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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 74. NO. 21
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1972
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN
Yesteryears
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO
(January 13, 1921)
Dill MA^-nolf Vtoc Koam urUk fko
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Star Drug Store for some time, left
Wednesday for his heme in Ft.
Deposit, Ala. Rill has made many
inenus here who regret very rnucii to
see him leave, and especially to leave
West Texas for Alabama. Our guess is
that it won't be very long until he will
return to Texas.
Mrs. J. L. Chennault, the Tax
Collector for the Aspermont In-
dependent School District: will be at
the office of Miss Jo Bulloch, County
Treasurer for the remainder of the
month of January, and we will be
glad if all who have not paid their
school tax, will come in and pay some
at earliest possible moment.
From information received from
the School Board the funds are badly
needed for carrying on the school as
every effort possible is being made
to maintain the school in its present
efficient manner.
This is one time in the history of the
Aspermont School that every dollar of
the taxes assessed in the district will
be needed to carry out the program of
The School. Don't let it be you that is
delinquent in the payment of your
taxes.
You are urgently requested to give
this matter your immediate attention.
Signed A. R. Low, President
Aspermont Independent School
District Board.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(January 10, 1952)
Announcement is being made this
week to the effect that George H.
Frazier of Abilene has purchased
Hickman Cafe, popular Aspermont
eating establishment, from Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Hickman, Jr.
Among those from this area in
attendance at the school men's
meeting in Austin on January 4th, 5th
and 6th were County School Supt.
Thomas A. Moore and School Supts.
T. C. Clark of Aspermont, O. L. Davis
of Old Glory and W. C. Robinson of
Peacock.
The meeting was known as the state
school administrators' mid winter
conference on education.
Aspermont boys' and girls' quintets
dropped a pair of games this week to
the Avoca boys and girls. Score of the
boys' tilt was 61 to 35 and the girls'
game wound up, 57-29.
The adult education class met on
Tuesday night of this week in the
home of Mrs. Lee Smith.
Mrs. Bobbie Eoff gave a demon-
stration on stenciling, which was
thoroughly enjoyed by ali in at-
tendance.
TEN YEARS AGO
(January 11, 1962)
Ten-year old Robert Branch ol
Aspermont entered his first livestock
show Saturday, and his calf was
judged a grand champion.
His 810-pound Hereford took top
honors in the steer class of the annual
Stonewall County 4-H and FFA
Livestock Show held here. The youth
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Branch.
The calf, named Sam, was bred by
the Y-6 Ranch of Hamlin.
Aspermont's Hornets stung Divide,
108-48, at Divide, Friday night in a
District 91-B opener that saw the
reserves do most of the damage.
Census of all scholastics between
the ages of six and 18 for schools at
Aspermont, Old Glory and Peacock
got under way on Tuesday, January
2nd, and will end on Wednesday,
January 31.
JUDGING CONTEST WINNERS — Members of the Aspermont Chapter of
Future Farmers of America placing high in the Judging Contest held Saturday
in Iraan are, from left, top row, Jan Yarborough, Gary Weaver, Patti Pitt-
cock, Harriett Martin and Tom Gaither; bottom row, Billy Morrow and
Melany Ellison.
Aspermont FFA Judging
Teams Win Iraan Honors
The Aspermont Future
Farmers of America Chapter
placed first and second in the
Livestock Judging Contest held
Saturday at Iraan.
Jan Yarborough, Harriett
Martin, Melany Ellison and
Former Resident
Dies En California,
Rites Held Here
Funeral for Mrs. Clara Petton
Schroeder, 85, of San Francisco,
Calif., and formerly of
Aspermont was held Jan. 6 at 2
p.m. in First Baptist Church
with the Rev. Hal Upchurch,
pastor, officiating, assisted by
the Rev. James Wood, pastor of
Central Baptist Church.
Burial was in Aspermont
Cemetery under direction of
Littlepage Funeral Home.
Mrs. Schroeder died Jan. 2 in
San Francisco.
Mrs. Schroeder was born Dec.
6,1886, in Oklahoma and lived in
Stonewall County from 1916 to
1924. She lived in Lamesa four
years and in California 11 years.
She married James B. Patton
Aug. 11, 1903. He died in 1931.
She married A. J. Schroeder in
1939. He died in 1960.
Mrs. Schroeder was a
member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son,
Dorsey M. Patton of San
Francisco; one sister, Mrs.
Lida Van Loon of Borger; one
brother, Berry Gatewood of
Allen, Okla; 14 grandchildren
and 25 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Robert
Kennedy, Ree Orick, Jack
McGough, Oliver Pen rod, L. L.
Boyles and Lee Smith.
Patti Pittcock were the high
point team for the entire contest
with a score of 1284 points out of
a possible 1350 points.
Receiving the second place
team trophy was Tom Gaither,
Gary Weaver and Billy Morrow,
all of Aspermont. Their points
were 1190. Marathon FFA won
the third place trophy while San
Angelo Central placed fourth.
Aspermont judges also won
the first and second place high
individual trophies with Tom
Gaither winning the high in-
dividual of the entire contest
with a score of 426 out of a
possible 450 points and Jan
Yarborough won second high
individual trophy with 418
points.
Mrs. Gary Hester
Named Managing
Editor of Star
Mrs. Gary Hester was named
managing editor of The
Aspermont Star this week,
according to Bob Craig,
publisher.
Mrs. Hester of Hamlin was
named to the position following
the resignation last week of
Mrs. Dean McAnally, who had
been editor since mid-May of
1971.
The new managing editor will
assume the temporary position
until someone from Aspermont
can be secured. Applications for
the editor position will be taken
at the Star office, Craig said.
Mrs. Hester has a background
of newspaper and office ex-
perience. She was formerly
employed by the Hamlin
Herald.
James Branch
On Dean's List
James I. Branch, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Branch,
qualified for the dean's honor
list for the fall semester in the
College of Agricultural Sciences
at Texas Tech University,
according to Dean Anson R.
Bertrand.
To qualify for the honor list, a
student must be enrolled in 12
semester hours of courses and
have at least a 3.0 grade point
average. Texas Tech uses a 4.0
point grading system.
The College of Agricultural
Sciences is one of six colleges
and two schools at Texas Tech
University with a total fall
enrollment of more than 21,000
students.
HAD COMPANY? That's news,
call the star. 989-2622.
Rehab 72 Spectacular
Set for Saturday Evening
Saturday at 7:15 in the
Abilene Civic Center will find
the second annual Rehab *72
Spectacular unfolding. Hosting
this year's show will be Rex
Allen.
Along with Allen in the five
and one-half hour presentation,
which will be seen on TV
stations KRBC-Abilene, KACB
in San Angelo, and KSWO in
Lawton, Oklahoma, will be
Shari Lewis, puppeteer, Kay
Starr, songstress, Buddy Ebsen
of TV fame, Arthur Duncan of
the Lawrence Welk Show,
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez,
comedian, Rex Allen, Jr., and
the Men of the West.
This length entertainment
extravaganza will be for the
benefit of the West Texas
Rehabilitation Center.
Rex Allen, long time friend of
the WTRC, has recruited his
friends in the entertainment
field to come and join him as he
hosts this show for crippled
children. Allen said that he
expected this to be one of the
finest shows ever produced in
West Texas.
He said that he was very
proud that his long time friend,
Buddy Ebsen (Jed on the
Beverly Hillbillies series),
would be there to sing and
dance so the crippled could
walk.
Officials of the West Texas
Rehabilitation Center stated the
price of the tickets would be $2
so that anyone who wanted to
view this show in person could
attend. The WTRC budget for
1972 will be $450,541.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday for
Willie Criswell
Services for John William
(Willie) Criswell, 86, were held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Central
Baptist Church.
Mr. Criswell, a longtime
resident of Peacock, died at 9:05
p.m. Friday in Callan Hospital
in Rotan following a lengthy
illness.
Rev. Gene Farley of First
Baptist Church, Peacock, of-
ficiated. He was assisted by
Rev. James Wood of Central
Baptist Church.
Burial was in Double
Mountain Cemetery in Peacock
under the direction of Lit-
tlepage Funeral Home.
Mr. Criswell was born in
Callahan County Nov. 25, 1885,
and married Mary Caldwell
Jan. 19, 1916, in Peacock. A
retired farmer, he was a
member of the Methodist
Church and was a member of
the Oddfellow Lodge
Survivors include his wife,
Mary of Peacock; three sons, J.
W. of Crosbyton, James A. of
Post and Melvin of Eunice, N.
M ; five daughters, Mrs. Leland
Lott of Eunice, N. M., Mrs.
Homer Hodges of Jayton, Mrs.
Bunk Floyd of Aspermont, Mrs.
Bill Sugg of Paris, Tex., and
Mrs. Wesley Buckley of Lake
Jackson; 25 grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Marvin Lott
Jr., Kay Lott, Ferman Metcalf,
Dan Metcalf, Ree Orick, ana
John McNutt.
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Jan. 6
Jan. 7
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Hornets to Host Roscoe
Friday, Baird Tuesday
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The Aspermont High School
basketball teams will host
Roscoe here Friday and Baird
here Tuesday to complete the
first round of action i& District
7-A play. The boys B team will
open action both nights at 5,
with the varsity girls game to
fnllnw onH fho Ufirnatc playing
in the final game.
A strong 20 point third quarter
gave the Albany Lions a big
enough lead that a 24 point
fourth period by the Hornets
Aspermont to Host
Junior High Tourney
Starting Monday
The Aspermont Junior High
Basketball Tournament for
boys and girls will get un-
derway at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan.
17. Visiting eighth teams will be
Hamlin, Rule, Albany, Haskell
and Roby Aspermont seventh
and eighth grade teams will be
participating. The seventh
grade was included in the
brackets when Stamford was
unable to participate.
Winners of Monday's games
will play Thursday, Jan. 20.
Games begin at 4:30 p.m.
Losers play Saturday morning
beginning at 9 o'clock.
Finals will begin at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
was not enough to win as the
Lions came out on top in the
contest held here last Friday,
59-55. Gus Moore was high for
the Hornets with 13 points.
Vicki English poured in 27
points for the Aspermont girls
as they defeated the Albany
The local basketball teams
dropped all three games with
Wylie Tuesday as the Hornets
dropped to a 1-2 district reco«*d=
Playing in Wylie, the Bulldogs
downed the Hornets, 73-51. Gus
Moore led the Hornet scoring
with 16 points. Wylie wen the B
same. 62-45.
Firms Back In Business
After Last Week's Fire
Mrs. Adelbert
Suter Dies In
Stamford Sunday
Mrs. Adelbert Suter, 67, of Old
Glory, died at 10 p.m. Sunday at
Stamford Memorial Hospital
after a five-day illness.
Funeral was held at 4 p.m.
Tuesday at Faith Lutheran
Church in Sagerton with the
Rev. Joe Aalbue, pastor, of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Highland
Memorial Cemetery, directed
by Kinney Funeral Home.
Born Olga Lehrmann July 10,
1904, in Brenham, she moved
with her family to Haskell
County in 1908. She married
Adelbert Suter Nov. 12, 1924, in
Haskell County. She was a
member of Faith Lutheran
Church.
Survivors are her husband;
one son, Nelson of Old Glory;
one daughter, Mrs. John Mc-
Cowan of Knox City; three
grandchildren; one great-
granddaughter; and one sister,
Mrs. August Ender of Sagerton.
All of the businesses affected
by last week's; major fire in
downtown Aspermont were
back in business this week as
Pat's Beauty Shop has reopened
in the building just north of
Frank Hays and the L. D.
Trammell Barber Shop was
able to return to their same
location.
The fire which broke out
Tuesday morning of last week
started in Pat's Beauty Shop
and spread to two abandoned
buildings and caused smoke
damage to several other
businesses. It was the worst fire
in Aspermont in several years
and took firemen from Jayton,
Rotan, Rule and Hamlin joining
with the local Volunteer
Firemen to bring it under
control after fighting it for
about four hours.
Local fire chief Harold Mc-
Nutt said the fire started in a
water heater in a bathroom of
the beauty shop owned by Mrs.
Pat Winters. The beauty shop,
located in an abandoned theatre
building, was destroyed but
Mrs. Winters was able to save
nearly all of her fixtures and
reopen in the new location.
The barber shop was located
next to the building destroyed, it
was not damaged by the fire but
did receive heavy smoke
damage.
The only two other businesses
in the block, Scott's Magneto
'Shop and Kenady Drug, suf-
fered minor smoke damage.
Equipment was moved from
Scott's Magneto when the
business was threatened by the
blaze. J. A. Scott, owner, was
able to continue operations soon
after putting the equipment
back in place.
Dickens Electric Co-op to
Sponsor Washington Trip
Booster Club Sets
Meeting Monday
The Hornet Booster Club will
meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the
high school.
All members are urged to be
present.
Jack Whorton is a patient in
Hamlin Memorial Hospital.
Expense paid trips to the
nation's capital city will be
awarded winners of an
oratorical contest was an-
nounced this week by Sam
Houston, manager of Dickens
County Electric Cooperative.
The contest is open to any boy
or girl at least 16 years of age
but not 18 years of age prior to
September 1, 1972, Houston
said.
Winners will join winners of
similar contests sponsored by
other electric cooperatives
across Texas on the seventh
annual Texas Electric
Cooperatives Government-In-
Action Youth Tour to
Washington, D. C.
All expenses of the 12-day trip
beginning June 9, will be paid
by Dickens County Electric
Cooperative, Mr. Houston said.
Each entrant will be required
to give a 5 to 8 minute talk on the
subject "This I Believe"
(Philosophy of Life) and answer
1 or more of 35 questions asked
by the judges.
Interested young people may
obtain an official entry blank
from their school or the offices
of Dickens County Electric
Cooperative. The deadline for
submitting entries will be
February 25, 1972, Sam
Houston, manager, said.
Revo Gail Letz
On Honor RolB
Reva Gail Letz of Old Glory, a
student at Angelo State
University in San Angelo, is
listed on the Dean's Honor Roll
for the fall semester at the
University.
The student is listed on the
3.00 and 3.49 honor roll.
Attends Funeral
Mrs. Robert Hall attended
rites for her mother in Harvey,
II!. Burial was in Milam, Ala.
She is survived by one other
daughter, Mrs. C. C. Waldrep of
Harvey, 111.
Elmer Ellison was admitted
to the Stamford Hospital
Sunday.
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call the Ster, 989-2622.
DISCUSSING STATE 3.76-74 WEEK — Stonewall Co Program Committee
met last Wednesday with Dr. Roy Miller, extension service range and
livestock specialist of Vernon. With Dr. Miller, left, are left to right, E. H.
Diers. vice chairman; E. T. Hennig, Stonewall County Agent; Beno Erdraan,
Livestock Sub Committee and John Kidd, chairman.
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Hester, Mrs. Gary. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1972, newspaper, January 13, 1972; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128141/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.