The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1967 Page: 1 of 6
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
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ASf'KUMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS (79502),
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 19(57
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Hornets Play Spur
Friday Night at 8:30
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PLYING HORNETS—These flying linemen will be going
against Spur Friday night at Spur. The linemen are, from
loft to right, Nathan Ray, all-district last year, Ricky
Prichard, Bill Mullen and Jimmy Parker. Backing them
up is, from left, Jim Hecht, Jimmy Mitchell, who is now
manager and James Branch.
Action will get underway Friday
night at Spur when tlx" Asper-
mont Hornets invade Bulldog ter-
ritory.
The game will bej;in at 8:30
]>. m.
Coach Troy Gauntt's charges
scrimmaged the Throckmorton
Greyhounds Friday night in Hor-
net stadium. Throckmorton scored
first. The Hornets came hack to
score a safety and two touch-
downs. The 1! team took over and
scored one touchdown, making it
three touchdowns to one and be-
fore the scrimmage was over both
coaches sent in their A teams and
Aspermont scored again.
The Hornets looked good on
both defense and offense. There
are no injuries to keep anyone
from the lineup.
The Spur Bulldogs are picked
as the fourth place team in Class
A by Texas Football magazine.
But thery are without the serv-
ices of their all-district guard,
who is out with a knee injury.
Also Spur lost their all-district
fullback, who graduated last year.
Coach Gauntt says that they
have been working on trap plays,
which Spur successfully used last
year against Aspermont and
every team they played.
Remember game time has been
moved up to 8:30 p.m. for this
contest.
AT LUBBOCK MEETING
Cotton Growers Ask USD A To
Leave Program Same; Fake
Off Skip-Row Penalty
A
national production of 1 - H
on hales, at the very most,
could he expected under the kind
of 111(18 cotton program recom-
mended in Lubbock Ibis week at
(lie I'KDA hearing. More than
like!v less than 12 mtlHon would
actually be raised .The majority
nl growers .speaking at the meet-
ing advocated leaving the pro-
gram as ii is and simply lifting
the penalties now levied on skip-
row planting patterns to get in-
creased production needed to
service cotton's markets in 10(58-
G9 season.
"But there is anothei side to
the coin" said Charles Steiiholm.
executive vice president of the
Hulling Plains Cotton Growers,
"That far too often we fanners
fail io look at that side that deals
with the future not just next
year"
The market off-take for 1908-09
is now expected to total about
M 1! million bales including 9 I
million bales in domestic chan-
nel' and 4 8 million for exporl
tis"s. Carryover stocks, now e\-
|>ei trd to be at a normal level of
■ /
j about 7 million bales by the start
i of the next marketiii!', year, will
contain no significant cushion in
j the more desirable finalities,
j These and other factors njcan
i next year's crop must be adequ-
ate to meet domestic and export i
demands in various quality ranges
or cotton will lose markets to
foreign growth or to synthetic
fibers, according to many reli-
able sources .And market loss by
such default may be gone forever.
This is the key policy area where
cotton differs in large measure
from such commodities as wheat
and feed grains.
"Export markets are the real
ke\ to the future of a healthy cot
ton industry, especially here in
the 1 {o11 inu Plains" said Steii-
holm. "'Seventy percent of the
cotton we : row ends up in export
markets. From 1950 to 1900 l.'.S.
exports averaged 0 million bales
per year From 1901 to 1900 I'.S.
exports averaged 4.3 million
bales. Had we maintained our ex-
ports at the 1950-0() rate we would
have never built a surplus of cot-
ton that caused our current di-
lemma.
"Now" continued Steiiholm,
We have I he real opportunity to
regain our share ol the world
market but we find that the tight
supply of longer staples and re
suiting higher prires are a I read,\
causing foreign producers to
boost their acreage. Willi better
yields lh,in last year, loreign
produi tion may go up a million
hales even though wider price
differentials among Qualities may
result m short staples compris-
ing a greater proportion of the
exports of American cotton dur-
w i 11
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BRUCE McNAIR
, resigns at Swrnson
Bruce McNair
Resigns Church
At Swenson
"nice McNair, pastor of the
Benson Baptist Church tor the
l';i i three years resigned \ugusl
Mt Nair received a < i" b) the
'' " 1 Bapl is( Church ot Cat on
I lAiis
He and bis family will ">o\ e to
' 'i bon In the next few davs Me
"*;oi will attend Southvv es'ei'ii
1 • jtisj Seminary while living at
'a i bon. I
RETURN AFTER VACATION
Mi and Mrs .lohn I' Ward, ac-
companied by her sister Kathe-
nne Hawthorn ol Abilene have
resumed I rem a ten-day vacation
spent inti a% eliti : to \ at a tion spots
in Oklahoma \rkansa.s. Missouri,
MUd I as| Ti \as 'I I avcling six-
teen hundred miles the group en
iovciI the Ozarks' beauty at this
season ol the year, spent some
time in I an eaka Springs and I lot
Springe, At kansas. loured the
Shepherd of the Hills country in
Branson. Missouri, -aw an out
door production of llatold Bell
Wi1: lit's famous nm el. Shepl
,,i the Hills aiul did si
itiu en I at e Texnnia
the next season,
I hope that our fanners
stop for a moment and ex;
the past, present and luture ol
cotton", said Stenliolm, "before
arriving at any coneluusions re-
garding the 1908 program1- Many
of our farmers apparently have
grown to like nlanting 05 percent
of their allotment in cotton..
They've indicated they want to
continue doing this while getting
full federal payments and tem-
porary price rises that could lie
expected when govcrnnint poli-
cies create shortages.
"But what kind of future are
we building for cotton when we
spend a dollar a bale lor building
i S. markets, we clamor for a
six million bale export ol cotton
so thai we may regain world
markets and then say we do not
want to raise the cotton to sell in
I90K'.' Our price problem is a
short term problem but decisions
made now can effect us greatly
in the future."
To achieve a sound healthy fu-
ture for the cotton industry.
lil'CG testified in l.ubock that
adequnth supplies of all qualities
of cotton must be maintained in
1908. However, if fanners inter-
ests arc kept foremost in mind,
any changes in the cotton pro-
gram for 1908 must be made us
ing restroit. good judgment and
I'airinindodness. With this in
mind. HPCG made the following
recommendations for 1908:
I. That exports during the 1907
08 year total fit least 0 million
ba les.
Thai skip-row planting be al
lowed without penalty.
3. That mandatory diversion be
kept at L" ' of allotted acres,
I I'liit voluntary diversion be
allowed cf no less than 1U1 '.
of allotted acres with full pay-
ment.
5. rh.it government programs
that give away t' S cotton
should to the greatest extent
possible encourage the use of
these qualities of cotton in sur-
plus.
Ii That projected > ieltls for all
Stales .counties and individual
farmets be fairly administered
in 1908.
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VISIT IN CROSS HOME
fish
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mi •- Maye Freeman and
Ftlwl Cross made ;< tri| f
henvllle let week to attend
(uncial ot their sister. Mrs.
Carpenter.
Mrs.
Sleu-
th e
Vtia
Recent \ isiinc.
Mr and Mrs, \!
their children Mr
Cross of 'Tucson
Mis, .fun Cro-s
Newark, Dal Mr
Cross and Nit a
M.iiv land and Mi
hams of Midland,
in tile home ol
11 Cross w el e
and Mi-- Cccil
\ rv. Mr, and
and Dianiie of
and M s Thro
Ann of Flkton.
<; c Wil
ex as, i
■Tummy I). Walker, 19, whose
mother, Mrs. Wanda D. Sinicox,
lives al 5ii9 Bed Bud l.ane. Irving,
was promoted !o Army pay grade
E-2 upon completion of basic
,■(•inb.'it training at Ft. Bliss. Tex.,
July 14,
lie is the grandson of Mr, and
Mrs .Herman McLaury of Swen-
son ami graduated last year from
Vspermonl High School.
'The promotion was awarded
two months earlier than is cus-
.Oinary under an Army policy
providing incentive foi oufstand-
ng trainci .
As man;, as half the trainees in
each training cycle are eligible
oi the early promotion, based on
scores attained during range dr-
ug. high score on the physical
'ombal proficiency test, military
ic.uriug and leadership potential.
Fcdera! landbonk
Association of Spur
Stockholders to Meet
The annual stockholders meet-
ng oi tb< Federal Land Bank
V social ion of Spur will be held I
■I Tlnti" lav. September it. 1907. j
n the .'av ion School Cafeteria. I
at .layton, Texas, at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting this year will be
i special event to celebiate the
lOth Anniversary of the Federal
.and Bank .System. A meal will
be served at 7.H0, election of of-
fice. and a !:lnt " Providers of
Plenty " dedicated to the farmers
will be shown. Mi M. \ .lav of
.layton Pre ult nt of the Board,
will preside at the meeting.
VISIT IN TRAMMELL HOME
Mrs Rose Williams and her
son Biebattl Williams and three
of her .'i andsons, Ilenrv, Paul
and Hairel uf Fort Worth, Also
Mr and Mrs Pari Hoketl and
her son, \ .1, Barhee ol Odessa
were \ is it i 11 u o'er the weekend
in the hon e of their sister. Mr.
and Mrs l.orean Trammell Sr.
They ail went ut the Ilotnecoming
at dltl Glory Sunday.
VISIT HERE
Mr and Mrs El wood Freeman
,e.d child'en of I.ames.i visited
here rei entl,v with his mother
Mrs-. M.ave Freeman.
Weather
Albert Baugh, Observer
Day of Week
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday-
Monday
Tuesday
Jr. High Football
Team to Sponsor
Car Wash
The Junior High football team
will hold a car wash on Saturday,
Sept. 9 at .J. it .Ray's Car Wash.
The football boys will wash and
dry and also clean the inside f. r
SI.25. Money made from this car
wash wili go into the Junior High
Football fund which will be u.-rd
to laundry towels, purchase ice
and film. The wash will begin at
9:00 and end at 5:00.
So bring that dirty cat in and
let these boys clean it up for you.
They will appreciate your help.
Booster Club j|'|
Elects Officers
The Booster Club elected offic-
ers Friday night. Elected Presi-
dent was Frank Mraz.ek, Vice
President Joe Meador and Sec-
retary-Treasurer Charles Six,
Meetings will be held on Tues-
day nights at ,the school cafeteria
al 8:00 p.m.
Three Local Ladies Graduate From
LVN School at Stamford Hospital
Mrs. Bill Griggs. Mrs. Cecil
Halhim, and Mrs. Lucille HadcIiff
completed 12 months of training
in the Licensed Vocational Nurs-
ing School at Stamford Memorial
Hospital August 29, 1907 at Slam-
ford, Texas.
Graduation exercises were held
Thursday night, August 31, at the
First Methodist Church in Stam-
ford.
ATTEND REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Perry and
their daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Bains of Wichita Falls at-
tended the Bates reunion Sunday
at Vernon. Texas. Those attend-
ing were from San Antonio, Den-
ver City. Kress .Grand Prairie,
Wow-oka, Okla.. Chicksha. Okla.,
Welch. Brovvnfield and Lubbock.
We!! Potentiated
West of Aspermont
i A well has been potentiated two
' miles west of Aspermont in the
| Fuzz '5.000-Foot Strawni Field.
The oiler is Mallard Petroleum
Inc. of Midland \'o. IX Essie
• Keen. Section 108, Block I), H&TC
[ Survey.
Daily potential was 104 barrels
of 44.4 gravity oil. It is pumping
from an open hole which was
treated with six quarts of nitro-
glycerin.
The 4'•.••inch easing is set at
5,590 feet, and the hole is bottom-
ed at 5.008 feet.
Gas-oil ration was 1.389-1.
In southeast Stonewall Counly.
13 miles southeast of Aspermont.
a -project drilled in the Clarice
Middle Tannehilli Field was
plugged at 2.710 feet.
The dry hole was Harding Bro-
thers Oil & Gas Co. of Dallas No.
5 O Brigham, Section 139, BBB&
C Survey.
VISIT IN COLORADO. N. MEX.
Mr. and M-s E. V. Smith and
Mr. and Mrs Frank Lanier re-
turned home Thursday after a
visit with the Smith's children
and Mr Lanier's nephew and
nieces, Mi and Mrs. Chester
Smith and family. Koswell. New
Mexico; Mr and Mrs. Arthur E.
Brown. Durango. Colorado: Mrs.
Myrtle Manning, Amarillo: and
Mr and Mrs. M. L. Sherrod and
sons. Canyon.
The graduates spent more than
500 liours in classroom work and
over 1500 liours in clinical prac-
tice in the state approve,! school.
Classroom si tidies included
Anatomy. Physiology. Pharma-
cology. Obstetrics,, Pediatrics,
Geriatrics. Nursing Arts. Profes-
sional Ethics, Communicable
Diseases, Mental Health, and ot.li-
phasos of General Nursing.
The graduates will go to Austin
in the month of October to take a
Texas State Board examination.
Out of town guest attending the
graduation were Mr. and Mrs.
Bov Gardner and Sammy, Mr,
and Mrs .Ralph Brantner, .layton.
From Aspermont were Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Thigpen and boys,
Mr and Mrs. Don Welch. Mr. and
Mrs. B O, Hawkins, Mr. and
Mrs Lee Gardner, Mr and Mrs.
Oscar Dicker-son, Mrs. Ruth
Hays. Mrs Hex Dillard. Mr. and
Mrs, |{. D. Kluting. Mrs. Laura
Gerlol'f and Mona, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C Calhoun. Mr and Mrs, Bob
Payne. Mrs Claude Hudson. Mr.
and Mrs Vernon Baldree, Mr.
Cecil Halhim and Tony llallum,
Mr. Bill Griggs, James and Billy
(• 11 ggs. David B a d c I i 11 ,1a in es
Bad cliff and Bay Radcliff.
Class pictures were made by
C C Calhoun. Aspermont photo-
grapher.
Band Officers
Are Named for Year
Tuseclay morning, August 29.
the Aspermont High Scnool Band
elected officers for tile 1907-68
school year.
They arc President Billy
Speck, senioi Vice President
M:les Fra/ier. senior; Secretary—
Hientla Foil, senior; Reporter
Ann Gaither, junior.
Serving as Drum Major, Karen
Pashehal: Head Majorette. Shar-
on Phillips. Twirlcrs, B rend a
Foil Ann Calhoun and Sue King.
Opportunity Loans Available
For Some Families in County
Rural cooperative financed
through the new nationwide Eco-
nomic Opportunity Program may
prove to lie the key to higher liv-
ing standards for some Stonewall
County families.
Grady league. Farmers Home
Administration county supervisor,
saitl today that processing, mar-
keting, purchasing and servicing
cooperatives made up mostly of
farm and other rural families
with limited incomes in Stonewall
County may be eligible for finan-
cial assistance
Farmers Home Administration,
a credit agency of the V. S De-
partment of Agriculture, now has
authority to finance local cooper-
atives of rural families with limit-
ed incomes that furnish such
services as.
1. Marketing of fruits and vege-
tables produced on family farms
handicraft and other home pro-
duced goods
2 Processing services includ-
ing canning, freezing, grading,
washing and packing.
3, Purchase equipment and ser-
vices, ineluduing machinery and
equipment lor improvement ol
agricultural land, breeding ser-
vices. and other supplies and ser-
vices essential foi farm and home
needs.
Loans are repayable over per-
iods up to 30 years They carry
an interest rate ol 41* percent.
Through cooperatives needy
farm I'am.'ies can improve their
buying and earning power, econo-
mically porch,ise items for farm-
ing and obtain other basic services
and supplies at substantial sav-
ings. Teague said.
FIIA may advance loans to help
small cooperatives get started as
well as supply operating Capital
for existing cooperatives.
Along with a loan program,
FIIA assists in the supervision of
cooperatives financed and also
supplies (ethnical advice.
Additional information about
financing for mall cooperatives
serving rural families is available
at the Stonewall County Farmers
Home Administration office.
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The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1967, newspaper, September 7, 1967; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127966/m1/1/: accessed May 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.