The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1943 Page: 5 of 8
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Friday, August 6, 193.
THE ASPERMONT STAR
Bonds for Victor?
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War Chert Official-Here
Thursday in Intarelt of
New Fund Drive
Millions of people all over the
world will be given help throigh
the contributions this fall of Stone-
wall Count)' to tin- National V : r board for approval, it ha. been ami
Fund, Frank M. McBiooir . iield j ounced by officials of the Texas Pub
representative of the United War "c Welfare Board, the Star is in-
Chest of Texas said here Thursday' formed .
Stonewll County has not yet set upi 1'he plan follows advice of Attor
its quota in the $5,000.00 campaign | l>eV General Gerald M arm concern-
to be conducted in Texas, bur will 'nS the provisions of a state law
Larger Exemptions
Planned For Aged
A plan for exempting $250.00 ad
ditional income earned by each old
age assistance recipient is being sub-
mitted to the federal social security
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passed by the last legislature. The at-
torney general interpreted this bill
as applying to those persons on the
rolls when the act became effective
in May, and to any persons added to
the roils after May. He ruled that
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do so shortly "after a county organi-
zation is completed.
The Stonewall County War Fun«I
will combine the appeals of 16 ivai
related agencies approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's War Relief Cont/olj the act exempted ^So'abov^the am-
Board in the first unified campaign ■ cunt formcrIy determined bv tin- de-
of its type ever conducted. The pic-; partment as ncede(i by the "recipient
gram to be carried out by the WarjThis income must be in ad(lition f0
Fund of the countv will be .leagued . thc inC(jn,c that was bcing carnc<! by
;o serve three fionts - the imhtuiy t|le recipient when his grant was la-'
irorit, the united nations rront, and ,|ctcrniinc(i. Thc cxemption appjlVs
the home front. • on|y to income from seasonal and oc-
Mr. McBrootn pointed out that casional employment and only when
giving to thc United Fund means a recipient reports to the Welfare
s'upport for far flung USC - the j department each month on the am-
liotif away from home for our own' Pun* earnings and thc name
lighting men; comforts for the ''bar-J of his employer.
.bed wire'' legion of prisoners of the The local field workers will be
war; food for starving Greece; mc<! j scn* instructions and forms within
ical supplies for the gallant Russians j r''*' next 10 days, welfare officials
aid for the schorctied earth stricken sai(' •
of China; assistance for hundreds -
of thousands of homeless refugees;
timely help for our own armed for-
ces and our allies over seas; and sev-
eral other humanitarian causes.
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Myers, Irma
Geyne and Gary Reed spent last!
week end in Paducah visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Mrs. S. T. Myers.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCoy and
children of Merkel visited in tin: A.
E. Richards home Sunday.
The Star has been requested to
announce that a church of Christ
meeting will begin at Girard Friday
night. Oave Black of Lcvelland will
do the preaching. Aspermont people
are invited to attend .
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McAfcee
and daughter Beula Ruth, Mr. and!
Mrs. L. L. Graham, spent last week
in Odessa with Mrs .Casey Jones
and rMs. Byron Hart in Lcvelland.
Lpl. Arthur Brown ha.; written
home to his parents Mr. and Mrs.
M. Brown that they should not
send him any packages as he had no
place to keep thorn. He said he want-
ed the Star to keep coining to him
by all means.
Mrs. E. Galloway It
Hottest To Johnson
Chapel H. D. Ladies
Make your frame gardens conven-
ient in size and shape, said our Co.
Home Demonstration Agent, Win-
ona Shultz to the Johnson Chapel
,H. D .Club Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the
himc of Mrs. E. Galloway.
Miss Shultz gav.c a demonstration
on building a frame garden, your
garden should be feet wide and up
to 50 feet in length or practical, the
side walls of the frame arc usually
12 to 18 inches high Scrap lumber
or rock, may be used, tin cans may
be used as tile, thin muslin or feed
sacks for cover.
Mrs. W. E. Rogers was elected
The national war fund has est i-
mateg that nearly 60,000.000 peo-
ple all over the world will rece.ve di
rect aid from the $125,000,000 that
is to be raised in the United States
ior war relief this year.
Tax Election SFOoHen
Pond School Aug. 14th
The Star has been in formed by
school officials that an etc.tion \\ill
be held in the Golden Pond School
I 'istrict No. 12 of Stonewr.U County
on Auust 14th to determine whether
or not the people of that dun ict wish
to raise their tax rate from 50. to
$1.00 per hundred doi * ■ w.luatxn.
J. D. Rash has i appointed as
Election judge by Coun'y Judge Roy
G. Anderson. This official stated
that the total tax money ot $430 per
Forsake Not The Assem-
bling of Yourselves
Together
Paul addressed his letter to the
saints which are at Ephesus, and the
faithful in Christ Jesus. Eph. 1:1.
By this he teaches that there are real
christians who are not faithful in
the discharge of their duties as
christians,
There are many Baptists in this
county who do not go to church in
any degree of regularity. Some stay-
ing away from their own churches
for more than a year. There arc
some of these in this class in the
Shinncry Lake church where 1 hold
membership. Paul saysto this class:
forsake not the assembling of your
selves together, as the manner of
| some is. Heb. 10:20. Now, these
saints ought to be urged to come to
God's house for worship. 'If they
will not come then with draw Fel-
lowship from them for walking dis-
orderly. (1 Thcs. 5:14.) Thee do
not walk-at all. Now these brethren
T'lis is a family •var. Pi:t
your War Bond buying through
the payroll savings plan on *
family plan, wliieh means fig-
ure it out yourself.
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Mrs. Byron Hart and children,
j Bobby and Vada Sue of Lcvelland
I are visiting Mrs. Hart's parents Mr
; and (Mrs. R. L. Graham.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cross and
Laura, and Mrs fD. Frazier went
to Spur Sunday to visit Georgia Lee
Frazier in the hospital there. D.
Frazier who has been at the bed
side of a son returned with them.
Georgia Lee was getting along nice-
ly.
year was insufficient to take care ot
the operation of tile bus to transp it ,n'a>' think that I am one of the class
the children of the district to school holliei than thou class, 1 o
Mrs. Bob Berry and small daugh-
ter Betty Bob of Lubock are visit-
ing her father Alonzo Mayfield and
family, and her aunt, Mrs. N. A.
Pittcock and family.
at Peacock.
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Galloway Family
Hat Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lawrence
gave a family dinner Sunday at their
home north of town. Those attend-
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Hot-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. George Gilles-
pie, Mr. and Mrs. E. Galloway,)
Mrs. Field Clack, Mr. and Mrs. j
Oscar Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. At- j .
hel Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. |uc! 1 1!\ . ,
Lawrence, an,I families, Mr. and v'S'tmg her parents
Mrs. Luther Reece, and Sam Gal-! .VIrS' " ^ Choi-son. hhe " wo'"k
loway, father of the Galloway bovs. ! wh,lc hcr husbai,d ls m thc Ar
; my.
lemonstrate 1 am not, 1 make this
proposition: I will go to all the Bap-
tist churches in Stonewall County
in.d show my humility by washing
the feet of these non-attending mem
!bers; not all in one day, for there
are too many of thorn; not the wom-
en, for over 60 years ago I had tro-
uble at home for trying to wash a
Baptist woman's feet.
Fraternally,
E. B. Fcatherstoiv
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Sgt. Robert O. Hargus, son Tom
Hargus of Stamford and Mary Fran
res Maxwell of Stamford were mar-
ried here Sunday by Raymond Van
Zandt.
pa-—
oe Briscoe of Abilene has
Mr. and
Good Coffee
We Pride Ourselves On ~ - we !Jse
Pure fresh FOLGERS .and make it often, so
you are always assured a good cup of coffee.
Whether You Want A big Steak, plate lunch
or just a tandwich and pie, we believe you will
enjoy eating with us.
Let The boys service your car while you eat.
Doug's Cafe & Station
Birthday Party
John Stanley Stewart of Brawley,
Calif, was honored with a birthday
party last Thursday in the home of
his Aunt Mrs. Odell Myers. Main-
games were played, and a contest of
pinning "the donkey's tail'' was
won by Tommy Cumbic. The gifts
were then opened and the children
all sang "Happy Birthday. ' Punch
and birthday cake were served b\
Inma Geyne Myers, and Una Vee
Stewart, to Dorothy Hudson, Sue
1 ell Blister, Jane Ann Compel!.
Ross Shadlc, Billy Max Campbell,
Joe Mike Stewart, Gary Reed My-
ers, Tommy Cumbic and the hon-
oree.
PUBLIC SALE or Sept -Irh at
o'clock the Rio Vista school build-
ing, a one room frame structure,"To
cated about 9 miles north of Swen-
son will be sold by the Swenson
School District to the highest bid-
der. Sale will be held on the south
j steps of the County Court House in
Aspermont.
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DEE'S
SHOE SHOP
Aspermont, Tens
quality shoe
Sec TreaS .in the place of Mr*. J.
R. Jones we regret losing Mrs. Jon-
es.
Those present were Mrs. Bill
Gray, Mrs. E. F. Jones, Mrs. W.
E Rogers, Mrs. Elvin Jones, Mi*
McBeth, Mrs. W. E. Driver, Mi*.
Joe Jones, Mrs. Lawson Hart, Mi*
E. Galloway, and Miss Shultz.
The next meeting will be Tues-
day, Aug. | 17 at the home of Mrs.
W. E. Rogers.
There will be a "Community get
together" at thc Johnson Chapel
School house Friday, Aug. 20 .There
will be games for all ages, refresfu
merits for sale. Every one is invited
to come. Start at 8:30 p. m. Come
and bring the children.
Reporter.
Texas Li';tstock and Poultry Worm And
Parasite ~ over
All We ask is a triaJ. Your money br&cK guar-
anteed if r completely satisfied.
Doctor your chickens and turkeys now. (hey
mean money to you, if properly cared for!
Kenady Drug
Rash & Peacock
GROCERY
MARKET
FEED
NOTICE We have quit candling eggs so
bring them in.
Post Toasties, large 2 boxes
27c
Grapefruit Juice, No. 2 can ;
2 for 25c
Pure Cane
SUGAR
10 lb Bag
67c
CHILI Wolf brand
large can
42c
Everything for your Canning
Pickles
quart
25c
Mayonaise Qt. Peggy Lady
35c
Winette
FLOUR
Print Bag
48 lbs
1.98
Red and White Coffee
lb
30c
Tomato Juice
13 1-3 oz can, 3 for 27c
When it is MEATS come to the Red and
White Market. Best Steaks in Town.
Our store is air conditioned so come and see us
SPUDS
Good No. Ones
10 lbs 39c
Red and White Flour 25 lbs
1.09
Binder Twine — Come and Get It
Remember that part of your money goes to
the boy in service if you spend it with us. We
have pledged our selves to buy War Bonds
each month.
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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/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.