The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1970 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 73, NO. 19
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, DECEMBER 31, 1970
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN . . .
j Yesteryears .
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(December 26, 1935)
LUBBOCK, Dec. 21—Two shots
heard on the Texas Technologic al
college campus Tuesday afternoon,
which threw the town into a furore
and sent four reporters on a local
Daner to hosnit.als. nhvsir.ianfi. no-
— at * * X
lice and sheriff for details of the
"murder," proved to be part of a
build-up for a pre-law mock trial,
held twice a year as practice for pre-
law students.
Rumors of a campus murder
spread over the town 15 minutes after
Jack Bradley, junior from Amherst,
had "shot" Voyle Vaughn, senior
from Lubbock, in a quarrel over
Julia Moore, Brownwood. Riddled
by blank cartridges, Vaughn fell to
the ground as the screaming coed ran
into the administration building. The
victim was taken away in an auto-
mobile to receive medical aid.
Students who saw the shooting did
not suspect a hoax.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(December 28, 1950)
As a result of the National emer-
gency just proclaimed by the Pres-
ident the State Highway Department
has taken action to preserve the in-
vestment in our existing state high-
way system.
Stonewall county will have two pro-
jects to be completed in the near fu-
ture.
One will be on US 83 south of As-
permont beginning at the river bridge
and going to near the Fisher County
line.
The road will be reconditioned and
resurfaced for a length of 3.6 miles.
This is the strip of road along near
the Shell pumping station and is the
only really bad highway in the coun-
ty.
Also on US 83 beginning at Asper-
mont and running south for 5 miles
the road will be given the seal coat
process.
This will put the Aspermont to
Hamlin part of US 83 in fine condition
and the rest of the county highways
are already in good condition.
Monday the public officials of
Stonewall County will meet in the
office of County Judge H. H. Shadle
and be sworn in for the new terms.
New officials to take office will be
Sherriff and Tax Collector Warren
W. Frazier. Commissioner Cecil
Norris in Precinct 3 and Commis-
sioner Bailey Clark in Precinct 4.
Justice of the Peace precinct 1
Wayman Smith. Constable precinct
1 Fred Ritchie and Public Weigher
precinct 5 L. G. Sherrod.
TEN YEARS AGO
(December 29, 1960)
The Pheonix, Kachina and Lun-
cheon club presidents have asked
The Aspermont Star to express their
sincere appreciation to all those who
decorated their homes and business
places in order to spread more hol-
iday cheer.
The Aspermont Luncheon Club do-
nated the prize monies for the con-
tests—one group covering the bus-
iness district and the other the res-
idential area.
The Kachina and Phoenix clubs
were responsible forselecting out-
of-town judges, conducting them on
a tour of the city, and hosting them
for a supper and a gift. It was learned
tliat out-of-town judges notified the
clubs at the last moment that they
were unable to be present, and local
judges were selected. Judging took
place between 6 and 8 o'clock on the
night of December 20th.
Announcement is being made to the
effect that the Little League spon-
sors here are to hold a turkey shoot
on next Saturday (Dec. 31st) at the
city-county fire hall, just north of
Lambert's Humble Station, beginning
at 9:00 A. M.
TIME TO
USHER
IN THE
NEW
YEAR
May 1971 hold an
abundance of joy and
happiness for you , . .
with the promise of
achieving more and
better things than
in the past. We wish
you every possible
success. Happy
New Year!
THE ASPERMONT STAR
Committees Named
For Livestock Show
Land Owners Working On
Reestablishing Grasslands
Several land owners in the
King-Stonewall Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District are
in the process of reestablish-
ing their grasslands, says
Don Reed, District Conser-
vationist with the SCS sta-
tioned at Aspermont. They
are either tree dozing or
rootplowing to control the
brush then seeding with de-
sirable grasses.
They are doing this work
with cost share assistance
through the Great Plains
Program. Those land oper-
ators canying out controls
at present include A. A. Tate
and Taylor R. Cuxnbie of As-
permont and J. P. Ratliff of
the Grow Community in King
County. Sam A. Buagh, Os-
car Dickerson, Billy Joe
Speck, E. W. Cade and Hu-
bert Roach arc among those
who plan to do brush con-
trol and seeding later this
winter or early next spring.
For more information on
how the Great Plains Con-
servation Program could be
of assistance, contact the
SCS office in Aspermont or
anyone of the Directors of
the King-Stonewall Soil and
Water Conservation District.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Dun-
can spent the Christmas
holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Taylor and family at
Satanta, Kans. and Lt. Col.
Wayne M. Duncan and fami-
ly at Wichita, Kans.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Dun-
can attended the funeral of
an uncle, Rev. Arda Stout at
Duke, Okla., Tuesday of last
week.
Sport Pittock In
Serious Condition
Following Wreck
Sport Pittock was taken
to Hendrick Memorial Hos-
pital in Abilene Tuesday
morning by Littlepage ambu-
lance Service, after the pick-
up he was driving ran into
the rear of a parked truck
across from Ellison Brothers
Texaco.
Pittcock suffered severe
head injuries and is in the
intensive care unit, of the
hospital.
Texas Highway Patrolman
Bobby Stone and Stonewall
County Deputy Sheriff Mar-
vin Crawford investigated
the accident which occurred
about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday morn,
ing.
The sheriffs office said
Pittcock's pickup was de-
molished by the impact, but.
that the driver of the truck
who was asleep in the cab
was not awakened by the
collision.
Wichita Falls Rites
Held Wednesday
For Mrs. Miller, 64
Wichita Falls Funeral
for Mrs. E- A. Miller, 64,
former Aspermont resident,
was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
in the Hampton-Vaughn
Funeral Chapel here with
the Rev. Tiff Covington of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Post Oak
Cemetery.
Mrs. Miller died at 7 a.m.
in a local hospital.
She was born in Post Oak
Aug. 18, 1906 and had lived
in Aspermont for many years
before coming to Wichita
Falls two years ago.
Survivors include her hus-
band of the home; two sons,
Vale White of Temple and
A. R. White of Carroll; one
sister, Mrs. Nellie Coving-
ton of Joy; three brothers,
Donald Scarber of Amarillo,
T. J. Scailber of Foss, Okla.,
and Riley Scarber of Post
Oak; and six grandchildren.
Devitt Ellison, chairman
of the Stonewall County
Livestock Show Committee,
has announced committees
as follows for the Annual
Livestock Show to be held
Feb. 12-13.
Master of Ceremonies will
be Pat Mitchell Jr; promo-
tion and prize money —
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Biggs; sale — John Fowler;
berbeque — Wayne Thigpen;
ring master — Ed Woisch;
judges for the show — H. W.
Old Glory Resident,
James Newman,
Dies Saturday
Funeral services were held
for James F. (Jimmy) New-
man, 67, of Old Glory, Tues-
day at 3 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church in Asper-
mont. Rev. Fred Thomas,
pastor and Rev James Woods,
pastor of Central Baptist
Church, officiated.
Burial was in Old Glory
Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Littlepage Funeral
Home.
Mr. Newman was found
dead at his home Saturday
afternoon of an apparent
heart attack.
Born March 6, 1903 in Al-
ba, he had lived in Old Glory
.since 1915. He was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church.
He married Sally MontaCarr
of Old Glory Jan. 4, 1926 at
Aspermont. He was a farmer.
Survivors are his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. Linda Kay
Lackey of San Antonio; five
sons, James R. of Monahans,
Terry N. stationed in the
South Pacific, Capt. Jerrol
M. Newman of Germany, Jim
D. of Imperial, Calif. and
Noel K. of Garden Grove,
Calif.; his mother, Mrs. R. W.
Newman of Snyder; two bro-
thers, Robert Orban of Pauls-
bo, Wash, and A. C. of Sny-
der; five sisters, Mrs. Frank
McClure of Floydada, Mrs.
Ennis Woodson of Snyder,
Mrs. RaRue Branch of Clif-
ton, Mrs. Jerry Younts of
Greensboro, N. C, and Mrs.
Carroll Griffin of Corona,
Calif.; 13 grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Travis
Beil, Lee Roy Vanderworth,
George Rhoads. Loyal Young,
Louis Spitzer and Garret
Spitzer.
Swink and Milton Weaver;
Wsigh-ins — Frederick Dal-
foy; moving building — Harold
McNutt, Johnny Pittcock and
Jim Clark; tent for show —
Doyie Pittcock; pens and
equipment — J. M. Allen and
plaques — Bill Jones.
The livestock show will
start at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12
p judging, followed
irifK olifln1
by hogs. The calf show will
be held Saturday, Feb. 13,
at 10 a.m., followed by the
barbeque at 12 noon and sale
at 1:30 p.m.
The livestock barn will be
moved to the new location,
east of Aspermont on the
Old Glory highway around
the first of Januaiy.
For any additional infor-
mation contact the Live-
stock Committee.
Meeting Set Mon.
To Explain New
Farm Programs
There will be k farm
meeting Jan. 4, at 8:80 p.
m. in the school cafeteria.
The purpose of the meet-
ing Will be to .explain the
new farm program for 1071.
The Farmers Union and
Stonewall County Young
Farmers will sponsor a free
chili supper at the meet-
ing.
This es a county wide
meeting for all agriculture
producers and their wives.
Leonard Haag
Receives Third
Commendation
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM —
Private First Class Leonard
J. Haag, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leon L. Haag, Aspermont,
recently received his third
award of the Army Commen-
dation Medal while serving
with the Americal Division
in Vietnam.
Private Haag earned the
award for meritorius service
as a rifleman with Company
B, 1st Battalion, 46th Infan-
try of the Division's 196th
Infantry Brigade.
He entered the Army in
July 1969 and was last sta-
tioned at Ft. Ord, Calif.
The 20-year-old soldier in a
1368 graduate of Aspermont
High School.
Visitors in the Eugene Mc-
Dowell home Christmas day
were their children and fami-
lies Mr. and Mrs. David Mc-
Dowell, Sherry, David Jr.
and Pat of Abilene; Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Schuessler, Tina
and Bud of Lovlngton, N.
Mex., Mr. and Mrs. Royce
Stanaland, Kendall and
Christy of Jayton and Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Kenady.
Also visiting the McBaw-
olls over the holidays were
Mrs. McDowell's sister and
her daughter, Mrs. Sam
Reames and Tammy of Ft.
Worth.
Guests in the homes of the
A. B. Reeds, the C. W. Stew-
arts and the Odell Myers
were three of their sisters.
Mrs. H. R. Prescott of Rio
Osa, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Randolph and Chris, (an
exchange student from Swed-
den) of Porta les, N. Mex.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Alexander
of Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim White, Diana, Jeannie
and Carol of Las Crucis, N-
Mex., Mr. and Mrs. David
Roun, Cindy and Tim of
Odessa, Mrs. Vickie Porter
and Mrs. Lezzie Reed of Ft.
Worth.
Secretary Hardin Announces Provisions of Wheat Program
Wheat growers under the
net set-aside program for
1971, announced by Secretary
of Agriculture Clifford M.
Hardin, on December 8, 1970,
can plant more wheat and
get larger marketing certifi-
cate payments than they
could have under permanent
legislation, which would have
gone into effect if the Agri-
cultural Act of 1970 han not
been enacted.
In 1971 there will be no
national wheat acreage allot-
ment comparable to 1970 —
only a domestic use allot-
ment totaling 19.7 million
acres. This is the acreage
necessary to produce 535
million bushels of wheat on
participating farms, for do-
mestic use during 1971-72.
However, the domestic
wheat allotment will not
limit the acreage of wheat
a participant can plant, as
did previous allotments.
Wheat from the 1971 crop
will be eligible for loans at
a national average of $1.25
per bushel.
The set-aside will be be-
tween 60 and 75 percent of
the wheat allotment. The de-
cision on the actual percent-
age will be made before the
program sign-up period. A
wheat farmer who set aside
to conserving use an acre-
age of cropland equal to the
required percentage of his
domestic allotment and main-
tains his conserving base can
plant all of the wheat he
wishes — or any other non-
quota crop — on his farm
and receive wheat certificates.
Unlike previous programs he
will receive wheat certift-
caets even If he plants no
wheat at all. Quota crops for
which acreage restrictions
will be in effect In 1971 are
peanuts, rice, tobacco, extra
long staple cotton, and sugar-
fane.
"Most significant feature
of the new program." the
Secretary declared, "is the
concept of giving farmers
more freedom of choice in
seeking improved crop pro-
duction and marketing goals
for his entire farm after set-
ting aside an acreage of
cropland representing his
share of national land use
adjustment goals."
Participating wheat farm-
ers will revolve 100 percent
of parity on the production
of their full domestic allot-
ment. Face value of the cer-
tificates will be the differ-
ence (between 100 percent of
parity on July 1, 1971, and
the national average wheat
price received by farmers
during the first five months
of the marketing year, Pro-
ducers will get preliminary
payments equal to 75 per-
cent of the estimated face
value of the certificate soon
after July 1. The remainder
will be paid after December
1, 1971. No producer refund
will be required if the pre-
liminary payment proves to
be higher than the full pay-
ment due the farmer.
Processors of wheat for
domestic foo<j use will con-
tinue to pay 75 cents per
bushel towards the domestic
certificate value. There will
be no export marketing cer-
tificates issued during 1971-
72 marketing year.
Although producers are not
required to plant wheat to
obtain certificates, failure
to plant at least 90 percent
of the farm's domestic allot-
ment can result in a reduction
in the 1972 allotment of aj;
much as 20 percent. If no
wheat Is planted for 3 con-
secutive years, the entire al-
lotment can be lost. All al-
lotments removed from farms
will be allocated to other
wheat farms.
Loss of allotment due to
failure to plant can be avoid-
ed, however. Acreage which
is not planted due to a
drought, flood, or other
natural disaster or a condi-
tion beyond the control of
the producer will be ensider-
ed planted to wheat, and any
producer who makes a set-
aside but elects to receive no
payment will not suffer al-
lotment loss. In addition, the
Secretary under the new
legislation may consider
acreage planted to feed grain
or soybeans as planted to
wheat to prevent loss of al-
lotment history.
In 1971, acreage planted
to soybeans will not be con-
sidered planted to wheat, un-
less it is later determined
that this action is needed to
prevent a shortage of soy-
beans. Acreage planted to
feed grain in 1971 will be
considered planted to wheat
to prevent loss of allotment.
The improved substitution
offered by the 1971 program
enables a farmer to plant all
of his acreage to wheat or
feed grain without loss of
history or program benefits.
In addition, he can plant
wheat or feed grain on acre-
age previously devoted to
low-return crops. There is
no provision regarding ex-
cess wheat production in the
1971 program. However, ax-
cess wheat stored under
prior programs may be re-
leased to the extent produc-
tion is less than three timet
the domestic allotment
multiplied by the farm yield.
Another feature of the set-
aside program is that es-
tablished summer fallow
wheat farms which devote at
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1970, newspaper, December 31, 1970; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128088/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.