The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1968 Page: 1 of 12
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
VOLUME LXX NUMBER 51 ASPERMONT, STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 79502 THURSDAY. AUGUST 15, 1968 PRJCE TEN (10c) CENTS
Football Workouts Begin Monday,
70 Boys Sign Up to Participate
Football Coach Troy
Gauntt has announced that
workouts for the football
boys will begin Monday
morning August 19 at 7:00
a.m.
Seventy boys have signed
'•*-> to participate in football
ii> hi«rh schoo' this year.
As" crment has been pick-
ed b"r ^h ecoaches of Dis-
fvi-f c-\ to bo th? number
on" t^fim j" thp district.
T -"car th" t°am won
district a~ d went into bi-
disirct play.
On" schoo1 is coming into
th" district this vear. Wall
is moving into District 6A
from a Cl 'ss B District.
District 6A lost Woodson,
Merkel and .Jim Ned.
Funeral Held
Sunday for
T, 0. Pena
Tiodulo (T. O.) Pena, 35,
of Aspei-mont, died at 5:45
p.m. Friday in Hamlin Me-
morial Hospital.
Funeral was held at 3
p.m. Sunday in the Asper-
mont Church of Christ, with
Travis Bovd, minister, of-
ficiating. Burial was in
Fairview Cemetery north of
Sagerton under direction of
Littlepage Funeral Home.
Born Feb. 17, 1933, at
Sagerton. he was a lifetime
Stonewall County resident.
He was a member of the
Church of Christ and was
a service station attendant.
Survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Trinidad Pena
of Aspermont; five brothers
John of Aspermont, Dee of
Ralls, Mike of Floydada,
James of Hamlin, Chris of
Aspermont; three sisters,
Mrs. Juanita Reed of Jay-
ton. Mrs. Jessie Ledesma
and Alene Pena, both of As-
permont.
Pallbearers were Tony
Roa, Jessie Roa, Wally Roa,
Virgil Baldree, Jimmy
Johnson and Bobby Ghol-
son.
Budget Hearing
Friday Night
Hearing will be held on
the Aspermont School Bud-
get Friday night, August 16
at 8:00 p.m. at the school
business office.
Anyone interested in tak-
ing a look at the budget and
the school financial status is
urged to be present.
The district this year is
composed of Aspermont,
Rotan, Roscoe, Wylie, Ro-
bert Lee and Wall.
The schedule this year is:
Varsity Schedule
Sept. 13—Spur at Asper-
mont
Sept. 20—Anson at Anson
Sept. 27—Merkel at Merkel
Oct. 5—(Homecoming) Rule
at Aspermont (Sat.)
Oct. 12 — Throckmorton at
Throckmorton (Sat.)
*Oct. 18 — Rotan at Asper-
mont
*Oct .25—Roscoe at Asper-
mont
*Nov. 1—Robert Lee at Ro-
bert Lee
*Nov. 8—Wall at Wall
*Nov. 15—Wylie at Asper-
mont
*Denotes District 6-A games
Jr. Varsity Schedule
Sept. 9—Jayton at Jayton
Sept. 26—Rule at Aspermont
Oct. 3—Rule at Rule
Oct. 10—Hawley at Hawley
Oct. 17—Jayton at Asper-
mont
Oct. 24—Spur at Spur
Oct. 31—'Hawley at Asper-
mont
Nov. 7—Wylie at Asper-
mont
Nov. 14—Wylie at Wylie
Leland Workman
Wins High Honor
At Jones Co. Fair
Leland Workman, 11,
made his second big win at
the Jones County Fair by
winning the Grand Cham-
pion with his pen of 3 chick-
ens.
Perry Workman won sec-
ond in the heavyweight
class with his pen of 3.
Friday Leland placed 5th
with his heifer he pur-
chased fron E. M. Law-
rence.
Lightning ? f
Three Fir^
Saturday Nig.
Lightning caused
fires here Saturday night.
Two south of Aspermont.
one on the Leonard Branch
place next to the golf course
and on Raymond Johnson
and Lee Smiths places, and
one north of Aspermont, be-
longing to Mrs. Marquis.
The Aspermont Fire De-
partment answered all three
calls. About one inch of rain
fell in Aspermont.
Waliace Appointed Administrator
Of Hospital, Griggs Board Member
TO LEAD REVIVAL—
Charles A. Yaerger, min-
ister of the Jayton
Church of Christ will
conduct a revival meet-
ing at the Swenson
Church of Christ be-
ginning Monday August
19 through August 25.
Services will be held
nightly beginning at 8
p.m.
lames Hickman
Anointed to
in Turkey
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture today announc-
ed the appointment of
J :m-s R Hickman, a native
of Aspermont, assistant ag-
riculturd attache to An-
k.irn Turkey. He replaces
William T, Davis who has
been transferred as agricul-
tural attache to Nairobi,
Ken'
Mr. Hickman received a
B.S. degree from Texas
A&M University, Bryan, in
1951. Following two years
service in the U.S. Army
he held posts with the
USD A in DaFas and Asper-
mont md operated a service
station in Aspermont. He
joined the USDA in Wash-
ing! ci in October 1961.
Responsibilities of Mr.
Hickman at his post in An-
kara will include assisting
the agricultural attache in
reporting ba k to this coun-
try on Turkish agriculture
•■uk1 promoting ex ports of
'J.S. farm products to
■•key.
e plans to arrive in
. 'th his wife, Helen,
o ir.'hters Letty and
id son Herschel in
late / ^.st.
Booster Club
Tonight
There will be a Booster
Club meeting Thursday
night beginning at 8:30 p.m.
at Frazier's Cafe All per-
son.-; interested in sports
should attend.
Fred Wallace was named
as Stonewall Memorial Hos-
pital Administrator Tues-
day night in a special board
meeting.
Wallace takes the place
of Frank Hays Jr., who re-
signed Monday night in a
regular board meeting.
Also resigning Monday
night was the board's presi-
dent J. R. Ray and another
member Louis Spitzer.
Bill Griggs, manager of
the Union Supply office
here in Aspermont was
named Tuesday night to
Funeral Held
Friday for
Mrs. Coplen
Mrs. Berda Lou Coplen,
80, of Sweetwater, died in a
Roscoe rest home Wednes-
day. .
Funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Friday in First Baptist
Church in Aspermont, the
Rev. Bob Griffith, pastor of
Swenson Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Darold Bald-
win church pastor, officiat-
ed. Burial was in Asper-
mont Cemetery unuder dir-
ection of Littlepage Funeral
Home. Patterson - McCoy
Funeral Home in Sweet-
water handed arrangement
there.
Born Nov. 22, 1887. in
Russellville, Ark., .she was
a longtime Stonewall Coun-
tv resident.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. F. O. Clark
of Houston. Mrs. Dorsey
Patton of San Francisco,
Calif. and Mrs. Lorene
Wallh of Sweetwater; four
sons. Earl of Brownwood.
Kav of Roscoe. Clvde of As-
pormont and Rav of Sweet-
water: 17 grandchildren, 15
great-err andchildren.
Pallbearers were Archie
Worthineton, Dewey Craft,
.Tack McGough, L. L. Boyles,
Robert Kennedy, Lee Smith.
Aug
V Baptist
vival
U5.
Revival services will be-
gin Sunday August 18 and
continue through August 25
at the Peacock Baptist
Church .Rev. A. A. Watson,
interim pastor, will be
preaching at the services.
Services will begin at 8
p. "i. each evening.
take 1 lie pla;e of Louis Spit-
Other board members are
H. F. (Buster) Gholson,
president, J. M. Hickman
III and Carl Dickerson.
High School
Registration
Begins Monday
School will open August
26 fo> students of Asper-
mont Public Schools, ac-
cording to Burl Jameson,
Hieh School Principal.
Plans call for a general
faculty meeting at 9:00 a.m.
Friday. August 23, 1968, in
the Band Hall, followed by
"■roup meetings with their
j-po-.ortn'-i nrincinnl.
Registration will be held
as follows.
August 19 .1968—
9-00 A.M. Seniors
1:00 P.M. Juniors
August 20. 1968—
9:00 A.M. Sophomores
1:00 P.M. Freshmen
All students that are en-
tering Aspermont Schools
for the first time should
contact the school as soon
as possible.
Porry Workman
Tokincj 4 Weeks
Training fn Navy
Perry Workman left for
Special Training at San
Diego, California, in the
Naval Officers Reserve
Training Corp. Aug. 3 after
h *v og received his first
promotion at the Abilene
Training Center.
Workman is the son of
Mrs Bonnie Workman.
He will hive four weeks
of training and then will
return to co'lege at West
T<^xas Stite University in
September.
Mo, 3 K Scott
DriM:ng Planned
Explorado Oil Co. of
Stamford wiF drill No .3 K.
Scott in the E.O.C. (Lower
Tannehill) Field in south-
east Stonewall County.
The planned 2,600-foot
rotary venture is 14 miles
northeast of Hamlin on a
224 acre lease. Drillsite is
2.150 feet from the north
and 1.750 feet from the cast
lines of Section 134. BBB&C
Survey.
It is a south offset to the
firm's No. 1 Scott, the field
opener.
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