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NT STAR, ASPERMONT, TEXAS, 79502
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOL. 79, NO,, 1
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1970
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ASPERMONT IN. ..
Yesteryears
FIFTY YEARS AGO
(August 19, 1926)
Mr, and Mrs. William Martin
visited in Ss-Fd ^SS-
Claud Green came in from
Abilene Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spruill and
Charles Jr. of Dublin are spending
the week with Mrs. Spruill's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Carr
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hudspeth and
small son L. G. were over from
Peacock the first of the week.
Mrs. Roy Anderson and little
daughter, Billie Marie, were
visiting relatives in Plainview this
week.
Mrs. J. H. Robertson and Mrs. H.
W. Wylie were in Stamford
Tuesday.
Rev. W. T. North left Sunday
afternoon for Post where he will be
engaged in a meeting with the
Caprock Church.
Miss Margaret Herring returned
home from Simmons this week.
N. G. Rollins of Abilene was a
business visitor here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover Russell are
leaving this week for Mississippi
where they will make their home.
Mr. Russell is a native of
Mississippi.
Mrs. Grace Boyd and son R. D.
visited in Greenville. Lubbock and
will visit in New Mexico before re-
turning home.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(August 23, 1956)
Harry McAfee has returned
home from the Stamford hospital
after having been confined there
for several weeks following an
automobile accident in which he
suffered a broken neck.
Mrs. Mae Payne and Gayle, and
Mrs. Afton Martin and Bill were
visitors in Hamlin and Abilene this
past week.
Mrs. J. Q. Ward was honored on
her 85th birthday with a dinner
attended by many relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones of Old
Glory visited with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Jones in the Johnson
Chapel community.
Mr. and Mrs. Delos Callicoatte of
Old Glory visited his brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Callicoatte
in Spur Saturday night and the four
went on to Hereford to visit their
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Fatheringham.
Mrs. Fred Dalby, Ella Janier, C.
G. Viertel, Charles Abernathy and
Velma Davis attended an all day
seminar of the District Woman's
Society for Christian Service held
in Haskell.
TEN YEARS AGO
(August 25, 1966)
Mrs. Willie Dippel of Old Glory
was awarded the master's degree
in education at the commencement
exercises at Hardin-Simmons
University, Thursday night,
August 18. Mrs. Dipplel is a first
grade teacher in Aspermont
Schools.
James Lee Spradley was hired as
grade school principal, coming
here from Odessa where he has
taught for ten years in Junior High
and High School. He has a bachelor
and master's degrees, both from
Sul Ross. He is married, has three
children, and are members of the
First Baptist Church.
Rainfall early Wednesday
morning amounted to 1.24 inches in
Aspermont, and Swenson reported
2 inches.
Twenty new pews, a pulpit stand
and a communion table, all made
of natural color wood, have been
Installed in the Old Glory Church of
Christ.
SEVEN NEW TEACHERS—
Aspermont Schools To
Open Monday Open
REHEARSALS UNDERWAY—Rehearsing for the "Polly Pureheart"
skit to be presented during the Aug. 28 medicine show are, from left,
Letha Trammell, Pat Ward and L. D. Trammell. The newly organized
little theatre group, "Stonewall County Stage Hands," will be presenting
the special entertainment during the 100th anniversary celebration and
Bicentennial observance here Aug. 28. The all-day event will feature
concessions, special booths, contests, entertainment, displays, pony
rides, a free barbecue that evening and a street dance.
Buried Treasure to Be Revealed
During Anniversary Celebration
As a part of the celebration
of the 100th anniversary of
Stonewall County, the con-
tents of a recently found
buried treasure will be
revealed, says B. O.
Hawkins, chairman of the
Stonewall Historical Com-
mittee.
Funeral Services
Set Today for
Marshall Hall
Services for Marshall M.
Hall , 54, of Stockton, Calif.,
will be held at 10 a.m. today
(Thursday) at First United
Methodist Church. The Rev.
James Woods, pastor of
Central Baptist Church, will
officiate.
Mr. Hall died in St. Joseph
Hospital in Stockton Satur-
day.
He was born May 18, 1922,
in Swenson. A veteran of
World War II, he served in
the U. S. Navy and lived in
California for the past 32
years.
Survivors are his wife,
Marilyn of Stockton; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hall of Aspermont; three
sons, Bill and Marshall, both
of California, and Joe of
Oklahoma; one daughter,
Sharon Hall of Oklahoma;
two brothers, Reese Hall of
Aspermont and William Hall
of California; one sister Anna
Wright of Houston and a
grandson.
Pallbearers will be Bay
Hallum, Cecil Hallum,
William Sedberry and Travis
Collom.
"As most residents know,"
Hawkins said, "according to
legend, a group of Spanish
priests came through
Stonewall County with
donkeys laden with gold,
sometime in the early 1800s.
When they were pursued by
Indians they supposedly
buried the treasure with
serious intent to retrieve it at
a later date. As far as we
know they never returned."
"We are privileged to share
with you, on this 100th birth-
day of our county, news of
the 'recovery' of that
treasure," the committee
announced. "Several weeks
ago an old prospector found
some kind of 'treasure' on a
hillside overlooking the Salt
Fork of the Brazos River in
northeast Stonewall County,"
the committee explained.
Hawkins was quick to get in
touch with the prospector and
discovered that the old fellow
had indeed found an 'old
trunk' but because of an
Indian curse that is supposed
to be on the box, he has never
opened it.
Being a man of action,
Hawkins located several
'Indians' who are willing to
try to remove the curse so
that the box can be opened.
The event will take place
Saturday morning, Aug. 28.
during festivities of the all
day celebration of Stonewall
County's 100th anniversary.
It is back to aduuui fui oil
Aspermont students Monday
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opens with an assembly at
8:20 a.m.
Elementary students will
register after the assembly.
Superintendent Roy Sal lee
announced this week that the
faculty is complete with
seven new teachers.
New teachers in junior high
and high school are Randel
Bell, science; Russell
Mullins; Randy M. Bonds,
history and English; Jackie
Daniel, vocational ag-
riculture; and Carolyn Sim-
mons, homemaking.
In elementary, Ruby
Dutton and Judy Kenady are
new on the faculty.
Bell, a recent graduate of
Angelo State University, is a
native of Abilene and was
graduated from High School
in San Angelo. He was em-
ployed part-time in sales and
as bookkeeper at Concho
Industrial Supply from 1968-
1976, while a student. He
moved here from San Angelo.
He is a Baptist.
School Pictures
School pictures will be
taken Thursday, Aug. 26,
from 8 to 12 a.m. Parents of
pre-school age children who
want to have their children's
picture taken, should have
them at the auditorium at 1
p.m.
Seniors will be meeting in
the typing room for their
sittings for senior pictures
Friday, Aug. 20. A schedule
has been set up and each
senior has been assigned a
designated time to meet with
the photographer.
Mack Peacock, annual
sponsor, said that 10 extra
copies of the 1976 annual are
available for sale. Anyone
wanting to purchase an an-
nual may see him
Star Starts 79th Year This Week
Enrollment for
Kindergarten,
First Grade Set
Students enrolling in
kindergarten and first grade
will register Monday im-
mediately following the 8:20
assembly.
Kindergarten students
must have immunization
records and birth certificates
to register.
Mr and Mrs Don Camp-
bell, Ijec and Lisa of Odessa
visited her parents, Mr and
Mrs. Cecil Norris while on
vacation They also visited
Mr and Mrs. Harry Fletcher,
Mr. and Mrs John McNutt
and Mrs. Nora Beene
BEEN ON A TRIP? That is
news. Please call W9-2622
during posted hours >r drop
information in slot in door
This week's issue of the
Aspermont Star begins the
79th year of publication of the
weekly newspaper which
serves Stonewall County.
This Aug. 19 issue is Vol. 79,
No. 1.
Information on the early
days of the newspaper's
history is sketchy and the
files at the Star office are not
complete. When searching
the files for information, Mrs.
Bob Craig, assistant
publisher, found a few issues
from 1911 and some from 1912
to be the earliest accounts
available.
The newspaper, in
recording the news, is also
writing the history of the area
it serves.
In the issue of Friday, May
19, 1911, the picture of the
architect's drawing of the
proposed $50,000.00 court-
house is shown
These limited issues ap-
parently were sent to then
Publisher Lowell Welch in
1962 from The Albany News
where Richard H. McCarty,
former editor of the Star, had
gone to be publisher of the
Shackelford county based
newspaper.
In 1917. when the 20th year
of publication was started
under Editor William A
Dunwody, he stated that he
had been in that position for a
year.
In the Nov. 24, 1911 Issue a
news item, written by Mc-
Carty stated "Will Dunwody,
the bona printer in the Freed
Press office at Haskell was
down Sunday to spend the
day. We think Will is sorter a
looking around down here for
a location Everything looks
mighty good to Will over here
in Stonewall County—There
is one great attraction for
Will. We sure think that he
^11 locate."
Another reference made to
a former editor of the Star is
recorded in the Friday, Nov.
16, 1911, issue, The account,
headlined "Aspermont
Pharmacy Has Changed
Hands," follows;
"S. W, Thomas has sold his
interest in the Aspermont
Pharmacy to W. A. McLaury.
W A. McLaury is one of our
best citizens and we bespeak
for him a liberal share of the
drug trade Sam W Thomas
is one of the pioneers of
Aspermont. He moved his
newspaper plant here from
Clairemont over 13 years ago
and established The
Aspermont Star. Sam
Thomas is an old time
newspaper man and a good
one too Has been identified
with every movement for the
upbuilding of Aspermont and
Stonewall County. He was
always found at his post of
duty and never shirked tt
burden of a good citizen
"We do not know what Sam
is going to do, but whatever
he does,' he will do it with
his might, and you will
always find him on the side of
right "
Also noted in this same
issue is reference to Editor
Dickey of the Swenson News
In the April 7, 1911. Star
another reference is made by
McCarty to an article printed
in the Mar 24, 1911 issue of
the Peacock Signal, in-
dicating that there were other
papers In the county at that
time
According to the April 18.
1912, edition, the St-w-al!
County Court House was
completed. In Dec. 15, 1911. is
recorded "R, S Tillotson,
county clerk, J. A Whitten,
Jot? McMeans and R. E
Gholston, county com
missioners of Stonewall
County, went to Dallas last
week and purchased fur-
niture for our new court
house. A. C Peffle was
awarded the contract for the
steel furniture and Dorsey
Bros, was given the contract
for the wooden furniture."
The condition of the files,
deteriorated by time and
neglect, make it difficult to
trace much of the history,
Mrs Craig said The paper is
brittle and some of the issues
were not bound and issues
from several years are in
complete or nonexistent
Time did not permit tracing
the history past the 1912
issues, she added, therefore
ownership of the paper could
not be traced for the in
tervening years
Volumes at the Star office
cover the years of 1918, 1919,
1920, 1921* 1922, 1924. 1925,
19211 and then skip to 1929
In the 1930s, the files in-
clude 1930, 1932. 1933, 1934,
1935, 1936. 1938 and then skip
to 1940.
During World War II years,
preserved issues of 1941,1942,
1943 and 1944 are incomplete
and then complete files begin
with 1948 up to the present
The Star was sold by Lowell
and Azalee Welch in 1961 to C-
K Publishing Company with
Roger Foil as the publisher
The paper was merged in the
early 1970s with Pied Piper
Publishing Company of
Hamlin and Bob Craig is the
present publisher
Bunus is a graduate o
Texas Tech University and
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iiiuveu tine ixum juuuuuua.
He was born in Hobbs, N. M.,
and was graduated from high
school in Artesia, N. M. He is
a Baptist.
Mullins, a native of San
Angelo, is a recent graduate
of Angelo State University.
He is married to the former
Deborah Hindsley and they
moved here after their
marriage June 18 in San
Angelo. He was a member of
Alpha Chi and Kappa Delta
Pi at ASU. He is a member of
the Church of Christ.
Daniel, a Knox County-
native, was graduated from
Texas Tech University. He is
also a graduate of Crowell
High School and Vernon
Regional Junior College.
Mrs. Simmons, a graduate
of North Texas State univer-
sity, moved here from Lub-
bock where she had been
a substitute teacher in the
Lubbock ISD. She has two
children, James Barton, 9,
and Madeline Alyce, 3. She is
a native of Fort Worth and
was graduated from Paschal
High School. She is a
Methodist.
Mrs. Dutton, a recent
graduate of Abilene Christian
University, has lived here
since 1973, moving here from
Abilene. Her husband, Claude
A. Dutton, is a ranch
foreman. They have two sons.
David, 11, and Darrel, 8. She
Is a native of I-amesa and was
graduated from high school
there in 1959. She is a
member of the Church of
Christ
Mrs. Kenady, the former
Judy McDowell, is a graduate
of .Aspermont High School
and Sul Ross State Univer-
sity. She moved here from
Lubbock in April when her
h as band George C. Kenady
III, became pharmacy
assistant at Kenady Phar-
macy. She is a member of the
First Baptist Church.
Other junior high and high
school faculty members are
Claybourne Clarke, Charlotte
Taylor, Phil Petty, Mack
Peacock, Margie Lott, Gary
Ledford, David nuicomo,
Larry LeFevre and Janell
Hiir.
Elementary teachers
completing the faculty are
Darla McCanlies, Katrina
Robinson, Elva Lea Walker,
Donnie Fincher, Willie
Dippel, Jo Metcalf and Nancy
Abernathy.
Coaches are McCanlies,
Robinson, Ledford, Petty and
LeFevre.
Working in other areas are
Dana Martin, Juretta Led-
ford and Neva Phillips, Title
I; Bill Varaeman, Pam
Vardeman and Ethel Quade,
tri-county; Elmer Criswell,
Ruby Diggs, Trigger
Trammell, janitors; Elmer
Ward, Dolores Hall and Edie
Belle Lee, bus drivers;
Dolores Hall, Juanita Powers
and Shirley Posey, lunch-
room, and Isabel! Mrazek,
supervisor.
Supt. Sallee announced the
resignation of George
Kenady from the school
board. Other members of the
board are R. T. Cumbie,
Wayne Swink, Gwynn Myers,
Buddy McNutt. Bronc
Hawkins and Joe Meador.
Other school personnel are
A1 Fincher, high school
principal; McCanlies, junior
high principal; Robinson,
elementary principal, Jean
Godfrey, bookkeeper and
secretary; Marcia Hahn, tax
assessor-collector and
secretary; Dud Ward,
maintenance; Ester Gomez,
migrant; and Marilyn
Boyles, librarian.
The method of handling
lunch money for elementary
students will remain the
same as last year, Supt.
Sallee noted. Price of lunches
for grades K-3 will be 45
cents and grades 4-6 will be 50
cents
Lunch tickets will be used
in junior and senior high
school Lunch tickets will be
sold only on the first day of
the school week Students are
to secure their tickets on this
day, even if they plan to
charge their lunches. Cost of
a weekly ticket will be $2.75,
or 55 cents per lunch.
Free, Reduced Price Meals
Policy Adopted By School
Superintendent Roy II
Sallee has announced the
school policy for free and
reduced-price meals and free
milk for children unable to
pay the full price of meals
and milk served under the
National School lunch and
Special Milk program
Application forms are
being sent to all homes in a
letter to parents. Additional
copies are available at the
principal's office in each
school The information
provided on the application is
confidential and will be used
only for the purpose of
determining eligibility
Applications may be sub-
mitted at any time during the
year
Children from families
whose income is at or below
the levels shown on the
eligibility income scale are
eligible for free or reduced-
price meals or free milk In
addition families not meeting
these criteria but with other
unusual expenses due to
unusually high medical ex-
penses, shelter costs in ex-
cess of 30 percent of income,
special education expenses
due to the mental or physical
condition of a child, and
disaster or casually losses
are urged to apply
In certain cases foster
children are also eligible for
these benefits If a family has
foster children living with
them and wishes to apply for
such meals and milk for
them, the parents should
contact the school.
Under the minimum
guidelines of the eligibility
income scale adopted by the
school system, a family oi
four with an annual income of
less then $7,130 may receive
free lunches for their children
and with an income of less
than $11,110 they may receive
a reduced price lunch at 20
cants. A family of six may
receive free lunches with an
income of as much as $9,240
and reduced price lunches
with an income as high as
$14,410.
In the operation of child
feeding program, no child
will be discriminated against
because of race, sex, color, or
national origin.
Under the provisions of the
policy the School Nurse will
review the applications and
determine eligibility. If a
parent is dissatisfied with the
ruling of the official, he may
make a request either orally
or in writing to Roy H. Sallee,
989-3355, for a hearing to
appeal the decision. The
policy contains an outline of
the hewing procedure.
Each school and the office
of the Superintendent has a
copy of the complete policy
which may be reviewed by
any interested party.
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