The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1969 Page: 4 of 4
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PAGE 4, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1989
TIIIO ASPERMONT STAR, ASPERMONT, TEXAS 79502
NOTES FROM
PEACOCK
By Mrs. M. F. Childress
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ander-
son went to Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Laynes at Snyder
yesterday and was met there
by Mr. and Mrs. Othel Nib-
A meeting of merchants
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Criswell
and family of Crosby ton and
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cris-
well and family of Eunice, N.
M. and Mr. and Mrs. Bunk
Floyd of Aspermont, and Mrs.
Homer Hodges and son of Jay-
ton visited Mr. arid Mrs. J.
W. Criswell Sr. of this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kidd and
Parker of Jayton visited Mrs.
R. D. Parker here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Verld Conner
and baby of Oklahoma visited
Mrs. Bettie Ra*h last Sun-
day.
Mrs. McDowell visited in the
nursing home in Rotan last
Saturday.
Mr. Tom Sorrells is sick
with cancer. Mrs. Mollio
Guess visited him in Abilene
Hospital and he is very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Mack
Blanton and children of Ver-
non, Utah are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Blanton.
Mrs Sue Parker of Plains
is visiting her parents for a
few days and then she will go
to Lubbock to attend Tech.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Parker of this area.
Mrs. Jadean Nudding has
left for Germany and she will
be there when her children
get out of the university and
then they will make a tour of
Europe this summer. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Godfrey
visited Mr. and Mrs. John
Ray Godfrey in Abilene Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vomer
of Austin visited Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Baker on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Patter-
sun visited Mr. and Mrs.
James Ludockcr and children
of Snyder Sunday.
Cotton Pickin's
mom*.:1 runii r..«wv fvtomn* i\i
Stamford — Interest in a
belt-wide boll weevil eradi-
cation program is gaining mo-
mentum throughout the South,
says Charles G. Bragg. Execu-
tive Vice President of the Roll-
ing Plains Cotton Growers,
Inc.
Growers who have cooper-
ated in community or coun-
ty-wide weevil control pro-
grams in the Rolling Plains
and other sections of the Cot-
ton Belt have proven to their
own satisfaction that increased
Income from a cooperative
small-scale assault on the in-
sect has more than repaid
them in increased yields and
better prices.
Several communities and
counties in the Rolling Plains
are again setting up weevil
control programs for the up-
coming crop.
But this season-to-season,
limited-area plan is one that
has to be repeated each year.
Eventually the producers will
have a production-cost outlay
that will exceed what it would
have cost them to help finance
a belt-wide eradication pro-
gram.
While the screwworm pro-
gram has not yet entirely
eradicated this costly insect
post, its progress toward com-
plete success is so encouraging
that the work, with govern-
ment support, is due to con-
tinue, Bragg points out.
Entomologists, as well as
other agricultural scientists,
are just as confident as those
who have directed the screw-
worm project that they now
have the tools and know-how
to eventually wipe out the boll
weevil, said the RPCG of-
ficial.
Several members of Con-
gress from cotton growing
states have publicly announced
their willingness to back a co-
operative government - sup-
ported program to eradicate
the weevil. It would he
modeled somewhat after the
screwworm control plan,
Bragg said.
However, the longer we
dwaddle over what we are
willing to do and how we pro-
pose to do it, the harder it
will be to get government co-
operation in financing an
eradication program.
'The farmers' friends in the
Congress are growing less
each year. And there are some
cotton producing states that
do not. have the same insect
problem that we have. Con-
sequently. they will not be too
eager to come to our aid.
"Without government funds
and support it seems to me
that we might as well forget
about a weevil eradication
program. There is not now
any legal way for funds from
the $l-a-balc checkoff to be
diverted to such a project.
• A weekly public service feature from-
the Texas State Department of Health
M-ItmM
— J.E. PEAVY, M.D., Commissioner of Health
AUSTIN — If the warm
spring weather has drawn you
out to work in the yard —
when it's not raining, that is
— and you haven't had a teta-
nus immunization, you arc,
!n fact, giving tetanus an
open invitation to pay you a
visit.
Last year it visited 17 per-
sons in Texas — and all but
seven died. Of the 10 de.iths,
at least eight had not been
Immunized against tetanus,
according to State Health De-
This regulation, however,
could be amended.
"I feel like we need to reach
accord on a regional scale in
dealing with the weevil prob-
lem and the sooner, the bet-
ter, if we hope to stay in the
cotton business," Bragg con-
cluded.
partment morbidity reports.
Often referred to as "lock-
jaw," tetanus is no rcspector
of persons — either by age or
residence. It hits anywhere.
In 1968, the disease strucK
down two infants under one
year of age. It also claimed
/ictims in the l-to-4 age groups
and ago groups of 5-to-9, 10-to
19, 30-to-39, 50-lo-59 and 60
and older.
Tetanus is definitely a kill-
er. Even when treatment is
started almost immediately,
about one-third of the victims
die anyway.
Fortunately, there is an
effective and safe immuni-
zation procedure against this
disease.
However, an initial series
of tetanus innoculations will
not help if given after an in-
jury. A booster will do, if
you've had initial protection.
Spores of the bacteria which
causes tetanus are almost
everywhere. They are found
In soil, street dust and ani-
mal droppings, particularly in
manured soil. A scratch, cut
or open sore may allow some
of the unseen spores to eivf%
ter the body.
Once inside the body, these
tough spores turn into a form
of tetanus germ which may
secrete a powerful toxin —
In humans, the toxin causes
spasms, convulsions and fre-
quently, death. The label
"lockjaw" refers to a spasm
of the jaw muscle which
clamps the jaw shut.
Unless you have had a basic
tetanus immunization in the
armed forces or from your
family doctor, you must do so
before an injury to be pro-
tected.
In many Texas school sys-
tems, local rules require that
all students entering school
for the first time must show
proof that they have been
immunized for certain disea-
ses; tetanus is sometimes one
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1969, newspaper, May 29, 1969; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128005/m1/4/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.