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VOL. XVIII
PUBLISHED BY R. SHUFFLER AT OLNEY, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928
NUMBER FIFTY-TWO
CLEAN-UP, PAINT-UP CAMPAIGN BEGINS
HERE ON MONDAY MORNING. MAY 7TH
Plans for the annual clean-up
campaign were completed at a joint
meeting of the chamber of commerce
civic committee together with twen-
ty other business men here Monday
night. Olney’s clean-up campaign
will begin on Monday, May 7. Be-
ginning Tuesday morning at 8:00
the business district will undergo a
thorough cleaning.
Mayor M. P. McCracken has is-
sued a proclamation, which appears
in this issue, requesting the business
establishments to close from 8:00 to
10:QG on Tuesday so that everyone
OLNEY MUSTANGS TO PLAY
GRAHAM HERE FRIDAY
The Olney Mustangs, local Bap-
tist baseball team, is scheduled to
play Graham here Friday, May 4,
according to announcement from
Bernard Lunn, manager of the loc-
als. The Mustangs have won five
of their six games played this sea-
son, winning from Bitter Creek, Jean
and Newcastle.
Graham is reported as having a
strong aggregation and a real battle
can get out and help clean-up. Each ig expected. other games scheduled
block in the business section will be
in charge of a campaign leader who
will be held responsible for a thor-
ough cleaning of his territory. Six-
teen campaign leaders were selected
at the meeting Monday evening, rep-
resenting the sixteen business blocks.
The following men will have
charge of their respective blocks:
A. S. Ragle, Sam Casey, S. O. Dyer,
A. B. Thaman, Hugh Womack, M.
F% McCracken, A. S. McDavid, W.
H. Mullins, D. H. Thompson, Frank
Waggoner, W. E. Collins, J. S.
Cooper, Frank Kelly, W. M. Creech,
W. S. White, M. E. Barnhill and G.
W. Gilmore. These sixteen blocks
have been divided into four districts
with the follpwing members of the
civic committee in charge of each
district: L. C. Boyd, Chas. T. Wol-
verton, John Wilson and J. F. Hol-
lis. The campaign is under the di-
rect supervision of 0. P. McCary,
chairman of the civic committee.
+ + + + + + + + + + ++ + + +
are as follows: Mustangs vs. Min-
eral Wells, at Mineral Wells, May
2; and Graham at Graham on May
11.
LOOK LIKE RAIN
CHEER UP FOLKS!
As The Enterprise goes to press it
looks very promising for this trritory
to receive a much needed rain. The
editor is not a new-comer, and will
not admit that he falls into the other
classification without argument,—in
fact we are not predicting that it
will rain, but we are hopeful.
What two or three weeks ago
looked like a banner prospect for
a grain crop now looks like thirty
cents with the three rubbed out.
We are told by wheat farmers that
unless it rains in the next fifteen
minutes, and rains a whole lot at
In The Patch Again
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TILLEYS OIL AND GAS REPORT TO THE
COMMISSION GIVES INTERESTING FACTS
NEW POOL GETS NICE PRODUCER WHEN
H. D. KUNKEL WELL CAME IN SATURDAY
30Y SCOUT TRAINING
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1 A nice oil well was brought in
on the H. D. Kunkel farm, two miles
COURSE OPENS HERE j northwest of town early in the
_0 I present week, and estimates of its
The opening session of the Ex-1 initial production run as high as
ecutice Training course conducted by two hundred barrels daily. It has
officials of the Boy Scouts of this now been placed on the pump, and
district was held Thursday evening
at 8 p. m, in the basement of the
First Baptist church, according to
O. P. McCary, chairman in charge.
The Boy Scouts of Olney are being
reorganized and the training school
is being conducted so as to inform
although we have not the official
gauge figures, we are reliably in-
formed that it will pump fifty or
more barrels per day.
This is a distinct new pool, and the
nearest production is perhmaps half
a mile to the west, on Charlie Kun-
the business men of the woi’k carried 1 ^els place- It is an extension of the
on through the Scout organization,
besides developing Scout executive
material.
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION
FOR CLEAN-UP
Know all men, women and
children by these presents:
That, whereas the National
Clean-Up and Paint-Up Cam-
paign has resulted in many
advantages to the community
life throughout the United
States,
In safeguarding HEALTH;
In promoting THRIFT;
In furthering FIRE PRE-
VENTION;
In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE;
nd
making the HOME AND
ITY BEAUTIFUL;
Now, therefore, be it
nown that plans have been
been perfected for a thor-
ough PAINT-UP and CLEAN-
UP CAMPAIGN in Olney, be-
ginning May 7, 1928. This
+ date is to mark the opening
+ of a real campaign of per-
+ sistent and constructive ef-
+ fort in cleaning up and
+ KEEPING IT UP. In this
"fjp worthy movement of Clean-
+ ing, Painting, Planting, Re-
+ pairing and general Rehabili-
+ tation and Beautification Ave
+ urge each citizen to do his
♦ or her best part to make our
+ Community CLEAN, HEAL-
+ - THY, THRIFTY, SAFE AND
+ BEAUTIFUL.
+ Signed:
+ M. P. McCracken, Mayor
+ of Olney, Texas.
+ + + + + + + + 4- + + + + + +
1927, with an average daily pro-
that, that the farmers will not har- duction of 25,093 barrels.
A detailed report of oil activities
in this district has just been com-
pleted by Geo. W. Tilley, deputy
supervisor of the oil and gas divis-
ion, stationed-here in Olney. This
report reveals that there were 3,302
wlls in this district December 31, ^society announces a luncheon to
be held at the church next Monday
at noon, to which all members of the
METHODIST W. M. S.
TO HAVE LUNCHEON
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The Methodist Woman’s Mission-
vest as much grain as they sowed
seed in the fall. We don’t believe
4 it’s quite as bad as that, but it is
4 j surely going to be a light crop at
4,! best and practically no crop unless
we get rain in the next few days.
As long as there’s life there’s
hope, and prospects, as we stated at
the outset of this article, are more
than fair for a rain.
NEWCASTLE-LOVING BAP-
TISTS HOME-COMING DAY
The pastor of the Baptist churches
+ ,at Newcastle and Loving authorizes
+ the announcement that “Home-Com-
+ j ing Day” will be observed in the
Newcastle church Sunday, May 6 and
a similar observance in the Loving
church on Sunday, May 13.
A splendid all-day program is ar-
ranged at both churches with dis-
tinguished speakers engaged. All
+ j members are urged to be present,
+ and the public is .cordially invited.
+ i SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE
J! POSTERS FOR CAMPAIGN
SCOUT INSTITUTE
BEGINS THURSDAY
Posters for Olney’s annual clean-
up campaign are being made this
week by the students from the four-
th, fifth, sixth and seventh grades
in the local schools.
Mayor M. P. McCracken, in an
address before the school children
Monday morning offered prizes to
be given by the chamber of com-
merce to the student in each
class who made the most attractive
poster. Judges for the contest will
be announced at a later date.
The posters will be delivered to
the chamber of commerce office on
May 1, and placed on display in the
show windows throughout the busi-
ness district.
The Olney Scout Institute will be-
gin here Thursday evening, the first
session to be held in the basement
of the First Baptist church. Jerry
Phillips, of Wichita Falls, field Scout
executive of the Wichita Falls area,
was in Olney last week .and explain-
ed that the purpose of the institute
was to train the adults of Olney to
insure'eompetent leadership in Scout-
ing.
The fifty or more men will be di-
vided into several patrols and given
regular Boy Scout instruction. The
school will be conducted each Thurs-
day evening for a six weeks’ period.
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AMERICAN LEGION TEAM
TO PLAY ARCHER CITY
The American Legion team of this
city will play Archer City Legion in
a return game at Archer City, Sun-
day, April 29. Last week the local
Post team defeated Archer City in
the first game of the season by a
score of 5 to 4. Batteries for the
game have been announced as fol-
lows: Olney, Greene and Dunagan;
Archer City, Martin and Cooper.
The north part of this district,
that lying in Archer county leads in
number of wells and production,
there being 2,599 wells with a pro-
duction of 19,491 barrels daily.
There are 48 distinct and separate
pools in this district, each pool hav-
ing from 8 to 165 producing wells.
The wells are producing from
depths ranging from 500 feet to
4200 feet. The wells in the Bland
pool, Jack county, are producing
from the shallow depth of 500 feet
Prayer League are cordially invited.
A program will be presented at 2
o’clock, one feature of which will
be the report of the delegate, Mrs.
Edwards, to the recent missionary
conference in Waco.
METHODIST W. M. S. TO
HAVE A BOX SUPPER
Every person in Olney and the
nearby towns is invited to artfcnd
while those in the McCluskey pool,. I*01* supper to be put on by the
South Bend, Young county, are pro-lwomen of the Methodist Woman’s
during from 4200 feet. j Missionary society next Saturday ev-
The Wilmont pool, Archer county, j ening at the American Legion hall,
has the largest number of producing [ Delightful box lunches will be sold
wells with the number being 615,, and other entertainment provided,
producing from 1550 feet. The grav- the proceeds to go into the treasury
ity of oil in this district ranges from I society. A cordial invitation
36 to 41, with the majority of the! extended to the public to be on
pools producing 40 gravity. j hand for this affair, and especially
The 48 pools cover 16,120 acres. Iare Dispeople of the small towns in
The average daily production as * ^he adjacent territory invited.
BIRTHS
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Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wood, a boy,
April 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Mathis, a boy,
April 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moore, a girl,
Jean Dolores, April 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhome Paschall, a
boy, April 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Mays, a boy,
April 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edison, a girl
on April 21.
OLENYITES TO GO
TO THROCKMORTON
well as the number of producing
wells has increased considerable
since January 1, as a number of
large producing wells have been
brought in since that date. ,
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CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NEWS
Mrs. Vola Clark entertained the
club Thursday evening from 7:30 to
10. The evening was spent playing,
games. Refreshments of cake and
peaches were served to the following |
guests: Estelle Morgan, Polly and j
Herman Wages, J. B. and Woodrow!
Carter, Ida Mae and Delbert Sims,
Mildred King, Marion Burke, Win-
dle Burke, Baggett Woods, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Bishop and children, Faye,
Harvey, Johnny and Elbei’t Bisby,
Misses Lucille and Hazel Mahoney.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Burke, April 22, a girl.
Misses Lucille Farrell and Hazel
Mahoney, teachers of the California
school, spent the week-end in Wich-
ita Falls.
Mrs. E. T. Morgan entertained
the school Monday nig’ht with a par-
ty. The evening was enjoyed by all.
Games were played on the lawn. Re-
freshments were served to the fol-
lowing: Jaunita Clark, Ida Mae Sims,
Delbert Sims, Mildred King, Bag-
gett Woods, Windle Burke, Marion
Burke, Clarence Scessions, W. Z.
Scessions, Franklin Scessions, Faye
Bishop, Herman Wages, Polly Wages,
Pearl Wages, Estelle Morgan, Mr.
and Nrs. J. C. Wages, Mr. and Mrs.
I. D. Wages, Lester Wages, Oma
Wages, Misses Lucille Farrell and
Hazel Mahoney.
Mrs. Margaret McDonald visited
Mrs. W. M. Burke this week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Morgan and
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wages were in
The piano pupils of Miss Clair
Purdy, assisted by pupils in Violin
of Miss Dorothy Sandefer, will be
presented in a' recital at the high
school auditorium on Friday evening,
May 4 at 8:15 o'clock. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
JUNIORS GIVE CLASS
PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT
The junior class of the high school
will give the play “All On Account
of Polly,” Friday night, April 27 at
the high - school auditorium.
Beverly, a man of large affairs,
is on the verge of financial ruin.
His family is extravagant. The im-
provident wife has spoiled her chil-
dren since they were born. Into this
clouded atmosphere of selfishness,
deceit and false show comes Polly
Perkins, his ward. She brings with
her the freedom and fragrance of
the New England Berkshires and in-
stead of adapting herself to new
surroundings, she sets out to make
them conform to her own standards
Gambrell and Schlegel pools, and
almost connects these with the Haus-
ler and Ragle pools.
Quite a little activity is already
noticeable in the adjacent territory,
the rig on the producer having been
skidded to a new location, one new
rig now being placed and three or
four locations having been made.
The Olney territory now boasts of
forty-nine separate and distinct oil
pools and they are located in every
direction from the city. Elsewhere in
this issue of the Enterprise is a
story compiled from the records and
reports of Mr. Tilley, the oil and
gas supervisor for this district. It
contains much interesting and valua-
ble information.
DETAILS OF “PLAY
DAY” ANNOUNCED
Cunning little sunbonnets, made
after nature’s pattern used in the
Texas bluebonnets, and blue aprons
worn with white cotton dresses, will
...... , , . TT be costumes of the committee of San
of simplicity and happiness Her very | AntQnio dub wome„ t0 assist fa th
presence clarifies the atmosphere. barbecue on June j lor the d€,e.
Through her Beverly is saved from^ates t0 the bicnnial of the al
ruin, the son is reformed, and Pol y fcd<,ration of women.s clubs. This
promises to intrust her happiness to
his care.
The cast is as follows: Ralph Bev-
erly, Boyd Stowe; Mrs. Beverly, Lois
Edwards; Polly Perkins, Bill Hardy;
Baldwin Beverly, Willis Atchley;
Hortense, Maxine Johnson; Geral-
dine, Opal Bird; Marie, Lucille Dun-
agan; Mrs. Featherstone, Edith Ellis;
Mrs. Chadfield, Verna Mae Sea-
wright; Peter, George Lee Ellis;
Johnny, Garland Moore; Pudgy,
Morle Gray; Harkins, Comer Gil-
more ; Miss Rembrandt, Nellie Mae
entertainment is on the official “play
day” which breaks the heavy order
of business of the convention from
May 28 to June 7, inclusive.
Other details of the “play day”
entertainment, such as reports of the
handling of the crowd at the army
review to be given at Fort Sam
Houston, and.the drive to the mis-
sions and about the city, were dis-
cussed at the meeting called by Mrs
W. W. McCrory Tuesdaj’- morning,
April 24 at the municipal auditorium.
Bobby Burns of Kennedy, the ranch-
Poole; The Hairdresser, Ruby Good- whoSe hobby is conducting big
loe> J barbecues for the pleasure of giving
j pleasure to others was present at
the meeting. He will manage the big
barbecue.
SURE-SHOT SAND TESTER
PROVES ITS WORTH
A large delegation of Olney busi-
ness men are expected to attend the
celebration in Throckmorton on May Graham the first of this week
4 at which time Throckmorton’s first
railroad will enter the town of
Throckmorton, according to W. C.
Harrell, president of the local cham-
ber of commerce.
Throckmorton business men are
making plans for the entertainment
of several thousand visitors on that
day, and from all indications the
number will not fall short.
Last Friday afternoon at 4:30 all
the pupils of Miss Clair Purdy and
the Boys’ Glee club went on a picnic
to the Country club. Games were
played until a late hour when a
most delicious luncheon was spread
and more games played until time
to depart for home. All reported a
good time.
BAPTIST W.M.S. TO
BANQUET SENIORS
A banquet for the Olney high
school seniors to be given Thursday
night, May 3 by the members of the
Baptist Woman’s Missionary society
received main consideration during
the business session of that organiza-
tion which followed the mission pro-
gram last Monday afternoon at the
church. Graduates of the 1928 class,
members of the high school faculty
and the pastors of the town will be
guests at this banquet, which will
take place in the basement of the
church.
According to present plans Dr.
Sandefer, president of Simmons uni-
versity of Abilene, and Dr. Hardy,
president of Baylor college at Bel-
ton, will be speakers at this affair,
the theme of their addresse to be
Christian education.
This occasion, further details of
which will be announced later, prom-
ises to be one of the most important
of its kind of the year.
Plans were also made at Monday’s
business session for an all-day work-
er’s meeting for Young and Jack
counties to be held here next Mon-
day. Committees were named to ar-
range for this meeting which it is
expected will be attended by-a large
number of workers from the two
counties.
At Monday’s meeting a letter from
Ina Johnson Gregory, Baptist mis-
sionary to Mexico, was read by Mrs.
Earl Gilbert, chairman of the Greg-
ory circle of the society. The letter
expressed thanks for a box recently
sent by the local circle, and talked
most interestingly and touchingly of
conditions among the mission work-
ers of Mexico.
The Fowler Brothers Sure-Shot
Sand Tester again demonstrated its
worth here this week in making a
test on the Madden and Hunt No. 1
L. J. Kilcrease. The well had a show-
ing of sand at. 1033 Sunday and the
Sure-Shot tester was applied show-
ing the well to be dry. Drilling was
continued Monday to 1050 and came
in dry.
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SENIOR EPWORTH LEAGUE
HAS OUTING AND SUPPER
Members of the senior Epworth
League assembled at the Methodist
church Tuesday evening and went
in cars to Lover’s Lane, where a de-
licious picnic supper was spread. The
menu included wienies, buns and
other good things, and a most en-
joyable time was spent. Among those
who attended this affair were: Miss
Alma Greer, Miss Audrey Ellis, Miss
Johnny Rogers, Miss Mary Ella Es-
tes, Miss Flora Graves, Miss Mil-
dred Jackson, Miss Ada Dennis, Miss
lone Neelley and Miss Fannie Noah;
Roy Thompson, Harry Barr, Carl
West and Ed Robertson.
The week beginning April 23 will
be filled with biennial meetings.
Mrs. G. P. Robertson, chairman of
luncheons committee, has divided her
committee into groups to be on duty
at each of the hotels where func-
tions have been planned for the bi-
ennial period. A meeting will be held
every day of that week.
The luncheons committee, which
will be in charge of 63 social affairs
during the biennial, will have head-
quarters in an office in the Moore
building, to which its working bodies
at the various hotels will make daily
reports.
The committee of pages and ush-
ers, Mrs. J. K. Beretta, chairman,
is busy on details of costumes to be
worn during the convention. On a
recent visit to Yucatan and Panama,
Mrs. Beretta secured models for the
Aztec and Mayan costumes which
will be worn by the pages. The
ushers will be Girl Scouts and will
be dressed in the new Girl Scout
uniform of green.
MUSTANGS DEFEAT
NEWCASTLE NINE
The Olney Mustanfs defeated the
Newcastle nine, at Newcastle, Thurs-
day 6-4. The game was closely con-
The Boys’ Glee club, of South
Ward directed by Miss Clair Purdy
rendered a very interesting program
in chapel Tuesday morning. Six tested until the eighth inning when
numbers were given and we hope to
continue our work in the club again
next year.
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GRANDI COMEDIANS
Rhea Anderson knocked a homerun
with two men on. Roberts did the
slab work and pitched a good game.
Evans and Patrick did some stellar
playing in the infield.
This makes six games for the Mus-
lim F1 ITFVT IITr»r«I7’ Itang-s with only one defeat to their
Hr nlrX! WrrKI credit. This defeat came after a
ML,IUj 1IU/1I TflJlilS. hard struggle which lasted thirteen
innings.
Friday, May 4 they play Graham
high school at Olney and this prom-
ises to be an interesting game as
Graham has a strong team. They
also have a game scheduled with
Mineral Wells.
The Mustangs promise some very
interesting games for the fans. Come
out and give them your support. Do
not forget the game with Graham.
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Grandi Bros., Comedians will be
in Olney in their big tent all next
week, starting Monday, April 30.
They have twenty-five people, twelve
vaudeville artists and a fine ten-
piece orchestra. All new plays, and
high class, clean, moral productions
will be presented to the show goers.
The opening is the great comedy
drama “Fool Proof.” Ladies will be'
admitted free on opening night when
accompanied by one paid ticket.
You will find their ad in the
columns of this paper.
“A man is an animal that writes,”
says Homer. Pray tell, dear Homer,
what is a woman that don’t talk?
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