The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1976 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ASPERMOHT STAR
VOL. 78, NO. 48
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1976
PRICE 10£
ASPERMONT IN...
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(July 15, 1926)
The Workers Council of ths
Stonewall Association met at
Jayton Monday, July 12. Owing to
the busy season, we presume, the
attendance was not as iarge as was
hoped for by those who had charge
of the arrangements.
The program was carried out by
substitution.
As was formerly announced Mr.
Leigh, State Cor. Sec. of 0. M. U. of
Dallas was present. She and the
District President were given the
right-of-way from the time of their
arrival at 11:00 o'clock until ad-
journment in the afternoon, except
at the noon hour when even a
country editor had equal rights and
privileges as those accorded the
noted speakers, preachers, etc.
Needless to say we availed our-
selves this splendid opportunity.
Mr. Robert F. Mahood, Miss
Maud Tanner, Hermona Shadle,
and Emelyne Link left for Camp
Letoli near Craterville, Okla.,
Wednesday morning. This is the
summer camp of the Camp Fire
Girls of Wichita Falls. Miss Tanner
will be camp nurse this season and
Mr. Mahood will be Craft Ccunslor.
Hermona Shadle and Emelyne
Link of the Ahneah Group will be
there for the entire session also.
Fred Dalby has been appointed
pound man for the City. Anyone
finding stock running out will
confer a favor to the City by
notifying him.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(July 12, 1956)
The Peacock Pirates will meet
the Girard Eagles in Little League
baseball competition tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock at the
Peacock diamond. This will begin
the second half of the League's
schedule, with the Peacock team
being undefeated thus far. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Supt. T. C. Clark states that a
meeting has been called for 8 p.m.,
Monday, July 23, at the high school.
At this time, all prospective band
members and parents are invited
to attend. Mr. Clark further states
that a band director will be here to
discuss the possibility of organizing
a band.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Hart held a family reunion in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hart at
Levelland June 29.
TEN YEARS AGO
(July 14, 1966)
Linda Kay Jones, drum major,
Brenda Foil, head majorette, and
twirlers Sue King and Mary Ann
Calhoon, all members of the
Aspermont Hornet Band, are at-
tending the McMurry College Band
and Twirling School in Abilene.
They are enrolled in twirling. The
annual two-week school opened
Monday.
Mrs. Carl Duncan is the 1966
Cancer Crusade Memorial
Chairman. Anyone wishing to
make a contribution in memory of
a loved one or in place of a floral
tribute, may do so by seeing Mrs.
Duncan.
By the order of the Com-
missioners' Court' of Stonewall
County, Texas made and entered
on the llth day of July, 1966, an
election has been called: said
election to be held on Saturday, the
20th day of August, 1966, at which
time it shall be determined
whether the provisions of Article
6716-1 of the Revised Civil statutes
of the State of Texas, known as
"The Optional County Road Law"
should be in effect is said County
and the ballot for such election.
BennyCostineda Drowns Dkkwu E,ectric
Cooperative Ssts
While On Family Outing Meeting Today
Benny Castineda, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Benito
Castineda of Aspermont
drowned Sunday, July 4, near
Swenson while on an outing
with familv and friends.
Castineda and a friend
were swimming across a
stock tank northwest of
Swenson about 6 p.m. when
Castineda stopped about
halfway across, went under
and drowned.
Stonewall County sheriff's
officers dragged the tank for
three hours before the body
was recovered.
Castineda's companion
tried to rescue him but was
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
For Mrs. Hine, 66
Funeral for Mrs. Jack
(Elcie) Hine, 66, was held
Thursday at 4 p.m. at First
Baptist Church. Mrs. Hine
died about 12:30 a.m. Wed-
nesday, July 7, at Stamford
Memorial Hospital.
The Rev. Tom Riddle,
pastor, officiated, assisted by
the Rev. James Woods,
pastor of Central Baptist
Church. Burial was in
Aspermont Cemetery under
the direction of McCoy
Funeral Home.
Born Elcie Burge June 6,
1910, in Texas, she married
Jack Hine Oct. 6, 1928, in
Haskell. She had lived in
Aspermont the past 44 years.
She was a member of the
Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include a
daughter, Mrs. Arvel McCoy
Jr. of Aspermont; a sister,
Ruby Peterson of Asper-
mont; two brothers, Garland
Burge and Jack Burge, both
of Midland, two grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Harold
McNutt, Deryl Lawrence,
Ray King, Alfred Rogers,
James Kolb and Wayne
Thigpen.
fought off by the boy, who
panicked, sheriff officials
said.
Services were held at 4
p.m. Wednesday. July 7, at
St. Marv'S Catholic Ijiyrch
The Rev. John Harmon,
pastor, officiated.
A lifetime resident of
Stonewall County, he was
born March 6, 1959, in
Stamford. He would have
been a senior at Aspermont
High School this fall.
Survivors include his
parents; a brother, Daniel, of
the home; three sisters,
Racheal, Sophia and Melba,
all of the home; paternal
grandmother, Manuela
Espinosa of Peacock; and
maternal grandmother,
Consuela Ramirez of
Aspermont.
Dickens County Electric
Cooperative, Inc. will hold its
31st Annual Meeting today,
July 15, at the headquarters
building in Spur.
ine meetine wiii begin wiih
registration at 5:30 p~m. and
a free barbecue for members
and guest at 6 p.m. Following
the meal will be en-
tertainment and the business
session. In conjuncition with
the meeting, there will be an
Arts and Crafts exhibit in the
"Willie" Room and swim-
ming for the youngsters at
Swenson Park.
To be eligible to vote for
directors and receive door
prizes, a member must be
active prior to July 1, 1976.
There will be attendance
prizes given and drawings for
door prizes.
Found Near Clairemont—
Area Citizens Join
En Search for Plane
At State Meet
Two delegates from the
Aspermont Future Farmers
of America Chapter are at-
tending the July 14-16 annual
state FFA convention in the
convention center in Dallas.
Voting delegates Clint Cook
and Steve Yarborough will be
accompanied by Vocational
Agriculture teacher, Jackie
Daniel.
The trio left Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Area citizens joined in a
search last Monday and
Tuesday in the Double
Mountain area in Stonewall
and Kent Counties for a small
private plane missing since
Friday, July 2, after refueling
in Cleburne enroute from
Pineland in East Texas to
Morton in Cochran County.
The plane was located
about 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 6,
and the bodies of Jim Dale
White, 30, of Morton and his
son, Bradley, 6, were in the
Manuel Barrera
Attending Blinn
Honors Seminar
Manuel Barrera Jr. of Old
Glory is participating in the
Honors Seminar '76 at Blinn
College in Brenharn this
week.
The theme of the July 12-16
seminar is "Democracy in
the American Experience."
Junior and senior level
students from small high
schools throughout Texas
who have both academic-
standing and who have
exhibited qualities of
leadership will be resear-
ching and sharing topics
based on the American
colonial experience in 1863-
1776.
Manuel is the son of Mrs.
Maria P. Barrera of Old
Glory.
wreckage. The Piper single
engine plane was found about
20 miles west of Clairemont in
Kent County.
Sheriff Marvin Crawford of
Stonewall County said that
the plane must have crashed
in a storm that moved into the
area Friday.
Kent County Sheriff R. G.
Goodall said "There was'n't
anything left of the plane that
you could distinguish except
the tires."
Officials at the scene said
White and his son apparently
died on impact. White, a
CPA, managed a Dairy
Queen in Morton. They were
returning to Morton from a
visit with his father in Toledo
Bend in East Texas.
Civil Air Patrol units from
Amarillo and Lamesa; DPS
officers and a helicopter from
Lubbock; sheriff deputies
from Stonewall and Kent
Counties; a mounted posse
from Cottle County; a half
dozen planes and ranchers
joined in the search for the
plane.
Sunday visitors in the home
of Mrs. Frank Poore and her
sister Miss Virdie Denton,
were their cousins, Mrs.
Grace Humphrey and Mrs. L.
S. Portridge of Bowie, Mrs.
R. M. Alamanrode of Mun-
day, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Davis and Johnny Davis, all
of Aspermont.
ASSOCIATION REPORT NOTES-
Petroleum Has Big Impact
On Stonewall Co. In 1975
As an era of cheap energy
and energy independence
faded for America, Stonewall
County's 1975 crude oil and
natural gas production
became more significant to
Texas and the United States
than at any time since
production began in 1938.
Jack S. Blanton, Houston
independent oil company
executive and president of
the Association, said in-
creased prices, caused by the
growing shortage of domestic
oil and gas, has given a multi-
billion dollar boost to the
economy of Texas and the
state's treasury.
"Increased prices help
offset the conomic effects of
the downward trend in
volume of Texas produc-
tion," Blanton said, pointing
out that increased revenues
for producers are being
soaked up by zooming
drilling costs.
"The average cost of
drilling a well in Texas has
Jumped from $55,000 in 1962 to
$137,000 last year, a 150-
percent increase and one of
the reasons why 29-cent
gasoline and low utility biUs
are relics of the past,"
Blanton said.
The total value of
production statewide in-
creased from more than $11-
billion in 1974 to over $13-
billion last year, a jump of
nearly 19-percent.
Stonewall was one of 200
Texas counties which
produced oil and gas with a
market value in excess of
$100,000 last year, an in-
crease of three over the 1974
total and seven more than in
1973. The county ranked 70th
in the state the total value of
petroleum produced,
realizing $39.7-million from
the sale of 5.1-million barrels
of crude oil; $1.2-million from
the sale of 2.3-million MCF of
natural gas. The county's
royalty owners last year
received $5.1-million.
In addition to paying local
school and county property
taxes, county producers also
contributed to the support of
state government with
production tax payments
totalling $1. ^-million—$1.8-
million paid on oil output;
$85,644 on gas production.
According to the Texas
Employment Commission,
189 oil and gas industry
employes worked in the
county in 1975. But because
oil and gas production and
processing operations
require such extensive
support from service and
supply firms, these direct
employment figures are only
a part of the story of the in-
dustry's impact on the local
economy.
The industry's search for
oil and gas continued in
Stonewall County, with oil
and gas developers last year
spending an estimatee $3.8-
million drilling 100 wells in
the county. Some $2.1-million
of that was lost in 61 dry
holes, but the total drilling
effort yielded 38 oil wells
and one gas well. The ex-
ploratory effort in the county
last year saw the drilling of 52
wildcat wells.
Processing also con-
tributed to the county's
petroleum-related economy
with two natural gasoline
processing plants, having a
daily capacity of 5.6-million
cubic feet, in operation.
Local Citizens Join In
Effort to Retain Doctors
Stonewall County citizens Serrano to stay in the United
Dr. Tony, as he is called by
his patients and friends,
came to Aspermont in
November., 1975 on a visiting
visa. His wife came Jan. 1.
this year on a working visa,
good for one year. When they
tried to file to become per-
manent citizens of the United
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about losing two of their three
doctors who have come to
Stonewall Memorial Hospital
from the Philippines.
Letters are being written
and calls are being made to
legislators in an effort to
make it possible for Dr.
Antonio and Dr. Lesley
Harry Fletcher Is Oldest
To Attend County Reunion
The annual Stonewall
County Reunion was held
June 27 in the Aspermont
High School Cafeteria. Harry
Fletcher was recognized as
the oldest of the 153
registered. The youngest one
attending the luncheon was
Becky Trammell of Fort
Worth.
Forty Attend
Senior Citizens
Club Meeting
The Senior Citizens Club
met Monday night with 40
persons attending. En-
tertainment were presented
by Lee Roy Moyer, Bonnie
Workman, Loyd Altman and
Jim Anderson.
The next meeting will be
July 28 at 8 p.m. at the
American Legion Hall. The
club for those in the county 50
years of age or older meets
each second and fourth
Monday evening of the month
at the Legion Hall. All
citizens this age are invited to
attend.
Leona Swink McLaury of
Niles, Calif., traveled the
farthest.
Officers elected were Pete
Sherrod, president; Ray
Gilley, vice president, and
Winnie Sherrod, secretary-
treasurer.
Music was furnished by Pat
Anderson, George Anderson
and son, Gerald Weaver,
Dean Clark, Harold McNutt,
Gary Weaver and James
Parker.
The new Church of Christ
minister, Cecil Lanning, and
his wife Mollie were special
guests. He gave the in-
vocation for the noon meal
Pat Anderson gave the
closing prayer.
Fiddlers Contest
The Dickens Volunteer Fire
Department is sponsoring the
Dickens Fiddlers Contest
July 24 beginning at 4 p.m.
open to all fiddlers. Cash
prizes will be awarded in two
divisions.
Two Students
On Merit List
Marcia Hahn and Ruth
Spradling, Aspermont
students at Western Texas
College in Snyder, were
among the 68 students who
qualified for the Merit list
during the 1976 spring
semester.
Merit list students must be
enrolled for at least eight but
fewer than 12 hours of
college credit work and must
have a grade point average of
at least 3.5 on a 4.0 grade
scale.
m
W. S. HEATLY
States, they found that they
wbth lij w ih S
laws and automatically they
became "over stayed
aliens."
Dr. Lesley said Tuesday
that "we did not know we had
committed a crime." "We
sought counsel from an
immigration lawyer in
Dallas," she added, but this
did not solve their problem.
When they appeared in
Dallas at the June 23 hearing,
they were told that they
should leave voluntarily by
Sept. 23, or be deported.
When the Rev. Thomas D.
Riddle, pastor of First
Baptist Church here, was a
patient in the local hospital,
Dr. Lesley casually men-
tioned their dilemma. She
was already resigned to
accept the situation as being
one that could not be
changed.
Rev. Riddle rallied to their
cause and became actively
involved in the organization
of a letter writing and petition
campaign to reverse the
orders given the two doctors.
Citizens are writing to
Senator James Eastland,
chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, United States
Senate, Washington, D. C.
20510 asking that the files on
Drs. Antonio and Lesley
Serrano, No. A 22 347 006 and
file No. A 21 192 833, be
reconsidered and a reversal
of the orders be made.
Drs. Tony and Lesley
Serrano and Dr. Richard Tan
made it possible for the
Stonewall Memorial Hospital
to be re-opened. Dr. Tony
opened offices in the
Stonewall Memorial Clinic
for general practice of
medicine Nov. 3.
He was honored at an open
house at the clinic on the
tenth anniversary of the
original opening of the
hospital. The hospital had
been officially closed since
July. About 250 persons at-
tended the reception honoring
the new doctor. Visitors also
toured the hospital which was
re-opened Nov. 17.
Dr. Lesley and Dr. Tony
will be in Dallas Thursday to
check further on the
situation. Dr. Lesley said
Tuesday that they were very
grateful to the citizens for
their efforts in their behalf.
She asked that their thanks
and appreciation to everyone
be expressed in the Star.
Agriculture Agents
Honor Rep. Bill Heatly
COLLEGE STATION—
State Representative W.S.
"Bill" Heatly of Paducah has
been named a "Man of the
Year in Texas Agriculture"
for 1976 by the Texas County
Agents Agricultural
Association.
One of seven Texans
selected for the honor, Heatly
was nominated by county
agents in District 3 (the
Rolling Plains) of the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service.
The awards are presented
annually to outstanding
leaders in agriculture and
related industries, said
Dawson County Extension
Agent Lee Roy Colgan,
president of the state
association. The awards also
recognize the contributions
made by these leaders to
improving levels of living and
economic growth in their
community's, counties, state
and nation.
Heatly will receive his
award during the
association's annual meeting
August 1-3 at the Knights Inn
in Waco.
Heatly, who has served as a
member of the Texas House
of Representatives since
1954, operates a ranch with
more than 300 Hereford cows
and farms wheat, oats and
grain sorghum on 1,000 acres
in Cottle County. He is also a
practicing lawyer.
The legislator has served
on the Budget Board and is
tiie only person to have
served as chairman of the
House Appropriations
Committee for six con-
secutive terms. He currently
serves on the House
Livestock Export Com-
mittee.
Heatly has been recognized
for outstanding service by
such organizations as the
Texas Bar Association,
Texas Alcoholic Commission,
Easter Seal Society, Texas
Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association, Texas
Pork Producers Association
and the Texas Farmers
Union.
In 1988 Howard Payne
College awarded Heatly an
Honorary Doctor of Laws
degree, and he was named an
"Outstanding Alumnus" of
Dallas Baptist College.
Heatly is an honorary
member of several 4-H and
FFA clubs as well as the
Texas FFA Association.
He has served as a
resource person to the Cottle-
King County Program
Building Committee and has
furnished show calves for 4-H
and FFA members. He has
been a keynote speaker at
many 4-H events.
The state government
official helped bring about
improved care, treatment
and training in the Mental
Health and Mental Retar-
dation Department of Texas
and was a prime mover hi the
establishment of the Texas
A&M University Agricultural
Research and Extension
Center at Vernon and the
Texas AfcM Vegetable
Research Station at Munday.
Heatly holds B.A. and
L.L.B. degrees from Baylor
University.
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