The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
VOL. LX—NO. M
\SrKRMONT, STVNIffAU. C OUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1)57
PRICE: TEN CENTS
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DUST
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Well, once again the topic of
chief conversation this past
week has been the rains.
We have sent in an order for
no rainfall until after the rodeo
here this week-end.
Speaking of the rodeo — gue3s
all of you are a-goin'.
o—o
Don't fail to visit the conces-
sion stand, for Old Ye-Hoodi and
all the Lions will be On hand to
serve you with your favorite
refreshment.
o—o
You are also invited to visit
the Kachina Club's Chuck
Wagon for a delicious morsel of
sustenance.
o— <
(Hear that Fred — is gonna
Venter the bull-thrown' contest.)
o—o
Got word from the boys in the
"know" that a contract has been
let for the building of the coun-
♦ 'lUy-wide swimmin' hole (pool)
r>^nd that work will start this
week-end on said project.
O—0
We must offer one apology to
one beanery operator for certain
derogatory remarks (he won't
know what I'm talkin' about) in
regards to his ability to rop«
little cows.
O——o
Did you see his name pasted
on the front page of a certain
daily that comes here?
0 o--o
Velly solly, pleez!
i o—o
Dont know how true it is—but
it is understood that any of you
that wants to, can have a oil
• Arett drilled in your front (or
back) yard, providin' you can
get some company to drill same.
o—o
From a certain type of mail
that has been seen coming from
the local post office, 'twould
appear that this here school term
is about to wind up.
o—9
Speaking of rainfall (as we
were a little way back up the
line), Albert Baugh tells us that
Aspermont has received a total
of approximately 9.92 inches
so far this year.
0——0
Average rainfall in Stonewall
County is about 10.99 for 3ix
months.
o—o
(Jack says it still hasn't rain-
ed enuf.)
o—o ' '
Abysinnia.
SEVERAL FIELD WELLS FINALED;
RAINS HALT ACTIVITY ON SOME
^ Y> DALLAS
T. A. Moore, representative of
Southwestern Life Insurance
Company in Aspermont, plans
to go to Dallas the latter part of
^is week to attend the 1957
agency convention of the com-
pany, to be held May 20-21. He
is to be accompanied by Mrs.
Moore. Moore qualified to at-
tend the convention by meeting
production requirement in 1956.
He and Mrs. Moore expect to re-
turn by the end of the week.
Two wells were completed in
the Tompkins multipay pool,
10 mies south of Aspermont in
Stonewall County, during the
past week.
Sun Oil Company No. 4-A
W. F. Martin was gauged from
the Ellenbunger. It is in Sec-
tion 136 of Block 1 in the H&TC
Survey.
The well had a daily poten-
tial of 108.48 barrels of 39.5
gravity oil. Flow was through
a 26-64th-inch choke with the
packer set on the casing and
100 polinds of tubing pressure.
The production is from four
perforations per foot at 5833-59
feet. Casing is set at 6036 feet
and the hole is bottomed at
6050 feet.
The other oiler, producing
from the Strawn Sand, is J. R.
McLean & J. D. Tompkins of
Abilene No. 2-A W. I. Martin,
and is located in Section 137 of
Block 1 in the H&TC Survey.
The No. 2-A Martin gauged
60.32 barrels of 41 gravity oil
and five per cent water daily.
It is pumping from 40 perfora-
tions at 5410-20 feet, being
treated with 250 gallons of acid.
The casing is set at 5550 feet,
while the hole was drilled to a
total depth of 6150 feet.
Operator perforated opposite
the Ellenburger at 6078-84 feet
for completion at a Frankirk
Field project, six and one-half
miles southwest of Aspermont.
It is Pan American Petroleum
Corporation No. 7 P. L. Ander-
son, located in Section 16 of
Block U in the T&P Survey.
Waiting on Unit
Operator was waiting on a
pumping unit due to wet ground
on Monday at Continental Oil
Company No. 1 Joe C. Zant, in
Section 193 of Block D in the
H&TC Survey. Location is
••hree and one-half miles north-
west of AsDermont in the Fuzz
(5600-Foot Strawn) Field.
The section at 5592-97 feet
was fractured through perfora-
tions. Tota.1 depth of the well
is 5650 feet.
Continental Oil Company was
drilling below 2730 feet in shale
and lime on Monday at its No. 2
Josie Gray, located in Section
88 of Block D in the H&TC Sur-
vey. This well is three miles
southeast of Aspermont and in
the Flowers, West (Canyon
Sand) Field. It is slated for
4600 feet.
A proposed 6300-foot rotary
wildcat, four miles east of As-
permnt, was shut down Satur-
day at 5104 feet because of the
rains. It is Lauderdale &
Straughan Drilling Company, et
al, of Abilene No. 2 Charles G.
Abernathy, and is in Section 24
of Block D in the H&TC Sur-
vey.
Below 1823 Feet
Skelly Oil Company was drill-
ing below 1823 feet at its No.
6 G. D. Franklin, in Section 3
of Block B in the AB&M Sur-
vey. Location is in the Corsica
(Bend Conglomerate) Field, near
Old Glory. Proposed depth is
6300 feet.
Nine miles southeast of As-
permont. a wildcat was plugged
at 4950 feet. The dry hole was
See OIL NEWS on last page
PEACOCK TO HOLD
BACCALAUREATE
Bacalaureate services for the
the 1957 graduating class of the
Peacock High School will be
held on Sunday. May 19th at
11:00 A.M. in the Peacock Bap-
tist Church, according to W. C.
Robinson, superintendent of the
•school.
The following program will be
observed:
Processional, Winona Robert-
son; Invocation, J. D. Parker;
Song, Dale Coody, director of
music of Peacock Baptist Church;
Presentatin of speaker, W. C.
Robinson, school superintendent;
Address. Rev. Harold Watson,
pastor o f Peacock Baptist
Church; Benediction, L. H. Yar-
borough; Recessional, Winona
Robertson.
Ushers will be David McDow-
ell, Wilma Hamilton. Bobby
Clack and Dickey Parker.
Members of the graduating
cass are Jackie Don Parker,
Cortex Mays, Dorman Yar-
borough, Joe Ron, Robert Roa,
Dwayne Kissick. Imagene Rogers,
Claudette Worthington and Billy
Mack Blanton.
OLD GLORY TO HOLD
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY
The 1957 graduating class of
Old Glory High School is to
hold its commencement exer-
cises on Friday, May 17th, at
8 P.M. in the school auditorium.
Speaker for the occasion will
be Dr. Orval Filbeck of Abilene
I Christian College. L. W. Nor-
man, high school principal, is to
give the invocation. A group of
sophomore girls will sing "May
the Good Lord Bless and Keep
You.' Loy Garner will intro-
duce the speaker.
Presentation of awards will be
made by Mrs. Cecil Klump, and
V. R. Leverett, school superin-
tendent, will present the di-
plomas. «
Ushers will be Maria Vargas,
Joe Ray Baitz, Jeanie Trede-
meyer and Larry Letz.
Members of the graduating
class are Janet Druesedow, Bet-
tie Franklin, Loy Garner, Ted
Jennings, Gloria Lammert, Mack
Newman and Mary Tredemeyer.
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FIRST BAPTIST TO HOLD
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Edwin Peeples, educational di-
rector, is to be principal for the
Vacation Bible School, to be
ccnducted by the Aspermont
Filst Baptist Church.
Dates for the school are June
1st through 7th. Mrs. T. E. Beil
will be assistant principal, Mrs.
Inez Ball will be secretary, and
Glenda Galloway and Judy Moore
will be in charge of the music.
Teachers for the school are:
Nursery department, Mrs. Wadt
Davis, Mrs. Coy Preslar and
Mary Lois McGilberry; begin-
ners, Mrs. Betty Foster. Ann
Bradshaw, Mrs. Dorothy Dicker-
son, Miritha Frazier and Glenda
Galloway. Mrs. Jo McCoy will
lead the music.
Other teacners are: Primary
department, Mrs. Pete Sherrod,
See VACATION on lasf page
City Streets Get
Needed Repairs
(The following is beii\g print-
ed by reques'. of a spokesman
for the city council:)
This week tlxs county commis-
sioners have furnished their
equipment to the city officials,
along with some trucks employ-
ed by the city, to haul caliche
for some of the unsurfaced
streets in tha City of Asper-
mont.
Primary streets were those
leading to the Frank Hays and
Warren W. Frazier residences >n
the western part of town, and
Main Street, north to the rail-
road.
The city council is responsible
for the routing, the type of
material used, and grading prac-
tices followed; and the responsi-
bility for this rests with the city
officials. The Commissioners
furnish the equipment and place
it where the city requests.
We all realize that the type of
material being used—caliche—is
not the best. It is dustier, etc.
However, for the time available
and the money available, some
six times as much material can
be plafced in a given time than
if gravel were used, due to the
long hauling distance. It is
hoped that, in the future, gravel
may be added to the base ma-
terial being used, to make a
better road.
At the present time, it is ca-
liche or nothing, because of fi-
nances and time. It hoped that
ali will be considerate of the
problems involved. Please lo not
blame your commissioners. They
are trying to give us all the
help they can, and we shouldn't
"scare them off" with com-
plaints of "how things are done".
When drainage ditches have to
be opened to let the water
through, the city must reserve
the right to have this done. It
is not the responsibility of the
machine operator to decide—they
are usually following instruc-
tions.
So please help us—your city
government—by realizing that we
are trying to fix the streets as
best we can, with available
supplies and equipment.
o
"LOYALTY SUNDAY" TO BE
HELD AT LOCAL CHURCH
Sunday, May 19th is "Loyalty
Sunday' at the First Methodist
Church in Aspermont.
The third and final theme in
the three-week educational pro-
gram of the "Every Member
Canvass" will discussed. The
theme for Sunday will be "Our
Pledge '. Explanations will be
given in all classes and meetings
of the church. The actual
signing of the pledges will be
done in the homes of members
as the solicitors ca'l on them
next week.
Speakers for the day's activi-
ies are as follows: Mrs. Lula
Beidleman, Busy Workers Class;
Mrs. Robert Hall, Annis Class;
C. G. Viertel. Men's Bible
Class; and Bill Teel, Young
Adults Class.
j Mrs. LaRue Abernathy will
speak at the morning worship
service.
Baccalaureate to
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Be Held Sunday
On Sunday night at 8 o'clock
in the high school auditorium,
members of the 1957 graduating
class of Aspermont High School
will hold their baccalaureate
services.
Processional and recessional
will be played by Glenda Gal-
loway. Invocation will be given
by the Rev. Frank Foster, pastor
of Aspermont First Baptist
Church. The senior class will
sing "Give of Your Best' and
Lynda Lee Yarborough will sing
a solo. T. C. Clark, superin-
tendent of schools, will intro-
duce the speaker, the Rev.
Charles Massegee, a ministerial
student at Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity. The Rev. Hansel Pearce,
pastor of Aspermont Central
Baptist Church, will give the
benediction.
Junior ushers for Sunday
night will be Joy Flowers. Mar-
garet Ann Douglass, Dowell
Criswell and Stephen Cochran.
Commencement exercises will
be held on Friday. May 24th at
8:00 P.M. in the high school
auditorium.
Members of the graduating
class are Ann P-radshaw, David
Chapa, John Childress, Bobby
Criswell. Herring Dennis, Glen-
da Gardner, Doyle Herttenber-
ger, Norma Hill, Doug Hoy,
Deryl Lawrence, Junior Linsley,
Janice Linsley, Celia Ann Mar-
tin, Mary Lois McGilberry,
Reese McBroom, Bobby Mc-
Gough, Kenneth Norris, Robert
Potter, Johnny Scott, Frank
Sparks, Jim Ward, Lynda Lee
Yarborough, Darlene Brock and
Mary Freeman.
Mrs. John P. Ward and Supt.
T. C. Clark are ciass sponso*-?
PARADE TODAY TO OPEN 2ND
ANNUAL RODEO; TO RUN 16-17-18
NO SERVICES
There will be no services on
Sunday night at the Swenson
Baptist Church, according to
Norris Onstead, pastor. Ser-
vices will be dismissed in order
that members may attend the
baccalaureate services at the
Aspermont High School audi-
torium. • v« \ li!
Mrs. A. H. Movers, who has
resided at Post for a number of
years, is now making her home
in Aspermont with her son,
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Moyers, and
family.
Atttend church Sunday.
SOIL AWARD IS
GIVEN LOCAL MAN
The Aspermont Lions Club met
for its regular weekly meeting
on Tuesday noon in the Hotel
Stonewall. Lion President Os-
car Dickersn presided.
During the business session,
discussion was had regarding the
work undertaken by the club in
operating the rodeo concession
stand this week-end, and James
R. Hickman, head of the com-
mittee for the concession, report-
ed on what had been done in
setting up the stand.
Following the business meet-
ing, County Agent Thurman J.
Kennedy had charge of the pro-
gram. He told of the Lions'
annual award to the outstand-
ing conservation farmer in the
county.
Next, A. E. Lieb, unit con-
servationist for King-Stonewall
Soil Conservation District No.
120, was introduced, and Lieb
told how the awarding was de-
rived. Thomas McMeans, secre-
tary for the District, presented
the bronze plaque to Ernest
Kolb, who had been designated
as "outstanding conservation
farmer" for the year.
Mr. Kolb. who resides just
west of Aspermont, expressed
his appreciation for the honor
and told of some of the accom-
plishments brought about on the
farm in his one-year of residence
there.
At the busines meeting of
the club, O. T_ Davis was ele-
vated to the oifice of secretary,
succeeding A. E. Ball, resigned.
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KICK-OFF DINNER TO BE
HELD BY METHODISTS
On Monday evening, May 20,
at 7:30 P.M. in the basement of
the First Methodist Church in
Aspermont, a "kick-off" dinner
will be held.
The purpose of this dinner-
meeting is to give instructions
to the solicitors for the "Every
Member Canvass". The solici-
tors will have one week to see
See DINNER on last page
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gibson
visited over the week-end in
Hobbs, N.M., in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reese and
family.
The Stonewall Rodefl Associa-
tion. Inc., will unreel its second
mnual amateur rodeo at the
arena in Aspermont tonight
(Thursday), Friday and Satur-
day, May 16-17-18, with per-
formances to begin promptly at
8:00 each night.
A 3treet parade will be un-
folded here at 3:00 Thursday af-
ternoon to herald the rodeo
opening. Stonewall Sheriff Chas.
L. Gibson, parade chairman, has
stated that the parade will form
at the American Legion Hall,
and Mr. Gibson asks that all who
are to take part ir. the parade
should be at the Legion Hall at
2 o'clock. Members of the
Stonewall County Sheriff's Posse
will assist in handling the pa-
rade.
Riding clubs from Abilene,
Fisher County, Plainview, Has-
kell, Ranger and Slayton have
been invited to participate in
the parade.
The Aspermont elementary
school band will play a concert
on the courthouse lawn, in con-
nection with the parade.
Various departmental heads of
the rodeo have stated that all
preparations are being wound to
a conclusion, and that this ro-
deo promises to be even better
than the one staged last year,
j Admission is 50 cents for
i children, and SI.25 for adults.
Aspermont Lions Club will be
j in charge of the concession
stands, and the Kachina Club
will serve a "chuck wagon
•upper". ,
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BAND CONCERT
Anncfuriee.nent is made to the
effect that the Jayton high
school band will present its last
concert of the year on Friday,
May 17th, at 8 P.M. in the high
school auditorium. One of the
numbers on the program will
feature Miss Joann Wright, for-
mer Aspermont resident, in a
piano concerto. Miss Wright is
a member of the Jayton school
faculty. Admission for the con-
cert will be 25 cents and 50
cents.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Kena-
dy, Sr.. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Robbins and Kaye, and Mr. and
Mrs. George C. Kenady, Jr., and
Kenny, visited last Sunday eve-
ning in Jayton with Mr. Kena-
dy, Sr.'s mother, Mrs. C. %
Kenadv.
(Tsp the Classifieds.
NEXT SUNDAY'S LESSON—AND YOU!"
Worship tlim
Attend the Church of Your Choice!
By NORRIS ONSTEAD
Pastor, Swenson Baptist Church
BIBLE MATERIAL: Genesis
13; 18:1 to 19:29.
SUBJECT: "ABRAHAM AND
HIS WORLD."
EMPHASIS: "Arise, O God,
judge the earth: for thou shalt
inherit all nations." Psalm 82:8.
LESSON BACKGROUND:
This lesson is threefold: Abram
deals generously with his nephew
Lot by giving him the choice of
land; Abraham through prayer
intercedes for Sodom; God, for
Abraham's sake, spares the life
of sinful Lot.
TODAY'S LESSON FOR YOU:
The world today has 3 cry-
' ing need for spiritual help.
Those wlft> are called by the
name of Christian must persist
in intercessory prayer as did
Abraham. Far too many today
never pray except in church
services, and then too often
from habit and in a routine
manner. PLACE YOUR NAME
IN THE PLACE OF ABRAHAM
IN THE TITLE OF THIS LES-
SON. What are you doing for
the betterment of this world
j that would really glorify God?
Are your efforts to glorify man.
I yourself, or God? To glorify
I God, you must do it through
' Christ.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE - 1957
STONEWALL-KENT LITTLE LEAGUE
TEAMS—Aspermont Legionaires, Girard Eag es, Clairemont
Jayton White Sox, Aspermont Lions
Indians, Peacock Pirates,
'Whit- Sox**
Eagles
May 8th —
•Legionaires
< Lions
June 10th
* Indians
Pirates
Eagles
Legionaires
May 9th —
Pirates
White Sox
June 13th
-J
Lions
Indians
Lions
Sagles " .
May 13th —
Indians
White Sox
June 17th
1
Pirates
Legnnaires
'"'.ilte Sox
Lions
May 16th —
Eagles
Pirates
June 20th
Legionaires
Indians
Pirates
Lions
May 20th —
Indians
Eagles
June 24th
•
Legionaires
White Sox
Lions
L-igioaalr ;s
May 23rd —
Eagles
White Sox
June 27th
Pirates
Indians
t."gionaire3
Sagles
May 27th —
White Sox
Pirates
- July 1st
Indians
Lions
Eagles
Lions
Mav 30th -
White Sox
Indians
- July 4th
Legionaires
Pirates
Lions
White Sox
June 3rd —
Pirates
Eagles
July 8th
Indians
Lo.;;cnaires
Eagles
Indians
June 6th —
Lions
Pirates
July 11th
White Sox
Legionaires
Top team in listing will be the home team.
' Read across for matchings on any date.
* Reac| dgWn for date of play.
First date column indicates dates of first round
cates dates of second round of play.
of piny ind second date column indi-
Be Sure To Attend Second Annual Rodeo in Aspermont, May 16-17-18
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