The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1974 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 76, NO. 45
ASPERMONT IN . . .
ASPERMONT STAR
ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, 79502, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
(June 26, 1924)
The managers of the Jubilee and
July 16th and 17th are sparing
neither time nor money in making
preparations for everybody to have
a BIG TIME in general. There will
be clean wholesome amusements,
something of interest for everybody.
Mention was made last week of M.
P. Carr's return from the Old
Soldiers Reunion at Memphis,
Tenn. also of J. S. McCann returning
from Young County and and (sic) of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Gibson
having a trip to Maltimose, (sic)
Md.
Just as the form was thought to be
ready for the press these and
possiqly (sic) others fell on the floor.
We are told that printers use the
word pied, to us who are more
familiar with cooking it looked
scrambled any way if proper
mention is not made of your coming
and going we either do (sic) not get
it or it may be the fault of the pi.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(July 1, 1954)
(Abilene Reporter-News)
ASPERMONT,June 24—It was
bargain day for the First Baptist
Church in Aspermont when it came
to building a new place of worship.
At least, that's the opinion of the
Rev. Texas Evetts (Tex) Gulp,
pastor.
The Rev. Culp says if the new
, Aspermont First Baptist Church
I were being built in the regular
manner it would cost $100,000. As it
is, the building will cost only $40 to
$45,000.
The bargain comes, says the Rev.
Culp, by having members of the
church act as contractors and
making the purchase of lumber at
cost.
Mrs. J. M. Hickman, Sr., gave
the block of land for the church in
the north section of town on Highway
380. C. S. Gibson is chairman of the
building fund. Other members of the
building committee are B. A.
Cumbie, Clifton Garner, T. A.
Moore, Coy Preslar and C. Speck.
Leo Day is foreman for the con-
struction.
The Rev. Culp said church
members are hoping the building
may be occupied in September. The
church will hold 464 in the main
auditorium and can hold double that
amount with the educational section
included.
The attendance rolls show that
about 270 new members have joined
the church since the Rev. Culp took
the pulpit in 1952. Sunday school
enrolment was 521.
On this (Thursday) afternoon, all
Boy Scouts are invited to bring swim
suits, bedding, cooking outfits and
outdoor sleeping paraphernalia for a
night and large part of the day at
Abilene State Park.
TEN YEARS AGO
(June 25, 1964)
The ninth annual Aspermont
Amateur Rodeo attracted an
almost capacity crowd to its opening
performance Thursday night.
The first Stonewall County old
Settlers Reunion was held in con-
junction with the rodeo and officials
were "pleased with the outcome and
number of participants."
Kicking off official rodeo activities
was an afternoon parade, in which
the Haskell County Sheriff's Posse
| won first place in the division for
riding groups. Second place trophy
went to the Hamlin Riding Club,
which finished its own rodeo Wed-
nesday night. The group traveling
the farthest to participate in the
parade—the Winters Sheriff's
Posse—received third place and a
special trophy went to the Stonewall
County Junior Sheriff's Posse.
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PREPARING FOR THE PARADE—From left to right, Alana Fincher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Fincher, Terri Myers, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Myers, Devon Pittcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Pitt-
cock, Tammy Fincher, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fincher, and Eva Clay,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Speck, were busy Tuesday morning
working on the Lions' Club float for the rodeo parade. Miss Myers, the
Lions' Club senior sweetheart, and Miss Clay, the junior sweetheart, will
be riding the float in the 5 p.m. parade today.
TDA to Initiate Family
Land Heritage Program
Farmers and ranchers in
Stonewall County whose
families have held the same
land since 1874 or before will
be honored by the Texas
Department of Agriculture's
"Family Land Heritage
Program", according to
Commissioner John C. White.
The program, which will be
initiated July 1, will "pay
tribute to those families who
have proved their respect for
and dedication to the land,"
White said.
"This county has some of
the oldest establishments in
the state, with a long history
of dedicated service to the
agricultural community and I
Swim Party
Held for Pee
Wee League
The Pee Wee League had a
swimming party Tuesday
June 25. The Blue Caps
hosted the Gold Caps at the
party.
Awards were presented to
the coaches of both teams by
the Blue Caps for making this
year of baseball possible.
Receiving awards were
Perry Workman, Sam Taf-
finder, Bob Boone and Deryl
Lawrence.
Awards were also
presented to Pat Gholson for
helping coach and bringing
water and to Paulette
Douglas, the bookkeeper.
hope that every qualified
family will take this op-
portunity to be recognized by
the people they have served,"
White said.
Applications and rules for
the program may be obtained
by writing Commissioner
White, P.O. Box 12847, Austin
78711.
Any family who is certified
by Judge Warren W. Frazier
will qualify for the honor. An
applicant need only show a
continuous family
relationship between the
founder of the homestead and
the present owner.
The land must have been in
use for agriculture by the
family since 1874 or before,
must be at least 10 acres and
producing $50 or more from
agricultural products.
Those who do qualify by
August 31 will be recognized
in a special ceremony at the
State Fair this year and short
history of their family and
land will be published in a
land heritage directory. In
addition, local recognition
will be provided to the
families for their long
deciation to agriculture.
Nephew Dies
in Swimming
Accident
Eddie Hass, 24, of Van
Bur en, Ark., drowned while
on a swimming outing last
Tuesday night at Natural
Dam, Ark. He was the
nephew of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Penrod and Mr. and
.Mrs. Claude Penrod.
Funeral services were held
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the
Cedarville Assembly of God
Church with Rev. Dorsey
officiating. Burial was in Hall
Cemetery.
He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Noel Cook, and
Mr. Cook of Natural Dam; his
father, Murl Hass of
Oklahoma; one brother,
Gilbert of the home; his
maternal grandparents,
Virgle Penrod of California
and Mrs. L M Davia of
Natural Dam ; and his great-
grandmother, Roaa Hoover of
Natural Dam
Mr and Mrs. Oliver Penrod
attended the funeral
On Honor Roil
Wendell R. Dickerson, a
Tarleton State University
student from Peacock has
been named to the
Distinguished Student List
for the Spring Semester, 1974.
In order to be named to the
Distinguished Student List, a
student must post a 3.25
grade point ration on
Tarleton's 4.0 system with no
grade lower than C.
Dickerson is an agriculture
education major.
WEATHER
June 18
105
70
June 19
107
74
June 20
101
70
June 21
98
70
June 22
103
75
June 23
102
73
June 24
97
66
Mrs Jesse Morgan and
Mrs. Fleet Tarrance were in
Lubbock Saturday. They
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs Bill Morgan Jr They
also visited Mrs. Isabel
Town send, a former resident
of Peacock, and her
daughter, Mrs. Anne Daniell
of Long Beach, Calif., who
was spending the month of
June with her mother Mrs
Townsend was released
recently from Highland
Hospital in Lubbock
Mike Hinze
On Dean's
List At Tech
Mike Hinze, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Hinze was
named to the Dean's Honor
List for the Spring Semester
at Texas Tech University,
according to Dr. Lawrence L.
Graves, dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
To qualify a student must
have attained a grade point
average of 3.0 or better out of
a possible 4.0 and be enrolled
for 12 or more semester
hours. Mike had a grade point
average of 3.76 and this
makes his fourth consecutive
time to be named to the
Honor List.
During the spring
semester, Murdough and
Strangle Halls at Tech of-
fered prizes for the "Best
Dressed Cowboy" and the
"Most Original Dressed
Cowboy." Mike won the first
place cash prize for the Most
Original costume
A bobcat hide rug
belonging to Mike was used in
the play "Indians," a major
theatre production at Tech
presented by a theatre arts
class in which he was
enrolled. The rug, used in the
Junior, Senior and one-act
plays while Mike was a
student at Aspermont High
School, became a part of a
costume worn by an "aged
Indian."
Mike, a junior with a major
in pre-dentistry, is presently
enrolled in the first summer
semester at Texas Tech
Parade to Open
Rodeo Here Today
Services Held
Tuesday for
Mrs. Finley
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ethel Finley, 87, a former
resident of Aspermont, were
held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the
First Baptist Church. The
Rev. R. W. Campbell of
Kermit officiated, assisted by
Hal Upchurch, pastor. Burial
was in Aspermont Cemetery
under the direction c! McCoy
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Finley died at 9:15
a.m. Sunday in West Texas
Medical Center in Abilene.
She was born August 31,
1886, in Mississippi and
married George Finley in
1912 in Stonewall County. She
was a member of the First
Baptist Church in Kermit.
She had been a resident of
Kermit for the past 15 years.
Survivors are three sons,
George Jr. of Kermit, Ross of
Irving and Barry of Abilene,
one daughter, Frances
Roberts of Abilene; six
grandchildren and four great -
grandchildren.
Hawkins will lead the parade
today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. to
officially kick off the
nineteenth annual Stonewall
County Rodeo Association
amateur rodeo.
Performances of the rodeo
will be at 8:30 p.m. nightly
today (Thursday) through
Legion Post
Remodeling
Local Hall
The Harris-Herttenberger
American Legion Post No.
590 has recently reorganized
and is presently remodeling
the legion hall.
Officers of the post are
Frank Mrazek, post com-
mander ; Leroy Moyers, vice-
commander; Tom Harinis,
post adjutant; Bob Ward,
sergeant-at-arms; Doyle
Rash, chaplain; and George
Frazier, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark
are in charge of recreation.
The group is collecting
styrofoam egg cartons for use
in their remodeling. Anyone
with cartons may leave them
at the Legion Hall any Friday
after 8 p.m. or contact Mrs.
Clark.
Anyone wishing to use the
hall for family reunions or
other get-to-gethers may do
so by contacting Clark at 989-
2203 to arrange the time and
date. Anyone desiring to join
the American Legion may do
so by contacting Hannis.
Workman to
Attend Meet
Leland Workman, son of
Mrs. Bonnie Workman, has
recently been chosen to at-
tend the XV World Poultry
Congress in New Orleans
Aug. 11-15.
Leland was chosen on the
basis of his winning second in
state 4-H competition in
poultry records in 1973.
On Honor Roll
Elizabeth Anderson has
been chosen as a member of
the Dean's Honor Roll at
Central State University at
Edmond, Okla., as a result
of outstanding scholastic
achievement for the spring
semester of 1974
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne McMeans.
CotiirHoy Admission will ho
$2.00 for adults and $1.00 for
children under 12.
Cash prizes will be
awarded to the top floats in
the parade. Trophies will be
awarded to the top three
sheriffs' posses. Judging will
be made during the parade.
Trophies will also be given to
the youngest and oldest
unassisted horseback rider in
the parade. To be eligible
riders must register with
Mrs. Richard (Betty)
Hawkins, Stonewall County
Sheriff's Posse secretary,
before the parade at the
Showbarn.
Books opened at S a.m.
Wednesday morning and will
close at noon today (Thurs-
day) for contenders in the
rodeo. Rodeo' office is
Frazier's Bookkeeping
Service at the intersection of
Farm Road 1263 and High-
way 83. Entry fees are $20 for
saddle bronc, bareback, bull
riding, calf roping and old
man's calf roping (50 years of
age and older). Entry fee for
team roping is $40. Entries in
the senior barrel race and the
junior barrel race will be
charged $10 and $5,
respectively. There will be a
jackpot each night.
Participants in the junior
breakaway roping (14 years
of age and under) and the
kids' flag race (12 years of
age and under > must enter at
the rodeo office by 12:00
noon today (Thursday)
Children 10 years of age and
under may participate in the
calf scramble by entering at
Gill-Meador
Win Tourney
in Playoff
Dalton Gill and Joe Meador
won the partnership golf
tournament Sunday in a
playoff with Dud Ward and
Charles Kirkpatrick. Both
teams had scores of 144 after
regular play in the two-day
tournament sponsored by the
Aspermont Golf Association.
Gill and Meador won the
playoff on the fourth hole
Allie Foster and L D.
McAfee won third place with
a score of 147. Other teams
competing were George
Frazier and George Aber-
nathy, 153, Bill Childress and
Frank Mrazek. 156, and Bob
Ward and Marchel Nauert,
170.
the arena. There is no entry
fee for these children's events
and trophies wiii be awarded
to the winners.
Stock contractor is Rusty
Welch of Seymour.
A dance will be held at the
arena each night following
the rodeo with an admission
price of $2.00 per person.
JUDY PITTCOCK
. . . horse show winner
Miss Pittcock
Wins County
Horse Show
Judy Pittcock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Pitt-
cock, won the Stonewall
County 4-H Horse show
Saturday by a slim one point
margin over Carla Tate,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Tate.
Judy scored her points by
winning the barrel race and
the reigning competition and
by placing second in the
Western Pleasure. Carla won
the Western Pleasure and the
Mare class and placed second
in the reigning.
Other class winners were
Gary Miles, son of Mr and
Mrs. Buddy Miles, in the pole
bending and Ned Swink, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Swink in
the Gelding class.
Other 4-Hers participating
were Rodney Dunham,
Jimmy Pittcock, Gary
Myers, Dana Mrazek,
Dwayne Pittcock, Kathy
Cockran, Renee Hawkins.
Julie Hawkins, Kelly
Hawkins, Debbie Allen, Jan
Hawkins and Kala Swink.
Judge for the show was Bill
Drennen of Pitch Fork
Ranch. Celia Jones was
leader for the contest.
TAKING A 01 ANT STEP—Tom Hhoads, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Rhoads of Old Glory and Mitchell GUI, center, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton
Gill, are checking out books from Kathy Boyles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bobbie Boyles. Miss Boyles is the summer librarian for the Stonewall
County Library. She has 30 participants in Take a Giant Step, the summer
reading program of the library. Stacey Posey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Posey, is the top reader so far, having read 81 books since June 3.
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Craig, Darrell. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1974, newspaper, June 27, 1974; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128268/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.