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STAR
DUST
>iv YE-HOODI
Ah—'til Spring (or is it!)
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With the advent of Spring also
came the sand storm—tout that's
to be expttted.
o«~o
Did get a light sprinkle of
rain Tueaday eve.
o O
Hope that is a forerunner of
things to come.
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A couple of anniversaries are
in order.
o—o
Did you know that one year
ago today (Thursday) Aspenmont
held "open house" and celebrated
the coming of a permanent water
supply.
o—ft
Next Sunday (March 25) will
mark the anniversary of the
members of the First Baptist
Church occupying their new
sanctuary.
o—o
We'd like (herewith) to put in
a plug for those who are planning
to make picnic grounds adjacent
to the Lake Sellers area.
o—o
Understand that several of the
business men are planning to
erect benches and barbecue pits
so that on the summer evenings
folks can enjoy an outing there.
o—a
You'll be hearing more about
this project—and we urge all of
^ you. to 'give your usual 100 per
* -;ent support.
o—o
■ « Noted the passing of Mrs.
1 V. Sellers of Abilene last
week end.
. 1 o—o
i Mr. Sellers aided materially
in the building of Our city lake
(we are told).
o—o
Another project is getting
under way which we heartily
endorse.
o—o
Tn case you hadn't noticed—
work is underway in clearing a
strip of land across from Lee Roy
Moyers* empire.
o—o
Moyers tells us that several
business men (both here and
out of town) are interested in.
making a landing strip for
small aircraft.
It ~~4
A lot of oil operators over the
country come to Stonewall
County to look after their
holdings here and the air strip
will enable them to save time
in coming here and returning to
their headquarters.
o—o
Understand the new air strip
will be 200 feet wide and 2000
feet long.
i o—o
This is a most worthy project
and we are proud of it.
o- "<
People might not worry so
much about what others thought.
►. j of them if they would realize
1 how seldom they did.
Somebody' left their hat in my
office.
STONEWALL AREA GAINS TWO
DISCOVERIES DURING WEEK
Absynnia.
o—o
wind, heat, or rate
> with a Prigidaiie
rile laundry i
eetrtcally to econon-
* only a few panto,
(and wind-whipping,
lifting and iliitohlag.
Frigtdafra'i
lint and
anywhare.
m
DATE BET FOB COTTON
PUB-MEASUREMENT
April 15, 1956 has bean set by
the Stonewall County ASC com*
1 mittee as the final data for
making application for ore-
measurement of cotton.
Authorisation has also been
approved to charge $10.00 per
furm, plus 12.00 per plot for each'
plot over one, it was announced.
The local ASC office further
elated that farmers wishing to
haw cotton measured before
x * olantlng. that the office is now
Tin a position to take apnlica-
l Hons at any time and will cat
vhe measurement done before
jhe farmer is roadv to plant
* Mr. and Mrs. L. P. McAfee
f were in LevellnM during the
rv>«t week-end where Mrs.. Mc-
Afee want to attend a vostal
Ose he Hnsslfledst
Stonewall County during the
past week gained two new dis-
covery wells and two fie'd
oilers.
A discovery was completed
five miles south of Aspermont.
It is Pan American Production
Company, operating from Abi-
lene, No.'1-A W. C. Weir. It is
located in Section 17 of Block U
in the T&P Survey.
No. 1-A Weir had a daily po-
tential of 302 barrels of 41.4
gravity oil. Completion was on
a 14-64ths-inch choke with 575
to 590 pounds of tubing pres-
sure. The well is producing
from an open hole at 4690 to
4724 feet. Gas-oil ratio was
387 to 1.
The formation was tentatively
identified as Canyon reef.
Location is two-thirds mile
north of the Frankirk pool and
one and one-fourth miles south
west of the Johnson Chapel
(Canyon Sand) pool.
No. 1-A Pumphrey Finished
J. J. Lynn Estate of Abileno
completed the other discovery
as No. 1-A Ella Pumphrey, in
the Ben McCulloch Survey. It
is one and one-half miles north
of Old Glory in the Ashimre
Field.
The No. 1-A Pumphrey is now
a dual producer. The latest
completion is from a Strawn
Sand to open a new pay in the
field. Daily potential from the
Strawn was 108 barrels of 41.2
gravity oil. It is pumping from
80 perforations at 5194 to 5204
feet.
The first completion was from
the Bend Conglomerate, regular
pay for the pool. Daily poten-
tial was 212 barrels of 41
gravity oil, flowing through a
32-64ths-inch choke from 112
perforations at 6010-24 fpet.
Casing is on the bottom at
6103 feet.
A Flowers (Canyon Sand)
Field well has been completed
seven miles southeast of Asper-
mont. It is Continental Oil
Company No. 13--A Arthur
Brinkley. It is located in Sec-
tion 7 of Block A in the A&B
Survey.
Daily potential was 85 bar-
rels of 40.1 gravity oil, plus 12
per cent water. It is pumping
from 104 perforations at 4127-64
feet. Casing is set at 4240 feet
and the hole is bottomed at 4260
feet.
No. 3 Baldwin Completed
Completed in the same field
and two and one-half miles
southwest of Old Glory was
Edgar Davis Drilling Company,
et al, of Abilene No. 3 M A.
Baldwin. It is situated in Sur-
vey 16 of the AB&M.
No. 3 Baldwin had a dailv
potential of 169 barrels of 41
gravity oil. Flow was through
a 24-64ths-inch choke with 325
pounds of casing pressure and
90 pounds ol tubing pressure.
It is producing from six perfora-
tions per foot at 3998 to 4008
feet. Casing is set at 4242 feet.
The hole was drilled to 4250 feet
and plugged back to 4205 feet.
Gas-oil ratio was 600-1.
Continental Oil Company has
sootted its No. 4 A. A. Annls
five . miles southeast of Ajper-
mont In the Flowers West
(Canyon Sand) Field.
Having a proposed depth of
4500 feet with rotary, It is lo-
cated 2*87 feet from the north
and 1667 feet from the east
lines of Section 55 in Block D
of the H&TC Survey.
A drillatem test was taken on
Monday at 6049-90 feet In the
Caddo at a wildcat four miles
east of Aspermont. It Is
Lauderdale It Straughan DrlU-
i«« Cotnnanv of Abilene No. 1
Charles G. Abernathv. and Is lo-
oted in Section 24 of Block D
In the H&TC Survev. It was to
Hrill ahead toward a -reposed
denth of 6300 feet.
The Cedcto test, with the tool
onen for 40 minutes, recovered
in f*«t ef dri'llo* mud.
A (Hi Mem tes« was taken "♦
*17fl-R5 fe t h the Strawn. It
re~>ver«d 20 feet of drilling mud
"•'♦h a trace of oil.
**!«<• Sit* Driver **ent Satur-
>'* " night In th* home of Mr.
■"♦d Mm. Roy B. Hart In Ham-
lin.
Last Rites Held
For Turner Hart
Funeral services were held
here la#t Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock' for Turner Tom
Hart, pioneer resident of Stone-
wall County, who died in Lub-
bock pn Friday, March 16. The
deceased had been in ill health
for about six months and had
been transferred to a Lubbock
hospital from CalIan. Hospital in
Rotan about a month ago.
Mr. Hart was born February
28, 1877 and only recently ob-
served hi? 79th birthday. He
had resided in Stonewall Coun-
ty. for a number of years, and
resided about five miles north-
west of Aspermont. Before he
ret'red. he was engaged in
farming.
Services were held at the
Aspermont First Methodist
Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Rex Mauldin, officiating.
Intermeri't was in the Ascer-
tr. >nt Cemetery with Springer
Funeral Home in charge of ar-
rangements.
Pallbearers were Otto Fraser,
Fred Graham, "Doc" Thornton,
Raymond Marr. "Boss' Winter
and Eugene McDowell.
' 1^11'. Mart's wife died Novem-
ber 14. 1052.
Survivors include a niece,
Mrs. Fern Hunter of Lubbock
and a nephew, Tandy Martin,
of Amarillo (both nf whom hi
raised) and a number of other
nieces and nephews.
- -o -
REP CROSS FUNP
PRIVE IS LAGGING
Ralph Riddel of Aspermont,
Stonewall County fund drive
chairman for the 1956 American
Red Cross drive, announces that
only about $300.00 has been
turned in to him at this date.
A quota of $765.00 was set
for this county, and the drive
is to end March 31.
Mr. Riddel asks that all those
who have not thus far given to
this most worthy cause to please
contact cither him or the
community chairman.
WARREN H. LINER
19th District Commander
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GRIP SCWEOULE
FOR '56 RELEASED
The football schedule for the
Aspermont High School Ilornets
for the year 1956 h&S been
completed.
There will be six home
games and four games away.
New teams being played are
Roby and South Taylor. Out of
the six non-conference games,
three are Class A schools.
The schedule is as follows:
September 7—Trent (here).
September 14 — Hermeleigh
(here).
September 21—Roby (hare).
September 28—Wylie (there).
October 5 — South Taylor
(there).
October 12—Clyde (here).
October 19—Rochester (here).
October 26—Knox City (there).
November 2—Lueders (here).
November 9—Rule (there).
The last four games are con-
ference games.
TO SPONSOR GAMES
The Peacock Parent-Teacher
Association is announcing that it
will sponsor two vollevball
games tomorrow night (Friday)
at 7:30 o'clock at the Peacock
High School. The games will
be between the town and coun-
try folks and will be between
th men and women. Admission
will be 25 and 50 cent* and the
proceeds will be used by the or-
ganization in ita various pro-
jects.
TO GO TO ROBY
Announcement i« made to the
effect that th* Stonewall County
Sheriffs Posse will go to Robv
tomorrow (Friday) night to play
a return match of palmetto nolo
with the Fisher Oountv Sheriffs
' Posse. Game time is 8 pm.
City Council Issues Statement
Concerning Bond Election
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol-
lowing! statement has been
signed and issued by the City
Council and is an attempt to
clarify any misunderstanding
as to what each of the two
propositions in the election
pertain to.)
PAUL SPILLMAN
5th Division Commander
C. L. DOWNEY
Department Commander
The City Council of the City
of Aspermont has called a bond
issue election, to be held in the
Citv of Aspermont on March 31,
1956. The legal notice calling
•he election is not clear regard-
ing what the money is to be spent
for; however, the notice was
drawn by a reputable firm of
bond attorneys, and we are ad-
vised .that it is in proper form.
The rurpose here is to tell the
property owning. taxpayin?,
voters exactly what each oroposi-
tion in the election is about in
order that no one will be mis-
informed, mistaken, or misled
in making their own decisions
on how to vote.
On the Ballot, Proposition No.
' will read:
"FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
WATERWORKS SYSTEM IM-
PROVEMENT AND EXTENSION
•>'a v ronds;
"against the issuance
OF waterworks system
TMPROVFMENt ann exten-
SION tax bonds;
Tho OOO.On in b-'mds in this
proposition is to be spent for a
new 100,000 gallon capacity ele-
vated steel water storage tank.
The City Council has been ad-
vised by an authority on water
tanks that our present 40,000
gallon capacity elevated tank is
in danger of collapse due to
long years of use, and rust. Al-
so, the firm of Freese and
Nichols has advised the Council
that the present tank is not
adequate to service a town of
this size. The Council also was
advised that the present tank
would have lasted for a much
longer time if it had received
the proper maintenance through-
out the years. This tank was
erected in 1915.
On the Ballot, Proposition No.
2 will read:
"FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVE-
MENT AND EXTENSION TAX
BONDS.'
"AOATNST TJ'E ISPT'ANCE
Of SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVE-
MENT AND EXTENSION TAX
bonds;
The $30,000.00 in bonds in this
proposition is to be spent in
purchasing the water and sewer
extensions anrt sewer l-'ft station
in the Northo-n Heights Addi-
tion to the City of Aspermont.
In the event this -roposition
carries, the purchase price will
be arrived at by eppai '-als made
by engineers?* - pfrajfcistQwft-
is one that every growing com
munity seems to ba facing, ft
has been the policy of the cttjr
councils of this city in the past
to try to furnish water mm!
sewer facilities to any part «t
the city where the coat waa Jus-
tified by an adequate number of
consumers. The water and
sewer extensions and lift station
in the South Central Annex Ad-
dition to the City of Aspermont
were paid for out of part of the
proceeds of a bond issue in 1051.
In the event that one or both
of these propositions should
carry, the bond payment sched-
ules on these issues have been
^et up so that NO INCREA8E Df
tax^S and NO INCREASE IN
VALUATIONS will be necessary.
Please feel free to call on the
members of the City Council Or
♦ he Citv Secretary regarding
anv miest'ons on the above two
r>-r iositions.
V'he docisi tftk. - usuea
will be where (it should be—
with you. the voters.
Re«oe<Hftilly submitted,
(Signed)
RAT .PH RIDDEL, Mayor.
E. N. LINSLEY. Alderman.
S. G. DUBOSE, Alderman.
C. M. COOPER, Alderman.
R. H. HAHN, Alderman.
TOM HILL, Alderman.
BRYAN OOOOCl^, C I t i
Secretary.
Thanks to i rapper-
KILLER COYOTE" TO ROAM NO MORE TO BE HELD HERE
CNE-ACT PLAYS
SNYDER TO HOST
LEGION MEETING
SNYDER, March 20,-^Ameri-
can Legion Posts and Auxiliary
Units of the 19th Congressional
District will hold their annual
spring convention here on Sat
urday and Sunday, March 24-25,
Warren H. Liner of Seminole,
Nineteenth District Commander,
announced today.
Post Commander C. R.iAgee
stated that registration would
begin at the Legion Home at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday. At 3:30
pjm., the district color guard
contest will be held. The 19th
District is one of the leaders in
color guard contents in the en-
tire state.
There will be a social hour at
5:00 p.m. Saturdav for the
visKing delegates. This will be
followed by a dance at 9:00
Saturday night.
The joint memorial service
will begin at 10:00 a m. Sunday
morning with the Rev. Father
Cressen of the local Catholic
Church delivering th« memorial
address.
A noon day meel Sundnv will
be served to all registered dele-
sates and Auxiliary members.
Sunday afterwnn at 130 a busi-
ness session will be held; pre*
sided over bv TMatHrt Commah-
rter Liner. At the business ses-
sion, the reports of the commit-
tees of the lflth District will be
heard. Speakers at the business
'"••Hon w 11 H" !Wh Division
Commander Psul Snlllman of
Wellinirton and C. I* Downev,
state commander, of Pleasanton.
Attend cnurch Sunday.
Bv JIM ANDERSON
"Killer Coyote" has killed his
last—thanks to our government
trapper, who has certainly work-
ed hard at his job. He has
walked and driven many miles—
studying Old Killer's habits.
Although it seemed that all
the other coyotes that were
roaming this part of the woods
had been killed—then came "Old
Killer" and his mate firom Par-
ker Kennedy country. "Killer's"
mate was pretty smart, hut af-
ter weeks of hard work (by our
trapper), she left the sheep-
killing job all for "Killer". This
educated old-timer, after pass-
ing hundreds of poison baits,
traps and cyanide guns—pre-
ferring a big. fat 100-pound
lamb—and would not settle for
a poor one, or a dead one.
It looked tike "Old Killer"
knew all the tricks. But like
nil killers, there was just one
little trick that he had over-
looked.
'My faithful friend, Lloyd
FIVE MEN ARE INDUCTED
j INTO NAVY FROM AREA
j According to information re
j leased from Local Board No. 80
I of the Selective Service, five
men left Thursday, March 15
for induction into the Armed
Forces. All five were inducted
into the Navy and will be in the
service for two years. They re-
ported to the Reetv'Hn* and
Induction Main Station in Abi-
lene.
The five men are Marvin
Wayne Wihon of Sour, Gene
Patrick Powell of Sm r. Bob
Arch Freeman of Swenson (now
of Abilene), Jamwt Bruce Allen
of McAdoo and John E. Noland
of Friona.
Two men reported for their
Armed Forces physical xamina-
tion: Harold Jim Abevtn and
Andres Guerro. of the Pitchfork
Ranch at Guthrie. They were
transferred from their lcnl
"Hoard at Socorro, TfM. to this
hoard for the physical examina-
tion.
Sweatt, had that trick for him.
This trapper is sure a swell guy
and a wonderful trapper. He
sure is doing a lot of good.
Let us all work together and
help him. Whether it is in
business, on a ranch or a farm—
we will all be benefitted.
TO SELL POOD
The FHA girls will be selling
food at the district one-act play.s
on Friday, March 23. Five
plays are to be presented. Hot
coffee, sandwiches, "cake, pie and
Cokes will be available. The
money will be used to send Mary
Lois McGilberrv to Chicago to
a national meeting this summer,
and to send Glenda Gardner and
Mary Lois to the state FHA meet-
ing in Fort Worth in April.
o—
Mesdames T. C. Clark and
John P. Ward were in Weather-
ford on Thursday and Friday of
last week, where they attended
the 54th annual convention of
First District, Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs.
Aspermont High School will
auain play host to the one-ecft
play contest for District 13B of
the 1 nterscholastic League.
t. C. Clark, superintendent of
Aspermont schools and director
for the region's one-act plays,
has announced that five achoola:
Rule, Rochester, Weinert. Matt-
-nn and Aspermont, will pw-
« nt nlays. The first seasion for
the plays will begin at 4:00
o'clock on Friday. March 23. The
second session will begin at 7:30
p.m.
Plays of the highest caliber
•f" c-"-< fullv ch"?sen for inter-
";t. Mr. Clark states that they
will be exceptionally well done
since each actor must know his
lines, for there can be no
prompting.
He invites all who are inter*
e ted to attend the two sessions.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
Mrs, Arthur Brown of Du-
rango, Colo., is visiting in the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. V. Smith.
*
Mr. Bnd Mn. Harold McGough
and babv of Lubbock visited on
last Wednesday and Thursday in
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mr*. Tom Hart.
Jhe classifieds.
TEXAS HOMEMAKER OF TOMORROW — Bammle Mat
Hereford High School. Hereford, Terns, was named Texas'
Crocker Hefaemaker of Tomorrow. She raoelvad the state's '
•core hi a written hometnakine examination and will he i
11400 scholarship by General MUls. She will also receive an i
paM trip with her sohssl adviser April •- to Washington, V,
colonial Wmtainaburg, Va. and Philadelphia. Mk MtUVtd
ha a sanlliaH isa Sw All-Aaisrisan Hiiasishir at Teasomr,
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