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THE ASPERMONT STAR
;e l.xix, number 43
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS (79502), JUNE 22, 1967
olf Tournament
■s Weekend
iTlie Aspermont Golf Association
L be sponsoring an Invitational
Partnership Golf Tournament to
L held at the golf course here
Jturday and Sunday.
[ A free barbecue will be served
all player in t,ie tournament
Saturday at 7 p.m. Extra tic-
ts may be obtained at $1.50.
tonald Collom
fins Science
iholarship
Ronald Collom. son of Mr. and
L k. C. Collom, Eunice, New
Jcxico, has been selected to par-
Icipate in the1 Summer Science
training Program' at the Univer-
|ty of Arizona, Tucson, June
through August 4.
|The 3-week program, sponsored
the National Science Founda-
tion, will consist of a series of
Mure* and seminars on such
Lies as viruses, pathology, ,zoo-
fcgy,, medicine, space sciences,
Biemistry and physics. Each
ludent will pick out an area of
fesearch in which he will work
bd on which he will be required
write a thesis. The students
11 visit many museums and
bientific laboratories in the Tuc-
j>n area. Added highlights of the
rogram wll Ibe overnight field
lips to the Grand Canyon and the
Inlf of California.
1 Only 21 outstanding high school
pniors could be selected for the
ludv and Ronald was chose"
lorn among hundreds of appli-
pnts from across the United
lates.
Tournament will begin at 8 a.m.
•Saturday. Partnership teams will
l e allowed to play 18 holes any-
time Saturday.
Play must begin at 8 a.m. Sun-
day morning.
Partnership low ball medal play
will determine flights. Entry fee
will be $12.50 per player. Prizes
will be girt certificates. First—
$50.00: Second—$30.00 and Third—
520.00, per flight.
For more information or to en-
ter call 2721. ■ ,
PRICE TEN 110c) CENTS
Twelfth Annual Rodeo to
Begin Today, Parade at 5
l. d. McAfee
. . . retires
'5
DON WELCH
i named manager •
Local WTU Manager
Don Welch has assumed the
duties of manager for West Texas
Utilities Company in Aspermont,
and will succeed L. I). McAfee
on July 1 when he retires from
active service .villi the company.
The announcement of I he change
of management in the local office
was made this week by District
Manager Russell Crownover of
Sta mford.
Manager Here for 33 Years
The retirement of Mr. McAfee
will close more than 4-1 years of
Mineral Held
faturday for
>uis M. Tipton
STAMFORD—Louis M. Tipton,
. died at his home here of a
:art a'tack Friday at 7 a.m.
(funeral was held Saturday at
p.m. at the First Baptist Church
t!i thi Rev, Clyde Cook, pastor
the First Baptist Church, As-
Irmont, officiating. Burial was in
Ifililasul Memorial Cemetery wit'1
Inney Funeral Home in charge,
fie was horn March 8. 1884, in
ark Springs, Texas and married
fcttie I. i.ovvorn March 14. 190t>.
jDalhart. They moved to Stam-
fd from Old Glory in 1957. He
Is a farmer and a rancher,
lurvivors include his wife; one
V Bill of Old Glory; two daugh-
S, Mrs Tom Boyd of Stamford
1 Mrs. Anita Rutherford of 1209
ishington Blvd., Abilene; four
mdchildren; one brother, Car-
I Oriffin of Corona, Calif
'allbearers were Warren Fra-
r of Aspermont, Beno Hertten-
Her and Travis Biel of Old
Vern l>ovvorn of Stamford
n I/oworn and Bill Thompson.
h "f Old Glory.
lonornry pallbearers were
Ph Riddel of Aspermont, John
r"'' and Bill Dicrs, both of
Won!. Lynn Flowers and
lis Spitzer. both of Old Glory
'•timing Pool Hours
*'* Lessons fro Begin
ew hours have been set up
toe operators of the Aspermont
fining pool.
^ pool will be open cvery-
I from 2 to p, p m They will be
P from f> to i p pi Monday,
Isdjv, Thursday and Friday
night will tie on Thursday
it
tuning lessons will be start*
thi,« Thursday, June 22 Les
1 N given from 10 to II
I ®u may regitb?r anytime.
Noel Newman
Graduates From
Patrol School
Noel K. Newman, 23 of 1007
Oleander Avenue El Cenlro,, was
selected as valedictorian of his 55-
mati class at the California High-
way Patrol Academy in Sacra-
mento which graduated Thursday,
June 15.
His parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Newman, live in Old Glory,
The valedictorian is selected
from among the scholastic top ten
of the class.
Newman studied more than 70
different subjects during his Hi
weeks of training at the Academy.
The new patrolman is a 19(11
j ;radii,ate of Imperial Valloy Union
! ! Iieh School
His brother, I'm Newman, lives
j at the same address on Olean*)T
Yveiuie in K) Centro,
Davis Awarded
Plaque at Dinner
Dalton Davis, Outstanding Con-
nervation Farmer in the King
Stonewall District was awarded
i plaque in ceremonies held
Thursday night at a dinner in his
honor at Hickman's Restaurant.
Attending the dinner was his
wife,the King-Stonewall Soil Con-
servation District Supervisors and
their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Dean
McAnaliy, president of the Asper-
mont Luncheon Club, who award-
ed the plaque to Davis and Mr
and Mrs Harold King, Work Unit
Conservationist.
Davis was named out standing
farmer for the district in Febru-
ary.
Weather
Albert Baugh, Observer
service in the electric industry
i hat began in Aspermont in 1923.
More than four decades ago he
was employed as plant operator
■>y the Aspermont Light & Power
Company. Following three years
service as a shift engineer, Mc-
Afee was transferred to the serv-
ice department. He moved to Spur
in 1029 where he worked as a
serviceman until 1932 when he
moved to Jay ton to begin his long
career as a WTU local manager.
Two years later he returned to
Aspermont to begin his 33 years
as manager in Aspermont.
Born in Desdemona, Texas, in
1902, McAfee spent his early life
in Stonewall county, and attended
.chool in Rule, Hooker, New Hope
and Mt. Olive. Me attended Okla-
homa City Auto School one year
and then returned to Aspermont
to work as an auto mechanic.
Mrs. McAfee is the former Sally
Ruth Buffington. Tney were mar-
ried in 1924 and have a daughter,
Mrs. Sonva Reed of Houston; and
a son, Mike McAfee, of Montrose,
Colorado. They have five grand-
children .John David, Kavin Mich-
ael and Chris Reed, and Michael
and Roger McAfee.
Active in civic affairs, Mr. Mc-
Afee is a past president, secretary
uid tail twister of the Aspermont
Luncheon Club, a past president
and tail twister of the Lions Club,
a past president of the county
-•chool board and has served as a
trustee of the Aspermont School
Hoard.
Resident Since '954
Employed by WTU for the nast
S vears. Don Welch has been Serv-
uig as a serviceman in Aspermont
for three years. He joined the
•ompanv in 1959 as a summer em-
ployee in the Stamford service
deiinrtment and until his transfer
to Aspermont in 1964, Welch work.
"'I on the district line crew, as a
draftsman in the distribution of-
fice and later in the district meter
department.
Dickson Pastor of
First Methodist
Born in Stamford in 1939, Welch
attended the public schools there
and following graduation from
Stamford High School in 1957, he
attended North Texas State Uni-
versity in Denton for two years.
He served two years with the U.S.
Army and is now a member of the
inactive reserve.
Mrs. Welch is the former
Merina Self of Throckmorton.
They were married in 1964, and
have one daughter, Ethel Lynette,
1 Ms years old.
They are members of the First
Baptist Church, and Mr, Welch is
! a pas* resident of the Aspermont
I Golf Club and vice president of
; the Aspermont Volunteer Fire De-
! partment.
The Twelfth Annual Stonewall
County Rodeo Association Ama-
teur Rodeo will be held this week,
jnd, beginning Thursday, June 22
and continue through Saturday
night June 24.
The Rodeo festivities will begin
Thursday afternoon with the rodeo
parade. The parade will begin at
5:00 p.m.
The parade route will be from
the American Legion Building to
Washington Street,., then turn
north on Washington to Fourth
Street, east on /.Qur.th Street Jo,
the' ■highway," then south on the.
highway to the American Legion
Building.
The parade this year will be led
by the Aspermont High School
■Hornet Band*. A'number of riding
clubs will participate. Riding
Clubs will lie awarded trophies,
Floats entered will be in only one
category this year. Cash prizes
will be awarded to the winners.
Parade Marshall E. M. Law-
rence announced that anyone en-
tering the parade should be at the
American Legion Building by 4:30
p.m.
The band members will as-
semble in the driveway of the
George C. Kenady Sr. home.
Among the events to be staged
at this years rodeo are bareback
riding, bull riding, calf roping,
aid man's tie down (men 55 years
and over) ribbon roping and sen-
ior barrel racing.
One of the outstanding attrac-
tions each year is ihe Junior part
of the rodeo.The events include
breakaway roping (14 years or
under), Kids Flag racing (12
years or under) and the Kids Calf
Scramble (10 years and under).
In these events trophies will bo
awarded to the winners.
Good rodeo stock will be fur-
nished by Jack Ratjen, Mansfield,
Texas.
The rodeo office is at Frazier's
cafe.
Dalton Davis Appointed Farmers
Home Administration Committeeman
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Rain
Thomas
Hart of Jayton under
vent appendix surgery Saturday
morning in lfamMn Hospital He
's doing nicely
The Rev. Buenger Dickson lias
been appointed as pastor of the
First Methodist Church, moving
here from Floydada.
Rev. Dickson was raised in Mc-
Camey, Texas and attended Mc-
Murry College in Abilene where
he received a 1A Degree. He
then attended Perkins School of
Theology at SMU and received his
B D
Mrs. Dickson (Sally* grew up
in Lubbock and attended Mon-
-- , terey High School She attended
— ! Tens Tech for >ne year and then
tr.ansfered !t> SMU ill Dallas from
i which she earn -d her degree
. I'hey were married in June of
— j IMS.
Dickson has pastored three
liur-hes before coming to Asper-
mont They were at I-ongworth
Megargel and Floydada as the As-
sociate Pastor. Mrs Dickson
taught school at Floydada
James Carleton
Funeral Held at
Comanche Sat.
COMANCHE — Funeral for
James W. Carleton, 82, of Asper-
mont who died Thursday after-
noon at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. W. T. Jones it! Aspermont.
was held at. 2 p.m. Saturday at
the Oak Lawn Funeral Home in
Comanche,
The Rev. Marion Gaines of-
ficiated and burial was in Proctor
Cemetery. Grandsons were pall-
bearers,
Local arrangements were hand-
led by Littlepage Funeral Home
Born Aug. 23, 1884, near San
Saba. Mr. Carleton moved to .Jop-
liti, Mo., where lie lived for 40
years. He came to Abilene two
years ago and tad lived in Asper-
mont since February, 19tj7.
He married Alvie Arms, who
died in 1925. In 1932, he married
Maggie Williams in Joplin. He
was a retired farmer and a mem-
ber of the Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs,
Maggie Carleton, of Joplin, Mo.;
three sons, Allen A. of Phoenix,
Ariz., Earl H. of Gorman, and
Charles E. of Belleville, III.; three
daughters, Mrs. C, ,L. (Odessa)
Norwood of Hasse, Mrs. A L.
(Ruhamai Hennesay of Abilene,
and Mrs. W. T. 'Gladys) Jones
of Aspermont; three brothers Rufe
of Dublin, T. L. and Otis, both of
Ft Worth; 14 grandchildren; and
23 great-grandchildren.
Moorheod Finishes
Advanced Training
FT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo.
i AHTNC >— Army Private Ronnie
1). Moorhead, 21 son of Mr. and
Mrs L. D. Moorhead. Peacock,
completed eight weeks of advanc-
ed training as a combat engineer
June 9 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo
During his training, he received
instruction in combat squad tac-
tics .use of infantr\ weapons and
engineer reconnaissance.
He also was tiained in the tech-
niques of roail and bridge build
inc. camouflage, and demolitions
His wife, Maiinda, lives on
Route 1, Aspermont.
Funeral Held for
John V. Neumann
At Sagerton
STAMFORD — John V. Neu-
mann, 53, died Friday at 3.20 p.m.
in the Veterans Administration
Hospital in Big Spring, where he
had been a patient since April 25.
Funeral was held at 4 p.m. Sun-
lav at the /.ion Lutheran Church
in Sagerton with the Rev. M. Von-
Rentzell of Albanv officiating. Bur-
ial was in the Old Glorv Ceme-
tery with Kinney Funeral Home in
charge.
He was born Feb, 27, 1914, in
Anderson Countv, Texas, and
moved from Rosebud to Stonewall
Countv in 1939. He married Miss
Hilda Bait/, at Old Glory Jan-
■i.arv I, 1941, He was a farmer and
a veteran of World War I!
Survivors iiiclud his wife: thro"
daughters, Martha, Linda and
Beverly, all o ft he home; one
brother, Arthur of Slaton: a half
brother. Joe Brandt of Dallas:
•"our sisters. Mrs. Clara Johnson
of Rosobud, Mrs Helen Werner of
San Ant'elo, M-s. Cecilia Howell
of Houston and Miss Elizabeth
Neumann of M >mi Beach, Fla.
Stonewall-Kent Bapt.
Workers Conference
To Be Held June 26
The June Workers Conference
for the Stonewall-Kent Baptist As-
sociation will meet with the Pea-
cock Baptist Church at Peacock,
on June 2<i. The meeting Is sche-
duled to bgin at 6:00 P.M. with the
Executive Board Meeting follow-
ed by the evening meal at 6:45
P.M. The Worship Service will be-
gin at 7 30 P M The program
theme will be "Evangelistic
Thrust" and sneakers for the
evening will be Rev. I, L Trott,
Missionary for the Baptist Double
Mountain Area and Rev. Jack
Maddox of Peacock
Swenson-Brazos
Valley Reunion
To be Held June 25
The Swenson Brazos Valley Re-
union Hill !v held "Sunday, June 25
following the rodeo
The reunion will be held at (he
\snerrnonl School Cafeteria.
Persons attending are asked to
bring a basket lunch Drinks and
dlverwnre will be furnished.
Mr. Dalton W. Davis- 't f Asper-
mont, has been appointed to thfc1
•liree' man Stonewall -County
Farmers Home Administration
Committee it has been announced
today, by Mr. William G. Teague,
County Supervisor. The appoint
merit is for a three year term be-
ginning July 1, 1967.
Mr. Davis has also been select-
ed by the King-Stonewall Soil
Conservation District as the out-
I standing conservation farmer for
19(ifi. He has been a progressive
I farmer and a district cooperator
for many years. His diversified
i farming and farm management
j has helped influence many people
j ui the countv.
Mr. Davis succeeds Mr. Claud
I Pen rod and will join the other two
j members of the committee who
; are Mr Chalmers Graham anil
i Beno Erdman. The three member
committee serves in an advisory
! capacity to the Countv Supervisor
■ind makes determinations as to
"ligibility for loan advances for
the Agencv. I'hev are also fre-
quently called upon bv the County
Supervisor to render assistance in
the servicing of loans and the de-
velopment of other community
services.
The Farmers Home Adminis-
tration does not compete with pri-
vate lenders in the field of agri-
cultural credit; however, thev
sunplement such sources of credit
and make loans en a long-range
basis for ' the ttevslopment of
Farms and ranches as well" a^ im- '
proveme'nt of community facilities,"
and provide housing for the rural
residents. One of the most <rn-
portant programs is the family-'
type loan to young farmers in
ever-increasing numbers through-
out the State. Recent authoriza-
tions have been given the Agency
by Congress to make loans *or
recreation facilities for rural resi-
dents as well as financing mul-
tiple housing for senior citizens
and labor housing associations.
Another of the more extensive
loan programs includes that of
making loans for small towns and
communities for the establishment
or improvement of water and
vveste disposal systems.
Stonewall County is serviced ny
'he Farmers Flame Administra-
tion office located in the Kolb
Building. The office hours are 8
a m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Fridav excent en legal holidays.
T.A.P. Taking Land
Owners Names for
Quail Leasing
At i'last meeting, the Techni-
cal \etion Panel of Stonewall
County announced that names of
the land owners who would like to
lease their land for quail and
dove hunting for the 1 r>< 7 season
are nou being taken Anyone
wishing to lease their land for
bird hunting should leave their
name and the amount of acres to
lie leased with the following T.A.P.
personnel.
Gradv Teague—Farmers Home
Administration Supervisor
John Fowler—-A S.C S Office
Manager
Harold King—W.U.C. Soil Con-
servation Service
Truette Hennig—Stonewall Coun.
ty Agent
Steve Cochran—Aspermont Vo-
cational Agriculture Teacher
A list of name? of the land own-
ers wanting to lease will be mail-
ed to such cities as Dallas. Lub-
bock, Ft. Worth, and Dyess Air
Force Base. This will lie the first
step in the TAP's efforts to
bring hunters and hunting leasers
together. In the past the* Techni-
cal Action Panel has leased a
large number of acres for hired
hunting, thus increasing the
Stonewall County farmer's and
-anchor's cash income
Guest Artist to
Be Here Thursday
For Sidewalk Show
A special guest artist will be
doing charcoal and pastel por-
traits in front of the Hobby Hav-
en Thursday afternoon in connec-
tion with the sidewalk art exhibit
and contest.
Mr, Sherwood Suter, professor
of Art at McMurry College in Abi-
lene, vsill judge the contest, and
cash prizes will be awarded, Judg-
ing will be at 2:i>() p.m.
Entry fee will be fifty cents
per person. Each person may en-
ter as many paintings as they
wish. Oils, water color pastels.
I charcoal, pencil sketches, and
| collage will be accepted.
' Amateur and irofessional work?,
will hi. in separate divisions. All
school students and adult entries
•vill he accepted
All pictures must be matted or
framed and in by 10:00 am.
Thursday morning.
Johnson Chapel
Homecoming to be
Held June 25
The Fourth Johnson Chapel
Homecoming will be held Sunday,
June 25th at the Johnson Chapel
Church at Johnson Chapel. Bring
a basket 1'inch to be served.
Re-entry Filed on
Mitchell Well
Clark Oil & I'Mining Co., Mid-
land, filed application to re-«/iter
and plug back to 3,900 feet, wild-
cat depth, at a project four miles
north of Swenson in Stonewall
County.
It is No, 1 Pat Mitchell, located
on a W4 7 acre lease. Site Is 1,880
feet from the north and 1,980 feet
from the east lines of Section 2.22,
Block D. H&TC Survey.
The project was originally com-
pleted in 1957 as Midwest Oil
Corp. No. 1 .Pat Mitchell and was
produced from perforations at 6,-
491-97 and 6,505-10 feet opposite
the Ellenburger.
A proposed 6.200-foot wildcat
4Mi miles west of Old Glory was
-trilling below 4,">57 feet. Monday.
No tests had been taken to that
deptJi.
Medical Offices
Moved to New Clinic
The medical offices of Dr. A.
R. Mancille have been completely
moved to the clinic in t.he Stone-
wall Memorial Hospital Building.
Dr. Mancille states that he will
have the same phone number that
he had In the Aspermont Clinic.
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