The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1962 Page: 4 of 6
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I GIVE YOU TEXAS
By Boyte House
How does one go about pro-
ducing a best seller?
Luck, pure luck.
At least, that was my ex-
perience.
In the Spring of 1943, I was in
Austin as a newspaperman cov-
ering the session of the lefisla-
ture. The lawmakers recessed
for a week-end so I thought it
would be pleasant to visit San
Antonio and bask in the roman-
tic atmosphere of sunshine and
palm trees.
But when the bus arrived in
San Antonio, rain was pouring
down. "When does the next bus
leave Dor Austin?" J asked and
the ticket agent replied, "It'll
be two hours." Wondering what
T could do during that interval
I thought of Joe Naylor, the
book publisher. I had heard him
speak at a State Historical As-
sociation meeting in Austin but
had never met him. If you are
a writer (I had at that time,
written ">ne book and it was
out-of-print), it comes in handy
to know a publisher.
So I phoned. Naylor was in
anc| invited me to come bjrj I
had; nothing in mind—just want-
ed to get acquamted but wfoan
I was about to leave the office
after a pleasant visit. I thought
of a manuscript of mine.
Now this manuscript fead real-
ly gone the rounds, Ten big
Eastern publishing houses had
rejected it. The manuscript was
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iso soiled fro mso much dandling
' that I had re-typed it. Finally, a
publisher accepted it and then
changed his mind. I had about
given up, deciding that the
manuscript was jinxed.
But when I described the con-
tents, Naylor said, "Send it on;
I'll be glad to look at it." When
I returned to my home in Fort
Worth, I mailed it. After several
months, he wrote a letter saying,
in suBstanre, " I am inclined to
publish your book."
Se we met for luncheon and a
conference in the St. Anthony
coffee shop.
"How many copies do you think
I should print, if I should print
it?" he asked.
"A thousand copies are a lot
of books but couldn't very well
print any less if you printed it
at all" was the anxious author's
reply.
He nonned in agreement. But
he had not definitely said he
was going to publish it. S<\ I
did a little mental arithmetic.
There were relatives and busi-
ness associates to whom I should
send a copy and perhaps, oc-
casionally. someone, happening
to hear o fthe book, would order
a copy from me—so eventually
I could use a goodly number.
"Joe," I ?aid, "if you'll print
the book. I'll buy a hundred
iopies."
"Boyce." he said, "I'll print
the book."
The fi'';>t edition was 2,000
copies and his supply was gone
in a week. A second printing of
2.000 lasted only a week. Par-
ents, wives and sweethearts were
buying the little book to send to
Texans in the armed forces all
over the world. As the sales of
"I Give You Texas" soared, the
two most surprised men in Tex-
as were the author and the pub-
lisher. It was months before I
received my 100 copies but you
may be sure there was no com-
plaint at the delay.
of Selective Service the author-
ity to issue similar or other
criteria in some othev type of
administrative publication for
guidance and suggestion to draft
boards.
The Selective Service college
qualification test, formerly
scheduled twice yearly, is now
offered once a year to college
students, usually in the spring,
but no date for one 'has bteen
set so far in 1962.
Governor Price Daniel proclaims FFA Week in Texas, February 17-24. L-R are: Jantea Monte Fieri*
tl'ii', Texas FFA; Governor Daniel; Clentoit Montgomery, Executive Secretary, TffiU AwodltiM
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TEXAS ART MEMORIALS
• MONUMENTS OF CHARACTER •
Priced Right
Monumental Cleaning. Curbing and
Lot Cleaning
FRANK BUSH HARRY FLETCHER
Box 273 Aspermont, Texas
The total on "I Give You
Texas" has reacner 200,000 copies
and every now and then some-
body goes into a book store,
even yet, and buys one.
That about tells the story.
Suppose it hadn't been raining
in San Antonio that day or there
had been a return bus to Austin
in just a few minutes
It's just luck, that's all.
WANT ADS
WANT AD RATES—3c per word
for the first insertion, 2c per
word for all insertions thereafter.
ALL TYPE FARM WORK, One
Waying, Breaking, Etc. Jerry
M. Douglass. 4666. 52tp—2
FOR FARM and ranch loans
see A. E. Ball Agency, phone
2821 or 2451. Aspermont.
FEDERAL LAND BANK — See
John C. Storey, office hours—
Tuesday and Fridays 9-3 at
City Hall, Aspermont, Texas.
Phone 2091. tfc—12
Class Standing
To Be Considered
Draft boards will continue to
us class standing and Selective
Service college qualification test
scores in considering student de-
ferments despite the fact these
criteria have been removed from
the draft regulations.
This was pointed out here Fri-
day by Colonel Morris S. Sch-
wartz, state Selective Service
director, while discussing recent
regulatory changes in the draft.
"The draft test scores and
class standings for college stu-
dents, heretofore spelled out in
detail in the regulations, have
been binding on draft boards,"
he explained. "The removal of
the criteria Irom the regulations
emphasizes their advisory na-
ture."
The amended regulations atili
leave with the national director
CITY BARBER
SHOP
Grafenwohr, Germany (AHT-
NC)—Army Sgt. Elmo L. Phil-
lips and PFC Jerrel Payne, from
Haskell, Tex., are participating
in the 3d Armored Division's
month-long winter training ex-
ercises in Grafenwohr, Germany,
which will end Feb. 7.
High point .Qf the Spearhead
division's annual training cycle,
the training includes day and
night tactical exercises empha-
sizing cold weather training,
Mobility and chemical, biologi-
cal and radioligical warfare. An
essential part of the training is
range firing of individual and
team-served weapons including -
the Army's new M-60 machine-
gun and the 105 and 120-milli-
meter tank guns.
The 3d, a major element of
NATO forces in Europe, plays
an essential role in maintaining C
world peace.
Sergeant Phillips, a radio tele-
type team chief in Company A
of the division's 143d Signal Bat-
talion in Frankfurt, entered the
Army in 1953 and arrived over-
seas on this tour of duty in De-
cember 1959. The sergeant, 35,
son of Mrs. Callie R. Phillips,
207 N. Avenue B, is a 19^3
graduate of AmariUo H ig/h
School. His wife, Mickey, is
with him in Germany.
Payne, a machinegunner in
Company D of the division's 48th
Infantry in Gelnhauwn, entered
the Army in 1961,
Hood, Tex., and arHved over-
completed basic ti-airtfnftat Port
seas last July. The 22-year-old
soldier is the son of Mr, and
Mrs. Cecil B. Payne, 704 "S.
Tenth st.
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SHOP PHONE: 2671
..iMES KOLB
L. D. TRAMMEL, JR.
Your Business Solicit-
ed and Appreciated
L. D. TRAMMELL. JR.
Owner
LAMBERT
SERVICE STAT10N
Phone 2051 for Rbad Service
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HUMBLE PRODUCTS
Washing and Greasing
T«res - Batteries - Accessories
Fishing Supplies
We Give S. & H. Green Stamps
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PERSONALIZED
CHECKS
COST NO MORE HERE!
USE YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT
TO PAY LOCAL BILLS . . . BUT BE
SURE AND PAY ALL OF YOUR OUT-
OF-TOWN BILLS BY BANK MONEY
ORDER! IT COSTS SO LITTLE FOR
FULL PROTECTION.
WE OFFER YOU A COMPLETE^
BANKING SERVICE.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Mamber of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Phone 2741
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Aspermont
FREE with each 50c purchase.,
Rogers Silverware Coupon at
Lambeths.
WE BOTH LOSE if you don't |
chock our prices on the follow- ,
ing. Range and Breeder Cubes. \
Calf and Feed iot feeds, Hog |
Feeds and Supplements, Cot- •
tonseed Hull Pellets and J
Mixes. Bulk Custom Mixing
on Hull Mixes. All feeds De-
livered to your Barn or
Feeders. Bulk or Bagged. PIED
PIPER MILLS, Hamlin, Texas,
Phone SP 4-1684. Our Dealer
in Aspermont is Metcalf Seed
& Feed.
FOR SALE — 3 bedroom, one
bath in Northern Heights.
Contacct F. C. (Clem) Clem-
ens, phone 4791.
FOR SALE — 3 bedroom house, j
carpeted throughout with den j
and attached garage. Drapes
in living room and dining
room. Large fenced yard,
central heat and duet air. Con-j
tact. Bob Rutherford. Phone |
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WAGGON
"The Fussy I
—SINCE
Dial SP 4-2211
IDON'T WIND UP
BEHIND THE
"EIGHT-BALL" !
ifOM'E in toiay and nis-
|USR YOUR INSURANCE
WE WRIT Si—
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AND MAN'
— r>n business v ith yi
RALPH
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r,r><3 r NATIONAL RANK
FOR SALE - 3 bedroom house,
den, garage attached, fenced in
backyard, with 3 acres land.
Contact Frank Mrazek, Phone
2571. 3tp-2-15
FOR SALE—Bull calf
ford. Contact Ann
Peacock BL 6258.
— Here-
Curnbie,
2tp-2-15
FOR SALE—164 acres land. 107
in cultivation. Located 1 1-2
miles east of Swenson. Thomas
McMoana, Rt. 1, Swenson. tfc
JAY'S REFRIGERATION SERV-
ICE—Household Refrigeration,
Commercial Refrigeration and
air conditioners. I have elec-
tronic testing equipment and
leak testers. Phone SPring 4-
2588 or SPring 4-1961 in Ham-
lin. 4tc-2-15
I WOULL like a number of
graves to care for-in uvy of
the cecmeteries. J. E. Messen-
ger. Box IS, Swenson, Texas.
4tp—33
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This is the Ford Fairlane s new Challenger4260" V-8.
Theres no other I-8 like it. It's the latest in a series of Ford V-8 triumphs
that started back in 1982 when Ford introduced the world's first popular-
priced V-8. Today—30 years and 30 million V-8's later—the Challenger
"260" adds new fuel to the hottest performance record in V-8 history. It
gives you all the time-tested toughness of iron—with a lightness and com-
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you better gas mileage than any standard-size 6-cylinder car Price it and
you're in for a surprise—a Fairlane V-8 carries a smaller price tag than some
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low price. There's never been a buy like Fairlane because there's never
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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/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.