The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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OF AND FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
Volume 39
Aspermont, Texas, May 13, 1937
Number 44
SOCIAL SECURITY
QUESTION BOX
Compiled By
SOCIAL SECURITY ROARD
Wijdcat Test In
Stonewall Countv
To Be Drilled Soon
GENERAL CRUDE SfAKES 1 OCA-
TION FOR BRYAN' RANCH TEST
SOUTHEAST OF ASPERMONT
QUESTION NO. 2
QUESTION: What should an eni
ployee do if he loses his Social Secur-
ity account number card ?
Application for the drilling of a
250-foot wildcat oil test 11 miles
What' a°uthesat of here in Stonewall coun-
should he do if he has beet; issued
more than one account cm d':
ANSWER: If an employee loses
his account number card, he should
report such loss to the postmaster
where his original application for an
account card was made. Ho may lat-
er receive a duplicate SS-5 form, Ap-
plication for Account Number. He
fill out this form, showing- in line 14
the place and date of his original ]
application. After this form is re
turned to the postmaster, the work-
er shortly will receive a duplicate
card.
If an employee receives two or more
account cards, he should present,
preferably in person, all account
number cards issued to him to the
local post office or to any Social
Security Board field office, cither ot
which will designate the number to
be kept.
An employee should have only one
account number, so that all wages
paid to him may be accurate!;, n
corded to his credit under a single
old-age benefits account.
QUESTION NO. 3
QUESTION: if an employer has
less than eight employees must he
file any reports under the Social Se-
curity Act'.'
ANSWER: Ail employers of one
or more workers unuer the age oi
06 in covered occupations are subject
to the tax provisions ol 't itle VIII of
the Social Security Act. Their em-
ployees are required to obtain ac-
count numbers and will be entitled to]
federal old-age benefits.
All employers of one or more, re-
gardless of age, are also required tu
make one original report to the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Com-
mission, Austin, Texas; although on
ly those employers who employ eigln
or more, regardless of age, mu.-t
make monthly reports and pay tax
on wages of their employees to the
Texas Unemployment Compensation
Commission.
Employer^ eight or more in ae-
d *ion, are required to pay a tax, un-
der title IX of the Act, to the Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue. Employers
may credit against this tax their
contribution to the StaLe Unemploy-
ment lund, up to 90/t of the federal
lax. In the case of Texas, the ninety
per cent credited to employer- ol
eight or more equals the amount ol
the contribution to the Slate Unem-
ployment Compensation Commission.
(Further inquiry should be dneeted
to the Social Security iC.urd Olfice,
Ib30 Allen Bldg., Dallas, i ex as.)
ELLEN GUEST CJIU I E MEET
ty was filed in Abilene Wednesday
with the Abilene office of the rail-
road commission, according to the
Abilene Reporte r- News.
General Crude Oil Company of
Houston will sink the test with rotary
tools on the large ranch in southern
Stonewall owned by W. J. Bryan of
Abilene. The drilling block assembl-
ed by the Houston company, one of
the developers of the Royston field
in Fisher county, comprises 2,560
acres. The proposed location is about
six mils north of the Fisher county
field production.
Footage is 2,035 feet from the west
and 5,-102 feet from the north line of
section 10, William Vardeman survey
Xo 347. Rarnsdall Oil company holds
a block t0 the south of the General
Ciude acreage.
THE BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP
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Baccalaureate Sermon
At Methodist Church
Sunday Evening, 8:30
Execution Dale
For Matura Will
Be Fixed May 24
Dam for the execution of C. Matu-
ra, convicted murderer who was de-
nied a new hearing in a recent appeal
to the Court of Criminal Appeal, will
lie fixed May 24th, opening day of
the May term of District Court for
Stonewall county.
Matura vvas convicted here in June
last year of the murder of Miss Re
l.'pcca Course;,-. The death penalty as-
sessed was the first ever given, by a
Stonewall county jurv.
Date of the execution cannot be
fixed earlier than thirty days from
his final arraignment, court officials
pointed out. Under that provision,
tli<- execution could not take place un-
til after June 24th. Matura has been
confined in the Haskell and Tarrant
county jails since hi. conviction
VYA Report 563 Youths
Employed During1 April
The l.llen Guest Circle of the Bap
tist W. M. U. met Monday afternoon
May 10th the home of Mrs. Alonzo
Mayiield. The Royal Service pro-
gram was rendered. There were eight
members present.
The next meeting will be held m
the home ol Mrs. J. 1!. Halm, Mon-
day 17th at 4 P. M.. All women li\
ing in the south-side division are ur
ged to come.
WARNING CHICKEN
OWNERS!
Chicken owners in the City of As-
pennont are hereby notified that all
chickens must be pinned up. There 's
a city ordinance against the practice
of letting chickens roam over the
town and molest those who are spend
ing time, money, and effort to grow
flowers, gardens, etc.
Already several reports of chickens
riddling flower beds and gardens have
come to us, so please observe this
ordinance and be considerate of oth-
ers—-or, we must take action
CITY COUNCIL..
Ill District 12, comprising l i coun-
ties, there ar,. now 25 projects bein.' i
operated by the National Youth Ad j
ministration in 13 counties, according
to II. A. Ziegler, assistant district
upervisor.
During the month of April there
weiv 603 youth,, between the ages
jtcts. Several have found jobs in
private employment during the last
few days and in anticipation of the
need of farm labor and other season
al ei.ipl yment, Ze'ighr slated he is
expecting a decrease in the number
working on N'YA project.-.
(HAL GIRL TO HE
HONORED AT TECH j
Mr. and Mr.-. U. E. Drannen re-, i,
i an invitation from the Womens
mudent Body of Texas Tech to be
,aesent at the annua) recognition ser-
iee on May 18th. Honoring those
..omen students who have won dis-
iiction on the campus. Lila Marie
Drannen is one of the number rank-
ing 3rd in points.
Shi was also elected to the Forum,
an honary club of 15 girls selected
from !>00.
Abston Is Given
50 Year Sentence
In Penitentiary
Clarence (Puny) Abston won out in
his effort to escape 111- electric chair
in the slaying of Miss Rebecca Cour-
. oy, aged Haskell count;, woman,
when a 3!>th district court jury in
Kent county sentenced him to 50
years imprisonment last Friday morn-
morning at 10 A. M.
Abston was sentenced to the chair
by a Haskell county jury in his first
i rial in 1930, but the verdict was
later reversed by the court of crimi-
nal appeals. His second tri I wrrF-
senl here on change of venue b\
Judge Dennis P. Rati iff.
C. Matura, also tried for killitv
Miss < oursey, has been sentenced t
death and is awaiting fixing of exe-
cution date. Hi sentenci was affirm
' d. and court attaches ex peel, date
■ f his execution will probably b
I'i.a-d soon.
Miss Coursey was found in her
home at O'Brien la I May, beaten
into unconsciousness by blows on the
head. Matura and Abston were ar
rested a few hours later by the Has-
kell county sheriff's department.
In the trial, the slat(. contended a
harness ham. was used to kill he:
and that Matura, or both Matura and
Abston, had plotted to gain posses-
sing of Miss Coursey's property
Mrs. Margaret Hrownlee of Me
lene is spending this week with her
daughter Miss Bess Brown lee.
>id dory School
Project Approved
By WPA Last Week
Vpiilicalion to the Works I'rogre.-s
Administration for funds to aid in
rebuilding the Old Clor;. school build
ing which burned last fall, was ap-
proved the past week, according to
• ounty superintendent, S. i.. Stewart.
Working orders on the project will
pioliably be issued within the- next
week.
Mr. Stewart has been working with
t he legislators from this dis j
trict since the first of the year in a-'i |
eifort to secure on $8,000 special ap
prop;iation to aid in the rebuilding.
The appropriation, House Bill No 277,
passed the house some time ago and I
ia. t week was passed by the senate, j
The bill is now before the cover-
o for . i nature. The governors ac
iOn on the hill is problematical as he |
let it b(. known in a telephone conver-
sion Wednesday with Mr. Stewart
hat he wa not favorably inclined to
. aid signing. Senator Nelson was in
• imferencc with the governor later
Wi dnesday regarding ihe bill, but
mo word has been received as 10 the
outcome.
The Baccalauraete service for the
1037 graduation class of Aspermont
high school will be held Sunday even-
ing at the Methodist church at 8:15
o'clock. Rev. H. L. Thurston, Metho-
ilist pastor, will deliver the sermon.
Thirteen members of the year's
senior class will graduate. The class
is composed of eight girls and five
boys. They are: Margaret Baugh,
Mary Baugh, Martha Rhea Daugher-
ty, Beulah Mae Goodloe, LaVesta
Lee, Louise Childress, Auda Vee
Reed, Mary Lois Springer, Alfred
Couch, Jimmie Robertson, Edwin
Ferrell, George Hanke and Jack Jor-
dan
Commencement exercises for the
raduates will be held Friday even-
ing, May 21st, at 8:15 o'clock, in the
high school a iditoium. The class this
yt ar has honored one of their teach-
ers, G. 1J. Rail.-back, high school prin-
cipal, by naming him speaker to de-
liver the Commencement address.
Commencement exercises for the
elementary school will be held Thurs-
iay afternoon at 2 p. m., May 20th
in the high school auditorium.
Local FFA Officers
Elected To District
Offices At Abilene
A. L. Raggett, local advisor, and
lack Jones president, of the Asper-
mont FFA chapter attended the dis-
trict FFA meeting in Abilene last
Wednesday night. After all district
matters were disposed of, district of-
ficers for the coming year were e-
l< cteil. Jack Jones was elected district
pusident and Mr. Raggett wag elect-
ed district advisor.
The schools in this district are As-
permont, Haskell, Abilene, Merkel,
i uscola, Bradshaw, Content, Win-
fate, aJid Winters.
Towns Beintf Invited
To Send Sponsors
To Cowbov Reunion
First Baptist Church
J. B. Rowan. Pastor
t ill RCH SERVICES VT
JOHNSON ( II \PKL
Reconmiedations m.v, help ti :'ot
•i job, but they do not help t-> bold ;t.
Prrvsiiyp la On!
()np WoTith to Go
i.OCAL IT V C HAPTER
E'ECTS Ol PIC AL
The Aspermont chapter of Future
Farmers of America met last Mon-
day evening at the school building to
make plans and elect officers for the
coming year.
Officers elected were: Jack Jones,
president; Thomag Smith, vice-presi
dent; Robert Dent, secretary; Tom
Hill, treasurer; Harold Ward, report-
er; Sam Kennedy, historian; Bill
Kennedy, parliamontaran, and Blake
Davis, watch-dog.
: ■:
Rev. Charles Tarrence filled his re-
gular appointment at Johnson Cha-
in I Saturday evening Sunday morn-
ing, and Sunday evening.
Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock,
a Mother' Day program was rendered
by the children. This program was
i followed Uy a sermon by Rev. Hading
j of Abilene. Baptismal service- for
| Lila- ch I.utiell and Juanita C chra.
| were held at I o'clock.
Our Sunday school is pro ressin:
I under the able leadership of our di-
| rectors Mr. Virgil Ellison, sup 'i'in-
I i. dent, and /.earl Galloway, ecre-
tary and toasuerer.
If she can keep it up till June
1, Miss Sara Bernice Honea, stu-
dent at Texas State College for
Women, will be able to point with
pride to a Straight-A record in
scholarship during her entire four-
year college eareer. She has also
taken active part in campus social
life, being president of the Y. W
C. A. and an accomplished singer
und pianist. Her home is in An
hi, Texas
GIRL SCOUTS
To gi 1 -C" iuts met at the M liodist
Church annex, Friday May 7. Mil-
led Georee. Hazel Childress, Clonia
Wees i rvin. are new members that
were added to this organization Fri-
day. Several iris have completed the
t< nd< r-foot t. t.
Saturday eniing the scout - en
joyed a sum'i e breakfast, cook. .1
over a camp: at Mr, Jess Dd >
Kanch. Following the breakfast eani-
. s were played. Twenty-one people
v. . c present. The girls take this nv.'th
e l of thanking Mr. Dalby for the
lourtesies shown them.
Scout Scribe.
Dr. A. A. Anni - will leave this
week end for Houston where he will
: ttend the State Dental Association
!<> be held there next week. Dr. Annis
also plans to go on a short fishing
Stamford, May 12— Rules govern-
ing the competition for prizes to be
awarded cowgirl sponsors represent-
ing the various towns and cities at
the Texas Cowboy lieunion here July
1, 2 and 3 have been adopted and in-
vitation to chambers of commerce to
selecL girls to represent their cities
will be mailed out within a few days.
H. G. Andrews, chairman of the
ponsors' committee announced a list
of four prizes to be awarded girls
participating in the Eighth Annual
iteuaiion. Top prize will be a fine sad-
ule, martingale and bridle presented
oy the Reunion. Second award is a
pair of handmade boots given by Joe
D'Andre, Dallas; third, a pair of
spurs given by the Nocona Root Com-
pany or' Nocona, and fourth, a pair
of riding bits.
Awards will be based on the per-
niality, riding- togs and equipment
and the riding ability of the girl and
the conformation, appearance, eqiup-
nieiit and performance of her mount.
Better facilities for the entertain-
ment of the visiting sponsors have
been provided this year as a part of
the s 10,000 improvement program at
the Reunion grounds. Sponsors will
register this year at the new pavil-
lion building on the Reunion grounds
instead of up-towi . Corrals for their
horses also are being provided at the
grounds and stalls will be available
iur rent in the new horse barns that
are being erected.
Dances honoring the visiting cow-
girls will be held on the second floor
ol the new paviilion, over looking a
iK'autii'ul lake. The new floor is 00x100
feet. The usual round of entertain-
ments are being arranged.
Mrs. Hugh Astin, popular Stam-
ford matron and member of a pioneer
ranch family, has been appointed as
otiicial hostess to the sponsors. Miss
Margaret I'pshaw, member of the
Stamford younger set, has been nam-
ed Stamford sponsor. She will assist
in entertaining the visitors but will
not compete for the prizes.
Sunday morniiu
ervtces
at the j Newspapers Best
irst Baptist Church will be regular
Bible ,-chool at !i:45. In the abscen-
ce of the pastor Sunday at the 11 o'-
clock hour, the adult B. T. 1J. group
will present one of the fine programs
they render so capably.
"Cod's Gift of Service''
Songs:— "A Charge To Keep"
'Make Me A Channel of Blessing"
"Must 1 Go and Empty Handed"
Scripture:— Mark 9:33-37— M. N.
Guest. Matthew 24:45-51— Mrs. (■.
U. Railsback.
Prayer Joe Hudspeth.
i ad. i Mrs. U. H. Hilling.
1. Service Enriches and Strengthens
■ 'haracter— G. D. Railsback.
2. Seivice Brings Happiness and Joy
Mrs. J. L. Chennault.
Way to knowledge and
W. 11. Link.
Deepens the Spiritual Life
A. P. Couch.
Ma keg Religion Real
Advertising- Medium
Says Continental Oil
i.
the
pro-
• !. Service
Power—
.. Service
Mrs.
S re ice
Eraser.
i losing Prayer - H. H. Huling.
At the request of the pastor,
15. A. L*. will render the above
ram, closing at 12.01 o'clock.
All R. T. U. services at 7 p. m.
sharp. There will be no evening
preaching service, for at the close of
B. T. I'., everyone will g0 to the
Methodist churh for the Baccnlau-
eate sermon at 8:15 o'clock. There
will be plenty of time for the B. T. I',
services and then attend the Dacca-
laureate service.
trip while in this section *f Texas.
i'OPl l.AR BOOK DONATED 'O
PHOENIX C LI B LIBRAin
"Gone With the Wind," by Marga
ret Mitchell, the book that has been so
much in demand has recently been
added t the Phoenix Club Library by
donation.
Tin Phoenix Club members wish
to express their sincere appreciation
1.1 the donor, Miss Etta Roebuck, for
the contribution of this very popular
book.
Convinced that newspaper space re-
presents the most advantageous me-
dium for merchandising its products
as evidenced by substantial increases
in sales of Conoco germ-processed mo
| tor oil following past newspaper ad-
vertising campaigns, continental Oil
Company is again launching a large-
caU advertizing campaign in some
i 100 carefully selected papers in all
sections of tlie nation. The campaign
will continue into September and will
be distinguished by the fact that it
will feature the local dealer as well as
the company's oil.
Surveys conducted by Continental's
advertising department showed two
i actors which decided the nature of
he forthcoming campaign. First, it
v as ascertained that the best sales res-
ults followed the use of newspaper
advertising; and second, that the ave-
rage motorist is far more concerned
with l'u mileage he obtains from his
motor oil than any other single fac-
tor.
Correlating this information with
the lact that Continental distribution
is now conducted entirely through
local independent dealers, the adver-
tising campaign will stress that each
dealer i.s a "mileage merchant" who,
in order to retain his customers and
gain new ones, must sell mileage in
the form of a motor oil which will
give efficient service.
Miss Nora Hudspeth of Rule visit-
I in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.
. Guest Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Arnett and small
daughter, Mary Lou, of Austin visit-
ed her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
Rowan, this; week.
Mr. Frank Turner of Haskell was
' in Aspermont Wednesday.
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Hudspeth, Hylton F. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1937, newspaper, May 13, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200329/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.