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THE ASPERMONT STAR
Vol. LXVIII No. 20
Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, 79502
Thursday January 13, 1966
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Business Population in Stonewall
County Up Two Per Cent Over 1965
Today, Mr. A. .T. Hemphill, dis-
trict manager of the Fort Worth
(flice of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc..
Enounced statements requests
were mailed to 58 businesses in
Stonewall Coun'y. He said figures
obtained from a physical count oi
^fie Dun & Brads'reet Reference
Book for January, 1966 total 58
manufacturers, wholesalers, and |
retailors in this area as eomnared i
with 57 in January, 1965—an in- I
crease of 2 percent for 'he period. |
Mr, Hemphill noted that each |
January business concerns in all
parts of the United States are
asked by Dun & Bradstreet for
copies of their financial sta'e-
ments. This year requests are
being sent to nearly three million
business concerns—to the corner
grocery store, worth a few thous-
and dollars, as well as to busi-
nesses worth millions.
The Dun & Bradstreet Refer-
ence Book lists those manufactur-
ers, wholesalers, and retailets
who seek or grant commercial
credit, but it does not include
ome of the service and profes-
nnal businesses, such as beauty
Mid barber shops, security deal-
ers and real estate brokers. There-
rore, the figures for total business
•'n tile United States would be
higher than the three million j
quoted above.
During the past year, Hemphill
•''dried, 6 changes were made in
the Dun & Bradstreet Reference
Book listings of Stonewall County
businesses, including 2 names add-
ed. 2 names deleted, and 2
changes in the ratings of continu-
Funeral Held
Saturday for
Mrs. Berry
Mrs. Catherine Berry, 88, died
at 3:25 a.m. Friday in a Rotan
nursing home following a lengthy
illness.
Funeral was heal at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday in First Baptist Church
with the Rev, Clyde Cook, pastor
officiating. Burial was in Brazos
Valley Cemetery with Littlepage
Funeral Home in charge.
Born Jan. 20, 1877, in Hayes
County, she came to Stonewall
Census Being
Taken by School
Census of all scholastics bet-
ween the ages of six and eighteen
are being taken now.
Those six years old registered
thus far in the census in Asper-
School Receives Grant
Wildcat, Field
Project Announced
For County
it A new wildcat and a field pro-
ject have been announced for
The wildcat was staked six
:ng busineses. The changes occurr- i County about 70 years ago. She
ing in Stonewall County are high- | l'ved in the Brazos Valley Com-
er than the rest of the country | munity for many years. Mrs. Ber-
where a change of business sig-
nificance is counted about every
five seconds.
Using the Dun & Bradstreet Re-
ference Book listings as a guide,
it is interesting to review what
has happened in the principal
S'onewall County communities
during the past year.
ry was a Baptist.
She married Joseph F. Berry,
July 11, 1900. He died June, 1945.
Survivors are one son, Dewey
of Aspermont; three brothers,
Leonard Westfall of Carthage, Mo.
of Kermit; one
Mrs. Sue Gregory
Swenson
Old Glory
Peacock
Aspermont
When the
I960
3
5
.. 3
47
1965 Increase
2 50.0
5
2 50.0
met- Westfall
granddaughter,
of Dickens.
Pallbearers were Lum R
John Rimes, Richard We
Ira Westfall, Dan Westfall
48
■2.1 Frank Bovdstun.
owner or officer of a
business enterprise, or his accoun-
tant, fills in and mails his finan-
cial statement to Dun & Brad-
stree', it becomes a part of the
credit report on his business and
a factor in determining the credit
of Ivi business. Mailing the
statement, rather than waiting
Father of Local
Resident Buried
At Rochester
KOCHKSTFR
mont are:
Kimberly Baldree
4-12-60
i Janie Boldaz
4-1-60
j Bet'y Pat ton
10-20-59
j .latin McNutt
4-1-60
Glenda Weaver
5-28-60 ,
Ida Ruth Nieto
10-1259 '
1 Chei'i Clark
1-27-60
Ruben Flares
11 8-59
j Jerry Halm
5-1 -60 J
Darvin Biswell
8-9-60
Susan Boyles
9-9-59
Clint Cook
12-26-59
John Criswell
11-6-59
Stephen Godfrey
4-16-60
Raven Harris
10-22-59
•Tulie Hawkins
2-19-60
Brett Hight
2-960
Bobby Hemphill
7-31-60
Becky Hemphill
7-31-60
Jeanette Kolb
6-17-60
Daniel Paiz
2-7-60
Shelly Pit'eock
7-2-60
Olivan Gomez
1-18-60
j Vanessa V. Miller
10-14 59
! Paula Ward
9-9-59
j Glen Ward
12-27-59
Slierrv Hudcllcstosi .
6-2 60
Board Rules
On Awards
Aspermont Independent School i
District has received approval for j
a grant of $33,390.65 under the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education
Act of 1905,
Under Title I. the approval was j
for settmg up a reading program.
Tests were given to all students
and results of the tests were that
the lowest grade was reading and
second was language barrier.
Strongest was math.
The reading program will get
under way as soon as the teachers
arrive and the building, the old
colored school budding which has
been moved west of the football
stadium and is being rrnaired for
these reading classes.
I). V. Marcum, counselor in the
Aspermont School System will be
Club to Host
Pancake Supper
The Aspermont Luncheon Club
will host a Pancake Supper here
Friday night at the school cafe-
teria. beginning a1 5:30 p.m.
Tickets will be 75 cents for
adults and 50 cents for children
under 12.
The sooner will be held before
the .I'm N'ed-Aspermont basketball
ga me.
long
T miles southeast of Aspermont as. for thc nun & Bradstreet report- ""8" "jmer
, M. Gol'z and S. R. Fletcher, er's call, means a concern's im- j „ m Sa)urf|.,v i(, Knox
both of Abilene, No. 1 Alexander, portant suppliers will quickly have
Estate. i l'ie latest facts on wli'eli 'o make
Loca'ion is on a 120 acre lease, t credit and sales decisions. When
spotting 2,583 feet from the north j the Dun & Bradstreet reporter re-
and'330 feet from the west lines of coives a business man's financial
statement in advance of his per-1
iodic call, lie can make a more '
>UND w/
Section 6, Austin & Williams Sur-
vey 348.
Permit depeth applied for is 3.-
800 feet wi'li rotary to test the
Swastika'.
Amerada Petroleum Corp. will
drill No. 1 Adal'ne Laird as a pro-
posed 7,000-foot rotary venture in
the Mullen Ranch (Elleburger*
Field. Location is 10 miles north-
west of Aspermont on an 80 acre
lease.
Drillsite is 1,980 feet from 'he
north and 660 feet from ihe east
lines of Section 220. Block D, IIS:
TC Survey. It spots one-fourth
mile northeast of production.
Oil and gas shows were encoun-
tered on a drillstem test taken at
2.759-73 feet in the Tannehill Sand
at a wildcat nine miles northeast
of Aspermont, The venture is
Homa Oil & Gas Co. of Dallas No.
I Juanita Windsor, Section 31,
Block D, H&TC Survey.
Sjas surfaced in seven minutes,
mud in 48 minutes and oil flowed
in 68 minutes. Recovery was 1,727
feet of oil. 70 feet of oil and gas-
^jjut mud, and 475 feet of salt wat-
Operator was drilling ahead to-
ward proposed depth of 5.200 feet.
A projec! is completing as a L-
500-foot southeast outpost to the
Pumphrev. North (Conglomerate)
Field seven miles east of Asper-
snont. It is Crown Central Petro-
leum Corp. of Abilene No. 3 J. B.
Pumphre.v, H. B Dance Survey.
Operator set 4^-ineh casing at
6,079 feet and total depth is 6,082
feet.
A drillstem test was taken at 0,-
025-40 feet with the tool open two
hours. Recovery was GO feet of
gas, and 20 feet of gas-cut mud.
Another two-hour drtllsteam test
was taken at 6,026-44 feet. Re-
covery was 220 feet of oil and gas-
cut mud. Gas surfaced at the end
of 'he test.
\ re-entry project three miles
■tb of Old Glory in the Ash
>re (Strawn Sand> Field was
USged at 5.304 feet. Operator
nd set 4'i-lnrh casing on bottom
\r a compeliion attempt.
The venture was Havden Farm-
er of Olnev No. 1 Pumphrev, lo
cated in Ben McCullough Survey,
A-1399.
a I 1,15 p.m. jsatu relay m
County Hospital followim
thy illness.
Mr. Holmes was the father of
Mrs. Betty Hawkins of Asper-
mont.
Funeral was held at 4:30 p.m.
detailed analysis of the financial ; Sttndav at the Church ol Chi is',
condition of the business and dis- v :,n "• Mathoney. nvnistcr of
cuss i's operation more intelli-: Andrews Church ol Christ and
rrentlv i former minister, officiating. as-
Back of ctjch listrng of a busi-
ne s in the Reference Ro is a
Hun & Bradstreet credit report.
• The report includes the following:
1 a record of how the business is
| oav'ing its bills; a history of the
'business (who owns it, who runs
| it, and how long it has been op-
erating): a description of what the
business does and how it does it;
a financial section which usually
•ncludes the latest financial state-
ment.
While credit reports are primar-
ily used by business men who
want to evaluate the credit risk of
a business before shipping or
selling, insurance underwriters,
bankers and o'her professionals
also use reports.
Funeral Held for
Mrs. Joe Pearce
MCNDAY Funeral for Mrs.
Joe Pearce, 70, who was found
dead at 8 a.m. Friday at her
home, was held at 2:30 p.m. Sun-
day from the First Baptist Church
with the Hev. John Street pastor
officiating.
Burial was in Johnson Memorial
Cemetery under direction of Mc-
Cauley Funeral Home.
She was born Eva Eunice Yan-
cey, July 14, 1895, in Coryell
County. She married Mr. Pearce
May 24, 1914 in Durant, Oklahoma
and moved to Knox County in
1928. She moved to Munday in
1960.
Her husband is a retired farm-
er.
Survivors include the husband;
a son. Cleo of O'Donnol; two
daughters, Mrs. Catherine Will
of San Jose. Calif., and Mrs. liar
old Mercer of Oklahoma City. Ok-
lahoma; a brother, J. L. Yancey
of Gorman; 10 grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearce was the grnnd-
mo'her of Mrs. Sybil lLiwkin*; and
Mrs. Jack Mitchell of Aspermont.
i former minister
■-ivied by Abe Martin, mini-ter.
Burial was in Rochester Co ic'ery
with Sm'th Funeral Home In
J charge.
Born April !■!. 1S97, in Mason
County, he married Bertha Hous-
ton. Feb. 20, 1910, in Rayland. lie
; came to Haskell County in 1925.
Mr. Holmes was a member of
Church of Christ.
Survivors are his wife: six sons,
Kdgar of Austin, Grady of O'Brien
J, D. of Rochester, Ray of Mona-
hans, Billy of Lubbock and Jackie
of Odessa; three daughters, Mrs.
Fayrine Johnson of Hobbs, New
Mexico, Mrs. Pauline Ringgold of
Level!and and Mrs. Hawkins of
Aspermont; 38 grandchildren: one
great - grandchild: two sisters,
Mrs. Sam Lyles of Rochester and
Mrs. Myrtle Barton of Franklin.
Kentucky
Susan Martin to
Ride in Stock Show
Susan Martin of Aspermont, will
ride in the Southwestern Imposi-
tion and Fat Stock Show Invita-
tional Girls Bare! Race, January
28 through February ti. Her spoil- ■
sor in the competition will be
Howard WK Ranch, Azle, Texas.
Only the best in Barrel Racing
is presented to the Fort Worth
Rodeo Audicenes. Each contestant
is selected on an invitational bas-
is, Fort Worth Barrel Racing
Champion in 1965 was Sis Arm-
strong of the Rafter S Ranch, Ma-
rietta, Oklahoma.
The Asneraiont v-.school board
met Monday night in a regular
meeting. They passed a motion on
a ward'J for athletic and literary
events. Award- will be issued in
band football, In ketball, 'rack,
tennis and Literary. The awards
w'll be for freshmen, a sweater:
sophomore, jacket; junior, sweat-
er and senior, either a .jacket or
blanket. For lettermen they will
have a le'tof on their sweater or
jacket For soundmen, they will
ive a ^weaier with the em-
blem of their c ■■
!a erels were n«
■" (i I>a■ ki"! all p!
Band tenni". ti-
re ''veil svoatei
ruling a student
vears in sports or
••it Ho'roto'ore
< ried to t<lotl^i'1
\ s ever" ve" >•
i k and Pterarv
With the new
th it letters four
literal y events
Get Your Poll
Tax Receipt
There had been only 361 Poll
'•"ax Receipts issued by Tuesday
morning h" 'he Tax office here
! You irvus' have a poll las receipt
io vote in the elections held here
i and on a state election. H. O. Me-
■ \fee urges everyone to get their
j coll tax receipt before the dead-
line of .l.-M'.uar.v 31.
A. R. Sawyers Fiies
For Commissioner
■ periiiont Star
the co-ordinator of the program, i
Mr, and Mrs, Gary (Sonny) 1
Gardner, have been hired as the
two teachers. Mrs. Gardner is now
teaching reading in the Lubbock
School System and Mr. Gardner is
'n the Elementary Department of
the Lubbock School System.
Along wi h Mr. and Mrs. Gard-
ner, there will be three teacher
Aspermont Wins
OverRoscoe 86-37!
The Aspermont Hornets tagged j
a 86-37 score onto 'he Roscoe j
Plowboys here Tuesday night.
Earl Copleri and James and Na- j
than Ray and Gary Suggs all
scored in the double figures with
Coplen leading with 20 James Ray
wi'h 19 and Nathan Ray with 14
and Suggs with 13.
Calvin Johnson and Bubba Mar-
7ek scored 20 and 10 respectively
to lead the Aspermont B team
over the Roscoe I',.
The Hornets ) lay Jim Ned Fri-
j 'lav night
for A'-'vrivont was—N.
Ray II: R"bert Kluting 4: Karl
! Ci:ilen I1 1 J. Ra" 19: Cris Pena
7; nanny Gardner 2: Gary Suggs
13; Gary Mcador 4; and Glenn
i Laekev 3.
i BOYS WIN OVER V/YLIE
and
i 73- |
Bull- j
The Ray brothers, James
N'.vhan paced Aspermont to
'(J victory o\'er the Wylie
dogs Friday night at Wy 1'e.
,lames Rav had 20 points and N
Hay netted 19.
aides. They are Mrs. Tommy Rog-
ers, Mrs. Claud Owens and Mrs.
Joe E. Meador Jr.
Mr, and Mrs. Gardner will
move here as soon as they finish
the mid-term at the Lubbock
Schools.
The reading classes will be
broken down into classes of 15
each where each student may get
the aid that he or she requires.
Funds to pay for these special
classes will come from Federal
Aid.
Old Glory Gets
Library Grant
Old Glory Rural High School
district has received notice from
the Texas Education Agency in
Austin that its application for
funds in the amount of S266.04 un-
der Title II of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act has
been ;';iproved.
The school plans to use funds,
which have been designated for
'he improvement of 1'brary re-
cnorees. for adding to its collec-
ti'in of professional bf i s in the
area of educational interest, pur-
chasing another set of encyclope-
dias, as well as periodicals, maps,
"i'.'o,\>\ ."Starts* mfri pfl 'erbound
books for enrichment of supply
mer.'arv reading.
5 TEAM WINS
The Aspermont
Wylie 64-42.
I? team defeated
I will receive 'wo sweaters and two
jackets or a blanket.
This will become effective Sep-
; t em ber, 1966.
In other business they purchas-
j ed two hot water heaters for the
gym.
School Tcxes
Collected So For
School taxes collected by the As-
permont Independent School Dis-
trict totaled $183.000 00 as of the
first of January according to John
L. Garner, Tax \sscssor Collector
of the Indcpendon' School District.
•\ !! • V i-m souvei- !i
thorize ! t!
niiini'-e that he v. ill he a candidate
for the off'ce of Commissioner of
Precinct Number 2. He will i sue
a former statement at a later
date.
WYL.I!
W> li
I'"I ili'll
Ride
:ls win
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't■;.'< (! T'ie .
in ;i (iis rid
•ijier-
:;iinc
Sheriff's Possee
Elects Officers
The Stonewall County Sheriffs
Pos'-e t".et at the Snack Bar Mon-
da" n'pht to reorganize for 1966.
The following were voted to take
ffice: Queen. Ann Cumbie;
Sw'-eiheart. Linda Winter; Presi-
.'e-,' K. 'I i Bill • Jones; First
Y>- l'i"'edeat, hi. M. i.awrcnce;
■ no Vic- President. Tom Alls;
p.— !teng WMiiairr : Secre-
■ a i"\' '"'re a ■ ti rer C. O, Walker;
Par - de Pi.-t Tom AIL Assistant
CAR TAGS GO ON
SALE FEBRUARY I
Car tags will go on sale here
February 1, according to H. O.
McAfee, Tax-Assessor Collector.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Those attending the funeral of
Jeff Billingsiey at Atnnrillo were:
Mrs. Ed Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. Driver, Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
.(ones. Klvin .lores, Eddie Jones,
Tiotiv .tone-; and Mr and Mrs,
Dall Jones all of Aspermont.
Early Auto Inspection Ur^ed by
Department Director Carrison
Old Glorv 57-56
RCI.F -Rule's Bobcats took the
measure of Old Glory's Pirates,
57-56, to take the undisputed lead
in District 12-B here Tuesday
nigh'.
The twin scoring combo of Lar-
ry l.efevre and Paul Cornelius
fueled the victory. Lefevre dump-
ed in 21 points and Cornelius
scored 19. Marvin Vahlenkamp
paced the Pirates with 25 tallies.
Stephanie Let/ led the way with
2R points in 'he girls game as Old
Glor\' bowed, 45-42. Beth Simpson
led Rule with 21.
Old c;iory now has a 6-1 record.
Funeral Pcndinq
For Jomcs Gardner
! I
a r
co',
and
fie IV.'-' Lawson Hart; Mas-
Don Wavne Jones, son of Mr.
M'-s. Bill Jones. Dues were'
collected from the members that
were present.
Anyone interested in joining,
please contact any of the above
off jeers
Men that have children in thc
Junior Riding Club are urged to
join.
Fire Department
Elects Officers
Hill Resigns From
School Board
J. T. (Hap) Hill resigned as a
member of the \spermont In-
dependent School Board effective
Tuesday, January 11. No replace-
ment has been appointed for his
position. He had two years to go
on a three year term.
Al'STIX Col. Homer Garrison
Jr., director of the Texas Depart
ment of Public Safety, commend-
ed Texas motorists today for their
improving compliance with the
Motor Vehicle Inspection Law.
"Already some 250,000 more ve-
hicles are displaying the new in-
spection sticker than there were
at the same time last year," he
said. "This indicates that Tcxnns
are aware of the benefits of hav-
ing their ears inspected early. Not
only does it give each driver the
assurance that his vehicle is me-
■ hatiicallv sound, it also relieves
him of thc irritating necessity of
having 'o wait in I no as the April
15 deadline draws nearer."
Dui Ing the summer of 1905, the
DPS conducted Its annual training
program for all gar,aire mecha-
nics desiring to be qualified to in-
spect vehicles at authorized in
spcjtion stations. At that time,
each mechanic was urned to re
finest permission to inspect any vo
hide whenever its owner brought
i it in for repairs or service. This
j technique has paid dividends in
: helping increase the number of
; vehicles inspected to over four pei
i cent of the number inspected at
this time last year.
j "Those drivers who have not
| yet had their car inspected should
I make plans to have it done as
' soon as possible," Garrison said.
"And they should have no trouble
loeat'ng an authorized inspection
station. \ new official standard
si an has boon issued each station,
and is disp!a"ed near the service
entrance where the Inspection is
made."
Although manv more motorists
have had their cars inspected
early this year, some 3.450.000
See EARLY. Page 5
James Arthur Gardner. 34, died
January 7, iu l.a.s Angeles, Cali-
fornia. Gardner was born in As-
permont, August 10, 1931.
The body was to arrive in Mid-
land on Wednesday and funeral is
pending with Littlepage Funeral
Home.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters. Jackie and Linda Gardner;
two brothers, Earl Gardner with
the Air Force and Sergeant Ger-
man C. Gardner with the Army in
Viet Nam. Also several uncles and
aunts live here.
! The Aspermont Volun'eer Fire
Department elected officers at
their ret-! lar meeting.
j New office:-'- arc President, Bil-
'y Ray B'-adford Vice President.,
1 e-lee I lop-ewoi 'h: Secretary,
Robert Steward: Treasurer, Bud-
dy McNut'; Reporter Harold Me-
Nmi: Chaplin, Clyde Trammel;
Chief Wayne Thigpen and Assis-
tant Chief, Don Welch.
P-TA to Havte
Meeting Tonighf
There will be an organizational
meeting for P-TA held Thursday
night in the school cafeteria at
7:30 p.m. Interested parents R id
teachers should attend the meet-
ing.
Luncheon Club
Has New Officers
The Aspermont Luncheon Club,
which started meeting recently has
a new slate of officers. They are
Clyde Littlepage, president; Dean
McAnally, vice president; Dud
Ward, secretary-treasurer and L.
D. McAfee, tail twister.
Thov meet each Thursday noon
at Hickman's Restaurant and io«.
vitc anyone to attend.
GIVES MEMORIAL
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hawkins
gave a memorial to the Aspermont
Cemetery Association in honor of
Mr. 0. E. Darden.
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