The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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A8PERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. 1956
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Alter hearing from both the
Democrats and that other party,
one woujtfn't know if this
country of ours was headed for
disaster (financially) or enjoy-
ing the best yeari of its his-
tory.
o—o
Does prove quite Intoreuting
(and amusing) to listen to the
charges and counter-charges that
are hurled by both sides.
o 1
TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
jCERN: What's the matter with
Mr. Nixon that Mr. Stamen
doesn't like.
o—o
Next Saturday will' see the
climax reached in some tall
oampaignin' in these here parts.
o—o
We most assuredly hope that
all' of you will go to the polls
and vote o'n Saturday, August
25th.
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NOTE TO GEORGE F. AND
FRANK P.: That'll' be about al!
of that! *
Hear Van Bui'iard has a new
method for exterminatin' rattle-
snakes!
0—i)
He drags 'em to their demise,
o
Did you know we had some
moisture over the weekend?
o—o
Albert Baugh, local weather
statistician, reported ShlOOths of
'rf n inch after last Saturday.
The city's new water storage
t tank is really going up near the
.site of' the. old one.
( i O
More water pressure is prom-
ised.
o—o
Can you imagine a certain
proud father not passin' out cee-
gars this week?
Said he gave two cigars when
the twins came^-tightwad.4
o—n
That's all for the immediate,
o—<o
Abysinnia.
POTENTIALS ARE FILED FOR
SEVERAL NEW OILERS IN AREA
it Sating S<
ord Dealer,-.
I while he d«in
tor the *57 smMS.
leep-btock Y-flke
•let Ford
AMARILLO FIRM GETS
AREA ROAD CONTRACT
The State Highway Commis-
sion in Justin announced this
week that a contract, for 20
miles of construction on U.S.
Highway 83 in Stonewall, Jones
and Fisher counties had been
awarded .to an Amarillo firm.
Ivan Dement submitted the
tow bid of $463,946.93 on the
project, which calls for widen-
ing structures, base and hot-mix
asphaltic concrete pavement
from Aspermont south to Ham-
lin.
f J. C. Roberts, district highway
'engineer at Abilene, has esti-
1, mated that the joib wiN be com-
pleted within 150 working days.
C. W. Westbrook, resident en-
lineer of Hamlin, will be in
'active charge of the project
white under construction.
NEW QUARTERS
The ottiflw of ttta-Stonewall
County ASC are being moved
this week from the third floor
Potential tests have been filed
with the Texas Railroad Com-
mission for two Stonewall Coun-
ty wells.
A Corsica (fiend Conglomer-
ate) Field oiler, was plugged
back for re-compJetion in a
Strain. sand. It is Condor Pe-
troleum Company No. 1 S. Su-
ter, situated in Section 2 of
Block B in the Afi&M Survey.
The No. 1 Sutcr had a daily
potential of 72 barrels of 40
gravity oil, pl'us 10 per cent
water. It is pumping from 36
oerforations at 5185-91 feet. Cas-
ing is set at 6068 feet in, the
Bend Conglomerate, and the
hole is bottomed at 6069 feet.
Pan American Production
Company's No. 2 P. L. Ander-
son had a daily potential of 120
barrels of 41.5 gravity oil and
18.R per cent water. Located in
Section 16. Block U of the T&P
Survey, the well is six miles
south of Aspermont in the
Frankirk (EUenburger) Field.
Comnletion was on a 20-64ths-
inch choke with packer set on
the casing and 100 pounds o
tubing Dressuro. It is producing
from 32 perforations at 6107 1-2
to 6115 1-2 feet. Total depth is
6394 feet.
New Project
A new project for the Fran-
kirk (Ellenbungier) Field is Pan
American Production Company's
No. 4 P. L, Anderson. The per-
mit depth applied for 6600 feet
with rotary.
No. 4 Anderson is 1980 feet
from the north and east lines of
Section 16 in Block U of the
T&P Survey.
In the same area.and section,
oijerator was arilling bSlojie
4850 feet in shale on Monday sit
P,an American Production Com-
pany's No. 3 P. L. Anderson.
Onerator was waiting to in-
stall a pump at a three-fourths-
mile east outpost to the John-
soil Chapel (Canyon Sand) Field,
four and one-half miles south
of Aspermont. It Is Pan Ameri-
ca n Production Company's No.
5 W. C. Weir, situated in the
C. E. Hannas Survey.
Completion is being made from
four oerforations per foot at
4939-47 and at. 4923-32 fret.
vher- the formation was ruo-
'urH. During a drillstem test
at 4926-73 feet in the Canv*~
it recovered 1200 feet of gas in
the drillpioe, 100 feet of verv
heavily? oil and' -eas-cut "n ud4>maYn
with a trace of free oil, and
five gallons of free oil.
To Run Logs
Operator was preparing to
run electric logs on Monday af-
ternoon at a Flowers (Canyon
Sand) Field project, seven miles
southeast of Aspermont. It is
Continental Oil Company No.
18-A Arthur Brinkley. Jr., situ-
ated in Section 14 of Block A
in the A&B Survey.
Casing was to be run for
completion in the Canyon. Op-
erator cored in the Canyon sand,
which was topped at 3900 feet.
Hirself that
Mr-prkc
rd^kXK.
than it v
and the lra«
a ten tell.
l. Cone in. And
on the highway next to Ellison
Service Station. A;V *
Attend chuxch Sunday.
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N O T I C E ! I
Please cheek the date ap-
pearing on J#u.r
Asperment «tar. This date Is
the esgihtlon date of voir
Wawtowrfpl®"- >Ht I* In error.
It will be corrected when
kroneht to onr attention.
Postal regnlattona do not
-w permit the mailing of news'-
« papers unless the suhscrlntlon
i J is paid In advance.
prompt renewal will Insure
receipt of every copy of yonr
home town newspaper.
—The Editor.
The total depth was 4150 feet
in shale.
A Stonewall County wildcat,
drilled 13 miles north of Asper-
mont, was abandoned at 6184
feet. It was Sunray Mid-Conti-
nent Oil Company No. 1 M. L
Bilberry, situated in Section 7*
of Block D in the H&TC Sur-
vey.
A drillstem test was taken .it
6130-50 feet in the Bend Con-
glomerate. Recovery was 37P
feet of salt water cut mud, ano'
4675 feet of salt water.
In the Tompfkins (6000-Foo(
Chert) Field, 10 miles south of
Aspermont, a nroject was drill-
ing below 5356 feet on Mondav
It is J. R. McLean & J. D.
Tomnkins of Abilene No. 2-T>
W. I. Martin, being located in
Section 136 of Block 1 in Hv-
H&TC Survey,
Operator has besftin drillin«
•U a Kat". (Caddo) Field pro-
ject in the northeastern onrt
Stonewall County. Stated f«v
*800 feet with ro'*-y, it is
Skelly oji Comoanv No. 23 Rov
Day, The oroj^ct is located in
Section 3 of Bloek 1 in the
T&NO Survey.
HARRY McAFFE ISSUER
STATEMENT TO VOTERS
TO THE VOTERS OF STONE-
WALL COUNTY:
WelV, next Saturday, August
25th, you will go to the polls
again, in the Second Democratic
Primary, to elect your officers
for the next four years.
So, I want to take this op-
portunity to again bring before
you my bid for the office of
Tax Assessor-Collfector of Stone-
wall County, and I would like to
state at this time, if you see
fit to honor me with this office,
that your money and the records
of this office will be taken care
of in the way in which they
are supposed to be and you will
never have cause to regret tha*
you cast a vote for me on that
account.
Again, I want to thank you,
one and all, for the nice vote
that I received in the first pri-
mary. and solicit your vote and
support next Saturday , as it
wiHI be deeply appreciated.
Regardless of who you are
going to vote for—be sure you
vote.
. Thanking you again, I re-
Your friend,
H. O. (Harry) McAFEE.
cecil norris issues
statement to voters
TO THE PEOPLE OF PRE-
CINCT NO. 3:
Again, I wish to thank you'for
the snlendid vote you gave me
in the First Primary, and T
will appreciate yoyj- continued
support in the election on Sat-
urday, August 25th.
Your friend,
. CECIL NORRIS
NEXT SUNDAY'S LESSON—AND YOU!"
Ry REV. W. E. DICKERSON
Pastor. Peacock Baptist Church
LESSON TEXT: James 1:2.18.
SUBJECT—"Christian Growth
EMPHASIS:
James 1:13-15—"Let no man say
THIS WEEK'S
it TvetH.M<& W- LZ
tempteth He any man: But ev<
ery man is tcmjjted, when he is
drawn away of his 'own lust,
and enticed. Then when lust
hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin, and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death."
BACKGROUND OF THE
LESSON:
James is writing! to those who
"hold the faith of the Lord
Jesus Christ". Thus, he chal-
lenges Christians to be true to
their calling of following Christ.
James, who was the first head
of the Christian church in Je-
rusalem, believed that if a man
was saved, his works would
hear out his salvation in daily
lifo. Alio, to live this life
moans a close walk with Christ
if one is to conquer Satan's
temotations to fail.
TODAY'S LESSON FOR YOU:
I want to show you this week
how Satan led Judas Iscariot to
destruction through tempting him
to sin. This is how Satan at-
tacks many who claim to be so
near Christ m Judas WW. jral
do not khow Christ in a saving
experience.
1. DOUBT—Satan first plant-,
ed in Judas' mind that Jesus
was not what He claimed to be.
2. DISTORTION — This seed
began to grow in Judas' mind
until it became out' of propor-
tion.
3. DESIRE—The next step on
the way down was the desire to
do something. Thus, Judas be
gan to entertain the thought of
bringing Jesus' claim to mes
siahship to a head. He wanted
action.
4. DEED—The next step was
the actual committing of the
sin of betraying1 Christ to Sa-
tan's cause, for selfish pur-
poses.
5. DESTRUCTION—The fruit
of Judas' deed was death. He
went out and hung himself
The way of sin i< DEATH.
BUT THE WAY OP EVER
IASTING LIFE IS THROUGH
FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR.
M
JIM THOMPSON
Stonewall
Ballot on 4 Offices Saturday
ASPERMONT HORNETS TO OPEN
FOOTBALL PRACTICE MONDAY
DAN COZART
LEAD REVIVAL—Jim Thomp-
son of Rotan wil) bring the
messages, and Dan Cpzart of
Abilene will lead song services
for the revival, which begins
Sunday, August 26th and con-
tinues through September 2nd
at the Swenson Baptist Church.
Services are to be held daily
at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., with
prayer service each evening
at 7:30. Norris Onstead, pas-
tor, and members of the con-
gregation extend a cordial in-
vitation to everyone to attend
any and all of the services.
n
PEACOCK SCHOOLS TO
OPEN ON AUGUST 37TH
Supt. W. C. Robinson an-
nounces that the Peacock
schools will begin the 1956-57
term on next Monday (August
27 th).
Superintendent Robinson has
stated that some 140 students
are expected to be enrolled.
This number compare* favorably
with last year's number of
students in attendance.
The school1 has purchased two
new busses for the new year.
Lynn Johnston hits been sign-
ed as the new coach. He will
get his degree this summer
from the University of Corpus
Christi, where he is majoring in
physical education.
In addition to Mr. Johnston
the faculty will include Mrs.
A. B. Harrell, first and second
grades; Mrs. Elva Lea Walker,
third and fourth 'grades; A. B.
Harrell, fifth and sixth grades;
Mrs. R. L. Kennedy, high
school English; Mrs. Courtney
Robinson, mathematics and
science; Mrs. Opal Jones, home-
making; R. J. Smith, vocational
agriculture; and Superintendent
Robinson.
' J JPP JMUttv
STATEMENT TO VOTERS
TO THE VOTERS OF PRE-
CINCT NO. t:
As you. go to the polls on
Saturday, August 25th. t wish
you would take this earnestly
into comoderation—to vote for
me as your Commissioner.
Your vote and influence wilJ
be greatly appreciated.
I feel that this job is a very
important one, and I will do mv
very best to serve you at all
times, if elected.
SinrereCy,
J. J. KIDD.
Coach Edwin Cotton an-
nounces that the Aspermont
Hornets will begin football
practice on Monday, August 27.
at 5:30 p.m. a' the high school
football stadium. Mr. Cotton
is expecting some :!0 men to re-
port for practice at that time,
he said.
This year v.-ili see some nine
lettermen returning from Inst
year's campaign. Coach Cotton
has stated that this year's team
will be heavier th'in thfit of the
last year, but will have an in-
"xoerienced I in- The backfield
will be manned by four letter-
men.
The first game of the 1956
season is to be p'fciyed on Fri-
-"Hv. September 7. with ,the
Trent Gorillas invading the Hor-
net auartcrs. This year's line-
no of games is considered one
*>f the best in recent years, and
will see the Hornets olayinc
'hree Class A non-conferencc
foes—Wylie, Robv and Clyde.
The Hornets' schedule is as
follows:
Sept. 7-r-Trent (here).
Sept. 14—Hermeleigh (here).
S<- p*. 21—Rohv (here).
S"pt. 28—Wv"(te (there).
Oct. 5—South Tavlor (there).
Oct. 12—Clvde (hereV
Oct. 19—'Rochester (here).
Oct. 26—*KnoK Ci*v (there).
Nov. 2—*Lueders (here).
Nov. 9—*Ru1e (there).
(• denotes conference games).
Truman Sherrod will arsis'
Mr. Cotton with the coachinr
duties.
-o
Cs.. Young, president of the
West Texas Utilities Company,
of Abilene, and K. K. Francis
district mancer for WTU, of
Stamford, visited briefly here
Tuesday with L. D. McAfee, lo
c?l7 WTU manager.
Use the Classified*.
travis morgan issues
i.vst-mtnute statement
TO THE CITIZENS OF
STONEWALL COUNTY:
As we come to the rto.se of
this election, again let me say
thanks to the good people of this
county for the warm welcome
into your homes and to tell you
that have enjoyed seeing you
again.
I am trying to see each of
vou before election day, but if
I shoiild fail, please consider
this as a personal visit. I am the
only means of support to my
family, and a day-laboring man
can always use whatever he
earns.
At my age, it is harder to
get a job than when I was
younger, and I feel that my past
business experiene would en-
nhle me to handle this job with-
out any doubt.
I would deenly appreciate
your consideration of me
your next County and District
Clerk when you go .to the polls
on next Saturday.
Your friend.
TRAVIS MORGAN.
LEADS REVIVAL —The Rev.
Woodrow McHugh, pastor of
the North Central Avenue Bap-
tist Church of Haiplin, is
bringing the messages for the
annual meeting now in pro-
gress at the Johnson Chapel
Baptist Church. Services be-
gan on August 2/6 and will
continue thr&gh* S U tfSd a^
August 26. Rev. Ray Bing-
ham. pastor, and the congre-
gation extend a cordial invita-
tion to everyone to attend the
services each night at 8.
district queen contest
to beld at vernon
The Texas Farm Bureau has
announced that District 3 wil
have its annual queen contest on
Friday, August 31st in the mu
nicipal auditorium in Vernon
beginnin at 7:30 p.m.
* StonewaK County, which is
one of the 17 counties compris-
ing District 3, will be repre-
sented bv Miss Beverly Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Smith. Miss Smith was se-
lected as county queen to repre-
sent Stonewall County in the
district contest. She will be
supported by Elizabeth Pum-
phrey. runner-up in the con-
test. Dorothy Sue Roberson
Rena Conine and Kathleen
Snitzer. the other contestants in
the county contest, along with
other Farm Bureau members
who will go to Vernon to at-
tend the district contest.
Attend church Sunday.
Voters throughout the State at
Texas will go to the polls ,«M
next Saturday to ballot on can-
didates in the second Democratic
Primary. •
State-wide, voters will ballot
fur governor, with US. Sen.
Price Daniel of Liberty CofeutY
and Jud®e RaJph Yarborough of
Travis County fighting it out
for the state's highest office.
Will Wilson of Dallas and Tom
Moore of Waco will be on the
ballot for state's Attorney Gen-
eral, the only other state-wide
race on the second primary bal-
lot.
In Stonewall County, four
races have run-off candidates to
be decided upon. Sheriff War-
ren W. Frazier. Incumbent, is
seeking re-election over Chas.
L. Gibson. H. O. (Harry) Mc-
Afee and Fred D. Brock are in
th" race for Tax Assessor-Col-
tector: Pat Mitchell, Jr., and
Travis Morgan are contesting
for the office of County and
Dis'riet Clerk: while Cecil Nor-
rh. incumbent, is seeking re-
election to the offic* of Com-
missioner of Precinct No. 3*
with J. J. Kidd of Peacock as
his run-off opponent.
There will be no contest in
the sti'e-wide race for Lieute-
nant Governor. Ben Ramsey,
ineumhent. nnd A. M. Aikin,
Tr,, were to have oooosed each
other in the second nrlmary, hut
Mr. ftfkffi' withdraw wain thr
••ncond nrimnrv rare. The bal-
inti for StoneviTl Countv halt
•>ir<*ndv h« n orinted 'and de-
livered before Mr. \ikin an-
nounced his withdrawal.
rwas. t, r.insoN issues
STATEMENT TO VOTERS
TO THE VOTERS OF STONE-
WALL COUNTY:
I have tried my very beat to
see each of you between th*
primaries, but due to the lade of
time, it may be that I have
failed to personally contact
each of you. I assure you that/
if this be the case, I did not want
to pass up anyone.
Let me again thank you far
the wonderful vote and support
given me in the first primary.
I realize the importance at
the office of Sheriff, which 1
seek, and feel that 1 am quaS<-
fied for the duties of this hi*
office.
To those of you who voted M*
my opponents in the first pri-
mary, and to fny many loygl
friends, I again solicit your vote
and support on Saturday, Aug-
ust 25th.
Thank you.
Your friend,
CHAS. L. GIBSON.
ASSISTANT RECRUITER IS
N*MEI> TO THIS AREA
Chief Boilerman Dan E. Lof-
♦in, Jr., recruiter in thangn at
the US. Navy Recruiting .Sub-
station, Abilene, has announced
the arrival of ap additional re-
cruiter; Harry B, Hefterieh,
Chief Pipe Pitter. USN.
Hefterich comes to this area
from duty at Newport, Rhwte
Island, where he was sta-
tioned on the US.S.'Grahd Can-
yon, destroyer repair ship with
the Atlantic Fleet. He is a vet-
ran of over 16 vears in the
Naw and ha« just completed
a six-weeks recruiter school nt
Balnhridpe, Maryland.
Hefterich'* duties will include
trips to Stonewall County and
he or Dan Loftin will be at the
Aspermont post office huildinp
'rom 2:15 to 3:0ft p.m. Ml the
second and fourth Thursdays of
each month, and will talk to
<n or near Asoermnn'
•'bo'it the manv advantages our
modern Naw hn« to offer to the
vouth of today.
' Hi
Attend church Sunday.
MONORAIL 10 K INSTALLED AT FAIR
The nation's first commercial operating Monorail
opmcnt in modern expreaa transportation, will be
feature of the 19M State Pair of Texaa in Dailaa,
4,000-foot line will run from the front of the fai
parking lot on the rear. The Monorail will be "si
according to Monorail, Inc., of Houston, which will
devaU
■ the main
and. swift,"
ct this line.
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