The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1971 Page: 1 of 4
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►NT STAB, ASPEHMONT, TEXAS
73, NO. 33
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, APRIL 8, 1971
PERMONT IN . . .
OiiTY YEARS AGO
pril 9, 1931.)
An entirely new group of city of-
icials were selected as the result
fthe city's municipal election held
esday. Only 50 voters went to the
oils to select the mayor and five al-
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Excavations for the foundation
ind basement of the new rural high
school building here, the first actual
/ork of the building program of
school district No. 4, are now in
jrogress under the direction of J.
L. Hair, contractor of Wichita
fFalls. As a means of aiding the un-
|employment situation in this drouth
affected section, workmen will be
lemployed in two shifts which will re-
port alternating weeks, thus giving
leach list employment during two
weeks of each month. On Dec. 20,
11930 an election for the issuance of
bonds was favorably carried in this
consolidated district composed of
Old Glory, Hooker, New Hope and
Old Brandenburg. Plans for a model
8-room brick and tile structure,
drawn by Voelcker and Dickson, ar-
chitects of Wichita Falls, were la-
ter accepted by the trustees. The
building which will front east, will
be located in the center of the seven
acre campus on which the two old
school buildings now stand.
. ..Voters of Old Glory rural high
school district elected seven school
trustees Saturday. The board mem-
bers were selected from each of the
districts which combined comprise
the consolidated rural high school
located here.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(April 12, 1951)
One of the worst sand storms of
the year hit this area with all its
fury Tuesday. Everything was liter-
ally covered with sand.
About night it began to turn cold
and by 9 the temperature had drop-
ped to 48 degrees. It looked like it
might get to near freezing by Wed-
nesday. However it did not freeze
but it was windy again.
A group of eleven freshmen and
two sophomore students went to
Tuscola to win the south half of the
district defeating the Wylie team 5
to 3.
is The same team defeated a team
from Hawley 18 to 16 to win the
north half on home ground.
TheAspermont Lions Club at its
regular meeting Tuesday noon voted
to promote a clean up drive tor As-
permont.
The week beginning April 23 has
been set out as clean up week. All
g| residents of the town are requested
""" and urged to get busy and give their
premises a good cleaning during that
week or before then if possible.
TEN YEARS AGO
pril 13, 19G1)
Announcement has been made to
i effect that the annual pre-school
will be held at Asperrnont Ele-
jntary School on Friday, April
Sth.
All pre-school children who are
enrolled on the 1961-62 school cen-
sus, and their parents are extend-
ed an invitation to visit the school
on April 28th from 9:00 to 12:00 A.
M.
All children who will be six years
of age on or before September 1,
1961, and who will enter the first
grade in Asperrnont next September
are invited to attend, according to
Wesley M. Hobbins, elementary
school principal.
Lunch will be served at 11:15 A.
M., free to the children and 30
cents per plate to the adult.
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SENIOR WINNERS—Overall winners in the senior division of the 4-H
Talent Show held in the Asperrnont School Auditorium Monday evening
were, left to right, top row, Connie Craft, Bonnie McDowell, Jane
Gaither, Angela Moore and Sherrye Craft; bottom row, Teddy Ward and
Terry Hennig.
JUNIOR WINNERS—Overall winners in the junior division of the 14th
annual 4-H Talent Show held here Monday evening are pictured above:
left to right, top row, Jack Jones, Alan Rhoads, Jamie Wolsch, and
Tony Barrera; bottom row, Marcene Baldree, Sherry Rhoads, Kara
Jones and Aleisa Cox.
Other 400 Attend Annual
4-H Talent Show Monday
More than 400 attended
the 14th Annual 4-H Talent
Show at Asperrnont School
auditorium Monday night.
Some 87 4.H'ers competed in
the 40 acts.
Overall winners were:
JUNIOR GROUP — Jones,
Wolsch, Cox, Barrera, Jones,
Raldree, Rhoads and Rhoads,
all from Old Glory.
SENIOR GROUP — Hen
nig, Ward, McDowell, Moore,
Craft, Walker, Gaither and
Craft.
Other blue ribbon winners
were: Michael Nauert, Debbie
Jones and Jami Pierce; Clif.
ton, Thigpen, Thigpen, Mit.
ohell, Pittoek, Myers, Dick,
(■rson and Boyles; Billy Fow
ler; Lynet Meier and Susan
Baldree: Carrie Swink; Clint
Cook; Cook, Wallace, McNutt,
and Smitn; Kidd and Ellison.
Red ribbon winners were:
Stacy Nail, Vanessa Miller,
Bill Hawkins, Dwayne Pitt
cock, Spyres, Parker and
Soto, Moore, Hawkins, Mra
?.ck, Lipham and Lipham,
Cindy Cr is we 11, Vahlenkamp.
Dunham, Cox and Wilks,
Stephanie Vice, Judy Pitt
cock. Lackey, Harris Schuch
art, Johnson, Harris, Clifton,
Willingham, Johnson and
Martin, Kim Walker, Boyles,
Branch, Myers, Jack Hawkins,
Vahlenkamp and Vahlenkamp,
School Holidays
The Atpermont School will
dismiss for the Easter Holi.
days at 2:30 this afternoon
(Thursday) and will resume
classes again Wednesday,
Apr. 14.
Julie Hawkins, Cheri Clark.
Devon Pittcock, Steve Swink.
Renee Hawkins.
White ribbon winners were:
Kathy Maxwell, David Dil
lard, Susan Boyles, Jan Haw
kins, Stephanie Boynton, Kelly-
Hawkins, Shaun Wallace,
Jodie CrLswell and Eddie
Wolsch.
Miss Elain Bowman, Home
Demonstration Agent from
Knox County, and Don Car
minical from Benjamin were
judges for the show. Mike
Hinze was master of cere
monies.
Barry Autman
Gives Program for
Young Farmers
Barry Autman, the new
supervisor for F.H.A. jn Stone
wall County, met with the
Stonewall. County Young
Farmers, Thursday, for their
monthly meeting.
Mr. Autman spoke on the
type loans and what an in-
dividual must do in order to
qualify for a F. H. A. loan.
After the program the
monthly door prize was drawn.
John Fowler was the winner,
but due to his absence the
door prize was added to and
will be drawn again next
month.
Classified deadline is noon
Tuesday.
Activities for Preschoolers
Begins Here Today At 9
The Asperrnont Schools an
nual preschool day will get
underway today (Thursday)
at 9 a.m. and last until 12:30
p.m.
School officials are pre-
sently aware of 26 children
who will start their formal
education when school be-
gins in the fall. Children
whose sixth birthday comes
on or before Aug- 31, 1971
were counted on the census
during January. Should you
have a child or know of a
child who was not living in
the county in January or not
counted on the census, please
contact Joe Searcy at 989-
3323.
All preschool children
must bo accompanied by a
parent oi guardian in order
for the school to obtain all
the necessary inormation. All
lirst grade Students must
have had D. P. T. and small
pox shots before entering
school. Also, a birth certifi-
cate i.s required for each first
grade student. "Please bring
the birth certificate with you
so that a copy may be made
for the school's records,"
Lunches will be served
free of charge to the pre-
school children.
Each parent will be res-
ponsible for getting his child
to and from school. School
buses will not be used due
to the difference in the time
schedule. Students currently
in the first grade will iiot
come to .school April 15.
The v o t e r s Saturday
placed George C. Kenady
Jr. with 134 votes, and Bronc
Hawkins with 99 votes on
the Asperrnont Independent
School District Board.
The other candidates and
number of votes received
urnt n ^7nHr* T
ing 26, A. B. English 61,
Gwyn Myers 82. Doyle Hill
52, and Bill Meador 66.
Charles Letz with 330
votes and Taylor R. Cumbie
with 292 votes were elected
to the Stonewall Hospital
Board. There were eleven
write in votes, A. P. John,
son, one, Dewitt Ellison Jr.
two, C. H. Graham, two,
Appreciation
Barbecue Set
Here Tonight
An appreciation barbecue
will be held tonight (Thurs-
day) at the Stonewall Coun-
ty Livestock Showbarn to ex-
press thanks to all of the
people who helped with the
showbarn and livestock show.
The barbecue will be hosted
by the Asperrnont FFA Chap-
ter and the Stonewall Live-
stock Association.
The barbecue will be held
in the Stonewall County
Livestock Barn on the
Stamford Highway and will
start at 7:30.
Everyone is being invited
and urged to bring all of the
family.
The Livestock Association
will also elect new officers
for the coming year at this
time.
John McNutt, four, Ned
Ward, one and Fred Mont,
gomery.
-J. D. Gholson with 33 votes
and Horace Brock with 29
votes were returned to the
city council.
Three places were filled
on the Old Glory School
Board by Jack Jones with T2
volqf. Edw&rd Wolsch with
71 votes and James Martin
58. Eddie Jones received 38
votes.
Johnson Chapel, Peacock
Water System Being Talked
A rural water system to
seme the Johnson, Chapel
and the Peacock communities
was discussed here Tuesday,
Mar. 30, and plans were made
to implement the program.
The system will be known as
the Peacock Water Cooper-
ation.
The Cooperation will pur_
chase water from Asperrnont.
The system will also serve
the residents between Asper-
rnont and the two communi-
ties.
Membership fees in the
system will be $100 per meter.
This fee is manditory with
a FHA loan. The water can be
used for both home use and
for livestock.
Berry Autman, head of
the local Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, met with the
group and discussed the FHA
guidelines. Also meeting with
the group were two members
from the West Texas Council
of Governments along with
Stonewall County Judge Pat
Mitchell Jr.
A steering committee was
selected at the meeting.
Serving on the committee
are Steve Cochran, president;
Dean Clark, secretary
treasurer; Carl Dickerson,
Bill Meador and Ned Ward.
Anyone interested in mem.
ibership in the cooperative
should contact one of the
members of the steering com.
mittee. More information on
the project will be made
available in the near future.
Three Performances Planned
For Annual Spring Rodeo
Mrs. Doris Slapak of
Stamford spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Freeman.
The Asperrnont FFA Chap-
ter will hold its spring rodeo
May 7, and 8. There will be
three performances starting
at 8 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.
Saturday, and 8 p.m. Satur-
day.
Admission will be $1.50 for
adults and .75 for children.
The events will be open to
all grade school and high
school students.
The rodeo will feature the
following events: bull rid-
ing, bareback bronc, steer
riding, calf roping, ribbon
roping, girls barrel racing,
wild cow milking, flag race,
goat sacking, sled race, and
giris pole bending.
Anyone wishing to enter
should contact Steve Coch-
ran, Charlie Kirkpatrick, or
any FFA officer.
Hornet Track Team Captures
District 7-A Title At Albany
The Asperrnont. Hornets
edged out both Albany and
Roscoe to capture the Dis.
trict 7.A track title Satur
day at Albany. The Hornets
picked up four blue ribbons
and enough points to score
114 points. Albany scored
106 points and Roscoe scored
101.
All first and second place
winners in the district meet
will advance to the Regional
Meet.
Members of the team are
Larry Abbott, Kenny Camp
bell, Wendell Dickerson, Dan
ny Diggs, Mickey Gerloff,
Jack Hahn, Thomas Hanke,
Arthur Johnson, Augustine
Munoz, David Ellison, Frank
Taylor, Jerry Robertson, De
wayne Page, Doug Smith, Joe
Stubbs, and manager, Da vies
Taylor.
Asperrnont. results in the
meet were:
440 relay: 1. Page, Munoz,
Gerloff and Dickerson, 45.1.
880 yd. dash: 4. Gerloff.
120 high hurdles: 1. Page.
160: 2. Robertson, 16.2; 4.
Stubbs, 16.4.
100 yd. dash: 1. Munoz,
10.6.
440 yd. dash: 5. Taylor.
330 int. hurdles: 1. Page,
43.1; 4. Robertson, 44.4.
220 yd. dash: 2. Munoz,
23.1.
Mile run: 5. Smith, 5:14.9.
Mile relay: 5. Gerloff,
Johnson, Diggs, and Taylor,
3:45.4.
Shot put: 6. Johnson.
Discus: 2. Taylor, 133'6";
5. Hahn, 1327".
Long jump: 2. Gerloff, 20'_
1 y2"; 5. Johnson, 19'7".
High jump: 6. Stubbs, 5'6".
Pole Vault: 3. Diggs, 10'6".
WINS DISTRICT - The Asperrnont Hornet Track Team took first place
in the District 7-A Track Meet in Albany Saturday. Members of the
team are: left to right, top row, Coach Allen Thomas Hanke, Jerry Ro-
bertson, Jack Hahn, Joe Stubbs and Kenny Campbell; second row, Ais-
gustin Munoz, Danny Diggs, Arthur Johnson, Frank Taylor and David
Ellison; bottom row, Davis Taylor, Wendell Dickerson, Larry Abofct
and Mickey Gerloff. Not pictured are Dewayne Page and Doug Smith.
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1971, newspaper, April 8, 1971; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128102/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.