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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 76.
ASPERMONT. STONEWALL COIJNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1973
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN
Booster Club
Set Caravan
Yesteryears To Jayton
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(September 27. 1923)
Three big prizes wili be given away
at Bryant Link Co. Saturday, Oct. 6.
First prize will be a ham, second prize
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ffi ib. sack of flour.
School is progressing very nicely
since the beginning. Some im-
provements nave been made. The
weeds were removed last week by the
pupils and the playgroundwas graded
by some of the patrons. Two
basketball courts are now in good
condition and balls have been
provided by the pupils and some of
the business men of the community.
Some noticeable improvements have
also been made in the appearance of
the class rooms. The auditorium has
been provided with chairs and we
hope to hold Chapel every Monday
morning.
District Court will convene in
Aspermont Monday, Oct. 8.
There were several present last
Friday night at the Parent-Teachers
Association. After necessary
business was attended to, a short
program was given. We hope that
more parents will be at the next
meeting.
Saturday of last week a deal was
made whereby Mr. W. H. Link
became proprietor of the Cash
Garage. Mr. Link has lived here for a
number of years. Mr. Cash will
remain with the firm for some time.
He asks all of his friends to continue
to make the garage their
headquarters.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(September 17, 1953)
The Aspermont Quarterback Club
met at the high school cafeteria on
Monday night for its regular meeting.
George Hanke, president, presided.
George Calvin Kenady, secretary,
stated that the club now has ap-
proximately 55 paid-in members,
with more yet to be signed up.
City Water Superintendent Bryan
Goodloe has asked us to announce
that the city water truck is stationed
across from the city hall, and all those
desiring water for cooking and
drinking purposes can obtain some by
bringing their containers to the truck.
He stated that the lake has sufficient
water for approximately two and one-
half months.
H. L. Norris of Sweetwater, district
director of Boy Scouts met on
Tuesday afternoon with several
mothers of Aspermont cub scouts for
the purpose of outlining the program
for the coming year. Plans were
made for a meeting to be held every
Tuesday, beginning Sept. 22. At these
meetings, Mr. Norris will preside and
details will be worked out for the
scout meetings.
People from all over this area are
being invited to the dedication of Lake
Stamford and open house of the West
Texas Utilities Company power plant
on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Boat com-
panies have been invited to bring in
boats for tours of the lake as a part of
the day's activites.
TEN YEARS AGO
(September 12, 1963)
The Aspermont Hornets have
started the football season in fine
stride by downing the Trent Gorillas
32-0. Trent only got across the 50-yard
line one time.
The Aspermont Booster Club met
and elected officers for this year.
Elected were: Dean Clark,
president; Frank Mrazek, vice-
president: Horace Brock, secretary-
treasurer. There have been 36 men
Join the Booster Club this year, up to
Monday night. Goal for this year is to
pay off the remaining debt on the bus
that they gave the school. They have
paid $1250.00 on the bus.
Four Accidents
Reported Here
In August
The Texas Highway Patrol
investigated four accidents on
rural highways in Stonewall
County during the month of
August according to Sergeant
F. Jircik, Highway Patrol
supervisor of this area,
supervisor of this area.
These crashes resulted in no
persons killed and no persons
injured.
The rural traffic accident
summary for this county during
the first eight months of 1973
shows a total of 29 accidents
resulting in two persons killed
and ten persons injured.
The rural traffic accident
summary for the 60 counties of
the Lubbock Department of
Public Safety Region for
August, 1973 shows a total of 386
accidents resulting in 24 per-
sons killed and 328 persons
injured as compared to August,
1972, with 593 accidents
resulting in 28 persons killed
and 359 persons injured. This
was 7 less accidents, 4 less
fatalities, and 31 less injured in
1973 at the same period of time.
The 24 traffic deaths for the
month of August, 1973, occurred
in the following counties;
Montague, four; Armstrong,
Castro, Dallam, Swisher,
Baylor, Clay, Wise counties,
two each; and Deaf Smith,
Donley, Parmer, Haskell,
Lubbock, and Lynn counties,
one each.
The Verteran Sergeant
reminds the Texas motorist to
Drive Friendly the Texas Way!
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The Aspermont Booster Club
met Tuesday night and elected
Joe Rimes as their new
president and made plans for a
caravan to meet at 7 p. m. an
the Court House Square, Friday
night. The caravan will travel
to Jayton for the second game of
the season.
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Travis Hight, Mr. and Mrs.
Dean McAnally, Mr. and Mrs.
B. G. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Rimes, Mr. and Mrs. Brady
Shadle, Mr. and Mrs. Orthell
McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton
Gill, Mr. and Mr is. Joe Meadcr,
Mr. and Mrs. Bunk Floyd, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Meador, Mr. and
Mrs. Gwen Myers, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack McGough, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Gark, Mr. and Mrs. R.
T. Cumbie, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Lipham, Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Lett, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Fincher,
Mr. and Mrs. Dud Ward, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Kirkpatrick,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kenady
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Swink, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
McAnally, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Ellison and Mack Peacock.
The Booster Club will meet
each Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in
the high school. The mem-
bership drive is still in effect
and if you would like to join,
please contact any member of
the Club.
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Coming to Aspermont Soon
Hello, Folks!
I will be looking forward to
seeing you at the Fisher Bros.
Circus when we come to
Aspermont on the 11th day of
Oct. for two performances at
the Legion Ball Park Show
ground for the benefit of the
American Legion.
All my animal friends such as
the monkeys, apes, llamas,
elephant, five-legged cow, Tiny
Mite, the little horse who is only
18 inches tall and 12 years old,
and his buddies, Trigger, the
five-footed horse, and Weasie,
the Sicilian donkey, who is not
any taller than Tiny Mite, as
well as many other animal pals,
will be waiting to greet you.
There is also a giant snake over
24 feet long, and weighs better
than 200 pounds.
As for myself, I weigh over 2
tons (I haven't been on a scale
for some time now. You know
how we girls are about our
figures). I have my own private
swimming pool, and enjoy a
snack of a bale of good hay ever
so often. (I shall have to cut
down on my eating).
We have lots of other things
for you to see and enjoy, such as
Dixie the performing and wire-
walking elephant; Miss Luci,
that daring young lady on the
high trapeze; Kathie's fantastic
trained goats, dogs, and ponies;
and Fisher Bros. Riding School;
We have lots of other things
for you to see and enjoy, such as
Dixie the performing and wire-
walking elephant; Miss Luci,
that daring young lady on the
high trapeze; Kathie's fantastic
trained goats, dogs, and ponies;
and Fisher Bros. Congress of
funny clowns; that high-
stepping dancing horse, Royal
Rouge; Fisher Bros. Riding
School; the Canine Cavaliers,
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By Bernice D. White
The Old Glory Variety Club
held their first fall meeting
Tuesday of last week in the
home of Mrs. Katie Gerloff. Ten
members were present and the
ladies decided to attend the
Abilene Fair the next day as a
group.
Those members who attended
the fair Wednesday were Mmes.
T. E. Bell, Herman Dug an,
Allen Letz, Ed LeU, E. H. Diers
and Katie Gerloff.
The next meeting 1s to be held
in the home of Mrs. Beno
Herttenberger Tuesday, Sept.
25.
Cecil Ray Gerloff, his
daughter Mrs. Diane Miles and
her daughter Shawna, all of
Belen, New Mexico, came
Wednesday and spent several
days here with his mother, Mrs.
Katie Gerloff. Other guests in
her home Wednesday evening
included a nephew and family,
Mr. and Mrs Ken Manard
Wolaeh and son of Rochester.
Thursday's visitors in Mrs.
Gerloff's home included Mrs.
Mozelle Ferguson of Lamesa
and Mrs. Jewel Griggs of
Snyder,
Mr. and Mrs Raymond
Rhoads and Dana of Abilene
visited here in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Rhoads,
Sherry and Tom l*e Sunday
Mrs. Ben Klump visited in
Stamford with Mrs Lynn
Flowers last Saturday af-
ternoon.
Joe Stubbs
Named to
WTC Cast
Joe Stubbs of Aspermont has
been named to the cast of
"Charley's Aunt," the first
production of the season by the
Western Texas College theatre
in Snyder.
Stubbs, a graduate of
Aspermont High School, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Stubbs Jr., of Aspermont. He
will be appearing as Brassett in
the WTC production of
"Charley's Aunt" scheduled
Oct. 24-27 in the Fine Arts
Theatre at the college.
Charles Holland, drama
director for WTC, will direct the
play. He invites area residents
interested in working with the
theatre to take part in WTC
productions
Other members of the new
cast are Glenn Polk and Bob
Clifton, employees of Radio
Station KSNY in Snyder, Greg
Nelson, a special education
teacher in Snyder, Mrs. Warren
Cullar of Snyder, and Mack
Walker, Donna Messimer,
Car I a McCollum, and Retha
Boyd, students at WTC. Michael
Crawford, technical director for
WTC, will also appear in the
play.
Sets Meeting
The Livestock Association
will meet Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 8
p m in the Ag Building.
All interested persons are
urged to attend.
Plans Completed Here
For Homecoming Sept. 29
Invitations have been mailed
for the 1973 Homecoming for
Aspermont and all consolidated
school to be held Sept. 29. If you
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an outstanding performing
group of dogs; Mexico's am-
bassador of comedy, Senor
Mike Gasca; Randal's military
ponies, and many other acts.
Take my advice and get your
tickets, those cut-price,
discount tickets from the
sponsors. At $1.00 to everyone,
they admit you to any seat in the
big top. Every seat is at
ringside, as there are not any
reserved seats. Every seat is a
ringside seat. Those sold at the
circus ticket office on circus
day cost you more. Also the
sponsor gets a much larger
share of money from tickets
sold in advance, to be used on
their many local projects.
One and all, old and young,
are invited to come out to the
circus grounds in the morning
of the show, to see the setting up
of the tents, the unloading and
feeding of the many animals,
and all the other interesting
things that are going on to make
the Circus a Magic City of Fun
and Laughter for Mom and Dad,
Brother and Sister, Grandma
and Grandpa, and the whole
family, even the Neighbors.
AHS Student
Council
Elects Officers
Aspermont High School
Student Council recently had a
meeting and elected officers for
the organization. Elected were
Melany Ellison, president;
David Bingham, vice president;
Bonnie McDowell, secretary;
Bennet Cook, treasurer; Paula
Vaughn, reporter, and Jane
Gaither, parlimentarian.
Named as class represen-
tatives wen -*->die Criswell and
Mike Rimes, freshmen; Pam
Clifton and Lester Martin,
sophomores; Joe Fincher and
Sesacio Salazar, juniors; and
Randy Ellison and Rhonda
Moore, seniors.
Services Held
For Mrs. Ward
Funeral services were held
for Mrs. J. Eric Ward, Sept. 8,
in the First Baptist Church in
Denver City. She was the for-
mer Lola White of Stonewall
County.
Mrs. Ward died in the
Methodist Hospital in Lubbock.
She was survived by her
husband and six children.
Houston Ward of Aspermont
and son, Jim, of Lubbock at-
tended the services.
The Things Going On Club
will be open each Tuesday and
Saturday afternoon from 2 until
5.
and will be served from 5 until 7
p. m. in the cafeteria. The
Homecoming football game will
get started at 8 p. m. between
Coming Home Queens will be
crowned.
Make plans to attend all the
Homecoming activites and
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complete and some of you may
have been ieft out.
Plans are almost complete for
a very fine Homecoming day.
Registration will begin at 1 p.
m. in the Junior High Building,
and the business meeting and
program will begin at 2 p. m.
The program chairman need
any ex-student classes,
businesses or organizations to
make a mini float to be in the
parade through the auditorium.
Please contact Mrs. Joe Rimes
if you want to enter. A $5.00
prize will be given to the best
float in three catagories.
A visitation time has been
planned after the program with
coffee to be served and a chance
to have group pictures made.
The evening meal is being
sponsored by the Senior class
Services Held
Sunday for
Mrs. Ha Mum
Funeral for Mrs. Bay (Mattie
Lou) Hallum, 69, a longtime
resident of Stonewall County
who died Friday, was at 2 p. m.
Sunday in the Church of Christ
in Aspermont.
Ray Rice, minister, of-
ficiated. Burial was in the
Aspermont Cemetery under
the direction of McCoy Funeral
Home.
Born Apr. 16, 1904, in
Cleveland County, Okla., she
married Bay Hallum in 1935 in
Anson. She was a member of the
Church of Christ of Swenson.
Survivors include her
husband; two daughters, Mrs.
Billie Gene Hecht and Mrs.
Lucille Herttenberger, both of
Aspermont; one step-daughter,
Mrs. Myrtle Martin of Lubbock;
one brother, Curtis L. (Dick)
Martin of Aspermont; three
grandchildren; four step-
grandchildren; and one great
grandchild.
Pallbearers were Lee and
Carey Lee Gardner, G. B.
Petty, Glen Hoy, Doyle Hill,
Billy Burt Mullen and Van and
Ferman Metcalf.
InrocKmoricn Greyhounds. At
halftime the Homecoming and
relatives to attend the iws
Homecoming on Sept. 28.
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Visitors in the Carl W.
Duncan home this week are Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Taylor and
children of Detroit, Mich., Mrs.
Edgar Floyd and Leota Head of
Snyder and Mrs. Charlie
Wescott and Mrs. Estel Hen-
derson of Big Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Douglass
and children of Lubbock spent
the weekend in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Douglass.
Recently visiting Mrs. F. M.
Perry was her daughter, Mrs.
Bob Rutherford of Fairhope,
Ala.
Mrs. Evin Gholson spent last
week in El Paso with her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Dibbrell.
Junior High
Class Officers
Are Elected
In & class meeting at
Aspermont Junior High School
last Thursday, officers for the
new school year were elected,
David Dickerson was elected
president; Gary Myers, vice
president; Debbie Allen,
secretary-treasurer; and Devon
Pittcock, reporter.
Room mothers elected were:
Mmes. J. M. Alien, Bobbie
Boyles, Oscar Dickerson,
Richard Hawkins, James Kolb,
Gwynn Myers, Johnny Pittcock
and M. D. Pittcock.
There are 37 students in the
seventh grade and class
sponsors are Ronnie Clifton
and Ina Kennedy.
4-H Elects
New Officers
The Aspermont High School 4-
H Club met recently and elected
officers for the coming year.
Gay Walker was elected
president; Judy Pittcock, vice
president; Ira Gene Harris,
secretary; and Pam Clifton,
reporter.
1>ie next meeting will be Sept.
25.
Junior High
4-H Officers
The 7th and 8th grade 4-H
Club recently met and elected
officers. The following were
elected: Kim Baldree, pres-
ident; Boyce Boyles, vice
president; Louise Johnson,
secretary ; and Kelly Hawkins,
reporter.
The next meeting will be Sept.
26.
Class Officers
The Senior class of Asper-
mont High School recently
elected officers for the 1873-74
school term. Kollin Shadle was
named president; Gary
Weaver, vice president; Brenda
Rimes, secretary; Patti Pitt-
cock, treasurer; and Cynthia
Parker, reporter.
WEATHER REPORT
Sept. 12 88
Sept. 53 91
Sept. 14 88
Sept. 15 77
Sept. 16 18
Sept. 17 61
Rainfall of M
recorded on Thursday
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66
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Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Cumbie
Jr. of Roby visited Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Cumbie Sr. Mr. Cumbie is a
patient in Stonewall Memorial
Hospital. Mrs. Allie Betcher
returned home with the Cum-
bies.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Duncan
attended a birthday party
honoring their grandchildren,
Lisa Fachonn and Terry
Duncan, on Saturday in their
home at Little Elm. After the
party the children returned
home with their grandparents
for a weeks visit.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Griffin
were visitors in the home of
Mrs. Tom Marshall in Hamlin
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellison
visited in New Mexico last
week.
Last week visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dalby were their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Roy B.
Goodloe and son Ben of Lub-
bock, a granddaughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Timberlake also of Lubbock and
a grandson and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Goodloe of San An-
tonio. Mrs. Fred Dalby is a
patient in Stonewall Memorial
Hospital.
Weekend visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Penrod
were Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Ritchie of Pixley, Calif.
Judge and Mrs. Warren
Frazier have returned from a
vacation trip to Red River, N.
M., where they visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Chombless and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Abbott.
They also flew to Rapid City, S.
D. to visit their son, Frank
Doyle Frazier. They visited Mt.
Rush more, the Black Hills and
other places of interest in South
Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Marr
visited Tuesday in Abilene with
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Hill.
Mrs. Brooks Ellison spent two
weeks in Hartford, Ark. with
her son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Lyndel Ellison. She also
visited her grandson and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Ellison in
Fort Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Robbing
and Mrs. George Kenady have
been visiting in Montgomery,
Ala. with the Robbin's daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Schwertner.
Weekend visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Penrod
were her sisters, Mrs. Dovie
Stewart of Roby, Mrs. Dean
Fuller of BatUe Mountain, Nev.,
Mrs. Myrtle Baker of Amarillo
and her brothers, Joe and H. S.
Coplen of New Mexico. Their
mother, Mrs. Mattie Coplen has
had surgery and is in the West
Texas Hospital in Abilene.
We are glad to welcome Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Ward and
daughter, Robbin back to our
town. The Wards are now
operating Frazier's Cafe. They
have a son, Ronnie, who is in the
Navy,
FFA Booster
Club to Meet
The Aspermont Future
Farmers of America Booster
Club will meet on Tuesday,
Sept. 28, at 7:30 p. m. in the Af
Ail interested persons are
to attend.
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