The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1952 Page: 1 of 6
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The Friendliest- City in the Friendliest State
VOL. LV—NO. 29
ASPERMONT. STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Eight New Wells Are Completed in County
does it "wan-
o the right ofj
nen you apply
□kes?
RES HAVE
\NTING.
F SECTION
OF RENTED
> FOR COT-
PUE LEASE
, BIG FORD
fERY REAS-
)U ARE IN-
ET-UP FOR
ERTIES
3NT, TEXAS
DUST
By YE-HOODI
Guess you know that the main
topic of "cussion" and discussion
these days is: When will we get
that rain? si
o—o
Vfrs out at Seminole and Mid-
land over the week end and a
guy showed me a piece in the
paper ,that might explain the
drouth we are having.
o—o
Said something about a high
pressure area existing in these
parts and that it would take a
high pressure to push this out
and give the rain clouds a
chance to open up.
o—o
Not being a "weather-ologist"
—can't say much about it.
*" o—o
I wUl say again—POLITICS is
,£i,;iing "to pick up.
■ ■ *—. i : o—o
^Hsive'you been' reading about
! . the tyr'n' of events since Mr.
Truman pulled a Coolidge ori the
I .folks'? •: "I
""o—o ..
" . One guy said he guessed he
•woud not vote a Republican
ticket now. i
- o—o
t was promised a write in vote
last Tuesday and didn't get it.
' Boy, did I' ever find out where
my friend stood.
o—o
Lions Club will meet next
Tuesday. All you Lions make
it a point to be there.
o—o
Well—as the fellow said when
they was taking him to the state
insane asylum—I must be off.
Give to the Red Cross!
Mr. and Mrs. Fprmby
Now at Snack Bar
. , Mr. .and Mrs. W. A. Formbv
are . announcing that they have
taken over the Snack Bar Cafe
from Mrs. J. II. BeemanV and
invite their many friends to drop
by and pay them a visit.
Thus popular.-eating place i$
located next door to the tjueejv
Theatre.
[ Th'e new: proprietors took over
Last'Saturday night and have
repented the interior of ,Uhc
, They state that bnVbecutt plates
•jnd.,.sanriwi(L,l 'i >j7..Yl,ill be .a .spec-
ialty f in addi^ap- to regular
!$}' lunches , and .short' orders,
j Give to--the 'Red Cross!
DINNERS' REPORT'._ a .1
' ' • U.S. •' -JDejpartment of Com -
merce, Bureau* of the Census
reports show that 6854 bales of
' ■ icfettoh were gin rifed in 'Stonewall
" County fi'bm the -crop of 1951
' a? compared with 6804 bales for
the crop of 1950. .
LAST RITES HELD TUESDAY
TOR GEORGE RILEY DANIELS
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday of this week for'
George Riley Daniels, 24, of Jay-
ton who was fatally injured in
an automobile accident last
Sunday morning about 4 o'clock.
Young Daniels, who was home
on a delay en route to a camp
in Washington, was said to have
been alone at the time of the
accident. Reports are that his
vehicle—a 1951 Mercury—and a
truck were in a collision about a
mile west of Swenson on U.S.
Highway 380.
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert J. Daniels, who
live a short distance from the
Kent-StonewalT counties line.
Stonewall County Sheriff War-
ren W. Frazier and Deputy
Sheriff Harry McAfee were
among the investigating officers.
It was thought that young
Daniels fell asleep at the steer-
ing wheel.
•'Final rites were were held in
Jayton Tuesday with Springer
County Gets Cost
Of Hiring Trapper
In last week's issue of The
Star, a letter was published
which had been received by the
Stonewall Commissioners' Court
from the Predatory Animal Con-
trol Department.
This letter was in answer to
one sent by the commissioners in
regards to the cost of hiring a
trapper for the county.
Omitted from last week's ar-
ticle was the cost of hiring a
trapper for Stonewall County.
The cost, as detailed in the
letter, is $350.00 per month. Of
this amount, the county must
bear two-thirds—not to exceed
$200,00. • *4
The Predatory Animal Control
agency agrees to bear all ex-
pense of supervision of the work
and to furnish the required
? equipment.
Give to the Red Cross!
MRS- BERT MULLEN TO
OPEN I^EATHERCRA FT WORK
Announcement is being made
t.. the effect that a class^n lenth
ei craft work will be started on
Tuesday. April 8, at 2:45 p.m.
This class, to be conducted by
Mrs.' Bert Mullen, is to be held
ii,i the home economics room at
the high .school.
Mrs. Mullen states that those
interested in other forms of
handiwork are welcome to at-
tend, also. •.
■ Give to the Red Cross.!
i
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Welch
and daughter, Sharon Alice,
spent last week-end in Seminole
with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Reddell
and family.
Funeral Home of Aspermont in
charge of arrangements. Inter-
ment was in the Jayton ceme-
tery. Pallbearers were Robert
Haines, Floy Cagle, Dan Met-
calf, James Boatright, J. A.
Kidd and A. J. Kidd.
Survivors include his parents;
two sisters, Mrs. Billy Derden of
Gatesvile and Mrs. Graeie Witch-
of Seminole; two brothers, Bert
Wayne Daniels and Keith Dalton
Daniels, both of Jayton.
Give to the Red Cross!
City Election Sees
Few Votes Cast
As was predicted, only a
handful of voters cast their bal-
lots in the city election held on
Tuesday of this week.
Only the names of the incum-
bents- Mayor Ralph Riddel and
Alderrnen 'E. M. t.insley and
Wayne McMeans appeared on
the ball'it, j>ut several write-in
candidates received votes.
Unofficial returns gave Mayor
Riddel 83 votes; E. N. Linsley
and McMeans each received 82
votes. /. ft ^jjj
Write-ins for aldermen, all of
whom got one vote each, were
Milion Gardner, Clifton Gardner,
Jack Dillon, A. L. Lawrence
rsnd B. F. Lackey. Mack Myers
got four write-in votes for mayor
and Tom Hill got one write-in
vote for mayor.
D. A .McAfee served as elec-
tion judge and Mrs. Bess Forgas
and Mrs. H. H. Shadle were
clerks.
Give
T. A.
list this
to the' Red Cross!
is on the sick
Ellison
week.
MOBILE C
'M ?i)ESfWa to T« A
B WOAM fUMUMiY HOI
JUBBONIA, ARK.—Their homes tnong more than 2,000 Arkansas and
ISfggourl home* destroyed or damaged by March tornadoes, these men,
tbouuindi of storm victim*, turn to the Red Crow for help. After
emergency needs for food, clothing, medical care and shelter ure met,
t|M CroM workers will stay on the Job until rehabilitation neccU of more
"am 1,600 families registered for help in these two states are determined.
Bued on need, Red Cross will assist In repairing and rebuilding home*
M>d DTortdlng furniture. Of the nearly &Q0 pewoni hospitalized by tor-
natfo Injuries, many will need Red Cross help with medical bills. All this
jw cttw help, expected to run Into millions, is a gift given toy the
jSSpl* through the Red Cross fund campaign.
Give to the Red Cross!
Loan Association
Seeks Changes in
Election Rules
T. O. SoRelle. a director of the
Stonewall-Kent National Farm
Loan Association and a delegate
from the Association along with
the Secretary-Treasurer, Em
Wright, attended the annual
stockholders' meeting in Hous-
ton on February 20th and 21st,
and Mr. SoRelle can report that
the Federal Land Bank of Hous-
ton ;bas enjdyedlta- most success-
ful year in'' 1951 •in accordance
with: the reports as submitted
at this meeting. He would also
like to point out that the Federal
.Land.Bank of Houston has made
29 per cent of all long term
farm mortgage loans in Texas
for the year of 1951.
He further advises that the
stockholders went on record to
ask for certain changes in the
Federal and State laws concern-
ing various phases of its opera-
tions as follows.
Resolutions were unanimously
adopted giving support to legis-
lation providing a twelve man,
part time Farm Credit board to
be appointed for staggering six-
year terms of office for the pur
pose of supervising and regulat-
ing the Farm Credit System,
with one member to be selected
from each of the 12 land bank
districts in the United States.
The effect of such a change
would be to replace the present
.supervising authority . who is an
Vppdillteo of the President of the
United States.
The stockholders also unani-
mously agreed to support legis
lation that would provide for a
separate board of directors of
each Federal land bank. Such
board woiJM consist of five men,
all to be elected by the lo-
cally owned and operated na-
tional farm loan associations who,
in turn, own all of the capital
stock of the respective Federal
land banks.
The present members of the
I Five Locations
I Staked in Area
New wells completed in Stone-
wall County this week totaled
eight.
Five new locations—including
two wildcats—were staked.
Two failures in the county
have been abandoned.
New oiler for the Boyd Con-
glomerate Field, five miles
northeast of Aspermont, is the
Skelly Oil Company No. 5
C E. Boyd in Section 47, Block
D of the H. and ,T- C. Survey.
A four-hour .potential test was
taken and No. 5 Boyd flowed
129.72 barrels of 41.2 gravity oil.
Completion was on a 3-4ths inch
choke with packer set on the
casing and 150 pounds of flow-
ing pressure on the tubing with
production from 100 perforations
at 6063-88 feet. Operator set
casing at (5095 feet. Total depth
was 6107 feet. plug«od back to
(ii06 feet. No. 5 Boyd had a
;,ris-:>il ratio of 760 to 1.
No. 1 A Boyd Completing
In that same fi<-!d. Seaboard
Oil C.'omoanv of Delaware No.
! - A E. Boyd, in Section 47
of Block D. H. and T. Survey,
i:- completing.
It has been swabbing two
barrels of oil per hour from 84
perforations at 6007-26 feet,
Casing is set. at 6029 feet, total
depth.
Seven mdes south of Asper-
mont in the Frankirk Ellen-
burger Field, Phillips Petroleum
Company No. 4 Stonewall (E. J.
Cox) in Section 18 of Block U in
T. and P. Survey, has been po-
tentiated.
During 24 hours the well
gauged 117.92 barrels of 40,8
gravity oil, flowing through a
14-64ths inch choke with packer
on the casing and 210 pounds
on the tubing. It is producing
from an open hole at 6051-93
feet with the pay section topped
at 6058 feet. Having a gas-oil
ratio of 282 to I, the well has
been treated with 2000 gallons
i:f acid.
Flowers Field Gets Oiler
Flowers Canyon Sand Field,
five miles southeast of Asper-
mont. gained a new oiler with
tin completion of Skelly Oil
Company No. 3-B Dalbv in
Section 53 of Block D in the II
and T. Survey.
No. 3-B Dalbv on a five hour
potential Gauged 111.36 barrels
••if 41.6 gravity oil, flowing
tr.rouf.
packer
pound;
tubing.
h a
on
of
It
ne-inch choke
See ASSOCIATION, back page
with
the casing and 25
pressure on the
is producing, from
36 perl'orati ins at 42«6 12 to
4302 112 feet with the easing set
at 4355' fecit. The hole was
drilled to a total depth of 4366
feet and plugged back to 4358
feqt. Gas-oil ratio was 580 to 1.
Completed as a small-pumping
well in the Old Glory
Field, seven miles north of Old
Glory, was Skelly Oil Company
N \ 4 Clove Hamilton, in the
K. Holder Survey.
Daily potential was 6.38 bar-
rels of 40.9 gravity oil, pumping
from 42 perforations at 4891-4912
feet. With the casing set at
49)2 feet, total depth was 5925
feet, plugged back to 5922 feet.
Katz Field, located in the
northeastern port of the coun-
ty, chalked up four oilers.
Completed for a daily poten-
tial of 422.4 barrels of 40
gravity oil was Sid Katz of San
Antonio No. 8 Herbert Lorcntzen
et al, in T. and N. O. Survey
12. located 13 miles west of
O'Brien.
Oil flowed throuch a 20-61ths
inch choke with 260 pounds on
the casing and 190 pounds tub-
ing pressure from . 32' perfora-
tions at 4962-66 feet. Casinir
was set, at 5014 f>*et while total
depth was 5025 feet, plugged
back to 4981 feet. No. 8 I.o-
RED CROSS FUND
IS
BACK
Hirold S. Kenady, Stonewall
County chapter chairman, states
that the Red Cross drive is
far behind in reaching the quo- 1
ta, which has been set at $1156. !
Mr. Kenady states that national !
headquarters have upped the lo- i
cal quota by $80.00 in order to ,
meet the disaster in Tennessee, |
Missouri and Arkansas. which I
v. as caused by tornadic winds, j
Mr. Kenady states that local ]
Boy Scouts will conduct a "Porch j raised by $80 in order
the emergency in the
in Aspermont on
April 7, from 7
Lawson Hart Out
For Commissioner
The Aspermont
authorized to anra
didacy of Lawson
office of County
Star has been
ninco the can-
Hart for the
Commissioner
b!' Protract No. 4.
Mr. Hart states that he
was born and raised in Stone-
wall County and has lived in
Precinct t most of his lite. He
is- now engaged in farming and
cattle raising.
Mr. Hart further states that
h" has had a number of year's
experience in using heavy equip-
ment and in the work of road
building.
Give to the Red Cross!
CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS
The Christian Church has
services each Lord's Day at 3
p.m. We observe the Lord's
Supper followed with preaching.
Acts 20:7. Our message from
God's Word this Lord's Day will
be "The Lord's Supper". Our
text: 1 Corinthians 11:23-30.
You are cordially invited b>
attend our service and worship
with us. C. C. Donovan: minis-
Light Parade"
Monday night,
to 9 o'clock.
All who have not contributed
to the drive are asked to turn
their porch lights on the ap-
pointed hour in order that the
Scouts may have an oppor-
tunity to call on all prospective
contributors.
The county's quota was origi-
nally set at $1156 and was latei
to meet
stricken
states.
Thus far, only $390.69 has been
received- toward the drive, and
much work is vet to be: done.
If you have not been contacted
and would like to have a hand
in this work, you may contact
.ive
to the Red Cross!
Featherston
■ : n. and Wiehit:
his doctors. Wc
week.
h choke
:ng and
j.erf.
with par
HI pound
It is proi
rations at
Fa I
•r on
the
s of tubing
lucing from
51.il)-34 and
rcntzen
a gas, oil ratio of
had
jSft to 1.
Seven miles northwest of
O'Brien in the field. Texas Pa-
cific Coal and Oil Company of
Fort Wn -th No 9-51 Juliana Me
Giwor B in the G. Francis Sur-
vey 40 was completed for a daily
ootentiai of 6fi barrels of 39
gravity oil.
Completion was on a I6-Mths
5!3fi 50 feet with 'the easing set:
at 5205 feet. Total depth was
5210 feet, plugged back to 5162
feet. Ratio , of. the gas-oil was
320 to L •• „
Another Katz Field producer1
is .Deep Rock Oil Corporation
of Tulsa No, 5-D C. R. Long in
the J. G. Eustis Survey 2, lo-
cated 16 miles west of O'Brien.
No. 5-D Long on a 24 hour
potential test gauged 131.93 bar-
rel.' of 35.4 gravity oil, flowing
through a 12-64ths inch choke
with packer set on the casing
and 20 pounds of tubing pressure.
It is producing oil from 80 per-
forations at 5094-5114 feet. Op
orator set casing at 5105 feet
and total depth was 5166 feet.
Ratio of the gas-oil was 254 to 1.
No. 2 Underwood Potentialed
Fight miles west of O'Brien,
Sid Katz No. 2 R. H. Underwood
m the R. Campbell Survey 50,
was notentialed for a daily flow
r>f 118.96 barrels of 37.5 gravity
oil.
No. 2 Underwood was com-
pleted on a l(5-64ths inch choke
yilh 190 pounds of'pressure on
the casing and 85 pounds of tub-
ing pressure, 1! is producing
l'-om 64 perforations at 3096-
-•104 feet. Operator set casing
at a total depth of 5167 feet.
| plugged back to 5134 feet. Gas-
! oil ratio was 251 to 1.
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
i" nv is to drill the No. I A. W.
McCoy as a wildcat eight miles
n •rtheast of Aspermont. Slated
for 6600 feet with rotary, site is
660 feet from the north and
east lines of the northeast quar-
See OIL NEWS on back
P*K*
Goodly Attendance
Aj- Peacock Session
if the
and''
su-
Rev. W. T. Teel, pastor
Peat:ock -Baptist Church
Associations! Sunday school
perintendent, reports that a good-
ly number was in attendance a I
the association.-!! meeting held in
the Peacock church last Sunday
afternoon.
Andrew Q. Allen, state Sunday
school secretary, was present
and spoke to the gathering. The
subject of tho meeting was:
"Improvement of Teaching".
Jack Taylor, ministerial stu-
dent from Hardin-Simmons Uni
versity of Abilene and Mr.
Martin, who supplied at Swenson.
were also in attendance. All
churches of the association were
represented.
The First Baptist _ Church of
Aspermont received the,1 banner
ycur community chairman or
leave your contrbution with Mr.
Kenady at the post office, LowelL
Welch at the Star office. Mrs.
Raymond Hoy is in charge of the
drive at Swenson. Other workers
arc Mrs. Ly/tn Flowers and Her-
b: rt Rinn at Old Glory', Supt.
W. C. Robinson and Bill Teel at
Peacock.
Give lo the Red Cress!
School Trustees
To Be Decided
in
of
o r the largest attendance.
Javton won the banner fo
lf.rgeyt percentage Si
: ehool - members present:
Attend church Sunday.
ana
• the
ndav
Saturday, April 5. voters
the various school districts
.Stonewall County will go to the
polls and elect trustees, for the
t nsuing year
Aspermont district voters 'Wi-Il
have the names of Lahis Mc-
Means, IlerronAsF'Jbwers'' and:«Gte-
eit Meador, on then' ballot.
Lowell Robertson, 'Leslie Ro-
ger< nn$ Bill CraftV'. jjam
i a-'Pc* on Peat%o"k
Drucsedow and Herbert Vahlen-
j kamp are on the Old Glo.-v
I ballot "and Thomas Matthews
I Matthews' and Ward Gardner
are listed on the ballot for the
e unty board.
Give to the Red Cross!
IOCAL STUDENTS ENTER
ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST
Representing Aspermont High
School in the one-act play con
test, four students from tho
junior class went lo Hawley
last Thursday evening and pre-
sented their play, "The Blue
Teapot".
Hawley placed first in the
tonlest, Aspermont second and
South Taylor third.
Ralph Griffith was selected
as the best actor of the entire
group Shiflev Metcalf was
e'losen ; •- second place winner
among tho girls. Mrs. John P.
Ward was their sponsor.—Zellre
F.'lis in. repo'i'ter.
OUR DEMOCRACY
-•by Mai
FREEDOM of GROWTH
WMEfteveR. OPPORTUNITY BECKONS, AMERICANS ARC FUSE
TO GO. SO OUR. PI ON tE ItS, IN SEAR.CH OF WHAT
BETTER. FORTUNE THC-V HOPED TO GAIN , FOUND WEALTH
IN THE WILDERNESS- COAL AND SOLD AND OIL AND
NEW LAND TO TILL.
it
To PAY, AS NEW INPUSTRIES OR AREAS OF ACTIVITV DEVELOP
WITHIN OUR BORDERS, PEOPLE ARE ON THE WOVE AGAIN,
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
FReEPOM OF OPPORTUNITY
AND
PKEEOOM OF MOVe WENT
THAT ARC THE HALLMARKS OF OMt OCMOCtACY.
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