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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 74, NO. 43
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1972
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN
Yesteryears
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO
(June 9, 1921)
The school election last Saturday
for a 50 cents tax on the $1.00
valuation of all taxable property in
this district carried by about 4 to 1.
The Aspermont Golf Club had its
initial meeting Tuesday morning in
the directors room of the First
National Bank. A charter roil of 28
enthusiastic members was formed
with prospects of swelling the total
membership to about 35.
Sunday night a general rain,
amounting to about two inches, fell
over Stonewall and adjoining coun-
ties. Filling up tanks and putting a
fine season in the ground for the
growing crops.
At the initial meeting of the Golf
Club, the possibilities of Aspermont
having a free barbecue and picnic
July 2nd was discussed and it was
decided that we have it, and a com-
mittee of five were appointed to see
that everything was put over in good
shape.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(June 5, 1952)
The daily vacation Bible School is
well underway at the Aspermont
First Baptist Church this week.
Commencement exercises will be
held Friday evening at 8:00 o'clock at
the church.
According to an announcement
made this week by Rev. A. L. Mit-
chell, a daily vacation Bible School
will be held at the First Methodist
Church here. The school will get
underway Monday morning, June 9,
at 8:00 o'clock and will continue
through June 20.
Stonewall County oil activity was
highlighted this week by the com-
pletion of two producers and locations
staked for eight field projects.
Stonewall County chapter chair-
man and several other workers of the
Red Cross met in the district court-
room Tuesday night, at which time a
representative of the Lubbock office
met with the group. Discussion was
held concerning the setting up of
disaster program in the county and
the work of the bloodmobile unit
which is soon to visit West Texas.
American Party—
County Farmer, Homer
Fikes, lids for Governor
Homer Fikes, 45, a Stonewall
County farmer, was without
opposition in his hid to be the
candidate for governor of the
American Party, which met
Saturday afternoon in Fort
Worth at its state convention.
Alabama Gov. George
Wallace was the unanimous
choice for president and the 146
iUso sosreved th6
vice presidential candidacy of
Richmond, Va., attorney T.
Coieman Andrews Jr., son of a
former third-party presidential.
candidate in 1952.
H. D. "Hub" Horton, former
principal of Bangs High School
and now of Odessa, was chosen
to replace Co. H. W. Mathews,
former state American Party
chairman who died May 1.
Convention delegates also
named 104 persons to attend the
National American Party
Convention in Louisville, Ky.,
Aug 4-6.
Street Parade to Launch
Annual Rodeo June 22
The Seventeenth Annual
Amateur Rodeo of Aspermont
will be held on June 22,23 and 24
nightly at 8:30 p.m.
The main events are saddle
bronc riding, bareback riding,
bull riding, calf roping, old
man's calf roping, and team
Sheriff's Posse
To Ride In
Area Parades
Plans for the appearance of
the Stonewall Comity Sheriff's
Posse in several area rodeo
parades were made at the
regular meeting Monday
evening at the County Livestock
Barn. Plans were also made for
the parade to be held June 22 in
connection with the Seventeenth
Annual Amateur Rodeo here.
Twenty-two riders were there
for the practicer session held
just before the business
meeting.
The club voted to attend the
Stamford Parade July 1 and will
participate in the Rotan parade
June 15.
Magene Yarborough and
Billie Clark were named to the
float committee for the June 22
5 p.m. parade. Anyone wishing
to enter a float should contact
one of them.
First, second and third place
trophies will be given for floats
placing in the parade. A trophy
will also be given to the
youngest rider and the oldest
rider in the parade.
The Posse has been selling
flags to be put up at the
businesses in town. Anyone who
would like to have a rodeo flag
and has not been contacted,
should call Mrs. Johnny Pitt-
cock by Friday, June 16.
TEN YEARS AGO
(June 7, 1962)
A new business is now open in
Aspermont. The new business is to be
called Lela Mae's. It is owned and
operated by Lela Mae McKeever and
Pat Ward.
At a called meeting of the Asper-
mont Parent-Teachers Association
last Monday afternoon, new officers
were elected for the coming year.
Plans are underway for the rodeo to
be held here in Aspermont June 28, 29
and 30 at the rodeo arena. This will be
the seventh annual Stonewall County
Rodeo put on by the Rodeo
Association of Stonewall County.
Stonewall County went strong for
Don Yarborough, Preston Smith and
Waggoner Carr for statewide offices
Saturday and gave David Ratliff a
wide margin in the State Senate race.
Alex Ringhoffer, a native of San
Angelo, has joined the staff of the Soil
Conservation Service in Aspermont.
Mrs. John P. Ward and Oscar
Dickerson were honored as Asper-
mont's Outstanding Woman and Man
of the year at an Achievement Award
Banquet held here Friday, June 1.
Up to Wednesday morning the
official rainfall for the month of June
has been 4.61 inches. Total for the
year thus far has been 7.93.
To Meet Friday
The Aspermont Roping Club
will meet Friday in the FFA
Building. Officers will be
elected.
Membership dues will be
established and the purchasing
of calves will be discussed.
Kirby Priest
Resigns As
Coach Here
Kirby Priest has resigned as
head girls basketball and track
coach and junior high boys
basketball and track coach at
Aspermont High School to take
over as head basketball coach
in his hometown of Hutto.
Priest, a 1969 graduate of
Abilene Christian College, was
a physical education major at
ACC and played during one
season on the Wildcat
basketball team.
Applications for the vacancy
are being accepted and anyone
interested may contact
Superintendent W. C. Robinson.
Services Held
Monday for
Mrs. Smith, 75
Mrs. Isaiah (Esther Dye)
Smith, 75, an Aspermont
resident since 1918, died Sunday
morning in Anson Nursing
Home after a long illness.
Funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Monday in First Baptist Church
with the Rev. Clyde Cook, a
former pastor, and the Rev.
James Wood, pastor of Central
Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Aspermont
Cemetery under direction of
Littlepage Funeral Home.
Born in Travis County Aug.
29, 1896, she married Isaiah
Smith May 17, 1918, in Buffalo
Gap. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church.
Survivors are her husband,
Isaiah of Aspermont; one son,
Thomas, of Aspermont; one
daughter, Mrs. Maxine Brown
of Big Lake; eight grand-
children; three great-
grandchildren. Two sons,
Milburn Truett and Isaiah
Smith Jr., preceded her in
death.
Junior Golf
Tournament
Set Sat., Sun.
Aspermont will host a junior
golf tournament Saturday and
Sunday, June 17, 18. Entry fee
will be $5 and will be taken
anytime before the tourney
starts at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Flights will be for 11 years of
age and under. 12 and 13 years,
14 and 15 years and 16 and 17
years.
Eighteen holes will be played
both days.
Trophys will be awarded to
first, second and third places in
all flights.
For further information call
989 2716 or 989-2253.
Ron Galloway
On Honor Roll
Ron Galloway, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Galloway of
Aspermont, was listed on the
McMurry College Honor Roll
for the Spring semester, ac-
cording to Dr. C. W. Tarter,
dean of the college.
The Honor Roll is made up of
those students who achieve a
grade point average of 3.5 or
above but were not included in
the top 10 percent of each class.
Mickey Gerloff
On Honor Roll
Mickey Lynn Gerloff was one
of 488 students representing 58
Texas cities, two other states
and the Republic of South
Vietnam who made the spring
semester honor roll in the
School of Business Ad-
ministration at the University
erf Texas at Arlington.
Dean Wallace B. Nelson
revealed that 25 students made
all A's.
Screwworm Threat Greatest
Siace Start of Eradication
GARY M. GARDNER
Screwworms pose a greater
threat to the United States than
at any time since the
eradication program began in
1962. During the first four
months of 1972,1,011 esses have
been reported in Texas, 31 in
Arizona, two in Mexico and one
in California.
Personnel in charge of the
screwworm program in Texas
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program is as effective as ever.
Spraying animals with ap-
proved treatment keeps
screwworms from maturing.
Spray all animals being shipped
from infested areas, and check
all animals thoroughly arriving
from infested areas.
4. It is illegal to move infested
livestock across State lines. If
screwworm infestation results
from transporting infested
animal out of infested areas it
may be necessary to quarantine
and regulate livestock
movements.
5. Samples of worms from
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collected and sent to the Mission
Screwworm Lab for iden-
tification.
roping. There will also be a
senior and a junior barrel race,
jackpot each night.
Other junior events are
breakaway roping, flag race,
and calf scramble.
Stock contractor for the show
is Red Whatley of Crosbyton.
Books open at 8:00 a.m. June 21
and close at noon, June 22.
Rodeo office is Frazier's Cafe,
phone 989-3560.
Admission is $2 for adults and
$1 for children under 12.
A big street parade is planned
at 5 p.m. June 22 to open the
three day show.
. . .will move to Wilson Regardless of the reasons, the
situation at present time is
serious. Mr. Steve Cochran and
Mr. Charles Kirkpatrick,
Vocational Agriculture
terachers, advise livestock
owners to take the following
precautions.
1. Livestock men must protect
themselves by using a long
abandoned practice — in-
specting livestock regularly and
carefully. All wounds-
particularly navels of new born
calves — must be found and
treated promptly, whether they
are wormy or not.
2. Surgical operations are now
dangerous and should be
postponed until coll weather
whenever possible. Castration,
dehorning, shearing and
docking provide additional
wounds on which screwworms
can lay their eggs.
3. Spraying of herds in each
infested f.rea should be started.
Gary Gardner
Named Wilson
Superintendent
Gary M. (Sonny) Gardner,
assistant superintendent of
schools for two years at
Colorado City has resigned to
accept the position of
superintendent of schools at
Wilson.
Gardner, 29, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Gardner, Rt-I.
He began his coaching and
teaching career in Lubbock in
1965-66. He organized and was
supervisor for the reading
program in Aspermont during
1966-67 and served as an
elementary principal in Sonora
before going to Colorado City.
He now has 33 hours above his
master's degree and plans to
continue work toward a doc-
torate in education at Texas
Tech University.
He is a member of Texas
State Teachers Association, the
National Educator's
Association, Lions Club,
Chamber of Commerce and
Church of Christ.
Gardner, his wife, Andria,
and son, Preston Roy, 2, will
move to Wilson July 1.
Early Program Payments
Depend On Certification
Reunion Set
Here June 25
The Swenson and Brazos
Valley Friendship Reunion has
been set for June 25 in the
Aspermont School Cafeteria.
Each one is asked to bring a
basket lunch.
Set-aside payments will begin
promptly with the beginning of
the fiscal year on July 1 for
farm program participants who
have made early certification of
compliance in the 1972 feed
grain, cotton, and wheat set-
aside programs.
Farm program payments are
dependent upon producer
certification. Early cer-
tification means an early
payment. However, no one
should make certification until
he knows he is in compliance.
When £ farmer certifies
compliance, he reports the
exact acreage of his set-aside
land and program crops and
designates the location of his
set-aside acreage on a
photocopy of his farmland. He
also certifies that he has
complied and will continue to
comply with all program
regulations. Certification is
made at the ASCS County Of-
fice.
As soon as a farmer certifies,
ASCS begins processing for his
program payments. Payments
cannot be made before July 1
but the law provides they must
Oil, Gas Production In
County Nears $22 Million
Sale of Stonewall County oil
and gas production accounted
for $21,952,605 of the county's
economic output for 1971, ac-
cording to a study by Texas
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn.
In producing 6,077,661 barrels
of crude oil and 3 billion cu. ft. of
natural gas, the county ranked
64 in Texas. Value of its crude
oil was $21,393,367; natural gas
value was $559,238.
The county is among 190
Texas counties with oil and gas
production value topping
$100,000, although 211 counties
produce oil and gas.
"Stonewall County oil and gas
wells made a significant
contribution to Texas' share of
the nation's energy needs last
year, but growing demand is
sapping reserves in Texas
faster than they can be
replaced," Robert A. Busch-
man. Association president,
Aspermont
Native Retires
WHITE SANDS MISSILE
RANGE, N. M., - Rosalio S.
Zamora of Alamogordo, a
motor vehicle operator at White
Sands Missie Range, has an-
nounced his retirment after a
total of 25 years and three
months of government service.
He has also been employed in
the storage branch of Supply
Division, Logistics Directorate.
Zamora was born in Asper-
mont, in April of 1921. He served
for more than four years in the
U. S. Army during World War
II. He began his civil service
career following the war.
At the time of his retirement,
Mr. Zamora had been employed
in the supply organization at
WSMR for more than six years.
He accepted a transfer to his
assignment at the missile range
in March of 1966.
He makes his home in
Alamogordo with his wife,
Maria D. Zamora.
said. "As fewer new fields are
discovered, due to less drilling,
the continuing strong economy
and tax base of many Texas
counties may now depend on
updating Texas oil conservation
laws to encourage wider use of
new recovery technology," he
said.
The Association study showed
that Stonewall County farmers,
ranchers, and other royalty
owners received $2,744,076 as
their share of the production.
The county's wells generated
$984,095 in crude oil production
taxes for state government and
$41,943 in state taxes on
natural gas. Oil and gas
producers spent $957,884 in
drilling 50 wells in the county
last year, $540,124 of which was
lost in drilling 34 dry holes.
Texas Employment Com-
mission figures showed 101 oil
and gas industry employees in
the county last year, with an
annual payroll of $787,176.
A processing plant also added
to the county's economy. The
Oil and Gas Journal lists one
natural gasoline plant, with a
daily capacity of 16 million cu.
ft.
Charles Bragg Named to
Cotton Council Staff
Memphis, Tenn., — Charles
G. Bragg, Stamford, has been
appointed staff representative
for the Producer Steering
Committee of the National
Cotton Council, effective June
15.
The appointment was an-
nounced by Chauncey L.
Denton, Tyronza, Ark.,
chairman of the Producer
Steering Committee, following
approval at the Council's Board
meeting here recently.
Mr. Bragg has been executive
vice president of the Rolling
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.,
since 1967. As staff head of this
regional association of ap-
proximately 10,000 cotton
of regional, state, and national
committees concerned with
cotton. This included alternate
membership on the Cotton
Board.
From 1885 to late in 18®7, Mr.
Bragg was a cotton specialist
with the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, in Washington. He
headed a staff group respon-
be made as soon as passible
thereafter.
Also as soon as a farmer
certifies, his farm is subject to
spotcheck for compliance. A
number of farms in the county
are chosen at random each year
for spot-checking. The selection
for farms for spot-checking is
made by the Data Processing
Center at New Orleans.
While commenting that early
certification means early
payment, the ASC Committee
Chainnan also said that ac-
curate certification is essential.
Once a farmer has made his
final certification, he may not
change his mind nor make
acreage adjustments, and a
mistake can mean loss of some
or all of his program payment.
sible for production adjustment
operations for cotton, peanuts,
and tobacco, and twice received
USDA's Merit Award for out-
standing service. Prior to
service in Washington, he had
been an ASCS office manager
in Lynn and Lubbock counties in
Texas.
The representative for the
Council's Producer Steering
Committee attended Texas
Tech University and Frank
Phillips College at Borger. He
took special courses at USDA's
graduate and training schools
and summer work at the
University of Santa Clara.
He operated a 900-acre
cotton, livestock, and grain
farm for five years in Lynn
County, Texas. Mr. Bragg
completed the Reserve Officers
Training Course and served on
active duty in the U. S. Amy
from August, 1946, io May, 1847,
graduating from the
Southeastern Signal School and
from the Army Security School,
Carlisle Barracks.
Mr. Bragg, 43, is married and
has one daughter.
150 Attend
First Reunion
Of Letz Family
By Bernice D. White
Approximately 150 people
gathered at the Old Glory Sons
of Herman Hall last Saturday
afternoon and evening for the
first Letz Family reunion.
They were the descendants of
the late Mrs. Ida Letz and their
families. Mrs. Letz had twelve
children, eight boys and four
girls, all are still living. Seven
of the eight boys live in the Old
Glory Community. They are
Herman, Martin, Bernard,
Charlie, Tony, John and Alfred.
Adolph lives near Stamford.
The four girls all married and
moved some distance away, but
all were here for the reunion.
They are Mrs. Emma Welch of
Alamagardo, N. Mex.; Mrs.
Erwin (Minnie) Korff of
Woodsboro; Mrs. Cecil (Lena)
Weaver of Jacksonville; and
Mrs. Eugene (Ella) Van-
derworth of Houston.
Other descendants came from
Oklahoma City Mesquite,
Austin, Haskell, Midland, Forth
Worth, Lubbock, Abilene,
Aspermont, Rule, Sagerton,
Stamford, Wellwood, Corpus
Christi, Denton, Roscoe, Ozona,
Palestine, El Paso, Odessa, Las
Cruces, N. M., Houston, and
perhaps some other towns.
Herman Letz was the oldest
member to attend the reunion.
The youngest was Lori Letz,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Letz of Lubbock.
The Letz's plan to meet again
in three years. Officers elected
are Lisbon Letz, Chairman,
Danny Letz, Vice-Chairman,
Mrs. Buddy Letz, Secretary;
and Allen Letz Treasurer.
Visiting Here
From Holland
Visiting Mrs. John (Lillian)
Boland are her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jef-
fery Pope, of the Hague in
Holland.
Mr. Pope is an electrical
engineer with an oil well supply
company and supervises the
shipping of oil well drilling
equipment to the Far East.
He is very Interested in all
phases of the oil business
around Aspermont. He l« a
native of Great Britain and says
West Texas Is quite different
from his native England.
The Peacock Old Settlers
Reunion will be held July 9 The
meal will be catered. The price
is $1.86 per plate.
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