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VOL. 73, NO.
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ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, APRIL 1, 1971
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Yesteryears *
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i'ORTY YEARS AGO
|April 2, 1931)
An election has been ordered by
the City Council to be held on Tues-
day April 7, 1931, for the purpose
I of electing a Mayor and five alder-
Imen.
The Swenson Community Club
U Oil •« Art 1 i ( i * *
?t ivittlUE at ine scnooi
[house. House was called to order by
jPresident, EdHahn. Minutes of call
[meeting were read and approved,
j By-laws and constitution were read
[ and new members were added to the
list.
People have been heard to re -
mark so often this season on the
mild winter we have just gone
through— as we thought.
Grass was growing, flowers
blooming and things were indeed
looking lovely when all of a sudden
on March 27 Old Man Winter came
back with a whirl that sent the re-
gister down to 14. Some sleet and
snow that stayed on in spots for sev-
eral days accompanied this outburst.
Oldtimers say the first experience
of this kind in 45 years. Let's hope
he is gone for good this time.
era TWENTY YEARS AGO
U (April 5, 1951)
Census report shows that a to-
tal of 6804 bales o£ cotton were
ginned in Stonewall County from 1950
crop.
This compares with 11,751 bales
ginned from the 1949 crop.
The yield was about the same for
the two years; considering the a-
creage was greatly lowered for the
1950 crop.
A copy of the Aspermont Star o-
ver 51 years old has recently been
found. It was dated Dec. 8, 1899.
The paper was found by Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Trammel. They were
tearing down an old house on their
place and the paper was in the inner
wall of the building between the ceil-
ing and the wall. A large part of it
had rotted away but some of it could
be read.
Farmers in this area are plow-
ing and planting feed since the won-
derful rain which fell a week ago .
Of course the moisture was insuffi-
cient after six months drouth
but it will help. It was certainly
appreciated and let's hope we shall
have more very soon.
TEN YEARS AGO
(April 6, 1961)
The Aspermont High Chor-
us, under the direction of John Fos-
ter, will present on the night of A-
ril7, at 8:00 P.M., an "Old Time
lack Face Minstrel Show. " Allpro-
eds from the gate will be donated
the Sharon Jones Fund.
The homecoming for the ex-stu-
ts and teachers of Aspermont
consolidated schools, which was
med a huge success by all who
ended.
The fun and excitement of seeing
old friends reigned over all the fes-
tivities, whichbegan at 1:30 P.M.,
Saturday, with a giant welcoming
parade, carried on by various
grades and organizations of the
school.
The Aspermont elementary
school Pee-Wees (fifth and sixth
graders) went to their first track
meet since their track program was
organized, and defeated seven other
teams for the championship. This
meet was held at Guthrie. The Pee-
Wees tallied 21 points.
Lions Club to Hosf
Pancake Supper
Monday Evening
The Aspermont ILIons
Club will sponsor a pan-
cake supper on Monday
night April 6.
Serving (time wilJ be
from 5:30 p.m. until <7:00 p.
m.
The supper w5'l be served
before the Stonewall Coun-
ty 4-11 talent show.
Pancakes will be served
in the school {cafeteria.
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Scheduled Here
Mondoy Evening
The 14th Annual 4-H Tal-
ent Show will be held at the
Aspermont Auditorium Mon-
day, Apr. 5 starting at 7:15
p.m.
There will be about 3 dif-
ferent acts, involving some
80 4-H'ers.
Elain Bowman, Home
Demonstration Agent from
Knox City will judge the con-
test. Ribbons will be awarded
to all.
The public is invited. Ad-
mission will be 50c for adults
and 25c for school children.
Mike Hinze will be master
of ceremonies.
Local FFA Swine
Judging Team Gets
First At San Angel®
Thursday the Aspermont
Chapter Future Farmers of
America won the first place
trophy in Swine Judging at
the annual San Angelo State
College Livestock Contest.
Monte Jones, a member of
the Aspermont FFA live,
stock Judging team, was high
individual in sheep.
Monday, the Aspermont
FFA Livestock Judging team
entered the annual Abilene
Christian College Livestock
and Land Judging Contest
where Aspermont Livestock
Judger Melany Ellison was
high individual in swine and
the Aspermont Livestock
team placed ninth out of 105
Livestock Judging teams.
Oratorical Contest
Winners Named
By Dickens (Electric
Names of winners of an or-
atorical contest sponsored by
Dickens County Electric Co-
operative were announced
this week by Sam Houston,
manager of the cooperative.
Winners whose oratory
qualified them for all ex-
pense paid trips to Washing
ton, D. C. are LoAnn Humph-
reys and Randy Lawson, both
students in the Patton Springs
High School. Alternates are
Dewayna Bostic, Spur and
Pat Peacock, Roaring Springs.
Riding Club Sets
Meeting Tuesday
The Stonewall County Rid-
ing Club will hold a meeting
Tuesday, April 6.
Meeting will be at Fraziers
Cafe at 7:30 p.m.
HAD A PARTY? That's
news, call the STAR.
Hpp
DANA HIGHT
... sets two records
Girls Track Team Breaks
Four Records At Gail Meet
The Aspermont Girls Track
Team broke four all school
records in compiling 88 points
and placing second in the
Borden County Track meet
Friday at Gail.
The Aspermont team led
by two points going into the
final event, the mile relay. It
depended on who ran the best
mile relay time between As-
permont and New Home as
who would win the meet. As-
permont team composed of
Anita Munoz, Brenda Rimes,
Dana Hight and Vickie Jack-
son, broke the old school
record by 37 seconds. How-
ever this was not good enough
as New Home ran a faster
time and nosed the Hornets
First Baptist Church
Honors Seniors
With Banquet
The First Baptist Church
honored the members of the
Senior Class of Aspermont
High School with a banquet
Friday evening in the fel-
lowship hall of the Church.
Mitchell Kidd brought the
invocation. Rev. Fred Thom-
as welcomed the guests. Deb-
orah Dickerson introduced
Hugh Jack Norwood, pastor
of the County Line Baptist
Church, guest speaker.
The theme of the banquet
"Hitch your Wagon to a Star"
was carried out in wall and
table decorations.
The wall, back of the head
table, was centered with a
large wagon filled with large
white and red flowers. The
wagon was "hitched" to a
large silver glittered star.
Above the wagon the theme
of the banquet was in silver
glittered letters and pic-
tures of each Senior was
mounted on silver glittered
stars. These covered the en-
tire wall.
Nut cups were small wag-
ons hitched to stars. The
tables were covered with
white with red runners. White
candles were used. Programs
were red with a white star
and miniature graduate caps.
The benediction was given
by David Ellison.
out of first place.
Dana Hight broke two
school records and served on
the mile relay team that
broke a third.
Carolyn Ward broke the
school record in the 880
Dash to compile the four new
records set by the girls track
team, coached by Coach
Sonny Bounds.
Aspermont results were as
follows:
Shot Put - 4. Vickie Jack-
son 29*10".
Broad Jump - 5. Brenda
Rimes 14'5%".
Triple Jump - 2. Dana
Hight 33'6" (New record, old
record 32'101/£" by Dana.) 5.
Brenda Rimes 31'7%".
High Jump - Dana Hight
4'8", 3. Vickie Jackson 4'7".
440 Relay - 2. Anita Munoz,
Vickie Jackson, Brenda
Rimes, Dana Hight 54.0.
220 - 2. Brenda Rimes 27.8.
80 Hurdles - 1. Dana Hight
11.9 (New school record, old
record 12.0 by Dana).
880 Relay - 4. Margaret
Jackson, Mary Pena, Mar-
garet Pena, Cynthia Parker
2:08.0.
880 Dash - Carolyn Ward
2:46.4 (New school record,
old record 2:54.0 by Patsy
Green 1970.
Mile Relay - 4. Munoz,
Rimes, Hight and Jackson
4:39.2 (New record, old rec-
ord 5:17.0 by Mona Gerloff,
Vickie Aberriathy, Brenda
McDowell and Vickie Prich-
ard 1969).
The track team will com-
pete in the Jayton track
meet on Friday April 2.
SERVICES TODAY
TO BE HELD FOR
H. C. ROBERTSON
H. C. Robertson died at
2:05 p.m. Tuesday in Hen-
drick Memorial Hospital in
Abilene.where he had been
a patient three weeks.
Funeral will be held at 2:30
p.m. today (Thursday) at
First Baptist Church with
Rev. Clyde Cook, former pas-
tor. officiating.
HAD VISITORS?
news, call the Star.
That's
CITY. SCHOOL, HOSPITAL-
Elections Saturday
Elections will take the
spotlight in Stonewall County
Saturday as voters elect
schoolboard memlbers in As-
permont and Did Glory, hos-
pital board and Aspermont
city olificials.
On the ballot on the school
election in Aspermont are
Bronc Hawkins, Gwn Myers,
Rill Meador, Doyle Hi!!,
T~t-_ n /rt.a.uv *t—i: *
liuiiii jp. ) itUUUig, A.
B. English and George CaL
fvin Kenady Jr.
Two positions are to be
filled on the school board.
At Old Glory four men are
on the ballot for three places.
They are Edward Wolsch,
Jack Jones, Eddie Jones and
James Martin.
On the Stonewall County
School board seeking Com-
missioners Free. 1 is Eeno
Erdman and for
sioner Prec. 2 is
Vanderworth.
Commis.
Lee Roy
In the city election in As.
permont two incumbents are
vacancies.
Seeking the two places on
the Stonewall County Hospital
Board Taylor R. O.uisb's
and Charles Letz.
issues Keport un iv/o
County Financial Condition
As promised, when asking $1.00 to travel 25 mile-sl.or must be reduced for us to
for the Judge's job that 1 figuring another way and have new structures, such as
would keep you informed on assuming a vehicle will burn a rest home, community cen-
the county business, I submit 30 gallons in a days work and ter and decent salaries for
the following account of the the fuel costing 20c per gal- the county employees, if you
county's financial operation ]0n or $6.00 per day; under have county employees who
taken from the County Audi- these conditions each ve- have the welfare of the
tor's annual report for 1970. hide worked an average of county at heart.
I realize that figures are 71 days in 1970; whereby we The other county expenses
boring and sometimes hard have 260 working days per are broken down as follows:
to understand, and should year, these vehicles were busy Fire Dept. 1,593.44
there be questions after read- a little more than 1/4 of the Charity 1,135.01
ing this, feel free to call time. Utilities 4,111.87
or come by my office or Mr. Our cost of this machinery Co. Agent Office .... 3,684.68
Marr's office and we will at- js about $450,000.00 with a Sheriff Office 20,824.90
tempt to explain. salvage value of about $100,- (2,600.00 car)
1970 Total Expenditures .... 000.00. When depreciated Co. Atty. Office .... 5,425.00
- $270,013.70 0ver a 7-year period, we have Co. Judge Office .... 10,273.79
Total Receipts .. $260,422.33 a depreciation cost of $50,- Co. Auditor Office* 5,425.00
The 4 precincts spent $165,- 000.00 per year. Considering Co. Clerk Office .... 12,175.06
741.76, or approximately that we worked only 71 days Co. Trea. Office .... 5,823.07
$550.00 per mile of county per vehicle times 30 ve- Tas Assessor-Col 15,730.84
road during the year of 1970, hides — or 210 days, giving Justice Peace Office 1,989.79
with $113,271.94 being spent m a depreciation cost per County Library 936.05
by the remainder of the hour of $3.00, combined with Highway Patrol 207.32
county. a labor and operating cost 89,438.23
To further break down the Df $4.00 to $5.00 per hour or This does not add up to the
precinct expenses: B totai 0f $7.00 per hour cost $113,271.94 that was spent,
Precinct No. 1: Total ex- Df operating our trucks, pick- and the remaining expend!-
penses, $47,966.41; of this, ups and maintainers. From tures came from the Court-
$13,270.00 being spent for new these figures it is evident house and Jail, Jury, Delin-
machinery. that our present method of quent Tax Roll, and General
Pieei/ict No. 2: Total ex- operation is much too costly Funds, to cover insurance,
penses, $44*006.66; no new for this business or any other evaluation engineers, jury
machinery. ^ if we inten(j to remain in expenses, and miscellaneous
Precinct No. 3: Total ex- operation. In fact, we can expenses.
penses, $27,798.39; of this, hire our work done cheaper 1 hope this gives you an
$6,455.00 spent on new ma- than we can own this large >dea as to how your money
chinery. amount of equipment. I was spent in 1970.
Precinct No. 4: Total ex- contend that these expenses Pot Mitchell Jr.
tpejises $45(371.30; pt this. 1
$21,410.50 being spent on« 0# 0 | §
"« "no. th.t „ Activities for Preschoolers
have a great deal of excessive
road machinery in the Coun- RL,,,-,. J „ IP
tincr*ine *the ** Planned Thursday, Apr. 15
7 pickups $ 7,000.00 The annual preschool day for the school to obtain all
11 trucks 77,000.00 activities will be held Thurs- the necessary inormation. All
7 maintainers 210,000.00 day Apr. 15 from 9 a.m. until first, grade students must
4 loaders . 80.000.00 12:30 p.m. have had D. P. T. and small
1 dozer 30,000.00 School officials are pre- pox shots before entering
30 $444,000.00 sently aware of 26 children school. Also, a birth certifi-
One of the few means which who will start their formal cate is required for each first
I have of determining the education when school be- grade student. "Please bring
amount of hours this ma- gins in the fall. Children the birth certificate with you
chinery has worked, is by whose sixth birthday comes so that a copy may be made
the amount of fuel that was on or before Aug. 31, 1971 [for the school's records,"
purchased by the county. In were counted on the census Lunches will be served
1970, we spent $12,895.03 on during January. Should you free of charge to the pre-
fuel and oil for these ve- have a child or know of a school children.
hides, which reflects that an child who was not living in Each parent will be res-
average of $429.83 dollars the county in January or not ponsible for getting his child
worth of fuel was used by counted on the census, please to and from school. School
each vehicle, and further in- contact Joe Searcy at 989- buses will not be used due
dkate.s that each vehicle 3323 to the difference in the time
only traveled 10,745 miles All preschool children schedule. Students currently
during the year of 1970. (This most be accompanied by a in the fj^t grade will not
is assuming that it takes parent or guardian in order come to school April 15.
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JUNIOR FAVORITES - Chosen Junior Class
favorites were Brenda McDowell daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Orthell McDowell and James
Gaithersonof Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Gaither.
SOPHOMORE FAVORITES - The Sophomore
Class chose as their favorites Donna Speck
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Speck and
Doug Frazier son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O.
Frazier.
FRESHMAN FAVORITES - Pattie McAnally,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mc An ally and
Kollin Shadleson of Mr. and Mrs. Brady Sha-
dle were chosen Freshman Class Favorites,
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1971, newspaper, April 1, 1971; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128101/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.