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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
VOL. iUUV—>No. 24
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ACTERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1962
PRICE TEN
ASPERMONT GIRLS HAVE GOOD
RECORD; STILL GOING STRONG
Ella Faye Greer and the Asper-
mont Hornettes are still going
strong after taking their game
Friday night from Roby and
then Tuesday night from Bula.
The girls beat Roby by
a score of 69-40. Ella Faye
Greer posted 41 points for As-
permont. The girls had the
District Crown sewed up before
p the gams Friday night.
Tuesday night the girls led by
Miss Greer's 27 points beat the
Eula girls by a score of 48-38.
F Trustee Election
To Be Held
Any person desiring to have
I his name placed on said ballot,
1 as a candidate for the office of
| trustee of a common school dis-
trict or of an independent school
district as herein provided shall,
at least thirty (30) days before
said election, file a written re-
quest with the county judge of
the county in which said district
is located, requestin gthat his
name be placed on the official
ballot.
The election this year will be
on April 7, 1962. A person de-
siring to have his name placed
on the ballot must do so by
March 8, 1962. m
COUNTY BOARD
The terms of the following ex-
pire this year:
Oscar Dickerson, at large
A. C. McNutt, Prec. No. 3
J. T. Hill, Prec. No. 4.
ASPERMONT
W. I. Shadle
Frank Hoy - >
PEACOCK 1
J. D. Parker
Tom Matthews
Alton Parker
ytf -OLD GLORY
r * G. F. Spitzer
Oren Baldree
Allen Letz.
They will meet Flower Grove
here Friday night in Hornet gym.
The players for the Aspermont
girls team are:Sherry Marr, Sen-
ior, Judy Johnson, Senior, Bar-
bara Smith, Senior; Jan Smith,
Freshman; Carolyn Alsup, Fresh-
man; Margie Daugherty, Junior;
Ella Faye Greer, Senior; Glenda
Frazier, Junior; Linda Lindsey,
Freshman; Jo Ann Poore, Fresh-
man; Carol Ann Burton, Fresh-
man; Sandra McDowell, Senior.
The games and scores of the
Hornettes are following:
Aspermont—48 Lakevivew—57
Aspermont—58 Post—41
Aspermont—42 Paint Creek—4(5
Aspermont—33 Hamlin—28
Aspermont—42 O'Brien—24
Aspermont—60 Rotan—48
Aspermont—37 Avoca—39
Aspermont—33 Winters—21
Aspermont—48 Merkel—37
Aspermont—48 Haskell—52
Aspermont—72 Benjamin—15
Aspermont—61- Knox City—43
Aspermont—49 Lockett—28
Aspermont—48 Merkel—46
Aspermont—53 Anson—38
Aspermont—47 Haskell—43
Aspermont—60 O'Brien—25
Aspermont—64 Rotan—39
Aspermont—73 Divide—31
Aspermont—54 Highland—41
Aspermont—36 Hamlin—27
Aspermont—52 Roby—29
Aspermont—88 Divide—23
Aspermont—58 Blackwell—28
Aspermont—75 Highland—48
Aspermont McCaully —.Forfeit
Aspermont McCaully —Forfeit
Aspermont— Blackweli — For-
feit •• «•*,' •-;*•••
Aspermont girls will meet
Flower Grove here this Friday
at 7:00 P.M. Flower Grove has
won their dlistrict and this
should be a well played game
for both teams.
Mrs. J. M. Bullock from Ama-
rillo, Texas is here visiting Mr.
and Mrs. E. V. Smith, the A. D.
Martins and Frank Laniers.
THE STINGER
A
EDITOR
SPONSOR
The cheerleaders and members
of the pep squad wish to thank
each person who purchased
"Beat Roby" ribbons. The girls
sold all their ribbons and every-
one was sos proud to be wear-
ing the ribbons as they cheered'
their teams on to victory.
* * *
This week "Aspermont Hor-
nets WIN! WIN! WIN" Ribbons
will go on sale for the game for
Bi-District on Monday night.
They'll also be good for the re-
gional games. Won't you please
buy a ribbon, support your Hor-
nets, and help the pep sauad?
1 * * *
t Barbara Smith, daughter of
Mr .and Mrs. Thomas Smith,
was chosen Band Sweetheart for
.962. Barbara, a popular senior
#udent, has been majorette for
the past two years. She will
have a full page in the annual.
• ft *
Jerry Kennedy has returned to
school from an all-expense trip
he won to Knaass City, Miss-
ouri, in connection with his 4-H
work. Congratulations to Jerry
for this wonderful award. We
think he deserved it!
« • •
Seen at the ball me on Mon-
day night were exes Tommy Hill
and Sonny Gardner from A.C.C.
and Dowell Criswell, who is a
junior student in McMurry.
• ♦ •
Junior motherss, Mesdames
Darden E. Linsley, Melvin
Mathis, Ermine Ellison, Clay
Douglass, Miles Ellison, and Os-
car Peacock were hosts at a
valentine party for the class on
Monday night. The serving table
vj«vas covered in a gay valentine
cloth and centered with a low
red bowl of red rose:;. Red can-
dles in holders decorated with
honeycomb hearts were on elth-
'■}? side. Mrs. Ward directed val-
entine games and the group was
served a lovely supper by their
hosts. Attending were Donna
Brockk. Mack Criswell, Wesley
Darden, Margie Daugherty, Joe
ELLA FAY GREER
MRS. JOHN P. WARD
Douglass, Glen Ellison, Terry
Ellison, Quentin Featherston,
Glenda Frazier, Zachary Greer,
Billy Hill, Joyce Hurst, Wade
King, Billy Lackey, Zollie Lam-
bert, Gaye Linsley, Jean Mathis,
Clifford Mayfield, Barbara Mc-
Dowell, James Parker, Mack
Peacock, Mr. and Mrs. Lee South
and sons, James and Richard,
Mrs. John P. Ward, Mrs. Ermine
Ellison, Mrs. Essie McDowell,
Mrs. Miles Ellison, Mrs. Oscar
Peacock, Mrs. Clay Douglass,
Mrs. Melvin Mathis.
♦ * *
We are indeed sorry to lose
Mr. South, our band director,
but we wish him every good for-
tune as he goes to Abilene to be
director of Mann Junior High
Band. Mr. South has been a spon-
sor o fthe junior class this semes-
ter.
* *
One act play books, 'S'parkin' "
have been ordered. Mrs. Ward
has not announced the cast yet.
The one act play contest will be
held March 23 in Roby.
* • «
Congratulations to the gi>s
basketball team for winning
their district. We'll tell you next
when they play for bi-districl
and fho their opponent will be.
Th eHornets have also lived up
to pre-season predictions and
come through with 10 straight
conference wins. The Hornets
will play the winner of West-
brook-Ira tilt Monday night. The
game site will probably be Sny-
der but be watching for last
minute announcements. Ask the
girl from whom you buy your
ribbon. She'll knfcow.
# 4 *
11 .■ ure to buy an ad from the
members of the annual staff as
t! call on you, The book is go-
to l:e one of the best ever
published in our school and
vou'!l no! want to be left out.
Call the school office if you have
- ->t been contacted. Kaye Voa-
zey„ annual editor will see that
your ad is taken.
New Text Books
Here for Your
Inspection
The new text books that are
to be adopted by out county
schools are in the office of the
County Superintendent. The
public is invited to come in and
look over these books and see
what is about to be adopted.
The text book committee from
each of the schools will meet
and select the books for our
schools.
The following teachers are on
on the text book committee:
PEACOCK
Mrs. W. C. Robinson
Mr. Nowlin Cox
Mr. South.
OLD GLORY
Mr. Pritchard
I Mrs. Pritchard
Mr. Wilson
Mrs. Mary Jo. LevereW
ASPERMONT
Mrs. Kennedy
Mrs. McGough
Mr. Sherrod
Mr. Teel
Mr. South
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Lamb.
It shall be the duty of the
textbook committee to examine
all books on the multiple lists
adopted by the State Board of
Education, to select the text-
books from these lists for use in
its school system, and to recom-
mend its selections to the Board
of Trustees of County Board for
ratification.
The books to be adopted are
the following:
Geography for Grades Four
Five and Six.
Vocal Music for Grades Seven
and Eight.
American History, for Grade
Eight.
English Dictionaries. Grade
4-7.
Science for High School.
American History for High
School.
World History for High
School.
The Committee will meet in
the office of County Superinten-
dent on February 27, 1962. at
four o'clock to make the selec-
tions.
Fire Department
Elects Officers
The Aspermont Volunteer Fire
Department elected officers at a
recently held meeting. Those
named were Curtis Alsup, Fire
Chief; Gene Miilican Jr., Asst.
Fire Chief; James Suggs, Presi-
c.an'.; Les Houseworth, Vice-
President; Calvin Lawrence,
Secretary; Treasurer, Horace
Brock and Chaplain, Rev. Mel-
vin Ms this.
LEAVING—Lee South, band
director here since the first
of the 1961 school term has
resigned this position to join
the faculty of Mann Junior
High School in Abilene. He
is la be band director there.
Church Has
Third in Series
The third in a series of Mis-
sion Moments was presented by
Lloyd Davis, vice-chairman of
the commission on missions, in
the mornin gworship with the
theme, "The Advance Program
of The Methodist Church". Next
Sunday the theme will be,
"Methodist Committee For Over-
seas Relief", and will be given
by the Juniors, uner the direc-
tion of Mrs. James Dalby.
The sup-district Methodist
Youth Fellowship is to meet at
Jayton on next Monday evening,
Feb. 19.
The public is cordially invited
to hear Rev. David W. Brinkley
in "Four Nights For Gid", April
17-20, which is Tuesday through
Friday evenings immediately
prior to Easter Sunday.
Mail Must Get
Through
A letter postmarked at 10:00
A.M., June 12, 1951, addressed
to John V/ard, and mailed from
Portland, Texas, was found
Monday by Geo. Kenady.
The post office was once be-
hind Kenady's Drug Store.
Over the weekend carpenters
began to tear the wall out and
found the letter behind the
baseboard.
It only goes to show that
neither rain, nor sleet, or
blizzard or sun shine — nor
even walls will keep the mail
from going through.
BOYS BEAT ROBY FRIDAY;
NOT SET FOR BI-DJSRICT
Ortiz Completes
Basic Training
Jose R. Ortiz. 19, son of San-
tos M. Ortiz of Aspermont, and
Mrs. Josef Rodriquez of Haskell
i has just completed his basic
training at Ft. Carson, Colorado
and is home on furlough. He is
to enter school tor Automotive
maintaince. Louis C Lawson,
local Army recruiter hers sign-
ed him up for the service.
Friday Last
Day to Sign-up
Friday, February Ifith is the)
last day to sign up for the 1962
4-H Broiler Program. All 4-H'ers
interested, please contact the
County Agent at Phone No.
2852 or 4166.
Douglass Services
Held Monday
William Walter Douglass, 77,
retired Aspermont cafe operator,
died at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in
Hamlin Hospital.
Mr. Douglass had been a resi-
dent of Aspermont since July of
1920. He was married to Etha
Clay on May 30, 1906, in Wa-
nette, Okla. She preceded him in
death in 1957.
Funeral was held at 3 p. m.
Monday at the First Baptist
Church of Aspermont with the
Rev. Rex Mauldin, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Mun-
day. officiating, assisted by the
First Baptist Church of Asper-
mont.
Burial was in Aspermont
Cemetery under the direction of
Young Funeral Home.
Survivors are four sons, Hous-
ton Douglass of Bryan, Clay,
Frank and Earl H. Douglass, all
of Aspermont; four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Solomon and Mrs. Grace
Calhoun, both of Dallas; Mrs.
Una Perkins of Fort Worth and
Miss Lucille Douglass of Lub-
bock: 11 grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Delos Calli-
coate, Leon Harvey, Jack Mc-
Gough. J. D. Gholson, J, H.
Linsley and Dalton Davis.
The Aspermont boys won their
district crown Friday nigjht with
a 73-69 victory over Roby.
The Aspermont boys and girls
traveled over to Roby Friday
night to play She familiar game
of basketball, but what ended up
as ulcer rising, sore throat, and
worn hands kind of ball.
The Hornets seemed to not be
able to get started on the start.
They seemed to sense the pres-
sure that was on them.
Roby, it seemed, couldn't miss
a goal. At the half time Roby ,
led the Hornets by a score of j
44-34. Roby had a fast team that
riddled the Hornets full-course
press.
At the beginning of the third
period you could hear people
talking and asking the question,
could the Hornets pull this one
cut?
When the Hornets would
make a goal, so would Roby.
Within a minute and a few
seconds before the game was
over, a Lion fouled Godfrey and
he made the two points. With
twenty-six seconds of being over
Roby had the ball a few feet
from their goal when junior
Billy Lackey stole the ball and
passed to Godfrey and Godfrey
raced for the two points to win
the game by a score of 73-69.
John Godfrey made a total of
37 points, Hill with 8, Lawrence
had 16, King with 10, and
Featherston 2.
Jerry Burke led Robv with
22.
ASPERMONT 19 34 53 73
ROBY 21 44 54 69
>• -
Tuesday night saw the Hornets,
win another game. This time
jver the District 13-B champs
i'rom Eula, Aspermont won with
a score of 54-44.
High for Aspermont was Jafea
Godfrey with 16 and Dickie Hill
with 15.
Monday night is the date for
Bi-District, but at press time mo
opponent or place had been
set.
March of Dimes
To End Monday
The annual March of Dimes
Drive for Stonewall County will
close on Monday February 19th.
All people helping with the cam-
paign are asked to bring money
they have collected to the Coun-
ty Superintendent Office before
that time.
Those who have not been con-
tacted and wish to make a con-
tribution. please mail your
money to Mrs. The!ma Smith.
County Superintendent before
February 19th.
Boy Scouts
Take Hike
Friday, January 19 the Boy
Scouts from here had a week-
end camp out on Ralph Riddels
ranch at Double Mountains.
Those attending were Gary Law-
rence, Nathan Ray, Earl Copljn,
Jimmy Prince. Robert Kluting,
and Carl Barton, Scoutmaster.
Theseboys went out on this cook-
out to pass requirements that
they have to have in scouting.
They had to know first aid, as
well as know ho wto cook on
an open fire. They did these
things. On Sunday morning they
had a Mountain Top devotional.
REV. BYRON BRYANT
Byryon Bryant
To Teach Book at
First Baptist
There will be a study of the
book of Jeremiah at the First
Baptist Church in Aspermont be-
ginning n«rt Tuesday, February
20, 1962, at 7:00 p.m.
Rev. Byron Bryant, Public Re-
lations Director for Hardin-Sim-
mon^'J/iuversity in Abilen% -Test-
as, will- be the teacher "for the
study. He is a former pastor of
;he First Baptist Churches in
Aspermont, Stamford and Breck-
enridge. Rev. Bryant taught the
book of Jeremiah at Rotan last
month. ,4^
The pastor of the Fi..,: Baptist
Church at Aspermomnt, Rev.
Lewis C, Price, said: "Brother
Bryant is one of the finest prea-
chers and teachers that I have
ever heard. Everyone will be
blessed by this study of the
'Weeping Prophet' under the
teaching of Brother Bryant."
The public is invited to attend
these three sessions this next
week, on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. Each session will
begin at. 7:00 P.M. and end at
9:00 P.M.
Tournament Set
At Peacock
A basketball tournament is
scheduled to begin this Thursday
night at 6:00 p.m. in the Peacock
High School gym. It will pot
Peacock, Jayton. Girard, Mc-
Adoo, Roaring Spring, Patton
Springs and Guthrie.
McAdoo draws a bye Vst
night. Guthrie vs. Roaring
Springs at 6:00 P.M. Thursday.
Patton Springs takes on Girard
at 7:15 P.M. and Peacock trys
Jayton at 8:30 P.M.
PARTICIPATING IN THE NINTH JUNIOR POULTY AND EGG FACT FINDING CONFER-
ENCE—Delegates and their leaders are : (left to right back row) Jerry Kennedy, 15, Asper-
mont. Randail Ihms, 15, Rt. 5, Georgetown, F. Z. Beanblossom, poultry marketing specialist,
Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Edith L ois Wilson, Dist. Agent, Amarillo, Texas, and Vi-
vian Warminski. 17, White Deer. Truett Henn ig, County Agent from here was invited to at-
tend byt could not on account of illness.
Texas Draft
Quota for March
AUSTIN. Texas — The state
quota for Texas draft boards in
March calls for 228 men, Colonel
Morris S. Schwartz, state Selec-
tive Service director announced
Tuesday,
The state's March call of 228
compares with a quota of 296
for February and 440 for Jan-
uary. The March call is the
tate's share of a national call of
fi,000 men, all for the Army.
Colonel Schwartz also an-
nounced that local boards would
send 650 men for prc-inductiVn
physical and mental examina-
tions.
The March quota will be filled
with men who are at. least 22
years old on March 1, with the
exception of volunteers or de-
linquents, who may be younger.
Sites Gained
For Two Wildcats
Stonewall County has gained
sites for two new wildcats.
Deeper of the pa:r is a pro-
posed 6,500-foot, rotary venture
10 miles southeast of Aspermont.
It is W. B. Trammell of Houston
No. 1 B. D. Bryan, et al, located
on a 400-acre lease.
Drillsite is 660 feet from the
south and east lines of the north-
east quarter in Section 16, Block
348, Austin & Williams Survey.
The other wildcat was staked
Hi miles east of Aspermont. It
is Duncan Drilling Co. and Keith
Graham of Big Spring No. I
Lackey. Proposed depth is 5,000
feet with rotary to test the Can-
yon reef.
Site for No. 1 Lackey is 1,980
feet from the south and east
lines of Section 95. Block D, H&
TC Survey.
Second well has been com-
pleted in the Flat Top (3,800
Cisco) Field 10 miles northeast
of Hamlin. The oiler is Cities
Service Petroleum Co. No. 3-106
Swenson Ranch, Section 166, BBB
&C Survey.
Daily potential was 27 barrels
of 38.5 gravity oil. It is pumping
from perforations at 3,745-85
feet. Plugged-back total depth is
3,817 feel.
Location for a proposed 3,800-
foot rotary project was staked
in the Hamlin, North (Swastika)
Field five miles northeast of
Hamlin in Jones County.
The venture is B. A. Duffy of
AbileneN o. 3-B W. C. Matehett.
Drillsite is 2.397 feet from the
south and 2,525 feet from the
east-line* of'• «S!on 177, Block 1
BBB&C Survey.
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Foil, Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1962, newspaper, February 15, 1962; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127674/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.