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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 72, NO. 51
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, AUGUST 13, 1970
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN . .
Yesteryears
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(August 15, 1935)
Mr. Fred Stockdale, lawyer,
formerly of Fort Worth, this week
opened a law office in Aspermontfor
civil and criminal law practice. Mr.
Stockdale comes to Aspermont well
recommended, having been a mem-
ber of the legal department of Mont-
gomery Ward & Company for three
years and for the past three and one
half years has been a member of the
law firm of Johnson, Moore and
Stockdale of Fort Worth. He is a
graduate of Butler University of In-
dianapolis.
Mrs. Stockdale and their small
son will not move here until the lat-
ter part of the year as her duties as
director of the Artist's Guild and as
an instructor in the Texas School of
Arts make it necessary that she re-
main in Fort Worth until that time.
Mr. Stockdale's office is lo-
cated above the First National Bank
Building.
Rev. Sam Morris, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Stamford
and foremost opponent of Repeal of
Texas Prohibition laws, will speak
here Saturday, August 17, at 2:30
p. m. on the streets of Aspermont.
Rev. Morris has been conducting a
radio and personal tour campaign
against repeal of Prohibition for the
past several months. An urgent in-
vitation is extended to everyone to
hear him.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(August 11, 1950)
At a called session of the
Stonewall C ounty Commissioners
Court Thursday afternoon Jack
Railsback was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of T. E. Knight.
Railsback, a young attorney
who opened law offices here last
summer, was nominated on the Dem-
ocratic ticket last month to the of-
fice and would have become County
Attorney on January 1.
He holds a law degree from
Baylor University at Waco and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Railsback
of Waco. The Senior Railsback is a
former superintendent of schools
here.
There are prospects of an-
other very good oil well in Stonewall
County, with the new well brought in
by the Deep Rock Oil Company in the
Kiowa Peak area this week. The well
is on the old Cordova land and is a-
bout six miles from the recent Wi-
ley discovery.
This well made very good
showing on the drill stem test in the
Strawn formation.
We are informed that the pro-
cess is going forward toward setting
casing and getting a good test on it,
and subsequently the railroad com-
mission test.
Also permit has been granted
to reopen the old Boyd well. This
well was a producer for several
years but was plugged not too long
ago.
Meantime there is still con-
siderable amount of trading going
on.
TEN YEARS AGO
(August 11, 1960)
The annual district 4-H Club
electric training meeting, sponsored
by the Texas Extension Service and
the West Texas Utilities Company,
will be held at Vernon on Friday,
August 12. Since the quota from each
county is to be two boys and two girls,
B i 11 i e" Ann Vahlenkamp, Carolyn
Sanders and Jerry Cannon of Old
Glory, and Jerry Kennedy of Asper-
mont will attend and represent this
county at the meeting. They were
selected on their outstanding 4-H
work in electricity.
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RECEIVES SERVICE PIN—Herman Dugan, chairman of the Stonewall
County ASC Committee, presents Artie Boydstun, a member of the
county committee, a certificate of Service and a ten-year service pin
at a recent ceremony in the ASCS office. Boydstun has served on this
committee for the past ten years and Dugan was honored last year for
15 years of service.
Cong. Graham Purcell Sets Series
Of Town Hall Meetings In Area
WASHINGTON, D. C. Con-
gressman Graham Purcell (D-
Tex) today announced a series
of "Town Hall" meetings he
will attend throughout Texas'
13th District during the Aug-
ust Congressional Recess.
"The sole purpose of these
metings " Purcell said, "is
to give me a chance to get
out and visit with as many
people as possible."
Although he has spoken
formally before many groups,
Purcell's new visits will take
on the atmosphere of a
"town hall" meeting where
he will offer brief opening
comments and the floor will
be opened for questions. Ac-
cording to Purcell, the meet-
ings will be very informal
and will last as long as neces-
sary. Purcell said he will be
accompanied by aides to as-
sist those persons having in-
dividual matters to discuss
with him.
In addition to the individual
attention available before
the town meetings, the Tex-
as Democrat stressed he will
be available for private ap-
pointments in both his
Wichita Falls District office
and his Dallas District of-
fice. The following telephone
numbers are available for
scheduling appointments with
Purcell:
Wichita Falls — AC 817/
766-0286 Aug. 24-Aug. 28.
Dallas — AC 214/749-3889
Aug. 31 - Sept. 4.
"While my evenings will be
spent at the town meetings,
I plan to be available through-
out the day in my district of-
AN EDITORIAL—
fices," Purcell said.
Purcell announced that al-
though he wanted to see as
many people as possible, the
brief time allowed for the
Congressional Recess has
limited the number of "town
hall meetings" to eight. The
following is a schedule of
Purcell's meetings:
Denton, Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m.
First State Bank; Spur, Aug.
24, 8 p.m. Spur School Cafe-
teria; Seymour, Aug. 25, 8
p.m. Seymour High School
Auditorium; Childress, Aug.
26, 8 p.m. Childress Junior
High School Auditorium:
Vernon, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. Wil-
barger County Auditorium;
Munday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m. Mun-
day High School Auditorium;
Jacksboro, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.
Place to be announced; and
Gainesville, Aug. 31, to be
announced.
Miss Judy White
To Receive H-SU
Degree Friday
Miss Judy White, daughter
of Mrs. Bernice White of Old
Glory, will be a candidate for
a Bachelor of Science degree
in the summer commence-
ment exercises at Hardin-
Simmons University, Abilene.
The commencement will be
held Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. in
Behrens Chapel.
Miss White has been hired
by the Aspermont Indepen-
dent School System to teach
high school English and
speech.
YOUR HELP NEEDED
As most of our readers are well aware
of, Hurricane Celia, which hit the Texas Gulf
Coast with devilish fury on Monday night, Aug.
3, did extensive damage in Corpus Christi and
neighboring cities and towns in the coastal
area.
There is now and will be for some time
need for money ($6 Million estimated).
The newspapers of Texas through the
Texas Press Association are being urged to
publicize their plight and ask for donations to
your local Red Cross, earmarking the funds
for relief in the disaster area.
An effort is being made to obtain $1
Million of the $6 Million in Texas alone.
The money may be sent to your county
Red Cross chapter or it may be sent direct to
the American Red Cross, Box 7844, Austin.
Your county will be given credit either way.
Small Business Administration and Farm
Loan Administration both are helping with
small loans to those able to borrow. How-
ever, financing, in the majority of the cases,
must come from the American People.
Your help is urgently needed and will be
greatly appreciated.
Don R. Belew Gets
Commendation
Medal In Vietnam
LONG THANH, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) July 30 — Army
Specialist Four Don R. Belew,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James D.
Belew, 3309 Cornell Ave.,
Big Spring, Tex., received the
Army Commendation Medal
during recent ceremonies near
Long Thanh, Vietnam.
Belew's wife, the former
Roxeria Campbell, and their
daughter are making their
home in Aspermont with her
parents.
Spec. 4 Belew received the
award for meritorious service
as a technical supply clerk
in the 56th Transportation
Company. He entered the
Army in June 1969, completed
basic training at Ft. Bliss,
Tex., and was last stationed
at Ft. Lee, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gil-
breath announce the arrival
of a daughter, Brenda Jan,
born July 30 at 8:09 p.m. in
Haskell Co. Hospital. She
weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. Grand-
parents are Mrs. Mildred Bolf
of Levellnnd, Robert Bolf of
Ruidoso, N. Mex., and Mr. and
Mrs. K. E. Gilbreath of Level-
land.
Mrs. Josie Cross is home
now after a two month stay
in Hendrick Hospital and
Hamlin Hospital. Mrs. Cross
broke her hip June 6. She
is doing fine and would like
to have her friends visit her.
Mr and Mrs. Curtis Ray
Hunter of Aspermont are par-
ents of a son, Curtis Ray Jr.,
born Aug. I at 1:58 p.m. He
weighed 5 lbs. 15% or.
School Gets Approval
For Speech Therapist
Football Boys
To Report for
PhysicalsToday
All high school boys inter-
ested in playing football are
to report to the field house
Thursday, Aug. 13 (today) at
2:00 p.m. for physical examin-
ations announced head coach
George Boynton.
Two a day work-outs will
begin Monday Aug. 17 at 9:30
a.m. and 6 p.m. Beginning
Tuesday and for the remain-
der of the week the work-outs
will begin at 9:00 a.m.
The Hornets will have two
scrimmages this year before
they play their first game
Sept 11.
The first scrimmage will be
with Munday Aug. 28 in
Munday at 8:00 p.m.
The second scrimmage will
be with Hamlin Sept. 4 at
8:00 p.m. in Hamlin. Both
varsity and B teams will
scrimmage.
Coach Boynton said that
each boy should bring $1.00-
for a mouth piece the day of
the physicals.
The Aspermont School has
been approved for a speech
therapist and a teacher with
the right qualifications is
being sought said Mr. VV. C.
R o b i n s on, supreintendent.
Also the position of grade
school and junior high prin-
cipal, which was vacated when
Mr. Jim Spradley moved to
Graham, has not been filled.
AnnlinQi!/ if own
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cepted fur both positions.
In a regular board meeting
Monday night teachers aides
were hired. They are Mrs. B.
G. Cook, Mrs. Bobby Boylcs,
Mrs. J. D. Parker and Mrs.
Darvin Hill.
Members of the elemen-
tary faculty are: Mrs. Willie
Dipple, Mrs. Dorothy Mc-
Means, first grade; Mrs. Belle
Boyles, Mrs. Sonny Bounds,
second; Mrs. Dal ton Davis,
third; Mrs. Frank Poore, Miss
Myrtle Commons, fourth:
Mrs. Jack McGough, Mrs. C.
O. Walker, fifth; MJrs. Burl
Jameson, sixth.
Juniir High: Sonny Bounds,
Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Kirby
Priest, Kent Parker and Mrs.
Wesley Robbins.
High School faculty are
Mrs. Marvin Lott, Mrs. E. M.
Jones, Mrs. W. C. Robinson,
Steven Cochran, Charles
Kirkpatrick, Jerry Allen,
George Boynton, Mrs. Glen
Hodges, Wesley M. Robbins,
David Wilson, Miss Judy
White and Gerald MicCanlies.
(Burl Jameson is high school
principal
The school nurse is Mrs.
Lillian Hicks. Lunchroom em-
ployees are Mrs. Essie Mc-
Dowell, Mrs. Pete Sherrod,
Mrs. Frank Mrazck, Mrs.
Vernon Baldree and Mrs. E.
Howell.
Mr. Robinson said that the
Dates Announced
For High School
Registration Here
Dates for registration for
high school students have been
announced by Burl Jameson,
high school principal.
Seniors will register at 9:00
a.m. and juniors at 1:00 p.m.
on Tuesday Aug. 18. On
Wednesday Aug. 19 sopho-
mores will register at 9:00
m.
a.m. and freshmen at 1:00 p.
Mr. Jameson said that
locker assignments made at
books would be issued and
the time the students regis-
ter.
lunch prices would remain
the same as last year. First
through third 30c; fourth
through sixth 40c and seventh
through twelfth 45c.
Monday night the board
Jerald McCanlies
MIUIIBGI
Takes
Basketball Post
Aspermont. school superin-
tendent W. C. Robinson has
announced the hiring of Jerald
McCanlies as high school boys
basketball coach.
McCanlies has served for
ths last two years as athletic
director and head football
coach at DeLeon High School.
He served four years as head
basketball coach at DeLeon
also. He was named area
coach of the year in 1969 af-
ter his football team won dis-
trict, bi-district and regional.
McCanlies is a graduate of
West Texas State and also
has coached at Tulia, before
going to De Leon.
MteCanlies and his wife, the
former Darla Harkey, are
both graduates of Hamlin
High School. They have two
children, Cathy, 8, a third
grader, and Chris, 6, a first
grader.
They moved to Aspermont
Tuesday.
Farm Bureau
Secretary Attends
Training Session
The Stonewall County Farm
Bureau office secretary, Mrs.
Earl Roddy, attended one of a
series of 18-multi-county
training meetings Aug. 5 at
the Jones County Farm
Bureau office for County
Farm Bureau information
workers.
Instructor was Bill Hoover
of Waco. Purpose of these
sessions was to provide in-
struction in public relations
techniques and preparation of
county Farm Bureau news-
letters.
Mrs. Roddy says this would
be very helpful to our Farm
Bureau if we could get some
members to take interest in
getting out these newsletters
once a month.
accepted the bids of Gandy
milk of Sweetwater at 7e a
Va pint; Ned's Fuel Service
for butane at 8.9c per gallon;
and Rash Conoco for gas at
16.4c per gallon.
The board voted to pur-
chase a Soal Press to be uses
in all departments to mount
materials, reinforce flat and
rolled materials, laminate ma-
terials to make them water-
proof and smearproof. The
press provides a way to make
full color and black and white
transparencies.
Mir. Robinson announced a
budget hearing for Monday
Aug. 17 at 8.30 p.m. in the
board room.
Summer Band
School lo Start
Here Monday
Summer band school will
begin Monday for one week
announced Director David
Wilson.
The full band will rehearse
from 9 until 10 with practice
marching on the field from
10 to 11.
Mr. Wilson said that stu-
dents that have not been in
the band and are interested
should come by the band hall
Thursday or Friday after-
noon of this week and talk
with him about the possibility
of using a school instrument.
Classified deadline is noon
Tuesday.
56 Days Since
Good Rainfall
Some 56 plus days have
passed since Aspermont has
received any measurable rain-
fall. Monday's light shower,
which measured .10 was wel-
comed, but made everyone
wish for more.
In June we received .59
with temperatures over 100.
June 15 was the hottest with
110 degrees.
July with no rain had tem-
peratures of 98 to 109 on
July 7. Aug. 9 the tempera-
ture went to 107 degrees and
Aup. 8 a 105 degrees.
The total rainfall for the
year is 9.05 with Mlay having
the largest amont with 3.36.
In April the rainfall was 1.65
and in May, 1.87.
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RECEIVES AWARD—Steve Cochran, right, vocational agriculture teach-
er, accepts the Distinguished Service Award of the Vocational Agri-
culture Teachers awarded to the Aspermont Star and editor, Mrs. Rog-
er Foil. The award was presented to Mrs. Foil in recognition of her
leadership in presenting the vocational agriculture and future farmer
program to the people of this area, Mr. Cochran also received the
Distinguished Service Award of the VA Teachers association for news-
paper and magazine publicity. Presenting the awards was David T.
McVev of El Paso, president of the organization.
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1970, newspaper, August 13, 1970; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128068/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.