The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1961 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. LXin—No. 46
OFF1C !AL PUBLICAt 101^tdR STONEWALL COUNTY
ASPERMONT, TONEW/^"«®€NW,r' TEXAS, THtTBSDAY ' JULY m
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$ HONORED—Albert F. Baugh received a ;254yea r pin last Friday, from C. E. Sitchler, chief of the
weather bureau in Abilene. Baugh was hoiiored for 25 years of v/eather observation in the Asper-
mont area. (Photo courtesy of Abilene Reporter-News)
HONORED FOR 25 YEARS
CONTINUANCE WEATHER OBSERVATION
$H-.i,we4ithai-- -observer
for 25 years was honored last
Friday in an informal ceremony
in the sheriffs office.
Albert F. Baugh, 66-year-old
justice of the peace was given a
pin, to mark his 25 years a
weather observer.
C. E. Sitchler, chief of the
Abilene weather bureau made
the special trip to Aspermont
and expressed his appreciation
for Baugh's "faithful" years of
service.
Baugh become official coop-
erative. weather observer here in
1936 when he succeeded another
longtime weatherman, John S.
Zane, now deceased.
Throughout the years he faith-
fully executes his duties as a
weather observer.
Every day he records tempera-
ture readings, measures rainfall
in this area and keeps especially
busy during tornado season.
Baugh, born No. 4, 1894. in
Coleman County, is no stranger
to Stonewall County citizens. He
was first elected justice of the
Aspermont Girls Get 155 Points for
Second; Frazier Takes First in 880
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The Aspermont girls came in
second in the West Central Tex-
as Junior Olympics last Friday
night at the ACC track in Abi-
lene.
David Frazier won 1st place
in the 880 with a time of 2:21.6.
The summaries in the girls'
events are: j
SENIOR GIRLS
High Jump—Tie betwen Judy
. Johnson and Donna Baker erf
Abilene.
Standing Broad Jump: 1. Mar-
gie Baugherty.
Running Broad Jump: 1. Glen-
Ada Frazier, 14-4; 3. Bilile Sue
Denham, 12-11 1-4.
Softball Throw: 4. Biliie Sue
Dunham, 108-6; 5. Margie
Daugherty, 100-10.
60-Yard Low Hurdles — 2.
Judy Johnson.
former Resident of
Stonewall County
Passes Away
Mrs. Rachel Annie Crawford,
former Stonewall County resi-
dent passed away at Borger,
Texas, July 13. 1
Mrs. Crawford was born July j
12, 1877. She passed away in th" j
Plains Hospital in Borger.
Burial was in the Highland
"^park Cemetery July 14.
She is survived by three child-
ren, F. M. Crawford, Hugoton,
Kansas. Mrs. J. N. Creech. Mid-
land and Mrs. A. Collard of Bor-
•fger. Two brothers, Sidney Tcrn-
pleton. Bangs, Texas and Jim
Templeton, Winters, Texas; two
sisters, Mrs. M. F. Chlidress, of
Peacock and Mrs. Elizabeth Ford
of Snyder. Four grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
75-Yard Dash: 3. Glenda Fra-
zier. fc!
330-Yard Relay. 2. Aspermont.
Time: 36.2.
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS
High Jump: 2. Carolyn Al-
sup, 4-5.
Runing Broad Jump: 1. Janice
Smith, 14-3 3-4.
50-Yard Low Hurdles: 3. Car-
olyn Alsup; 5. Marlene Kluting.
220-Yard Relay: 3. Aspermont.
JUNIOR GIRLS
Standing Broad Jump: 1.
Diana Criswell, 7-3Ms; Frances
Mrazek, 6-9, tied for place 4.
200-Yard Relay: 3. Aspermont.
Time: 29.1.
MIDGET GIRLS
Softball Throw: 2. Linda Win-
ter, 123-2Ms.
Standing Broad Jump: 1. Lin-
da Winter. 6-6 3-4. 4. Debbie Mc-
Coy, 5-6.
Other boys going besides Fra-
zier were Sam Rash, James Ray,
and Gary McNutt.
Coaches were Bill Teel and
Truman Sherrod.
Jameson Finishes
Courses at College
Burl Jameson, Vocational Ag-
ricultural instructor in the Asper-
mont schools has just finished a
six weeks course at Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers College at
Huntsville.
The courses were: Conservation
Human Natural Resources, Agri-
cultural Education Workshop,
and Guidance Counseling. .Tame-
son will have charge of the
counseling course at the schools
here, according to Superinten-
dent Huffman.
This will be the first year of
a organized course here.
Jameson has a Master of
Science Degree from Sam Hous-
ton State.
aeace^for Prec. k Jn-,J9SfL&nd
took office in 1959.
Moving to Aspermont, in 1903,
he married the former Alma
Webb of Alabama in 1916 and
has lived here since that time.
Until about four years ago.
he did not receive any compen-
sation for his services as a
weatherman. However, now dur-
ing tornado season (February to
August) he does receive a small
check from the Weather Bureau.
The other services are perform-
ed bcause he "enjoys it."
Baugh is active in Asper-
mont's First Methodist Church.
He is secretary of the church
and the official board. He has
been a longtime member of the
Methodist Church and is the
father of two daughters and
three sons. He has seven grand-
children.
One son, Jim, of Abilene is a
former weather announcer for
KRBC-TV, in Abilene.
Pep Squad Holds
First Meeting
The first meeting of the As-
permont Pep Squad was held
on Saturday, July 15 in the
home of Kaye Veazey. •
The club elected its officers
for the coming year. They are:
President — Paulette Hallford,
Vice-President—Sandra McDow-
ell, Secretary — Glenda Frazier,
Treasurer — Kaye Veazey, Re-
porter—Elizabeth McMeans.
During the meeting the club
discussed our uniforms for next
year. It was decided that we
would wear white bulky sweat-
ers with a Hornet emblem on
them, white stitched down
pleated skirts with red inserts
with white bobby soxs and red
shoes and white bows in our
hair.
The club also decided to sell
car stickers which reads "As-
permont Hornets".
Those attending the niceting
included; M a r 1 e n e Kluding.
Cheryl Kluting, Boa Cochan,
Janice Johnson, Joann Poore.
Elizabeth McMean-, Biliie Dun-
ham. Glenda Frazier, Brenda
Worthington. Ann Rimes. Donna
Brock, Barbara McDowell. Dovie
Nefltherlin. Ruthin Darden,
Frances Mra/.ok. Essie Prince,
Dianna Hill, and the hostess.
Singing Sunday
There will be singing in As-
permont at jthe First Baptist
Church, July 23rd at 2:30 P.M.
Every one invited.
Stonewall Pioneer
Observes 100 Birthday
Mrs. R. P. Morrow celebrated
her 100th birthday July 11 in
the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Dorris Avery, where she has
made her home for seven years.
Mrs. Leonard Graham of St.rawn,
Texas, also a daughter, and Mrs.
Avery suiiprised their mother
with a party. A beautiful cake
and ice cream were served to
many friends who came to wish
Mrs. Morrow a happy birthday.
Guests were Mr .and Mrs. Wig
Mar, Mr. and Mrs. Max Bullock,
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Gray, Mrs.
Cantreil, Dessa Cantrell, Mrs.
Newbery, Mrs. Gunner, Mrs.
Hall, Mrs. Kendal, Charley Cock-
ran.
PtKllB: $BN
The Little League Area 4 Play-
offs begin tonight (Thursday),
July 20 and run the 21 and 22.
Teams that are entered in this
years playoff are: Slaton, Cros-
byton Post, O'Donnell, Tahoka,
Lamesa and As£ermontLStone-
wall-Kent.
First game, Thursday at 5:00
Highway Patrol Investigate Only One
Accident on Highways in County
The Highway Patrol investi-
gated one accident on Rural
Highways in Stonewall County
during the month of June, ac-
cording to Sgt. Frank Jircik,
Highway Patrol Supervisor of
this area.
This wreck accounted for two
persons injured, and a property
damage of $1,650.00.
The Rural Traffic Accident
Summary for Stonewall County
during January through June of
1961 shows a total of 11 crashes.
As a result of these crashes there
were 5 persons injured and 1
person killed. The estimated
property damage amounted to
$9,000.00. This compares with
ther* first six- months-"of • HMJO'S'
total of 16 rural crashes injuring
8 people, and causing an esti-
mated property damage of $32,-
460.00.
The Sgt. advised that the sum-
mer Slow Down and Live cam-
paign emphasizes the need for
motorists to control their driv-
ing speed. Speed control is vital
to safety, because of the over-
crowded conditions of the high-
ways caused by thousands ;ind
thousans of vacation travelers,
most of whom are in a big hur-
ry, since vacation time is usually
all to short That hurry attitude
frequently steers them into
speeding violations — or, worse
than that, a serious accident—
even death itself!
Any automobile accident can
be serious, but those which in-
FIRE WARNINGS
The following has been issued
by Fire Chief Don Poe. that
everyone would know the mean-
ing of the siren blasts. One (1)
blast is for practice, three (3)
blasts is for fire. A series of
short blasts mean disaster.
volve slower moving vehicles are
less dangerous than those travel-
ing at high speeds which can so
easily get out of control. The
faster a car goes, the greater the
impact in the event of a colli-
sion. Escape from injury — or
death—is practically impossible
when a vehicle operating at ex-
cessively high speed meets up
with another car or some station-
ary object, such as a bridge
abutment. Even those cars with-
in posted legal speed limits oft-
en travel too fast to escape
serious results in case of an ac-
cident.
Throughout prior year acci-
dent staUAUci..always show that
more accidents occur in the last
six months of the year than in
the first six months. With this
thought in mind the Sg. cau-
tioned all motorists to exercise
due care while traveling on the
streets and highways* "Drive
unto other.- as you would have
them drive unto you," he said.
"If everyone would remember
that sped kills and that courtesy
prevents accidents, we could re-
verse the trend shown in prior
years for the last six months
of the year," the patrol super-
visor concluded.
P.M. will be Slaton vs. Crosby-
ton.
Second game at 7:00 P.M. will
be O'Donnell vs. Tahoka.
Third game will be Lamesa vs.
Aspermont - Stonewall - Kent at
9:00 P.M.
Post drew a Dye for the first
day.
Friday s games will start at
6:00 PM. and will be the winner
of Slaton or Crosbyton and will
meet Post.
Second game will begin at 8:00
and will be the winner of the
7:00 and 9:00 o'clock games
Thursday.
Saturday the winners and the
losers will play to determine
the 1st 2nd and third place
teams.
Home teams for Thursday are
Slaton, O'Donnell and Lamesa.
Toss of coin Friday and Satur-
day for Home Team.
The umpires for the games will
be out of Lubbock. These men
are paid and their expenses are
paid approximately- $35.00 per
night. Fifteen dollars per game
must be sent to Regional to car-
ry the World Series of Little
League. Approximately $375.00
will be the cost of the first
nights games, so everyone will
have to dig a little deeper in or-
der to meet these expenses.
The ball game that was played
the night of July 8, netted $249.-
88. $600.00 was needed to pay
for the stands.
Come on out and enjoy some
good baseball and help these
kids out. They have one of the
nicest ball parks in this part of
the state.
There will be live broadcast
over the radio station at Post of
the first games of all three days.
Frank Mrazek and Clay Feaigan
are managers for;, Aspermont-
Stonewall-Kent team.
Coach Resigns;
Goes to Inuut
Bob Jamison resigned as coach
of Aspermont High School this
week. He is" going to the Iraan
Schools in Pecos County.
Jamison spent four years at
Aspermont.
No successor ha? been appoint-
ed. Applications will be taken by
the school board.
County Judge Barnett Proclaims
July 23-29 As Farm Safety Week
Sunday School
Attendance
ASPERMONT
First Baptist
Central Baptist
First Methodist
Assembly of God
Peacock Baptist
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Proposed 5,500-Foot Rotary Staked;
Dry Hole South of Aspermont
Location for a proposed 5,500-
foot rotary project was staked
in the new two-well Bissett, East
(Strawn) Field 15 miles north
of Aspermont in Stonewall Coun-
ty.
The venture is George R.
Brown, et al, of Houston No. 1
W. R. Bisset, located on a 410-
acre lease.
Drillsite is 525 feet from the
north and 1.961 feet from the
west lines of Section 41, Block
F, H&TC Survey.
A Cisco Sand discovery well
completing 10 miles northeast of
Hamlin in southeast Stonewall
was continuing to make produc-
tion tests.
The Wildcat Cisites Service
Petroleum C.\> No 1 166 Swcn-
son. Section 1.66, I.IBB&C Survey.
On a late gauge it flowed 264
barrels of oil daily through a 24-
64-inch choke. It is producing
from perforations at 3,804-22
feet with the casing set at 3,897
feet.
A project drilled in the Mcn-
gle, East (Canyon Sand) Field
10 miles south of Aspermont
was plugged at 4.398 feet. The
dry hole was W. M. & A. P. Ful-
ler of Midland No. 1-A J. R.
Carson, Section 11, Arnold &
Barrett Survey.
Standard Oil C"o. of Texas No.
1-2 E H. Tankersley Jr., Section
48. Block 2, D&W Survey, was
completed as a Jud Sand dis-
covery well one mile northeast
of O'Brien in northwest Haskell
County.
Daily potential was 58 bar-
rels of 38 gravity oil. It is pump-
ing from two perforations per
foot at 4,911-16 feet.
Continental Oil Co, staked No.
8-A W. Z. Bettis in the O'Brien
(Strawn) Field five miles south-
east of O'Brien.
Having a proposed depth of
4.950 feel with rotary, it spots
660 fi et from the south and
lines of Lot 4. .1, Wilson Survey,
A-413.
A llikel County wildcat
drilled four miles west of Wein-
ert w> plucced at 5,127 feci It
w;i- B A Duffy of Abilene No,
1 Conor. Lot 27. .1. Wilson Sur-
vey.
Cities Service Petroleum Co.
staked No ,1-D Green in the
Hunsaker Strawn) Field five
miles northeast of Rotan in
Fisher County. The field pres-
ently has two wells.
Slated for 5,800 feet with ro-
tary. it spots 660 feet from the
south an dwest lines of Section
283. Block 2, H&TC Survey.
County Judge A. B. Barnett
has officially proclaimed Julv 23-
29, 1961, as "Farm Safety Week"
in Stonewall County, according
to Tom E, Hart, president, of the
local county Farm Bureau.
President. Kennedy and Gov-
ernor Daniel have previously de-
signated that week on national
and state levels as a period to
call attention to worthwhile
safety practices that can reduce
needless suffering and loss of
life.
The county farm leader said
that failure of rural people to
observe safety in their daily liv-
ing exacts a heavy toll in both
economic and physical suffering.
He stated that there is a dis-
abling accident every 32 seconds
and a death every 45 minutes to
farm residents over the nation.
In his official proclamation,
County Judge Barnett said: "The
economy of our county, state and
nation is greatly dependent upon
the continued well-being and
progress of our agricultural pop-
ulation. Accidents from farm
work cause needless suffering,
distress and loss of life each
year among our rural families.
"A vigorous farm accident-pro
vention education program will
be conducted during this week
by the Teras Farm and Ranch
Safety Council, the Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service and
the Stonewall County Farm
Bureau, the proclamation con
tinues.
The proclamation further
! urges al farm families to in-
I crease their vigilance against
i accidents and encouraged in-
j terested organizations and indi-
viduals to participate in this
. program.
j County Farm Bureau Presi-
i dent. Tom Hart, said that the
j theme of this year's observance
is "Safety Is a Family Affair".
He stated a different phase of
farm and home life would be
emphasized each day during the
! week: Sunday, reverence for
I life; Monday, safety begins at
| home: Tuesday. agricultural
' chemicals; Wednesday, prevent
j fills; Thursday, highway safety;
| Friday, farm machinery; and
Saturday, recreation safety.
The Stonewall County Farm
Bureau is cooperating with the
Texas Farm Bureau's Farm Safe-
ty Department in its efforts to
promote "Farm Safety Week"
! all across the state.
j County Farm Bureaus are be-
I coming increasingly active in
I safety work, E. H. Diers, Serv-
ice Agent, said. This includes
cooperating with the TFB Safety
Department to stage safe driv-
ng demonstrations in high
schools and by paricipatins in a
fire extinguisher oroiect, Under
this latter program, Farm Bur-
eau members can purchase 2Ms
pounds, drv chem'eql extinguish-
ers at a saving of $9.00 per unit.
Truette Hennig, County Agent,
pledges all 4-H'ers support not
only in Safety Week, but to try
to keep the home, farm and town
a safer place to live.
am left to right; Truette Hennig, County Agent, A. B. Bar-
nett, County Judge, signing Safety Week Proclamation, and Tom
Hart, Farm Bureau President
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Foil, Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1961, newspaper, July 20, 1961; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127644/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.