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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOLUME LXiX NO. 19
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS (79502), THURSDAY, UEC'EMHER 29, 196(5
PRICE 10 CENTS
All Around the Town
By Mrs. Linda Lackey
Mr, and Mrs, Hoot Gibson of
Waco visited their family, Mrs.
Vernon Rash and the Doyle
Rashes, over the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ilalin and
his family of Eunice, N. M., vis
ited his sister, Mrs. Doyle Rash,
and family during the Christmas
holidays.
Visitors in the homo of Mrs.
Essie McDowell during the Christ-
mas holidays were Mr. and Mrs
Charles McDowell and family of
Canyon, Texas, Frances MaMahon
and family of Charming, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Myers and family of
Morgan, Texas, and the Orthel
McDowells of Aspermont
Guests in the J. Carl Brian
home over the holidays were Mil-
ton Barnes and Mrs, Lucille Boles
and her son, Kicth Boles, all of
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs, Carl Duncan spent
Christmas with their children, the
I.ouis R, Dodsons, in Stinnett,
Texas.
The Aspermont schools will re-
sume classes Tuesday, Jan. 3, aft-
pi having been closed for the
Christmas holidays.
Ronald Riggan, a son-in-law of
the Wade Davis's, has just re-
turned to the States from Viet-
nam and is now stationed at Dy-
ess Air Force Base in Abilene.
Visitors in the George C Ken-
,idy Sr. homo over the holidays
were t he Harold Kenadys of
Wheeler, Texas, tlite Arden Ken-
adys frfim Amarillo, the Ray Col
tors from Angleton, Jim and Kayo
Johnson of Austin, and the Wes-
ley Aobbins of Abilene.
Visitors In the Paul Gardner
home over the holidays were Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Gardner, Gary
and Linda of Fort Worth; Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin Lawrence and
Tanya of Aspermont; Mr. and
Mrs, B. L, Collom, Ozona: Mr.
and Mrs. Boh Collom and Kim oi
Fort Worth, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Criswell, Joey, Ricky and
Melinda of Pecos.
Mr. and Mrs, Buster Gholson
had as their Christmas Day
guests, their children: Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Ransom, Sandra,
Johnny Jr. and Stephen of Wichi-
ta Falls; Mr and Mrs. Corky
Childress, Millard, John, Dale,
Ann. Sue and Pat of Peacock; Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Lough, Cynthia,
Ricky and Dawn of Lubbock, also
a niece and daughter, Mrs. Julia
Scott and Mrs. Howard Cassell of
Wichita Falls, and Mrs. Meemie
Jrvin of Aspermont.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gardner,
Linda and Gary of Fort Worth,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Law-
rence and Tanya over the holi-
days.
Wayne Hash, a student of the
University of Texas, is spending
the Christinas holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Rash,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyal Robertson
and .left of Canton, Texas, visit
od their families, Mrs, Vera
Strickland, Jack and Karon, in
Aspermont, and Mr. and Mrs. L
E. Robertson ot Jaylon during
the Christmas holidays.
Brenda Dalby, a student at
Tar let on State College, has been
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mi. and Mrs
Fredrick Dalby.
C'lota Hin/e. a student at Texas
Tech. is visiting her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Raymond Hin/.e, airl
family over the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Elam Griffith and
Mr. and Mis. Troy Swink visited
Mrs. Griffith's mother. Mrs-.-F. 11
MaGaha ot Girard Christmas day i
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Childress had
their two sons home for the
Christmas holidays, John Chil
dress of Dallas, and Bob Chil-
dress who is in the Air Force
stationed at Sheppard Field in
Wichita Falls. Bob's fiancee, Miss
Sue Smith of Fort Worth, was
also a guest in the Childress
home.
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Childress,
their family and guest, visited
their daughter and her family,
Mrs. Jack Landreth of Snyder.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bobbins
of Abilene, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Johnson of Austin visited
families and friends in Aspermon1
over the Christmas holidays.
John Jouett, who attends school
in Denver, Colo., visited friends
in Aspermont this past weekend.
He was home for the Christmas
holidays with his parents who
moved from Aspermont to Shal-
lowator, Texas.
Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Hart during the holi-
days were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gar-
loff and Diane from Las Vegas,
N M.; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hart,
Bobby, Gary and Donna of
Athens, Texas; Rosie, Bill and
John Rash of Peacock; W. F. Sim-
mons, Hatch, N. M.; and Mr. and
Mrs. James Elkins of Fort Worth
Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Burton over the Christ-
mas holidays were their daugh-
ter and her family, Mr. and Mrs,
James Parker, Leslie Kurt, and
Cheri from Levelland; Mrs. Bur-
ton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Parsons of Graham, and Mrs
Burton's brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Parsons of Level-
land, and their daughter and hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne How-
ard of Nacodoches, Texas.
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Swink were
• heir children and families. These
were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dick-
erson. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Swink
and children, and Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Shipp and family, all of
Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs, 11. W
Swink and children of San An
gelo, Travis Swink of Denver,
Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Troy Swink
and Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Swink and
family, both of Aspermont.
Glen Lackey, a student at TTar-
din-Simmons University, has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Lackey, during the Christ-
mas holidays.
Visitors in the home of Joe
Craft over the Christmas holi-
days were his two daughters and
their families, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Swanson of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Mr. and Mrs. Buck McDaniel
of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mr.
Craft's three sons, Marvin Ray
Craft and family ol Cincinnati,
Bobby Joe Craft of San Angelo
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Craft
and family of Aspermont.
There will be a Watch Night
Program at the First Baptist
Church Saturday night, beginning
at K o'clock.
A covered dish supper will h
followed by a film, fellowship and
a sermon by the pastor, Rev
Clyde Cook.
Visitors in the home of Mr
and Mrs. M. C. Meyers durine the
holidays were Mr. and Mrs. Char
!es Spinnett of Abilene. Aaron Me-
Noice of Austin, Mrs. Alia Park
ei and her daughter Betty, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Parker, all of
Spur.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Barnett and
children. Pam. David, and Sharon
of Plains, Texas, Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan Johnson. Douglas aiul
Nancy of Stamford, and Mr and
Mrs. James Perry, Tom and San
dra of Swensnn were all visitors
in the Fred Brock home ovei the
holidays.
Soil Survey-
Progress Is Being Made
In Mapping of County
Boh Goerdel, SCS soil scientist,
has announced that 113,715 acres
of Stonewall County soils were
mapped during 1900. About 53
percent, or 323,818 acres, ol the
county have been mapped to date.
Ellison Rites
Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mae
Ellison, 78, a resident of Asper-
mont since 1935. were held Thr-rs
day in Central Baptist Church
with the Rev. James Wood, pas-
tor, officiating. He was assisted
by Rev. Clyde Cook, pastor of
First Baptist Church.
Graveside rites were held at
4:30 p. m. Thursday in Snyder
Cemetery where burial was
made. Local rites were under the
direction of Littlepage Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Ellison died Tuesday,
Dec. 20 at 11:30 p. m. in the
Stonewall Memorial Hospital af-
ter a lengthy illness.
Born Oc. IS, 1SSS, in Madison
ville, she married 1. N. Rains at
Franklin in 1906. He died June
27, 1919.
In 1935, she married T. A. El-
lison here, lie died in 1953.
She was a member of Central
Baptist, Church.
Survivors are four sons, Floyd
Rains of Andrews, Gus Rains of
Monahans, Dod Rains of Asper-
mont and Dale Rains <>f Snyder;
a step-daughter, Mrs. A. 13. Can-
Her of Aspermont; four step-
sons, Brooks and Elmer Ellison,
both of Aspermont, and A. J I.
and C. D. Ellison, both of Level
land; one sister, Mrs. Maggie
Rogers of Snyder; eight grand-
children and nine great-grand-
children.
She is also survived by Purl
Mullins Jr. of Peacock, whom
she reared from a child.
Father Dies
At Plainview
W. B. Sandefer, a longtime
resident of Jones and Haskell
counties, died Dec. 2-1 in the Plain
view Hospital where he had been
ill for some time.
Funeral services were held at
the First Methodist Cluirch in
Lockney on Dee. 28 at 2 p.m.
Burial was in the Floydada
Cemetery.
Mr. Sandefer was the fathei of
Mrs. P. D. Lambeth ol Asper-
mont. He was 83 years old.
Mr. and Mis. Sammy Rash and
Kevin were in Aspermont tor th"
Christmas holidays visiting iheii
families. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Rash
and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Harvey.
Sammy is a student at Midwes-
tern University in Wichita Falls
Goerdel is making this soil sur-
vey to learn what kinds of soils
are in Stonewall County, where
they are located, and how they
can he used. As he travels over
the county he observes steepness,
length and shape of slope; size
ol streams; kinds of native plants
or crops: anil many factors about
the soil.
He digs and bores many holes
to expose soil profiles. A profile is
a sequence of natural layers or
horizons in a soil. Some of the
factors observed include color,
texture, structure, and consis-
tence. When this survey is com-
plete, a Stonewall County Soil
Survey Report will be written
and published.
The primary purpose for mak-
ing soil surveys is to help fann-
ers and rancheis to develop con-
servation plans on their land. Pro-
tecting the soil is possible with
detailed information about it. Soil
surveys provide the basic infor-
mation loi this.
Soil surveys can be used by
land appraisers, realtors, home
builders, engineers and many
others.
Hornets Playing
En Caprock
Tournament
The Aspermont boys baskr
t( am left Tuesday afternoon for
Lubbock where they will take
part in the Caprock Holiday
Basket hall Tournament .
The Hornets were to have mot
Shallowater at 2 p.m. Wednesday
in their first game.
Aspermont Youth
To Show Cattle
At Fort Worth
Perry Dee Workman of Asper-
mont will have Santa Gertrudis
cattle in competition at the 1907
Southwestern Exposition and Fat
Stock Show, Jan. 27 through' Feb.
5.
Sock Show President and Man-
ager W, R. Wall reports entries
for the 1 907 exposition are still
being counted.
"We're hopeful 1967 will he an-
other record breaking year for
entries, ol course it's still ,i little
early to make any definite pre-
diction,'' he said.
Entries at Port Worth have av-
eraged over 11.000 in recent years.
(iuest star for the 1907 Fort
Worth Rodeo will be Festus Ha-
gen of CBS-TV's "Gunsmoke."
Festus, known off camera as
Ken Curtis, will he hacked during
his Port Worth appearance by
"The Frontio'smen and Joanie,"
a Country and Western music
gi oup.
Christmas Seal
Sale in Area
Nets $25,284
As of Christmas Day, West
Texans had contributed $25,284.13
through Christmas Seals to carry
on the work of education, ease-
finding and research conducted
by the 23-county West Texas Tu-
berculosis Association.
Pete Hudgins Jr., Christmas
Seal Chairman, made the an-
nouncement. He expressed the or-
ganization's gratitude, pointing
out that delayed contributions
are expected to bring the total
up after the holidays.
This is the first year the Christ-
inas Seal campaign has been eon-
ducted on an aiea basis in West
Texas, The funds raised deter-
mine the extent of the WT'l'A
program, a part • of the Texas
Plan for the Eradication of Tuber-
culosis.
In addition to an educational
program, the WTTA mobile X-
ray unit this year has, from 41,-
757 readings, disclosed 202 sus
pocted cases of tuberculosis, 100
cardio-vaseulai irregularities, and
540 other chest abnormalities, in-
cluding emphysema and tumors.
Open House Will
Honor Parents
On 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Dave S. Halm will
be honored at an open house Sat-
urday afternoon, commemorating
their liltii th wedding anniver
sary. Sons and daughters will
host the party which will be
lu Id in the Aspermont Home
Economics Cottage between two
and tour-thirty o'clock.
Friends are invited to call.
Carl Duncan Wins
Sergeant Rank
In Germany
Carl W. Duncan Jr.. 21, whose
parents live in Aspermont. was
promoted to Army sergcani Nov.
23 in Germany, where he is serv j
ing with the 4th Aimored Divi
sion.
Sergeant Duncan, a liaison spe-
cialist in Headquarters and Serv-
ice Battery, 1st Battalion of the
division's 91th Artillety stationed
near Fui th, entered on act ive
duty in June 1905 and was sta-
tioned ai l-'i Sill. Okla . before
his arrival overseas in October, i
1905.
A 1901 graduate of Aspermont
High School, the sergeant attend
ed West Texas State College at
Canyon.
Aspermont Soldier
Would Like Letters
Steve Davais, son of Mr and
Mrs. Wade Davis, Aspermont, is
stationed in Tuy lloa, Vietnam
Steve wil be in Vietnam for a
year. He would like to heat from
him friends m and around As
pei mont.
His mailing address is: A 2c
Steve C. Davis AF 18093001, 037
Serv. Squadron. CMR 1 .Box Oil
APO San Francisco, Calif-, 90310.
Stonewall Officers
Will Start New
Terms Monday
The new year will see no
lianges in the official family of
Stonewall County, Incumbents
were suceesful in their bids for
re election this year.
County Judge ?? Barnett said
Second Well
Completed in
Clarice Field
Second weli has been complet-
ed in the new Clarice I Middle
Tannehilli Field miles south-
< ast of Aspermont in Stonewall
county.
The confirmation is Harding
Brothers Oil & Gas Co. of Dal-
las No. I O, Brigham, Section 139,
BBB&C Survey.
Daily potential was 09 barrels
of 3S gravity oil. plus 27.5 bar-
rels of water. It is pumping from
perioral ions at 2,039-50 feet.
The i'j-ineh casing is set at
2,090 feet and the hole bottomed
at 2,708 feet.
Location is 1.321• f<et south of
Hammon Properties of Wichita
Fulls No. 1-110 Sweuson, the field
opener.
A project drilled seven miles
east o.l Aspermont in the Pom
phrey, North Field is to be a salt
watei dispose.! well It is Crown
Central Petroleum Corp. No. 5
J. L Pumphroy, H. B. Dance
Survey.
Tin hole was drilled to a total
depth ot 0,075 leet and -1 'a-inch
casing set at 0,072 feci.
Tuesday that a swearing-in party
may be held Monday morning and
then the court house would be
closed for the balance ol the day
in observance ol the New Year's
holiday.
In addition to Judge Barnett,
others to take the oath of office
will be Pat Mitchell, county and
district clerk; Sally Wright, treas-
urer; Mrs, Thelma Smith, county
school superintendent; Evin V.
Gholston, commissioner of pre-
cinct 2; E. D. Ellison, commis-
sioner of precinct 4, and Albert
Baugh, justice of the peace.
Four-Week Signup
Period Announced
For Several Crops
A four-week sign-up period
was announced last week for
farmers wishing to participate in
he 1907 wheat, feed grain and
upland cotton programs. The
period will begin Feb. 6 and end
March 3, 1967.
However, the announcement
said that state ASCS office may
letermine that some county of-
fices will be ready earlier and
these can start the signup before
Feb. 0.
The new sign-up period for up-
land cotton farms represents a
change from a Nov. 28 announce-
ment which called for a signup
from Feb. 6 through March 31.
Sign-ups for the HWw Cropland
Adjustment Pogram <successor
to the Soil Bank I which began
Dec. 1, also will be concluded
March 3.
Oil Industry Continues
Top Employer in County
Oil production, or mining as it
is classified by the F S. Census
Bi:/eau, continued to provide the
largest numhei of jobs in Stone
wall Counts for the latest report
ing period March 190! through
March 1905.
This information was included
in "i 'ot, it\ Business Patterns.
1905." issued recently by the U.
S. Depart men I ol ('ommerce, |
Bureau ol Census
The report uses payroll infor-
mation gathered loi the first
<|U,ii tei ol eat h calendar year by
lie Social Security Administra-
tion covering employment in
most kinds of business and in
lusry but excluding agriculture
md government workers.
Mining reported a March 1905
total ot 107 employees and three
month payrolls o| $14S,000. This
was down slightly from the pre-
vious year.
Retail trade, the county's sec-
ond largest group of employers
had a total of 90 employees and
$59,000 in quarterly payrolls.
The county ranked 225th
among the 254 counties in the
state in March 1965 in the num-
ber of employees in businesses
overed in the report.
Harris County led the state
with 451,935 employees, with
Dallas second with 411,551. In
order, other counties were Tar-
rant, Bexar and Jefferson.
Former Resident
Dies at Kermit
Mrs. Tallie Green, formerly Tal-
lie Gholson, died in Kermit Dec.
20. She was 73 years old,
She is survived by a brother,
O. D. Gholson of Aspermont;
two sisters, Mrs, Joe Maxwe'l,
Aspermont. and Mrs. Susie llail
of Maude. Okla., and several
nieces and nephews in Aspermont..
Mrs. Green was a former resi-
dent ot Aspermont.
Several Changes in Income Tax Law Will Affect Farmers and Ranchers
There are several income
tax changes this year that
will affect farmeis. raneher.%
and otllel self employed peo-
ple. There also are two note-
worthy suspensions.
First, the 7 percent invest-
ment lax credit on machinery
and certain real pi opci ty has
been suspended on invest-
ments of over $20,0011 foi Hie
period Oil. 10, 1!H)0, through
I 31, 1907.
Investments which other-
wise qualify lor the invest-
ment tax credit and were
purchased during the i tin cut
tax year and before the Oct.
10 suspension, are si ill eligi-
bit for the tax credit The
tax credit can mean quite a
i eduction in income taxes
since it deducted directly
from the amount of taxes to
be paid.
However, taxpayers may
still select lip to $20,000 ot
inv estnients made during the
suspension period (Oct, 10,
.196(5 • Dee, 3i 19071 to be
eligible for tin investment
credit. Taxpayers need to de-
cide which tax year, the re-
maindei of 1900 or all of
190)7, to make investments up
to $20,00(1 for tin- investment
tax credit.
The cairyo\er period for
imu.si d investment credit has
been extended fiom 5 to 7
years and the •'! year carry-
hack pei iod is unchanged, he
sa y s.
Another suspension the
light to use rapid deprecia-
tion let.-- on buildings cost
ing .S.'o.oOO oi more is sus-
pended except for "building
whose construction was be-
gun before Oct 10, 1906, or
where ihe taxpayei was un-
der contracts in effect on 'V-
tohei 9. 1906, calling lor later
construct ion."
The suspension applies on-
ly to property that wi uld he
used in a trade or a business.
- not properly used lor in-
vestment or rental purposes.
The legislation does not af-
fect the right to ilaim the 20
percent first year additional
depreciation on tangible per-
sonal property with an expect-
ed lite ol six years oi more
for use in a trade or business.
In another change, the
maximum amount ot com-
bined wages and self-employ-
ment earnings subject to so.
rial seeuiitv tax has been in-
< i eased from $4,y00 to $6,600.
Plus legislation did not af-
fect the e!t employment tax
rate which is siill 6.15 per*
ret foi the liHKi tax year.
The maximum amount of
gross income which may he
used bv termers icpoiting
then sell eniploymeni tax by
the option method has been
inci eased from SI,SIR! to $2,-
400.
The gas tax refund of C
cents per gallon on gasoline
used on a farm lot farming
purposes must now be claim-
ed as a tax ei edit on the an
mini income tax report, and
must be tiled before the end
of the tax reporting period,
usually Apiil 15. The tax cred-
it has been extended to in-
clude the federal tax on lubri-
cation oils, dicsel and special
motor fuels used other than
in a highway vehicle. Gas
tax credits will not be allow-
ed on late reports,
Formerly, the gas tax re-
lund pi nod was July 1 to
June 30 and claims were to
be filed by Sept. 30. Since
this is the first lull year for
the new filing system, farm-
ers will claim credit for fed-
eral tax on gasoline purchas-
er! since July 1. 1965. Tax
credit on lubricating oils can
be claimed from the begin-
ning of 1966 on lubricating
oils used other than in a
highway vehicle.
For more information, see
IRS publication No. 308, avail-
able from the District Direc-
tor of Internal Revenue Ser-
vice.
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