The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1967 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
[uME LXIX. NfUMBER 45
ASPERMONT. STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS (79502). THURSDAY, JULY, G, 1967
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fo LEAD REVIVAL — Cline
Drake, Church of Christ minis-
ter from CottoY Center will'
L jn-t>iichinj from July 10
(lirough July 16 at the Asper-
nont Church of Christ • Ln a-
Revival meeting'. Services. will
Lgin at 8:00-p.m. each even-
ly Novis Ousloy of' Utile will
Hired the music. Travis Boyd,
local minister invites .every-
one tu attend.
Jayton to Host
Youth (Jolf
Tournament
Jayton will ho;! a Youth GolC
Tournament July || ;mt| 15 A]i
boys between ♦ h ■ v;.>s of 11 ard
IS may participate .Entry fee will
be 50c to pay for trophies and
awards. I'liere vi'l !,p as many
aye divisions 'is participation will
allow.
Entries may be made by or
tacting Coach Sonny Bounds ;>!
the Javton Swim nine Pool or bv
writing Coach Bo oids at Box 'II:.'.
Jayton. Tevn;. .Deadline on en-
tries is July 12t'i.
PRICE TEN (10c) CENTS
19c
10(
8 OZ. JAR
fell Near
fompletion
fast of Old Glory
Stonewall County wildcat is
the process of completing 4Vi
[lies west of Old Glory.
The venture is Oil St Gas Fu-
res Inc. and Hrrrlng Oil Corp.
Abilene No. 1-23 C. G. Aber-
Iith.v, Section 23 Block D, II&TC
irvev.
Operator set 4 Ms-inch casing at 1
133 feet. The hole is bottomed at [
>36 feet.
I Completion will be attempted in
e Conglomerate where a drill
em test was taken at. 6,032-3(5
et with the tool open one hour,
|scovery was 2.989 feet of gas. 35
et of oil and 60 feet of heavily
and Lias-cut mud.
I Same operators staked No. I
ienke Trust in the Gunby (Con-
omernte) Field 1/4-mile north
Old Glory. Having a proposed
|pth of 6,200 feet with rotary, it
|ots 3.777 feet from the most
|"'li?rlv north line and 3,096 feet
]>m the west lines of Section 4,
B, AB&AT Survey.
Location is 1,373 feet southeast
I production in the present three-
^11 field.
Monday, N'o J Wienke Trust
h drilling below 2,836 feet in
(ale,
pallmark Petroleum Corp. of
luston staked No, 1 J. M. Ghol-
1 <" a proposed 5.000-foot ro-
v Canyon reef wildcat 11 mites
of Aspermont.
"" U 250 feet from the south
1,3.'.) foot from the east lines
Section 44, Block D, H&TC
rvey.
rrv Anderson, et al, of Mid
d li'^d application to re-enter
1 deepen to 3,438 feet to test
f Swastika a* project in the
N Ann Field eight miles
rthevii 0f Hamlin in southe.is'
toewall,
1 is No 3 L. D Lewis, 1,650
1 fron' the south and 330 feet
" ,Hp "a<t lines of Section 159.
Survey.
venture was previously M.
Itcholl N'o 3 Lewis and was
iroducer at 2.632-37 feet in the
Ann (Lower Tannehill)
Abandonment
Sought of Rail
Line to Spur
T.h. Fort Worth ,and Denv ;r
Rai'.wnv Co. has file.1 npplicnhcn
"''th 'he lute ■■1 ite Cnmmo'T? I
Commission in asivngton f;-i- ,
permission ro nimdon the 1 'no
•vhieh runs froi 1 S'amford to
Spur.
Known as th ■ Stamford an I
Northwestern Ra'ivav, the line
'■oris a dist luce ( ' approximately
S'2 mi' 's and ••11:1s thr"iieh Jones. !
Haskell, i\ >m. ''to.icwall, and
Dickens counti vs.
N'o dat ■ Vis In > 1 s.lt for a hear-
on the npp|! Mtion
h T'f ■
Assembly of God
To Hold Revival
The Aspermont Assembly of
God Church will be in a revival
meeting beginning July 9 and
continuing through July 16, Serv-
ices will begin each evening at
3:00 p n: Mrs. Nettia Wilcox of
<nox City is the evangelist. Pas-
PEFWEE LEAGUE CHAM PS—These boys, fu-
ture Little Leaguers, won the city championship
this year with a 7-0 won-lost record. They are
top row, left to right: Coach Ed Wolseh, Max
Gerloff, Mickel Godfrey, Eddie Wolseh, Hostel
Chapman, Bennett Cook, Joe Kenady and Coach
Milton Chapman. Bottom row: Kevin Shadle,
S'eve Yarborough. Randy Wilks. Steve Godfrey.
John Crisweii, Clint Cook, Billy Meador. Not
pictured is Terry Hennig, Randy Graham and
Coach, B. G. (Redi Cook,
Abilene Horse Show for Crippled
Children to Be He!d July 7-9
Abilen?—The weekend of July
7-9 packs a double punch for horse
fans in the Abilene area, as the
Abilene Horse Show for Crippled
Children and Cutting Horse Con-
tor McMillan is the local minis- test swing into action.
'er- Both events are sponsored by
the West Texas Rehabilitation
C 'tuer and are approved by the
American Quarter Horse Associa-
j 'ion, the Texas Paint Horse Club
Hunt on Duty
In Viet Nam
With U.S. Combat Air Forres,
Vietnam—Vtmm First Class
John E. Hunt, son of A'r and Mrs.
Bobby J. rlunt of OH Glorv. is
on duty at Pnai Bam.' AH, Viet-
nam.
Airman iftint ;■ chaplain's aide
is a member o'- Hi' Pacific A;r
Forces wnieh provid-; offensive
lefensivo nirpowo" f"r the V. >
ind its 1!i-vs in the Pacific, F;.r
East and Southeast Asia.
Before his arrival m Southerst
ttie American Paint Horse Asso-
ciation, Texas Appaloosa Horse
Club, Central Texas Appaloosa
Horse Club and the West Central
Texas Cutting Horse Association.
The horse show is set for Fri-
d.iv. Saturday and Sunday, with
till- cutting contest to begin at |
:! p.m Sunday. All events are to
be held at the West Texas Fair
Grounds,
Superintendent for the three-day
show is Harrv Holt. KRBC-TV
Farm Editor, with Clarence Tuck-
to serve as show
[♦end Funeral
Cousin
r "nd Mrs. V A, Kolh and
and Mrs. J. F Marquis at-
Bed the funeral of their cousin/
■" c' i' li , .■ of Wilson, Okla-
1 ' w..(>k, Lois hat! lived
Vermont for
1h h"r
1 ' 'Hie of her death she live
tottislMirs
Asia, h♦ • wvs nssi4nc\l to tho 484th
Combat Support Group at England er of Abilene
AFB, La i secretary. .
The airman ts a rraduate of Tucker said Monday that in-
Old Glory High School | quiries about show entries had
Help Being Asked by College Professor
On Geographical Names in County
a short while
Mrs Eva Ward
and
Miss
Mrs
Mormon Woods
New Mexico visited
"Wher M.-s, W. H Marquis
1 Mother Mr and Mrs. J. F.
rquis ov«''- Uw weekend.
Residents of Stonewall County
were asked to help solve the my-
stery of the origins of several
'eographicul names found on
••ounty maps.
The information is needed for
a directory of Texas place names,
including Stonewall and the other
>53 counties, to be published soon
•>v the Fast Texas State Univer-
sity pre-s Before Or. Fred Tar-
pL y, profesesor of English at the
iniversity. submits his final
nanuscrlot he Is appealing to
county residents for assistance in
contributing information about
several names with unexplained
orii.,:ns
With th' following exceptions,
tho r' isons for the choice of ap-
■ rnvire itely 2' 0 names found on
doMiled maps of the county have
■ :i. i'li determined
P t.-hfork Cree's Flat Too. John
«on Chanel. R ck Cr«ek, Salt
rVi-tck, Stinking Creek. lonk
Ku Creek, Golden Pond
Communitv. Shinnery Lake Com-
munity Blssett Ranch OH Field,
Wiliford Creek, Seven Diamond
Creek, Croton Creek, Nicholson
Creek, Katz Oil Field, Kiowa Peak
Oil Field. Stonewall, Berta Bend
Oil Field, Aspermont Lake and
Aspermont Lake Oil F'ield.
Also Boyd Oil Field, Upshaw Oil
Field, Old Glory East Oil Field.
Old Glory Oil Field, l-etz Oil Field.
Guest Flowers Oil Field, Moutray-
Moore Oil Field, Double Mountain
Oil Field, Frankirk Oil Field and
Flat Top South Oil Field.
Mr Tarpley who started his re-
search on Texas geographical
names five years ago, has ex-
hausted material available to him
in history books, newspaper files,
student research, and interviews
with countv leaders He is booing
• In! Hie 'orv b.Jilnd 'he naming
of the communities, creeks, and
other gc-'t aph" '! sites listed
above can l"1 exol.lined before hi"
book goes to press
Information will lv welcomed
hv Dr Fred Tarnlev. IVoartment
of English Fast Texas Sta'.-> Uni-
versity, Commerce, Texas 75428.
been received from as far away
as Borneo, Michigan. "Last year
we had one entry from Ohio and
several from New Mexico. Okla-
homa, Louisiana, as well as all
over Texas," Tucker said.
"We are expecting a strong
show," the secretary commented,
adding, "we hope to receive some
>ritries from those entered in the
Stamford Show iJulv 3rd and 4th)
and from the Abilene Jaycees
Junior Rodeo being held at the
same time."
One of the features of the hor* e I
show will hp the Youth Activitv |
All Around Trophy, to be awarded
to the top contestant in the Quar-
j ter Horse Yuoth Show,
1 In ord v to be eligible for the
all around honors, a contestant,
i must compete in classes from at
i least three of the four categories.
' He may compete and count
points in as many classes in each
category as he wishes and does
not have to use the same horse in
each event ,but each horse must
be registered with the American
Quarter Horse AQHA for its per-
formance to count toward All
Around honors.
Performance classes in the
Youth Show, being initiated this
year, will begin at 1 p.m. Friday,
with Billy C. Bush of Grapevine
to judge entries Chairman of the
Youth Show is E. J. Freeman, Jr.,
of Clvde. Bush will begin judging
Youth halter classes at 6 p.m.
Friday.
Judging the Paint Horse division
will be Mike Rutherford of Hous-
ton. Halter classes will begin at
9 a.m. Saturday, with perfor-
mance classes to start at 2 p.m.
Chairman of the Paint division is
Edgar E. Robinson.
Also on tap Saturday are the
Quarter Horse performance and
halter classes, also to be Judged
by Bush. Jack Stricklin is chair-
man of this divivsion
Performance classes will get un
'leeway at 9 a m. and halter class
pidgin; at 2 pin Sunday, with
Mr- Frank Sadler to serv< as
chairman. Judge will be Mr-. F
Kiat/ o' Mesquite
The cutting; horse contes' will
feature four r<m •<• classes and an
open class Judge will ht> Sid Fair
"loth of Woodson, WCTCHA presi-
dent,
Weather
Albert Baugh. Observer
High Low Rain
Reunions, Rain
Mark Fourth
Wednesday
M
66
—
Thursday
97
69
—
Friday
85
68
-
Saturday
94
63
—
Sunday
98
70
—
Monday
95
•J9
—
Tuesday
75
62
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Meeting on Youth
Center Tonight
The Fourth of July weekend in
Aspermont was relatively quiet.
There were no major wrecks in
this area.
Monday the long distance phone
lines were knocked out because
of a microwave tower in Haskell
being blown out of line by a wind
storm Sunday night. Service was
restored at noon 'Monday, Asper-
mont received from .53 to .90 of
an inch of rain early Tuesday
morning.
Reunions were' the ' highlight of
four families here.
Aycock Family
Sunday, July ■ the Aycock
family held a one day reunion.
The family met for lunch at
Frazier's Cafe and spent the after-
noon and evening visiting at the
Charles Abernathv home.
Children of the late Mr and
Mrs M F, Aycock present were
Mrs. Margaret Montgomery- of
New Orleans: Mr. and Mrs. s. E
Good loo of Aspermont: Mr. and
Mrs Gene Aycock of Lcvelland
and Mrs Irene Pierson of
Wichita Falls.
O'lier members of the family
present were Mrs. Gen Tiner of
Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. F,. D. Good
'oe of Caldwell, children of Em-
ma Aycock Goodloe: Mrs. Adrian
Scott and daughters Penny and
Mrs. Judv Newman of Anson
>Irs Viola Wood roof, daughter
Bettv Owens and granddaughter
Sandra of Bivins, children of the
late Vida Aycock Smith; Mrs. Es-
sie Aycock, wife of the late Guy
E Aycock, and children Mrs.
Ruth Archer and daughter Kay of
Ackerlv. and Mr and Mrs. Au-
brey Rail of Aspermont: Mr. and
Mrs Tony High, Mr and Mrs.
LeRoy Ballinger of Dallas,
children, and Airs. Bill Washing-
ton and sons David and Billy of
Denton, grandchildren of the late
Maude Aycock High: Mr. and
Mrs I,um Rimes of Guthrie, and
children Mr. and Mrs. Danny Lee
of Arlington, Mr, and Mrs. Char-
les Abernathy, and children
George and Vieki. Mr and Mrs
Lytle McEwen and children Roy
and Carlton, Mr and Mrs Albert i
Cade and children Jerrv Lynn i
and Linda of Kermit. Mr, and
Mrs Jim Britto.i and children
La Von a Lou. Anita and Eugenia
There will be an important
' business meeting pertaining to the
Youth Center. The meeting will be |
held in the courtroom, Thursday
night, July (i. President, Troy
Gaunt urge.s all that are inter-
ested in the youth center to be of Long Beach, California. Mr
present at 8:00 p.m. and Mrs George Frazier and son
_ - Danny Mr and Mrs, Richard
Beverly and Kelly Kolb of An- ' A vers and children Sally Ann and
drews are visiting this week with | Seth Abbott of Grand Junction,
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ; Colorado, all children and grand-
Virgil Kolb while their parents j children of the late Alma Ayrock
attend to business in Fort Worth. ' Abbott,
Ratliff Named to
Legislative Council
AUSTIN — Limienant Governor
Preston Smith today announced
the appointment of Senator David
Ratliff of Stamfo-d to the Texa
Legislative Council.
The LetfislatU Council is a r ''
manent leRislati-'e sendee agency
with a full-time prof-ssional staff,
which conducts stud"v: requested
by legislative resolution, pro-
vides bill-dr.iftiiiK ser< 'ces during
sessions, and is also charged with
tlu statutory revision function
Members >f :iie Civindl. who d->-
'ermine policy an I direct the wort.
>f this important ag>ncy. are ap-
pointed after the adimrnment of
«ach regular t n '>v the or
ddina officers of the •<<) House;
who also ;er\e on 'h.-< Council,
'vi'h the Lieut M.ant fiovernor .ic
chairman and 'He Shaker of the
'I'Mise of R -pre enlatires as vice
'•hairm a n.
Ratliff heg ei his first term tn
'he Sona'e in wi'li the ,ii;h
Legislature II" had prevlousi"
served for (w^ sessions in the
House of R?pre;erstatives.
Ward Family
Mr and Mrs. John P. Ward
were hosts for the annual re-
union of their ch'ldren and fami-
lies and for other members of
the family last week.
Swimming. golf. games of
bridge, and visiting with friends
of other years formed diversion
for the several days of reunion
On Sunday, as is the custom, the
group climaxed their meeting with
their annual Sunday Dinner in
the private dining room of Fra-
zier's Cafe.
Only one son, Clifton Ward,
Mountain Aire, N, Mex., and one
son-in-law. Ralph Greene of Shaw-
nee Mission. Kansas, wife ab-
sent this year
Those attending were the fol-
lower
Mr and Mrs, James G. Ward
and sons, Mike, John, and Paul
■if K-tnav.. Texas, Mr and Mrs.
' A iVtv and children, Phillip
and Heberca of Rotan, and Mr.
and Mrs Leo Pelh Laura and
Lisa Amarillo: Mr, and Mrs.
Preston Ward, Rig Soring; Mr.
and Airs J. P. Ward Jr. *nd
Mary. Camarillo, California; Mrs,
Ralph II. Greene and Deborah,
Shawnee Mission, Kansas; and
Mr, and Mrs. Bob T. Ward, Ron-
nie and Robin, Fort Worth,
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Dud Ward,
Tim and Teddy, Aspermont; Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Ward, Jolona and
C-i iff, Lubbock; Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Springer, Phil, David,
and Cindy. Rotan: Mrs. J. Q.
Ward. Mr.- and- Mrs. Jim Ward,
Bovce and ■ Paula, Mrs. Buford
McKeever', and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hoy, all -af Aspermont.
Also, Mrs. L. R. Lapham and
Mrs. Loyd Hill, Mrs. Annie Mae
Folliard Mrs. Euia Shytles, 'and
Katherine Hawthorn, all of Abi-
lene; Airs. Estelli .Barber, Menr-
[iliis, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Glertft
Hoy,, Swenson; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
I Ward and Bobov, Spur and J.
; Eric Ward, Denver City; Terry
i Cathy, Oxnard California tind
Claudia Caennan, Shawnee Mis-
sion, Kansas. ' |
Lawrence Family
Tiie family of the late Sarah
Belle Lawrence met for their an-
nual family reunion July l.st and
2nd at Buffalo Spring Lake at
Lubbock, Texas.
Approximately 65 relatives at-
tended with several visitors.
All brothers and sisters were
there but one. Mrs. Lloyd Rash
of Arlington, Texas
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Eldon Lawrence and Eliza-
beth of Ysleta, Texas; Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmv Lawrence and family
also of Ysleta. Mr. and Mrs. W.
D, Rash, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Rash Kenny and Cindy and Kari
Horan, all of Arlington, Texas;
Mr and Mrs Glvnn Quade and
Lyndel of Sagerton; Mrs. Bill
Link. Sandra and Bill Jr., of Odes-
sa; Mr and Mr.;. Bobby Dicker-
son of Hobbs, New Mexico; Mr.
and Airs Doug Williams, Connie
;-nd Johnny, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lawrence and beys, all of Lub-
bock; A1r and Mrs Rodney Tay-
lor and Scotty of Hooks
Also Mr, and Airs, A. L. Law-
rence ai.d Jerry. Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Lawrence and Dianna.
Mr nd Mrs. K M, Lawrence,
Air "nd Mrs Billy Joe Speck and
'amilv, Air, and Mrs, Calvin
Lawrence and girls. Air and Mrs.
Donnv Lawrence and Darrin, Mr
md Mrs Gary Lawrence. Mr, and
Mrs Butch Smith and Dawn, Air.
and Mrs Deryl Lawrence and
1 irnmy, all of Aspermont.
Visiting was Air. and Mrs. War-
ren Cooken and family of Wof-
ford Danny Gaidner of Asper-
mont
New officers elected for the
1968 reunion were Doyle Rash,
oresiden' and Calvin Lawrence,
vice president All reported a
very enjoyable time and are look-
ing forward to next year.
Lee Family
The family of Mrs Willie Lee
held their annual family reunion
on July 2.
The family also celebrated Mrs.
Lee's flfith birthday which was
June 29th.
Those attending were her sons,
Mr. Arllnwr Adams and wife',
Mr. Henry Adams, of Waco
and Osrv.r Adams of Sundan. Her
two daughters, Mrs, Nellie Ray
Lewis and Mrs. Edna Sparks.
Two nieces and one nephew of
Dallas also attended. They were
Mrs. Ovella Marsell and Mrs.
Ethel Campbell, and Will Ross,
A host of grandchildren and
great grandchildren attended from
Waco, Lubbock, San Angelo,
Pampa, and Albuquerque. New
Mexico Also attending were
friends from Aspermont, Stam-
ford. Haskell, Albuquerque, Neir
Mexico and Phoenix, Arizonfn,
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