The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1976 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 78, NO. 40
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1976
PRICE 100
ASPERMONT IN.
Stonewall-Kent All-Stars Down
COUNTY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY—
Yesteryears J ploy Abilene Next
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(July 29, 1926)
Mrs. Er=Hih was the
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honor at a party given by her
mother Mrs. Couch, to her club and
a few invited guests Friday af-
ternoon.
Pink roses were lavishly used
through-out the entertaining
rooms, where six tables of forty-
two were played. During the games
lemon crush was passed, carrying
out the color scheme of yellow ana
pink. At the conclusion the hostess
assisted by her daughter, served a
pretty plate of ice cream in the
form of pink roses and cake.
Aspermont and Stonewall County
was visited with one of the finest
rains of the season. Parts of the
country were much in need of the
rain and we think none will be hurt
by it. 3.43 inches were reported
here. It fell gently for several hours
Sunday, then a downpour came
Monday unaccompanied by wind or
destruction.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(July 26, 1956)
Oil and gas were recovered
during a drillstem test taken in a
Canyon Sand at an outpost four and
one-half miles south of Aspermont
in Stonewall County.
It is Pan American Production
Company No. 5 W. C. Weir, in the C.
E. Hannas Survey. The project is
three-fourths mile east of the
Johnsons Chapel Field.
A meeting was held last week for
the homemaking students who are
working on summer home ex-
periences and for those working on
their state degrees.
After the meeting, the group
enjoyed a swimming party at the
Hamlin Pool.
Those who attended the meeting
and went on the swimming party
were Judy Moore, Betty Jane
McNutt, Patsy Dolp, Vickie Little,
Virginia Roberson, Rudie Ann
Ayuvovk, Carolyn Tarrance, Betty
Joe Blair, Gwien Millie an, Glenda
Galloway, Janeen Rutherford,
Theima Lynn Gholson, Dorothy
Roberson, Margaret Douglass,
Joyce Linsley, Mary Freeman, and
Miss Collom.
Rev. W. E. Dickerson, pastor,
and members of the Peacock
Baptist Church announce that
revival services will begin at that
church Friday, Aug. 12.
TEN YEARS AGO
(July 28, 1966)
Mr. and Mrs. Dud Ward and sons
Tim and Teddy were hosts to
members of the Ward family as
they gathered for their reunion.
Aspermont School Superin-
tendent W. J. Teel has announced
the resignation of four teachers
recently.
Those resigning were Thomas
Smith, junior high coach and math
teacher. Smith is now working for
the First National Bank here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jackson, high
school girls basketball coach and
science teacher and Mrs. Jackson
taught in the grade school. They
are moving to Ira.
Lou Boldez has resigned as
school nurse. She and her husband
Bob, and family have moved to
Pennsylvania.
Doyce Kolb and Wayne Jenkins
had resigned at the end of the
school year. Kolb accepted a job in
the Andrews schools and Jenkins
went into government.
The teachers that have been
hired to replace some of those
resigning are Janis Marie Lane,
who will teach the sixth grade.
Jerry Lynn Lowery has been hired
to teach social studies in junior
high.
Stonewall-Kent exploded
for seven runs in the first
inning, but then had to hold on
for a close 11-10 victory over
Colorado City in the
semifinals of the District 5
Little League tournament
Tuesday night in Rotan.
Colorado City picked up a
home run in the bottom of the
sixth inning but were one run
short of sending the game
into extra-innings.
Michael Tagel, the winning
pitcher in the game, had
three hits including a double
to lead Stonewall-Kent at the
plate. Teammates Jerry
Alexander and Mark Kluting
both had two hits.
Stonewall-Kent will play
Dixie of Abilene in the
District 3 championship
game tonight (Thursday) in
Colorado City at 7 p,!?s. The
winnfif gftge to regional
competition August 2.
Stonewall-Kent defeated
Rotan 3-0 in the first round of
the playoffs and then downed
Hamlin 7-i in the second
round of play.
August 28 Planned
As Special Holiday
David Marfindaie Is
New WTU Manager
David Mike Martindale,
local manager of the West
Texas Utilities Company
Office in Moran, is being
transferred to Aspermont,
where he will become ma-
nager of the WTU Local
Office.
Jackie Daniel Is New
Vocational Ag Teacher
Jackie Daniel, a Knox
County native and a new
Agricultural Education
graduate of Texas Tech
University has assumed
duties as the Vocational
Agriculture teacher in the
Aspermont High School for
the 1976-1977 term.
Daniel is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Daniel of Truscott,
Texas. Jackie was reared on
the JY Ranch and Alexander
Ranch where he was in-
volved with the family farm
and livestock production for
the past ten years in Truscott.
Daniel graduated from
Croweil High School in 1972,
and from Vernon Regional
Junior College in the spring of
1974, with an Associate
Degree in Arts.
He was granted the Dean
Stangle Scholarship at Texas
Tech University and
graduated with a B.S. Degree
in Agricultural Sciences.
Daniel was active in the
Ice Cream Supper
For FFA, 4-H
Families Tonight
The Stonewall County
Livestock Association is
sponsoring an ice cream
party tonight (Thursday) at
8:30 at the show barn for all
Future Farmers of America
and 4-H Club members and
their families.
Members are invited to
attend and get acquainted
with Jackie Daniels, the new
vocational agriculture
teacher in Aspermont High
School.
A business meeting will be
held.
Collegiate FFA and Student
Agricultural Council.
He served as Vice
President of the Student
Government Assoc. of VRJC
and was a charter member
and president of the
Collegiate FFA. He was
named the most outstanding
student in agriculture of
VRJC in 1974.
While in Vernon Regional
Jr. College, Daniel worked
with the TAES under the
TEXAS A & M University
System participating in
research with crops such as
guar, sunflowers, castors,
and other grains.
Football Players
To Get Physicals
Football physicals for
freshmen and sophomores
will be Wednesday, Aug. 4 at
2:30 p.m. Seniors and juniors
will have physicals Thurs-
day, Aug. 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Players are to report to the
school at the field house at 2
p.m. on these dates and will
be issued shoes.
Workouts begin Monday,
Aug. 9, in shorts ovly, ac-
cording to Phil Petty, head
coach.
Workouts on the field will
be at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
each day.
Pads and equipment will be
issued Friday, Aug. 13.
The announcement was
made bv Russell Crownover,
manager of the company's
District Oftice at Stamford.
Martindale replaces Don
Settle, who was recently
named local manager in
Clyde.
Martindale came to work
for WTU in 1971 as a ser-
viceman in Stamford. He
was promoted to local
manager in Moran in May,
1974.
He was born in Stamford in
1945, but was raised in
Haskell where he attended
elementary school. He
graduated from Palacios
High School in 1964, and went
on to attend Texas
Technological University,
Wharton Junior College and
Cisco Junior College. He
served in the U.S. Air Force
from 1967-1971.
Mrs. Martindale is the
former Glinda McLemore of
Stamford. They were
married there in 1972 and are
the parents of one daughter,
Joni.
Martindale presently
serves as senior warden in
the Moran Masonic Lodge
and is a member of the
American Legion Post in
Moran.
Mayor Oscar Dickerson
has proclaimed Saturday,
Aug. 28, as a city holiday for
the celebration of Stonewall
County's 100th birthday.
The centennial celebration
will be a county-wide event
and will also mark the 200th
birthday of the nation. A full
day of events is planned,
beginning at 10 a.m.
B. O. Hawkins, chairman of
Stonewall County Historical
Committee, and Dean Clark,
county commissioner,
precinct 4, were present for
the signing of the
proclamation.
A downtown parade will
kick off the Saturday events.
Booths will be set up on the
courthouse lawn with all
types of arts and handicrafts
offered for viewing and for
sale. Numerous food and
refreshment booths will also
be in operation.
Contests are scheduled
throughout the day.
A patriotic program will be
presented in the afternoon
and an auction of medallions
will be held.
A free barbecue will begin
at 5:30 p.m. A drama is set at
7 p.m.
At 8 p.m. a street dance and
a square dance will get un-
derway. Leon Ivy, caller for
the Haskell County Squares,
will be the caller.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Cathey and children of
Floydada visited in the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Buford Cathey, and his sister,
Mrs. Judy Mullen and son
Jeff over the weekend.
PATIENTS
In hospital Tuesday:
Dorothy McMeans
Dee King
Demps Griffen
Kate Pickard
Joe Marquis
Tressie Robinson
Shirley Nail
Mary Lynn Austin
Maggie Jordan
Concho Craillo
Larry Collom
R. O. Sensibough
Leora Cox
Dismissed July 20-26:
Geneva McMeans
Walter Brooks
Grace Mobley
Clairibelle Cathey
Mattie Coplen
Theima Oliver
Georgia Marcom
Jimmy Mancil
Dustin Rimes
/Meets At Library
On Thursday, July 8, at 1:30
p.m. the Stonewall Art CTub
met at the Stonewall County
Library. Plans for a regular
meeting place were discussed
and oil paintings by some of
the members were shown.
Those present were Mrs.
Newt Caldwell, Mrs. C. C.
Calhoun, Miss Virdie Denton,
Mrs. Rex Dillard, Mrs. Tom
Hill, Mrs. Wayne Laird, Mrs.
Joe Rimes and Mrs. A. D.
Martin.
The next regular meeting
will be Thursday, Aug. 12, at
1:30 p.m. at the library
building. All interested
persons are invited to attend
that meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Fletcher, Mr, and Mrs. John
McNutt, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Norris, Mrs. Nora Beene, and
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Norris
and family of Midland, at-
tended the Fletcher-Reed
Reunion Sunday, July 25, at
the Rule Recreation Club at
Rule.
RANCHER OF YEAR—Mrs. Floyce
Masters on, left, was presented the Con-
servation Rancher of the Year plaque by
Daren Brady, King-Stonewall SWCD director
from Dumont, at the district awards program
here Thursday. She ranches east of Grow in
King County and has done an outstanding job
of crossfencing. livestock water development
and brush control. A community leader, she
was also a key figure in getting the Cottle-King
Water Supply Corporation in operation.
CONSERVATION FARMER—Dean Clark,
left, was awarded the Outstanding Con-
servation Farmer of the Year Award by the
King-Stonewall Soil and Water Conservation
District here last Thursday. The award was
presented by DeWitt Ellison Jr., director.
Clark was selected for his outstanding con-
servation achievements. Attending the lunch-
eon were Beno Erdman, Dalton Davis, Daren
Brady, Floyce Masterson, June Clark, Inel
Schuchart, Millard Schuchart. Bob Bruce,
Sam Taffinder and Marchel Nauert.
AUGUST 28 HOLIDAY SET—Aspermont
Mayor Oscar Dickerson, left, signs a pro-
clamation setting Aug. 28 as a holiday to
celebrate the 100th birthday of the creation of
the county and the 200th birthday of the nation.
Present for the signing were B. O. Hawkins,
center, chairman of Stonewall Historical
Committee who is helping with plans for the
event; and Dean Clark, Precinct 4 com-
missioner.
County Heart Fund
Goes Over $1,500
Joyce McNutt Heart
Drive Chairman, reports that
the Stonewall County Heart
Fund received $1,507.50 in
contributions for the fiscal
year ending June 30,
She commended the work
of local volunteers and the
response of area residents by
calling it "a job both
volunteers and the public can
be proud of."
Funds received in the house
to house drive totaled $837.00,
from the businesses $246.00
and from memorials, $424,50
Commenting on public
response to the campaign,
Mrs. McNutt noted, "The
cooperation and generosity of
the people of Stonewall
County indicates the com
munit's awareness of both
the seriousness of the
problem and the need for
research and educational and
community service programs
to reduce the toll of suffering,
death and disability from
heart diseases."
She pointed out that
memorial contributions help
support, maintain and ex-
pand the Heart Association's
programs such as mass high
blood pressure screening, life
saving emergency care, and
the promotion of vital
research.
Although memorial gifts
often are made in the
memory of a heart disease
victim, they also can mark
anniversaries, birthdays and
other special occasions, Mrs.
McNutt added.
Memorial gifts may be
made by contacting Kewpie
Duncan, the memorial
chairman, or Mrs. McNutt.
Memorial gifts are quickly
acknowledged with a card
naming the donor (s) and the
person (s) in whose memory
the gift is made. The donor
receives a recipt and the
amount of the gift is always
kept confidential, Mrs.
McNutt expalined.
Tammy Reames of Ft.
Worth and Lanita Marrow of
Gran bury visited the Eugene
McDowells.
TO BANDERA—Millard G. Schuchart, left,
has been promoted to District Conservationist
at Bandera and will assume his new duties
there Aug. I. He was presented the
Distinguished Service Award by Sam Taf-
finder for his eight years service to the King-
Stonewall SWCD. The plaque was presented
during the King-Stonewall awards ceremony
held here Thursday at Frazier's Cafe.
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