The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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A8FEBMONT, STONEWALL COUNT*. TBXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 19M
STAR
DttST
•v V1E-HOOD1
Due to illness in the family*
we made a flying trip to South-
east Texas last week-end.
us
I
Left here at 3 a.m. Thursday
and returned home about 2
p.m. Sunday.
o—o
ff If you think it is hot here—
you'uns shoulda been with
us'uns.
0—0 •
We had forgotten about the
/.^jumidity of the Coastal area,
o- -
Come purty nigh a-gettin'
some of the crew aboard.
O—o
Them folks ain't had no rain
a-tall.
o—o
We'uns can go longer than
they—without rainfall.
o—o
In the Brazos River bottom
around Bryan and Hearne, they
generally have bumper cotton
crops.
« ~o
We were told last week-end
that everything but the irri-
gated crops had been ploughed
under.
%
The rice crop between Hous
ton and Lake Charles looked
good (it's all irrigated) but the
rice farmers had their weathe?
eye on Hurricane Betsy, which
was roarin' through the Carib-
bean.
yt.v o—«
' Knuf of that.
0—0
Be glad when these conven-
pns are over, so we can get
iiv favorite TV shows.
o —r
Did you get to hear the Ten
N nessee governor (Clements) give
i the keynote address Monday
night?
o—o
Boy, oh boy—he really had
command of the king's English,
o—o
That young man's going
places—ifn' he ain't already
there.
o—o
Be interesting to hear that
other party counteract the
Demos.
Q-J-Q
By having Demos, Republi-
cans and other parties, it sorta
helps us forget all the trouble
in the world—woudn't you say.
u—o
Well, football for 1956-57 got
its baptismal rites last Friday
night when the All-Stars and
the Cleveland Browns tangled
at Soldier's Field in Chicago.
0—0
Hear tell that Victor and
Houseworth have already set
'"3ft to better their gridiron at-
endance record of last fall,
o—o
i If they should happen to out-
o their last-year record—all I
-otta say Is: When do you boys
find time to do any work?
SEVERAL FIELD WELLS IN THIS
COUNTY ARE POTENTIALED
Texas Pacific Coal Si Oil Com-
pany hu;i completed the No. 4
I. S. McMM'.n, Account 3. situ-
ated in Section 10 of Block U in
the TAP Survey.
The Stonewall County well is
six miles south of Aspermont in
t h e Frankirk (Ellenburger)
Field.
Calculated daily potential was
104.68 barrels of 40 gravity oil,
ous 37.1' per cent water. This
was based on an 18-hour test.
Completion was on a 16-64ths
inch choke with packer set on
the casing and 275 pounds of
tubing pressure. It is producing
f-nm an open hole,at 6089 to 6103
feet. The well had a gas-oil
ratio of 674-1.
No. 2 Anderson Flowing
In the same area, Pan Ameri-
can Production Company No. 2
P. L. Anderson flowed 120 bar-
rels of 41 gravity oil and 25
barrels of water per day. This
well is in Section 16 of Block
U in the T&P Survey.
Flow was through a 20-64ths-
inch choke and from perfora-
tions at 6108-24 feet opposite
the Ellenburger.
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
completed the No. 2 W. H.
Flowers as a small producer.
Located in Section 3 of Block B
in the AB&M Survey, the well
is one mile wast of Old Glory
in the Corsica £Bend Conglom-
erate) Field.
Daily potential was 5.04 bar-
rels of 39.4 gravity oil and 50
oer cent water. It is pumping
from '36 perforations at 5992 to
6006 feet, where the formation
was rurfturgg. Caaiiaj* is set at
W)2T feet;? and" the* hole bottomed
at 6038 feet.
No. 9 Annls to Be Drilled
Continental Oil Company has
announced its No. 9 A. A. Annis
for the Flowers West (Canyon
Sand) Field.
The planned 4500-foot rotary
y is five miles southeast of
Vermont. It spots 2439 feet
from the south and 467 feet from
the east lines of Section 90 in
Block D nf the H&TC Survey,
A wildcat, drilled six miles
"onthwesf of Asncrmont. was
abandoned at 6242 feet in the
Ellenburger. It was Producers
Chemical Service of Boreer No.
1 J. W. Porter, situated in Sec-
tion 178 of Block 1 in the H&TC
Survey.
Another wildcat in the county
was Dlugged at" 6345 feet. "That
drv hole was Estill S. Heyscr.
Jr., et al, of Dallas No. 1 Roy
Hill., situated in Section 181 of
Rlock D in the H&TC Survey.
It was 13 miles northwest of As-
permont.
Nine miles southeast of Asper-
mont. a Flat Top 162 (Swastika)
Field well was plugged at 3708
feet. It was Cities Service Oil
Company No. 2 Flat Top and
•"as located in Section 162 of the
BBB&C Survey.
A wildcat is slated for 6000
TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
CERN: Ifn you don't get me
them mountain-air reservations,
you better leave the country.
O—O
Our faithful correspondent at
Old Glory (Mrs. Lynn Flowers)
Mm* this little gem:
A grade school teacher asked:
"WMre is the English Channel?"
PupH:*'Tm ^ot-sure^buPwe-
eant get'it on our TV set."
o—o
GEMS:
Teacher to business man's son:
"Are the Rocky Mountains im-
portant to us?"
Businessman's son: "Yes. If
there were no Rocky Mountains
nobody would know where those
Rightly higher prices begin."
"Evervone In town is talklne."
remarked the wife, "about the
Jonea'a quarrel. Some arc tak-
bi her side and some his."
► "And." replied her husband.
,1 sunoose a few eccentric indi
riduals are minding their own
business."
o—o
Abytlnnia.
Attend church Sunday.
Gift Shop Has
New Ownership
A deal was# consummated on
Wednesday of last week where-
by Mrs. Orvillc Aycock pur-
chased Mary's Gift Shop from
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Moore,
"Bill," as Mrs. Aycock is
more familiarly known to her
many friends, announces that
<he has added a rental library
to the store, and also handles
children's hand-made dresses, in
addition to a complete line of
gifts for all occasions.
The new telephone number of
'he shop is 4691.
Mrs. Aycock invites her many
friends to visit her new place
of buisness.
JOHNSON CHAPEL CHURCH
TO CONDUCT REVIVAL
The Rev. Ray Bingham, pas-
tor, and the congregation of the
Johnson Chapct Baptist Church
ire announcing that a revival
meeting will begin at that
church on Monday. August 20th
and will continue through
Sunday. August 26th.
Servipes arc to he held daily
at 40 a.m. and 8 p.m., with
prayer services each evening at
7:30 o'clock;
The Rev. Woodrow McHugh,
nastor of the North Central
Avenue Baptist Church of Ham-
lin, is to be the visiting evange-
list, and,, tt^e. public is extended
& *'mo4t ~4&dial invitation to at-
tend any and all services.
Reverend Bingham is now in
revivnl near Paducah.
TO LEAVE SUNDAY
Misses Glenda Gardner, Lynda
Lee Yarborough, Nan Norris,
Norma Hill, and Carol Moore,
majorettes for Aspermont High
School pep squad, will leave on
Sunday for -Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, where they
will spend a week attending
majorette school. The 'group
will be accompanied by their
«Donsor. Mrs. John P. Ward,
who will serve as a counselor
in the school.
n
Mr. and Mrs. James H- Rob-
ertson," III, and • daughter of
Santa Fe, N.M., are here this
voek visitim? in the home of
his mother. Mrs. Fern Robert-
sop.
feet with rotary six miles south-
west of Rochester in West Has-
Imll County. It is Sid Katz of
Abilene No. 1 Cecil S. Jetton.
It is 330 feet from the south and
east lines of Block 3 in the Ar-
thur Slaydon Survey. >
Attend church Sunday.
NEXT SUNDAY'S LESSON—AND YOU!"
By REV. W. P. DICKER80N ,
Pastor, Peacock Baptist Church
LESSON TEXT: I John 3:19-
24, 4:1-6.
SUBJECT: 'Grounds of Chris-
tian Assurance."
THIS WEEK'S EMPHASIS:
I John 3:23-24—"And thi? is JUs
commandment, that 'we should
believe on' 'the name of Hll ton
Jesus Christ, aiid love gp-
other, as He gave us coQUaAnd*
ment. And hi' that keepth ms
-commandments dwelleth In him,
and He in hiim. And'hereby-W
know that He abideth in us, by
the spirit which He hath given
us."
BACKGROUND OF THE
t.ESSON:
In John's epistle, the main
'hought is that Christians are
known by the life they live.
Tohn is concerned aibout these
young, struggling churches
around him that they know how
to detect the false and true
nroohets. In John's day, the
.Tudaizers were entering t h e
Christian ehurch and spreading
false doctrines that the church
might be destroyed. Thev were
-^reading teachings opposite to
,v>e ones that Christ taught.
Thus John is setting forth some
-rounds of ChrUian assurance
that oae may know the spirit
of truth- , r '
TODAY'S LFS90W *09 YOU:
If - There are two definite
thoughts here in our lesson thgjt
Christian? PMght to never fog*
get. These are the ten conu
mandments of the New Testa*'
jnent, in two all-concluly
fVe commandments of Christ. The
flfjt js tpat we should love the
tori? our Gpd tfjfcy :♦« our
heart *n$ soul. When John
savs this Is His commandment
that we should believe on the
■name-'of His son.** Jenuv Chrfofc
It means an all-out, total busi-
ness in love and honor in all of
our being.
2. Then John adds the next
commandment which. If ad-
hered to", would solve all the
nroblems of the world. That is
love one another. Jesus stated
it a similar wav when He said
"Love thy neighbor as thv self."
Also He said this was like unto
first commandment. When-
ever Cheristians can
Policy Planning
Meeting Is Held
Texas Farm Bureau is setting
the stage for its anrfual "policy
development" activity—a round
of parley, debate and arbitra-
tion.
Van B. Bullard, president of
the local bureau, along with
Louis Spitzer, Frank Hoy, Ervin
Diers, Pat Mitchell, and Frank
H:;ys. Jr.. participated in the
District 3 policy development
meeting it' Wichita Fulls on
Monday, August 13. as a part of
a series of 20 such meetings be-
ing held over the state between
AuijuU 13-17.
During these dates, county
Farm Bureau leaders will be in
huddles with district directors
and field representatives to re-
connoiter the agricultural situa-
tion and to particularly eye
current legislation affecting ag-
riculture. gather background in-
formation pertninin" to these is-
sues and map strategy for en-
'i 'ting maximum participation of
Farm Bureau members in policy
development this fall.
These leaders will return to
their home counties to lead
community meetings in airing
these and any other issues that
might arise.
After issues have been dis-
cussed in community gather
ings all over the state during
September and October, county
Farm Bureaus will hold their
annual meetings, at which time
the county policy will be formu
lated.
Recommendations on state and
national issues will be passed at
'lie county meetings <and for-
warded to the state resolutions
committee, where they will be
formed into resolutions to be
voted on at the state conven
tion in Houston in November. <
Stntf policy will be made at
the Houston meeting, and rec-
ommendations on national is-
sues sent on to the national
convention, which will be held
'n Miami. Florida, in Decem-
ber. There. Farm Bureau dele
"ates from all 48 states and
Puerto Rieo will assemble to hear
'he resolutions from the state
"inventions, and to establish the
"olicy of the American Farm Bu-
Federation.
National issues scheduled for
discussion at the planning meet-
ings include: Removing "road-
blocks" to a higher net income
■m the farm, surplus disposal.
;pansidn of domestic >nnd for-
eign markets, getting the gov-
•nment back to the people, and
'he question of who shall speak
f >r farmers.
State issues to be analyzed are
i farm trailer licensing law,
statewide disease control pro-
"ram, insecticide legislation,
feed control law. reapportion-
ment of state legislator's dis-
tricts, and water legislation.
Information will also be fur-
nished the county representa-
tives on two proposed state con-
stitutional amendments, right-
to-work legislation, and the
need for expanded agriculural
research and education i n
Texas.
to Begm '56-'5?
Tuesday, SepL 4th
Missionary to Speak at Methodist
Church on Sunday for Both Services
• --
Fred D. Brock
Issues Statement
DEAR FRIENDS AND
VOTERS:
On Saturday. August 25tli,
you will again go to the polls
io elect a man to serve as your
Tax Assessor-Collector for the
next four years.
If you were going to hire a
hind, at a good salary, to take
over your farm, ranch or busi-
•liss and run it for four years,
•vith no chance to dismiss him
for the term of contract, wouldn't
you feel that you should give all
of the applicants careful consid-
eration and wei/gh their abilities
and qualifications before you
signed that contract?
The money you pay in taxes
and the records kept thereof - are
your money and your records.
It is money that you have set
•v;ide to run your county's busi
ness, your schools, and to build
your roads. It is just as vital to
you to havp a well-trained Tax
AssessotNColletor as it is to have
■in experienced man to run your
individual business or farm.
All that I or any other candi-
date can.ask of you, as a voter,
i f for you to consider the facts,
abilities and qualifications of all
of the applicants; then vote for
'he one you think is best quali-
fied for the job.
On this basis, I earnestly so-
licit your consideration and your
vote in the coming election.
Thanks,
FRED D. BROCK
For Tax Assessor-Collector.
IN ABILENE
Lyndell L. Rogers, a 1956
graduate of Rotan High School,
W employed with the Farmers
and Merchants Ntaional Bank
of Abilene. He will also at-
tefld Draughan's Business Col-
lege in the fall. Young Mr.
Rogers is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Rogers of Peacock.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Sandlin
of - Grassland. Texas, visited
over the wedk-end with rela-
tives and friends. They report-
ed good crops in their section.
— o —
Mrs. Pearl Morgan of South
San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs.
A. L. Cameron of Rule are vis-
iting their father, M. B. Dun-
can, who is ill in the local hos-
pital.
Mrs. Grace McDaniel and
children of Abilene visited in
Aspermont this past week-end
with Mrs. McDan lei's father,
A. A. Pittcock.
- n - —
Charlye Hart of Dumont was a
iruest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawson Hart. Tuesday
night. Charlye and Lawson are
brothers.
-, - .......
Visiting in the Jack Hight
home last week was their daugh*
ApproVlttMitoly 45 persons at*
tended.
«iich n n'nno. voiill not find
imcorteerned churches, nor wll1
vou find nnv nroblems that uo-
«"• churches «o. B"t vou'P find
"hunchf"! th'1* b« doin*
•"•er t thin** fc r .T «ui—not onlv
Mmr hot to the outer end"
ef the world TIw p are indica-
tion* of Christian assurances.
Miss Ann Richards of Tuba,
Okla., is visiting her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. PhM Da-
vit. In Aspermont.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chennault
and sons, Randv and Sandy, of
Odessa are visiting in the home
nf his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
love on J L Chennault.
Visitors this week in the
W. H. Marquis home this week
-{m their granddaughter. Billle
r'on\ Arizona.
Visiting in the H. T. Ward
Vome this week is Mrs. Ward's
brother, Willie Smith, of Moran.
On Sunday, August l!)th, John
A. Larsson, Methodist mission-
ary to India, will speak at the
11:00 a.m. service in the Asper-
mont First Methodist Church.
Mr. Larsson has been in In-
<lh for the past five years. He
was born in Sweden, and wa.> a
member of the Swedish Method-
ist Church. He volunteered for
missionary work, and was sent
by the American Methodists to
Tndia.
Their field of service in that
country included 3,000,000 mem
bers of aboriginal tribes. He
reports that these people are
backwards, but that Christian
missions are developing them
rapidly. Mr. Larsson is pres-
••ntlv enrolled in Texas Tech at
Lubbock, where he is studying
TTriculture, engineering, and
ugronomy. In India, not only is
he an evangelist, hut he also
•"aches building, repairs. con-
•truction. and farming. Mr,
Larsson will spend 19 months in
this country before he and his
family return to India.
Mr. Larsson will speak at 11
o'clock hour, and at 7:30 o'clock
that evening, he will show pio
hires of his wprk in Ifdia am
•jnswer anv question" that the
•>< nr>le mi^ht have.
The public is extended a most
"Tlial invitation to atten<J these
♦•vo services. This is a very
"•msual opportunity for those
\"ho are concerned about world
missions today.
PEACOCK CHURCH TO
HOLD GOSPEL MEETING
G. A. Bradford, minister of
the Peacock Church of Christ,
and the congregation announce
'hat a gospel meeting is to be-
gin at the church on Monday.
August 20th and will continue
through August 29th.
Services will be held each
day at 8 p.m., with Payne Hat-
'iv. minister of the Munday
Church of Christ, bringing the
message;-'. Mr. Bradford will
lead the song services.
The public is being extended
a most cordial invitation to at-
tend any and all of the ser-
vices.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reese
and Mrs Martha Harrel and
son. Robin, returned Sunday
from San Antonio, where they
had visited with their son and
brother. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Reese,
and family.
Supt. T. C. Clarx announce#
this week that the Ajpern&Mfc !
Rural High School would ba* '
in its 1956-57 term on Tuesday*
September 4th.
The faculty will be as follows:
Elementary — Wesley Robbias,
principal; Mrs. Afton Martin,
Mrs. Frances Davis. Mrs. Rena
McGough, Mrs, Belle Boyles,
Mrs. Margaret Poore, Mrs. Doro-
thy McMeans, Mrs. Vera Hahn,
Mi ss Myrtle Commons, Mrs.
Mae Payne, Mrs. Thelma Smith,
Truman Sherrod, and Mrs. Caro-
lyn Cotton. High School—W. J.
Teel, principal: Mrs. Wesley
Robbins, Mrs. Marie Ward, Mist
Jean Collom. Raymond John-
son, Burl Jameson, Edwin Cot-
ton. and Harry Gipson
Mr. Clark states that the fa-
ulty for the coming term ba&
been completed with the ex-
ception of a mathematics teacher.
At a recent meeting of the,
board of education, the budget,
for the coming year was ap-
proved and the purchase of
school band instruments war
given approval.
Two new school busses have
been purchased and will be ready
for the opening of school.
Holidays to be observed dui> ^
ing th«. year are: Thanksgiving,^
November 22 and 23; Chviat-
mas. December 21 through'
tjuary 1; Teachers' meeting.
The Old Glory Variety Club
held its ; annual club picnic sup-
per fbg ihafcr husband* and chil-
dren *rth*, Haskell park on
Friday, August 10th, it 7 p.m.
The supper consisted of ham-
burgers. -saiifds, canataloupea,
< > «.« uieip
® pu.Vr7 Mrs. Benton GoInn. and
boys from Crane, Texas.
NOTICE!*
Pleaae check the date ap-
pearing ea the addreaa en yeor
Asperment Star. This date h
the explratlen date of year
nubacrlptfon. If It Ja in error,
It will be corrected when
brought to oar attention.
Foetal* regulation* do not
permit the mailing of newa-
napera unless the aabaerlotlon
la paid in advance.
Prompt renewal will Insure
receipt of every copy of yoer
home town newspaper.
—The Editor.
h 14
through 22. ' Graduation
held on May 24. ^
During the summer, floors of |
both the elementary and high I
school, as well as Ihe tsymna- .
«iiim. have been refinished.
The old homemaking depart- ,
ment has been made into a lec-
ture room and science labora-
tory. The new home economics '
an-1 agriculture buildintr. now
under construction, is due fOr-
completion about November 1. ;
Other imnrovements include
«oddiri'7 op the lawn of the high
school with Bermuda grass, and
re. landscaping.
ATTEND CLINIC
HUNTSVILLE — Four Asper-
mont cheerleaders completed
the first of two five-day cheer-
leading clinics Friday at Sam
Houston State Teachers College.
Margaret Ann Douglass, Ana
Hradshaw, Janice Linsley, and
Mary Lois McGilberry attended
the first of the two sessions on
cheerleading techniques. They
were among some 250 student*
from Texas and Louisiana high
schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sandlin
visited last week with relativea
in Dublin and Gustine.
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IN TEXAS' "HAH OF FAME
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