The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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THE CITY WITH PLtNTY'OF GOOD WATER
ASFEMMMT ST0MSWA1A COUWTT, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL tl
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Projects Aie
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: $avagfil:, members of the
Stonewall County Sheriff's
Poss$.were in attendance at
the iwcomi arvnUal rouarf-up at
the American Association of
Sheriffs Posses and Riding
Clubs, held at Spur on April
15-16-17. Crate Snider of Ropes-
v Ye, president, presided at the
get-together, held at the SpuT
Stadium.
During the three-day program,
such events as hoop relay races,
do'o relay races were held.
Some 530 members, who are
registered riders, went on a
trail ride on Saturday morning
up Duck Creek, across Soldier
Mound Mountain and back, cov-
ering some 10 miles. Upon their
return, they were treated to a
free barbecue with all the trim-
mings.
•v-tAl 4 pinu some 30 posse and
riding clubs took part in a
Why not let's all get together foaraJe through the downtown
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0ne of the many points found
.out was to the effect that it
|SS(pi ' dry in other nlace® bwldet
own neck of the woods.
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V^Che next get-together for the
|.i prt«« will be in June in Galves-
for the state-wide meeting.
Hear tell not too many people
attended the county-wide meet-
ing last Friday night on the
swimming pool project.
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We sincerely hope that all of
you will get behind this pro-
ject and see it through to com-
pletion.
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The question of a clean-up
campaign for Aspermont was
brottgb* W> l st week.
FRANK HAYS,
p.nd rid our city of all the un-
sightly debris that usually col-
lects during the winter months.
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i i We want to call your atten-
tion to the quarterly 'report,
prepared by County Treasurer
At B. Barnett, and submitted to
public by th£ commissioners
It will be -found else-
ii-here in this issue.
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you have eiitevtaitMd any
j quefitkms about the financial
' status of Stonewall County, this
k4^. treport should answer the same.
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, Our attention has be?n oTo-1
to the landscaping program now
under way at the Aspenmon*
High School.
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haven't already done
•o, why not go by and take a
look at K, .
- -We are told that trees, plants
and Acvbe have already been
'•at-j|tit and that more are to
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Also the seeding of the grounds
for a nice aacpet of grass will
be forthcoming.
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ii! much response
to Odf j^crftr i city street im-
^gprpvement program.
1 'Wish all of you could have
heard the 'gentleman's talk t«-
teen-age driving prob-
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Abytinnia.
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l' Attend church Sunday.
district.
The Stonewall County Sheriff
Posse was awarded third place
in the meet, with only 13 of its
•numbers present
Firet place went to Fisher
County Sheriff Posse; Hereford
riders won second and the Hale
County Posse won fourth place.
The Stonewall County .group.
With its 13 members present,
"omneted with club* having as
many as 40 ridefe pvewnt
' One of the highVghta of the
program was the fttneake sup-
per, served at (hg. school gym-
nasium by • the Spur Lions
Club.
Following the parade, the
Stonewall croup was challenged
to a polo game by the Aber-
nathy club, who won by a score
of 5 to ). i>ver Stonewall group,
which hail only practiced once
aqd'had never played a game.
3h* Stonewall County Sher-
iff* Posse will go .to Rotan this
Friday and Saturday to take part
In the Fhher County Junior
Rodeo,. , ......
NEW AGENT FOR
FARM BUREAU
ii4*!js niftii irdsFiTAL
. Friends were happy to see
DeWltt Ellison, Sr., home last
Sunday after a stay in a Lub-
bockt hospital Mr. Rllison was
aui to be up and inbbut after
a prolonged throat ailment.
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WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
"The Lord is with you, while
ye be with him; and if ye seek
him, he will be found of you."
II Chran. 15:2.
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Uae the Classifieds.
.Announcement was made re-
cently by the Stonewall Covin
ty Farm Bureau to the effect
that Frank Hay*, Jr., of Asper
mont has been appointed as
full-time service agent for the
oounty Farm Bureau. .
Mr. Hays has opened offices
in the lobby of Hotel. Stonewall,
and is desirous of having airjper cent water,
members of the oounty Bureau
contact him with reepect to
any of the service# offered by
the county agency,
Mr. Hays, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hays, Sr., of As-
permont, is a native of Stone-
wall County and graduated from
Swenson High Sehoot He is
married, and he formerly was
employed by CoiiWkbted Ab
stract Company tor some five
ytiffs.
The Stonewall County Farm
Bureau gladly assists its mem-
bers with any type of insurance
service, as well as free notify
public service, afid the mskinir
up of gasoline tax refund state-
ments. %
The county Bureau urgw al'
its members to contact Mr. Hays
when they are in needs of any
of its many services.
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APRIL t* IS 8ET FOR
PRE SCHOOL DAY HKRE
Svpt. T. C. Clark and Ele-
mentary Principal Wesley Rob-
bins have announced that Fri-
day, April 22, has been set aside
as* "Pire-School Day" at the As-
permont School.
Each~year, toward the close of
the school term, all pre-school
children and their parents are
given a certain day to visit the
school, in order, that the child
may learn what to. expect upon
entering school for the first
time. i ■ -
Both Messnb Clark and Rob-
bins ere extending a cordial
welcome to all prospective first-
graders, and theif * parents, to
visit the school on* that date, r
CENTftAL .'HlfliripV tO
HAVE QUEST SPRAKER
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ray; Mrs. J. J. Kidd, Peacock;
row (left to right): Mrs. Bnr Brieter
Rutherford and tti D. 9. FttUMfc, bath
'* were awarded pi^fji '
rumiture here. Jin.
„ Mrs. BrisMVr saebtHT p*
a cedar elMSt; Mrs.
a A McCesland, ftftw
.T^he . C§atr^i ^Baptist Church
o4 Aspermont ia announcing
that regular preaching services
will be held at the churtsh on
next Sunday (April 24) at both
tite 11:00 <uns : and 8:00 p.m.
services. *-A Visiting minister
from Fabens. -Texas, will occu-
py the' plilpit for both services.
' The mlbllc is cordially i - l si
mrw'
♦hr serviced
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" H. Shadle returned
heme this week'Mfter en extended
- visit in Dal Rosa and San Ber-
*hM, nenMno. Calif., whete she vis-
ittd hgr flbMfi Mrs. Twt Mtr*
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FIVE NEW FIELD
WILLS FINALED
Five*- new field wells were
potentiated in Stohewall County
during the past week. Fivp
new drilling projects were an-
nounced. Three holes were
plugged.
Completed'for a daily patential.
of 378.64 barrels of 41.2 gravity
oil Was Humble Oil & Refining
Company No. 2 Louis Spitzer,
in Section 1, Block 9 of the
AB&M Survey. Location , is
three miles west of Old Glory
in the Pumphrey (Conglomer-
ate) Field.
Flow was through a 3-8ths-
inch choke with 440 pounds of
casing pressure and 160 pounds
of tubing pressure. Production
is from 24 perforations at
6024-30 feet, with the casing
set at 6096 feet. Total depth,
was 6300 feet, plugged back to
6056 feet. Gas-oil ratio was
642-1.
Humble Oil St Refining Com-
pany has spotted the No. 3
Louis Spitzer, $t a'. The new
project Is located' 2040 feet from
the west and 2530 fret from the
v>rth lin®s of Section 1, same
block and survey.. ,
NO. Z Abernathy Flnaled
Completed in that same field
was'Chapman & McFariin Pro
ducing Company of San An-
tonio No. 2 Abernathy, in Sec
tion 15, Block D of the H&TC
■Survey. ■
Daily potential was 4.06 bar
rels of 39.2 gravity oil and 50
per cent water. It is pumping
from 132 perforations at 5991 to
6014 feet, with the casing set
at 6028 feet.
Two wells were completed in
the Flowers (Canyon Sand)
Field, which extends almost
from Aspermont to Old Glocy.
Completed for a daily gauge
of 86.91 barrels of 3 gravity
oil was Wayne Petroleum Com-
pany, ert al, of Abilene N<t,' 1
Arthur S. Brinkley, Jr.. * in
Section 14. Block B, AB&M
Survey. It is pt^mping from.
144* perforations H 3953 to 4067
feeti Casing i« s*t at 4242 teat
and the hole bottomed- at 4261
feel.
Another Well for Brinkley
Chester Hunter of Dallas
No. 1 Arthu S. Brinkley, Jr.. In
Section ' 16, Block B. AB&M
Survey, was -iitehtialed. Dailv
gauge was 120 barrels of 42
gravity oil through a orw-fourth-
inch choki with rack®*" or:
the casing aT^ 125 pounds of
tubing pressure. Production is
*,-om 44 perforation- at 4107-28
feet, with the casing on the
bottom at 4168 feet.
Announced as a new try for
♦h? field was Phillips Petro^um
Company No. hsvi**
a proposed depth of 44M fetft
with rotP-v. f2J
feet Irom the north *! d «67 fe«t
tram the "st lines of Secti^
55 in Block D of th? H&TC
Survey
Mrs. a W.TVallace
Buried Wednesday
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Jbast rit«& were held an^Wed-
nesday- of this week for Mrs?
Beulah Wallace, 57, .who pesped
way in the Stamford Sanitarium
on, < Monday night at li-50
n.m. She, .had been in 111
health -;|pr, a number of years.
Services were held at the
First Baptist Church with the
-aster Rev. Frank Foster, offi-
ciating, and interment was in
the Aspermont Cemetery under
direction of Springer Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were A. L. Law-
rence, Billie Joe Speck, Gene
iMcDoweil, Gernld Lawrencs
R. D. Kluting and M. Y. Hill.
Mrs. Wallac? \va« horn !-
Thurber, Texas, on February 2,
1898, and had resided in Stone
vail County for about 30 years.
i* «urvrvrd by hsr hus
band, C. W. (Charlie) Wallace
an employee of Lawrence Gro-
cery in Aspermont; four sisters
Mrs. Ray Reeves of Fort WortV
and Mrs. G. A. Gibson, Mrs. Jor
Donawav and Mrs. R. C. Smith
all of Cisco, Texas.
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COUNTY EXCEEDS
RED CROSS GOAL
Ralph .Riddel, , county fun
dfiVfe' dhab>m f' for -thS
American Red Cross roll call
announces that Stonewal1
County exceeded its quota i"
the drive held recently in this
county.
Riddel stated thit the quota
was set at $655.00, and that con-
tributions received totaled
$863.76. He . asked The Star to
thank all thoee who had a* pact
in assisting the . county to . go-
over its quat)!.,.
Following - ie. a breakdown of
monies received in each com-
munity:
Jgdd
atiiwvsry Like
Peacock
bright Chapel
JOhtMOll Chapel
Asiermont
Salt Flat
Double Mountain
Old Glory
Swenson
Mt. Olive
145 COUNTY SCHOOL CHILD!
GET FIRST POIJO VACCINATION
On Tuesday morning' of this
week, school children flrom the
first and second grades of A?-
nermont, Old Glory and Pea-
cock, as jvell as the Aspermon'
Negro school, were administered
.the. first shot of the Salk polio
vaccine. ,
Dr. A. R. Mancille, county
health officer, administered the
vacine to some 145 students. He
was assisted by Mrs. Jeff Brian
Nash, county school health
nurse; Thelma Kluting. his
office assistant, and the cooper-
ation of the teachers.
Immunizations were given on-
'v after having the consent of
□arents, and it was learned that
were only seven eligible children
who did not take the vaccina-
ion.
Stonewall County Sheriff War-
ren W. Frazier went to Austin
over the week-end and return-
ed the vaccine to Asoermont.
Doctor Mancille stated that
•he vaccination of the children
went off without incident, and
♦.hat the second immunization
would be given in two weeks
(or on Tuesday, May 3).
The third, or booster shot, if
«iven, would be seven months
later. However. It was stated
that 'Doctor Saik had not re-
leased , inforrvrffe^ - concerning. tv.
the necessity ofc administering
$ 8.25
32.00
67,0*
43.00
7.00
411
28
39.09
151.01
28^0
41.50
TOTAL
$863.76
Plugged in Flowers r'leld
Swtlv Oil Compeny Jo. i
T. B. Rutherford, irt me E. K.
Smith Survev.
Kntz Field, in r "nrtheTtern
Stonewall Cc-intv. sained a n*w
oiler with the comnletlm ef w
K«tt, Abilene and San Aw
tonio. n-r H-rhert X**
. rentzen. In the M. Cordova Su*-
vftv,
Conr!*t^d O"
«au«ed 104.22 b'-rel* of 36.7
travitv oil -ct d*v. ProAsstloe
is trom an o-vn hole at 9#09-W
feet. >i v section being topped
it 5011 feet.
Swatted
Mayfs*r Minerals.' Inc.. o*
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roRRECTION
twfww*. ?it Is 467
from the north and 1980
ftn m the eent lines of the **utb
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FORMER RESIDENT DIES
N LAME5A APRIL ?TH -
Fred Wilson, a former resi-
dent of Stonewall County, died
!n the Lamesa Hosoltal on Apri'
5th following an iliness of sev-
eral mcnths.
Mr. Wilson, the father of Mrs
Eunice Kingery of Asoermont
came to Stonewall County in
1900 and resided here most o'
the time until 1928, when he
«• ?v?d to Lamest, Dawson
County, where he had live.4
since.
The deceased is survived by
his wife; one daughter, Mrs.
Kingery of Aspermont; two
eons, J. C. Wilson at Idaho and
Cknide Wilson<r of California-
12 greadcMldren and nine- great-
grandchildren.
the booster shot.
The county health ofdflMEIB
titer stated that the vneete ' .'SlI
adminiatering by tdqrgMMntln
the public was on order btttfuw
not been received aa yet'v:'£-
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COUNTY POOL
MEETING SUUCGir
At a county-wide
held last Friday night in?
district courtroom, those
voted to aocept the site
by J. .M. Hickman, Jr., aa'ghja
proper place for the 'lotetton
of a county-wide |wltqpning
pool and youth center. v
Prior to the meeting, rumors
had been out that other sitae
had been offered, but none of
the people proposing the other
sites were in attendance at the
meeting.
Mr. Hickman had Ttrevioufiy
offered to deed approximately
five and one-half acres of.,lgn<^.
just north of town, te
wall County far a
Temporary plans
mates lave been
a pool end youth center ef
proper gfenenaions for "' 1 ^
NOW ABLE TO BE OUT
L SL Myers, who hj« been
^valescing from • recent ill-
ness. was in town Tuesday and
isked The Star to state that he
will be in his office at short in-
tervals. He wou*d apprciate his
many friends end business asso-
ciates coming in to see him.
Mrs. Dorothy Jones has ssked
this newspaper to correct an
announcement as to the time of
the racstien Bible aohaol of die
First Methodist Church ^of As-
Hie school will begin
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'.RUDERS WINS 1ST ANNUAL
BRAZOS BELLE RELAYS
LeUders completely dominated
*ction there Saturdav. and wnlked
off with the championship of
the first Annual Brazos Belle
Relays, with 66 1-2 points to
runnerup Roby's 37. Asper-
mont finished third with 20
noints, Leudets Junior High was
fourth with 10 1-2 and Wylie
'vwted nine points for fKh
piece.
Roaemarie Culver <rf Leuders
tallied 20 1-2 points to rrab top
individual honors, while her
teemmate, Christine ' PurceH,
was runnerup with 11 1-2
P0^ ^ . "iwig
More than 60 girls, represent-
ing the five schools, took pert
in the meet.
Aspermont winners were:
50-yard dash—Nancy Gallo
way, second.
240-yard shuttle relay—Asper-
n^at, fourth.
200-yard relay — As«permont,
second.
300-yard medley .relay—Asper-
mont, fourth.
440-yard relay — Aspermont
fourth.
60-yard low hu-dles—Nsncy
Gsllowav. first.
Broad jump—Nancy Galloway,
tccond.
Hop-skin-jump—Shirley Hul-
,ev," Asoermont. fourth.
Softball throw—ShWey Hul-
**-v. Asoermont. third.
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ready in motion. ,,
In the near 4utu/re,4
will be circulated in
munity over the county
that the project be brought 4a n
vote by the citizens.
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LOCAL NEWSPEI
ATTEND PRESg
Editor and Mrs*.#
Welch of Aapetmosrtk
among the more tfepi
and weekly
end publishers
46th annua
Panhandle PreM
which met last
urday In the Herring*
Amarillo. iV
Other nearby
It6n«Mng the cenventtoB
E&ilor and Mrs. Roy
Stamford, and Editor and Mm.
Aaron Edgar of
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TO CONDUCT BAKE SALE
o be sponsored by the Firs*
Methodist W5.CA. will b# h«4d
•>n Saturday, Aoril tlrd . at.
Stvle Shoo. Proceeds
from this sale Will be used to
redecorate the besaseent of the
church. The public l« cordlal'v
:nvited to attend the sale and
no rebate cckes and pies for
Sunday dinner.
ADOS Mi'
Lai's Cafe, '
PiMr'fatig H&jr tp <
Graham,
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TO SPONSOR snow
Members of the PeMtek Par-
^nt-Teechfr , Awdatlotf*1* are to
**MBHf!" 'TlbVW>H« "P
▼..Tw-Ars," in a wroSfum nf none
and entertainment an Thursday
'♦onieht) April tl at 7:30-in, ing
*-V s ^ ool Admission,idIV
he U cents and 75 <«tits. aM
will he used w *>■'.
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cordially
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Highlighting the two-dly
gram was a trip to the tdni-
sion s'udios of lOOMCW^ artiste '
the grdup enjoyed
luncheon while having till
televised in th$ir
INSURANCE MAN TALKS
TO STUDENTS AND LIONS
Although young 'drivtls 'IkHMM
been dubbed the >W. f
lem driver of the country, i
drunken driver runs him a
second, Jim St. Clahvv
supervisor for Wests
Indemnity Company of tut
told members Of the -
Lions Ciub at their
luncheon meeting On
Mr. St. Clair, wtM
traduced by
Chuk, appeared on
program under ausplses
autlon
public
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955, newspaper, April 21, 1955; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136184/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.