The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
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Serving The People Of Aspermont and Stonewall County More Than Forty-five Years
Volume Forty Six
Aspermont, Stonewall Co. Texas, l^riday, Aug. 6, 1943.
Number Two
County's First Major Oil Well
CONG MAHON TO
VISIT HERE
NEXT WEEK
Following is a telegram we n
ceived Tuesday from Congressman I
George H. jMahon, which explains |
that he will be here next week to!
visit with his friends in Stonewall)
County. George has had a hard year j
in Congress, and is now Out in the j
district talking with the people. I i''
you have any thing you would like '
to discuss with him, you may do soj
a: this time:
The Aspermont Star,
Aspermont, Texas i
Please let the folks know tit.it I ;
plan to visit and confer with the peo-
ple of Aspermont next week spend-
ing Wednesday night. August llrhj
there and remaining until noon ;
Thursday, Aug. 1.2th. Thanks. j
GEORGE MAHON.
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Simpson Services
Held In Rule
Funeral services for Ben Simp- i
son, 60, were held Thursday from
the Church of Christ in Rule with
Otta Johnson officiating. Burial was
in the Rule cemetery with Gaunntt
f uneral home in charge. i
Mr. Simpson, a resident of Rulcj
for 20 years, died Tuesday after an |
illness of four months. Before a ma-
jor surgical operation in the Knox
City hospital last May, he operated
the Simpson grocery .
Survivors include his wife and two
sons, Lt. Ernest Simpson, stationed
at Mcridan, Miss, and James Simp-
son of Rule. Other survivors include
two brothers, Jim Simpson of Asp-
ermont ad Ike Simpson of Throck-
morton .
Old Glory HD Club
Cans Beef For School
A called meeting of the Old
Glory Home Demonstration Cluh
was held July 29th in the home of
Mrs. Beno Herttenberger, the club
president. A demonstration on Sal-
ad1 dressing was given by Mrs. W.
H. Duggar.
Mrs. Roy Herttenberger was el-
ected assistant secretary die*, to the;
resignation of Mrs. Lynn Flowers i
who is now teaching school and will
not be able to attend regularly.
Plat.;, were discussed for iwining
a b\ I ior the Old Giory lunch room.
This tanning was done the fallowing I
day with the assistance of the 111) (
agent Miss Shult '. and the Agricul- J
tural agent Mr. Bates.
Mrs. Carl Drusedow was the re j
fipient of a lovely gift front her se .
:a club pal at this meet it:::
Fourteen members enjoyed the de j
iicious refreslunents including a sal
ad made with the Busynvm'- salad j
dressing. j
The next meeting will he An,!:.'
5th with our garden demonstrator, j
Mrs. Clyde Grice.
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A two way inter-communication
system was installed in the Old
Glory High School this wrc'-c by Ed
Warbington.
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GOVERNOR STEVENSON'S PROCLAMATION URGES RETURN OF DEPOSIT
BOTTLES. In the proclamation, just issued by ^Governor Stevenson, Tcxans are urged, during
the month of August, to conserve the existing supply of returnable deposit bottles by returning
them promptly to the dealers. Governor Stevenson's proclamation points out that the general
public, by returning idle milk, carbonated beverage, and beer bottles, which can be sterilized lot
civilian re-use, will permit the glass industry to re-use even more of its facilities for the manufa*
turc of glass containers for food, and other items, required by the armed forces at home and
•broad. Mrs. Margaret McDuffie, the Governor's personal secretary, was photographed with him
.at the time the proclamation was signed.
Well Estimated To
Produce 500 Barrels
Per Day
| What: appears to he the first naa-
: ior oil well for Stonewall is being
completed Humble Oil and Refin-
ing Company's ' J. -1'• ^ 'hoi-
son location in S. VV. 1-4 of I'— 1-2
Section 44, Hid ! '. 11- and 1 C Ry.
Co. survey 10 triile^ N. 1\. oi As-
penmoni.
! Palo Pinto lime was encountered
at 4700 feet. We!! was drilled to
■17 IS feet and showed loarse oil and
;:;n. .()peiators without waiting to
, rest shot well with *>000 s/allons oi
j acid followed by '<000 gallons o! wa-
ter. Swabbing was begun late YVed-
; nesday. fluid could not he lowered
I below 2800 teet and when opened
j '! hursdav morning well flowed 20
barrels in I minutes. '1 hursdav the
swabbing showed acid water with
40 per cent pipe line oil. Various es-
timates place well high as ^0!l ai -
re I's per day.
. Tbe Ihiniiili u« I. the same
! area of Patten Rci. Co. widl pro.
; ducing from lowed part of PaJoj
I Pinto lime.
' Operators are moving in tubing
Tony Letz of Old ! Phillips Rites Held In j Ranchers and Farmers
Glory Raises Fine Maize Methodist Church Wed.! Invited To Demonst'n
Iony Letz of the Old Glory com- Funeral services for Mrs. Florence!
munity was in town the first of the I Viola Phillips, 83, who died of an
week and subscribed for the Star.j heart attack Tuesday evening, were
He stated that lie had some of the held Wednesday at 4:00 p. m. in
best maize this year he had ever
raised". He has one patch of .30 ac-
res that is netting hiVn as much mon
ey per acre as the land cost him when
he purchased it. Unless he got the
land at a sure enough bargain tlinr
is a lot of maize.
the Aspermont .Methodist Church
with Rev. Raymond Van Zandt eon-
ducting.
She was born at Breashear, Mo.
May 22, 1860. moving to Stonewall
County in 1905. She had been I:
since then making a good cin.'en.
She was a member of the Christian
Singing At Baptist f j ' B^ial was,,, the Aspen^m Crn-
Church Sunday Evening etery in charge of Springei I''
. , ; Home.
I lie services at the .Asperniont'
Baptist Church next Sundav night! Surviving :!r<' :: M1"' (il"" C'"' '
at 9:00 will consist of gospel sin.- ! ■ '' 1 <lnu<;l>ti-.- M
ing. Members and the public, are in- Heimon (jhusgo „ I.
l he Star joins the people nt t1
community in e\?en ling svmnath- •
and storage.
Leases held in area other than
Humble are 1 e\as and Pacific Coal
and Oil. and Pure Oil Co.
Aspermont Schools
To Open Sept. Sixth
i The Asperinon*. Schools will bc-
j gin the new term on 'Monday. Sept.
0, according to information furnisb-
A group of ranchers and farmers' ed the Stai thi> week by Supt. Ci. I >.
are invited to see a mesquite cradi- ! Railsback.
cation demonstration on the j Mr. Railsback stated that all tea-
Ranch in King Count* next Wed -j filing; positions had been filled with
nesday, August I lib. : the exception of one or two places in
the lower grades.
Hates would; amj ^.■jrs> ]}€ntly who taught
last year in Jay ton have been em-
ployed. He will teach vocational ag-
County Agent C. I!
like to have anv one interested in
this work to contact his office and1
arrange to attend. The work is ex
peeled to mow simple methods of
cutting h\ mechanical saw, then fol
lowing treatment for killing stump'
effectively. The demonstration
,i sponsored hv Paul ( i. I lames, So'1
Consei - ation ^peciali-.t o) A and M. !
iiciu!
Itme and
mental work
grades.
she will do depart,
in the intermediate
vited t.i come an
music.
enjoy an
jchramfi
E-dgai' A.
Mrs. H. H. Henderson and 1
of Fort Worth visited I;
Margaret Brannen and
Rash.
we- a.
Rosalie
the bereaved.
tariff (i.
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Becfoer
Schmidt of 1
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News items Must Be
?n By Wednesday
We wish to make a plea to those
contribute news to the Star to
urner nan
trip to Camp Baikelcy on busine*
the first of the week.
■ ()|i! ■ ' lor v.
and Clara Berber of Sagerton were
united in .marriage Sunday b\ Rev.
<II. Lohrmann. at tlit l.utheran
cliurch in Sagerton.
u m)
do so as early in the week as you
can. There i> a lot of work connec-
ted with issuing a paper, and
ACROSS THE ST11A IT IS IAL\
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W Here 1* • view of part of the Sicilian eity of Messina with the narrow sMt of Messina Sn baek-
ff round, Beyond that strait ia th« mainland of Italy wfcare Benito Mussolini has "reatanajTM Premier
ami King Victor Emmanuel appointed Marshal Platoo Badosllo as his HKenwf. Jf wAllicd Nation*
'invade Italy proper this probably will bo ope of potnta of eatry.
it just
rakes t:me to do it. With one man
*i'ang all the mechanical work in
putting out the Star, it makes it:
,ver\ difficult, to band'e last miiuite
doms. After the tvpe is set up on all
rlu news u ts st:ii ,t full days work
heiore the paper is ready to be put:
in the mail. For this reason we are
'etting Wednesday as a dead line for
tin ci attribution of news. In the !u-
ture no news item will be acceptotl
on Thursday. ,VVc hate to have to
make this dead line, but at the same
time we like to get a little sleep on
Thursday night:.
We * •to publish all the local
news of Aspermont and Stonewall
County. 1? you know am item of
news interest, we appreciate you let-
ting us know about. And remember
sour neighbors arc interested in what
you are doing, .'is well as the large
number of service boys who get the
paper. If you report a news item to
the Star, it will be like including
! that bit ot news m a letter to that
son Or brother in uniform.
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Richards, A. E. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1943, newspaper, August 6, 1943; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127155/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.