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VOL. LZD—NO. II
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR stonewall county
A8PEBMONT, STONEWALL COCNTT, TEXAS, THVBSDAT. JANUARY 7, IBM
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By YE-HOODI
lelds Are Opened in County
SCHOOLS TO TARE PART IN EXERCISE
I
Well, the weather would easily
win first place as the topic for
conversation this week.
o—o '
Since Monday morning, we've
bad more than 69-100ths inches
of moisture.
0—-0
First, we bad .51 of an inch of
rain, and then Tuesday after-
noon we bad a combination of
rain, sleet and snow.
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All this should certainly bene-
fit everyone, especially the
farmers and ranchers.
O—o
And the weatherman promises
more f fitlt same for tomorrow.
I
Ira ds of j it. H. (Lewis)
j/Afasom will be glad to know that
he is \coming. alone fine after
having' undergone major sur-
gery in the Stamford Sanitari-
um on Monday of this week,
o——o
In case you don't know it,
Mr. Mason is father of G. O.
,(Bottl«s) Mason, local dealer for
hat ^'certain car manufacturer
who came out with the motor in
'fie rear. !.V!J!
i • ' o—o
/(Lewis may not claim this
/finship).
o—o
See where the Luncheon Club
boys are a-plannin' another one
of them benefit basketball
frames, come January 21st.
. o—o
(I'm sure glad ole Jack Cham-
bless ain't still here—he still
owes me a sombrero from another
one of tf)e*n club benefit set-
toos). V
Two lew Wildcats Aie to Be Drilled in Area
national tests
to be held here
HORNfl VICTORS IN TRENT TOURNAMENT
cofncb>efki{.s rath increase °"1ls take 2nd
, „ ! increase made
Benefit|)ll Game
Set forf.nuary 21
deta|! talked
on lbsue teams
four field tries
At a mee
Aspermont
group vote
basketball
of Dimes.
niis week of the
|i/eon Club, the
play a benefit
: for the March
ki an annual pro-
ject of the ill
)
o—o
This street marking and house
numbering project is slowly, but
surely, taking form.
o—o
One of these days before long,
residents will be called up to buy
numbers for their dwellings.
o—o
This naming and numbering
the streets and numbering the
houses here is something that is
needed muchly (we think).
o—o
Just try directing some out-of-
towner to a certain house, and
see how difficult it is.
0——0
s jpongratulations ere in order
■>r Aspermont's boys and girls
fbr bringing home honors from
the tournament down at Trent,
o-o
VAspermont High School won
, ypther honor this week when it
\irac chosen as one of the 12
olreei Tfcbools to take part in the
i/xercise. known as Project Talent.
/ o—o
This is an evaluation project,
and more details can be learned
from an antide appearing on the
front page of this iuue.
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Did you hear fcbout the feller
from North Texas who won first
place in the national liars' con-
test? .
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re won on this yarn:
o—o
Seems -that one year there was
no wind (not even a breeze) in
Texas. The air got so calm that
id to take down two wind-
order for the third one
nuf wind to turn it. That
£work, so he had to take
barbed wire fence in
,J(t. 'cause the fence was
L Off the wind.
O—3
I-QUAKING:
jtlg couple was hard
money and the bride
hamburger in ns many
ft ways as she knew how
tho 12% day. she served still
1 "T_, chopped men*
^As1 thl^ftlsbend surveyed it
- „How
theAre«on of
, thlWhwband
y«h rilv. pfce murmured:
row, ifnund cow'"
• *
walking into an elevator,
thfct t many per-
The ga
tween clu
played at
'21st in th
um. Aspe
and girls
boys and
night, an
game wilfe a*
time.
The cl
booth at
wiches, ci
In ofch
heard a
Lambeth,
be played bo-
mbers, will be
l8ime on January
ji school gymnas-
high school boys
play the Haw ley
here on that
Luncheon Club
intermission
it* is
11 also conduct a
me, selling sand-
and drinks.
iness, the club
from P. (Pinky)
usurer, and also a
report fr«hc committee that
met wi>tl
garding
city strej
More
regardini
of two t(
setup.
The
room ol
Bill Yoj
and 16
low!
city council
{numbering of
rc-
the
were ironed out
club's sponsoring
in the Little League
et in the dining
krnan's Restaurant,
president, presided,
bers were on hand.
0 enter
racfor sheriff
Jack Be of Aspermont has
authorifhis newspaper to an-
nounce! he is a candidate for
the off® Sheriff of Stonewnll
Oounityi&ject to action of the
DemocB primaries.
Mr. ft stated that he would
issue Anal announcement of
his ca^cy at a later date.
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TO H| RADIO PROGRAM
Truwiennig has announced
that Will have a radio pro-
gram feadio Station KPWT.
Stamfl beginning Saturday.
Janualth and will be on the
air enaturday morning from
6:45 SO. The program will
consifl farm news. tape
recorlhas been purchased,
and w of the 4-H activities,
such Ae winners of the vari-
ous cm livestock shows, poul-
try «, judging contests, etc.,
will )s*ped and the parents
and Wig people may hear
thenfts on the radio. Also,
fronflp to time, items of in
tere^lthe women will be dis-
cussal t was announced.
sontfle inside he was unable
to tftround to face the dour.
He ft little embarrassed fry-
ing jlyone that way. p.'irticit
larlttcc they did not Weill to
reaM was impossible for him
1° M around. Pullmg him-
sel®>ther, he smiled and an-
noiM, "i guppo.se you're all
vrwny why I cnlld you to-
g«V
I' • • *
_ncerted bachelor was
vi® dinner by a ladv of con-
"W1, but didn't ocei-p! M«-et
inB on <he street a few d:u •
-aid in hi' '• •
n® bf>1ie%'p you a - ■:<
PAH miST on back pa**
on water rate
A't a meeting of the City
Council here Monday night, the
council voted to defer for a per-
iod of six months, the request
of the General Telephone Com-
pany of the Southwest for an
increase in Aspermont telephone
rates. F. A, Robinette, General
Telephone's district manager, of
Seymour mat with the council.
In other business, the council
voted to increase, by 15 cents,
the cost of water to all residents
outside the city limits. In other
words, out-of-tthe-city water
users will pay 65 cents per 1,000
gallons after passing the 5,000-gaU
Ion mark.
The council adopted a plan, af
honors at meet
Both boys and girls' teams of
Aspermont High School were fi-
nalists in the invitational basket-
ball tournament, which was held
in Trent over the past week-end.
Coach Bill Teel reports that
all games were unusually good,
and that the local teams brought
back two fine trophies to be add-
ed to the growing collection. As-
permont boys won the tourna-
ment by defeating Noodle, West-
brook, and Trent. The girls lost
in the final game, to be runners-
up to Trent, for winning honors.
Tho girls played games against
Noodle, Winters, and Trent.
For the boys, the first game
saw Sonny Gardner hit 20 and
Tommy Rogers, 15, to pace As-
permont to a 55-43 lead over
Noodle. Sipe for Noodle was
high with 18. In their second
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 31.
Aspermont High School will be
| one of 12 North Texas schools
ARE ALSO SLATED :l" participate in a mammoth
• .udy ol American youth, known j
Oil operators during the past ;"Lli°Ajec! T?lonl' Jn w>Hich over 1
week filed applications to dri 11 .500,000 high school students
two new wildcats and four field , across the country will serve as
projects in Stonewall County. ' "-'bjects. In March, they will
included:
1954, 12;
and 1951,
A proposed 3,999-foot rotary
'officially get the project under
wildcat was staked four and one- ,wfaf ^ ,taking * itwo'day ba^
half miles north of Hamlin. It of ,lf* designed to uncover their
is Carter Foundation Production,'aP.tltudes' ablhties and lnter*
El Chorro Exploration and Dickiesif
ter conferring with members game, played Saturday morning
from Aspermont Luncheon Club,
for numbering streets and resi-
dences. The plan adopted is
roughly this: North and thence
south, pi rents will begin with
the No. 2100, and east and west,
•he streets will begin with the
number 2,000. East and west
against Westbrook. the score was
56-51 in favor of the Hornets.
Gardner was ag->:n high with 32
points. Tn the third and final
game, the Turrets defeated Trent,
56-48. Gardner was agein high
poir.' man wt-'.h 19 poihts, John
Godfrey had 13. and Tommy
royce adkins to
seek re-election
streets will begin numbering Rogers, nine. According to Coach
from the high school, and north I Teel, however, too much praise
and south streets are to begin cannot be given to Wesley Dun-
numbering from First Street. .can who, it is said, snared almost
o 'every rebound in this game and
fed the ball back to the bas-
koteers.
Figures for ntire three
games showed Gardner with 71
points; Godfrey with 36; and
Rogers, 32.
The girls opened tournament
play by defeating Noodle, 30-28.
Betty McNutt was high with 18
and Ella Fay Greer had eight.
The second game for the girls
on Saturday morning was a
thriller. Meeting perhaps the
strongest team in the tourna-
Lowe, operating from Abilene,
No. 1 Minor Alexander.
Drillsite is 2,251 feet from the
north and 330 feet from the west
lines of Section 8 in Austin &
Williams Survy 349.
The other wildcat was staked
12 miles northwest of Stamford
in the extreme southeast corner
of Stonewall County. It is
W. M. Blackburn of Stamford
No. 1 A. B. French.
Having a proposed depth of
! 3,300 feet with rotary, the No. 1
French spots 2,395 feet from the
'south and 2,389 feet from the cast
| lines of Section 115, Block 1,
BBB&C Survey.
No. t Blssett Staked
• A Bisiett (Berv-i Conglomer-
| ate) Field project was Staked 14
] miles north of Aspr-.-mont. The
venture is McGrath & Smith of
Midland No 1 R. W, Bissett.
Site is 550 fee! from the
; north and 2,358 fee' from the
jenst lines of Section 60. Block F,
H&TC Survey. Permit depth
applied f ir is ti.500 feet with;'
rotarv.
Dr. Saul B. Sells, professor
of psychology at Texas Chris-
tian University, Fort Worth,
heads the regional coordinating
center for the north Texas area,
with Dr. Winton H. Manning,
also on the TCU psychology
faculty, as assistant coordinator.
Results of the study for the
first time will provide an in-
ventory of human resources in
the United States—how many
potential scientists, doctors,
teachers, soldiers, accountants or
farmers there are among today's
youth. Follow-up studies of
these same 500.000 people will be
made at intervals for almost 25
venrs. * 1-- « :r
The study also should answer
such iqin\stiwir, as the.;e: What-
types of school and college—big
or ma", nublic. or private—pro-
duce *h" most successful gradu-
i' ; in specific fields? How
■\iece -fu' are guidance coun-
selors? What does it take to be-
come a good artist or scientist?
Project Talent is under the
| direction of Dr. John C. Flana-
gan, psychology professor at the
Royce Adkins of Haskell has
authorized The Aspermont Star
to announce that he is a candi-
date for re-election to the office
of District Attorney of the 39th
Judicial District of the State of
Texas, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary.
Mr. Adkins says that he will
issue a formal statement of hisjrnenji Asperm^-t was able to
candidacy at a later date. I stymie Winter?' ^:reat forward
o i and win the game, 35-34. An
MOVES TO NEW ADDITION ; Aspermont gutiH. Sue Moore.
, I was the outstanding player of
Mr. and Mrs. B-ll Vnun« and the game ,h.. literally held
daughter, Lou Ann, are now l'v-jtho top forward of Winters to
ing in one of the duplex apart- I eiRht pojnt£i. McNutt made 11
nvents in the Hickman Addition, ; pojnts in the game, and Greer
The other three projects werej! TTnivers11v' "of" Pittsburgh and
I staked five miles north of Swen-
i son in the Mullen Ranch (Tan-
nchilD Field. All are slated for
3,300 feet with rotary and are
to be drilled by Allison & Prest-
ridge and Sunray Mid-Continent
Oil Ccmnany of Abilene.
No. 2 Wynonah Freeman is |
located 330 feet from the north j
and east lines of Section 221. ,
Block D, H&TC Survey. '
Site for the No. 2 Etta Brock L, . • •• ••_ ...
is 330 foot from the north and I AsP*W
west lines of Section 212, Block ITr\ fnornl Wells Wcrncrt,
Trent, Archer City, and Tuscola.
In charge of the local pro-
president of the American Insti-
tute for Research. Preparations
for the survey are largely fi-
nanced so far by a $500,000 grant
from the United States Office of
Education.
Twelve school districts in the
northern part of Texas are co-
operating in the project, includ-
ing high schools at White Set-
tlement. Gainesville, rfl^wit, Van.
facing the farm-to-market road.
Mr. Young operates Young Fu-
neral Home nnd has been living
in the "Peck" Springer resi-
dence on the Rotan road.
Mr. J. D. Thomas of Abilene
filled the pulpit at the local
Church of Christ on Sunday in
the absence of Mr. Kenneth
Greene, who with his wife, are
visiting in Corsicana.
scored 18
In the finals on Saturday
night, Trent walloped the local
girls, 43-17. McNutt scored only
two points, and Greer made 12
! Ella Faye Greer, with 38
points, was top scorer for the
girls. Betty McNutt was sec-
ond with 31.
Sonny Gardner, for the boys,
D, H&TC Survey.
Their No. 1-T Roy Mullen is
located 330 feet from the south
and east lines of Section 220,
Block D. H&TC Survey.
A wildcat, drilled three miles
rort beast of Asrwmont, was
plugged at 6 201 foM. The dry
i hole was Thomas & Billups
Drilling Company and C. S.
See TOURNEY on back page
m' fRWNfc* •
Attend the Churvh of Your Choice!
So" Oil, NEWS on last pa?e
COI'NTY SCHOLASTIC
CENSUS IS UNDER WAY
Census of all scholastics be-
tween the ages of six and 18 for
schools at Aspermont, Old Glory
and Peacock got under way on
Friday, January 1st, and will
end on Saturday. January 30.
Children to be included are
those who will be six years of
age on or before Sept. 1, 1960,
and who will not be 18 years of
n e before that date. This in-
cludes all married people, col-
I lege students, or students in
! school who will be under 18
I next September, and all parents
or guardians are urg"d to give
i the neeessarv information to the
ccn«us taker when called upon.
If any parent has not been
leor'ao'el ' v ,Ta"i «-v 21. he is
v.'ker) tn contact Mr*. Thelma
Smith crute'v "school superin-
tendent: or sj- nt T C Clark or
Prin Wesley Rebh:n< o Asper-
mont. S: p' W r Robinson at
P<v>ro.'k or Supt V *?. Levcnett
at the Old Glory school.
Mr. and Mrs L. D Trammel],
Jr.. wre in Austin the first of
the week, where he attended a
business meeting of the Texas
Barbers Association.
Use the Classified*.
gram at Aspermont High School
is T. C. Clark, superintendent of
-chools.
The actual tests to be given
in March include types ranging
from "English: Effective Expres-
sion" to "Abstract Reasoning,"
"Mathematics" and "Creativity".
Each participant also will be
asked to fill out. questionnaires
picture bright
in year ahead
By D. J. EATON
Oil Writer
Abilene Reporter-News
A total of 10 new oil fields
were opened in Stonewall Coun-
ty in 1959.
This compared with the 1958
total of 15. Stonewall's record
year was in 1955 when 22 new
fields were opened.
Other year's totals
1957, seven; 1956, 11;
1953, 14; 1952, seven;
17.
Although activity dropped off
in the last year, due mostly to
short proration schedules, Stone-
wall County still continues to
have a lot of field development.
Activity has not been like it was
when the Flowers (Canyon),
Old Glory and Katz Fields were
going strong a few years back,
but the county still attracts a lot
of drilling.
1959 Discoveries
The 1959 new fields discovered
included the following:
Canyon reef production was
opened in May in the Boyd
Field, four and one-half m:les
northeast of Aspermont. The
discovery was Texaco-Seaboard
Inc., No. 4-B T. A. Upshaw, in
Seteion 62, Block D, H&TC Sur-
vey.
No. 4-B Upshaw had a three*
hour potential of 127 barrels of
41.5 gravity oil, Flow was
through a two-inch choke and
©orfai-atla)'#*" *v> 4*7 08-W and - -at
4,781-86 feet.
t he Aspermont. East (Canyon)
I Field was opened early in the
| year one mile east of Asper-
mont. That small discovery was
! T.one Star Producing Company,
j eet al, No. 1 B. F. Lackey, in
Section 95. Block D, H&TC Sur-
vey.
Daily potential was 10.4 bar-
rels of 38.8 gravity oil plus 37.3
prr cent water. It is pumping
from 32 perforations at 4,754-62
feet.
W. T. Waggoner Estate No. 1
Swenson Ranch, in Section 123,
BBB&C Survey, opened the Biggs
(Swastika) Field, seven and
one-half miles northeast of Ham-
lin.
The strike had a daily poten-
tial of 150 barrels of 39 gravity
oil. flowing through a 10-64ths-
inch choke and open hole at
3,202-14 feet.
Opened in the same part of
south Stonewall County was the
Flat Top, South (Swastika) Field.
It was M. J. Mitchell of Abilene
No. 3 L. D. Lewis, in Section
159 of th BBB&C Survey.
The No. 3 Lewis had a daily
potential of 85.4 barrels of 40.7
gravity oil, plus 64.7 per cont
water. Flow was through an
8-G4ths-inch choke and perfora-
Sec PROJECT on page 5
See REVIEW on back page
ICXAM TO BE HELD FOR
POSTMASTER AT PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, D.C.. Dec. 31,
1959.—An examination for fourth
flass postmaster for the post of-
fice at Peacock, Texas, $2,539 a
year, will be open for acceptance
of applications until January 26,
1960, the U. S. Civil Service
Commission announced recently.
Applicants must actually ro-
* ide within the territory supplied
by the above-mentioned post of-
fice and thev murt have reached
their 18th birthday on 'the clos-
ing d".''e for acceptance of appli-
cations. There is no maximum
age limit. However, person'-, who
have p-e e l the ape of 70 may
lv con - 1 "red only for temporary
renewable appointments of one
v ear.
Complete information about
the examination requirements
and instructions for filing appli-
cations may be obtained at the
P'v.<1 office for which this exami-
nation is being announced. Ap-
nlieatjon forms murt be filed
with the U S, Civil Service
Commission. Washington 25, D.C.,
and must b« received or post-
marked no< later than th£ eras-
ing date.
FEB. 15TH DEADLINE FOR
SEEKING NEW ALLOTMENT
W. H. Eason, office manager
of the Stonewall County ASC,
is this week issuing a reminder
of release of any cotton or pea-
nuts on county farms 'that will
not be planted in I960. Under
the new marketing quota law, 75
per cent of any allotment crop
has to be seeded in 1960 fat the
farm to receive full histoqr*
credit, unless the farmer has a
Soil Bank or Great Plains con-
tract with that numbeT of acres
in it.
Mr Eason said, "If ytiU have" a"
So:i Bank conlract, your acreap*
cannot be reapportioned to other
farm-, but if you have either a
j cotton or peanut allotment, and
you do not plan to plant all or
a pari of it. if you release it .to
the county commHrtee you wilt
receive full history cerdit for the
entire allotment. Then the coun-
ty and state will receive history
of what amount of the released
acreage is planted".
April 30, 1960, is the final data
that cotton may be released to
the county committee. A||
See DEADLINE on beck page
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