!. D. Bill berry 1.00
Oil K: n -i 1.00
W. C Robeson 5 00
Travis Morgan 2.00
J. J. Kidd 1.00
J. D. Parker 2.00
John McNutt 2.50
W II. McKenzie 1.00
T. J. Rash 1.00
■J. D. Patterson 25.00
R. F. Clack 2.50
Ree Oriek 1.00
Pat House 1 00
J. T Collom ! 00
Car1 Diekerson 1.00
Kvie Hubbard 1.00
C. W. Owen 2.50
W. M. Bristol- .50
11 F. Metcalf 1.00
Robert Kennedy 4.00
Tom Matthews 5.00
E. B. Nichols 5.00
B. Smith 5.00
Zea.rl Galloway 2.50
I.. M. Reese 5.00
T. E. Beit 5.00
E. V. Smith 1.00
L. II. Yarborough 1.00
Leon Anderson 5.00
R. B. Spencer & Co. 5.00
L. A. Foster 3.00
Sid Dubose 1.00
Walter B. Hills 2.50
Dero Galloway 2 50
G eo r g e B r a d s h a w 2.00
V. B. Billiard 5.00
W \V. Frazier 5.00
Consolidated Abstract Co 10.00
Oscar Peacock 5.00
Tom Hart 5.00
U. A. Cumbie 5.00
A 11. Harnett 1.00
C Viert.-I 5.00
K Galloway 5 00
I D G hoist on 3.00
Farm Bureau 30.00
Sam Baugh
Mid-West Coop Oil Mill 25.00
Mason Bros. Chevrolet
Company 10.00
Flowers Ranch 10.00
See DONORS on page fi
DRILLSTEM TEST
FEET ON FRANK
Stonewall County oil activity
was highlighted this week by
the completion of three field
producers.
Five miles .southeast of As-
permont, a Flowers West 'Can-
yon Sand) Field wt-il was
gauged. It is Continental Oil
Company No. 5 W. /. Ruther-
ford.
Located in Section 56, Block
D of the H&TC Survey, No. 5
Rutherford had a daily potential
of 747 barrels of 41 gravity oil,
flowing through a One-half-inch
choke with 195 pounds of tubing
pressure. Production is from
perforations at 4227-33 and
4256-66 feet. Casing is set at
4439 feet, one foot off bottom.
Seven miles southeast of As-
permont in the Flowers (Canyon
Sand) Field, Skelly 0;i Company
staked location for the No. 79
A. S. Brinkley
Having a proposed depth of
4500 feet with rotary, it spots
1320 feet from the south and 467
feet from the east lines of Sec-
tion 17, Block D of the H&TC
Survey,
No. 3 Antilley Finaled
Corsica West (Bend Conglom-
erate) Field, one and one-fourth
miles southwest of Old Glory,
has gained a new well. The
oiler is Stanolind Oil & Gas Com-
nanv No. 3 Frank Antilley. lo-
oated in Section 2, Block 9, of
the AB&M Survey.
Daily potential was 301.70 bar-
rels of 40.6 gravity oil. flowing
through a 16-64ths-inch choke
with 150 pounds of casing pres-
sure and 500 pounds of tubing
pressure. Production is from
76 perforations at 6004-57 feet,
treated with 20 000 gallons of
acid. Having a pas-oil ratio of
583-1, the well is bottomed at
6073 feet.
In that snnie f'jld Stanolind
Oil & Gas Com.*:anv No. 4 Frank
Antilley was spotted. Site for
•he proposed 6300-foot rotary
*rv is 660 feet from the south and
'980 feet from the cast lines of
S et ion 2, B'ock 9 of the AB&M
Survey.
Well Re-Completed
A well was dr "Wied and re-
'•omnloted in th" Kiowa Peak
(Caddo) Fie'd m northeastern
S'onewall County It is General
\metric,ap Oil Cohmv'pv of T">:as
\o I School I and Cordova in
S.-tmn 1 of th' BBB&C Sur-
v i • v
The oiler <v ••• ' ■' nn'lv corn. •
•I'eted hv Pi "i Peek Oil Cor-
poration in .Tanuarv. 1951 Or:
■'n-'l comn'etion wns from per
'•'ration-? at 5185 ,",9 f. •! in the
Stravvn.
Latest complet'on is from 58
perforations at 5726-34 feet in
'lie Caddo , j( gauged
'26.25 barrel? "f 40 2 gravity oil
or day on a nurnn. The well
was treated with 1000 gallons
if acid.
Operator at '"st report was
installing oirnninir equipment
'it Rhodes Dri"inCom.panv, et
•1. of Abilen No. I W H.
Woo'dridr \ in S-'etjon 2 of the
nnn&C Siirvv It is complet-
ing as th" th'rd well ni the
v.,-( f;i .- v Field, even
mi'os nortt>"' ' r,t Old Glorv It
one-half ri-V northwest of
■ --voduet ;o"
No t Wooldr d r norfor-
•! ;it 5ft"-I an '■ ' !•-, Bend
('r,n ra'-- i '-i - ■ t at
-,- r, • m e ■ i r'~ '"ot'torii
New r-oi-'-i 1 ' nv
j;
* 111 v* N<
DAY-LONG PROGRAM TO OPEN
WITH PARADE; QUEENS TO REIGN
Water Festival to Be Held March 24th
Five Field Producers
$634T0LLECTED IN
POLIO FUND DRIVE
'i,
(. .001 •
5 /- i; h""'
•' ••«>. of 5000
I r with -e"!'- ; 6{'.a
' rt from i-erH end west
lines of Sectio"! r; in the RRR&C
No. 5 K T'-v-s Staked
Skellv O'.l Com — nv - Inked
location for No 5-K Texas in
TAKEN AT 3100
POORE NO. 1
the Old Glory Field, seven and
one-ha'f miles north of Old
Glory.
Drillsite is 770 feet "Uth and
151 feet east of the southwest
corner of J. B. Jones Survey, but
in Section 18 of Block G, Pro-
posed depth is 6100 f'-'t with
rotary.
Completion attempt was un-
derway at Rowan & Hope of
San Antonio No 1 Ed Harm, et
al. in Section ,182. B'ock D of
the H&TC Survev It looms as
a one-half mile northwest exten-
sion to the New Bertha (Bend
Conglomerate) Field, 13 miles
northwest of Aspermont
Flowing oil was encountered
during drillstem tests from
6278-87 and 6287-92 feet in the
Bend Conglomerate
Operator was drilling below
5020 feet Monday at Anderson
& Word, et al, of Abilene No^ )
Frank Poore. in Section 176
Block D, H&TC Survey Lo-
cated nine miles north of Asper-
mont, the wildcat has a proposed
depth of 6750 feet with rotary
Only one drills' .-m test has
been taken at last report, it
being from 3183 to 320.1 feet
The test recovered 60 feet o'
heavily oil and gas-cut mud, 895
feet of free oi\ 155 feet >•
brackish water, and 00 feet t
salt water.
MOORE TAKES
INSURANCE POST
Thomas A. Moore of Asper-
mont has been appointed a rep
rescntativc lor Southwestern
Life Insurance Company in As-
permont and vicinity, accoiding
to a:i announcement made this
week by II L. Skinner, of Abi-
lene. territorial manager.
A resident of Aspermont for
the past nine years, Mr. Moore
was school superintendent of
Stonewall County for eight
years He ho'ds a bachelor of
•u-ts degn and a master- de-
gree in education.
A fnniv-! f -'orl-.-',roach-, ite ;--
•, ut the Frst Bant is'
Church at Aspermont and an
(iffieer •. tile Sunday -eheo; and
• raining.
Mr nr..! Mr- Moor • bav threi
diiimhter- .lam ee. Judy. an.'
Julie
(ujKANKRS CI.ASS TO
SPONSOR BAKU SALE
The Gleaners Sunday sehoot
el as- .f the First Baptist Church
is sponsoring a b.ake sale on
Saturday. February 5th at. Don's
Style Shop in Asnermont
Proceeds from the sale wrlr
be used toward helping financ-
the wiring of the new Baptist
Church.
All ladies of the First Baptist
Church are welcomed to help in
baking a cake or pie. Please
contact Mrs M C Myers
CORRECTION
The name of Mas m Bros
Chevrolet Company wns in-
"dvertentK omitt( d from the
lis' of donors of the plaque
n-e-entrd at the r ee.nt P'T
squad-football banuuei Snoeia'
'hank' are dn G O Ma- on.
together With the ether donors
i this' lovely gift t : the
memlv-r•• of the football ,:qtiad
and to the school a-- a w'role.
Some man are real sure they
are right until the time comes to
Vick their opinion with real
noney.
A man doesn't, need bank ref-
rrcnces to borrow trouble
At a meeting held last Thurs-
day evening at the American
Legion Hall, the date of Thurs-
day, March 24 was set for the
staging of the Aspermont Water
Festival.
To those not familiar with the'
above-named celebration, t he-
Festival is to be staged in con
neotion with the 'completion of
the $390,000 eight-inch water-
pipeline, which is now in its
final stages of construction. This
line, being constructed by the
G. E, Hodgson Company of Lu'b-
b'ock, will traverse a distance of
some 16 or 18 miles, and begins
at a point just north of the city
of Rule in Haskell County
N. E. Springer, representing
•he Water DiCrie*; Tom Hill,
representing the City Council;
and County Judge B. A Cumbie,
representing SVdnewan County,
form the steering eornrr.ltin
banning the celebration
Springer states that two more
business and professional men
'iav • contributed to the fund
or staging the personality con-
test, a part of the festival pro-
tram. H. G. Flowers and Cecil
Norris swell the number of do-
lors to 76. making a total thus
ar of $760.00 in that fund.
The Festival will be staged on
:he square on the south side of
he courthouse, and one street
;s to be blocked, off. v;e are in-
formed. A Fort Worth catering
'irm will b( ir~. eharge of prepar-
n« and serving the barbecue
The day'-; activity will get
jpdorwa;. at 10 o'clock in the
norning w ,rti a parade through
he busiin ■ ■ district. Warren
•\V Frai'ier .- the parade chair-
man, and those wishing to enter
this ievent ar>' 'risked to contact
him at an early date.
At 11 a.m.. the personality
contest is to be staged. During
tin time, a senior queen and a
junior queen of the festival will
be named. Mrs. A'lie Foster is
chairman of 'he personality con-
test committee, and her assist-
ants are Mrs. Joe Mullis, Mrs
Jack Don'.'in '■ Mrs Pet • Black-
shear, M" J K Veiur-v. Mrs.
N E Sp'r neet and Miss Jo Bul-
loch
Hide; fo> the pcrsnna'itv con-
test call for young ladies in the
junior division to be between the
ages of 12 to 15 years, and the
senior division ages are from 15
to 19 years. No young lady who
has not attained the age of 12
will be eligible to enter, it was
learned. Mrs. Foster asks that
those firms and business men
planning to sponsor an entry in
the personality contest, to please
turn their name in to her at
once. She has a list of names of
those girls eligible to participle
in the contest, should anyone
desire to name an entry. March
1st is the deadline for entering
this event.
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany has agreed to give Asper-
mont Waler Festival a portion of
time on its -television show,
"Texas ir: Review," and TV
cameramen will be here to take
on-the-scene shots for televising.
Several of the sponsors of TV
nrograms over KRBC-TV, Abi-
lene, have agreed to give time
to advertising the festival, and
several groups of local citizens
will appear on the Abilene TV
station between now and the
day of the celebration.
As plans progress for staging
the celebration, they will be an-
nounced. v E
LOCAL L'ONS CLUB HAS
REGULAR MEETING
The Aspermont Lions Club
held its regular meeting on
Tuesday noon of itfiis week in
the banquet room of Hotel
S'onewall, with Lion President
Oscar Diekerson calling the
meeting to order.
During the business meeting,
it was decided to conduct an all-
out drive for new members. Ed-
die Springer is chairman of the
membership committee. "u t
A temporary method was de-
cided upon for saving for the
meals until cost, of "*«***ving
f-"-h Lion could be worked out.
The club meets each Tuesday
at noon at the hotel, an-d urejes
everv one not now a member
to come arvd join.
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and running water, his Children the school n>us.
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Aro THCiR. PESirtE TO PR.OVIDE FOR. THE FUTURE SECU1UTV
AMD WELL -I5EINQ OF THEIR. FAMILIES.
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955, newspaper, February 3, 1955; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127597/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.