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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 76, NO. 24
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, JANUARY 31, 1974
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN . . .
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(January 31, 1924)
3iau!( 7 fiVliJs^lr
tne swift liin at FeacocK caugnt tire
while ginning and despite the fact
that the gin crew worked faithfully
to extinguish the flames, it burned to
the ground. We have not learned the
amount of insurance, if any, that
was carried on this plant.
A one day poultry show will be
held in Aspermont, Thursday, Feb.
14. The F. W. & D. Railroad Com-
pany will have a special poultry car,
accompanied by experts in the line
of poultry. They would like for every
man, woman and child in Stonewall
County to be there and inspect the
car and get some valuable in-
formation about poultry. A nice
premium amounting to $25 or more
will be given away on that date.
Watch next week's paper for the
particulars.
We are this week authorized to
announce J. A. (Buster) Trammell
as a candidate for the office of Tax
Assessor of Stonewall County,
subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary in July.
Monday morning the fire alarm
sounded that W. D. Martin's
residence in north Aspennont was
on fire, but the quick work of a few
citizens saved it and the fire hose
was not needed. An oil stove which
exploded was understood as the
cause of the fire.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(February 4, 1954)
All the housewives in Aspermont
and the surrounding area are invited
to be guests of the West Texas
Utilities Company at an all-electric
cooking school to be conducted here
next Wednesday, Feb. 10. The
demonstration, which will present
the most recent and modern
developments of cooking, will be
held in the Black-Shear Building.
Several students of the third,
seventh and eighth grades of
Aspermont School have been invited
to appear on KRBC-TV next
Tuesday afternoon on the Western
Parson program. Those to make the
television show are Billie Sue
Dunham, David Anderson, Joe
Roland Douglass, Betty Jo Blair,
Glenda Galloway, Nadene Hut-
chinson and Georgia Nan Norris.
According to information received
from the tax assessor-collector's
office this week, a total of 1176 poll
taxes for 1953 were listed for this
year's political voting. A total of 1279
poll taxes were reported for the 1952
election year, thus denoting a drop
of 103 polls. A slight decrease in
Stonewall County's population has
been surmised as the reason for this
drop.
Stonewall County oil activity was
highlighted this week by operators
filing application with the Texas
Railroad Commission for per-
mission to drill six new projects in
the area.
TEN YEARS AGO
(January 30, 1964)
The Aspermont Hornets beat
Roscoe, 74-42, here Tuesday night to
remain in a tie for the District 6-A
lead with Merkel. David Frazier and
James Ray had 27 and 21 points,
respectively, to lead Aspermont to
the victory while Clifford Jones was
high for Roscoe with 10. Post
defeated Aspermont, 50-34 in a girls'
game. Nita Wilson had 40 points for
the winners and Carolyn Alsup 12 for
Aspermont.
Old Glory edged out the Rochester
Steers, 44-42 in Rochester Tuesday
night in a struggle between two
teams previously owning 2-0 District
14-B records. Donald Boles netted 25
Old Glory points while Billy McNelly
sank 17 for Rochester.
Services Held
Thursday for
Daniel Hill
Daniei Cariton Hiii, 65, atei
at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
23, in the Stonewall County
Memorial Hospital. Funeral
services were held Thursday
ai 3 B.m. in the Asuniiioiii
Church of Christ.
Ray Rice, minister, of-
ficiated with burial in the
Brazos Valley Cemetery
under the direction of McCoy
Funeral Home.
Born Nov. 19, 1888, in Clay
County, he married Alice
Stubblefleld March 28, 1911,
in Aspermont. He was a
retired farmer and rancher.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, Tom of Asper-
mont, D. C. Jr. of Post and
Burton of Wichita Falls; two
daughters, Mrs. Wayne Laird
of Aspermont and Mrs. Jack
Whitefield of Monahans;
eight grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
One son, Ted, preceded him
in death.
Former Area
Resident Dies
In Ft. Worth
William Fletcher Brannen
of Fort Worth, a longtime
former resident of Peacock,
died Thursday at 6 a.m. in
Fort Worth at the Western
Hills Nursing Home following
a long illness.
Funeral servies were held
Saturday at 10 a.m. in the
Peacock Baptist Church . The
Rev. Don B. Kennedy, pastor
of the Bible Baptist Church in
Augustus, Kan., and the Rev.
Charles A. Galloup, pastor of
the Peacock Baptist Church,
officiated.
Burial was in the Asper-
mont Cemetery under the
direction of McCoy Funeral
Home.
He was born June 3,1893, in
Lovelady and was a retired
farmer and rancher. He
married Myrtle McKinzie in
Aspermont in 1918.
Mr. Brannen had lived in
Fort Worth the past 14 years
and was a member of the
Ridglea Baptist Church of
Fort Worth.
Survivors include his wife;
one son, James of Abilene;
one daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Kennedy of Fort Worth; one
sister, Mrs. Buela Wooten of
Spur; three grandchildren
and one great-grand-
daughter.
Brush Control
Can Help
Improve Land
Brush control, seeding
mesquite flats and leaving
brush on the rough range can
improve the range for
livestock and wildlife, ac-
cording to the Soil Con-
servation Service.
Native grasses can be
seeded from now until the last
of May. This is a good time to
do dozing or rootplowing for
soil preparation if you want to
seed grass while clearing
range land.
G.E.D. Tests
Set In Rule
The Rule School will ad-
minister the General
Educational Development
tests at Rule, Saturday Feb.
2, beginning at 8 a.m. in the
Rule High School Library.
The office of the superin-
tendent will give any ad-
ditional information needed.
The fee is $15 for the five
tests.
If a person passes the tests
then the Texas Education
Agency will Issue a cer-
tificate that is equivalent to a
high school diploma. This
certificate will be accepted
by most companies that
require a high school
education for employment
and most colleges will
recognise it aim) for ad-
mission
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NEW OFFICERS ELECTED—The Big Country Resource Conservation
and Development Committee held its annual meeting here Thursday,
Jan. 17. Executive committee elected at the meeting were: left to right,
R. V. Earles, Haskell County; Judge Norman Hahn, Kent County; Jimmy
Harrison, Mitchell County; Judge Dwight Lovett, Fisher County and
Charles Black, SCS, Fisher County.
"Big Country
RC&D Group
Meets Here
NEWS FROM
PEACOCK
By BERTHA GALLOWAY
Mrs. W. J. Patterson and
Mrs. V. A. Galloway visited
Mrs. Willie Morgan and
Charlie Rash in Hamlin
Tuesday.
Rev. Charles Galloup
visited Mrs. R. A. Galloway
and Mervil in Stamford
Thursday.
Mrs. Clydie Boydstun
visited Minnie Myers
recently.
Miss Estella Gomez spent
the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fidel
Gomez.
Maudie Patterson and
Bertha Galloway recently
visited Mrs. Lum Kennedy.
Mrs. Maggie Clements is a
patient in the Stamford
Memorial Hospital.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Galloup visited Charlie Rash
in Hamlin Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Meador,
Bridget! and Kirk and Mrs.
Kaye Moorhead and boys had
lunch with Mr. and Mrs Artie
Boydstun Sunday.
Mrs. Willie Bee Kyle of
Amarillo is visiting her
sister, Evie Hubbard.
Myrtle House recently
visited Melocta Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Hall
and children of Grand Prairie
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Dickerson and family of
Lubbock visited Mr. and Mrs.
Van Dickerson over the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Matthew*
visited Mrs. Bettie Wood
Sunday night.
Mrs. Earl Baker is in the
Rotan Hospital and her
daughter. Mrs. Patsy Day of
El Paso is with her.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Parker Sim day were
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hunt and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Williams and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Godfrey
visited his brother and sister.
Ray Godfrey and Ona Mae
Simmons, in Midland over
Daughter
Is Honored
MSgt. Betty Baker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cammie MeNutt of Asper-
mont, has been named the
only woman Air Force
Reserve administrative
superintendent. Sergeant
Baker is an Air Reserve
Technician and a veteran of
10 years of Federal Civil
Service.
Before accepting the
position as administration
superintendent, she had been
the chief of administration
for the 43l)th Wing Civilian
Personnel Office. In taking
the job as an ART the
sergeant also agreed to be
recalled in case of a national
emergency.
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kidd of
Jayton and Mr. and Mrs.
John Parker of Abilene
recently visited their mother,
Mrs. Sallie Parker.
Mrs Nola Parker has just
returned from Plains, where
she spent two weeks with her
daughters and families, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Craft.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hopkins
of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary
Moore of Abilene and Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Earl of Fort
Worth were in Peacock over
the weekend.
Minnie Myers visited Mrs.
Maggie Clements in Stam-
ford Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Henderson are visiting her
mother and brother, Mrs. C.
E. Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kennedy.
The Big Country Resource
Conservation and
Development Committee
held its annual meeting at
Frazier's Cafe Thursday Jan.
17.
Chairman Norman Hahn,
Kent County Judge, informed
members that the Big
Country RC&D is much
closer to being a funded
project. Good progress was
made in 1973, but each county
needs to select projects for
community benefit. Projects
such as recreation lakes,
community irrigation
systems and flood protection
are examples.
Each county will nominate
a RC&D Resource Com-
mittee. This committee will
contain people from every
segment of our population.
The function of the com-
mittee will be to select one or
two projects that will help the
county and will be eligible for
finding.
Book Club
Has Meeting
The Aspermont Book Club
met in the home of Mrs. M. L.
Lott Jr. Monday evening,
Jan. 21, for their monthly
meeting.
Mrs. R. T. Cumbie
reviewed the book, "Summer
Of 42," by Herman Raucher.
This is an American novel
about three unforgettable
boys and their last moments
of innocence in the summer of
1942.
Refreshments were served
to the following: Mmes. C. E.
Bryson, C. D. Davis, D. W.
Davis. Bill Dunwody, John
Fowler, E. M. Jones, George
Kenady Sr., A. D. Martin,
Wesley Bobbins, Lott and
Cumbie.
14 to Enter
Livestock In
Houston Show
Fourteen Aspermont
Future Farmers of America
will enter livestock in the
judging contests at the 1974
Houston Livestock Show and
Rodeo.
Entering the contests will
be Danny Clark, Bennett
Cook, Joe Fincher, Ollie
Fitzgerald, Ira Gene Harris,
Renee Hawkins, Doug Heath-
cott, Angela McCoy, Scott
Metcalf, Roger Parker,
David Tate, Gay Walker,
Gary Weaver and Steve
Yar borough
Ivanelle Marr
On Dean's List
Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity has announced its Dean's
list for the fall semester of
1973.
Among those making the
list is Ivanelle Marr, a senior
business education major.
She is the daughter of Ivan
Yarborough of Aspermont.
To be eligible for the
Dean's list, a student must
carry a minimum course load
of 12 semester hours and
maintain an A average on all
courses
Band Parents
Set Meeting
Band parents will meet
Monday evening at 7 p.m., in
the Aspermont Band Hall.
A film of the marching
contest will be shown and
refreshments will be ser-
ved by Floye Kenadys team
Mrs. Martin
Reviews Book
The Book Club met Monday
evening in the home of Mrs.
Emma Dunwoody for a
review by Mrs. Bill Martin
Mrs. Martin presented "I
Lost Everything In The Post-
natal Depression," by Erma
Bombeek. The author is a
popular journalist writing in
America today. Erma
describes herself as a
housewife, a busy mother and
a garabage hustler with a
smiling face. She gives a
hilarious account of family
life in the depression.
Others present were Mmes.
C. E. Bryson, R T Cumbie,
Jerry Douglass, Marvin Lott
Jr., Ab Martin, E M Jones,
Allie Betcher and La Veta
Davis
WEATHER
Jan 22
85
Jan 23
53
36
Jan 24
41
37
Jan 25
54
34
Jan 26
51
34
Jan 27
70
39
•mi :m
70
29
Joyce McNoff to Head
Heart Fund Drive Here
Joyce MeNutt has been
named chairman for the 1974
Heart Fund Drive in
Stonewall County, Joyce
Csrgi-! of p i!s
regional director of the
American Heart Association-
Texas Affiliate, announced
today.
As head of the campaign,
which will take place in
February, the American
Heart month, Mrs. MeNutt
issued an appeal in seeking
volunteers to aid in the drive
to educate the public about
the dangers of heart and
blood diseases.
Volunteers are asked to
give just a little of their time
to call on friends and neigh-
bors, telling them how to
recognize the warning signs
of hear* gnd
how to reduce the risks of
these diseases end what
action to take in an
cmcrgciiCy. Volunteers riifiy
register in person or call 989-
3362 or 989-3366.
Mrs. MeNutt reminds and
congratulates the residents of
Stonewall County on reaching
their all time high of >669.98
for the 1973 Heart Fund
Drive, and is urging an all out
effort to stamp out the big
one, Heart Disease.
NEWS FROM
Around Town
By MRS. BROOKS ELLISON
989-3358
Carl Duncan was in Stin-
nett on Thursday evening to
attend the Band Concert, in
which his grandchildren,
Vickie Sue and Ron Dodson
played.
Recent visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Phoenix Club
Holds Business
Meeting Here
The Aspermont Phoenix
Gub held its annual business
meeting, Thursday, Jan. 17,
in the home of Mrs. Bill
Lackey. Several reports were
made by officers and
department chairmen.
Following these reports,
members voted to revise
their club constitution so that
it will comply with
suggestions made by District
and State Federation offices.
Officers serving for the 1973
year were re-elected for
another term. Club officers
are: Mmes. Ralph Riddel,
president; Kenneth Camp-
bell, vice president; Deryl
Lawrence, recording
secretary; E. M. Jones,
treasurer; Marchel Nauert,
corresponding secretary;
Wayne Rash, reporter; Carl
Duncan, parliamentarian;
and Raymond Marr, fed-
eration counselor.
Mrs. Odell Myers closed
the meeting by leading the
club collect, then members
were served refreshments.
Hostesses were Mmes.
Lackey, Myers, Rash, Marr
and Marvin Lott, Jr.
Rutherford were her mother,
Mrs. Albert Watson and her
sisters, Mrs. Flossie Collom
and Mrs. Ann Davis.
Mr. Hulling Jackson of
Amarillo was a recent visitor
in the home of his mother,
Mrs. Marvin Sherrod.
Weekend visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Gardner were their daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
James Wolf of Canyon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Horton
of Spur were recent visitors
in the home of her siBter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Pitt-
cock visited in Abilene with
his sister and aunt, Mrs.
Grace McDaniel and Mrs. E.
V. Green.
Recent visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Cumbie
were his sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sawyers of
Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoss Driver
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roddy
visited over the weekend in
Stephenville with Mr.
Driver's sister, Mrs Jim
McCoy and Mrs. Roddy's
sister, Mrs. Leila Keller.
Weekend visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Granville Martin were Mr.
and Mrs As tor Alustin of
Avoca and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Worthington of
Abilene.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Pat-
terson and Muriel Wilson of
Norfolk, England, are
visiting Mrs. Patterson's
mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Blanton and her
sister, Mrs. B. O. Snow.
Miss Myrtle Commons of
Lueders was visiting in
Aspermont Sunday
0DMVENT!©N Jf vnt
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Leek, Rhonda. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1974, newspaper, January 31, 1974; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128247/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.