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The Aspermont Star, Aspermont, Texas
Thursday, February 19,1959
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Published every Thursday morning at the Star office in
* ipermont, Texas. Entered as second class matter at the
«*Oit Office at Aspermont, Texas, under the Act of Congress,
March 8. 1879.
LOWELL C. WELCH
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Editor and Publisher
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the attention of the editor.
MEMBER 1958
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Earliest church steeples date back to 3500 BC
when Sumerians erected "Ziggurati" — brick
mountains — cm homes for their gods.
Editorial Comment...
NEW MIRACLES IN MAKING
(The Hamlin, Tex., Herald)
The agricultural revolution,
far from being spent, is just be-
ginning. The past 50 years have
seen hand and horse labor dis-
appearing from the fields; the
trends today indicate that the
future will bring complete me-
chanization and precision con-
trol of nearly all farmstead op-
erations.
This forecast comes from Earl
D. Anderson, president of the
American Society of Agricultur-
al Engineers. As he sees it,
four major trends are now in
being: Mechanization of farm
chores and materials handling;
providing environment condi-
tions for livestock; storing and
processing crops for a market-
ing prc^'.t; and stronger empha-
sis on quality control of farm
products.
Of these four, he considers
the first is probably the more
important. In his words: "The
fafner who steps down from his
tractor equipped with finger-tip
■rntrol of the hydraulic me-
chanism is loathe to feed his
cattle with a bushel basket"
And this farmer no longer needs
to do chores the old, hard way.
The engineers have developed
all manner of highly efficient
machines to take the place of
human muscle, and more are
coming.
President Eisenhower has
pointed out that farm produc-
tivity per man hour has actual-
ly doubled since 1940—and this
increase is as great as the total
increase between 1820 and 1940.
Mechanized equipment, electri-
city, improved fertilizers and
pesticides—these are forces that
have transformed farming to an
IT'S THE LAW
(This legal column is pre-
pared uncier tne supervision of
the State Bar of Texas, and
is distributed as a public ser-
vice by lawyers of Texas. Ev-
ery effort is made to insure
that it reflects an accurate in-
terpretation of the law as ap-
plicable to the state facts.)
"FINDERS' KEEPERS"
Few people realize that a
dirty-faced urchin is responsible
for the main principles behind
our law governing the owner-
ship of lost articles.
Percy Armory was a chimney
suits of his suit have immor-
talized Percy's name in the
common law.
The goldsmith and his ap-
prentice claimed that since Percy
had only found the ring, he had
no better right to it than they
did. The court felt differently
about the matter and ordered
the diamond returned "because
the finder of a lost article has
the right to hold it against the
whole world except the true
owner". This principle estab-
lished by Percy's case remains
as effective today as it was over
two centuries ago.
However, as far as the owner
who lost the property is con-
ually and thoughtlessly parts
with, like the dropping of a
wallet in the hurry to get on a
bus. Mislaid property, on the
{other hand, is property which
the owner has purposely laid
down and then forgotten, leav-
ing it where placed. An ex-
ample of this would be• a hand-
bag placed on a shop counter
while a customer examines mer-
chandise. A finder must leave
mislaid articles with the pro-
prietor of the place where
found.
sweep's helper who lived in cerned, • the finder of lost goods
London shortly before the birth
of our own George Washington.
Trudging home one day from
his grimy work, he found a dia-
mond ring in the public street.
Percy took the ring to a gold-
is merely regarded as a deposi-
tory, holding the goods for the
true owner.
The courts draw a distinction
between "mislaid" and "lost
property". Lost property is
GOOD FOOD
Sensible
—TRY OUR DELICIOUS CREAM PIES—
FRAZIER'S CAFE
GEORGE FRAZIER, Proprietor
The fcimiuor steeple of the Notre
Dct; in Paris is c.n unsuipossco
achievement of ccrly Gothic
architecture. Tiiouyh its corner-
was Unit in 1 1 63, it wctsn .
rev 'of-.! until 1 ?30 —67 yean
later.
Many church steeples are now
made of stainless steel. Devc!
oped by 20th Century steel
makers, this handsome metal
combines the technical progress
of today v/ith the dignified
beauty of the post. K
YOUR BANKER!
You'll enjoy banking here!
Our staff takes a friendly, courte-
ous interest in you and your banking
problems.
Whether you wish to open an ac-
count or use our many other services,
you are assured of friendly attention
here.
Progress is an advance toward bet-
terment. Your individual progress should
be marked by an increase in financial se-
curity and resources.
almost miraculous degree. And
new miracles are in the mak-
ing.
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GOLDEN STREETS
(From "The Greeting Card")
Near Salisbury, in England,
there used to be a Roman city ,
of considerable size, but now all
that remains are a few stone J
walls to show where once the
city stood. !
Not long ago a tourist went j
to view the place, and climbing |
one of the ruined walls, was
able to look down over where,
the city once was. Strange as
it may seem, the whole area
had been sown to grain, and the
entire plan of the city was
I visible. Wherever there had
been a street, the grain had
ripened and was golden yellow,
whereas the building plots were
covered with the still green
grain.
Possibly the soil was thinner
in the streets, and perhaps the
old paving blocks lay near the
surface, causing the grain to
ripen sooner along the thorough-
fares. At any rate, there was
the hand of an ancient people
being reflected in golden
streets.
May we not gain a lesson
from this episode? May we
not imagine that some act of
ours may come to light at some
future day, in just such a cu-
rious manner? It is an inspira-
tion to so live today that
whatever may happen in a
month, in a year, in a century
hence shall be a credit to us.
morning,
reau.
Henry David Tho-
smith's shop to find out what Pr°Perty which the owner cas-
it was. There he placed it in ^
the hands of the goldsmith's
apprentice, who, under the pre-
tense of weighing it, stole the
diamond from its setting. When
he told Percy that the ring was
of very little value, Percy de-
manded the return of the jewel
as well as its setting. The
goldsmith and the apprentice,
thinking that Percy was just a
simple-minded boy, refused to
give him back his treasure.
But Percy was not the kind
to be badgered about. He
sought the services of a lawyer
to sue for recovery of the ring
and its jeweled set. The re-
earnings to give you pennies
for your votes.
(This coiuma, prepared by
the State Bar of Texas, Is
written to lnlorm—not to ad-
vise. No person snould ever
apply or interpret any law
without the aid of an attor*
ney who is fully advised con*
cerning the facts involved, be-
cause a slight variance in
facts may change the applica-
tion of the law.)
PENNIES FOR DOLLARS
(Exchange)
As long as the people vote for
candidates for office who seek
votes by promising ever in-
creasing public expenditures in-
stead of government economy,
they have no one but them-
selves to blame if they are bled
white by taxation.
Don't kick at your taxes if
you vote for "free" handouts
and tax-spending politicians—
they take dollars from your
According to a survey con-
ducted by Nation's Business
magazine, executives of leading
U. S. companies expect 1959 to
be a good year for the economy.
Of more than 175 executives
>olled, 93 per cent predicted an
increase in sales. A high per
centage said they planned to
spend more than in 1958 on
product improvement, introduc-,
tion of new products, and ex-
pansion of plant and facilities,
Frank Jerry
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NUGGETS OF THOUGHT
(Exchange)
Humanitarianisrn consists in
never sacrificing a human be-
ing to a purpose. — Albert
Schweitzer.
Our humanity were a poor
tiling for the divinity that stirs
within us.—Francis Bacon.
I am a man. and whatever
concerns humanity is of inter-
est to me.—Terrence.
A rational nature admits of
nothing which is not serviceable
to the rest of mankind.—Marcus
Antoninus.
To him whose elastic and vi-
gorous thought keeps pace with
the sun, the day is a perpetual
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234 are as. follows
Rath, noble grand;
vey, vice grand; B
nett, recording secre
Allan, treasurer; Ed
financial secretary; i
lodge depu
the n#^ly-appoin
are: Lfpuqa Lee Baldi
Dorothy Prescott,
Pauline Wilson, insid
Claudell Prichard, o
dian; Mary Turnpr,
porter to noble grai
CtitoUen*. left support
porter to vice grand
ner, left supporte:
grand; Jerri Marti
and Isabelle Mrc
bearer. The lodge
tive is Verda Allen,
lodge alternate is Mi
son.
The district Rebek
tion will meet in A:
April; the exact d
known at this time,
be some 60 to 80
tending this affair,
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nont (usually in a
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Hearing 19J mitaa gar giUan!
This year, the light-, medium- and heavy-duty
trucks of the 1959 Chevrolet Task-Force fleet are
out to whip anything that comes their way—and
they've got wh|t it takes to do it!
Take the panel pictured above, for example. Pow-
ered by the '59 Thriftmaster 6 with new economy-
contoured camshaft, it's building a sensational econ-
omy record, despite the sizzling pace of its work.
That's typical of the way Chevies of all sizes are
turning-to on the moat challenging Jobs in America.
The way they're made, with tough-built truck com-
ponents, they make the hardest hauls look easy!
If you have a Job that puts a truck on its mettle,
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1959, newspaper, February 19, 1959; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136283/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.