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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
VOL, LXII—NO. 7
aspermont. stonewall county. texas. thursday. october 82, 1959
PRICE: TEN CEN'-
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STAR
DUST
By YE-HOODI
Well, 'tis a bee-utiful day, and
to make it even more beauti-
ful, we're going to compose this
little corner just for you.
o--o
My informants tell me that
cotton picking (or pulling) days
are just about over in these here j
arts.
o—o
LOCATIONS ARE
THREE PROJECTS
STAKED FOR
IN THIS AREA
Locations for three new field
projects were staked in Stone-
wall County during the past
week.
Roy Guffey Oil Company of
Dallas No. 1 J. W. Hines is a
planned 3,500-foot rotary ven-
ture for the South Flat Top
Field, six and one-half miles
northeast of Hamlin.
Drillsite is 2,395 feet from the
north and 330 feet from the
'east lines of Section 159 in the
. IliBB&C Survey.
?.n sz I *>«• •* > •« «<
. i.our sides of us, and that's
4ood (but not for people to suf-
fer from an allergy.
o—o
(I always thought an allergy
had to do with the English
language. If it don't, there's a
word that almost sounds lika
that-> " jJtLCI
0—0
I walked into a certain busi-
ness establishment t'other day
and pretty near got bounced out
on my . . . ear.
o—o
It had something to do with
some propyganda that was pass-
ed on to us about fryers and
watermelons.
o—c
Got a hint that sounded like
somebody got caught with a
string of fish that had been
bought for stocker purposes,
o—o
If you get the straight of this,
pleez let us have the info . . .
you know who this is addressed
Jto, and don't appear innocent,
o—o
Just as sure as you try to pass
a compliment on to some people,
they knife you in the back.
o—o
It'll happen EVERY time.
o—o
Just for that, youn man, you
can have your stalwarts "drag"
that certain street again.
o—u
Can't you see what a mess
it's in?
Those of you who missed a
certain instance which took
place just off Washington Tues-
day morning, really missed a lot.
o—o
Seems a certain party (we
won't call any names but his
initials is LDM and he don't
know any better than to bet on
them Yankees and a certain
boys' school (but not for long)
down College Station way.)
Well, this party skipped town
after the boys' school's last
1 in, location was staked for a
Biggs (Swastika) Field venture.
It is W. T. Waggoner Estate of
Vernon No. 2 Swenson.
Site is 330 feet from the south
and west lines of Section 123 in
the BBB&C Survey.
No. 1 Jean Is Staked
The other project was staked
10 miles south of Aspermont in
the Frankirk Field.
It is H. Garrett Oil Company
and Whitehall Oil Company,
Inc., of Midland No. 1 t. A.
Jean.
Having a proposed depth of
6,150 feet with rotary, it spots
1,980 feet from the south and
east lines of Section 15 in Block
U of the t&p Survey.
In the Frankirk, Southwest
(Ellenburger) Field, a project
was drilling below 2,230 feet in
shale and lime on Monday of
this week. Proposed depth is
6,350 feet.
It is United States Smelting,
Refining & Mining Company No.
I W. F. Martin, Jr., and is in
Section 14, Block U in the T&P \
Survey. '
Down Below 6109 Feet
A proposed 6,200-foot wild-
cat, eight miles southwest of
Aspermont, was drilling below j
6,109 feet in lime, Monday. That |
venture is Tom B. Medders and j
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Com- •
pany No. 1 Anderson, and is in I
Section 8 of Block U of the '
T&P Survey. I
In the Tompkins (Ellenburger) |
Field, 10 miles south of Asper- j
mont, a project was drilling be- !
low 5,745 feet in shale and lime
early this week. Slated for
6,100 feet, it is J. R .McLean
and J. D. Tompkins No. 10
W. B. Trammell, et at, and is in
Section 20 of the Wm. Vardeman
Survey No. 347.
Lone Star Producing Com-
pany of Dallas No. 2 M. C. Leach
was staked in the Eight High
Field in Haskell County.
The proposed 5,000-foot ro-
tary venture is three miles
southeast of Rule. It spots 1,750
feet from the east and 1,700
rev. pete griffin
revival services to be
held here nov. 1-14
Announcement is being made
to the effect that a series of
revival services are to be held
in Aspermont, beginning Sun-
day, November 1st, and con-
tinuing through Saturday, No-
vember 14th.
These service? are to be held
in the former Christian Church
building, located on Washing-
ton Avenue one door south of
the Aspermont post office.
The Rev. Pete Griffin, pastor
of Temple Baptist Church of
Stamford, will be. the visiting
evangelist, and the Rev. Jack
Gore of Aspermont will lead the
song services.
Services are to be held each
night at 8:00, with the song ser-
vice to begin at 7:30 P.M.
The public is being extended
a most cordial invitation to at-
tend any and all of the ser-
vices.
named to honor
Miss Nan Norris, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Norris of
Swenson, was recently elected
honorary ROTC captain sponsor
of Company F ?t Hardin-Sim-
mons University in Abilene. Nan
is a sophomore student at the
Abilene university, where she is
a member of Cowgirls and
S.E.A. Miss Norris will receive
an honorary commission as ca-
det captain at the RO.T.C.
banquet, to be held at Abilene
Country Club on December 5th.
Farm Bureau to
Meet Here Oct. 22
The Stonewall County Farm
Bureau has mailed notices to its
members stating that a county-
wide meeting would be held
'onight (Thursday, Oct. 22) at
7:30 o'clock in the district court-
room in Aspermont.
At this meeting, Bureau mem-
bers will be given an oppor-
tunity to present their resolu-
tions, which will he taken to
th;> state convention.
Guest speakers f >:• the evening
will be Paul Marion and Wm. P.
Hutchett, both as-ociated with
the experimental station at
Spur.
Featured also will be a con-
test judging the two best
themes from members of the lo-
cal 4-H Club.
The ladies have been asked
to bring a cake or pie, and re-
freshments will served after
the meeting has been adjourn-
ed, Beno A. Erdman, Bureau
president stated.
cub scout Meeting to
1 BE HELD OCTOBER 27TH
The regular meeting of the
Cub Scouts huS been changed to
Tuesday, October 27th, at 7:30
P.M., it was announced earlier
this week.
This change affects only the
meeting for the month of Octo-
ber. The remainder of the meet-
ings will be at their regular
time on the third Thursday of
each month.
The October meeting date has
been changed in order that Cub
Scout leaders may attend a
special basic training session, to
be held in Sweetwater on Thurs-
night.
It is hoped that each Cub
Scout and his parents or guard-
ian will attend the pack meet-
ing, as they have pledged to do
by joining the Cub Scouts.
Any new boys that would like
to become a Cub Scout are in-
vited to attend with their par-
jents on Tuesday night.
I The meeting will be held :n
j the basement of ths First Meth-
lodist Church.
Local Option in
JP Precinct 2
Legally qualified voters of
Justice Precinct No. 2, of this
county, will go to the polls on
Saturday, November 7th, for
the purpose of approving or
disapproving the sale of beer
for off-premise consumption
only.
t
Some 71 qualified voters of j
that justice precinct, which com-
prises the voting boxes of Old
Glory, Rhoda and South Side. |
signed a petition, presented to I
'he county c rnmissioners' court I
n Aspermont on October 12th. ;
The court th ■ n ;et November j
7th as the date of the election, j
Some 200 ballot were deliver- !
ed to the county clerk in Asper- !
mont this week. The ballot '
reads: For (and Against) the !
legal sale of beer for off-premise
consumption only.
It is understood that the Jus- j
tice precinct No. 2 boundary
extends westward to a point
a short distance east of the
Baldwin place on Highway 380.
a.h.s. homecoming is
set fob october 31
HORNETS TO HOST KNOX CITY
FRIDAY; LOSE TO ROCHESTER
MAJ. EUGENE :«I. SHADLE
AIR FORCE HONORS LOCAL
man BEFORE HIS DEATH
Major Eugene Moore Shadle,
36, former resident of Asper-
mont, died October 4th in the
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He
had been criltcaily ill for three
months.
He was buried in Calvary
By HORNET REPORNK
Aspermont's never * say • d i e
Hornets played valiantly last
Friday evening in Rochester
only to see the Rochester
Steers win the ball game, 29-8.
Hornet captains for the eve-
ning. all senior members of the
'quad, were Jim Johnson, James
Dalby, Wendell Morgan, and
Hoy Herrera.
Wesley Duncan kicked the ball
to the Steers to begin the game.
Rochester was held on downs,
HOST KNOX CITY
Tomorrow (Friday) oifht,
the Knox City Greyhounds
will come to Aspermont for
the Hornets' second conference
game. Game time is 7:M. As-
permont fifth and sixth traders
will play Knox City pida
school team here Saturday
night at 6:45 o'clock.
Homecoming activities for the
Aspermont schools will be held
on Saturday, Oct. 31. The ac-
tivities will begin at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, in the home J Cemetery at Dayton beside the
economics building, with re-1 g''ave of a son- Michael, who
freshments being served. Indi-1 died in 1955 at the age of six.
vidual class meetings will fol- i Born in Aspermont on April
low. - -*«. 4, 1923, Major Shadle lived here
Registration will begin at 1:30 until he went into the armed
P.M. in the high school auditor- forces during World War II. He
ium. and at 2:30 a program will 'was the >n of Mrs. H. H. Shadle
be h<?1d. Marshall Formby, a j and "TW* H.
fanner Aspermont resident and'Shadle.
publisher of The Aspermont, j At ceremonies in his hospital
and until recently chairman of j room on September 20th, Major
the Texas Highway Commission, j Shadle was awarded the Legion
will be the speaker. A business j of Merit and citation for his
meeting will follow Forniby's | contribution to research and de-
addrss, and officers for the 1960 i velopment of the B-57 and B-52
reunion will be elected. | irid other projects still in the
A barbecue supper will be making.
jsrved in the high school cafe-j He attended Texas A. & M
I teria from 5j80 until i :00 P.M. (College and received his B.A
• Tickets, selling for SI.00 for , degree in aeronautical engineer-
adults and 50 cent* for children j inf, frorii the Air Force Insti-
<12 years and under), may be j tute of Technology, Wright-Pat-
ibtained from the officers. terson AFB. After receiving
Aspermont Hornets will play his pilors wingS( he served a
football game and also had not ;eet from the north lines of Sec-s
made any restitution about that
j, baseball team that wound up in
* fourth place in the league.
o—o
His creditors (I guess you'd
call 'em that) decided to take
matters in their own hands—
and as a result, the strong arm
of the law presented the party
of the first part with a piece of
paper which, in effect, told him
he could either pay up or file
bankruptcy.
0—o
It's a CRUBL world but you
have to resort to harsh meas-
ures, they tell me, sometimes.
1—rt
Some who arise earlier in the
day tKan I do tell me we have
had frost on the terrain for two
or more mornings recently.
t STALK
Which means that Old Man
Winter is getting ready to begin
his annual visit this way.
o—o
Which makes us stop and
wonder what we did with our
summer wages.
O—n
A deaf old My enteral the
church with an ear trumpet. As
she was settling hersfflf In her
seat, an usher came over nad
whispred, "Listen, madam, one
toot—and out you go."
O ■■ -O
"Yes, I think I might find you
a few odd Jobs to do," the
housewife told the tramp. "Have
you ever been offered work be-
fore?" -
*Onty once. Madam." he re*
•ponded. "And aside from that
I>e met with nothing but kind-
tion 59 in Block 1 of the H&TC
Survey.
Five miles west of Rochester,
in norhwest Haskell County, a
project was staked. Located in
the Juliana, South (Burson Sand)
Field, it is Fletcher Oil & Gas
Drilling Corporation of Dallas
No. 1 E. L. Michaels.
Having a proposed depth of
5,0000 feet with rotary, it spots
1,430 feet from the north and
1,770 feet from the northeast
lines of the Georgetown R. R.
Survey 2.
■ it- - .
SERVING EVERY DAY
Mrs. Clyde Dodson an-
nounces that she will serve
Sunday meals as well as every
day in the week, in the dining
room of Hotel Stonewall. Meals
are served daily from 12:00 un-
til 2:00.
ness.
0""0
A hillbilly registered in a
hotel by making an "X" and
circling it.
The inquisitive room clerk
looked it over and said: "I have
seen many persons sign with an
'X' but I never saw one circle
it before."
'Taint nothin' odd about it."
Zeke replied. "When I ge out
on a wild time, I don't like to
use my right name."
Well you've had it.
Ml
Aibyslnnia.
Use the ClaMfMi
to conduct tour
Supervisors of t h e King-
Stonewall Soil Conservation
District are announcing a field
tour, to be conducted on Mon-
day, Oct. -26. The tour will be-
gin at the court house in Asper-
mont at 1:30 P.M. All those
interested in seeing brush con-
trol and seeding results are in-
vitd to attend. The tour will
last about two hours, it was an-
nounced.
'TO MUNDAY
I Mrs. John P. Ward was a
; special guest of the Munday
'Study Club in Munday, on last
Thursday evening. Following
the informal dinner, the group
heard Mrs. Frank Grimes, wife
of the editor of The Abilene Re-
| porter-News, r view "The Por-
trait of the Fimily," a story
concerning th family of Jesus.
TO SPONSOR SALE
Members of the Kachina Club
will sponsor a cake and pie
| sale on Saturday, Oct. 24, from
9:00 A.M. until 12:00 at the city
hall. Everyone is invited to
' take part in this sale, as pro-
1 ceeds from the sale will go to
) the Christmas decorating pro-
gram, which the club adds to
each year.
the Lockett Panthers at 7:30
P.M. in Hornet stadium, and the
homecoming queen will be [ World War II.
crowned during the half-time.
All "exes" are urged to go by
the cafeteria after the game
for coffee and 'farewells'.
All ex-students and teachers
are being urged to accept this
as a personal invitation to at-
tend the homecoming activities.
See homecoming on page 7
WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT
IS BURIED AT SAGERTON
combat tour in the European
Mediterranean Theatre during
About one-third of the world's
total coffee consumption is
used by the people of the
United States.
Mrs. Eva Ward and Mr. and
Mrs V. A Kolb visited in the
Lawrence Gage home in Ham-
lin, Sunday evening, with Mrs.
Ward's brother, who is ill.
Maj.ir Shadle was stationed in
I:aly with the 15th Air Force,
which bombed the Rumanian
)il fields. He later had a tour
I of duty with the air force in
Saudi Arabia.
| He was assigned to the Direc-
; 'orate of Systems Management,
Headquarters Air Research and
Development Command at the
\Vr:ght-Patterson AFB.
| Major Shadle married Agatha
Dionisio Pena. 71, a resident May Dallas of Fairlawn, N.J.,
of Aspermont since 1930, passed ! on November 11, 1945. He was
jaway on Saturday, October 17,1a member of the Aspermont
I at 3:00 P.M., in the Haskell ' First Baptist Church.
County Hospital. He had been j Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Jeffry, six, and Brian,
three, of the home in Fairborn,
Ohio; his mother; a sister
Mrs. E. N. Jenkins, of Hamlin;
and two nieces, Gloria and
Judy Jenkins, also of Hamlin.
| Attend the Church of Your Choice!
in ill health for several years.
The deceased, a farm laborer,
was born in Mexico on October
9, 1888, and was 71 years of age
at the time of his death.
Rosary was recited at 8:00
P.M., Sunday, in the Young Fu-
neral Home chapel here, and
requiem mass was celebrated at
11:00 A.M., Monday, with the
Rev. Fabian Diersing, rector of
St. Joseph's Catholic Church of
Rotan, officiating. Interment
was in the Fairview Cemetery,
near Sagerton, on Monday af-
ternoon with Young Funeral
Home directing.
Pena is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Trinidad Pena, of Asper
mont; three daughters.
Ann Ledcsma and Miss Alone
Pena, both of Aspermont, and
Mrs. Juanita Reed of Jayton;
six sons. John, James and Chris
Pena, all of Aspermonf, T. O. of
Jayton, and Mike and Dee Pena,
both of Cone, Texas; and 17
grandchildren.
RENTAL FEE IS CHANGED
TRAILERS OVER MM LBS.
MUST HAVE TITLES NOW
H. O. McAfee, tax assessor-
collector for Stonewall County,
«ays that certificates of title are
'old hats" to owners of motor
vehicles and house trailers.
Now. trailers over 4,000 pounds
must be titled, too, to conform
to a new law.
Serial numbers and ownership
Mrs proof may cause delay, so Mr.
McAfee urges that trailer own-
ers apply now to avoid last-
minute disappointment at re-
registration time in February
and T>e rush of those
months is a poor time to get
NEW things done, it was said.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wood,
Mrs. Bill Dlggs and Mrs. Cal-
vin Fletcher and sons visited
with Mrs. W. H. Marquis and
Mrs. J. F Marquis,
Supervisors of the King
stonewall Soil Conservation Dis-1 Mr. and
trict announce that, effective 1 Sunday.
last Friday (Oct. lfl), the rental I «
fee on all SCD equipment is 50 j Talk to Ood about
cents per acre. This increase: neighbor, and taUc to
was made necessary due to the; neighbor about Ood.
high cost of parts and repairs, —-e-———
it was staled. 1 Attend church
your
your
and the ball went over to the
Hornets. Jerry King, who play-
ed a good ball game all night,
and Eddie Herrera carried for
two first d , but Roclu.. J<\.
line held and the ball change#
hands again. The Steers scored
midway in the first quarter aa
a climax to a long Rochester
J run. The try for extra point
jwas no good.
I Rochester tried an onside
' kick, which was snagged by .Toe
i Rollo Douglass. Again, King
'carried for good yardage. Bd
! die Herrera carried for a first
1 down, ..Tow yi Rogers flipped a
ioiig i.a*s ..'jo the waiting aritys
! of Wesley Duncan for a first
'down. King carried for another
Hornet first down, and Asper-
' mont tied up the score and
jwent ahead of the highly-favor-
I ed Steers, as they drove to the
• Rochester nine and Halfback
Rogers scored from there. He
also ran around left end to make
the conversion good and the
score, 8-6, in favor of the Hor-
net crew.
In the second quarter, the
Hornets held the Steers in tow;
however, on a fourth down, Ro-
chester tallied with a field goal
and gained the lead. Half end-
ed with the score, 9-8, with the
Steers on the top side.
The second half found the
Hornets just as determined. Ro-
chester played a short kick. As-
permont was not to 'be denied
the ball. King and Eddie
Herrera again led the offensive
attack but an Aspermont fourth
down try failed and once more
the Steers took possession.
In an exchange of punts, As-
permont got the ball and Rogers
brought it back about 30 yards.
An intercepted pass spelled doom
for the Hornets as the Steers
pushed for their second touch-
down. Again the try for extra
point was no good, and tho
score was 15-8.
A short kick by Rochester
was taken by Aspermont. A
pass was incomplete on the neat
play, and an Aspermont fumble
set up the third Steer touch-
down. The try for exten
point was again no good, and
Rochester led^ 21-8.
James Daiby covered the;
forthcoming Rochester onside
kick. Again, King carried for
good yards but a fourth-down
try again failed and the ball
went back to Rochester. Kddtt*
Herrera immediately intercepted
a Rochester pass.
Both teams exchanged punts
' in the fourth quarter. Duncan
I caught a good pass fnom Rogers
I and Aspermont made another
I first down. The Hornet threat
I faded, however, and the ball waad
over. Aspermont recovered *
, Rochester fumble, but could not
J get up the necessary steam to
break through the Steers' tight
line. A blocked Hornet kick Ml
the 12-yard line set up the Mft
tally for the Steers. The SRtti
point try was good, and HodMS*
ter won the game. 2M.
Jim Johnson, James Dalby;
Jerry King, Jerry Don Penrod
and Roy Herrera gave them-
selves to the cause as they Mi
up fine plays far the Hornets.
Tommy T ~
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