The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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The Asp«rmont Star, Aspermont, Texas
Thursday, February 12, 1^59 1 Thursday, Fe
THK STINGER
CBcttted by students of Aspermont
High School)
THE STAFF
fMltor Glenda Galloway
Aailat. Editors Alice Hoy and
Jim Johnson
AMMMtoxs Vicki Little,
Scarlett Kidd and Necie
Worthngton.
Sports Editors Zeb Ruther-
ford and Charles Day.
Mrs. John P. Ward
points. Tommy Rodgers buck-
eted 16 markers.
Jim Womach hit 31 for the
victors.
« * «
Both Aspermont "B" teams
traveled to Hamlin on Thurs-
day night of last week.
OLD GLORY NEWS
ICRS. LYNN FLOWERS. Reporter
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laces.
SON IS BORN
S-Sgt. and Mrs.
OLD GLORY FHA PRESENTS
SWEDISH SMORGASBORD
The Old Giory version of a
in the girls' game, Aspermont! Swedish smorgasbord was pre-
won by a score of 26 to 19. Lin-
da Ellison was high-point girl
with 15 points. Paulette Mfl-
lican added six tallies. La
Venda Jones bucketed four,
while Sue Moore added one.
The boys "B" lost by a large
margin of 51 to 26. Dickie Hill
was the locals' high-point man
J |d°se ^id^scoriw .IX
The Aspermont basketball Qn Friday night, the Asper-
i—a.-—i uowiav nn moni boys teams, both "A" and
sented recently by 19 F.H.A.
girls and their adviser, Mrs.
V. R, Lever*tt. The event was
sponsored by the faculty as their
annual entertainment for the
school trustees and their wives
and other school employees. The
homemaking girls planned and
prepared the food, did the dec
| with eight. Tommy Hill was orating, and presented the pro-
joumeyed to Haw ley on
Tuesday night of last week.
Hornet teams were defeat-
The Aspermont girls lost by
a very close score of 44 to 42.
The Hornets' high-point girl was
Guien Millican, who scored 21
points. Betty McNutt was close
behind, with 20 tallies, while
Faye Greer added one
point.
gram with assistance from the
teachers.
The food table was in the
shape o( a large T, with tiered
"B", hosted both Trent teams, areas for decorations and foods.
In the "B" game, the Hornets Swedish designs decorated the
were winners by a 51-50 score.
Wendell Morgan hit 26 for the
Hornets, while Dwayne Law-
rence added 13 tallies.
Heartley was top for Trent
with 22 points.
The Hornets "A" team lost a
hard-fought district game. The
Hornets built up an early lead;
Hawley's top scorer was Judy only to see U fall. At the end
Beasley, with 28 points.
Aapermont boys lost a high-
scoring dual, 84 to 59.
The Hornets' top scorer was
Eddie Van Patterson, with 19
of regulation play, the score
was tied, 49-49. In the three-
minute overtime, Trent made
'he winning goal, leaving the fi-
nal score, 51-49. Gardner was
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TOM'S GAS & APPLIANCE
Phone 2661 Aspermont
£miy a reach away-this handy
wall phone for your kitchen I
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t Tour pic i in tha oven—almost done. The phone
ring*. What do you do?
Roach over and answer it—i/ jrow ksv* a hmndf
kitchen wall phwl
Hero la the greatest tim*-and-«tep-eavtr since
frown foods: a convenient, colorful phone for the
room where you spend most of your time—the
kitchen. You rtaeh burUad of
nm to answer it.
And thU wall phone has the added feature of a
receiver set at the sub, where it can't bo bumped
or knocked off.
Why dont you lighten your work and brighten
your kitchen with a modern wall phone in your
choice of 10 colors? It costs only pennies a day!
Pick the spot in your kitchen where you'd like
your phone installed. Then call our Businees
Office today. Tour kitchen will be "telephone mod-
ern" in no tee at attt
mammmmm
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paper-covered tables and elevated
areas. A tablf for the Lucia
Bride was decorated with a red
Christmas cloth and designs
on the paper covering. The
coffee urn and punch were lo-
cated on the Lucia table. Frost-
ed candles and candle boards
with greenery were featured at
focal points on the tables. The
girls were all similiarly dress-
ed in dark full skirts and white
blouses, and knee-length socks.
Swedish designed hats set off
their costumes as they grouped
behind the piano for the pro-
gram. The decorated hats were
, provided for all ladies present.
j high for Aspermont with 19
' points, and Trammel added 15.
i Williams scored 21 tallies for
Trent.
I * * •
I
The Hornets' final basketball
I o-sgi. ana wirs. Arnold P.
and the men were given crepe °' ^yess Force Base,
paper hats with tassels. Abilene are announcing the ar-
Talks by the girls told of the ^lva* & son, Arnold Carl, on
Scandinavian countries, cus- Janu£ ry 31. The young man
toms, the people, foods of the dipped the scales at tyght pounds/
smorgasbord and Lucia Bride. U ounces. Maternal grandpar-
Climax of the program came ents a5eJ^r'/?.n Mrs-Osdar i
when Berniee Offill, as a Lucia line 0,d4 Ol?ry. . The paternal
Bride, appeared. Her costume grandparents live in Pennsylva-
consisted of a long, white flow- ma-
ing dress ^frith a red sash, and on j
her head she wore a flaming, LOCALS
candle crown. Sarah Shatto, in
Swedish dialect, gave the Invi
tation to Eat in poem form.
Grace was sung by all. The
girls presented songs from Swe-
den, Finland and Denmark, and
included "The Little Ole",
"Happy Plowman, "Song of
Peace", "Hans Skal Leve" and
"Evening Star".
The group of about 50 enjoy-
ed viewing the colorful and im-
pressive food arrangements. Swe-
dish foods included Limpa (rye
bread), chocolate pudding, oat-
meal cookies, gem cookies, anise
seed cookies, meatballs and
cranberry punch. Other food
were: Tomatoes stuffed with
tuna salad, stuffed celery, celery
curls and strips, deviled eggs,
congealed salad, fruit salad, cold
meat and cheese plates, sand-
wiches, breads and crackers.
Girls who helped with the
smorgasbord were Florence Erd-
nian, Jeanie Tredemeyer, Sarah
Shatto, Berniee Ofiill, Clarice
Leverett, Terry Gholson, Yvonnie
Long, Mavis Pringle, Irene Var-
gas, Kathy Erdman, Martha
Newman, Helen Diers, Ramona
Hinze, Judy Garner, Donice
Sawyers, Nancy Roberson, Mary
names of the season will be Lynn Boles and Peggy Pringle.
played at Old Glory Friday
night. Let's all attend these
games and support the teams.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Webb
and daughter, Barbara, of Phil-
lips spent the week-end here
with their daughter's family, the
James Robinsons.
Mr. and Mrs. Abie Hollenbach
of Chama, N.M., have returned
home a visit with relatives here.
Mrs. Hollenbach is the former
Kathryn Johnson, who spent
several months here with her
mother, the late Mrs. Ida John-
son, who died at her home on
December 21, 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hertten-
berger and daughters, Mary,
Martha, and Daphne, of Abilene
visited here on Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beno
Herttenberger.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gibson of
Idalou, and Mrs. Lerene Van
Meter of California were re-
cent guests in the R. O. Gibson
home. Other visitors were Ray
Scurlock, Judy and Joe Ray, of
LOCAL GIRLS I'LAY IN
H.-S.U. CAGE TOURNEY
\E\VS BRIEFS I Hats off to Mr. Thomas
, Pritehard and his very fine
Sub-Deb Club members eer-; :ir!s* basketball team, which
jtamly made attractive models fori played in the I lai din-Simmons
thr style show, presented by University invitational basketball
the Kachina Club members last j tournament las' week.
Thursday in the homemaking j On Thursday, the oia uiorv
cottage Among other guests of girls defeated Noodle, 68-36,
he club were Mrs. June Ad- with Clarice Leverett hitting 27
kins .ind Mrs. John P. Ward, I points and Berniee Offill 25.
members of the Phoenix Club. | They played Eula girls on
Girls who modeled were Betty | Friday night and lost, 52-50 (by
Blair, Glenda Hoy. Maurine May- i only two points) to Eula. Ber-
field Penny Mancille, Kaye nice Offill hit the meshes for
Linsley, Geraldine Jungman. Judy [24 points for the locals.
Johnson, Kaye Veazey, Linda El- I ,
lison, Johnnie Martin and Caro- .lh.e S1X!
lv Tarranre girl all-tournament first team of
p, ' . , forwards, and Florence Erdman
Betty Blair and Lesley Kaye. was chosen on the six-girl all-
Robbms were special guests of I tournament second team guards.
the Phoenix Club on Friday. ( She was chosen as a first-
CHUCKLE l>3F~ lKi,m 8U"d al*°'
Little Boy: "Baa. baa. black
sheep, have you any wool?"
Black Sheep: "What do you
think this is, nylon"?
Want Ad: "Fanner, age 38,
wishes to meet woman around
30 who owns a tractor. Please
enclose picturee of tractor."
One of the greatest marksmen
of the FBI was passing through (
a small town, and everywhere
he saw evidences of amazing
shooting. On trees, on the walls,
on fences, and on barrts were
numerous bull's eyes with bullet
holes in the exact centers. He
asked to meet the one respon-
issble for this great marksman-
ship. , j
The man turned out to be the'
village idiot.
"This is the most wonderful
marksmanship I have ever seen,"
exclaimed the FBI man. "How
in the world do you do it?"
"Easy as pie." replied the
simpleton. "I shoot first and
the draw the circles afterwards."
Both girls received gold neck-
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KENADY DRUG
Aspermont, Texas
Legal Notice •
order and notice of
city election
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
COUNTY OF STONEWALL.
CITY OF ASPERMONT.
ELECTION ORDER
I, R a y m o n d W. Johnson,
Mayor of the City of Aspermont,
li'Xas, by virtue of 511<:■ power
invested in mo by law, do
herel>v order than an election
Ivld in the City of Asper-
mont, on April 7th, 1959, being
the first Tuesday thereof, for
the purpose of electing the fol-
lowing officers of said city:
Three (3) City Aldermen.
And that said election shall
be held at the City Hall in said
City, and the following named
persons are hereby appointed as
managers, thereof, to-wit:
J. C. McKeever, Mrs. Bess
Forgus. and Mrs. Bill Childress.
ELCTION NOTICE
The City Marshal is hereby
directed and instructed to post
a properly executed copy of
this order and notice of elec-
tion at the City Ha^l, the place
where said election will be
held. Said notice shall be
posted for thirty (30) days be-
fore the date of said election.
Signed and executed this 9th
day of February, A.D., 1959.
(SEAL)
RAYMOND W. JOHNSON,
Mayor of the City of Asper-
mont, Texas.
ATTEST:
BRYAN GOODLOE,
City Secretary.
Any eligible anc qualified
person may have his name
printed on the official ballot as
an independent candidate for
the office of Alderman by filing
his sworn application with the
City Secretary at least thirty
(30) days prior to the date of
election. The application shall
state the specific office being
sought by the applicant and that
the applicant is eligible and
qualified under the laws of the
State of Texas to become a can-
didate for and hold the office he
seeks, if elected.
The City Secretary, Mr. Bry-
an Goodloe, has application
blanks and "Loyalty Affida-
vits" as required by law. at his
office. 2-12 2tc
Stamford.
Supt. V. ft. Leverett and son.
Sandy, and Derrell Sawyers re-
turned Sunday from Fort Worth,
where they attended the Fat
Stock Show.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. House
3pent the week-end with her
sister's family, the W. D. Dug-
gers, in Brownfield.
Mrs. R. D. Robinson, Sr., is
attending the bedside of her
father, J. W. Steele, in Fort
Worth.
Mrs. H. G. Klump has re-
turned from the Haskell hospi-
tal, after having spent a week
there. She is imroving.
Her daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Elliott, of Ar-
lngton have been visiting the
Klumps.
C. H. Flowers of Bentpnville,
Ark., has returned home after a
visit here with Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn Flowers. He is a nephew
of A. L., W. H. and Lynn
Flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Godard
and son, Donnie, of Abilene vis-
ited here recently with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Du-
densing, who returned home
with the Godards. Mr. Duden-
sing has been on the sick list
for the past several weeks and
went to Abilene for a medical
check-up.
W. H. Flowers entered the As-
permont hospital last Thursday
night. He was reported to be
ill with pneumonia.
aspermont"
society
scholarship and to the state's
30th anniversary fund. Miss
Madalyn Hunt conducted a quiz
on the Constitution.
Mrs. Mary Martin of Haskell
was program chairman. She
presented Mesdames Bell andl
Diggs of Haskell High School,
who presented music and speech
students in variety numbers, and
Ottis' Cash of Knox City, who
presented! a speech student in a t
patriotic reading.
Cherry pie ana corree were
served to 40 members and guests
from Old Glory, Weinert, Mun-
day, Knox City, Haskell end As-
permont .—Reported.
HAMILTON-CLARK RITES
SOLEMNIZED JAN. 18TH
Jean Boyd Hamilton and
Charles Clark were united in
marriage on Friday evening,
January 1th, in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dickerson.
The double-ring^ ceremony was
read by the Rev. Frank goiter,
pastor of Aspermont First Bap-
tist Church. The<.bride is the
daughter of E. J. Boyd of
Tishomingo, Okla., and the
bridegroom's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey Clark' of Asper-
mont.
The bride wore a grey wpol"
suit with black patent accessor-
ies. Her corsage was.of feath-
ered carnations.
After a trip to Oklahoma an'
Louisiana, the couple are at homt ]
in Aspermont, where he is emi'
ployed by T. F. Hunter Estate
of Wichita Falls, Texas.—Report-
ed. ^
beta chi group meets
in aspermont feb. 7tii
Members of Beta Chi chapter,
Deleta Kappa Gamma, an inter-
national sociaty for women edu-
cators, met on last Saturday
afternoon in Aspermont for
heir regular monthly meeting.
Hosts for the meeting, held in
the high school cafeteria, in-
cluded Aspermont members of
'If chapter: Mesdames John P.
Ward, t. C. Clark, Marvin Lott,
•h\, Lee Smith, A. D. Martin,
and Jack McGough.
Table decorations carried out
"lie patriotic theme. Clusters of
cherries on beds of greenery
were used on the tables. The
^resident's table was covered
with red linen, and centered
with an arrangement of cher-
'.es. Flanking the centerpiece
were five branched candelabra,
set In pottery, and holding tall,
red tapers.
Mrs. Ina Cowan of Munday,
president of the four-county
group, presided for the meeting.
Members enjoyed a white ele-
phant sale and contributed money
both to the chapter's local
VET'S News-
questions and ANSWERS
Q.—I have listed my mother
as beneficiary on my GI insur-
ance pslicy, and have designated
that she receive the proceeds in
■ a lump sum. Would she have
| the right to change to some other
! mc.hod of payment if she de-
■ c.'ided?
A.—YeS. She may change the
method of GI insurance payments
j from lump sum to any of the
I several installment plans that
are available.
• ~o-
Since 1902, when President
McKinley was assassinated, the
' U. S. Secret Service has been
charged with guarding the Presi-
dent.
Edward Everett, famous ora-
tor, delivered an address two
hours long at the Gettysburg
dedication.
o m
The Suez Canal is 108 feet
wide and 31 feet deep.
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Attend church Sunday.
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PHONE 3907 ASPERMONT
Legal Notice #
NOTICE OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
COUNTY OF STONWALL.
CITY OF ASPERMONT.
I, A. E. Ball, President of
Stonewall County Water Con-
trol and Improvement District
No. 1, by virtue of the power
invested in me by law, do here-
by order that an election be
held within said Stonewall
County Water Control and Im-
provement District No. 1, said
election to be held in the City
of Aspermont, Texas, on April
7th, 1959, same being the first
Tuesday thereof, for the pur-
pose of electing the following1
officers of said district:
One (1) president, one (1)
secretary, one (1) treasurer, and
two (2) board members.
And that said election shall
be held at the City Hall in said
City, and the following named
persons are hereby appointed as
managers, thereof, to-wit:
J. C. McKeever, Mrs. Bess
Forgus, and Mrs. Bill Childress.
Signed and executed this 9th
day of February, A.D., 1999.
(SIAL) A. E. BALL,
P esident, Stonewall County
Water Control end Improvement
District No. 1. 1-12 "
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RELEASE O&Gl
Smelting, Refining
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Section 177, Blocl
Survey.
ASSIGN. Wm. D
to Ellen F. Hows
North half of Sou
fourth of Section 11
H&TC Survey.
O&GL. W. D. 1
George S. Berry, .
East half of Nor
fourth of Section 3S
H&TC Survey.
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Northeast one-four
tion 350, Block D,
vey.
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fe51 and West half
?34, Block D, H&Tl
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Block A, and the Soi
fourth of Section 22
H&TC Survey.
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Martin—covering Noi
fourth of Section C
cxcept West half ol
one-fourth; the Nor
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of Section 156, Bloc
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fourth and East hal
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tion.
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1959, newspaper, February 12, 1959; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136282/m1/2/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.