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THE ASPERMOHT STAR
VOL. 76, NO. 41
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1974
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
ASPERMONT IN . . .
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(May 29, 1924)
A ucai has r pn CORSUHimStSd
whereby Mrs. Margaret E. Guest
becomes owner of the Aspermont
Star. She will be in full charge of the
paper after this week and as she is
well known in Aspermont and
Stonewall county it is useless for us
to say the paper will be in good
hands.
The farmers of and near Swenson
met Wednesday and organized a
$21,000 stock company and will begin
at once to erect a modern gin plant
at that place. As we understand it
they will build a five stand eight saw
gin which is capable of ginning at
least 60 bales of cotton per day which
will assure the people of that
community prompt service along
the ginning line.
How to keep the young folks at
home in the evening is a problem
that has confronted many parents,
because of the counter attractions
that take them away.
Some parents think they have
solved it by installing a radio. There
are few young people, especially
boys who are not attracted by a
radio receiving set.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(June 3, 1954)
The Aspermont independent
Softball team brought home its
fourth victory in five outings this
summer. The local team surged for
two runs in the eighth inning (extra)
to break the tie and win over
Sagerton 7 to 5. This was the first
game which has been played under
the sunlight, with all others having
been night contests.
Locations for three new wildcats
have been staked in Stonewall
County.
Ten miles northeast of Aspermont
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company of
Fort Worth No. 1-C J. M. Gholson
was announced as a 6700-foot rotary
wildcat.
Seaboard Oil Company, operating
from Abilene, has spotted the No. 3-
B T. A. Upshaw as a 6700-foot rotary
wildcat five miles northeast of
Aspermont.
Three miles west of Aspermont,
Ada Oil Company of Midland staked
the No. 1 Roy G. Anderson as a
wildcat.
New Phone Rotes for
Rorol Customers June 1
Rural telephone customers
in the Aspermont exchange
will begin paying new
telephone rates effective
.liHifi | || hgS hfief. an
by General Telephone district
manager G. F. Kehoe.
Kehoe said the new rural
rate schedule is the second
step taken by the company in
the last year to place as
nearly as possible, the cost of
providing service on the
customers utilizing that
service.
The manager explained the
company started its repricing
of services program last year
by bringing the charges for
business customers to the
level required to pay for the
large volume of usage by the
business community .
"We are inaugurating a
new rate schedule that
recognizes a portion of the
higher costs of providing
rural telephone service and
we are adjusting rural rates
in relation to this higher
cost," Kehoe stated.
Facilities (poles, cables,
lines, connectors, lighting
arresters, etc.) in rural areas
are more costly to the
Sewing Class
Planned Here
An adult education course
in beginning sewing will be
offered this summer at the
Homemaking cottage
beginning June 11.
The course is to be taught
by Mrs. Marjorie Jeter, local
home economics teacher. The
classes will be at 1 p.m. There
will be no charge.
Interested persons should
contact Mrs. Jeter at 989-3327
or the school office at 989-
3355.
company per customer than
in urban areas because of the
length of the facilities be-
tween rural customers and
in£ iEWSf CuatOmeni served
by rural facilities.
A mile of rural facilities
usually serves very few
customers, making the cost
per customer higher than a
mile of facilities in towns
where there may be hundreds
of customers per mile.
"Additional equipment is
needed to provide rural
service because it is scat-
tered and this additional
equipment means more
maintenance and more
possiblilities of outages and
trouble reports."
Other rural-oriented ex-
penses cited include more
automobile expenses and
manhours in driving time;
wire facilities usually require
more time and are more
susceptible to damages; and
party lines, predominant in
rural areas, require more
manhours to locate trouble.
"To initiate this new
structure, we have com-
pletely reviewed our service
in this area on an individual
basis," Kehoe said. "Some
customer!! in the past have
been paying for the lower
priced eight party service
when they are actually
receiving four party or better
service.
Sheriff's Posse
Sets Meeting
The Stonewall County
Sheriff's Posse will meet
Sunday, June 2, at 4:00 p.m.
at the Showbarn.
The group will practice
their riding for parades. All
members are asked to come
and bring their horses.
New Party
Line Dialing
Installation of dialing
equipment to meet current
and future telephone service
needs of Aspermont and to
provide 1 plus long distance
dialing in July, 1974, has
made it necessary to change
the method party line
customers use to dial another
person on their party line.
Effective April 1, if you
have a party line, you must
dial 4104 followed by the
seven-digit telephone number
of the person on your party
line, when you receive the
busy tone hang up the
receiver and give the other
telephone time to ring, then
lift your receiver.
NEWS FROM
Around Town
By MRS. BROOKS ELLISON
989-3358
TEN YEARS AGO
(May 28, 1964)
The jail is built, June 1 is the
deadline, and all men of Stonewall
County that doesn't (sic) have a
beard or permit will get to see the
inside of this famous little jail in the
middle of the street, in front of the
courthouse.
The purpose for all this is the Old
Settlers Reunion and Rodeo to take
place here on June 18,19 and 20. Also
on June 21 the Swenson-Brazos
Valley Reunion will be held.
The Aspermont Luncheon Club
Annual Awards banquet will be held
Friday night May 29 in the school
cafeteria.
Frank Junell, executive vice
president of the Citizens National
Bank of Lubbock will be the speaker.
The Outstanding Citizens of
Aspermont, along with farm awards
will be presented at the banquet.
Date for the swimming pool to
open is set for Saturday, May 30. Hie
pool has undergone some major
repairs, which have just been
completed. The Aspermont Lunch-
eon Club has taken over the op-
eration of the pool this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Frazier
attended the graduation of
her niece, Susan Hen son, at
Water Valley.
Visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hall were
her sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Waldrop of
ScottBboro, Ala., their son,
Reese Hall, and other friends.
Weekend visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Gardner were their
daughters and families, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Manex and
sons Charles Ray and Troy,
and Mr. and Mrs. Shorty Wolf
of Canyon.
Andy Sherrod of Houston
was a recent visitor in the
homes of his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sherrod.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Smith
visited in Roswell, N. M.,
with their daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Richards. They also visited in
Albuquerque.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Freeman visited last week in
the home of their daughter
and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. August Vaaek of
Stamford.
Allen Wharton of Midland
visited last week in the homes
of his aiaita, Mrs. H. H
Shadle and Mrs. Allie Bet
cher.
Mrs. Cecil Manning of
Amarillo spent the weekend
in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Smith
She also attended the ser-
vices at the First Baptist
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Potter
of Snyder visited last week in
the home of his grandmother
Mrs. Emma Prescott.
Mrs. Dan Hill has been
visiting in Seagraves with her
sister Mrs. Fay Smith.
Mrs. Brooks Ellison spent
last weekend in Seagraves in
the home of her son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Delmon
Ellison. She attended the
graduation of her grand-
daughter, Mona Dean.
Mrs. Don Gann and sons,
Ron and Jon, have returned
home to Houston after a three
week's vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Douglass.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Russell
of Big Spring visited in the
home of her sister Mrs. W. I.
Shadle. They attended the Ole
Timers' retmion at Judd.
Weekend visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Luttrall were their children.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Luttrall
and family of Pueblo, Colo..
Mrs. Joe' Overley and
children of Vernon and Mrs.
J B. Lee.
Mrs. Tom Marshall of
Hamlin visited last week in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Penrod and sisters,
Mrs H. H. Shadle and Mrs
Brooks Ellison. Mrs. Mar-
shall was on her way to
Portland. Or*., where she
will mate her home.
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SECOND PRIMARY—
Frazier, Brock Vie
For Judge Saturday
George Frazier and Fred
D. Brock will fare each other
in a second Democratic
primary to be held Saturday
to determine the candidate
for County Judge.
There are no other con-
tested races on the ballot.
In the first primary Frazier
led Brock 408-369. L. D.
Trammell Jr. was the third
Voting boxes will be the
court house in Aspermont,
the Old Glory school house,
the Swenson Baptist Church,
the Peacock Baptist Church
and the voting house at
Wright's Chapel.
Polls will open at 8 a.m. and
close at 7 p.m.
TOP RABBIT WINNERS—Bill Hawkins, left,
and James Johnson were the top rabbit
winners Thursday at the County 4-H Show. Bill
had the top buck and James the top doe.
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Family Planning Center
Clinic Set for Stamford
OVERALL WINNERS—Marcene Baldree and
Dwayne Pittcock were the overall winners in
the broiler division at the County 4-H Chicken
and Rabbit Show held Thursday.
Johnson Shows Top
Rabbit Here Thursday
James Johnson showed the
top rabbit, a doe, at the
Stonewall County 4-H
Chicken and Rabbit Show
held Thursday. Bill Hawkins'
buck was the best rabbit of
the opposite sex. Becky
Leech had the best fryer.
Overall winners in Broilers
were Dwayne Pittcock and
Marcene Baldree. Runners-
up were Kara Jones, Paul
Cox, James Cox and Susan
Baldreee.
Kirby Clayton, Jones
County Extenion Agent, was
the judge of the show in which
69 broilers and 21 rabbits
were shown.
Blue ribbons were awarded
to Becky Leech and Jackie
Workman (2), fryer division;
James Johnson, Jackie
Workman, Leland Workman,
Kathy Cochran, Keith Craft,
John Hawkins and Mitchell
Gill, doe division; and Bill
Hawkins, John Hawkins,
Keith Craft, David Dutton,
Jackie Workman and Kathy
Cochran, buck division.
Blue Ribbons in the chicks
went to Mark Vaughn. Denise
Pierce, Jacky Jones, Kara
Jones, Dwayne Pittcock,
Paul Cox. James Cox,
Rachelle Dunham, Marcene
Baldree, Susan Baldree and
Kathy Boyles.
Red Ribbons were awarded
to David Dutton, doe
division; David Dutton, fryer
division; Jamie Wolsch,
Angela Kolb, Gary Myers,
Devon Pittcock, Jeff Martin,
Roland Martin, Cindy Smith,
Rodney Dunham, Aleisa
Cox, Kevin Cox, Susan
Boyles and Boyce Boyles,
chick division.
Mitchell Gill received a
white ribbon in the fryer
division.
A Stamford Outreach Clinic
of the Family Planning
Center of Abilene is
scheduled to open June 11.
The clinic will be located in
Services Held
Tuesday for Mrs,
Vander worth
Mrs. Lee Vanderworth, 67,
of Old Glory died at 6:45 p.m.
Sunday in Haskell Memorial
Hospital following a three
day illness. Services were
held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the
Kinney Funeral Chapel,
Stamford.
The Rev. Phillip Watson,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Stamford, of-
ficiated. Burial was in the
Highland Memorial
Cemetery at Stamford under
the direction of the Kinney
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Vanderworth was
bom Feb. 5, 1807, in Hamlin.
She married Lee Roy Van-
derworth on June 7, 1947, in
Stamford.
Survivors are her husband
of Old Glory; one son, Billy
Frank Joiner of Odessa;
seven grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Maybery
Zachary of Amarillo and Mrs
Rita Shipp of Muleshoe; one
brother, Howard Leroy
Wilson of Mesquite.
WEATHER
May 21
90
68
May 22
93
62
May 23
97
73
May 24
100
70
May 25
90
70
May 26
89
57
May 27
97
58
the old library building on
McHarg Street.
The Stamford Clinic is
being developed in response
to the needs of Kent,
Stonewall, Haskell, Knox,
Fisher and Jones counties.
Services of the clinic in-
clude family planning
counseling for men and
women, methods of con-
traception, cancer detection
by means of a pap smear and
pelvic and breast exam-
ination, and venereal disease
detection.
Educational classes will be
held on subjects such as
family planning, venereal
diseases, child care,
nutrition, hygiene, drug and
alcohol abuse.
Follow-up home visits by
an outreach worker will be
made when necessary Free
child car e and transportation
during clinic visits will be
provided when necessary.
A teen clinic is scheduled
once a month. Young people
under the age of 18 must have
a signed consent form from
their parent or legal guard-
ian. If demand warrants,
the teen clinic will be held
more often.
Family planning centers
are operated through funds
available from the Depart-
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare.
Doctors and e lab
technician from Dyess AFB
will serve the clinic. Mrs.
Anita Goodrich of Stamford
will serve as the clinic
outreach worker.
Mrs. Lillian Hick, R. N.,
Stonewall County School
Nurse is a member and
secretary of the Health
Advisory Board which
governs the function of the
Abilene Family Center and
the Stamford Outreach
Clinic.
Peacock VBS
Starts Monday
Vacation Bible School will
be held at the Peacock
Baptist Church June 3-7 from
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The Rev. Charles H.
Galloup has extended an
Invitation for all children to
attend.
Transportation, if needed,
will be provided by calling
2S4-22S4.
Fachonn and Trey Duncan
have returned home to Little
Elm after a two week visit
with their grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. Carl W Duncan
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news, call the STAR
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GOLD MEDAL WINNERS-The twirling ensemble composed of, from
left to right, Terri Spyres, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Spyres; Terri
Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Myers; Sherry Craft, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Craft; Jane Gaither, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Gaither; and far right, Kathy Boyles; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Boyles, received gold medals at the Tri-State Band Festival, Enid Okla.,
this spring. Miss Myers won an additional gold medal for her twirling
solo. Drum Major Gay Walker, second from the right, led the band in the
parade marching contest.
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Craig, Darrell. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1974, newspaper, May 30, 1974; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128264/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.