The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971 Page: 1 of 4
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ASPERMONT STAR
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
HALF GALLON
Yesteryears
TY YEARS AGO
e 18, 1931)
he Lions Club of Aspermont is
tering a demonstration of how
onewall County people can use
onewal! County products. They
ve had wheat ground on a mill at
enson in Stonewall County and are
have a demonstration of the breads
iiu cakes etc. that can be niade out of
lis Stonewall County grown
lanuf&ctured products.
The demonstration will be given at
le West Texas Utility Building
Saturday, June 20.
Coffee will be served along with the
various things that have been cooked
from this flour and they urge
Everyone to stop in and eat some of
le food and let the iadies give you
leir recipe.
The Lions Club feel that this should
3e interesting and worthwhile to
ivery citizen of Stonewall County. Not
>nly will you be given a chance to
(;aste of the cooked products but the
lour will be on display. We urge
jveryone to stop by the West Texas
Jtility Building and see what can be
lone with Stonewall County Products.
The Lueders Baptist Encampment,
leeting from July 13 to 19, is
arranging for a splendid recreational
i crogram. The rounds are being
. prepared for golf, baseball, tennis,
■ Volleyball, and croquet in the af-
ternoons from three to six o'clock.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(June 21, 1951)
I There will be another swimming
Jgparty next Monday states Supt. R. W.
I Johnson.
Iff : This time it is to be at 1:15 in the
| afternoon and will go to Rotan.
To make the trip will be all grades
.three through high school 12th. Bring
!|bath suit and towel.
i|| If you want to drive a Powerglide
Chevrolet visit the show rooms of the
lason Bros. Chevrolet Company
I from now until June 30th.
Masons have set aside special
fdemonstrators for use of the public
| and the period will be devoted to
giving as many people as possible
rides in the cars.
The opportunity for mass
Jdemonstrations here will show what
|owners have learned in more than a
|billion miles of driving. Even a brief
trial will prove that Powerglide
juipped cars are easier and more
restful to drive.
With Powerglide the car has no
clutch. This means the elimination of
sundreds of manual operations in the
course of an average days drive the
lasons said. The result is that a
iriver finishes the day more
Refreshed and relaxed. A person has
jto experience the effortless process of
lutomatic Powerglide fully to ap-
preciate its advantages Mason Bros.
B Said.
TEN YEARS AGO
|<June 12, 1961)
Plans are rapidly being made for
le homecoming of all ex-students
id faculty of the Peacock School and
>nsolidated schools on Saturday,
ly 1st.
Mans are underway at this time for
|evening of enjoyment for all who
|nd. It will include a supper at 5:30
, furnished by the Peacock
mus Association, and the good
Iple of the community. The
{ram will be held in the school
inasium immediately following
le meal. After the program, in-
dividual classes will meet for their
[class reunions.
Those in charge have asked The
|Star to announce thatr eryone who is
an ex-student of the tchool or con-
solidated schools is extended a most
fcordial invitation to a fend. Written
"invitations, it was learned, were sent
only to those living far off or other-
wise might not know the
homecoming.
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AT SIXTH GRADE PARTY — Students of Mrs. Burl Jameson's sixth grade
class are pictured at the end of school party held on the Salt Fork of the Brazos
River at the B. O. Hawkin's place.
Local Methodist Church
Backs Stand On Abortion
The First United Methodist
Church of Aspermont, in a
recent meeting, endorsed a
resolution by the Northwest
Texas Conference of the United
Methodist Church urging
Legislative revision of the
Texas Criminal Laws con-
cerning abortion.
In the meeting last Wed
nesday, the local church
discussed the resolution passed
by the Northwest Texas Con-
ference in Amarillo on abortion.
Those present at the meeting
agreed with the resolution and
the Administrative Board
unanimously agreed on this
resolution.
The Board also talked to some
of the younger people of the
church that would be affected
more by the change than would
the older people and they
agreed that in certain cir-
cumstances abortion should be
allowed to be performed.
Without elaborating on the
question concerning the validity
of the present laws, the
resolution passed by the Nor-
thwest Texas Conference stated
that legislative action should be
taken oin order to place the
regulation of abortion under
standard medical practice
rather than the criminal code.
The morality of abortion should
be handled on a moral and
Christian basis rather than on a
criminal basis.
The purpose of this resolution
was to support the change that
abortion is a Christian, moral
and medical concern and it
should not be handled as a
criminal concern, unless the
abortion is not handled by a
medical doctor. If a medical
doctor and a woman decide on a
medical, moral and Christian
basis that she should have an
abortion, they should be able to
perform one without having the
threat of being sent to prison by
the State of Texas.
joid Qlory News |
BY BERNICE WHITE
them Sunday afternoon, and
then attended church here in the
evening. He is a former
minister of the Church of Christ
here. The Mathews are plan-
ning to leave in about a month
for Guatemale where they will
be engaged in missionary work.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boles
and children of Lewisville spent
last weekend here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Boles.
Judy White, accompanied by
Dorothy Rogers of Aspermont,
spent several days last week in
McKinney visiting with
Francelle Boles. They also
enjoyed a trip to Six Flags and
several other points of interest.
VARIETY CLUB
The Old Glroy Variety Club
met Tuesday of last week in the
home of Mrs. Beno Hert-
tenberger. Seven members
were present. The ladies plan to
have one more regular meeting
and then plan to disband until
September when their regular
meetings will resume.
Mrs. R. D. Robinson is a
patient in the Stonewall
Memorial Hospital in Asper-
mont Mrs. Robinson fell in her
yard early one morning last
week and cut a gash in her head.
Hollis Davis, a former
resident of this community, is a
patient in Parkland Hospital in
Dallas and is reported to be
seriously ill
Mrs. Belle Hudson of Abilene
spent several days here last
week visiting in the home of her
daughter and husband. Mr. and
Mrs J. C. Ghoison.
Mr and Mrs John Burrow of
Friona stopped by one day last
week to visit with her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs Travis
Beil.
Dinner guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Letz last
Sunday included their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Letz
of Haskell; their grandson,
Freddy Letz, and a friend from
ACC in Abilene; Mr. and Mrs.
John Gordon of Clyde and
Herbert Dippel of Stamford.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon and Mr.
Dippell also visited in the home
of Mrs. Bernice White and Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Klump.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wienke of
Lubbock were here last
weekend visiting in the home of
his mother, Mrs. W. G. Wienke,
also her brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Beno Herttenberger,
her sister, Mrs. Katie Gerloff,
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Letz of
Austin are parents of a new
daughter, born Thursday, June
10. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Pierce
are the maternal grandparents
and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Letz
are the paternal grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Letz accompanied
by Mrs. Pierce and Dennice
made a trip to Austin over the
weekend. Debra Pierce, who
had been in Austin with the
Letzes, returned home with
them and Mrs. Charlie Letz
stayed there to spend a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mathews
ai.tl two daughters of Abilene
surprised several of their
friends here by visiting with
WEATHER
LOW
HIGH
June 8
69
96
June 9
71
%
June 10
75
96
June 11
72
m
June 12
68
92
June 13
71
91
June 14
66
85
More Money
Needed In Cancer
Drive In County
Anyone who has not been
contacted by the volunteer
workers in the Cancer Drive
being held in Stonewall County
are being urged to mail a check
to Mrs. Bernice Rhoads, Box 35,
Old Glory, Texas 79540. Mrs.
Rhoads said that the checks
should be made out to the
Stonewall County Fund.
At this time the total collected
in the county is $579.54.
Mrs. Rhoads said, "The
forces fighting to control cancer
entered the 1970's backed by
substantial achievements but
threatened by lack of funds. We
want to wipe out cancer in your
lifetime, but just as the cost of
living rises, each year the cost
of research jumps by more than
eight percent. That means we
must raise at least that much
more money just to keep
projects going."
"Today there are 1,500,000
Americans cured of cancer
because it was diagnosed early
enough for treatment. We urge
everyone to learn the warning
signals of cancer and then fight
it with a check-up," she con-
tinued.
Mrs. E. M. Jones
Attends Area II
In-Service Meeting
Mrs. E. M. Jones, Aspermont
Home Economics teacher was
one of 180 teachers to attend an
Area II in-service education
conference in the Sands Motel in
Midland Thursday and Friday.
The conference was planned
to develop individualized
learning curriculum in home
economics. The area home
economics teachers met with
six resource consultants who
conducted and assisted in in-
struction with "Unipac," an
individual learning packet from
which a child can learn from
following resource materials.
Clyde Littlepacje
Attends Meeting
Clyde Littlepage attended the
85th annual convention of the
Texas Funeral Directors and
Embaliners Associalion, Inc.,
held in Houston June 8 through
the 10 The meeting was held in
the Astroworld and Astrohall
Littlepage is a director of the
association
Sidewalk Sale to Help
Open Rodeo June 24
Plans Made for
Peacock Community
Homecoming
The Peacock Homecoming
will be held July 11, according
to John Kidd. The ail day event
will be held in the Peacock
Community Building and is for
everyone, all ages, especially
former residents of Peacock.
The noon meal will be catered
by Jackson Brothers of Post and
plates will be $1.65 each. Two
hundred (200) tickets must be
sold, Kidd said, in order to
secure the catering service.
Tickets may be obtained from
Mrs. John Kidd, Mrs. J. D.
Patterson Mrs. Gussie
Wolverton, Mrs. Don Nail, Mrs.
L. D. Moorhead or Evie Hub-
bard.
Several Aspermont mer-
chants have decided to hold a
Sidewalk Sale as part of the
opening of the sixteenth Annual
Amateur Rodeo to be held here
June 24, 25 and 26. The rodeo
will be held at 8:30 each night. A
parade will start at 5 p.m. on
Thursday, June 24, with
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part in it.
There will be two divisions in
the float contest with businesses
in one and clubs and
organizations in the other.
Prizes will be awarded for the
first three places in each
division.
A regular event in the parade
will be held again this year with
a prize for the oldest mounted
rider and one for the youngest
unassisted rider.
Businesses and clubs wishing
to enter floats in the parade
should call Mrs. Bronc
Hawkins, Mrs. Wayne Yar-
borough or Johny Pittock.
M and K Variety is sponsoring
the bicycle and tricycle contest
this year and children wishing
to ride in the parade should
AREA OFFICER — Joe
Stubbs, Aspermont FFA
member and local officer,
was recently elected Future
Farmers of America Area
Two Secretary. Area two
contains seven districts.
Calvin Lawrence
Resigns As Schoof
Assessor-Collector
Calvin Lawrence, tax
assessor and collector for the
Aspermont Independent School
District, has resigned to accept
a position with the J. C. Penny
Company. He and has family
will be moving to Lake Charles,
La.
Applications are now being
accepted for this vacancy by the
School District in the office of
the Superintendent of Schools.
Deadline Hears
To Hold Place
At 4-H Camp
4-H members who are
planning to attend the Stonewall
County 4-H Camp must turn in
their $5.00 by June 21, according
to Truette Hennig, county
agent. Hennig said that the
money must be turned in so that
they will know how many to
prepare camp for..
Swenson, Brazos
Valley Reunion
Held Here Sunday
The Swenson and Brazos
Valley Reunion was held
Sunday in the school cafeteria
with 120 attending. This was the
ninth year for the reunion The
oldest present was Mrs. Julis
Williams of Azle He was a
former postman for Brazos
Valley.
Mrs. Willie Trammell who
came from California traveled
farthest to attend the reunion.
Bryan Allen, two week old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sandran Allen
of Lancaster was the youngest
present.
The reunion organization is
looking forward to next year
and hope that more local people
will attend.
contact Mrs. George Kenady Jr.
The Stonewall County Riding
Club has extended a hearty
welcome to other riding clubs in
the area to be their guests at the
parade and rodeo. The clubs
will meet at Stonewall County
Livestock Barn east of
Aspermont on Highway 360. The
local club will feed the visiting
clubs and the members of the
visiting clubs will receive a
ticket for the Thursday evening
performance.
Board Hires Phillip Parker
As Athletic Director Here
The Board of Trustees of the
Aspermont Independent School
District hired Phillip Parker as
athletic director at a meeting of
the board Monday evening. He
will move to Aspermont about
the middle of July,
He is a graduate of Borger
High School where he played
under Gene Mayfield and
graduated from Panhandle
State College in Goodwell,
Okla., in 1965. He received a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Industrial Arts and Physical
Education.
He played tackle at
Panhandle State College for
four years and served as
student-assistant coach one
year. He was junior high school
football and track coach at
Pampa one year and held the
same position at Odessa.
The past four years he has
been defensive football coach
and B-Team basketball coach at
Coahoma during this time the
football team won 31 games and
lost 11. The teamjwon the
district title one of those years.
PHILLIP PARKER
. . .athletic director
Parker and his wife have one
child and are members of the
Church of Christ.
He succeeds George Boynton
who resigned the position to go
to Gainesville.
Federal Government Revises
Farm Vehicle Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Congressman Omar Burleson
today announced that the
Department of Transportation
has indicated its intention to
revise its commercial vehicle
driver qualification regulations
insofar as they apply to drivers
of certain vehicles controlled
and operated by farmers. This
action followed consultations
and study within the Depart-
ment, with the Department of
Agriculture, with farm group
representatives and other in-
terested parties.
Congressman Burleson stated
that the Department's Federal
Highway Administration found
that the seasonal and in-
termittent nature of interstate
farm operations; the general
short range of the majority of
farm trips; and the lower in-
cidence of exposure of farm
vehicles to highway collision
risks support revision of the
regulations.
"As one who has protested
vehemently the restrictions on
farm vehicles, and who has
introduced legislation to correct
this inequity," Burleson said,
"this action is a step in the right
direction."
He stated that the Depart-
ment's revision will cover a
proposed exemption from the
new driver qualification rules
for all drivers of farm vehicles
under 10,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight, a lowering of the
minimum age to 18 for drivers
of farmer-controlled and
operated vehicles, and selected
exemptions from some other
requirements. The agency also
will consider a 150 mile radius
exemption for single vehicles
(nonarticulated) and limited
exemptions for the larger and
heavier multiple-unit (ar-
ticulated) types of farm
vehicles. There is also a general
exemption proposed for drivers
of vehicles used in custom
combine harvesting operations.
"Frankly," Burleson said, "I
do not think the Federal
Government has any business
regulating farm vehicles at all.
State provisions should be
sufficient and I continue to feel
there should be a complete
exemption for farm fehicles."
February $1, 1854 marked the
dale of the organization of the
Republican Party-
Mrs. Frank Hoy received
word of the death of her brother,
Carvel Tombaugh, after a long
illness. He died in Los Angeles,
Calif. Sunday. Funeral service
was in Tuscon, Ariz., Wed-
nesday.
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Foil, Mrs. Roger. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971, newspaper, June 17, 1971; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128112/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.