The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 74, NO. 44
ASPERMOMT IN . . .
YeSiiryeurs
FIFTY ONE YEARS AGO
(June 16, 1921)
A free picnic and barbeque will be
held in Aspermont Saturday July 2nd.
A double header ball game by two of
the fastest teams in Texas is
scheduled. A prize for the best goat
roper will be given. Wrestling match
Hy expert wrestlers is planned.
Sheriff Bingnam made a business
trip to Anson the first of the week.
Mrs. Will A. Dunwody and children
are visiting relatives and friends in
Anson this week.
J. M. Hickman, C. E. Brannen and
H. H. Shadle and their families
returned Monday from a two week's
outing and fishing trip on the Llano.
Now if you want to hear some real fish
stories, see one of the aforesaid
mentioned gentlemen.
Last Thursday on the local diamond
the Rule ball team defeated our boys
to the tune of 8 to 3. The game was all
in Aspermont's favor up to the 7th
inning when the score was 3 to 0, but
in the 7th inning our boys went up in
the air and permitted the visitors to
run 5 scores. Aspermont has the
material for a good team, but as we
have said all the time, a team cannot
expect to win unless they practice,
and that is something our boys are not
guilty of.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(June 12, 1952)
Saturday, June 14 at 10 o'clock, the
Commissioners' Court of Stonewall
County will meet in a special session
for the purpose of conducting a
hearing on petitions received by the
court on the proposition of the
creation of "Stonewall County Water
Control and Improvement District
No. I."
The above mentioned petitions
were circulated, after a preliminary
meeting was held last month by a
group of interested citizens of
Aspermont, seeking to obtain a
permanent water supply for the City
of Aspermont.
Announcement is being made this
week to the effect that a revival will
begin tomorrow (Friday) night at the
Swonson Baptist Church, at 8 o'clock.
Brother Frank Foster of Caddo will
be the visiting evangelist, and the
local pianist will assist in the series of
services. The public is given a most
cordial invitation to attend.
First Lt. Jack N. Railsback of
Aspermont was graduated June 7
from the Officers Basic Military
Course at Lackland Air Force Base in
San Antonio. He will leave Lackland
to begin a duty assignment in the
Judge Advocate General office in
Washington, D.C.
TEN YEARS AGO
(June 14, 1962)
The official rainfall for the month of
June has been 4.61 inches. Total for
the year thus far has been 7.93.
Mrs. Carl W. Duncan was installed
president of the Aspermont Parent-
Teachers Association Tuesday af-
ternoon in a ceremony held in the high
school cafeteria.
Three teams of Stonewall County 4-
H'ers participated in the Annual 4-H
State Roundup at College Station,
Texas last week. Stonewall County
Land Judging Team consisting of
David Anderson, Glen Ellison, Donnie
Lawrence and Bob Childress placed
4th. The Girls Poultry Marketing
Team placed 6th and was only 4 points
off second place. This team consisted
of Billie and Nancy Vahlenkamp.
Boys Electric Team consisted of
Donny Letz and Stanley Diers. Their
placing was not announced at this
time. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Vahlenkamp and County Agent
Truette Hennig accompanied these
teams to the Roundup.
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502, THURSDAY, JUNE 22,
PRICE TEN (10) CENTS
Joe Waggoner
Wins Junior
Golf Tourney
Joe Waggoner of Stamford
shot 139 to take first place
honors in the 16-17 year-old
division of the junior golf
tournamnent here Sunday.
Jeff Morten of Abilene won
the 14-15 first flight with 165.
Drew Childress of Stamford
was the 12-13 winner at 182 and
David Dickerson of Aspermont
won the 11-under division with
187.
139
WINNERS WERE:
Joe Waggoner, Stamford
Steve Msckey, Hamlin ! Sfl
DeWayne Weaver, Hamnn i?&
14-15
First Flight
Jeff Morton, Abilene 165
Blaine Lewis .Hamlin 168
Tommy Graham, Asper-
mont 170
Second Flight
Ronnie Lee, Paducah 182
Terry Henning, Aspermont 183
David Jefferies, Paducah 185
12-13
Drew Childress, Stamford 182
Lindy Jordon, Paducah 204
Bryan Tabor, Stamford 207
11-Under
David Dickerson, Asper-
mont 187
Larry Hickman, Paducah 192
Mitch Mackey, Hamlin 217
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FIRST FLIGHT, 14—15 AGE GROUP — Tommy
Graham, right, placed third in the 14-15 division of
junior golf tournament Sunday. Blaine Lewis of
Hamlin, center, placed second and Jeff Morton of
Abilene, first.
Additional
Rural Delivery
Service OK'ed
Postmaster George Hanke
reports that the petition for rual
delivery service in the North-
east part of Aspermont has been
approved. This service is to
commence on July 8.
The postmaster wants to urge
all residents in the approved
area who are interested to
contact him or the rural carrier,
Marvin Lott, for information on
the proper location of their
boxes.
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ELEVEN AND UNDER DIVISION WINNERS —
David Dickerson, right, won first in the 11 year old
and under division of junior golf tournament
Sunday. Larry Hickman of Paducah, center, won
second and Mitch Mackey of Hamlin, third.
TO MEET TUESDAY-
Town and Country Together Unit
Gets New Name, Elects Officers
Brazos West Economic
Development Corporation is the
new name adopted at a meeting
June 12 by the organization
which formerly was known as
Town and Country Together.
The old name will now
become the slogan of the cor-
Services Held
Thursday for
Mrs. Vaughn
Mrs. Hazel Lovana Vaughn,
57, longtime resident of
Peacock, died Tuesday mor-
ning, June 13, in Stonewall
Memorial Hospital after a short
illness.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Thursday in in Peacock Baptist
Church with the Rev. Gene
Farley officiating, assisted by
the Rev. James Wood. Burial
was in Aspermont Cemetery
under the direction of Lit-
tlepage Funeral Home.
Mrs. Vaughn was born in
Madison Mound, Wilburger
County, March 20, 1915. She
married Pete Vaughn in
Peacock Nov. 24, 1932.
She was a nurse in the
Stonewall Hospital and had
nursed in the Kent County
Nursing Home and in
California. She was a member
of the Peacock Baptist Church.
Survivors are her husband;
two sons, Royce G. of
Charleston, S. C., and Teddy G.
of Groton, Conn.; two
daughters, Mrs. Lana Oliver of
Oxnard, Calif., and Dana of the
home; two brothers Bill Smith
of Amarillo and Garland Smith
of Bakersfield, Calif.; three
sisters, Mrs. Bertha Davidson
of Camorilla, Calif., Mrs. Mary
Maden of Vernon and Mrs.
Edna Hollaman of Lubbock;
four grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. D.
Parker, Carl Dickerson, Lee
Sherman, Sam Morgan, Larry
Dickerson and Kenneth Parker.
poration which has as its pur-
pose the working together to
foster industry, promote the
area, both rural and urban in
wholesale, retail and
agriculture.
In the election, Rev. Joe
Aalbue of Sagerton, prime
move in getting the
organization under way, was
elected president. Bill Koon,
manager of the Stamford Board
of City Development and
Chamber of Commerce, is
chairman of the board.
The executive vice president
is Dr. Troy Culpepper of
Haskell. The vice president is
E. H. Diers of Old Glory, and
the secretary-treasurer is Novis
Owsley of Rule.
There will be three directors
at large with Charles Stenholm
of Stamford, Morris Neal of
Rule and Oscar Dickenson of
Aspermont making up the
three.
A general meeting of the
organization will be held at
Sagerton Tuesday. June 27. This
meeting will be open to the
general public. Annual meeting
Homer Fikes
Must Be From
Stonewall/ Tx.
Homer Fikes, 45, listed last
week as a Stonewall County
farmer seeking his bid to be the
candidate for governor of the
American Party, apparently
does not live in Stonewall
County.
According to records here, he
is not listed as a qualified voter
in the county, nor does he own
land in the county, according to
the ASCS office.
Residents here are assuming
that the news story carried in
last week's Abilene Reporter-
News and later in the Asper-
mont Star should have listed
Mr. Fikes as being from
Stonewall, Tex.
will be held at the Hamlin
school cafetorium on Aug. 15 at
7:30 p.m.
Koon was the director from
Stamford but when he was
elevated to board chairman, a
new director became
necessary. Someone to replace
him is yet to be named.
Directors from other towns
are as follows: Ericksdahl,
Rev. Stanley Leaf; Anson,
Bolris Bean; Goree, Jim
Coulston; Hamlin, Kenneth
Hertel; Rule, Bill Bowles; Old
Glory, Clifford Gholson;
Sagerton, Joe Aalbue;
Aspermont, Bill Dennison;
Munday, E. B. Littlefield;
Rochester, Jerry Harris; Knox
City, J. B. Tabor; Haskell,
Royce Williams; O'Brien,
Milton Rowan; Lueders, H.
Wayne Smith.
Junior G.A.
Camp Signup
Set Monday
Registration will begin at 2:00
p.m., Monday, June 26 for the
Junior G.A. Camp to be held at
Lueders Baptist Encampment
Grounds. The camp will con-
tinue through Thursday, June
29.
Girls included in the camp
will be from Double Mountain
Area and Sweetwater
Association. Cost for the amp
will be $12.00 per person.
Rev. Alvin Hiltbrunner,
Pastor of First Baptist Church,
Anson will be the Evangelist.
Rev. R. D. Williams, pastor of
Eastside Bapiist Church,
Haskell will be the camp pastor.
Mrs. Vergil Weems of Rotan
will be the Camp Director.
Miss Carol Stevenson of
Abilene, Missionary to Nigeria
will be camp missionary.
Parade to Kickoff
Rodeo Here Today
The Seventeenth Annual
Amateur Rodeo of Aspermont
will be kicked off by the street
parade at 5 p.m. today.
The parade will assemble at
4:30 at the Livestock Barn and
go north down Main Street to
Veazey Motor Company, then
west to Washington Street, and
turn north for one block, then
east in front of Lambeth's Dept.
Store to caution light, then north
on Main to Gulf station, one
block west, than south on
Washington to Rotan highway
and back to Livestock barn.
Three prizes will be awarded
for first, second and third
places in the float division.
Deadline for float entries is
noon today (Thursday).
M & K Variety Store is
sponsoring a bicycle contest.
The bicycles will meet on the
First National Bank parking lot
at 4:30 p.m. Three prizes will be
given for the best decorated
bicycles. Anyone wishing to
enter this contest needs to call
M & K Variety.
The visiting Sheriff's posses
will be fed at 6:00 p.m. in the
school cafeteria.
The rodeo grand entry each
evening, Thursday through
Saturday, will be at 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $2 for adults and
$1.50 for children under 12.
Stock contractor for the 3how
is Red Whatley of Crosbyton.
Books opened at 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday and will close at
noon today. Rodeo office is
Fraziers Cafe, phone 989-3560.
The main events are saddle
hrnnc riding, bareback riding,
bull nriing, calf roping, old
man's calf roping and team
roping. There will also be a
senior and a. junior barrel race,
jackpot each night.
Other junior events ?re
breakaway roping, flag race
and caif scramble.
Merchants displaying ban-
ners are supporting the rodeo
and also the following mer-
chants whose banners were
stolen Rimes Well Service. Fred
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Ellison Dozers and Stonewall
County livestock Barn. Three
banners were also taken from
the rodeo arena.
No Induction Orders for
Ju9y Draft By Local Board
The July Draft Call has been
announced by Colonel Melvin N.
Glantz, the State Director of
Selective Service for Texas.
Men was in the 1972 First
Priority Selection Group with
lottery number 50 or lower will
be issued induction orders with
reporting dates in July, This
Priority Selection Group is
made up of men born in
Calendar Year 1952 and of men
who lose a deferment during
Calendar Year 1972.
Mrs. Lucille Wade, chairman
of Local Board No. 80, said
there are no induction orders
issued by her local board. There
will be 10 men issued orders for
pre-induction physical
examination.
Men with lottery numbers of
90 or lower will be ordered for
pre-induction physical
examinations during July if
they have not yet been
examined. The physical
examinations are administered
to men in the 1972 First Priority
Selection Group, also.
More Families Eligible
For Rural Housing Loans
Many additional families in
Texas are now eligible for rural
housing loans from the Far-
mers Home Administration,
FHA State Director J. Lynn
Futch announced today.
"In families w^ere both
husband and wife are em-
ployed," Futch explained, "the
new policies permits half of the
wife's gross income to be ex-
cluded in determining whether
the total family income is within
the maximum limit for loan
eligibility."
For example, the husband is
the principal source of income
with $6,000. His wife earns
$4,000. His entire income, plus
half of his wife's, or $2,000, total
$8,000. This is within Texas'
moderate income level of $8,000
so the family may be eligible for
a Farmers Home Ad-
ministration loan.
James V. Smith, National
Administrator of Farmers
Home Administration em-
phasized that newly-eligible
families must demonstrate that
they otherwise merit FHA
financing, and that credit is not
available from regular com-
mercial sources.
"The new policy will assist
families in which the wife's
income is needed to improve the
Library Sets
Sidewalk Sale
The Stonewall County Library
will be closed Thursday and
Friday afternoon for a sidewalk
book sale to be held downtown.
The library received 100 new
books this week. Ninety-seven
books were checked out this
week with 87 people visiting the
library.
standard of living. Note that if
the wife is the principal
breadwinner, the rule does not
apply. This change will in no
way affect our expanding
service to low-income
families," Mr. Smith said.
Loans may be made to
families that will buy or build
homes in open country or towns
of up to 10,000 population, and
who are not able to secure
credit from regular commerical
sources. Complete information
is available from the agency's
143 county offices located in
county seat towns throughout
Texas.
Joe Jameson
Returns From
Youth Tour
Joe Wayne Jameson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Jameson,
returned Tuesday from a 12-day
trip to Washington, D. C.
Jameson and Dana Hahn of
Jayton were the area winners of
the Government-in-Action
Youth Tour contest sponsored
by Dickens County Electric
Cooperative.
The Texas group, made up of
66 young people and their
chaperones, toured numerous
government buildings and
cultural and historic sites, in-
cluding Washington and Lincoln
memorials, Mount Vernon and
The White House. At the latter,
President Nixon greeted them
with some 1,000 other rural
electric youth from across the
nation.
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Here Sunday
The Swenson Brazos Valley
Friendship Reunion will be held
Sunday in the Aspermont School
Cafeteria. Each one is asked to
bring a basket lunch.
The Johnson Chapel
Homecoming will be held
Sunday, June 25, in the Johnson
Chapel Church.
WEATHER
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 18
June 19
June 20
Rainfall .98 on June 15.
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Joe Jameson, right, and Dana Hahn of Jayton are
pictured before the Capitol in Washington, D. CM
during the June 12-18 visit there on rural eleetric's
Government-in-Action Youth Tour.
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Hester, Mrs. Gary. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1972, newspaper, June 22, 1972; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128164/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.