The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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The Wildcat Offers More Than Twice ihe Circulation in Big Lake Trade Territory of Any Other Newspaper—How Does that Appeal to the Advertiser?
VOLUME I.
BIG LAKE. TEX AH. SATURDAY. MAY 22. |f>2tt
NUMBER 37
DALLAS TRADE TRIPPERS PLEASED Cap« Fo|t* In”t* cooiwg.
WITH SPIRIT SHOWN DT DID LAKE'S f
DUSINESS MEN THROUGH “EXTRA"
Special Paper Issued on That Occasion bv the Big
Ijike Wildcat Was Warmly Received by the
Big Town Visitors Who Expressed Surprise
at the Progressiveness of Our Citizens.
ADVERTISERS WERE WELL PAID FOR COOPERATION
Money Spent on This Special Edition Will Return
a Hundred-fold in Favorable Advertising for
the Town and in Awakening Out-of-Town
People to the Fact that We Are Live Wires.
C »\(UIS 1 line
BIG LAKE TO STAGE GREAT RODEO
AND FREE BARBECOE WHICH WILL
ECLIPSE ALL PREVIOUS EFFORTS
TVii «'<kI fishermen In full niullu arrived m tin- White House
with their buckets <>f oyster* umI clams am n gift t<> the r'liicf Kx-uiiv«-. and
on Invitation to make Chim* Ox) tht> nuuuut-r cupltal In tin- group. le't to
right: G. II. Kenyon: George Oahonn of Chatham, n rWhermtHi life *n\cr
and yacht captain; Cnoll.lge. anil l»uv|t| I! Philip*, fav.il In rly
known ou c’ium* c'od an “Unclf David."
All Past Celebrations Will Pale into Utter Insigni-
ficance When Compared to Monster Blowout
Planned for June 24 and 25, to Which West
Texas and the World at Large, is Invited.
GENEROUS PURSES WILL ATTRACT COWBOY ELITE
Chamber of Commerce, Together With the Liberal
Business Men of the City, Will Be Able to
Offer Purses of Such Size that We Are As-
pired of the \ er\ Best Western Performers.
There art* those in Hip Luke and
in every oilier small town in Texan
and every other slate, for thut nutt-
ier, who, while not always hard to
jar loose from a lew dollars, feel
that they are donating whatever they
give to an advertising proposition in
a live newspaper whose editor is pro-
pressive and larseeinp enouph to see
results Kecently the Wildeat put Thp MetJ|mJi>t
out a Booster Kd.t.on welcoming we<.ks* duration.
METHODIST REVIVAL
CLOSED SUNDAY IN
“BLAZE OF GLORY”
Big Lake Schools
Have Closed For
the Season of 1 ()26
Sunday Base Ball
Must Not Detract
From the Church
BIG LAKE TEACHERS
WILL BE AT LIBERTY
WITH SCHOOL’S END
revival of two1
was brought to
Ub Trade Tripp.,. Jo Hip ^' X. JL .....*■»........«
Lake. On I v one tirm annroarhed re- ... ■■ .. . 7 . . . . Ihe winding up of a most »uot
Ihe Hip Lake puhlir school.* dosed While many in fart believe Simduv
last nipht with the commencement r\- bine hall a deserration of the Sal>-
W iih the i losing of the public
m boots our truehrrs will disperse
lie
hath, since there is little if.anv other
Lake. Only one firm approached re- ^"’^‘-'“"'‘“7 "’E"1 ,,K j. binding up of a most sucre**- amusement oflered the public there j and ilinr summer var.ition* will
to take spare anti give them a t ,r®1 , U'IS __Junt tion, grctlet t ♦ fu| y).ljr’!l nork began last Sunday has been little con.plaint or objection ; *pent in variou* wav*.
ioii o lit entirt wj||t (|ie baccalaureate program iri thereto recorded in Hip lake. Prof. J O. He<-k and faniilv will
fused
and
.U«-,I U. .as. sputa ...... give nun « , conglTgati
es'taM^mient* inThcTtiwn *neeli^ .whlch c«we ,H‘arl> ■**"* « whkV rV'7- Ifr^eliSlTTcK-ii'i \l I reasonable.' thinking peo,,le! *tav in Hip Lake where he w.l
igSrSri 5 .=!: Si
Muff’ as indicated by the secretary jjV€retj j„ |,i» usual pleasing and]
forceful manner to a fair audience.
of the Trippers, it would not have
With a splendid corps of teat her*
who were ever faithful to ll>« tru*l
... .... ...}.|...r-. .. ...... ..... ...... |(,rreiul manner to a lair uudirnce.; j • ___ _ . . ... , , c
*“d "sr**.“ di.?*r; Sp- .ill ...........I - -I~.|
erue whether the town as a practical
whole welcomes such a party
whether the town’s newspaper is sup-
even, of his talk, hut suffice to *ay
he haiitllctl his subject in a master-
ful way, in eloquent language anti
ported anti hacked by its business pleasing as well as convincing man-
men. Sure, we would have created Iier Those who missed this lecture
a favorable impression had none of n,iiiw| u real treat which will hr lost
the party ever heard of the Big Lake ,u maliy uf diem forever.
Wildcat. Hut such an effort to show
the faculty well qualified for their
woik. the term just closed was prole
At .i meeting of the Climnlx-r of
Commerce Monday night n w.is de-
cided th.it Hip Lake again celebrate
thi* year with a big fief barbecue
• tod rodeo. In nrd< dial ihi* may
‘ not conflict in am way * nh the big
lodco anti West !•-*,>■ exposition!
whith will be put on at Ozonu July
l*t. 2nd .tn4 Srd, anti that our peo-
ple. many <n whom will Attend thut
event, may go it) both the dates set
lor Big Lake'* blowout were for
lhui*d.iv ami I ridax. Junt 21th and
25th.
Il w.i* the com eiisu* of opinion of
those present, ami tfiere wa* a repre-
sentative crowd of the live*i Ini*mess
men of Hip laike. dial di. time is
propitious ami condition, ideal to
pull of! the biggest event of dir kind
not felt to check the tieset ration :
of the laws of find anti man. That Lake.
there mav not Im* a decided demon- I’rof. A. < Newton, principal of
stratinn against Sunday hall playing I the Big latkr public schools, and hi* h' ld in heap.in t nunty
anti that our influence anti support i wife will remain ill Big Lake until l’ic*idrnt Haul Ifornn appointed
be given the church people and the j August when they will go to tin- old Hr. Millet arid Ur. KichardiMui with
D.™ a wdconw, put llig t*. in »n ^|y Jti MHt K,tl' a"d *• c,m"h S,,,’d',' ,l""'
it provrtl to exoe||(n| sermons delivered at any
w a*
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-r -Its. -nd Wh e ,,™e during the meeting, to which the bo|h pi|, ,ri(l tra. hers for the
are alive and not miserly. “"*•? writer was privileged to listen. . •• • ----_•— - c.-.c r _
entirely different light
the entire party that we
they were spending thousands of dot- There were
Ian to create an impression uni (0 dir churth and the meeting, while .V'"'
show this part of the state that they nw, u|| lhlll had been hoped and . ;v
really wanted to get acquainted and prayr<j for< mav J* termed a most
wanted our business, our people one.
spent $150 to show them our appre- ^h liro j)avi, aIld Bro Bishop
ciation. It was a clever piece of ad- wt,rr untiring in their labors during
vertising, worth more to the town ^ revival and they made a real
than that amount of money spent in |ram which would Ire hard to match
any other way could have been, and j,, ,h«. w<)rh. |t j, seldom the writer
let them know who are the live ones ^ so much „f lwo men that hr can
not sec something in them to criti-
cise and these shall not escape this
pleasure which is always a recom-
sher and that
putting H>g Lake on the map
Not only these Trippers, but all
others anywhere and everywhere who
would rruily hi- an asset to a com-
munity, do not pick out a town in
which to locale whose business men
give their newspaper a measly su
j reuse to this pencil pus
criticism is this: They just simply
i worked too hard und fast in thi
•UP* ' meetinK and kept
port. (>n the other hand, many seek-: suit
worked tiro hard und fast in this
meeting and kept too long hours to
mg new locations first send for th«* > chriwtiati!* would work as hard, a*
home pa|rer published in the town earnestly, a* zealously and ns eft-
in which they think of locating. If cicnlly as did these men of God. the
that be a measly “lag," half starved world would take a visible turn for
and poorly printed, they do not go q,e Iretter at once or would he de
there. stroyed as wa, Sodon and Gomorrah
The 24-page edition of the Wildcat ------------»...-----
on the occasion of the opening of the 11 t rp • I . \ |
Big I.akr Furniture Gompmiy in their LilID I SHOTS .VIOVC
new home, was also “Big League
Stuff.’’ and the outside world maile
note of (tie lad thut Big Lake mer-
chants were not only real merchants
ablv the most successful ever held , churches of the town. Mayor J. A’
in Big Lake. Moore suggests that it is the duty .is
Thursday evening the pupil* of j well as the privilege of ball fans to
Mrs. F.. W. Loftin'* music class und .ittrnd Sunday school and church in
those of the lower grade* were prr the morning and also the evening
seated in an interesting program, -ervice. After attending the ,cr\its-*
Mi** Bower, Mav will
inclined may go with impunity her home iri Man Angelo,
to the base hall game, in the after- Miss Kiltrell
noon. Luke.
A# the wrier views this matter, tbi, ......1 •
is « splendid suggestion. Mere the IU,f.t llnrn#.
writer mayor of Big Lake and had nOW^b OU< * n0fI,t
Friday evening Dr. J. D. Sandefer the authority and power vested in
president of Simmons University of him he would go one step further
Abilene, delivered the baccalaureate than the suggestion of our most hon-
rendered that much applause
rlidcd. Honor and credit i*
vileged to listen. splendid program given which is an
quite a few addition* ,|H. good work done during
home in Brownwood for a \i*it. whom he.hu* worked and will con-
Mtss Lula Marie Wales. Knglwh tmue to work, m an ijfnrt to laise
teacher, will av' to her flume in an estimated $ltM:it wlmh will Im- re
(’.eorgetown, wliere *hr received het ; quired to puri lmw luwatl, cotf»-< ,
A. B. < leg ice from 'ioulhwe*teri* 1 ni- | pirkle*, etc., requited to feed the |«eo-
versitv. j pie. LI I Ison (iarroll, who is one ol
“ " i el urn to the Im-,1 sc outs in town, w as picnenf
at home in Big
in the Palac e (iafe
i urn
practically sure that he
donated all the lieef. goals
address in a very pleasing and fort e-' orable and worthy mayor and would j After three weeks’ operation of the
ful manner. He is scholarly and make it compulsory that each and I’aiace Cafe, T. W. Smith of F«»rt
cli«|uent and on this occasion was up every person attending a ball game) Worth, resold the place to the orig-
in his usual high standard of excel on Sunday should also attend some jn„| owners and returned to hi* bu*i-
lencc. isort of religious service at least once „rw, p|crr (Smith’s Gafrl in f ort
The member* of the senior class on that day. Worth,
and their places on thr program Of course we will admit that it i* Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Rowe and G. L.
were a* follows: Miss Thelma Goon*. « urtailing our “personal lileerty" (Bum Stanley are again in < harg
valedictorian; Collin Puckett, salutu- just that one step further, hut at that 0f die I’aiace However, thing* don’t
torian; Miss Vivian Kittrrll, clas, it is already knocked into a cocked ;|,M>k the same. The kitchen has been
prophecy; Mis* Velma Coons, class hat and there is little use in dwelling removed to the hai k where a brand
poem; Bill Glasacock, class history; further on that phase of the question „,.w $:ioo Majestic range with pot
Hiram Glasscock, class will. In reality our “personal liberties and pans galore make life mor
Diplomas of promotion from the have so faded awav tfu • they are ul worth living for the chefs. And,! stated that these would lie all night
grammar school into high school most obscure. speaking of chef*, the Palace now «fL,irs i| the darners desired. Mavor
were awarded us follow*: Nona Hunt, Believe in religion or not, believe Boasts of two of the Ix-st in the busi Milton Moore wa, chosen as a*,i*t-
Dorothy Bewick. Bryant Gla,sco«4 in christianty or God, every man jn Pierson of Charlie Black ant to Manager Carroll. It will Im*
Othello Moore, Fun ice Hood, Iri* j with enough brain* to rattle on the ^,.|| ]atr 0f IVlmoiiico’s. New York * r,-«| event with nothing entertam-
Glasscock, Addie Garner and Fvelvn ; inside of a drie«l flea skin, if In* be ('j,y lllld Vk illiani Butke of the t'lifl ing left out
and was
could gel
and sheep necessary to feed two or
three thousand people. He, himself,
will give a ltee) ar.d do nil th.it any
o. t man imi vu «u ,rt..t,i at ilu- big-
gest and I»csf ever held mi the county.
He further urged the necessity far
thr whole town to work in unison
and when occasion arose., help those
behind with their work.
Il is proposed that this be a real
fctivnl where bucking bronchos wilf
1«- ridden, calf, steer and goat roping
indulged in. hull-dogging and steer
ruling, the big carnival and other
concession, entered into. In addi-
tion to this there will be a darns: plat-
form of mammoth si/r where a big
dance will Ire indulged in both nights.
Simc Mr. Carroll was selected s«
more manager of the entire festival, he
into Larger (Quarters
The
Hub Tailors have moved
hut teal wideawake business men. across Main «trect into the place
Another event which should not Im* formerly known at the Waffle House,
overlooked i* the opening alwnit the Hiey are still busy dolling things up
first of June of the Hotel Doran. Il and putting in new machinery and
i« a real evrnl and our people should indications are that they will It in
not pass it up as just a “conse- the class of rral city folk* before
qumc*That i* not the spirit they stop. They will have an Up to-
which inspires progress and confi* date shop with tire latest and l»rst
dence. Give every worth-while enter machinery on the market for dry
prise a boost when it enters the field cleaning and pressing. Watch these
and continue to boost «<> long as it columns for announcements.
remains. If you do that they will ---—....... - ♦-.............
all remain and continue to crnm to M( W1<j \\tn Wward l). Miller
Big lake. .md little granddaughter, Wanda la-
Here are three repirsentative let* „rfac *,.rr OMT from San
(f «ntin«ed on page five! Angelo ihi* si<4 visiting relatives.
McCall.
Hiese program, were all held in
the high school auditorium whi< h
w.is prettily decorated for thr oc
casion in potted plant,, bowl* of
roses and of the many varietu- of
the gorgeous wild flower* to b*- found
all over West Texas.
Floyd Shipping Sheep
to Fort Worth Market
Iai*t Sunday D. h. McMullen ship-
ped 390 sheep from Big I-ake to the
markrt at f ort Worth. These ‘wo* I
ies" were all fat and will ni.«k< in-
numerable lamb slews for the hungry
of the land.
Mesdame* I’at Sr border, Harvc
Nolen and Mis* Yirgie Ring> shop
jverl in San Angelo Saturday
holiest with himself and hi* fellow ||OUM.t ,snn Framisrri, the bitter
man, will have to admit that there oa*try took of no mean ahilitv. Ihe
i» no harm and a lot of good in it; |*rt|a«T i* now making their own pie*
that any community i* l*etler for hsv* aiMj, 0h, iM,y* ih,.y arP .ur,. .on„.
mg churches in it and that when tinw tootttsonie- dainties!
churches are regularly attended by a \
good portion of the population the
morale of that community i* bene-
fitter!.
Atteruf the base frail gullies on .'>un
day, but first attend sortie religious („un|ry.
service and you’ll Im* a Ircttcr citizen
and Big l^ike a better town in which
to live and therefore more inviting
lo the higher and nobler »las* of
citizenship.
NFW HESTAl RAM’.
So if von really want
to laugh and liavr a real good time
with a* fine a free barbecue dinner
.i* von ever went up against, this is
tin- |ila<» to get it and the time is
the 24th and 2’>th of June.
Il is proposed that we all work to-
gether for a common pood to all and
remrafel the. interior of the
lo make it second to none
f LFCTIONFFHING IOI H
urn. new silverware,
new dishe*. etc., have been adder!
and now the proprietors propose‘to that after all expenses, imluding the
ale so purses which will Im* ample to bring
in the the |»est ropers and riders in the
country here to partn ipafe, the pro-
fits. if any. go to |Im* Base Ball Park
Association to Im* used in improving
the park and securing some real win-
A. H. tiarner. candidate foi sheriff, nrr* on the team,
wa* visiting among the voters of Best.' In addition to tin- finance cortl-
Santa Hita and Texon Wedne-day mittec above named. President Paul
presenting hi* claim* and qualifies* Doran also ajipointerf J. (). Ber k and
R. v Townsend has opened a new |jon, for that oflir'e. R. I* Aearwood John llihdon as an advertising com*
restaurant next door to the Rozrman 0f Wihh at for<e, accompanied mittee. These gentlemen, like those
Drug Company. It will he known him on the trip and presented in a of the other committee, are alive to
a* the City Cafe, and Mr. Town sen* forceful wav the claims of the Wild- ibeir duties and will spread the pood
Ixspeak* a share of the public p.it , n( fnr the job printing of that por-, new* fat and wide so that all may
run age. imn of the countv. (Continued on page four)
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING MONDAY NIGHT - EVERY CITIZEN INTERESTED IN BIG LAKE SHOULD ATTEND]
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1926, newspaper, May 22, 1926; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633607/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.