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VOL. 71, NO. 23
ASPERMONT IN
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1970
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Yesteryears
YEARS AGO
THIRTY-FIV E
(January, 1935)
Aspermont won the first of a
series of play-off games, to be play-
ed between county teams for county
championship, here Tuesday night
by defeating Old Glory 41-10.
McCaslandled the scoring with
21 points, with Bookman second
with 10. Bookman also played a good
floor game. Herttenberger and El-
lison showed well for the visitors.
Following is a schedule of the
remaining play-off games:
Jan. 25, Peacock vs Old Glory at
Peacock; Feb. 1, Open; Feb. 5, Old
Glory vs Peacock here; Feb. 8, Pea-
cock vs Aspermont at Peacock; Feb.
12, Old Glory vs Aspermontat Pea-
cock; Feb. 15, Peacock vs Asper-
mont here.
Aspermont will play Avoca here
tomorrow night, Friday Jan. 25.
Peacock won the Hamlin invi-
tation basketball tourney Saturday
night by defeating the strong Noodle
team, 15-11, in a close game. The
games were featured by the play of
Hughes, Peacock center, who was
chosen as the best center of the
tourney.
Peacock advanced to the finals
by defeating Roby Saturday after-
noon, 28-26, and went into the fin-
als with a win over Anson, 26-15.
Aspermont went out in the
quarter-finals round after being
beaten by Anson, 17-12. They were
winners in the first two rounds by
defeating Royston 38-10, and Rotan
17-16.
Elmo Bookman was voted the
best all-round guard of the tourney,
receiving a gold basketball.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(January 27, 1950)
Fire of unknown origin broke
out late Monday evening at the Swen-
son Farmers Gin plant and destroy-
ed the cotton house. No otherbuild-
ings were injured.
The Aspermont Volunteer Fire
Department was called to the scene
and watched the building burn.
At this time no estimate has
been made as to the extent of dam-
age caused by the fire.
A forty-two party will be held
at the American Legion Hall the
night of January 31, with all the
proceeds going to the March of
Dimes.
The American Legion Auxilia-
ry is sponsoring the party. There
will be no charge for admission or
to play but each one attending the
party will be expected to make a
contribution to the March of Dimes.
TEN YEARS AGO
(January 28, 1960)
It was announced here this week
that Stonewall County will hold its
annual 4-H club and FFA Livestock
show in Aspermont on Saturday,
Jan. 30, at the county show barn
Youngsters who enter the show
will be competing for $650 in prize
money.
A total of 40 sheep, 35 hogs,
12 heifers and eight steers will en-
ter the show.
Judging will start with the
Sheep 10:00 to 11:00 A. M. , and
hogs at 11:00 to 12:00. Heifers and
steers are to be judged after din-
ner. Sid Conners county agent of
Dickens County, will judge the
show.
All entries for the show must
be in place by 9:00 Saturday morn-
ing, the county agent has stated.
This annual livestock show
has created much interest here
through the years, and it is hoped
that a large number of interested
citizens from over the county will
be on hand Saturday to witness
the show.
David Rafliff
Seeks Return to
Stale Senate
State Senator David Rat-
liff of Stamford announced
today that he has filed with
the County Democratic Chair-
men for reelection to the of-
fice of State Senator, Dis-
trict 24.
Senator Ratliff is presently
Chairman of the Senate Oil
and Gas Committee and serves
on nine other standing Sen-
ate Committees. He is also
serving on the Legislative
Council and has served on
the State and Local Tax Pol-
icy, Vocational and Technical
Training and other import-
ant Interim Study Commit-
tees.
The 24th Senatorial District
is composed of 21 counties
consisting of Borden, Calla-
han, Coke, Coleman, Fisher,
Garza, Glasscock, Haskell,
Howard, Jones, Kent, Mitchell,
Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shack-
elford, Sterling, Stonewall,
Taylor, Throckmorton and
Young.
A formal announcement of
his candidacy will follow in
the next few weeks.
MR. AND MISS AHS—Chosen Mr. and Miss
AI IS in an election at Aspermont High School
were Belinda Gauntt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Gauntt and Robert Branch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Branch.
Wayne Thigpen
Announces for
Commissioner
Wayne Thigpen this week
authorized the Aspermont
Star to announce his candidacy
for the office of commissioner
of Procinct 2, Stonewall Coun-
ty.
He will give a formal state-
ment at a later date.
Funeral Services
Pending for Mrs.
Lola Dodson, 71
Funeral is pending at
Littlepage Funeral Home for
Mrs. Lola Dodson, who was
found dead at her home
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Dodson, 71, was born
Feb. 2, 1898, in Stonewall
County and has lived here all
of her life.
She was proceeded in death
by her husband, Clyde, who
died Dec. 15, 1963.
Survivors include one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clem (Margaret)
Hausmann of Baytawn; three-
sons, Bailey of Miami: Louis
of Stinnett and Warren of
Sonoma, Calif.; two sisters,
Mrs. Pearl Bourland of Lub-
bock and Mrs. Mat tie Fisler ol
Seattle, Wash.; one brother,
Isiah Smith of Aspermont,
and 14 grandchildren.
SENIOR FAVORITES — Darla Thompson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hays Jr. and
Larry Dickerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Dickerson, were chosen favorites of the Se-
nior Class.
Data Processing Equipment
To Give Report On Ag Payments
FFA Students
To Get- Excused
It has been announced that
all students in 4-H and FFA
that will be showing livestock
in the Stonewall County Live-
stock Show on Friday, Feb.
13 will be excused lrom class-
es.
The stock show will be
held on Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 13-14.
Again this year electronic
data processing equipment in
New Orleans have made it
possible to give farmers a re-
port on farm program pay-
ments they earned last year,
according to Herman Duagn,
Chairman of the Stonewall
County Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation Com-
mittee.
This continues a service
begun two years ago when
electronic equipment first
made it possible to provide
this information to more than
3 million American farmers.
The report includes all di-
rect payments earned by
farmers and ranchers during
19G9 under progrms adminis-
tered by ASCS. These include:
Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram, wheat certificates, feed
grain, cotton, wool, and Crop-
land Adjustment payments.
Payments reports will aid
farmers in preparing their in-
come tax returas. ASCS is
required by law to provide in-
formation to the Internal
Revenue Service on payments
made each farmer.
Mr. Dugan said that the
payments report will not in-
clude money received under
loan or purehse programs for
price support, or loans made
to assist farmers in acquiring
on-farm grain storage facili-
ties or drying equipment. Nor
will it incluie payments made
for storing commodities under
reseal loan, or conservation
materials and service (CMS)
payments made directly to
vendors.
Mr. Dugan said some pay-
ments made late in December
may not be on the payments
report because of lact of
time to get them processed.
In such eases, the county
ASCS office will send a sup-
plemental form to the farmer
so that he will have a complete
statement for accounting and
tax purposes.
The ASC Committee Chair-
man suggested that farmers
read the explanation of the
report carefully and verify
the amounts by comparison
with their farm records. If
an error is found, it should
be reported to the county
ASCS office as soon as possi-
ble for correction.
FRESHMAN FAVORITES—Harriett Martin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Fred Martin and
Billy Marrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Marrow, were chosen Freshman favorites by
the students.
Eight Local FFA
Members Enter
Sweetwater Show
Eight members of the As-
permont Future Farmers of
America entered the Sweet-
water livestock show, Satur-
day Jan. 17.
Jerry Swink entered a
Duioc gilt and received a
second place.
The seven others that en-
tered wore Jeff Yarborough,
Guy Walker, Ricky Mitchell,
Pat Hill, Doug Frailer, Da-
vid Peterson and Billy Mor-
row, all entering sheep. Jeff
Yarborough was the only
one placing in the top half.
Hornets Drop Showdown
Tilt With Wylie Tuesday
The Aspermont Hornets
dropped their second district
game to Wylie here Tuesday
night to give the Bulldogs a
big edge in District G-A com-
petition. The Bulldogs won,
59-50.
Wylie is now 7-0 in district
play with three games left
on the schedule, followed by
the Hornets with a 5-2 re-
cord.
Jackie Ray was high for
the Hornets with 19 points,
followed by Danny Frazier
with 16.
Belinda Gauntt scored 19
points for the Aspermont
girls, but it was not enough
as the Wylie girls won, 63-43.
Wylie won the B team game,
52-35.
Friday night the local
Clerk's Office In
Courthouse to Be
Open Saturday
The Clerk's office in the
Stonewall County Courthouse
will be open all day Saturday.
Jan. 31, for the convenience
of those desiring to register
for the purpose of voting.
The deadline for register-
ing is Saturday, Everyone
must register if they are to
vote in any election during
1970, regardless of age
Annual Ericksdahl
Smorgasbord Set
For Friday, Feb. 20
Tickets will go on sale
Tuesday, Feb. 3 for the an-
nual Bethel Lutheran Church
(Ericksdahl) smorgasbord
to be held Friday, Feb. 20.
Price this year will 1k $3.00
for adults and $2.00 for chil-
dren between the ages of 5
and 12.
Serving times will be 5:30
to 6:30, 6:30 to 7:15, 7:15 to
8:15, 8:15 to 9 p.m. Ticket
purchasers are asked to give
first, second .ind third pre-
ferences.
Mail orders only will be ac-
cepted on or after February
5. Earliest postmarked orders
after Februay 5 will be filled
first. A stamped and self-ad-
dressed envelope should be
enclosed in order for the tick-
ets to be sent. Mail orders
to Smorgasbord, P. O. Box
1096, Stamford, Texas, 79553
Judy White On
H-SU Dean's List
Judy White, daughter of
Mrs. Beraice White, Old
Glory, has been named to the
Dean's List at Hardin-Sim-
mons University.
A 1967 Old Glory High
School graduate, Miss White
Is a senior at H-SU. She is
an English and speech major,
and will graduate in Augus'.
Eight advertising agencies
will make presentations to
the Texas Tourist Develop-
ment Board on March 26,
seeking the state's $350,000
national travel ad account.
basketballers swept three
games from Roscoe as the
Hornets won, 60-47, the girls,
55-38, and the B team, 47-31.
High for the Hornets was
Ervin Jones with 18 points,
next was Arthur Johnson
with 16, and Frazier with 15.
Brenda Alsup was high for
the girls with 17 points.
Friday night the Hornets
will travel to Robert Lee.
Stonewall County Ranks High
En Meeting Registration Quota
Wichita Falls Man
To Head Census
Program for Area
Appointment of Richard
R. Newton of Wichita Falls,
Texas, as District Manager
of the 1970 Census of Popu-
lation and Housing in this
area was announced today by
Director Percy R. Millard of
the Census Bureau's Regional
Office in Dallas.
From the District Office
located at Scott & 8th St. in
Wichita Falls, Mr. Newton
will sueprvise all phases of
the census in the following
counties: Archer, Baylor, Clay,
Coke, Cooke, Denton, Dick-
ens, Fisher, Foard, Glasscock,
Hardeman, Haskell, Howard,
Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Jack,
Mitchell, Montague, Nolan,
Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Steph-
ens, Sterling, Stonewall, Tay-
lor, Throckmorton, Wichita,
Willbarger, Wise, Young.
"Operation: Everybody!"
chairman, Mrs. James A. Mc-
Mullen, III of Fort Worth an-
nounced that Stonewall coun-
ty has attained 71.6 percent
of its quota as set by the
Texas Democratic Party.
"That figure puts Stone-
wall county in tliird place in
its division," County Chair-
man Bill Gholson said. 'The
state-wide goal is to have
4,250,000 Texans registered
by the time the 123-day voter
registeration period ends,
3 Band Students
Offered Cisco JC
$1000 Scholarships
Three Aspermont High
School band students have
been offered $1000 scholar-
ships by Cisco Junior College
for the first year enrolled.
Mr. Alton Roam, director
of the Cisco College Stage
Band, was here for a clinic
when he offered the students
the scholarships. Students
receiving the offer were Bar-
bara Howell, Grace Hoy and
Robin Harrell.
Saturday, January 31."
"Operation: Everybody!"
is a project of the State
Democratic Executive Com-
mittee. Mrs. Carol Vance of
Houston, as vice-chairman,
serves with Mrs. McMullen on
the special drive.
"More than half of the
state-wide goal has been
reached," Gholson said. "Vo-
te)' registration forms are at
■the First National Bank and
County Tax Assessor's office
in the courthouse."
"Stonewall county will be
competing with other coun-
ties of similar size for state-
wide recognition in meeting
and exceeding their quotas,"
Gholson said.
Gold, silver and bronze
plaques will be awarded to
the counties which exceed
their quotas by the highest
margins.
Stonewall county is striv-
ing for the gold plaque ac-
cording to Gholson.
West Texas Polled
Hereford Sale Set
In Abilene Feb. 14
Abilene has again b^en se-
lected as the site for the an-
nual West Texas Polled Here-
ford Association Sale. The
sale will be held Saturday,
February 14, at the Abilene
Auction on IH20 and will be-
gin at. 12:30 p.m.
The sale offering will con-
sist of 46 bulls and 21 females
from 17 West Texas ranches.
A significant portion of the
females .selling is the Polled
Hereford cow herd a4 Abilene
Christian College.
All females over 24 months
of age will be pregnancy ex-
amined safe-in-calf. All the
cattle arc guaranteed to be
sound breeders and are regis-
tered in the American Polled
Hereford Association.
The majority of the bulls
consigned are serviceable
aged bulls, well grown out.
and ready to go to work. The
cattle will be sold individual-
ly or in pens of two or three
at the buyer's option.
Dr. R. Lee Rode of Abilene
is president of the West Tex-
as Polled Hereford Association.
Sale chairman for this year's
third annual event is Dr.
Edwin DuBose, associate
professor of agriculture at
Abilene Christian. The sale
will be managed by the Texa
Polled Hereford Association.
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday
For Mrs. Hill, 69
Funeral for Mrs. Susie Kidd
Hill, 69, was held at 2:30 p.
m. Wednesday at First Bap-
tist Church with the Rev.
Fred Thomas, pastor, and
the Rev. James Wood, pastor
of Central Baptist Church,
officiating.
Burial was in Oriana
Cemetery, 20 miles west of
Aspermont, directed b y
Littlepage Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hill died at 8 p.m.
Sunday in Stonewall Me-
morial Hospital.
Surviving is one daughter,
Mrs. Honor Belle Gholson or
A permont; a son, W. R.
Buddy) Allen of Hamlin;
:ve sisters, Mrs. Eldora
Smith, Mrs. Alvin Smith and
Mrs. Van Dickerson, all of
cacock, Mrs. Tina Hahn of
.spermont and Mrs. Vlck
Oden of Denison; three bro-
thers. Arthur Kidd of Jay-
ton, John of Peacock and
James O. of Jayton; nine
grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. D. Pat-
terson. J. D. Parker, John
McNutt, Lowell Robertson,
Jeff B. Nash and Carl Dick-
erson.
A job-training contract of
$145,831 for operation of Ser-
vices, Employment and De-
velopment projects in San
Antonio, Corpus Chrlsti and
El Paso has been approved
for a seven-month period.
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JUNIOR FAVORITES—FreJda Harvey and
Tony Hallum were chosen favorites of the Ju-
nior Class. She Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Harvey and he Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Hallum.
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