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ASPBBMONT, STONEWALL C OUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1956
PRICE: FIVE Cg
<y YJC-HOODI
Gimmanetty, but it's been
cold, hasn't it?
o—o
We wuz all set to play in the
. anow, but it didn't -quite get
[down this far.
O—O
Oh, well! Winter still has a
Jong time to go yet.
"Before it slips our mind.
o—o
We'd like to call your atten-
n to the program, being
onsored by the local Phoenix
Vlub, at the First Baptist Church
on this Friday evening at 7.
o—o
This program has to do with
the American Home, and should
be of great interest to each and
every parent.
US,
D OUR
Try to attend, won't you?
o—o
Somebody's sure messin' my
business up with these two
Thanksgivings.
I —. O
Me—I'm alluz used to cele-
bratin' the last Thursday in No-
vember for Turkey Day.
o —II
Now here they go and try to
have two of 'em.
o -/•
Not only is bad on me—-but
just think what is must be do-
ing to the poor ole turkey!
o—o
NOTE TO THE LADIES: Did
you ever get that deer those
pubbies went after?
0—0 .
TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
CERN: Haven't you learned ole
D. by this time?
LIONS CLUB TO STAGE SECOND
ANNUAL PANCAKE SUPPER
TH
ERVED
* I'm sure you
good time, Vic!
musta had a
NOW
10.00
10.00
20.00
6.95
J. K., you never did come and
take me ridin' in your latent
jalopy.
, o—o
Only a little over a month
'til Christmas—did you know it?
O—O ^
Better start being good, you
Httle boys and gals.
o—o
I shall never forget—one time
my youngest. sister wrapped an
empty paste bottle up and sent
it to a niece'of mine for Christ-
mai.
o—o
Boy, you talk about somebody
being mad. her wuz.
M
Looks like we're gonna have
to invent something to substi-
tute for moisture out this way.
/ The power-that-be tell me
that while the contractor is hero
paving around the courthouse
would be an excellent time to
get some street paving done.
Tvl °~°
^Tell me the city will pave the
vjrsectlons.
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The next time you go out of
(town to do your shopping—
th^jik of what it is doing to your
At the noon luncheon on
Tuesday, the Aspermont Lions
Club set Friday. December 14
as the date for the club's sec-
ond annual pancake supper. The
supper will be held in the high
school auditorium, and serving
will commence at 6 p.m.
Lion President Frank Hays,
Jr., appointed a committee,
composed of A. L. Lawrence.
L. C. Kolb and T. C. Clark to
make arrangements for t h r
supper. Tickets will be soH
for the pancake supper, with
the admission of 50 cents for
school children (through the
eighth grade) and $1.00 for
adults. Tickets will go on sale
next week and may be pur-
chased from any Lion.
Another project of the club
will be the sale of light bulbs
and this sale will be staged
during the week prior to the
Christmas holidays. Lions C. E.
Mays. A. E. Ball and L. C. Kolb
compose the committee in charge
of this project. More informa-
tion on this next week.
As soon as an out-of-town
speaker can be arranged for, a
Ladies' Night and booster meet-
ing will be arranged by the
club.
Lion Secretary Roy G. An-
derson read a detailed report of
the club's financial condition,
and the same was approved.
Cecil Mason of Grand Prf ir<"
was a guest of the club. He is
a former president of the As-
permont Lions.
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LOCAL BOY RECEIVES
HONORS AT TEXAS A.&M.
COLLEGE STATION. Nov. 19.
—Cadet Gerald D. Thornton1,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William D.
Thornton of Aspermont, re-
cently was named a distin-
guished military student in the
Army ROTC at Texas A.&M.
College.
Requirements for this honor
are: (a) Possess outstanding
qualities, of .leadership, high
moral character and definite ap-
titude for the military service;
(b) Has attained an academic
standing in the upper half of
his class, or an academic stand-
ing military subjects only in
the upper 10 pet* cent of his
class; (c) Has demonstrated his
leadership ability while partici-
pating in recognized campus ac-
tivities to include ■ performance
in the Corps of Cadets; and (d)
Has completed Military Science
in.
Cadet Thornton is a member
of the Second Battalion Staff,
Antiaircraft Artillery in the
Corps of Cadets at Texas A.&M.
He is a senior majoring in In-
dustrial Engineering.
TO PUBLISH EARLY
The Aspemont Star will be
mailed on next Wednesday morn-
ing instead of Thursday in order
to observe November 29 as
Thanksgiving. We would like
for all news articles and adver-
tising copy to be in our office
not later than Tuesday noon.
home town.
RATTLERS EXTERMINATED — The above photo shows 12
rattlesnakes, which were killed recently on the Salt pork of the
'Brazos River, northwest of Peacock, by J. J. and Sudd Kidd, o!
the Peacock area. The snakes measured from three and one-
half fee: to five feet in length. The Measrs. Kidd were hunt-
ing for 'coons and came upon the snakes in a cavc.—(Photo by
George Calvin Kenady).
GLORIA GAY POOL DRAWS DEEP
TEST; SEVERAL WELLS FINALED
Central Baptists
To Hold Revival
Hansel Pearce, pastor, and
the congregation of the Central
Baptist Church of Aspermomt
are announcing that a Thanks-
giving Week revival will be held
at the church, beginning on No-
vember 25th and continuing
through December 2nd, with
Mr. Pearce bringing the mess-
ages each evening at 8 o'clock.
"Doc" Thornton will be in
charge of the song service, and
the public is extended a most
cordial invitation to attend any
and all of the services.
A study course will be held
at the church each evening,
Monday through Saturday, from
6:45 until 8:00. Mrs. Ola Mae,
Thornton will be in charge of
the group ages eight through
16. and Mr. Pearce will load
the adults in the study course.
MRS. CLEMENS NEW CLERK
IN ASPERMONT FtIA OFFICE
William E. Lawson, county su-
pervisor for Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, has announced the
appointment of Mrs. Rosalie K.
Clements as county office clerk
for emergency loans in the As-
Dermont F.H.A. office. Mrs.
Clemens entered duty on No-
vember 19.
Prior to her appointment with
F.H.A., Mrs. Clemens was em-
'ployed with the county and
district clerk o f Stonewall
County. She has also worked
for the county attorney at As-
permont, and for the Feed Con-
trol Service at College Station.
Mrs. Clemens graduated from
Stephen F. Austin High School
in Bryan, and received her de-
gree in Business Administra-
tion at Texas State College for
Women in Denton, Texas.
• ASPERMONT YOUTH
ENLISTS IN U.S. NAVY
An Aspermont youth has en-
listed in the U.S. Navy through
the Navy recruiting office, lo-
cated in the Post Office building
in Abilene.
Doyle Lester Collom, 17, son
of Mrs. Annie Collom of Asper-
mont, "signed on" in Dallas on
November 44 for a minority
cruise, which will make him
eligible for discharge the day
before his twenty-first birth-
day.
Doyle will receive '"boot"
training at San Diego, Calir.
Normally, the training lasts 11
weeks, but at this time of the
year Clyistmas leave of two
weeks will interrupt the normal
routine.
Visitors in the J. B. MetcaH
home over the week-end were
Mr. and Mts. R. L. Kahout and
Linda of Odessa, Mr. and Mrs.
Mickey McMeans and Stevic of
Roaring Springs, Mr. and Mrs.
Darwyn Metcalf and Nancy of
Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe
Speck and family of Asoermont
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morris of
Guthrie, Mrs. A. L. Lawrence,
Jerry and Dwayne, of Asper-
mont. and Mr. and Mrs. Lanis
MeMeans of Swenson.
A project is slated for 6200 j ___
feet with rotary in the Gloria r* • m j «
Gay, North pool, which is seven services Today lor
and one-half miles north of As-1 "
permont in Stonewall County.
It is The New Seven Falls
Company and Sunray Mid-Con-
tinent Oil Company No. 1 M. L.
Bilberry.
Drillsite is 467 feet from the
south and 330 feet from the east
lines of the north-half in Sec-
tion 130 of Block D in the
H&TC Survey.
Flowers I Canyon Sand) Field,
seven miles southeast of Asper-
mont, has gained a new well.
The oiler is Continental Oil
Company No. 2 1 - A Arthur
Brinklev, .Tr . located in Section
14 of Block A in the A&B Sur-
vey.
The well had a daily poten-
tial of 292 barrels of 41.1 gravi-
tv oil. Flow was through a
19-64ths-inch choke with IS"
pounds of tubing pressure, from
four perforation: *v>r foot at
4053-58 and at 4067-71 feet. The
casing is sot at 4144 feet. The
well had a gas-oil ratio rf
410-1.
J. R. McLean of Dallas &
J. D. Tompkins of Abilene No.
3-B W. I. Martin is now a dual
producer in the Tompkins pool
10 miles south of Aspermont.
The well is in Section 136 of
Block 1 in the H&TC Survey.
Latest completion is from r
Strawn Sand for a daily poten-
tial of 117 barrels of 41.2
gravity oil. Flow was throuah
a 16-64ths-inch choke from 102
perforations at 5261-66 and at
5270-82 feet.
First completion was from a
Canyon Sand for a daily gauge
of 106.47 barrel* of oil. Flow
was through a 16-64ths-inch
choke from 156 perforations at
4824-50 feet.
In the same pool, a oroject
was drilling below 4933 feet in
sandy shale on Monday of this
week. It is Sun Oil Company
No. 1-A W. F. Martin, located
in Section 136 of Block 1 in
the H&TC Survey. Proposed
depth is 6700 feet.
Another wildcat, drilled two
and one-half miles southwest of
Old Glory, was plugged at
6155 feet. That dry hole was
J. W. King, Jr., of Abilene" No.
1 Emil Vierus, in Section 6 of
Block B in the AB&M Survey,
In the Schick (Bend Con-
glomerate) Field, three and
one-half miles north of Asoer-
mont, a project was plugged at
6153 feet. It was Midwest Oil
Corporation of Fort Worth No.
1-A C. E. Bryson, and was lo-
cated in Section 135 of Rloek P
in the H&TC Survey.
PROGRAM ON AMERICAN
TO BE PRESENTED ON FRIDAY
At'end church Sunday.
MARINES ?JP RECRUIT LEAVE
The U.S. Marine Corps an-
nounced recently that its 10-day
recruit leave, long a tradition
with the Marine Corps, would
be upped to 15 days for all who
have enlisted since the first of
November of this year. At the
same time, it was announced
that all men would undergo
four weeks of individual combat
training upon completion of re-
cruit training and prior to their
new 15-day leave.
A. L. Lawence, who recently
underwent an appendectomy in
Callan Hospital in Rotan, was
returned to his home here on
Tuesday. He is recovering sat-
isfactorily.
Albert S. Bradford
Funeral services for Albert S.
Bradford, 55, will be held to-
day (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in
the Peacock Baptist Church.
Travis Boyd, minister of the
Munday Church of Christ, will
officiate, assisted by C. Y. Pet-
tigrew, minister of the Asper-
mont Church of Christ. Inter-
ment will be in the Double
Mountain Cemetery, south of
Peacock, with Springer Funer-
al Home of Aspermont in charge
of ararngements.
The deceased passed away at
his home in Sweetwater on Tues-
day, following a short illness.
He was born in Hill County.
Texas, on December 6, 1900, and
came to the Peacock community
when a small boy. He farmed
at Peacock up until about a
year ago when he moved to
Sweetwater, where he was em-
ployed by a dairy.
Survivors include the wife'
three daughters. Mrs. D. M.
Springer of Kress, Texas; Mrs.
Leonard Fallin and Mrs. Don
Norris, both of Lubbock; two
grandsons; two brothers, Sr<
Bradford of Peacock and Er)
Bradford of Lubbock; and one
sister, Mrs. Pat Hoy of Swen-
son.
BEEF WEEK IN TEXAS
SET FOR DECEMBER 2-8
AUSTIN, Nov. 17—Gov. Al-
lan Shivers today officially pro-
claimed December 2-8 as the
third annual Beef Week in
Texas.
Texas Beef Council President
Leo J. Welder of Victoria was
on hand to receive the formal
proclamation and the Gove--
nor's personal salute to the
415-year-old cattle industry,
which has made "consistent and
substantial contributions toward
the basic welfare and health of
Texas and Texans," the pro-
clamation read in part.
The Beef Council launches its
third year of commodity pro-
motion with the annual Beef
Supper in Fort Worth. Decem-
ber 6. at which time it will be
recognized as "one of the top
10 public relations urograms in
America" by Mrs. Denny Ori'-
wold, publisher of Public Rela-
tions News. The Council won
the award for incr^sin" Tex1'
beef consumption bv 33 pe
cent in just twn years.
Local celebrations are being
planned in more than 200 Texas
communities, according to Wel-
der. to pay tribute to the
'irgest and oldest industry in
Texas.
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NEXT SUNDAY'S LESSON—AND YOU!"
By NORRIS ONSTEAD
Pastor, Swenson Baptist Church
BIBLE MATERIAL: Luke
15:11-32.
SUBJECT: "The Prodigal
Son."
EMPHASIS: "I will arise an.'
go to my father, and will sav
unto him. Father. I hnve sinned
against heaven, and before thee."
v. 8.
LESSON BACKGROUND:
Few Bible passages have
stirred the consciousness'of sin
and the realization of the po*
nihilities of Divine fornivenes*.
as has the possare before us.
The young man sought out the
pleasures of the lust of this
world only to find they had no
lasting qualities. Instead he
found a hungry stomach, sin-
diseased soul, and a conscience
stricken heart that yearned for
forgiveness. In his father he
found this unmerited forgVe-
ness.
TODAY'S LESSON FOR YOr
Are you clean in the eyes of
I God* If there is unforgiver>
sin, you stand in need of
cleansine Manv 'ha; read th:^
are wanderinp throttrh the ai
lurements of this present life n
if they exooel to live V e*r for
over. Th<" h" if is lit" tn'
<?rowinp later for many Prodigal
Rons. You who have wandered
for so many vears, wouldn't
you seek out Ood through Hi"
son.' Jesus, for forgiveness nr"1
fellowship? Peace of heart is
.Treat contentment. It is so un-
necessary to continue without.
Christ tsiMiht that If we seek, we
shall find our goals.
The following is an outline
of the program, which is to he
given in the First Baptist
Church of Aspermont tomorrow
(Friday) evening, beginning at
7 o'clock.
Sponsored by members of the
local Phoenix Club, the meeting
is open to the public, and all
members of all faiths through-
out the county are invited to
attend.
The program, entitled "Fami-
ly Relationship," is as follows:
Master of ceremonies, Rev.
Frank Foster.
Song, audienrt?.
Prayer.
"Keeping the Family To-
gether", Rev. Rex Mauldin. pas-
tor, Aspermont First Methodist
Church.
Song, Community choir.
"Building a Healthy Attitude,"
Rev. Frank Foster, pastor. As-
permont First Baptist Church.
Music, choir of First Baptist
Church.
"Responsibility to Home.i
i Community, and World," C. Y.
I Pettigrew, minister of Asper-
| mont Church of Christ.
"And His Name Shall Be
Called Wonderful", Phoenix
Club chorus.
"Juvenile Delinquents—Why?"
| Rev. Hansel Pearce, pastor of
I Aspermont Central Baptist
Church.
Quartet, Central Baptist
Church.
"Developing Family Interest",
Carmen Hollomon, Swenson
Baptist Church.
Trio. Swenson Baptist Church.
Benediction,
Mrs. T. C. Clark. Phoe'<i"
Club president, and JM"- Reece
Ward, chairman of the Ameri-
can Home Department, state that
this is a timely program for this
Thanksgiving season, and invite
all to attend and participate.
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REHEARSALS UNDERWAY
FOR CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Rehearsals are now under
way for the annual Christmas
pageant, which is to be pre-
sented on Sunday, December
16th at 6:00 p.m. in the Asper-
mont First Methodist Church.
The pageant is a project of
the community choir.
This year, a new pageant will
be presented. It is adapted
from Scriptures, and was writ-
ten by the local pastor.
Practices are being held each
Wednesday night at 8:00 at the
Methodist Church.
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PAVING UNDER WAY
W. H. "Bill" McGec of Bridfic
port is the contractor on the
paving of the area just north of
the courthouse. The bid called
for approximately 5000 square
yards of paving and McGee":
bid of 63c per square yard got
the contract.
Most Stores WM
Close on Nov. 2§
Most of the businesses houses
in Aspermont will be closed' on
Thursday, November 29th in the
observance of the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Following a census taken late
last week, it was found that the
merchants favored this latter
date in preference to the federal
holiday, which will be observed
today (Thursday, Nov. 22).
The Aspermont post office will
be closed on November 22.
Asoermont Public Schools will
be closed from Wednesday eve-
ning, November 28th until De-
cember 3rd.
STATE BTU WORKERS TO
MEET IN WICHITA FALLS
DALLAS, Nov. 20.—A few
more days from now some 10,000
Baptist Training Union workers
will gather in Wichita Falls to
hold their annual convention and
pay tribute to the man who has
been their leader for the past
40 years.
The meeting, to be held in
the Memorial Auditorium and
five local churches, will be on<
of the largest Training Union
gatherings ever held in Texas.
Starting November 29. it will
last for three davs.
Dr. T. C. Gardner, often re-
ferred to as the "dean of the
world's Baptist Training Union
workers." will climax his ca-
reer with jhe TU Department
for tne Baptist tJenernl * Con-
vention of Texas on December
3. He will become vice-
oresident of the East Texas
Baptist College at Marshall on
January 1.
Churches where some of the
sessions will be held include
Wichita Falls' First Baptist,
First Methodist. First Presby-
terian, First Christian and Down-
town Baptist. Messengers will
include some 8000 persons from
the Wichita Falls arei and ap-
proximately 2009 from other
parts of Texas.
FOUR ABE INDUCTED
According to Draft Board No.
80, which serves Stonewall and
adjacent counties, four men re-
ported for induction on Novem-
ber 14. They are; Billy Wayne
Williams of Dumont, Texas;
Donald Lilly Hindman of Spur,
Jerry Dean Ingram (colored) of
Spur and Edgar Neil of Aftonr
Texas. On this same date, three
went for pre-induction examina-
tion: Jimmy Baxter Nelson of
Spur. Clayton Winfred Perry
of Afton and Walton Olney
Walker of Spur.
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CONVOCATION LEADERS- Rev. Paul Card well of Dallas, executive secretary of 4he North TWOMI
Methodist Conference Board of Education, left, is serving as the director of the Dallas-Fort Worth
Area Methodist Convocation for adult leaders, to be held in First Methodist Church, ^ort Worth*
Thursday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 2. He is pictured with two of the convocation speakers.
Bishop William C. Martin of Dallas, who presides over the Dallas-Fort WOrth Area, and Dr. Qaatsn
Foote, pastor of the host church. (Photo courtesy Texas Methodist Information.)
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