The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1961 Page: 5 of 8
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TEXAS
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wtu women personnel
to attend institute
ABILENE, TEX., April 17—
M<?re than 150 WTU women
personnel from the 50 county
service area will be in Abilene
on /April 21, to attend the
seventh annual West Texas Utili-
ties women's institute. "Reddy-
ettes in Orbit" will be theme of
the 1861 institute.
This even is attended each
year by women employees of
WTU, employed as secretaries,
stenographers, cashiers, book-
keepers and clerks. Mrs. Milton
Parker from the Aspermont of-
fice will attend.
Mary Jo Craig, secretary to
Vice President J. f. Longley is
general chairman of this year's
meeting.
The morning session will begin
with registration at 8:30 at
&ytie Shores auditorium. Ap-
pearing on the morning program
will be Mary Jo Craig, J. f.
Longley, J. C. Crownover, as-
sistant secretary and assistant
assurer; Paula Roberts of the
ate department, Maxine Rice,
■scretary to Vice President S. B.
.'hillips, and a panel composed'
of ten WTU women with Mary
Ann Ruwwe as moderator. |
Appearing on the program '
during the afternoon session will
be Dan Jones Castles, advertis-
ing manager; Eudora Hawkins.
WTU women's representative; a
cashier panel discussion moder-
ated by Durwood Chalker, and
another panel discussion o n
"Selling . Kilowatt Hours", with
Louis Mohr serving as modera-
tor. Mary Wilkerson, secretary
5 to WTU President Cal Young,
will close the afternoon session
with a few remarks and an-
nouncements.
The evening session will be
held in the ballroom of the
Woolen Hotel. Following the
invocation, greetings will be
brought by Sue Barr, secretary
to Abilene Dist. Mgr. Frank
Hobbs. Following the dinner
and the introduction of guests,
Cal Young will speak to the
group. Entertainment for the
evening will be furnished by
Mary Dean Kincaid, singer; folk
songs by Jerrell Pierce; and
dance numbers by Brenda Jean
Price, Barbara Akmal and
Sandra Cheek.
rep. thurman reports
on state legislature
(Omitted Last Week)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol-
lowing is another in a series
of reports from Rep. Leon
Thurman of Anson concerning
the state% legislature, now in
session at Austin:)
AUSTIN, Tex., April 7.—
Today (April 7) ends the 87th
day of the present Legislature,
and there are 53 days left to
take care of the state's business;
this leaving a maximum of 36
days to work, providing the
Legislature works each Friday.
Therefore, you can readily see
that time is running out.
Yesterday, the Revenue and
Taxation Committee passed out
and recommended pass-age of a
general sales tax bill, which
would levy two per cent on all
items above 25 cents. All items
25 cents and below would be
exempt. This bill did not ex-
empt food, as some other bills
do.
The House passed and sent
to the Senate, House Bill 7,
which is called the "loan shark"
bill. We do not know whether
this bill will do all that is in-
tended, because there are 15
amendments added on the bill
from the floor. When this
many amendments are added
to the bill, sometimes it is
impossible to know what effect
they have on the bill.
We believe that some type
of legislation should be made
to regulate loan sharks and
put some text in the law so they
can be prosecuted for any vio-
lation. Most of the members
of the House felt this way;
therefore, this bill received a
large vote. Probably the Sen-
ate will amend it, and we will
have to vote on it again.
We would like for the people
of the 85th District to let us
know what type of tax that
would be the best suited for
them. We have heard that
r.ome newspapers have run a
poll asking the people if they
favor a general sales tax, a
payroll tax, an income tax or
a selective service tax, and all
of these show the consensus
of the people to favor a general
sales tax over the other types.
We will try to be governed by
the wishes of the people of the
85th District.
ASPERMONT P.-T.A. HAS
REGULAR MEETING
(Omitted Last Week)
The Aspermont Parent-
Teacher Association met for its
regular session on Monday,
March 27th, in the high school
auditorium. Mrs. R. L. Huff-
man gave the invocation.
First grade students of Mrs.
Frances Davis gave a demon-
stration on reading. Students
participating were Mike Hinze,
Buddy Browne, Jeff Yarbor-
ough, Tim Ward, Charles Norris,
James Alsup, Ricky Craft,
Charlie Lieb, Peggy Calhoun,
Kay Foster, Vickie Abernathy,
Kjds just naturally grow up... and they do it fast. The kids the age of the little girl in
our picture will be wanting a home in 1981. We hope she has a home (run by elec-
tricity, of course) in 1981 and that her home life is a happy one. We also hope she has
something else as well—a strong, free nation—where she has a right to get ahead under
her own steam and will always be secure!
Investor-owned companies, like West Texas Utilities
Company, are working hard to see that this little girl's
"wants" come true in 1981. Each year, WTU spends thousands
of dollars and uses thousands of man-hours planning ahead to
be sure we can supply the ever increasing demands for electric
energy. In a private enterprise nation, this is our job! We are
^olog to do t good job few (nir little girl. '
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observe wedding anniversary—Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill
(shown above) celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on
Sunday, March 26th, in the horn e of their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. nnd Mrs. Tom Hill, in Aspermont. The honored couple
reside near Swenson.—(Engraving courtesy Abilene Reporter-
News).
Carla Sue Lambert, Linda Kay
Lacy, Dianne Tinney, Sherry
Reese, Mary Lopez, Sandra
Parker and Bessie Cochran.
Mrs. Jo Metcalf assisted
Mrs. Thelma Smith, presi-
dent of the P.-T.A., presented
Aspermont School Supt. R. L.
Huffman with a set of flags for
the high school auditorium. The
set included the United States,
Texas and "Hornet" flags. Mr.
Huffman gave an acceptance
speech. The audience joined
in the singing of "The Star-
Spangled Banner" and the
alma mater.
Refreshments were served in
the homemaking cottage by
Mrs. Bob Rutherford and Mrs.
James R. Rickman to approxi-
mately 45 persons.
Rooms winning the $2.00
prize were those of Mrs. Dorothy
McMeans, Mrs. Mae Payne and
Truman Sherrod. Mrs. Frances
Davis' room won the $3.00
prize—that of .having the most
parents attending.
.) •
WTU fOMPANV HOI,l)S
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
(Omitted Last Week)
At the annual meeting of
stockholders of West Texas
Utilities Company, held in Abi-
lene. March 28. all members of
the board of directors were re-
elected. and J- C. Hunter, Jr.
of Abilene was elected a new
members of the board.
The 1961 board is composed
of M. D. Bryant of San Angelo,
Price Campbell. Dan A. Galla-
gher, T. V. Grayson, Arthur S.
Harker, E. L. Harwell, J. C.
Hunter, Jr., J. F. Longley, W. G.
Swenson and C. L. Young, all
of Abilene.
The board of directors elected
the following officers: C. L.
Young, president: J. F. Longly,
vice president: S. B. Phillips.
Jr.. vice president; R. W.
Hardy, vice president and as-
vet's News-
questions and answers
Q.—I am a World War II
veteran and believe I may be
eligible for a pension. What is
distant treasurer; R. E. Kennedy,
Vice President; Arthur S. Hark-
er, Secretary and Treasurer; J.C.
Crownover Assistant Treasurer;
O. H. Cannon, Assistant Secre-
tary; Dan A. Gallagher, Comp-
troller of Accounting: and R. M.
Wolfe, Auditor.
votes in special senate
election are canvassed
(Omitted Last Week)
On Monday of this week, the
county commissioners' court
canvassed the votes from the
special senatorial election, held
on Tuesday, April 4th.
The following final tabula-
tion for Stonewall County was
released:
Will Wilson
Albert Roy Smith
Wm. A. (Bill) Blakley
Arthur Glover
Maury Maverick, Jr.
Henry B. Gonzalez 3
■TIM WRIGHT 125
W. L. Burlison 1
John G. Tower 40
George A. Davisson 8
John Alden, the husband of
Priscilla Mullens, outlived ail
other male passengers of the
Mayflower.
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■Bill
RECENT BRIDE—Pictured above is Mrs. Charles Marvin Bryant,
who, before her marriage recently, was Miss Scarlett Jo Kidd,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Kidd of Jayton. Mr. Bry-
ant's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank M Bryant of Mart, Texas.
(Engraving courtesy Abilene Reporter-News).
considered income for determin-
ing this eligibility?
A.—Income is all the money
you receive during the year. It
includes w?"es, salaries, divi-
dends, interest, profits, annui-
ties, pensions, Social Security
payments: in fact, everything
that is not specifically excepted
in the following seven items:
(1) Compensation or pension
payments from Ithe VA. (2) Do-
nations by or from public or
private relief or welfare sources.
(3) Government life insurance
payments and payments of ser-
vicemen's indemnity. (4) Social
Security lump sum death pay-
ments. (5) Armed Forces pay-
ments of the 6-month death
gratuity. (6) Proceeds of fire in-
surance policies. (7) Payments
from public or private retire-
ment, annuity or endowment
:fnn- equal to the amount con-
I- .buted tr> the plan by the in-
dividual now receiving the pay-
ments •
O. I am the widow of a
Id War 11 veteran who had
ox mon'h-; of oversea" ,;,er\
Will I get a Den.•••inn under the
new pension law th.V went in-
t i effect last July 1?
-T< -iopwJrR —
Cn ir
:ni may
eligible? tor a pension, but
you will not receive one unless
• -H apply for it. Contact the
nearest VA office. The con-
tact representative will help
you make out your applica-
tion.
Q.—Can I apply to the Vet-
erans Administration .t o r a-
headstone for my husband's
grave? He was a World War
II veteran.
A'"/ es. Headstones are
available for eligible deceased
veterans of World War II. Al-
though applications must go
to the Quartermaster General
of the Army, any VA office will
provide information and other
assistance in filing the applica-
tion.
Q.—Which VA domiciliates
have accommodations for women
veterans to live there as mem-
bers?
A.—The domiciliaries are at
Bay Pines, Fla.; Dayton, Ohio;
Los Angeles, Calif.; and Mar-
tinsburg. W. Va.
o —W!iv are some veterans'
"children" receiving pension
• von though they are elderly
persons?
A.—Pes' ions to veterans'
children usually stop at age 18
or 21 if attending school or
when the child marries. In
the case of children who be-
come mentally or physically
unable to provide for them-
selves before they reach age
10. and. who remain single, the
pension is can-tin ud as long as
this condition lasts.
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1961, newspaper, April 20, 1961; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127631/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.