The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XLIV
BIO LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS (76932), NOVEMBER 13, 1969
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NUMBER 46
Geological Survey
Starting In Reagan
Latest Oil Mews
In Big Lake Area ...
Written Specially for the
Big Lake Wildcat
i The Topographic Division
: of the US Geological Survey,
i out of Denver, Colo., have
based their operations in Big
Lake involving Map Control
| Survey covering 1,280 square
! miles.
| Headquartered at 308 Sec-
I ond, Bill Kautz, project en-
to
come in and see samples of
this work involving the sur-
Cub Scouts Have
Induction, Awards
Newell Dameron
Buried In Sherwood
In the final week of October Graveside funeral services
Cub Scouts of Pack 158 met for Newell Dameron, 38, of
with the theme of Recogni- Austin, were conducted at 2
tion and Induction, receiving o’clock Wednesday afternoon
merits and pins. Den Mothers in Sherwood Cemetery with
Mrs. Don McMillan, Mrs. ’ th Rev. George Dixon officiat-
Sohio Petroleum Co. recom
pleted No. 1-F E. G. Cauble, a gineer, invites the public
former Dean sand oil well in
the Calvin multipay area of
Reagan County, as Spraberry face mapping of most of Rea-
producer and a 1/2-mile east | gan County,
extension to the same field, j other personnel moved to
10 miles northeast of Stiles. Big Lake are field engineers
It yielded 41 barrels of oil-- j Robin Schmutzler, Don Aries,
gravity not reported— and 72 i both with families, and
barrels of water in 24 hours
pumping from shot holes be-
tween 6,153 and 6,972 feet with
a gas-oil ratio of 2,585-1. The
interval had been treated
with 2,700 gallons of acid,
George Layos. Ezra Stone and
Ralph Boschert will be based
in Rankin.
The area to be covered in-
volves approximately one mile
east of the Reagan - Irion
60,000 gallons of fracture i county lines west to approxi-
fluid and 101,000 pounds of
sand.
Location is 660 feet from
660 feet from south and 1,980
feet from west lines of section
29, block A, L&SV survey.
Sohio originally drilled it to
9,400 feet and it is plugged
back to 7,585 feet.
Services Held For
Former Resident
Funeral services for Thomas
Calvin Blair of Mertzon, for-
mer Big. Lake resident, were
held Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the First Baptist
Church at Mertzon. Burial
was in the Sherwood Ceme-
tery.
Mr. Blair died last Friday
at 7 p.m. in Baptist Memorials
Geriatric Hospital in San An-
mately four miles west of
Rankin, five miles south of
the Crockett County line,
north to one mile south of the
Irion-Tom Green County line,
extended west to Centralia
Draw.
The surveys will consist of
both horizontal (latitude and
longitude) positions spaced at
approximately 8 mile inter-
vals. The vertical control will
consist of elevation lines run
in a north-south direction
spaced at between seven and
eight miles. This elevation
will have an allowable max-
imum error of plus or minus
0.5 of a foot. The procedure
there will be to run elevation
lines in an east-west direc-
tion closed or held at each
end of the line to the north-
south control. These eleva-
tions will have a maximum
tollerance of plus or minus 1.0
gelo following a long illness. and to ed at
Mr. Blair. 66. was born Oct, lmate, 2 mlle lntervais,
was marrled 10 These lines will constitute
Weldon King and Mrs. Jim
Turner were recognized and
parents of Cubs pinned their
Scouts.
Weldon King, Cubmaster,
presented Skipper Brown, dis-
trict executive for Boy Scouts
of Amrica, who told of the
Roundup campaign and show-
ed a film strip on Cub Scout-
ing activities. Jack Black, dis-
trict chairman of leadership
training told of the impor-
tance of Cub Scouting.
Mrs. Don McMillan repre-
sented Twentieth Century
Club for recognition of that
club’s sponsorship of Pack 158.
Den Chiefs recognized were
James Robertson, Jimmy Love
and Paul Akin, all Sea Scouts
of Prairie Dog Ship III in Big
Lake.
The Webelos Den with Den
Leader Weldon King present-
ed the flag ceremony and the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Bobcats inducted and pin-
ned by their parents in Den
1 were Terry Davidson, Gene
Dolan, Jeff King, Joe Radke,
Shane Smith, Bob Turner and
Kris Wright; and Den 2 were
Kurt Barnes, Ricky Anderson
and Paul Bailey.
Other awards were given
Wes McMillan (Wolf Gold
Arrow and one year service
star); Gary Eggleston, (Bear
Silver Arrow and two one year
service stars); Wes Morgan,
James Young and Jackie Hunt
received one year service
stars; Vance Molhusen and
Jeff King received Round-up
recruiter badges.
American Folklore will be
the theme prepared for the
November pack meeting with
the time and place announc-
ed later.
ing.
Dameron apparently suffer-
ed a heart attack, dying at
his home in Austin at 2:30
a.m. Monday.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Dameron. He at-
tended Reagan County schools
and had lived here in differ-
ent times since marrying and
rearing a family of a daugh-
ter, Melva, 17, and a son,
Lance, 11 years old. He and
Mrs. Dameron were employed
at a school for retarded girls
in Austin. He had no previous
record of a heart condition.
Other than his immediate
family and his parents, his
survivors include maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Cruikshank of Arkansas.
31, 1903. He
Alma Dabbs June 16, 1947 in
Dallas. He was a veteran of
World War II. He retired from
Amerada Petroleum Corpora-
tion in January 1964 after 19
years service. The Blairs mov-
ed to Mertzon from Big Lake
the basic amount of con-
trol needed to accomplish
the photogrammetric map-
ping operation. In the process
of establishing the afore men-
tioned control the Field En-
gineer will be required to es-
in 1950. He was a member of j tablish eieVations on all wind-
the Mertzon Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Mertzon; a son, Tommy Blair;
a step-son, W. R. Ethridge of
Michigan; two brothers, J. M.
Blair of California, and John
I. Blair of Sterling City; two
sisters, Mrs. Eva Gill of Tuc-
son, Ariz. and Mrs. Viola Kin- j
sey of San Angelo; and seven
grandchildren.
Hospital News .. •
Medical patients in Reagan
Memorial Hospital Wednesday
afternoon were Mrs. Pedro
Vargas, Monte Barnes, Mack
Siegenthaler, Mathilda Gard-
ner, Mrs. Billy Jolly, Mrs.
H. H. Holden, Maude Gooch,
Larry Beaird, Mike Massey,
Feliciano Ramirez, Gary Wil-
liams and Mrs. Connie Glasco,
all of Big Lake, and Mrs.
Clayton Carter of Midkiff and
Mrs. Tommy Thornton of San
Angelo.
Medical patients recently
dismissed from the hospital
are Charlene Meredith, Mr.
and Mrs. Feliciano Ramirez.
Terri Click, Tino Castillo, Mrs.
J. O. Lusby, Mrs. Walter
Sparks, Janetta Watson, Mon-
roe Oglesby, Esther Lara, Mrs.
Ervin Phillips, Cassandra
Kruse, Mrs. Jack Tidwell,
and Ruth Freeman of Big
Lake, Mrs. Howard Paige and
Jackson Cutright of Midkiff.
Percy Hale of Big Lake was
an accident patient dismissed.
Surgery patients dismissed
were Jack Gibson of Iraan
and Ernest Palmer of Midkiff.
mills and other sources of
water. He will also be required
to establish an elevation at
one mile intervals in both
north-south and east-west
directions. These become a
part of those elevations to be
shown on the published maps.
During the process of these
control operations the Field
Engineer is also required to
classify all cultural data in
the area for proper treatment
on the published map.
The horizontal control be-
comes a basic network which
will place all cultural and
topographic features in their
true positions geodetically to
within a maximum relative
error of 40 feet. Actually with
the modern photogrammetric
technics the results are much
better than this.
The vertical control net be-
comes the basis of the topo-
graphic treatment of the
earths surface. The area in
question is primarily 10 foot
interval mapping. The con-
tour accuracy requirement is
a maximum of 1/2 the con-
tour interval, however, again
with modern technics, the
accuracy far exceeds any-
thing of this nature.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
GIRL SCOUTS NOV. 18TH
Owls Smother Cranes
37-15 In Title Game
Demonstrating their super-
iority, the Reagan County
Owls smothered the Crane
Golden Cranes, 37-15, here
last Friday night before a
capacity crowd of around
5,000 football fans. The game
wrapped up the district crown
for all practical purposes for
the Owls who have yet to play
Stanton. It assured the Owls
of a bi-district playoff slot.
Crane has completed its
schedule while Stanton is 0-3
in district play.
Quarterback Joe Barnes led
the Owls attack with 160 yds.
rushing and in addition pas-
sed for 79 more. The fine Owl
defense held the Crane of-
fense to a net 51 yards rush-
ing and threw Crane quarter-
back Ricky Anderegg for re-
peated losses while trying to
an Owls Travel
To Stanton Friday
Owl "B" Completes
Unbeaten Season
Reagan County Owls “B”
team finished their 1969 sea- I
son with an unbeaten record 1
last Thursday. The Owls over- \
powered the Iraan Braves “B” j
team, 40-12, to push their j
season record to 8 wins, no I
losses
„ , Ining over Stanton. The Owls
Fullback David Hickman „ „ . A „
Reagan County Owls travel
to Stanton tomorrow night
where they will play the Stan-
ton Buffaloes in their final
regularly scheduled District
5AA game. Kickoff time is
7:30 p.m.
The Owls sewed up the bi-
district playoff slot by their
win over the Crane Golden
Cranes last Friday night. They
can complete district play
with a perfect record by win-
* it,. ~ „ ,, i are 3-0 in district play, Crane
PU , ,,,W n ® score Jis j_j having completed their
board with a 10 yard run in . , . 0 „
the first Quarter Roeer Neill SchedUle- McCamey 1S l~2>
the first garter. Roger Neill Ozona j_2 and st,anton 0-3.
placekicked the extra point. nt * • * v. ,
' „ _ ... ., J The District 6AA champion
Qb Connie Smith added an-1 ... , , . , , . ,.
will be decided Friday night
New Officers Elected
For Prairie Dog Ship
Tuesday night, November 4,
Prairie Dog Ship III met at
First Baptist Church and
elected new officers. James O.
Turner is the ship’s Skipper,
and Skipper’s Mate is Johnny
Smithson.
Billy Hal Arnett is Boats-
wain and Boatswain Mate is
Tooter Roberson. Others are
Yoeman, David Pepper; Chap-
lain, Mike Massey; Treasurer,
Johnny Smithson; Port Lead-
er, John Connors; Starboard
Leader, Lynn Siegenthaler;
Camp Master Tooter Rober-
son; Quartermaster, Charles
Turner; Assistant Quarter-
master, Jimmy Love and Of-
ficer of the Deck, David Pep-
per.
The „ship is planning a
camping trip at Red Bluff
this week end. Any boy be-
I tween fourteen and eighteen
{who are interested in joining
Mrs. Pitty Arnett, Neighbor- j Sea Scouts contact one of the
hood chairman of Big Lake
Girl Scout movement holds a
Neighborhood meeting at 12
noon, Tuesday, Nov. 18, at
Jesse’s Sirloin House.
above named or come to the
First Baptist Church at 7:30,
Tuesday, November 18.
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SHERIFF’S POSSE MEET IN
DIST. COURTROOM TUES.
The Reagan County Sher-
iff’s Posse meets at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the dis-
trict courtroom of Reagan
County Courthouse to get un-
derway with plans for the
coming month?. All members
and those interested in Join-
ing this group are urged to
attend at this time.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—An original drawing (above) depict-
ing “. . . the most historic telephone call ever made” has been
accepted in behalf of President Nixon by Michael Farrell, Staff
Assistant to the President.
The presentation was made by the artist, Paul Calle, at the
annual luncheon of the Independent Telephone Pioneers Asso-
ciation, held in conjunction with the United States Independent
Telephone Association convention in Washington, D.C. Mr. Calle
is the designer of the Apollo moon stamp issued September 9.
“. . . the most historic telephone call ever made,” were words
used by President Nixon during his epic conversation with lunar
astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin. The drawing commissioned
by the Elgin Electronics subsidiary of Basic Incorporated ia the
interpretation of this call as conceived by Mr. Calle. Elgin ia a
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pplicr of equipment to the telephone industry.
Mr. Calle nas been a participant in NASA’s Fine Art Pic
gram since 1963 and has rendered both drawings and paintings
of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights. He is presently under a
NASA commission to document, artistically, the lunar landing
training program. As part of this effort, Mr. Calle was present _ _ ___
pen. of the nlght Nunnally again
fourth quarter, and the Owl
lineup was sprinkled with re-
serves.
On their first possession of
the ball, the Owls drove 68
yards in 10 plays for their
first touchdown with 6:13
left in the quarter. Fullback
Sam Douglas carried over left
guard for the final yard. The
longest gain of the drive was
a 29 yarder with Larry Settle
lateralling to Barnes who was
following the play. Larry
Nunnally’s placekick try for
extra point was wide to the
right.
On the next series of plays
Crane took over after an on-
side kickoff try on their own
49. The Cranes drove to the
Owl 22 yard line with their
biggest gainer a 17 yard pass
from Anderegg to Jimmy Wil-
son. One run try failed to
gain and three passes fell in-
complete and the Owrls took
over.
After an exchange of punts
the Owls took over on the
Crane 27 yard line. Barnes
ran for 2 yards as the first
quarter ended. On the next
play Barnes carried to the
Crane 6 yard line. Then Doug-
las drove off the right side for
his second tally with only 12
seconds elapsed into the sec-
ond period. Nunnally place-
kicked the extra point to put
the Owls ahead 13-0.
Late in the second quarter
the Owls drove from their
own 28 yard line to the Crane
32. However, Crane stopped
the drive as Tony Jones re-
covered Barnes’ fumble on an
attempted pass.
Midway in the third quarter
Crane started a drive from
their own 41 which carried
!"^N*n = in When Alpine plays Marfa, and
Canutillo plays Fabens. If
Marfa wins they will be dis-
as the Short-
Pass- j 30 yard run. Neill again place-
Crane’s touchdowns came kicked the extra point
'after the Owls led 34-0 in the! In the second quarter the j tricY^cham
Owls scored on a 20 yard pass, . ,r * „ A „
Smith to Neill. The ertra | ha^e a 3-0 distort re-
. . . . , TT, , cord. Alpine is 2-1, and Canu-
point try fMctaan ran ls 2.,. It both Wne and
or a 15 yard TD before half-|canutmo
time to put the Owls ahead, ^ end in a He.
. , i The Owls play the winner
Ne 11 scored on a 15 yard : Qf 6AA £ Marfa wlns>
run in the third period. The; t have cholce
P°£ t’y,'“ ed: m , [site of the game. If Alpine
The Owls last TD came In ■ wl Big Lake will have the
the fourth quarter on a 1 yard
run by Junior Castillo. Smith
carried over for a 2-point
conversion to run the score to
40-0.
Iraan then scored two
touchdowns against the Owl
reserves. Mendoza scored on
a 1 yard carry and Hall on a
4 yard run.
Cub Scouts To Sell
Light Bulbs Nov. 13th
Kicking off the annual
light bulb sale, Cub Scouts
canvass the downtown and
residential area of the city
beginning Thursday, Nov. 13.
Proceeds are used to finance
Cub Scout projects for the
year.
West Texas Utilities fur-
nished the light bulbs at cost
to Scouts.
When calling on the public
the Scouts present their ID
cards and will sell the light
bulbs in cartons of four for
$2. Your interest in this sale
and purchasing these light
bulbs, will be appreciated.
placekicked the extra point to
make it 34-0 with 9:13 left in
the game.
Crane finally got on the
scoreboard on a 52 yard drive
as Owl reserves sprinkled the
lineup. An Andergg pass to
to the Owl 14 before it ran J Jimmy Wilson for 37 yards
out of steam following two {Put the ball on the Owl 1 yard
incomplete passes.
The Owls took over and
drove for their third tally 12
plays later. Barnes had one
run of 22 yards and passed to
tailback James Watson for 21
more in the series of plays be-
fore he ran 22 yards through
the middle on a fourth down
draw play for the TD as time
ran out in the third quarter.
Nunnally’s placekick was good
for the extra point, and the
Owls led 20-0.
Crane took the kickoff and
several plays later a short 14
yard punt went out of bounds
on the Crane 38. It took the
Owls one play to score their
next touchdown. Barnes’
screen pass to Watson was
good for a 38 yard tally.
Nunnally’s extra point place-
kick was good. The Owls led
2-0 with 10:28 left in the
game.
On the next series of plays,
Anderegg’s fumble was recov-
ered by Jay Holt and in addi-
tion Crane drew a 15 yard
penalty on the play to put the
ball on the Crane 20 yard line.
Watson carried for 13 yards
and a first down on the 7
yard line. Douglas carried off
line where fullback L. V. Ten-
nison carried over for the TD.
Tennison also placekicked the
extra point to make the score
34-7 with 5:45 left in the
game.
A short time later Nunnally
kicked a 19 yard field goal to
make the score 37-7 with
about 2 minutes left in the
game.
Crane took the kickoff on
their own 46. A pass Anderegg
to Wilson was good for 30
yards and a first down on the
Owl 24. A pass interference
penalty against the Owls gave
Crane a first down on the 1.
Tennison carried over right
tackle for the TD to make it
37-13. Tennison ran over the
2 point conversion to make
the final count 37-15.
Score by quarters:
Big Lake 6 7 7
17—37
Crane
0 0 0
15—15
Statistics
Big Lake
Crane
21
1st Downs
12
258
Yds. Rushing
51
79
Yds, Passing
132
10
Passes Attempt.
20
4
Passes Complet.
8
1 Passes Intercepted by 0
2
Fumbles lost
1
4-39
Punts, Avg.
6-28
3-21
Penalties, Yds.
7-53
choice.
Max Schneemann was the
only Owl injured in the Crane
game. He suffered tom knee
ligaments and will wear a cast
on his leg for 10 days. Work-
ing in his middle guard slot
on defense are Bob Walker
and Sammy Goodloe. Larry
Nunnally, the Owls’ placekick
specialist, has a sore knee also
and may not get to play a-
gainst Stanton.
Coach Wilburn George will
start the same lineup on of-
fense and defense as he did
last week against Crane with
the exception of Schneemann.
Walker or Goodloe will start
in his defensive position.
Stanton has a season record
of 2 wins and 7 losses. Their
season record:
Stanton 7, Tahoka 6
Stanton 14, Seagraves 46
Stanton 14, Rotan 6
Stanton 14, Coahoma 26
Stanton 6, Post 16
Stanton 20, McCamey 30
Stanton 0, Crane 45
Stanton 12, Colorado City 54
Stanton 0, Ozona 20.
* * •
The Owls’ season record:
Big Lake 49, Iraan 0
Big Lake 34, Sonora 14
Big Lake 40, Brady 14
Big Lake 51, Rankin 8
Big Lake 30, Ft. Stockton 12
Big Lake 27, Kermit 33
Big Lake 30, McCamey 0
Big Lake 36, Ozona 12
Big Lake 37, Crane 15
* • *
Reagan County Owls
10 ‘Joe Barnes QB 180
12 ‘Larry Settle WB 140
14 Harley Miller QB 150
20 Arthur Puentez HB 140
21 Mike Dolan HB 160
22 Pablo Levario HB 150
23 Hal Joyce WB 140
30 Jimmy Basham HB 140
31 Gregory Watson SE 150
40 ‘Sam Douglas FB 155
44 ‘Blake Kohutek TE 160
50 Max Schneemann C 160
51 ♦Bill Miller C 155
61 ‘Bob Walker G 195
62 David Carter G 150
64 ‘James Storey G 170
67 Larry Nunnally G 204
71 Randy Therwhanger T 203
72 Jay Holt T 220
76 * Danny Curtis T 235
77 ‘Andy Glasscock T 210
81 Sammy Goodloe E 180
87 ‘Ken Goln SE 155
80 ‘James Watson TB 170
* Probable starters.
Robin and Jeanne Schmutz-
ler and children Robin n and
Virginia, are new residents of
Big Lake, moving to 600 Main
Avenue. Schmutzler ls a field
engineer, transferred from
Miles, Montana with a crew
for the surface mapping of
Reagan County.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1969, newspaper, November 13, 1969; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615241/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.