The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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The Aspermont Star
Volume 51 Number 29
Aspcnmont, S'onowall Co., Texas, Thursday,
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Not the Biggest but One of the Best Weekly Papers in Texas
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W<: are in receipt ul ;i letter
written by H. A. 1 Janice of D n
ver, Colo, to membcrs of the Con-
g i i-s, stating his views on recent
legislation regarding tlie margarine
tax.
He rays, among other things that'
there is "no place for such slavish
favoritism as has been shol/n the
monopolistic 'Dairy Trust" by the
Commi'lee on Agriculture. It is
improbable that this action is rep-
resentative of public opinion. It is
time corrective measures
were taken to prevent future occur-
ences of 'rape on freedom and free
enterprise in America."
County Schools to Holi
Trustee Election April 3
DAMSEL IN DIS-
TRESS JTJKIOE
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TONIGHT
On April third the schools of
Stonewall County will have their
annual trustee elections, Thomas A.
At Aspermont three trustees
to Iv elected. 'J he time of R.
Mahn, T. Houston Ward and
arc
il .
Moore, County Sup.t. said this week, j M. Hickman, Jr' expires this year
In the Peacock district two- trus
tees arc to be elected this yea;
Those whose times expire are
Earl Miller and C. W. Simmons.
Other members of the board of trus-
tees arc Bill Craft, Tom Matthews,
Wade Smith, Lynn Schafcr, and
Leslie Rogers.
We have always heard that good
things comes in pairs. Sheriff H.
O, Hawkins says he believes it ex-
• cept visa versa. Last week lie was
brought down with the mum'phs in
one jaw. A few days later we
saw him and he was feeling good
and glad to be on the go again.
That night he came down with the
mumphc in the other jaw.
M
rs.
Hawkins says he was almost as glad
to sec this,new attack as she was.
Canada has her quintuplets, but
they have nothing on Aspermont—
•quints were born in Aspermont not
long ago.
The' grand event happened irf
Bryan Goodloe's room in Hotel
Stonewall. Bryan tried to get the
mother to go to the Mancille Clin-
ic, but she refused to budge.
She has been staying in the
Springer Appliance Co. building,
but all of a sudden she moved to
Hotel Stonewall — and the next
morning the Aspermont cat popu-
lation was increased by five.
MARR CLOSE OUT
SALE IS STILL
IN FULL SWING
The big removal sale at the
Raymond Mart* Home ;Ind Auto
Store is still going _ strong, Mr.
Marr said Tuesday.
The Sale started last Thursday.
Marr is trying to sell out his
home supplies, because he "plans to
move soon to a riew building, and
go out of the home supply business.
He is. erecting a store JjuiJding
on the east- side of the square that
will house his G. I. Case business,
and is making plans now toward
that end.
He said "We have sold a lot of
stuff the past few 'days, hut wrj
still have a lot left, and all priced
to save the customer plenty of
money.
If you would like to sec some
true work of art, just go around
some time and see the beautiful
drawings that Jimmy
done.
Park, Calif, writes: You will find
inclosed five dollars to renew my
subscription to the Star for two
years. It is just like getting a let-
ter from home. We Rave just cele-
brated my 75th birthday. There
were sixty guests here. We had a
wonderful time.
We have lived in Calif'. 25 years
Myers has j and this was the col'dest winter we
! have seen. Wc see some si sens of
an amateur observer, but lie recently
won a $25 prize on a drawing by
competent judges. How is that?
We say they are work of art, as j spring the last few days. We are
all well and happy, Have escaped
the flu so far.
From an old timer,
J. A. Whittcn, 3012 Hope St.,
, . Huntington Park, Calif.
Its funny how news gets around.
Recently editor Stricklin of the I R.((|io statjon KGNC, Amarillo
Brownficld Herald made mention of | ^ 71() kiIocyclcS( carrics a
our tall tale about the Skunk episode j prQgram ^ morninK at 8:1.5, on
and then asked ' Are you still in t) ^ Kcn(.ra] ncwSj and
the dog house, or has the Mrs. let
Other members of the board are
Wayman Smith, A L. Lawrence,
George Bradshaw and Hilton Hud-
speth.
At Old Glory two trustees arc
to be elected for the places now
held by Clyde Grice and J. F.
Newman. Other trustees are Carl
Druesedow, Willie Baitz, Louis
Spitzcr, Benno Erdman and Allen.
Davis.
At Wright one trustee will be
elected for the place now occupied
by Ernest Counts. Two other trus-
tees are Odis Sparks an'd J. L. Mc
Arthu r.
Anyone wishing his name to be
printed on the ballot may f'ile his
name with the County Judge at
least 10 days before the election.
If friends wish to place a name on
the ballot, it may be done so by
getting five persons to sign, a petit-,
ion and file it with the County
Judge at least five days before the
election.
ART CLUB° HAS
CLASS SAT. P. M.
The Aspermont Junior Class is
to present a three' act comedy in
the auditorium tonight, Thursday,
under the direction of Mrs. Bert
Mullen and T. C. Clark.
i he narfle of the play is Damsel
in Distress.
'I he .Admission price is 20c and
85 c.
I he cast of pla.j,'i>s includes T)e-
weylcne Harper, Berta Mae Boyd.
June Pittcock, Mary Martin, M.au
n'ae Freeman, Ned Ward, Doris
M arie Massey, Clyde Trammel, Aa-
ron Ellison, James Kolb, and Pat
Anderson.
IjoutU Gettt&i Pms/mm
Vesiy Pofudab
The American Legion Youth ■ Heald.
Center is proving to be very popu- j The initial canteen was held a
Jar. It is in operation' each Friday week previous, with Mr. and Mrs.
night. Last Friday the hosts and
hostesses were Mr. and Mrs. Allic
Foster and Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
STUDENTS HEAR
PLAY AT HSU
TUESDAY NIGHT
TRACK TEAM TO
ENTER DIST RACES
AT TUSCOLA
An attractive arrangement of hy- !
acinth and plum blossoms in a cor-
nucopia against a black background
was the study for the Art Class on
Saturday afternoon. Thanks to Mrs
W. W. Douglass for these flowers.
Several pictures were exhibited
for discussion.
1 he Metropolitan Opera Co.
which will present five operas in
Dallas April 8 to 10 is already en_
gaged on its most extensive tour
in many years, reaching to the pa-
cific coast.
Tlv Dallas operas are "Un Bollo
in Maschero" on April 8, "Manon''
April 9, "La Travista" April 10,
Afternoon and "Cavalleria Rustic-
ana" and Pagliacci'' April 10 at
night.
The box office is at 20G S Ervay
in Dallas.
On 'Fuesday evening a number
of high school student's accompanied
by their sponsor Mrs. John P.
Ward went to Abilene where they
attended the performance of the IF
S. U. Players Club when they pre-
sented Robert Nail's BLACK is
The Color.
I hose who attended were Lon
Ward, George Cullum, Jamie War-
ner, Darwyn Metcalf, I. IC. Smith
Dewitt Ellison, Johnny Hahn,
Bronc Hawkins, Dick H.trt, J.
Payne, Ward Kolb, Johnnie Pitt-
cock, Charlie Moore, Clyde Nor-
ris, James Kolb, Billie Ray Air-
man, Truman Shcrrod, Ned Ward,
Clyde Trammel, J. M. Hickman III
Oscar Dickerson, Mike Mittchell,
Louis Hampton, and l'riss Ward,
^Dorothy Nan Hays, Belva Mc-
Afee, Doris Adams, Elizabeth Gard-
ner, Mary Jane Rodriqucz, Ida
Marr Baldwin, Nancy Good rum,
Shirley Guesy Ann McAulcy, Fay
Smith, MaudElla Boyles, Sonya
McAfee, Anna Hall, Jessie Mc-
Daniel, Camilla Smith, Wanda
Hine, Theresa Herrera, Gwendolyn
Lawrence, Cecelia Rodriquez, I )e_
weylene Harper, June Pittcock,
Peggy Mul I is, Nolly Freeman, Peg-
gy Childress, Berta Ma*" Boyd,
Doris Roddy, and Janice Perry.
Aspermont high school has a I—
:rady started working out on their
track races, and the prospects are
that we will have an average, good:
team this year.
Our senior and junfor teams will
go to Tuscola April 2 and 3 to en-
ter the district meet"
There is to be no County play
off th is year.
o—
TO HOLD SCHOOL
TAX ELECTION AT
PEACOCK APRIL 10
Harold' S. Kenady and Mr. and
M rs. Em Wright as sponsors.
'1 een agers registered, and the
register shows there were 84 in at-
tendance.
Games of ping-pong, dominos, and
dancing were enjoyed by the boys
and' the girls.
Refreshments of cookies and pota-
to chips were served and all kinds
of soda pop sold to the kids.
They were there from 7:30 to
10:30.
'Fhe kids were well behaved and
the idea of youth center is very
nice for the town, in the opinion
of most observers.
Each week the canteen is spon-
sored by two married couples.
Mr.
an<
Mrs. John P. Ward
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
James G. Ward' of Abilene spent
last week end in Durant, Okla.
Tax payers of the Peacock school
district: have filed with the county
judge a petition asking for an el-
ection to be held in that district to
determine whether or not their tax
rate shall be raised.
The election has been called for
the 10th day of April. It will be
held at the school house.
The issue is to raise the maximum
School tax .ate from $1 to $1.50 as
SPRINGER NOW
TAKING ORDERS
FOR SEED PEANUTS
the Aspermont 'district
days ago.
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TO PLAY BASE
BALL WITH OLD
GLORY THURSDAY
Now that Spring is supposed to
be here, it will soon be goober
planting time.
And if you are a goober farmer
you will be interested in an adver-
tisement in tin's issue of the paper
from N. E. Springer to the effect
that he is now booking orders for
seed peanuts.
Better sec Peek and place yqur
order. And in case you can't find
him just look up Bryan Goodloe,
the Goober King.
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CITY EXTENDING
WATER AND SEWER
MAIN LINES
The Aspermont High School
baseball team will play host to the
Old Glory team here Thursday af- | t|lc City waterworks.0
teinoon at two o'clock. | Water lines not: now in use be—
Workmen have been busy the
past few days making extensions to
The season has not opened yet.
I ins will be | a practice game.
'i he public is invited by Coach
'1 . C. Clark to come out and sec
the boys play.
you move back in the house?
And then Doc. Mancille was
quizing us the other day about an-
other matter, and he said "Boy, are
you in the dog house?*'
Well, we've got it all settled
now. We have resided in 1mdo's
place of abode so often that we fin-
ally took the saw and hammer and
made two doors, an'd now when
we enter one in a hurry, we go
right out at the other.
Congressman Mahon
Opposes "Civil Rights"
The first test vote of the ses- most solidly and we were able | is local in character and should
end each program with a boquet to
some town or community.
On March 17 Aspermont rec-
eived this boquet.
thc^script','from',!>whid!* wc co°py the' s ion on the so-called civil nghts to win sufficient Republican not be 'handled by Washington
following: |question came in the Ho,use of support defeat the Marcan-
That's the news the world ar- Representatives last week. This tonio amendment.
ound. And now its time^ for our j question has provoked more hot1
bouqet. From the s'
tween town and the lake have been
dug up, and are being placed' fin
badly needed places in town.
Also the sewer line is being cxten
ded in the north part of town.
The total cost of the -srojcct will
mn approximately $3500.00.
HOSPITAL NOTES
words than
issue.
If you would like to have a batch
tall towers
at the KGNC transmitter, wc toss
a bright bunch of flowers this
miorning in the general direction of
Stonewall County . . and direct
many of them especially to the
fresh fish, we can tell you how j fine people of Aspermont, Texas.
We have it on good ; Our bouquet goes to Aspermont
this morning fbr a reason which
is w 1| explained in an editorial gatibn o
which recently appeared in the certain
Dall as News.
Savs the ed'itoria
( ongressman
The so called civil rights pro-
any recent political gram includes proposals for the
passage of Federal antipoll tax
Keeft of Wis- and anti lynching legislation
Mr. and Mrs. 11. M. Weaver,
of Swenson are the parents of twin
boys born March 1.2th in the As-
permont hospital, named .Freddie
Doyle and Eddie Loyl. The latter
was a ctiil birth. Rites were held
and colored on railroad trains,
I take the position of those who
say that the federal government
cousin had succeeded in placing phis a so called J<EP( law and i^ag RO ^o interfere with
Paul
to get them.
word, that Gus Smith and
Gardner have gone fishing, and
of course will catch plenty. Ray-
mond Marr says just get a tub of
chipped ice and be at Gus' house-
about four o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Hr makes this qualification,
that there might have to be a mir-
acle like the one in the bible where
the multitude had a feast on the
small fjshes and the few loaves.
The Hamlin Hatchery has a
very nifty letter head.
It is a two color joh, and in each
corner at the top is a red baby
chick, and on the win* of each is
a name. One is called Pat, and the
other Mike. I guea, the Stork
brought them.
J. A, Whitten of Huntington
i
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rider on an appropriation hfll legislation wh'ch would, prohib-
at a subcommittee meeting ■ ',p screga- .on of whites and
which would prevent the segre- colored in interstate travel, and
f whites and colored in eventually in the schools. In
vocational schools and- previous years we have been
hospitals. When the full com- fronted with parts of this
(Dallas News|mittce 0n appropriations met Program and by voice and vote
to give
measure,
final anm-oval to the ' have always opposed at and I
I joined with other'^m continuing my active oppo-
on tlhe committee K,tion.
Editorial, as reprinted in Asper-
mont Star of Phursday, March 11
quoted in entirety here.)
Y-s, as the Dallas Newt editor- ( Demacnts
points out Aspermont in tni effort to strike out t,ho ) j niaintaih that a federal an-
thonpht she cr-i'ld do it. and 'lid obnoxious language from the tipoll tax law would be uncon-
Tr the coura:ecus, patriotic, f ■ : ■. hill. We were aWe tio get enough j stitutionai becauae Art. 1, of
I-"; ; people if ' spermont in St .r.i - Republican votes to win the mo-
well County, Texas .... our ver- j f-jon ;,m| amend tho bill-
hal bouquet and our sincere con
rat ulations.
George Young reporting. Good
morning, all. ....
Mr. and Mm. F. M. P?rrv and
drls spent Sunday at Merle el with
their daughter Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Cochran. They reported an en-
joyable day.
the U S Constitution provides
that the states, not The Feder-
The next contest oime on the al Government, shall fix the
Pixir of the TTouse. Congres man qualifications of voters. The poll
Marcantoniio of New York of-
fered a motion to restore tfhe
language which we 'had been
successful in strldng from the
bill in Committee. Democrats
voted against tlhe motion al-
trx and substitute system of
registration, but the U. S. Con.
press ihas no a«thor?(ty to indi-
rectly amend the Texas consti-
tution
Lynching to ft crime nftich
authorities but by local and
State officials. As tx> the FEPC
and proposals to prcvcntl. .
die segregation, of the whites' t1c ncxt <,ay- '
Margaret Pec, (laughter of Mr.
and Mrs. j. P>. L.ee of Johnson
Chapel comunity was a medical pa-
tient at. the hospital.
Mrs. M. E. Heald was a sur-
gery patient at the hospital this
week.
Fred Graham, a surgery patienf.
N. E. Springer in the hospital
for medical treatment.
Ronnie Carl Dickerson son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dickerson <•'
Peacock, treated for pneumonia.
Jackie Don Parker son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Parker of Peacock
patient.
Mr. and Mis. Cleofax Ramon
arc 'he proud parents of a 9 lb, 2
ounce (.laughter, Gloria Pus bom
at the Hospital the 24th
regard, and thai our system for
local laws and customs in this
segregation of the races is nec-
essary and in the best interest
of both races.
But many northern Demo-
crats and many Republicans are
loudly advocating the so-called
civil rights program jn an effort
to get the negro and minority
votes Jin the doubtful states of
the No.rtfh and East.
The Republicans have a m a -
jority in both the House and
fihe Senate. Therefore, the only
chance to~stop oh is program h
through a non-partisan fipfht
against it by both Democrats
and Republicans such as proved
successful in our effort to elim-
inate the ao-called civil right*
rider from the appropriation
mi ~
Mrs. G. T. Sparks and Mr*.
Lawrence Sparks and children* and
James Snarks of Rotan visited Mrs
C. R. Hudson Friday.
Watch for
Ladies Ball
Apil first, at the
house.
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Richards, Afton E. & Bass, Harvey L. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1948, newspaper, March 25, 1948; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127233/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.