The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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IN AND AROUND
THE COURTHOUSE
Judge Roy G. Anderson and the
board of county commissioners
have been busy all the week, secur-
ing the l'iglyr of way for the roads
|in this county. They have succeed-
ed in securing all the right of way
from the Y north of town to the
King county line. This road con-
tract will be let-in Austin on April
22. The State Highway Depart-
ment is advertising in this issue oi
the Star for bids on this road. The
commissioners are having a little
trouble in securing the right o-
way from Old Glory to the Has-
kell county line. Three condemna-
tion suits have been filed bv the
commissioners and will be tried
soon in county court. Those whom
suits have been filed against arc
F. E. May of Rule, Mrs. Ora
McCullough of Rule and G. W.
Sims of Sagerron. The deeds to the
other property have been secured
and the State Highway Depart-
ment will let the contract for bids
on this road in Austin April 22 al-
so. This means that actual work on
both these roads will probably be-
gin soon. It is not known yet just
when Haskell county will be ready
to connect up with this road from
Rule to the Haskell county line.
The Kin# county- rOad has alreadv
been completed to the countv line.
It is twenty-two feet wide, and the
road built by Stonewall county
will also t>e twenty-two feet wide.
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The Boyce Long Grocery last
week purchased two hundred and
fifty cases of eggs, and they were
trucked away Sunday and Sunday
night. All last week eggs sold here
for twenty cents, and this week
they are bringing twenty-one cents
per dozen. It looks like there is an
egg fight in this country, but as
there are several army camps in
! the state we 'presume that they art
going to feed the soldiers. The
farmers and poultry raisers are like
j the cattlemen — they are really
J coining back.
Y 'is If
We heard a number of funneis
say. this week that if Stonewall
county can only receive another
rain within the" next few weeks,
NIC of the largest grain eiops since
1932 will be harvested here. The
acreage is riot as large as usual on
account of the government teHing
a person how many acre - he can
plant, but there will be plenty of
work for idle people in a few weeks
if We only get that needed rain.
Wc drove out to the city lake a
few days ago and found the keeper
busy repairing and making new
boats for the fishermen who will
vlgit the lake on May 1. The lake
is known far and wide as a good
fishing place, and there will be
more than twenty boats ready for
tlw fishermen on opening day.
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The bill pending in the Senate
to wipe out all penalty and interest
m delinquent taxes has been con-
demned by a number of news-
among them the Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram, which comments.
"Irtstead of leg#! forgiveness for
hue delinquency, there should be n
•yMtm of reward for prompt pay-
ment. Good citizenship should be
|P-oot penalized." There
government at all If
.B quit paying their
when due.
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At the trusWr ' election here Sat-
Em Wright received 55
... J. Rutherford 27 vote#,
taHn'29 vote* ami James
„ vote. Two trustres
elected, they heing Em
wngnt and Ray Hahn.
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ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941
Government Wheat Report
Is Scheduled For Today
First government wheat yield esti-
mates for 1941 scheduled for release
today were awaited with much inter-
est by government officials and wheat
growers in all parts of the United
States. Hinging upon this estimate
and the amount of 1940 wheat carri-
ed over is the problem of how much
new farm storage will he needed to
house the current crop.
A. L, Dodd, western division
director ol the AAA, recently warn-
ed: 'In view of the large carnovei
of wheat and other grains and pros-
pects for a very large 1941 crop, it is
necessary lor every wheat farmer to
make sure he will be able to handle
Ilis crop."
Recent surveys made by the grain
trade place available storage space at
2/2,050,000 bushels on March 15.
This would care for approximately,
one-half the 1940 crop of 589,000-
000 bushels. Many grain authorities
expect the 1941 yield to tar surpass
last year's production.
Representatives of the government,
the grain trade and the railroads met
in Washington last February to con
sidcr the storage problem. It was sug-
gested at this meeting thai some 288,-
000,000 bushels of stored wheat un-
der government loan at various wart-
houses should be moved immediately
to seaboard storage so that additional
space would be provided at interior
points during the harvest rush.
However, Commodity Credit Cor-
pration officials pointed out that the
bulk of the wheat loans do not expire
until April 30 and that a 20-day re-
demption period beyond that date
would make moving the grain un-
practical before May 20.
In his letter to AAA. committeemen
Dodd pointed out, "to make the most
efficient use of their box cars, rail-
roads will find it neccfsan to insist
that cars not be loaded unless elevator
space is available for prompt unload-
ing of grain." He jilso called atten-
tion to the necessity of farmers check-
ing the available leal storage facilities
and making sure that their grain
would be cared for. "As a part of oui
defense program," Dodd continued,
"farmers should be in position to pro-
tect 'front the weather all grain that
is harvested."
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
lias announced that consideration j$
being given to providing government
assistance to wheal growers who de-
sire to construct additional farm stor-
age. The plan under consideration is
to provide seven cents per bushel
storage rates on grain under govern-
ment loan with payments made in ad-
vance,
Col. R. S. Henry of the Associa-
tion of American Railroads, com-
menting; upon the wheat situation
said, "The railroads are making plans
to assemble a supply of cars in the
wheat belt for the annual harvest
movement. There is no difficulty in
sight from a car supply standpoint,"
he explained, "regardless of the vol
nine of wheat that may be offeretl
for movement ; our only concern is
that the receivers be in position to
promptly unload the cars at destina-
tion so that the empties can be turn-
ed back at once to the interior points
for reloading. Last year three to four
thousand bad-order cars were leased
out for temporary grain storage. That
will not be possible this year because
the bad-order cars are not available.
Increasing demands of the defense
program have caused railroads to re-
pair these ears, reducing bad-orders to
the lowest level ever recorded."
Jack Hight, who was recently In-
jured in an automobile accident near
the Y, is expected to return home
from the Stamford hospital today.
Ed Brister. who is als0 confined to
the hospital, is reported to be getting
along; nicely.
No More Draftees
Until June or July
The S onewall County Draft
Hoard has just received word from tfrd
War Department that the following
Stonewall county boys, who reside
outside of the county, havejeoluntecr?"'
ed into the service. This will reduce-
the number that is supposed to go
from the county this month and next
month. It will probably be June or
J u 1 y be t ore any n tore bovs wi 11 he
drafted from Stonewall county. The
following are the volunteers:
John Truman Adamson, Asper-
moot: William Fail Beirvinau As*
perniont; Robert Edward Collier,
Aspermont; Arthur Da.iisby.Jr;,' As-
permont; Alfred Vernon Eaton, As-
permont; Charles Allen Grice, Old
Glory; Lawrence E. Harper, Asper-
mont; Lewis Jean Herttenberger, Ol/i
Glory; and Frcle Princ Moore. Ola
Glory.
BANK DEPOSITS
SHOW INCREASE
GUNSHOT FATAL TO
HAMLIN WOMAN
Funeral services for Miss
Bryson, 26, who died Thursday in an
P Paso hospital of gunshot wounds,
were held Sunday afternoon at the
Aspermont Baptist church with Rev.
■jHryoji JJryant, pastor, officiating.
Miss Bryson, daughter of M%and
Mrs. C. E. Bryson of Hamlin, former
residents of Aspermont, was a teachei
m the Socorro, N. M., public schools.
Survivors include the parents, two
brothers, C. E. and Grover Bryson,
both of Corpus Christi; and three
sisters, Mrs. Forrest Vinson, Ysleta.
Appointments in the ■ Medical
Corps Reserve of the Army are not
suspended, it was announced today ar
State Selective Service Headquarters.
Qualified doctors of medicine, who
are subject to the provisions of the
Selective Service Act, whether they
Texas; Mrs. Harold Hcanj?H«iX!frC already bc?" '"ducted ?r ;m' 111
Class I-A awaiting induction, are
and Miss Jane Bryson, Hamlin.
.Miss Bryson graduated from the
Hamlin high school in 1934 and from
ilardin-Simmons university in 1938.
Henry Kinney, with the Kinney
Funeral Home. Stamford, took the
funeral coach to El Paso after the
body, accompanied by Mr. Bryson.
Pallbearers were W. P. Guest,
Pete Blackshear, 1 . E, knight, J as.
H. Robertson, Pete Shndle, and J. R.
Reynolds. Former school mates of
Miss Bryson were t lower girls.
Kenneth Darrel Smith
According to the statement of the
first National Bank at the close of
business April 4, there has been an in-
crease in deposits since the first, of
January of SI9,022.44. The deposits
January I were $404,502.82, arid
this statement shows them to be
$423,527.56. This is quite a gijln m
three months, and is evidence that
Stonewall county is in a nice firistncia
condition. !ft
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Texas To Get Three
New Army "Caiirtps
Washington, April 9.—-A Texas
member of Congress said Wednesday
that the Army planned to establish
three additional cantonments in Tex-
as and funds for the camps already
had been appropriated.
The Texan, who asked that he no:
be quoted by name, said one cam;./
probably would he located north of
Houston somewhere in East Texav
another in the vicinity of Waco and
a third -oinewhere in West Texas.
Aides of Representative.; Wright
l'3'fman of 'I V:, ark; na said lov a I in-
luneral services we're held for
Kenneth Darrel Smith Monday niter-
noon at 3 p. m, at the .Methodise
church.
Kenneth Darrel was bom Decem-
ber 29, 1937, and died April 6, 194!.
tie was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Davis M. Smith of Aspermont. Sur-
vivors besides his mother and father
are four sisters, Jacquetta, Joyce,
.Willene and Lydia Fern.
|R,ev. Raymond Van Zandt, pastor of
| he Methodist church, and Rev.
slJvron Bryant, pastor of the Baptist
church, conducted the funeral services,
'interment was in Aspermont ccme-
ery' rmder direction of the" Springer
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Jess Dal by. Fred
>alby, Charles Gibson and Irvin
Pearson. Flower bearers were Mrs.
Fred Dalbv and Mrs, Charle
son.
(lib-
terests were seeking loci (ion of .
o;u!ing plan? near Texarkana.
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PEACOCK NEWS
the
in
First
town
Attend Meeting At Oiuey
A1 is. Fred Stockdafe and Mr-.-,,
ouston Ward left this mornintr
where they will attend
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for
Olnev
State
which
Federation of. Wonv
meets dune tudav.
I'.liis Scogin, cashier of
State Bank at Jayton. was
'i uesdav inorning.
Mf. and Mrs. i.iil Craft, Mrs. T.
J. Rash and Mrs. J. J. \Viihams>)'i
wei'v s!io|.sping in Abilene Saturday.
Sheriff and Mrs, Ross Turner o.
• .pi rnioni were in Peacock Monday
afternoon.
Lloyd Marlow returned the latter
I*. ;rt of the week, f rom a trip .that took
hi'm -'through Abilene, Ballingcr, 1'Virt;
Worth and Wichita, Falls,
Mi. and Mrs. Hill Craft arid Gay!e
and Mr, and Mrs. [. |. Williafl'isipo
NOTICE
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Connaily Offers A
To Selective
VACANCIES IN
MEDICAL RESERVE
Washingi
Senator T
had prepurei
amendment
D. C., April .
unaily "of: Texas has
[and will introduce an
the Selective Service
Act, providing authority for the gov-
ernment to take over and operate dur-
ing the period of cmergt®|| any m-
(iusftiiil -plant, producing^'defeiise;-
mareriah. or convertible into a defense
manufneruring plant, in which, the.
nat.o.-i.'d i!i-jense program may be iin-
peded o; delayed by an existing oi"
threatened failure of production at
Mich plant as a result of a strike or
labor disturbance or other cause.
"The Selective Service Act," said
m
eligible for consideration for appomt-
ment in the Medical Reserve Coips.
Texas local boards have been re !
quested by State Headquarters to en-1 Senator Connaily, "j,i w provides tfiat
courage all eligible registrants to ap-\the pre-idtrnt K authoiiV.ed to take
ph for appointment in this re-ei'.e. jov-t and operate an\ n u.strial plant, . .. ,
— i rl in'iier or operatoi:. of which re- S
tu-c oi decline t,-> make implement ol '
war, or national" deiet-,v- articles, for
the goverrmient upv.s seasonable ;
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MRS. VV. E. BROWN
Mrs. Willie Elizabeth Brown of
Monahans died here Friday, after an
illness of more than a year. She was
the daughter of Mrs. Spencer Clark,
pioneer Stonewall county resident.'1
Funeral was held Saturday after-
noon at the Swenson Methodist
church. The Rev. Raymond Van
Zandt, Aspermont Methodist pastor,
officiated. Burial was in the Bra/.os
Valley cemetery with Springer Funer.
al Home in charge.
Mrs. Brown was born in Stonewall
county on November 7. 1901.
Survivors other than her mother
are two daughters and a yin, Mrs.
Alneth Botkin of Monahans, Mrs.
Onita Hatch of Paynor, and Jack
Brown of Spur; and five sisters, Mrs.
'osephine Lindsley of Uvalde, Mrs.
Jorrt Gardner of Lubbock, Mrs. Lee
iinith of Haskeil, Mrs. Evelyn Alli-
on-'of California, and Miss Margaret
'lark of Fort Worth.
ten; ■*. These provisions apply to the
failure of employers to cooperate wtfiV
the government program of national
defense.
"The amendment which I have
prepared and which I shall introduce
adds another paragraph to Section 9
of the Selective Service Act and pro-
vides that the president, through the
secretary of war or the secretary oi
■the Navy may take over and operate,
for the period of the emergency, any
plant equipped for the manufacture of
any articles or materials required for
the national defense, or any planr
capable of being transformed into a
plant for the manufacture of defense '
articles, and in which plant, the de-
fense program is impeded or delayed
by an existing or threatened failure or
production as a result of a strike or
other labor disturbance or any other
cause, It provides that the jfoV(?rnmem ®
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MAY FESTIVAL tive of rhc 8wernment is to
Peacock, April
Festival i, to be
Peacock grammai
gynuiasium on May 2.
A girl from the seventh urade
'.--.A; May pay
presented by the
trades in the school
may operate the plant purely in the .
public interest. \
"The prime and paramount objet-
he government is to secure
continuous and maximum production
of war munitions and supplies. Any-
thing which interferes with that kind
of operation of all available plants,
whether on the part of employers or
.j. on the part of employees., is against
* ''I tile public interest and the eocern-
Ml*3 : mpflt rtllifllt fn (•li« « «<vtif ,,,w| ♦']>?*
be selected queen In ponulai vole aim nwrlt OUj,ht ro hav(, rlu. rig.hf
will be crowned at the beginning jp„wrr nniia such cirmin^ncV'V to
festival. I he queen s court will b-j^ into p};,nt arK| uy dlarge,
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composed, of
ffs
tro.ui each
:;r;ii)r,-
T>
>ar grf!i!e.s and .their escort-.
iiri us
if Vt-f'T
xc consists ol n c!
which is the choral club and i
hv the: rli
band; pantoniiies; clowns; .f lower
girls; crown bearers; and the M.
pole, dance, whii.h will be last,
t.'eistumes of the chanierers and
choral cluh will ijarry out the ee
jand operate the phut a- a national de-
fen>.e project purely in the nnfi"!i.-U
ntere-if."
Letter From A Private
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11 asicCli I
R, L. Springer, cashier of the First
National Bank, and C, E. Brannen of
the Consolidated Abstract company
spent several days in New Mexico
this week transacting busines!.
Rev. and Mrs, Raymond Van
Zandt were visitors to Stamford Mon-
day. . ■" ,
Sheriff and Mm. Turner were
visitor* to Peacock Monday.
•All Xot.nu's Will be appointed on
June i by the Secretary' of State. It
is necessary for all persons who' de-
Sire Notary commissions to yiu :i;e
their names by'May I, in order th.t"
1 may send them in to • the Sccrc.'aiv
of State.
it. will not be necC.v-arv for present
Notaries to give me their names, as 1
have a list of all present No tries,
but those who are nor otnfi.es now
and wish to,become- one, ple.tsi tlotify
me before the first ol M.i\.
Curtis G. Winn, Co. Clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Folsom and
children. Joe Al ford and Ruby Jean
of Durango. Colo., were guests thi
week of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. How-
ard. Mrs. Folsom is Mrs. Howard's
sister.
v^irtfOIr.
Oi "Rule an
William^a'
Suiidiiy.
Editor and A i rs.
Aspennont, and Mrs.: Garner's moth-1
t r and niece, Mrs. C. A. Dubtnev ,'Uld
Wanda f.hd.i.ney,cif Hnskell, visited in!
black,
bow.
:Ai'i-
school
."bite.
an if
th
ose
>f 1;hi
i'ollowiog is a letter received this
rhc
i.Kluiiug. who volunteered rrom rhfs^- j
j I * vMVfi mj, w « tVi*.> v.vv.1 v * u i
'•"'■ |\\cek bv Im Wright, chairman of j
■!,s! oca! draft board, from Private C.
1-ftkc
child
part i
v m.
n flic
w. L. Garner of [ Many Winners At
Old (alory School
Peacock Wednesday of hist , week.
Mr.
ed 1 !-■;
Wiicp,
Texas
unl Mrs. M, C
week from it t
11'.in:<\ ille am
points.
Mvers return-
'ip to Austin,
1 . other South
M,-
Mrs. W. P, Anderson and Mrs.
Fred Stockdale spent Tuesday after
noon with friends in Guthrie.
Wenzcr Vicrtel of laibbock is here
this week visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Alfred Couch, who is a student at
Texas Tech, Lubbock, is here this
week visiting his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Pearson Couch.
Major Paul W. Taylor of Austin
was here last week visiting the local
draft board. He is malting a visit to
all boards in thi* section of the state.
Mr. and Mrs, John 'I albot ol
man were week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ree Orick.
Clyde Wood, who has been employ-
ed at Ralls, was here over the week
end.
I. J. Duff Jr. and a terracing team
from his vocational agriculture claw
went to Stephenvillc Saturday to com-
pete in a terracing contest. They won
seventh place in a very large field of
entries.
Mr, and Mrs. Nolan Boyd spent
last week end in Dallas.
Dewey Craft of Swenson was in
town Tuesday, morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Williamson
have as their guests this week Mrs.
Williamson's sister, Mrs. Eunice
Crew, and small daughter of Rule.
Ohi Glon, April 7. -The Inter
scholastic League track, meet was pla\
ed off Saturday. March 29, at Pea-
cock;, with Oh| Glory well represent-
ed in winners. Senior boy? winning
places are: Houston Ellison, high
hurdles, second; low hurdles, third ;
shot put, first;; vaulting, second; dis-
cus, second ; Vernon Reber, 20 yard
dash, third ; Malcoira rlerttenberc.er,
broad jump, first; shef* put, second ;
low hurdles, first: 20 vard dash, sec-
ond, 100 yard dash, first.
Primaries in baseball were played
at Old Glory. Old Glory high school
junior boys and Old Glory high school
junior girls won first placc. In gram-
mar school, junior boys from Old
Glory won first, and the Aspermont
junior girls won first. Finals were to
be played off at Peacock April 4.
countv. , if . .
Lm: ^ P*
| How are things going Up-fbere? i -f
{hitve got into the part of This Man's '
|siii,\ that 1 wanted to at last. 1 am Hi
(the Motorcycle Platoon and really en-
joy it as there are lots of thi ills ami
Spills 'to if. ■ .. . T '
We will get. a special rating otft of
it when we have been here four
months, so that will help g lot
1 could have written you sootiei;- '
bin we have, been on the move
of the time trying to locate us" where ,
we were bc.t suited.
Wc are going to Louisiana some-
time soon on maneuvers.
Boy, it sure has been warm here
and getting warmer ell the.time.
Yours truly.
Pvt. C. D, Klutine
TI. Q. Troop 112. Cal.
Fort Clark, Texas.
Players Chosen By
Seniors At Peacock
MjSl
BASKET DINNER
Attorney CarJ Springer of Abilene
was here Tuesday on business and
visiting his father and other relatives.
He was ft guest of the Luncheon club.
Miss Annit Durham, who is at-
tending Texas Tech at Lubbock, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Doris Dur-
ham, and grandparent*, Dr. and Mrs.
A. A. Ann .
Everyone is invited to attend Sun-
day school at the Gencview schoO^
house Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
There will be a basket dinner at noon
and an Faster egg hunt afterwards.
Each mother is asked to bring ten
Easter eggs.
Tom Roberts Campbell and Misses
Annalu Watren and Irene McAuley
of Knox City, were viniftng here
itrday evening.
Peacock, April 7.—Characters fot ,
the senior play, The Ghost of Roaring'
Pines, have been selected. The cast
cast includes Dirris Eaton, Jeff B,
V s'\ Andre. Patto- Slid'" Kit"
,y Wayne Hendemon, Knf
Thomas, Merle Kennedy.
Turner, Charles Simmom,
Elkins and Leona Parker.
The play, directed by !
will be presented late \
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Paw spent
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