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THE ASPERMONT STAR
yOl.l'MK l.XX NUMBF.R 7
ASI'KKMONT, STONKWALL COUNTY, TKXAS <79502),
THURSDAY, OCT. 12. 1007
PRICE TEN flOc) CENTS
18TH STATE WINNER FROM HERE
Workman Named Winner
Of State 4-11 Award
IVitv D. Workman, outstand-
ing Stonewall County 1 II Club
member has been named winner
nl the 1907 state '1-11 award for
swine production.
This makes a total of IK State
winners for Stonewall County
since 1900.
In making the announcement,
stale 4-11 Club officials said that
t'orr.v would receive an .ill ex-
pense trip, compliments ol the
Moorman Manufacturing Co . to
llie National Til Club Congress
in Chicago. Nov. 20-30. Perry's
record will he submitted for na-
tional judging. Six $50(i scholar-
ships, also provided bv Moor-
man. will be presented to a na-
tional blue awards group.
Perry, 1", is a senior at \sper-
agent,
istanei
Trail Ride to •
Be Held Sunday
The Aspermont FFA will spon-
sor a Trail Hale on October 15.
1007 at 1 :30 p.m. P will be a! Kill
(Iholson's Ranch 0':: miles north-
east of Aspermont The Trail
Hide will be 15 miles long with
coffee, tea, and cake served hall
way through, There will he a one
dollar fee for each horse, and
also everyone is urged to to bring
a sack lunch. The ride will start
at t :30 p.m.
\t the Aspermont FF.\ Chap-
ter meeting on Oct. 3. at 7 ,'i()
l.inda Waggoner was elected FFA
Sweetheart. She is tin daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Toby Waggoner
The Chapter elected Danny Wal-
ker as treasurer. Other officers
elected last year were President.
Malcolm Hash \'ice President.
Ronald Moador: Secretary. Stan-
ley Trnmniell: Reporter. David
Kiggs and Sentinel. Johnny Cla\
I'!■: R I'! Y WORKMAN
w inner of state Ml awn
i n on t Independent High School
and the son of \lrs, lionnie
W orkman. I le has been in til
work for eight years and is the
holder of many awards and hon-
or J- lie has completed projects
in swine, wildhic poultry, beef,
cow and i all' | roduction. foods,
soil and water crops hoi so and
horsemanship leadership, citizen-
ship. health home grounds, gar-
den, electricity. talent, sheep and
tractor driving.
From a start with one pig given
him by . his i.-andlavher Perry j
has built a herd which v on htm
the "OuPtanding Swine Breeder"
in the county in 1115!! and 1.0(11! 1 le
has limit hi;, own pen--- and up-to-
date fa now in" house and the '
equipment :o i.'o in these build- |
ings. ' |
The C;oI<I St a r lio\ has w on
county, district and state award-
in several areas including poultry
judging, sw ine .judging, farm and
ranch man ageiiU'lit. elect ricity
Famers Union to
Have Meeting
Saturday Night
The Farmers Union Membi r- The \s i
slop and Resolution Commit tees sponsoruu Ri
w ill meet Saturday night. (let I -I
at 8:00 p..in. at Fra/iei's CalV
I'ivoryone is welcomed to atteiii
announced Farmers Union Presi
dent I. A. Shei rod.
Rod Hot Dey
Sponsored by
enior Class
Senior Class is
Hat Day" Fri-
day The -ei 11' >i s are sell ill g red
hats with a white \ signifying a
Hornet |:oosler The hats sell lot
SI nil throii'.'.h I 11 < I a > nigh!. They
will then 1
and swine records.
Leadership is an important part
of -1 11 work and Perry has served
as president, reporter, secretary,
historian and treasurer of the
local club, lie served on the
County 1 II Council for six years
and as a junior leader for four
y ears.
Perry's work has been super-
■ his county agricultural
'incite ilennig, with as-
from the adult leaders
ol his club.
Minister Named
At Old Glory
Church of Christ
.1 V. Rite'iour .1 r. of New Phila-
delphia, Ohio, was recently selec-
ted to serve as minister of the
i >ld Olory Church of Christ, lie j
-ucceeds Albert Klecpe who re j
signed last spring, after receiving ]
his 1! -\. degre maSoring in I
Kible. as Abilene Christian Col
le'.'o in May. lie now serves as
minister for the Somervillev. j
I'enn. Church el' Christ.
Mr. K iteliou r is ma rried and he
and his wife, Kathryn. have two
children, a son Kris, ace !). and a
daughter Yvonne, age I He gra-
duated from New Philadelphia
High School in 1955. and from |
Fia ed-l lardernan College, Hen- J
dessou. Tenn in 105!), with a j
Kible major. |
A I t ( r gradual ion. he served I
various congregations in Ohio for
two years. In 1001 and 1002. he
served a- full lime Kvaugelist for
the Church of Christ at Port Clin-
ton. Ohio. He became Kvaugelist
m .In!.'.' 1003 of the church at
(hiadeuhlillon, Ohio, and served
until the lamiI\ moved to Abi-
lene in S< pt.eml.ci 1057. where he
enrolled at Abilene Christian Col-
lege lie hopes in receive a Mas-
ti r's Degree in Psychology and !
to do graduate work in Religion
Weather
Albert Kaugli, Observer
Hornets Take Second District
Win, Skim by Wylie 28-20
RKCKIYKS AIR FORCK COM-
MENDATION MKDAI. — Staff
Sergeant .loo W. Hamilton, bro-
ther of Mrs. Ilenley Diggs, dis-
tinguished hinist If by meritor-
ious service as Non-Commis-
sioned O'licer in charge, (.Jen-
cral Maintenance Section, Can-
tonment I nil. 810th Civil En-
gineering Squadron ' I! e d
Horse' I'ho (.'at Air Base, Re-
public of Vietnam, from April
of 1000 to August of 1007. Dur-
ing this period Sergeant Hamil-
ton displayed outstanding pro-
fessional .skill, knowledge, lead-
ership and devotion to duty
while participating in the initial
com t met ion of 1'lni Cat Air
P. g o. The dist incth e accom-
plishments of Sergeat ' 1 lamil-
ton reflect, <• r• -clit upon himself
and the United Slates Air
Force.
The Aspermont Hornets will
take on the Woodson High Rams
of Abilene in their own nest this
week when the Rams invade Hor-
net Field Friday night.
Aspermont will be out to win
their third district win after de-
feating the Wylie Bulldogs Satur-
day night 28-20. Woodson is 0-5
in season play and 0-2 in confer-
ence. Aspermont stands <1-1 in
season pla yand 2-0 in district.
Aspermont took an early lead
Saturday night in Wylie when j
they jumped on the Bulldogs 20-0 !
in the first quarter. The first la I- '
ly came when Aspermont got the
ball on their own 44. With ground
gains of 42 yards, Mike Samford
went over fight guard for tin
lie foe SI
Analysis of Upcoming Amendment
Changes Begins in Aspermont Star
Day of Week
High Low
Wednesday
00 03
Thursday
80 Ofi
I- i ida.v
80 02
Saturday
82 57
Sunday
80 50
Monday
80 48
Tuesday
07 51
Editor's Note' During the
next few weeks the Star will
publish an analvsis ot iim ol
the six proposed amendments
to the Texas Constitution
each week, In the ordt r in
which they will appeal on the
official ballot to be voted on
Nov 11. These are intended
to be unbiased.
I lore is the first proposed
amendment:
You will vole KOI! or A< I \ I S"s '
"The constitutional amend-
ment allowing counties to put
all county taxes m'"
general fund."
This is a proposal to amend
•hat sect ion of the ^ ate ( on • 1 i
tulion which names the .uruls foi
which a county may levy ad
'■■'ilorein taxes and provides that
'he total levy lot General fund.
Permanent Improv emeoi fund.
Road and Bridge Fond and .tury
Funl purposes shall not exceed
eighty cents The same -eiion
also authorizes an nddit una* "<•
'een cent ad valorem tax to be
levied and collected foi the po-
ther maintenance of nuMii io.ei
if .i-mrov i d by the \ otei s
This section formerly M't a
maximum tax rate lor each ol
the four funds In 1050 it was
amended to eliminate these maxi-
mums si long as I he tol.il Ol the
I,is levies for tl'cs, funds made
' by the commissioi'.ci's court docs
I Mot exceed eighty cents on the
$10(1 \ ilua' ion
j The only i liange made by the
amendna nt to be voted on would
! be to add the follow ing words
\ny county may put all 'ax
money . .>lh < teil hy the county
into one 'euei -il fund w itl'.oiit re
paid to Mn puipoM- or .source ol
eai h tax
|': op. i,cue- -ay t ha! the alio 11(1-
10,.nt would allow count"'- which
|i(,\ e - \ees monc\ ill one 1111 ill I"
I, I- It fill II- e by Oilier funds
u hu ll an shoii or exmiusted
I■ i,,ti xrh1111;• " "'lid Mimetinies
foi e t .i: I need i'oi more taxes,
i pp, ! gts expi - ape: < • «*'
„,e„ 'la' if fnv '""l ll,ni"'(l
P■,|||.,|er Ol illoncN between ! 1 '<
lout nt a !"i coon I \ lunds is allow -
,.,| some internal i a-h control-
tl,.t s.,tegi1 iid .. Mfs "f the conn-
v w it! he
[nie.-pi e'a'ion and application
,,f (I,,. amendment if ad"Oted
.1(1
Coachmen to Flay
Here Saturday
The Coachmen, local hand will
be playing Saturday night at the
\ spi-rmont 11 igh School \uditoi -
nun beginning at 8:00 p.m.
|'a:t of the money raised will
go into the athletic fund. This
money is used to help film ball
games, wash towels and other
ii' ces'.ai v items dm ing the athle- ;
tic acti\ ilies.
\dmission ill be 5Uc foi stu- ,
dfii!. and 05c tor adults
Davis
Elected as
Supervisor
Da'ton Da\is is the new Super-
visor in Zone four of the King-
Stonewall Soil and Water Con-
servation District, lie was elect-
ed on (tetober 5 at the scheduled
election in the Sotnewali County
Court house.
Davis succeeds Krncst Kolle
who ha-: been supervisor in Zone
■I for ' i e past in y< ar.- Kolh has
been interested and enthusiastic
about promotin • and on <• arrying
out eim-ei vation lie i- carrying
out a l ine consei v at ion program
on his own place He a I,so has ae ■
cumulated a herd of Ri'gistered
Angus cattle that would be eye
appealing to anyone. Mr. and
Mrs. Kolb live about live miles
we; t of Aspermont.
Davis, although a new supervi-
sor is very much acquainted
with conservation and the need
for conservation. He was selected
as outstanding conservation farm-
er lor 1000. lie is interested in
prorm-'gng conservation and is
eager to see more carried out.
The older members of the board
of supervisors will miss F.roest
Kolb in their .activities, and all
have expicssed appreciation for
his work as a supervisor They
also Wi'leenie the new supervisor.
Dalton Davi-.
mav depend 1 .e -nT '' ' 1
i,f (tie count ■ .'indoor rr other
• h county of
in
ti c stale.
Farm Bureau
Convention to
3c Held Monday
The annual Stcaewall County
I arm Ho' eau Convention w ill be
held Mnday, '1 'obet 10'h .^t S• 00
pin in the \ -pei monl School
I 'atetcri.'i
Members are meed to attend
Hits meet ing in.1 par'u-ipato in
■ II, adaption et Ri -oiutiolis, eh'i
tioii ol Do ector and the < 'onven-
Imin I )ci< gates to go to the St ale
Convent ion ill \uM in :n \ovi 111-
hi '
\ program ha- been planned
oi youi . njoy e.ielit,
Pass, Punt, Kick
Contest Saturday
The Pass. I'llrit and Kick con-
test vviil be held Saturday, Octo-
ber I t at the fool b ill field.
Hoys between the a es of H-l.'i
arc eliedile to participate in the
contest this year
I'I'K is sponsored hv Ven/ey
Motor Company and the Ford
Motor (Vni| any.
('onto-' vull begin at 0 00 a m.
B-Team,
Jr. High
Both Win
The Aspermont 15 team were the
happiest hunch of boys in town
Thursday night when they de-
feated Haw ley 2-1-8.
This was the first game some
ol these boys had won since they
began playing football together
in the seventh grade.
Their touchdowns came when
Dwayne Page carried for two.
One of the'-e was a kicked return
when he took it on the one yard
line and carried it for SI!) yards
for the tally.. Page ran the extra
points over He also carried ow
an end sweep to make his other
t illy.
Carlton McFwen carried on an
end sweep to got himself in the
scoring column. Mickey Oerloff.
quarterback carred over the two
points
Page carried once into pay d rt
hut was called back because of a
hackfield in motion play.
Hawley scored only one touch-
down with the extra points run
over.
Defensive highlight of the game
was when Danny Diggs inter-
cepted tli/'e Hawley passes and
Malcolm Rash intercepted one.
The .Junior High Stingers de-
feated Paducah hi to 8. Augus-
tine Munoz carried over one
touchdown and Wendell Dicker-
son carried over the other. Kxtra
points were also ran over.
This w ei k the B team and .Inn-
er High go to Roseoe Thursday
night .lunior High game will be-
gin at 5:30 p.m.
first tally of the night. The pass
attempt lor extra points failed.
Aspermont kicked off to Wylie
and Ronald Meador really put his
fool, into it and kicked it out of
the end zone. Wylie's ball on the
20. They tried two running plays
but only gained 2 yards. They at-
tempt a pass but Walter Doug-
lass linebacker for the Hornets
got to the ball first and inter-
cepted the pass on the Wylie 19
yard line. Aspermont attempted a
pass but Darrcll Bacons a back
lor Wylie intercepted that pass on
the Wylie 7 yard line, Wylie at-
tempted to go. but was hit hard
by he heavy line of Aspermont
and fumbled, tackle Nathan Ray
recovered the fumble on the 7.
Mike Samford carried but only
got three of the seven yards.
Mike again carried 4 yards into
the end zone for the second tally
of the evening. He carried for the
extra two points,
Aspermont again kicked off to
Wylie where it was their ball on
their on 15 yard line. They had to
punt, after three plays.
The Hornets took the ball on Wy-
lie's 40 yard line. Jeff Ileolil car-
ried for 5 yards. The next play
Ronald Meador connected with
end Jimmy Parker 4-1 yards for
pay diit. Danny Fra/.ier is stop-
ped short for the extra points.
Only 25 seconds remaining in the
first quarter. Aspermont 20. Wy-
lie 0.
Wvlie look o or in the second
quarter with a lit tit over 8 minuts
left Wayne Clark faked a run and
threw a short pass to George
Holland in the end zone for a
touchdown for the Bulldogs.
Wylie kicked off to Aspermont
and Samford carried from the 15
to the 30 The Hornets received a
penalty which cost them 15 yards
and on the next play the Hornets
lost the ball on a fumble. Wylie
took over on the Aspermont 20
Wylie received a 5 yard penalty
Clark connected will, Marlin Wil-
son lot a 15 vard pass Darrcll
Bacons carried for 3 and Clark
again throws a short pass to Jer-
ry Templetou in the end zone.
Rusty Rutledge carried over the
two points putting the score As-
permont 2'h Wylie TI
The final score come in the
first half came after Wvlie took
over on ihor own 40 First play
from scrimmage a long pass was
thrown but Danny Fra/.ier was
t here to knock it down Wylie
gamed down to the I yard line
where the Hornet line holds for
two plays but Clark finally made
it over lor the touchdown. Wylie
tried to break the tie by kicking
the extra point, but N'ahan Ray
decides that they don't need it
and blocks the kick, with 40 sec-
onds left in the first half.
In the third quarter no score
was made for either side, but de-
fensive ball was played, with
each team pushing as hard as
they could to keep the ball and
break the tie.
Seconds before the third quar-
ter ended Wylie recovered a fum-
ble on the Aspermont 26 yard
line. Wylie tried to go but the
line held and knocked Clark loose
from the ball and N. Ray was
there to cover lor the Hornets.
Aspermont took, over on their
own 28 yard line. Frazier carried
for one yard, Samford for 5 and
aagin for 4. Frazier carried for
gains of 7 and 9. Samford
for 3, Frazier carried but Hor-
nets draw a clipping penalty that
set them back for 15 yards.
Meador then connected with Park-
er for one of those bombs ftiat. he
can throw, this one for 45 yards.
Samford carried for 5, a fum-
ble on the play, but Hornets re-
cover ball. Wylie drew two
ball, Wylie draws two offside
penalties and then Samford bull-
dozes through the middle like a
Patton tank in Italy for the tally.
Samford carried the two points
over the same path that he car-
ried for the touchdown giving
Aspermont the lead with only a
minute and 1.5 seconds left in the
Aim e
Then the Hornets defensive unit
really dug in and held Wylie for
the remainder of the game.
AS PF R.MONT
W'YLIK
20 0 0 8—28
0 20 0 0—20
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Robert Let
Jim Ned
Wylie
Rot an
Roseoe
Woodson
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Jim Ned
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I.ast Week's Results
Jim Ned 23. Woodson 20. Aspor-
28. Wylie 20. Merkcl 00. Hotari 0;
Robert I.ec 44, Roseoe 0.
This Week':, Schedule
Wylie at Hotan; Woodson at
Aspermont, Merkel at Robert
I.ec, Roseoe at Jim Ned,
VISITS HERE
Mi and Mrs Wayne B Smith
and H'U'hoy of Botger. snout
Sunday wiMi Mi and Mrs Craig
Kliiiore Mrs, Smith is a sister of
Mr-. Fiinofe.
Stivers Named
Administrator
Of Hospital
W C Stivers began his duties
Monday as administrator of the
Stonewall Memorial Hospital, lie
moved here troin Post where tie
had been administrator for the
past two years.
Slivers, is unmarried and a
member ol the Methodist Church.
He has also been at hospitals in
Flovdada. for Iwo years, at Park-
land Hospital in Dallas 8 years
and was at John Scaly in Galves-
ton for three years
Stonewall Memorial Hospital
has been without an administra-
tor for several months.
To Vote Regardless of Their Age
HO MP (ROM HOSPITAL
A W Pearc of Old dory, is
home from the hospital and is
doing fine.
PARENTS OF SON
Mi and Mrs Ronnie Moorhearl
are the proud parents of a son.
Michael Jay. born September
30th at Ft, Knox, Kentucky
Grandparents are Mr Art'e Boyd i
stun of \spo>monl and Mr. and
Mrs I.. <1. Moorhead of Peacock. I
F.veryone in Stonewall County
who wants to vote ill 1008 is pn-
inu to have to register in order to
be eligible according to Secre-
tary ol State John I. Hill.
It will be the first time that the
county will he able to evaluate
accurately its voting potential, for
years, resdents ovet 00 years of
age living outside cities ol 10.000
or less have not been required
to register Recently enacted
legislation changes all this and
every voter will have to have his
or her name on the registered
rolls ol the eountv in order to be
eligible to cast ballots in 1908
That's the word from County
Tax Assessor Collector 11 O, Mc-
Afee. who cites the amended
voter registration law. passed hv
the onth Legislature, and inter-
nre'ed hv Sec Hill.
The new legislation amends the
Stale Flection Code to require
that all voters in Texas must be
registered in order to vole in
elections held on or after Feb. 1,
1908.
This change is in keeping with
t he constitutional amendment
voted on at the general election
in November of last year.
This amendment which does
away with exemptions from re-
gistration previously accorded
persons over IK) years of age,
living outside cities of 10.000 or
more, does not become effective
until Feb 1. 1008. and those ex-
empted persons may continue to
vote without registration until
that date in Stonewall County,
I but must register if they wish to
vote in elections held in the vot-
ing year of 1908.
Voter registration for 1968 be-
gan fit the tax office in the court-
house here Oct. 2. 1907. and will
j continue through Jan 31. 1968.
All qualified voters 21 years of
! ape or over, must register if they
i wish to vote in 1968 elections.
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