The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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f The Only Home
X Owned Paper In
\ Marion County
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The Marion County Courier
And Official Organ of the Marlon County Agricultural Association
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; Covers Marion And! I
! Parts Of Cass And ;;
I Harrison Counties >
Issued Every Friday
Jefferson, Texas, Friday. June 30, 1939
VOL. 3— No 6
in
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GROCERY STORE CLOSES
EARLIER; ALSO CLOSED
SUNDAY'S DURING JULY
Reports are current that the
grocery stores in Jefferson will
close each weelc day at 7 p. m,,
and also remain closed all day on
Sunday throughout the month
of July and possibly all through
the summer.
This is ;i mighty good move
and will give the owners and
clerks an opportunity to go to
church and really enjoy a day of
rest.
"LEI'S BE ALIVE ON
THE FIFTH" IS SLOGAN
CONDUCT REVIVAL AT
HIS FIRST PASTORATE
Rev. D. Townes Windham,
pastor of the First Methodist
church, will preach in revival
services at Chester, Texas, next
week, beginning Sunday evening
and continuing through the sec-
ond Sunday. Rev. Windham
was pastor at Chester from 1927
to 1932, this being his first ap-
pomtnifnt as a Methodist minis-
ter.
Mr. Windham will preach at
j the eleven o'clock hour Sunday
I and Cruce Stark, superintendent
j of the Jefferson public schools
I will speak at the evening hoar.
| Rev. Wayne McCleskey, assis-
tant pastor of First Methodist
church, Martfha'l, will till the
pulpit at the 11 o'clock hour Sun-
dav, July 9. The speaker for
the evening hour will be an-
nounced later.
CREDJ TO IEFFERSON
Austin, June 2Hth—"Let's Be
Alive on the Fifth" was the slo-
gan urged today by the Texas
Safety Association to safety
councils, luncheon clubs, salety niRirrj 10 HTAl
bating th^ann^affoi^rth^of July UlNtll lu KtAL
accidents.
"The Glorious Fourth has
proved a Fatal Fourth for hun-
dreds of Texans in the past sev-
eral years," the Association said
in a letter to the various groups.
"Let's Be Alive on the Fiftn"
should be the slogan throughout
this week in order that casualty
lists from drownings, fireworks
and traffic may be reduced to a
minimum for this year's Fourth
of July celebrations."
The Association urged the co-
operation of all agencies in caut-
ioning the public of the dangers
of the holiday celebrations.
—: oOo
BIG OIL PLAY LOOMS
FOR EAST MARION
Just as the Courier goes to press this (Thurs-
day) afternoon reports from the Reynolds-
Terry No. 2 state the plug has been drilled
and they are preparing to bail or swab it in—
a better saturated sand was found in the No. 2
BOYS 4 H CLUB WORK PROSPECT CITIZEN
Kim NICELY SHOWS HI IN
MARION COUNTY LOCAL 4-H CLUB W)RK
Hy: C. R. Hcaton, County Agent ! ,
Despite the fact the county! H. E. (Hack) Lane.of tjie Pros-
agent has been out of the coun- j P«?ct community, formerly a 4-H
ty for about thiee weeks taking;club boy in Marion county, has
a very profitable and worthwhile
course in practical forestry, the
4-H club boys of the county are
still going forward with their
demonstrations and ooirg some
of the most outstanding pieces
The bringing in of the Reynolds-Terry No. 2. 500 feet
west of the Fitzwater-Terry No. 1, discovery well, gives
assurance ot the presence of an important pool of shallow, of work I have seen anywhere,
oil in eastern Marion connty, and presages the develop- f This week the 4 H club adult
nient ol a field of major proportions. committee has been extremely
In this west offset just completed by J. D. Reynolds busy selecting the club boys do-
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse White have
returned from a visit in Dallas.
Mrs. White says she purchased
some good summer merchandise
to fill in her stock at the Popu-
lar Dress 8hop.
If you haven't visited the new
and modern air-conditioned
Diner you have missed a real
treat and should do so at once.
Miss Estelliue Simmons has
spared no expense ir. making
this one of the nic.es places in all
East Texas to enjoy your meals,
sandwiches, cold drinks, etc.,
her fixtures will not be found in
many places outside large cities
and courteous, efficient people to
look after your needs.
An up-to-date cooling system
has been installed for those who
prefer to eat inside at tables and
plenty parking space for those
who like to be served in their
cars.
Truly this is a place you should
visit—you'll enjoy and appreciate
Miss Simmons' efforts.
of Camden, Arkansas, who recently purchased the dis-
covery well from Fitzwater and Home, at least twenty feet
more saturation was found than in the Fitzwater-Terry
discovery well farther east.
This fact of finding more saturated sand to the west
is the clue for which the oil men have been waiting, to
tell them which way the field is going.
With this conclusive evidence of a westward trend of
production, the oil men have stepped into action. Al-
ready J. D. Reynolds has staked two more locations to the
west, each 600 feet apart in a direct line west from the
Fitzwater-Terry discovery well. Also Fitzwater is rig-
ging up on the Eli Howell-Carrie Moseley No. 1, in the
Win. H. Burton survey, three quarters of a mile due west
ot the discovery well. In addition to this, Fitzwater is
going down rapidly with his Duncan No. 1. in the Fitzger-
ing the most outstanding pieces
of club work so that they will
start merrily on their way to the
Farmer's Short Course at Texas
A. AM. College, College Station,
Texas, July 5th. Thiscommittee
tells me, and I know that it is
true, that it was a very difficult
task to determine who should
make the trip.
Those boys selected by the 4-H
club committee to make the trip
are: Raymond Stuart, Henry
Carter, Ray Schellinger. Jack
and Creighton Holland and Rus-
sell Stuart of Halls community;
Dalton and Gerald Carter, of
Grange Hall: Bob Moseley, of
Smithland; Tommie Wilson, J.
very generously shewn his ex-
treme interest in Boy's 4-H
Club work by awarding $10.00
to each 4-H Club boy in the Pros
pect club who is selected to go
to the Farmers Short Course
July 5, G and 7.
To our surprise five boys from
Prospect were selected by the
4-H Club committee to make the
trip. Those boys are: Harvey
Grubbs, Ansle Smith, Robert
Heliums, Hennie Frank McAdoo
and Gene'lieed. Without a "quib-
ble" Mr. La'ne fulfilled his pro-
mise.
We offer our congratulations
to Mr. Lane for his very fine
spirit of cooperation. It is only
with such cooperation that 4- H
Club work can progress with
maximum rapidity and results.
. Summer Values .
Look around in this store and you will be
surprised at the high quality, National-
ly advertised merchandise being offer-
ed every day at real SAVINGS . . .
Dresses.
To meet Milady's warm
weather needs.
Of Sheer cool material
Formerly 7C
3.00 Value ^Irlw
Pepperell Prints- and
Batiste
Of the better fabrics;fine
for summer house
dresses or
Gool Afternoon frocks
Yard . . 10 & 1 5c
Hose-Anklets
For the Matron or Miss
in a better grade of
Full Fashioned Hose
priceo/°W 49-75C
Anklets 10 and 15c
Men's Anklets
In the wanted colors
and high grade
workmanship
Pair 10-15-25c
Hershel Bailey of Grays; Jimmie
Alford, Lyle Bennett. Bobby
Lock and Waymond Moore of
Lassater; Bennie Frank McAdoo
Robert Heliums. Ansle Smith,
Harvey Grubbs and Gene Reed
of Prospect; Cecil Reed, J. W.
Lile, Gene Bainer, Ira Lee
Zeagler and two of B. C. Allen's
sons were selected but have not
accepted to date.
The crew will leave Jefferson
by bus for College Station Wed-
nesday morning, June 5th, about
4 o'clock. It is expected that
ahi survey, two miles west and slightly north from the dis- C. Colgin, Jr., Willie Scott and
covery well.
Coupled with all this, and further emphasizing the
westerly trend of these operations, guided by the westerly
extension of oil saturation, is the fcjet that A- J. Vestal
has made location and is moving in timbers for a derrick
for a test on the Veal tract in the David Lane survey,
three-fourths of a mile northwest of the Vestal-Carrie
Moseley No, 1, and seven miles southwest of the Fitzwater
Terry discovery well.
All this activity has had its effect in putting the heat
on this territory, Many operators who have been skep-
tical and have held back have now become convinced that
a shallow pool of worth while dimensions has been open-
ed up and they are determined to get in on it. Many of
these former skeptics are now riding the roads and shell-
ing the woods in an attempt to secure desirable acreage
for drilling.
With the dry summer months before them, making
moving and drilling costs much cheaper, a drilling cam-
paign and race for shallow oil of boom proportions is now
in the making.
This is just such a situation as the people of Jefferson
have looked forward to for the past 25 years. Ever
since the first wells were brought in along the Texas-Lou-
isiana border, they have looked lorward to the time when
eastern Marion county would be dotted with oil derricks
and the drive of drilling machinery would be rewarded by
a copious supply of golden oil flowing from the shallow
sands of that area.
That long expected day of development is now at
hand.
Headquarters For Work Clothing
Whether It Is Summer Or Winter YOU MEN Can Find
The VERY BEST Seasonable Work Clothing
with Trousers and Shirts to Match
From $1.49 to $2.39
11 will pay you to visit us in our new location for bar-
gains for the entire family.
WOLLMAN'S DRY GOODS STORE
"NOTHING CHEAP BUT THE PRICE"
the boys'will meet approximate-
ly 4,000other 4-H club boys from
all over the state. The piogram
at the short course will consist
of many educational features,
swimming, horseback riding,
baseball, free picture shows,
parties, concert", r"rl many oth-
er features of o ' Pii.i ding inter-
est to boys in u.uu teens.
The group will be chaperoned
by County Aarent. R. Heaton
and severnl ol ti e bo? *' dads.
Tne party will return to Jeffer-
son sometime Friday evening
July 7th.
FOR SALE—Registered Duroc
male hogs. Can be seen at the
East Texas Livestock Commis-
sion Oompany barn or see J. B,
Whelan, or phone 293. tf
GTPSTERS STORY OF {45,000 III
BURIED LOOT NETS HIM {4.00
It took a $45,000 story to serarate $4 CO from IT. L. Collins,
operator of the Nat'onaf Electric Machine Company, Harris-
burg, Collins reported to police Thursday,
Collins said he was approached Monday afternoon by a man
posing as a printing salesman.
"This man told me he knew where $15,000 was buried near
Epsom Downs, on Humble Road, taid Collins. "He said he
knew a gangster, killed in Lwuij-iana, who had robbed a bank in
Miami of more than $50,000 in :t)37.
"He told me he was running a cafe in Jefferson Citv, Tsxas,
at the time of the robbery an j that the gangster came tnere one
day with the money in a satchel. He said thf y buried the mon-
ey in a cemetery, and, after the gangster was killed, he dug up
the money and buried it near the race track.
"He said he needed Si.00 for taxi fare to go out and get the
money and if I would let him have the $<1 he would Kive me $20,
OoO, I didn't have any idea of keeping the money i! I got it, in-
tending to turn it over to the police, but I ga\e him the $1., He
did'nt come back to ire at all."
Policeman snid they knew the "printirggaWman" as a "rath-
er bilmy small time crook."—Houston Chronicle.
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of Texas.
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Phone W Home office Phone 9n
T. Haggard, Bros. T. D. Roberts, Jr. Secy Trea
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Bradshaw, R. G. The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1939, newspaper, June 30, 1939; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293127/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Marion+County+-+Jefferson%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.