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VOL. 73. NO. 50
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Yesteryears
RTY YEARS AGO
ugust 6, 1931)
On Friday evening, July 31, at
even o'clock a large group of young
eople gathered to go on a picnic at
Dripping Springs, which seems to be
getting a popular name as a picnic
ground. We all got on trucks and left
tmim with Jinhn Chilfirfss Hrivirsj? nr.o
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truck and Travis Rash the other.
When we got there we started playing
games and then had the roll call.
There were fifty-two present. After
roll call we played a game called
Monkey (for further information
about this game see John Childress-
and also many others. After the
games we were served with lemonade
and sandwiches.
Everyone reported a good time.
Frank Pool, special field agent for
the cotoon co-operative program in
the 7th district of Texas, was here the
first of the week in interest of
organizing local council and ap-
pointing receiving agent. He is
working in three counties at this time
Stonewall, Kent and Dickens. We will
possibly have more detailed account
of the work later.
It is a pleasure to be back home and
into the regular work after a time of
absence. I will be in my pulpit next
Sunday at eleven and at eight-thirty
Sunday evening. I hope that we may
have a good congregation at all the
services,
I want all the children more
especially through the intermediate
classes to be in their respective
places in Sunday School. I have
something to tell them that will be of
interest to each and everyone. Be
sure to be at Church and Sunday
School Sunday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(August 2, 1951)
County Commissioner Bailey Clark
has recently completed a very
commendable project — both to his
credit and to the credit of his fellow
workers.
The road leading up to the hill to the
city cemetery has been graded and
graveled, thus providing an all-
weather thoroughfare.
Commissioner Clark states that this
section of road, which is three-tenths
of a mile in length, is now in excellent
condition.
Dr. J. B. Adair, for six years a
missionary to Africa, will fill the
pulpit at the Aspermont First Baptist
Church on Sunday in both morning
and evening services. Doctor Adair
will substitute for the pastor, Rev. J.
B. Allen, who is conducting a revival
at Johnson Chapel.
The local Royal Ambassador
chapter is named in honor of Doctor
Adair. He was the missionary
speaker at R. A. Camp this year.
TEN YEARS AGO
(August 10, 1961)
Band director Lee South wishes to
.meet all students interested in band
i| at the high school building Monday
afternoon August 14 at 2 p.m.
Mr. South would like to have any
Itudent that has been in the band at
Aspermont in the past or any student
lat has moved to Aspermont that has
jlayed in a band at other schools meet
him at this time.
The Old Glory Girls 4-H Club met in
vegular session on August 4 in the Old
Glory Cafetorium. Thirteen mem-
bers, two adult leaders, and three
visitors were present. Rebecca Letz
led the motto, pledge and prayer.
Carolyn Sander and Donna Pierce
demonstrated the making of a king-
sized sandwich. Cynthia Letz and
Linda Newman were hostesses.
Punch, cookies and slices of the ham
sandwich were served.
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1971
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS^
WEATHER-
Stonewall County was blessed
with h good rain this last week.
The farmers and ranchers were
real glad to see the nice slow
rain that fell intermittently
most of the week.
Some areas received more
than others. Some farmers
reported as much as two inches
where his neighbor may not
have received but one-half inch.
Mr. C. G. Viertel, the official
weather man for Aspermont,
said he got less at the weather
station than anywhere else with
.45. The rain fall for the year is
7.92.
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Low
High
Tuesday
67
82
Wednesday
92
70
Thursday-
38
92
Friday
60
75
Saturday
59
75
Sunday
63
87
Monday
60
69
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DAIVD HENRY MOOR
. . .$4,000 Scholarship
David Henry Moor
Awarded $4,000
UIL Scholarship
David Henry Moor, a
graduate of Aspermont High
School in Aspermont, was
awarded the Robert A. Welch
Foundation scholarship of
$4,000 by the Texas In-
terscholastic League Foun-
dation.
David qualified for the grant
by competing in the University
Interscholastic League Number
Sense contests for the past four
years, winning first in district
and regional competition and
fourth in state in 1971.
David will attend Midwestern
University and will major in
chemistry.
Ag Teachers
Attending State
Training Session
Steve Cochran and Charles
Kirkpatrick, Aspermont
vocational agriculture
teachers, are in Dallas this
week for an annual meeting and
in-service Education Workshop
for vocational agriculture
teachers.
The sessions are being held at
the Adolphus and Baker Hotels
Monday through Friday.
Some 1300 teachers were
expected to attend.
Pool to Close
Here Aug. 14
The Aspermont Swimming
Pool will close Aug. 14, ac-
cording to Terry Ellison and
Kirby Priest.
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WITH COUNTY CLERK
All Livestock Brands Must
Be Registered By Feb. 29
WINS FIRST PLACE TROPHY — Tommy
Graham won first place at Paducah in the 14 and 15
year old division and David Dickerson (right)
came in fourth in the 11-year-old and under
division.
All brands and marks on
Texas livestock must be
recorded with the County Clerk
after Aug. 30 according to a new
law passed during the last
session of the state legislature.
The new law is a result of
efforts by state county clerks
afiu J arm organizations;
Producers will be given a six-
month period (Aug. 30, 1971
through Feb. 29, 1972) on which
to register these brands and
marks and the location on the
animal which they are
currently using. After this time,
any unrecorded brand will be
available for use on a "first
vome, first served" basis.
The law further states that all
such brands and marks must be
rerecorded every 10 years.
Each County Clerk records for
his given county only, so many
producers may need to record
their brands in additional
Cuumitss if their ODeraiinns ars
extensive.
The owner shall have the
right during this six-month
period to file the mark and
brand now recorded in his
name. In the event it cannot be
determined from the records
who first recorded the brand
and mark in the county, then the
Aspsrmont Boys
Place in Junior
Golf Tourney
Two Aspermont boys entered
the Paducah Invitational Junior
Golf Tournament Saturday and
Sunday held at Paducah
Country Club.
David Dickerson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Dickerson fired
a 148 to finish fourth in the 11
years and under Championship
flight.
Tommy Graham, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Graham, fired a
147 to take first place trophy in
the first flight in the 14 and 15
year old division.
Boys from Paducah, Hamlin,
Childress, Munday and
Amarillo were entered in the
tournament. Both local boys are
members of the Aspermont Golf
Association.
AFTER JAN. 1
More Lights Coming for
Cotton Trailers, Tractors
Peacock Services
Held Monday for
Mrs. Vaughan, 88
Mrs. Maggie Vaughan, 88, of
Peacock, died at 2:25 p.m.
Saturday in Callan Memorial
Hospital in Rotan following a
short illness.
Funeral was at 3 p.m. Mon-
day in Peacock Baptist Church
with the Rev. A. A. Watson,
Baptist minister from Abilene,
officiating.
Burial was in Aspermont
Cemetery under direction of
Littlepage Funeral Home.
Mrs. Vaughan was born
March 31, 1833, in Comanche
County and had lived in
Stonewall County since 1908.
She married Thomas Flet-
cher Vaughan Aug. 26, 1900, in
Comanche County. He died Jan.
19, 1966.
She was a member of
Peacock Baptist Church.
Survivors arc four daughters,
Mrs. Sam (Ora) Morgan of
Hereford, Mrs. Carl (Clara)
Dickerson of Peacock, Mrs. J.
D. (Lena) Parker of Peacock,
Mrs. Lee (Wanda) Sherman of
Abilene; three sons, John
Vaughan of Peacock, Alton
Vaughan of Dallas and Pete
Vaughan of Peacock; five
sisters, Mrs. Millie Drennan of
Roby, Mrs. Sinda Davison of
Lamesa, Mrs. Alice Wishert of
Snyder. Mrs. Elsie Sanders of
Kerrville and Mrs. George
(Alpha) Sutton of Abilene;
three brothers, Dan Britt of
Welch, Ike Britt of Roby, Arthur
Britt of Lamesa; 21 grand-
children; 21 great-
grandchildren.
Grandsons were pallbearers.
Cotton trailers and other farm
vehicles will be affected by a
new state law that goes into
effect Jan. 1, 1972. Cotton
trailers after that date must be
equipped with an extra tail
light, another stop light and
flasher lights.
The new law was explained to
about 50 agricultural
representatives on the high
plains last week at a meeting
held in Lubbock. Explaining the
new law was State Senator H.J.
"Doc" Blanchard and Major C.
W. Bell, regional commander
for the Texas Department of
Public Safety.
It was explained at the
meeting by Blanchard that for
all practical purposes, no
changes in lighting or other
equipment will be required on
either trailers or tractors prior
to Jan. 1.
Both men stressed that cotton
trailers will be exempt from
brake requirements, provided
they are not pulled at speeds
exceeding 30 miles per hour.
The cotton trailer exemption,
Rolling Plains PCA
Loans $21 Million
In First 6 Months
Area farmers and ranchers
borrowed almost $23 million
from Rolling Plains Production
Credit Association during the
first six months of 1971, ac-
cording to J. L Hill, Jr.,
president
This figure represents an
increase of more than $1.2
million over the same period
last year.
Texas' 34 Production Credit
Associations loaned more than
$448 million the first half of 1971,
an increase of $33 million over
the same period last year.
Rolling Plains PCA has of-
fices in Childress, Matador,
Munday, Spur and Stamford.
The Association makes
agricultural loans in Briscoe,
Childress, Collingsworth,
Cottle, Dickens, Donley . Foard.
Hall, Hardeman, Haskell,
Jones. Kent, King, Knox,
Motley, Shackleford and
Stonewall counties.
they explained, applies to
vehicles with a gross weight of
15,000 pounds, including the
load.
Under the present law, all
farm trailers must have a
taillight and a stop light. Turn
lights also are required if the
driver cannot give a hand turn
signal that is clearly visible
from the rear, or if the side of
the trailer extends outward 24
inches. Cotton trailers at
present also must have
illuminated lights at the front
and back side panels.
Under the new law, a cotton
trailer must be equipped with
two taillights, one on each
side, and two spotlights. The
law will also require
simultaneous flasher lights on
Attend Funeral
Among the out-of-town
relatives and friends attending
the funeral of Homer Gilley last
Saturday were , Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. McNulty of Knox City, E. J.
and Elvin Watkins of Lubbock,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wright,
Mrs. W. F. Gilley, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Cherry of Weatherford,
Mrs. Vonnie Holmes, Miss
LaVern Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Gilley, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Chance, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Steel. Waymon Wright, Rev.
Jack Vereen, of Azle. Mr. and
Mrs. J. V Norris of Ft. Worth,
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Norris of
Aledo, Mrs. Davis Brown and
son of Weatherford, Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Norris of Cisco, Clyde
and Vergie Norris of Fort
Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Watkins, Lou, Jerry . Curtis and
Dorthy Carmon of Anson, Mr.
and Mrs. Dickie Pack and
family of Hawley, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Edward Gilley and Sharla
of Avoca, Mr. and Mrs, Link
Adair of Sylvester, Mrs. Sarah
Myers, Mrs. Alma Herbst of
McCaulley, Mrs. Sam Hodges of
Hamlin, Mrs. Pierce of Old
Glory, Mrs. Connie McKehan of
Noodle, Art and Elmo Adair of
Brownfield, Mr. and Mrs. Doc
Lawless of McCaulley, Mrs. Bill
Snailum and children of
Abilene, and Mr and Mrs. Edd
Gilley of Svlvester
the rear of a trailer for use as
hazardous warning signals.
There are no flasher light
requirements in the present
law.
In addition cotton trailers in
the future must have a cluster
of clearance lights. These do not
necessarily have to be operable
from the pulling vehicle though.
The clearance lights must be as
near the top of the backend of
the trailer as possible and not
more than 12 inches apart in a
string.
The new law stipulates that
the rear lights must be visible
from a distance of 5,500 feet.
Daylight will have no bearing
on the lighting requirement at
the lights must be on trailers
pulled over public roads in the
daytime as well as at night.
Manufacturers will add the
lighting equipment to tractors
to meet standards of the
uniform road law. If they are
operated on public roads,
tractors which are built or
assembled on or after Jan. 1
must have, on the front, two
headlights and two amber or
white warning lights.
On the back, the tractors
must have two red flashers
visible from a distance of 1,000
feet in daylight, a taillight, and
a slow moving emblem. The
lights, front and back, must be
burned day and night when the
tractor is on the highway.
person who has been using such
mark and brand the longest
shall have the right to have it
recorded in his name.
It will be illegal to brand
livestock without first properly
recording the brand with the
County Clerk in the county in
u h!Ph arc hfll.4
When the brand or brands are
recorded, the location on the
animal on which the brand is to
be applied must be designated.
If the brand is to be applied to
more than one location on the
animal, it must be recorded and
each additional location for the
brand on the animal shall
constitute a separate recording
of that brand.
There is no limit to the
number of brands and or marks
which may be recorded in a
county by a single person as
long as requirements of this
law governing the recording
and rerecording of livestock
brands are met. Minors may
have marks or brands separate
from that of the father or
guardian, which must be
recorded or rerecorded as
provided by the new law.
The County Clerk must assure
that no more than one brand of a
kind is recorded on the same
iocation of the animal in each
county. Therefore no two
persons in a county may record
the same brand in the same
location. Also, it is the
responsibility of the County
Clerk to make certain that in
recording any brand for a
person, that the part of the
animal on which the brand is to
be placed be designated.
Failure to do so is punishable by
a fineable offense of not less
than $10 or more than $50.
Cycle Accident
Leaves Aspermont
Youth Critical
Craig Clark, 13-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Clark,
was listed in critical condition
Tuesday night in Hendrick
Memorial Hospital in Abilene
from injuries received in a
motorcycle accident near
Peacock Thursday.
His companion on the
motorcycle escaped injury in
the accident. Young Clark
suffered a head injury. He was
taken directly to Abilene by
Littlepage ambulance.
Moving to Albany
Rev. and Mrs. W. Thelon
Jones have been appointed as
pastor of the First Assembly of
God Church in Albany.
They and their daughter
Becci will be moving to Albany
in the near future. They have
lived in Aspermont about six
vears.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Marr
attended the reunion for the
descendants of John Wesley and
Elizabeth Claborn Lewis Man-
June 12 and 13 in Haskell.
Mrs. W.J. Hart is visiting her
son, William Earl Hart, and
faniilv this week in Athens.
Young Farmers,
Homemakers
Reset Meeting
Due to agriculture teachers
and home economics teachers
conference the Young Farmers
and Young Homemakers will
nnf meet this week. The next
meeting will be Thursday,
Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. for a
family picnic at the home of Mr.
Steve Cochran. Ail young
Farmers and Homemakers and
their families are invited.
Fred W. Wallis returned to his
home in Barstow, Calif., after a
three weeks' visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Lawson Hart and Ronald
Lynn of Aspermont.
PENDING NEW LAW-
Draft-age Men Most Still Register, Take Physicals
Selective Service System
Executive Secretary Mary L.
Johnson, who manages
Stonewall. Dickens and Kent
County's Local Board, says the
current Congressional impasse
over extending the induction
authority has created great
uncertainty among area draft ■
age men
Mrs. Johnson continued,
"Selected Service Director
Curtis Tarr has recently
stressed the importance of
explaining to our draft-age men
the high probability that draft
calls will resume in the near
future and that the current
impasse in Congress is not
likely to affect any registrant's
chance of being drafted."
"Our local board has been
specifically instructed to
continue to register and classify
men, and to order for prein-
duction physical examinations
those young men who may be
needed to fill draft calls in the
coming months," Mrs Johnson
said
Men with lottery numbers
through 125 were eligible for
induction in June in order to fill
draft calls. Since then, the
Defense Department has asked
Selective Service to draft 16.000
men in July-August. This
request is being held by
Selective Service headquarters
pending final Congressional
action on the draft bill, which is
expected within several weeks
"Those young men with
relatively low lottery numbers
who are eligible for induction
this year, particularly those
with numbers below 175 — the
current processing ceiling have
a very good chance of being
processed for induction after
draft calls are restored." Mrs.
Johnson said.
"Many young men," said
Mrs. Johnson, "seem to think
that the Selective Service Act
has permanently expired and
that they probably will never be
drafted Some of them also
think that the entire system has
stopped. They are wrong since
it is only the induction authority
that has expired. They,
therefore, may be unin-
tentionally breaking the law by
failing to register at age 18, by
not keeping their local boards
informed of their current ad-
dress, or by failing to report, if
ordered, for their preinduction
physical examinations."
Mary L. Johnson also
stressed that local boards are
continuing to consider CO,
hardship, and student defer-
ments and to take other
classifications actions. "Young
men who had planned to submit
requests for deferments or
exemptions are encouraged to
do so," Mary L. Johnson said.
"The expiration of the induction
authority does not affect our
responsibility to classify
young men," Mrs. Johnson
added.
Mrs. Johnson may be con-
tacted at the local board officer
in the courthouse in Jayton,
Texas.
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McAnally, Mrs. Dean. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1971, newspaper, August 5, 1971; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128118/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.