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THE ASPERMONT STAR
Vol. LX7III No. 26
Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, 79502
Thursday February 24, 1966
Price lfe*-
Reading Program
Topic for Parent
Teacher Meeting
Tiic Aspermont Parent Teacher
Awfociat'on will meet Thursday
February 25 at 7:30 p.m. 'Die
meeting will be held in the school
cafeteria.
|i Speaker for the eve i' will be
Mrs. Gary Gardner", teacher in
llie newly organized reading pro-
gram in the schools here. Mrs.
Gardner, a graduate of ACC. \v>.ll
explain 'lie program and how it
is set up to reach the individual
child's needs. She will demon-
strate how the new approaches to
learning in the read'ng program
are used to help the child build
self-confidence for successful
reading.
Also on the program will be the
Hornet Stage Band, undtv the
direction of Mr. Jim Verner.
At the close of the program
there will be a conducted tour of
the class rooms where the reading
program is held.
^ All parents and teachers are
_ urged to attend.
Two New Drilling
Projects in County
Two new drilling projects have'
" been.' announced, for S onewall
County.
Homa Oil,& Gas Co. of Dallas
toked No. 4 Juanita". Windsor in
he 019 Glory, Northwest (Tanne-
hill) Field nine miles northeast
of Aspermont.
|, Having a proposed depth of 2,-
%0 feat with rotary, it spo's 1,-
880 feet from the north and 407
feet from the east lines of Section
31, Block D. Il&TC Survey.
Location is 1,205 feet northwest
of No. 2 Windsor, completed as
the second well in the field.
Other project was staked in the
Mullen Ranch (Ellcnburger) Field
five miles north of Swenson.
It is Stmray DX Oil Co, of Abi-
lene No, 1-C Pat Mitchell.
Sla'cd for G.GOO feet with ro-
tary, it spots 1.080 feel from tho
south and (500 feet from the we '
lines of Section 212. Block I), 115;
TC Survey.
Chnmplin Petroleum Co. of
Abilene se' 4'i.ineh casing at 4,-
235 feet. Hie cleaned out total
depth, at No. 1-A B, B. Snvth.
Location is 10 miles south of Pea-
cock in the new Brownie (Hope
Lime* Field. It is in Section 353,
Block 2, H&TC Survey.
Site is 7-8 mile northeast of
Champlin No. 1 Smith, reentry
complied as the field opener.
A wildcat drilled 16 miles north-
cast of Aspermont was plugged
j r 6,122 feet. The dry hole was
funeral Crude Oil Co. No. 1 Am-
in a Harrell, Section 1, Block F,
Ii H&TC Survey.
/3 Inches Snow Mon.;
Low of 18 Tuesday
Mondays snowfall measured
three inches with .20 inches of
moisture measured. Tuesday mor-
nings low was 18 degres, accord-
ing to weatherman Albert Baugh.
Results of 1965 Groin
Sorghum Tests
Results of sorghum grain per-
formance tests grown at 14 loca-
tions in Texas in 1965 have been
released by Texas A&M Univer-
sity, Medium-late hybrids general-
ly had the highest yields, but in
some areas, hybrids of medium
n,;, urity performed well. Local
enmity a gen's have received a
of Progress Report 2103
* from the Texas Agricultural Ex-
fperiment Station which carries'
^ the listing of all hybrids tested.
VISITS FROM OKLAHOMA
* Mr. and Mrs. Darnell and child-
ren of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
visited her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Pe terson and other relatives here
the first of the week.
CHAMPION, RESERVE CHAMPION—Ann Cum-
bie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Cumbie
i« shown with her two Hereford Heifers that
won her a Champion and a Reserve Champion
at Saturdays Stonewall County 4-H and FFA
Livestock Show. On the left is Sarah the Cham-
Dion and the other is Jane, the Reserve.
Stanton Stops
Hornets 77-66
Stanton using ;i fast break com- |
l.i) of David llicks to Dink I'o) ,
si n, staged a big rally in the third i
(;!iai'tcr ; ml downed the Asper- I
ii.onl Hornets 77-GG in a Class A
b'-distriet game Tuesday night at
Snyder.
Stanton will meet Gruver in the
Lubbock Coliseum Saturday at 8
Places Drawn for
On Demo Ballot
Places on the ballot in the up
coming Democratic Primary were
drawn for Monday.
Places and the way they will
appear on the ballot are State
Representative 74th District—Ren-
nal B. R'<sson, Gene Newton.
County Judge — A. B. Barnett,
Warren W. Frazier.
County and District Clerk—Pat
Mitchell Jr., Thelma Metcalf.
Commissioner Precinct No. 2—•
R. L. Snow, Evln Gholston, A. R.
Sawyers, Travis Collom.
Commissioner Precinct No. i—
Joe R. Meador, J. T. Hill, E, D.
Ellison, Ernest Kolb.
District Judge Ben Charlie
Chapman, State Sena'or David
'Ratliff, U. S. Congressmen Gra-
ham Purcell, County School Sup-
erintendent Thelma Smith, Coun-
ty Treasurer Sally Wright and
Justice of Peace Albert Baugh
had ito opponents.
a.m. in a regional playoff game.
HallMme score Tuesday night
was 34-33 in favor of Stanton
Leading by two points la e in
the third period, the Bui fa Iocs be-
gan a deadly fast break with
I licks supplying the long passes
World Day of
Praver to be Held
Friday, Feb. 25
"You Are My Witnesses" is the
theme for the 79th anniversary
of the World Day of Prayer, which
is sponsored by United Church
Women.
Rev. Clyde Cook, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, will be the
speaker for the local observance
on Friday, February 25, at the
First Methodis' Church.
Time for the meeting is 10 to
II in the morning.
World Day of Prayer is inter-
denominational and inter-racial.
All women in the county are in-
vited to take part in this world
wide observance.
Newton Makes
Statement to
County Voters
Co no Newton < f
eand'daV for
Roprescotai
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Newton is >
a 'i a< 'km in
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CHAMP!
ST cERS
Leonard
ON AND RESERVE CHAMPION
—James Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Branch sho f*d his Hereford to the
championship in the Steer Division. Mitchell
(vdd, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kidd had the
Reserve Champ, an Angus steer named "Bozo".
Stock Show Held Saturday
The Branch Brothers, James
and Robert are running nip and
tuck at the Stonewall County
Livestock Show for the champion-
ships.
James Branch, 16, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Branch, took
the steer title, which last year
went to his younger brother, Ro-
bert. James had the champion
steer in the 1964 show. Last year,
James had the champion beef
heifer. James' champion Satur-
day was a Hereford purchased
from O. R. Burnham of near Mc-
Caulley.
The reserve s'eer belonged to
Mitchell Kidd, 12, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J, J. Kidd. Mi'chell's steer,
named Bozo, was a black Angus
from his father's herd. At the
1965 show, Mitchell finished up
with a reserve title on his beef
heifer, losing the top title to
James Branch. Both James and
Mitchell are 4-H'crs under the
supervision of County Agen'
Truette ITennlg.
There were two double winners
in Saturday's show.
Joe Jameson, 10, son of Mr
and Mrs. Hurl Jameson, voea-
'ionai agriculture teacher, had
both grand and reserve champion
lambs.
Ann Cumbie, IS, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. It. T. Cumbie. own-
ed bo h the grand and reserve
champion beef heifers. Ann, a
senior in Aspermont High School,
fed under the supervision of Vo-
Ag Teacher Jameson.
Joe Jameson's two lambs were
both bred by Hamilton Choat of
Olney; the champion being a
Southdown and the reserve a
Hampshire.
Both of Ann's Hereford heif-
ers Sarah and Jane, were bred by
Cecil Brown of Hamlin.
In the Swine show, Jerry Swink.
4-H, had the champion gilt, a
Duroe, and Mitchell Kidd, 4-H.
had the reserve, a Hampshire.
The champion barrow was a
Duroc owned by Llano Heathcott.
and the reserve a Hampshire, was
shown by Bill Rogers, both FFA
students under Jameson's direc-
tion.
One of the heifer entries was a
San'a Gertrudls. owned by Perry
Workman of the FFA. The heifer
was first in the open breeders'
show at Fort Worth last month:
second at the Dallas Fair in Octo-
ber, and will compete in the calf-
scramble class at the Houston
Fat Stock Show
Showmanship winners here Sat-
urday were Mitchell Kidd, swine;
Tommy Walker, lambs; and
James Branch, steers. Special
awards went to both Miss C'umhie
and Workman in the beef heifer
show.
Joe Doby, Benjamin, Knox
County agricultura lagent. judged
all classes except beef heifers,
which were judged by T. C. Blan
kinship, Hamlin VA teacher.
Ward Feed and Supply Co., of
Aspermont swarded trophies in
all the events.
A barbecue, with the beef ani-
mal being supplied by J. D. Pat-
terson Jr., and Leonard Branch,
was served at noon by the Stone-
wall County Chamber of Com-
merce. Money from the barbecue
was applied to prizes for the
youngsters.
Following were the rcsul s of
the show*
Hampshire Swine
Gilts — 4-H: Carla and Lester
Martin, Doug Vahlenkamp, Larry
Clark and Mitchell Kidd. blue
Clifford Kolb, Danny Clark and
Kidd. red; Preston Kolb, white
FFA: Tommy Mrazek, Dennis
Baldreo and Ronald Meador, blue:
Gary Six and Edd'e Smith, red:
Paul Meador, two. linger English,
two; Rill Speck, two Tuffy Ni
chols and Cary Gardner, three,
all whites.
Barrows - 4 II Carla Mar in,
blue; Donnie Swink, red; and Jer-
Sce SHOW RESULTS Back Page
'si i S'lOiiewall
o.o's r.f age and
he Snyder school
graduate of Sny-
1 and MeMwrry
College and lias done gradua'e
! work at Texas lech. Deiner L ni
. vei.vty and Texas A&M.
Newton said, in announcing his
candidacy:
■"We need a representative who
will represent all the people in-
stead of the privileged few. 1 be-
lieve a represen'at've's vote in
the Legisla'iii? should reflect the
wishes of the people.
"1 want to talk to as many of
the 55,000 people in this district as
possible to learn what I can do
for them if elected. I welcome
the opportunity to talk to any
clubs or groups of people In the
area, i want to be the 'man in
Austin' for the people In the 74th
District."
Four Men File
For Trustees
Four men have fded for the As-
permont School Board. Filing
were J. V. Wash. I*. Niclnls.
Dean Clark and (iconic Calvin
Keiiady Jr.
There are (wo places to be I li-
ed at the election on Apr,I 3,
Iva'i! no for film: for tru: ee is
Mar.!: 3. Airono -shing to file
i . file a! the business, office at
ibe si bfiol.
and Poison the layups. The rally
iiad S anion scoring 12 poin's to
one for the Home's in the space
<i three minutes. That proved the
margin ot victory for the Buffa-
los.
I'oi-o i hit 33 points lot' Stanton
and .James Hay was high for As-
permont with 14.
STANTON (771—Shank 3 .12 18;
White 0 8 8: Avery 0 2 2; Hall 0 0
Springer 3 2 8: Poison 14 5 33;
Cox 0 2 2; Hicks 2 2 0; To'als
22 33 77.
ASPERMONT (GO> — Suggs 2
2 G; Pen a 3 4 10; Lackey 1 0 2;
Page 4 1 9: Gardner 0 0 0; N.
Ray 4 5 13; J. Ray 5 4 14; Coplen
G 0 12; Totals 25 16 GG.
Old Glory Native
Enters Armed
Forces College
l. s
NORFOLK, Va.—U.S. Air Fort*
Major Glendon T. Johnson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan R. John-
son of Old Glor-'. has entered the
Armed Forces &taff College lit
Norfolk, Va.
Major Johnson is one of 2G8 of-
ficers and key civilians from the
U.S. and allied nations selected to
attend the five-month Department
of Defense School.
The college, operated under di-
rect supervision of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, prepares students
for positions in joint and com-
bined commands, including com-
mands in wnicli more than one
conn1 rv participate
Major Johnson previously was
assign or! a navigator at Shep-
oar.| \FB. Texas.
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Cable-TV Service
Now in Operation
Tra
mi es
•radt'.'-t- of Old Glory High
•I. he i c "ived Ids p, s. de-
!■■!'■ T-Tt ii! logical
■:■. whore bo vs.- commis-
l in i upon i oinpiei ion of
,-r J' 1J()!fjcer
prom-am. He is a
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The Cable TV Compan; is now
taking applications for service.
The cable is now in operation.
Applications are being taken at
Jim Ward's Feed S ore or call
3601.
Rash Heads
County C-C
The iiionewall County Chamber
of Commerce at a recent direc-
tors meeting elec'ed Doyle Rash
president: J, T. (Hap' Hill, vice-
president and E. II. Diers, see
retary-treasurer.
Alpha Xota.
ior's wife. Mary, is
the dn'o'Mor of Mrs liilia Hem-
son of Kt. 1. Pearcy, Ark.
The Armed Forces Staff College
has been hi eon'inuous operation
■■ince 1946 with many of the grad-
uates now in top level positions.
Over 400 have attained general
officer status.
Teel Given New
3 Year Contract
The Aspermont Independent
Schi>ol Board of Trus'ees have
given W. J. Teel a three year ex-
tension on his contract as Super-
intendent of Schools.
Old Glory Wins Bi-District
Go to Regional at Canyon
Old Glory's Pirates, coached by
Tom Pritchard advanced into the
Regional Playoffs this weekend at
Canyon when they downed the
Jay ton Jaybirds here Monday
night, 84-59.
Old Glory representing District
12-B and Jayton was District 11 B
Representatives.
The Pirates will play in the Re-
don 1 mec in Canyon
Old Glory had gained Ihe right
to meet Jayton in the Bi-District
game when they defeated Rule in
a playoff game held here in As-
j permont gym on Friday night, 58-
| 57.
A good crowd braved the snow
and cold to watch the bi-dis riet
game and see the Pirates vault to
an unsurmountable lead in a 29-
point second quarter.
Marvin Vahlenkamp. the game's
leading scorer with 28 points, got
the Pirates off and running by
tossing in 13 of the 29 points in the j
second quarter after Old Glory I
had taken a 13-10 r i st quarter j
margin. Old Glory took a com- j
maiiding 42-22 lead into the dress- :
inu room at half ime.
The Pirates came through wi h I
20 poin's in the third quarter to j
lead by 62-37 .Both teams scored , Old Glory
22 points in the fourth period. I Jayton
Trailing Vahlenkamp in scoring
for Old Glory were Larry Flow
with 22 and Jerry Halm with 19.
Gerald Murrell paced Jayton with
20 points with teammate Eddio
Morales netting 16.
OLD GLORY (84)—Vahlenkamp
II 6 28; Halm 5 9 19; Let?. 10 2;
Bole; 5 3 13; Flow 8 6 22; Totals
30 24 84.
JAYTON (59i—Murrell 6 8 20;
E. Morales 8 o 16: M. Morales
3 1 10: Smith 0 4 4; Dibbell 2 1 5;
Hunter 2 0 4; Totals 21 17 59.
13 29 20 22—84
10 12 15 22—59
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Foil, Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1966, newspaper, February 24, 1966; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127886/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.