The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1968 Page: 2 of 4
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
Aspermont, Texad Thursday, March 7, 1968
and Mrs. Dickey Parker
and children of Aspermont,
and Clifford Gholson.
Old Qlory News
By JUDY WHITE
Two students from Old
Glory, Judy Sander and
Rebecca Letz, entered the
Texas Tech Speech Tourna-
ment in Lubbock last Fri-
day. Judy Sander advanced
into the finals in the Prose
Reading competition. Rebec-
ca Letz entered the Poetry
Interpretation contest. Reva
Letz also attended the tour-
nament. All three girls are
juniors in Old Glory High
School. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Cecil
Klump.
mann called the roll and
read the minutes of the last
meeting. Susan Baldree led
tne pledge, prayer and mot-
to. Plans for the County
4-H Talent Show to be held
on April 1st at the Asper-
mont School Auditoriiyn
were discussed. Mr. Bill
Williams is in charge of our
entries. Club leaders, Euna
Jones and Reva Letz, serv-
ed refreshments. Servers
for the next meeting, which
will be held March 20, are
Billie Jo Baitz, Susan Bal-
dree and Rosa Barrera.
It has been announced
that Old Glory will have
school on Friday, March 8.
Earlier this year plans were
made to dismiss school on
this day to allow teachers
to attend the District
Teachers meeting; but since
school had to be dismissed
because of bad weather, of-
ficials decided to use this
day to make up a day of in-
struction.
VARIETY CLUB:
The Old Glory Variety
Club met on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 27, in the home of
Mrs. Lynn Flowers. After
the devotional and business
meeting the ladies played
games. Refreshments were
served to six members.
4-H NEWS
The Old Glory Com-
munity Junior 4-H Club
met Wednesday, February
28, after school. Douglass
Vahlenkamp presided over
the meeting and Linda Neu-
Gary Moore, Mike Bald-
ree and Marvin Vahlen-
kamp, students at Navarro
Junior College in Corsicana,
were here last weekend
visiting their parents.
Other visitors in the
Oren Baldree nome last
Sunday included St.-Sgt.
Danny Baldree of Ft. Hood,
Cecil Baldree and Mrs. M.
R. Baldree of Abilene, Mr.
Contact
Ward Bookkeeping Service
For Bookkeping and Income Tax Needs
See Jim Ward at
Ward's Feed and Supply
WE PUT THE SUREIN
INSURANCE
... With Mortgage Protection
In The Event Of Your Death
It's comforting to be sure that no matter what
happens to you, your family will be able to
keep their home! Our life insurance program
provides this assurance.
RALPH RIDDEL
INSURANCE AGENCY
First National Bank Building
Phone 2741
Clifford Gholson was
home from Wichita Falls
visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clif Gholson.
Visitors in the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Flowers
and Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Klump last Saturday were
the four Woodson sisters,
Mrs. Dixie Kimmell of Sny-
der, Mrs. Norma Hickman
of Aspermont, Mrs. Paralee
Clendening of San Antonio
and Mrs. Inez New of Odes-
sa. They are former resi-
dents of the Old Glory com-
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Overton of Stamford visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Flojyy-
ers last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Martin and sons spent last
weekend in Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jen-
nings and children from
Shattuck, Oklahoma, were
here last weekend visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Tredemeyer and Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Jennings.
Mrs .Jennings and the chil-
dren will remain here for
a while, while he attends
a special school in connec-
tion with his work.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Flow-
ers spent Wednesday of last
week in San Angelo where
they visited Mrs. Flowers'
sister and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. King.
Jana and Julie Garner
spent last weekend here
with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Garner
while their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Loy Garner, of Abi-
lene, attended the Class A
Regional Basketball games
in Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Letz
and Freddy of Haskell
visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs .Herman Letz last Sun-
day.
Janis Houseworth, stu-
dent at San Angelo College
spent last weekend here
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Les Houseworth.
Randy Wilkes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Les Houseworth,
fell and broke ah arm while
at school last week. He is a
patient in Room M-302 in
the Children's Ward at Ht%>
drick Memorial Hospital in
Abilene.
The Aspermont
Star
Published every Thursday at
The Star office in Asper-
mont, Texas, by OK Publish-
ing Company. Entered as
second class matter at the
Post Office at Aspermont,
Texas 79502, under the Act
of Congress, March 3, 1879.
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Stonewall and Adjoining
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Elsewhere in Texas .... $4.00
Outside Texas $5.00
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
COTTON PICKIN'S
STAMFORD — Producers
have only two more weeks
from this Friday to sign up
in the 1968 cotton program,
reminds Charles G. Bragg,
executive vioe-president of
the Rolling Plains Cotton
Growers, ,Inc.
On a belt-wide basis, cot-
ton producers have signed
up to withhold about 25
percent of their alloted
acreage from production
this year, he said.
"Should this average hold
through the March 15 sign-
up deadline, the United
States' potential production
could drop well below the
13.5 million bales consider-
ed by United States. Depart-
ment of Agriculture offi-
cials and the cotton indus-
try as adequate to meet
world - wide consumer
goals," Bragg stated.
"Below average produc-
tion for both the 1966 and
1967 crop years has elimi-
nated our cotton surplus.
On January 1 this year
U.S. government stocks of
Upland cotton had been re-
duced to about 1,124,000
bales, compared to 8,257,000
on the same date in 1967.
Since Aug. .1, 1967 Com-
modity Credit Corp. had
sold 4,747,000 bales of Up-
land Cotton for an average
of 24.95 cents per pound
basis middling one-inch av-
erage location, with mike
readings of 3.5-4.9. Total
government stock of cotton
on Feb. 1, 1968 was down to
1,650,000 bales.
"USDA officials are re-
ported to be 'unworried'
over the possibility that
producers could sign-up to
March 15 Final
Date to Sign Up
For Programs
Agricultuie producers are
reminded that Friday,
March 15, is the final day
to file an intention to par-
ticipate in the Cotton,
Wheat,, and Feed Grain
Programs. For those that
have not already filed their
intention the ASC County
Committee request they
come to the ASCS Office in
the near future and avoid
the last minute rush.
Participation in these
programs is not automatic.
Producers must file an in-
tention to participate by
March 15 to be eligible for
payments.
wtihhold more acreage
from produclion than is ne-
cessary to produce the bare
minimum to meet world
demands. But cotton ex-
perts in some quarters think '
it is quite possible that pro-
ducers could sign up to with
hold too much acreage.
This could, they point out,
further reduce our prospect
of producing enough to
supply world needs in 1968-
69.
"This is especially true,"
Bragg continued, "if the
U.S. is to recapture its 'fair
historical sha/i' of markets
abroad, generally consider-
ed to be about 7 million
bales. Exports in 1966-67,
however, dwindled to only
2.7 million bales, as a result
of too much emphasis on
acreage diversion and id-
ling cotton land and not
enough on increasing cotton
exports. Too often, other
departments of the govern-
ment have dictated our cot-
ton export program.
We would like to see
more emphasis placed on
exports in 1968-69.
Gleaners Class
Has Social for
Mrs. Vista Gibson
■ The Gleaners Sunday
School Class of the First
Baptist Church gave a fare-
well social honoring Mrs. C.
S. Gibson who is moving.
The social was held Tues-
day evening February 27 in
the private dining room at
Frazier's Cafe.
Mrs. Milton Chapman
gave the devotional and
sang three solo's, "Irish
Lulaby", "I'd Rather Have
Jesus", and "Love of God".
The class presented Mrs.
Gibson a lovely pearl pin
and ear screws.
Refreshments of pie and
coffee were served to Mrs.
Gibson, Mrs. Charlie Bry-
son, Mrs. Sally Wright, Mrs.
Mark Luttral, Mrs. Luther
Reese, Mrs. Bill Tipton,
Mrs. Mack Myers and two
guests, Mrs. Allie Betcher
and Mrs. Milton Chapman.
Hostesses Vere Mrs. A. D.
Martin, Mrs. E. V. Smith,
vlrs. Brooks Ellison, Mrs.
Travis Beil and Mrs. Emma
Dunwoody.
At the close of the soc-
ial the class sang "What a
Friend We Have in Jesus".
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The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1968, newspaper, March 7, 1968; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200406/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.