The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXXIV
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 28, 1959
NUMBER 22
Moving To Dallas After 34 Years Co,c1c#mmi,!ees
{Formulating Plans
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bird of West Texas from Ponca City,
Texon are retiring after 34 Okla.
years of oil field life and are
moving to Dallas where they and
have purchased a home at
George Bird of the Navy is
stationed at Key West, Fla.,
The Birds have three sons and also has three children.
The other son, Clifford, Navy
one daughter, all of
whom attended the Texon el- veteran, is a civil service em-
7319 Holly Hill Drive. Mr. Bird ementary school and later ployee in the Dallas post of-
began work in June 1925 for graduated from Reagan j fice. The Birds’ daughter,
the Big Lake Oil Co., a sub-1 County High School in Big Mrs. Cleo Morris, lives in Dal-
Lake. The sons saw duty dur-
ing World War II, two of
by the parent company. The them making careers of the
Birds recall that the oil camp service Lt Col Bird of the j in their new home in Dajlas
of Texon, established for the;
county’s discovery field which! Army ls stationed at Jack- Mi. and Mrs. Bird plan to
opened in 1923, was still in its j sonville, Fla. He has t h r e e j take an extended leisurely
infancy when they arrived in I children. Lt. Commander I trip to the West Coast.
sidiary of Plymouth Oil Co.
that has since been absorbed
las with her husband and
four children.
Later after getting settled
Former RCHS Student Latest Oil News Resident's Crmdson
Will Get B. S. Degree In Big Lake Area ... Sul Rcss Gradate
Jackie Dale Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Stewart of
Eig Lake, will receive the
bachelor of science degree in
geology from Lamar State
College of Technology at
Beaumont on Saturday, May
30. His parents and his broth- {
er, Jerry Lee, will go to Beau- i
mont for the occasion.
Formerly of Texon, Stewart!
attended the school there and
later Reagan County High
School. Before completing the
local school, his parents were;
transferred to Benedum Field;
and he attended the Rankin1
High School, graduating j
there in 1951 as valedictorian
of his class. He was captain
of the basketball team, and
was voted as the best all j
round student.
A job is waiting for Stewart
upon his graduation. Effec-
tive June 1, he will begin his
duties as geophysicist for the
Texaco Company in Houston.
He is married, and while he
has been in college his wife
has been engaged in secre-
tarial work.
Newcomers to Big Lake in-
clude Mr. and Mrs. Murl Se-
walt and sons, Ray, 19, and
Bubba, 17, of Brownwood. Mr.
Sewalt is employed by Pool
& Gerlich Drilling. Ray, who
is attending San Angelo Col-
lege, will join his family here
at the close of school.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week The Big Lake
Wildcat, in cooperation
with the Shooting Star
Drive-In Theatre, will
give to regular mail
subscribers, two tickets.
This week’s tickets go to
Dr. and Mrs.
E. B. Jones
To See
“GIDGET”
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
at the Shooting Star
(Tickets Good For This
Attraction Only)
You must be on The
Wildcat Subscription
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Tickets—Subscribe Now!
(Tear out and present
at Theatre Box Office)
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
Pan American Petroleum
Corporation was making hole
below 10,631 feet in lime and
shale in No. 6-B Proctor,
Northwest Reagan County
wildcat, after a drillstem test
in the Strawn developed
shows of oil and gas.
Cpen one hour and 30 min-
utes, the test was over the in-
terval from 10,465 to 10,500
feet. Recovery was a full
string of gas, 390 feet of
slightly gas-cut mud and 60
feet of slightly oil and gas cut
mud. Flowing pressure was
328 pounds, and shut-in pres-
sure was not recorded. The
Strawn was topped at 10,460
feet.
Location is 2,018 feet from
south and 660 feet from east
lines of section 23, block 37,
T-5-S, T&P survey.
Phillips Petroleum Com-
pany will plug back to 8,200
feet for completion attempt
in the Dean sand in No. 1
Phillips-Southland Royalty
Jackson Hughes, former El-
lenburger producer in the
Stiles (Ellenburger and Fus-
selman) field in Central Rea-
gan County.
If the project finals as a
producer from the Dean, it
will be a discovery of a new
pay for the area.
Location is 660 feet from
south and 3,088 feet from
most westerly east line of J.
W. Bronson survey No. 2, four
miles southeast of Stiles.
Rutter & Wilbanks Broth-
ers No. 1 Watkins, outpost to
production in the Centralia
Draw (Spraberry) field in
Southwest Reagan County,
was making hole below 3,325
feet in lime and shale.
Drillsite is 6,631 feet from
north and 6,245 feet from
east lines of Andrew Roach
survey, certificate 29, 8 1/2
miles north of Texon.
Amerada Petroleum Cor-
poration No. 46-B Aldwell
project in the Spraberry
Trend area field 12 1/2 miles
southeast of Midkiff, was
digging below 6,435 feet in
lime and shale on last report.
Location is 1,329 feet from
south and 1,329 feet from
west lines of section 46, block
C, L&SV survey.
Robert F reeman, grandson
of Mrs. Frances Tolson of Big
Lake was among the grad-
uates receiving bachelor of
arts degrees at Sul Ross last
The first of a number of
committees of the Big Lake
[ Chamber of Commerce has
been appointed and plans for
meeting early next week are
being formed.
The board of directors of
the Chamber last week nam-
d Aubrey Edwards to head
the Retail Merchants com-
mittee which is composed of
1C local retailers.
The complete committee
besides Edwards includes
Rudy Winchester, manager of
C. G. Morrison Co.; Jimmy
Martin of Martin's Depart-
ment store; George Cheat-
ham, owner of Cheatham’s
Grocery; Raymond Lee, man-
ger of Lucky Dollar Grocery;
Wayne Jordan, manager of
Food Mart Grocery, and:
Lena Chaffin, manager of
the Retail Merchants Assoc-
iation; Ralph Plumlee, owner
of Plumlee’s Hardware;
Charles Shafer, owner of
Home Supply; Kelly King,
owner of King Cleaners; B. A.
Davis, owner of Davis Laun-
dry; Bob Word, owner of
Word Furniture; R. E. Rogers,
owner of People’s Drug; A. C.
i Ilamil, owner of Hamil’s
Humble Service; L. L. Colvin,
I owner of Colvin’s Jewelry;
1 Seth Stout, owner of the Rial-
to and Shooting Star Thea-
tres; and Wilson Loftin,
partner in New Era Cosden
Service.
Edwards said today he hop-
ed to be able to get the com-
mittee together early next
week, possibly on Tuesday
night.
At the last board meeting
i Thursday night the group
heard from Ralph Duncan,
manager of the Community
i Services department of the
West Texas Chamber of Com-
| mcrce.
Flans for a community j
clinic were discussed. It is {
hoped the clinic may be held
in mid or late June.
Robert Freeman
Sunday. He majored in indus-
trial arts. Freeman is the 22-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Freeman of Todd Field
in Crockett County, and is a
great grandson of Dr. E. O.
Deal of Mertzon. A graduate
of Ozona High School, he at-
tended the Big Lake Elemen-
tary School in his early pub-
lic school years.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman and
their younger son, Jimmy,
who will be a junior in Ozona
High School next fall, and
j Mrs. Tolson went to Alpine
! to attend the commencement
! exercises.
1 -
Funeral Held Sunday
For Mrs. Lula White
Mrs. Lula Cotter White, 59,
mother of Mrs. Aubrey Ed-
wards of Big Lake, died last
Friday night in the Brewster
Memorial Hospital in Alpine
after an illness of two
months. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon in
that city.
Mrs. White was in the
teaching profession, and was
teaching at Morenci, Ariz.
when she became ill. She was
a native of Alpine.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. James Markl
of Roswell and Mrs. Edwards
of Big Lake; one son, Bill
White of Almagordo, N. M.;
and six grandchildren which
include Dan and Mark Ed-
wards of Big Lake.
Local friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards attending the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J.
: O. Lusby and Mrs. John Holt.
! Mr. Edwards’ sister, Mrs. H.
G. McGhee of Big Lake also
i attended the funeral.
Death Claims Father
0! Big Lake Woman
Funeral services for John
William Mackey, 87, of San
Angelo, father of Mrs. F. A.
Garrett of Big Lake, wfere
held yesterday in that city.
He passed away Monday
afternoon at his home.
Born in Fayetteville, Ark.,
Mr. Mackey was a longtime
employee of a highway con-
struction company.
Survivors include three
daughters, four sons, three
brothers, 19 grandchildren, 26
great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
Huffman-Walker
Rites Announced
Announcement has been
made of the engagement and
approaching marriage of Miss
Georgia Ann Huffman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Huffman of Terrell,
to Robert F. Walker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gay Walker,
former Big Lake residents
now living in Donna. The
wedding has been set for July
1 in the First Presbyterian
Church in Terrell.
Miss Huffman is attending
the St. Paul School of Nurs-
ing in Dallas. Walker who is
a graduate from Reagan
County High School, is em-
ployed in Dallas and is at-
tending Arlington State Col-
lege at Arlington.
Big Lake Woman Dies
Last Sunday Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. j
Eldon R. Brown, 32, of Big
Lake were held Monday
afternoon at the First Baptist
Church at Merkel and burial
followed in the cemetery of
that city. Officiating was
Mrs. Brown’s pastor, Rev. Roy
Massey, pastor of the Bethel
Baptist Church in Big Lake.
The Bethel Church choir, led
by D. E. Ragland, presented
the music.
Mrs. Brown passed away
last Sunday morning at 4:45
at Timberlawn Hospital in
Dallas. Suffering a serious
heart ailment for the past
five years, she had been in a
critical condition for two
months.
A resident of Big Lake for
six years, she was the former
Miss Rena Dean before her
marriage. She and Mr. Brown
had one daughter, Gale, 11
years old. Mr. Brown is em-
ployed by the Atlantic Refin-
ing Co.
Survivors other than her
husband and daughter are
her father, E. M. Dean of Ab-
ilene, six sisters and one
brother.
Pallbearers were Clayton
Henderson, Buster Runyan,
Wanne Whitley, Henry Settle
and Tom Everidge, all of Big
Lake, and Comer Lyles of
Canyon.
A large group of Big Lake;
friends attended the funeral.
Other than those named
above, they include Mesdames j
Roy Massey, Wayne Whitley, I
Henry Settle, Tom Everidge, J
Clayton Henderson, Jack
Roach, W. E. Routh, Bill
Scoggins, Geneva Scoggins,
Leroy Bullard, L. E. Harper,
Mildred Luxton, Edna Daven-
port, W. W. Watkins, R. S.
Meroney, Geo. D. Alexander,
R. G. Taylor, Tom Aly, Vick
Atwood, Allen Newcomb and
D. E. Ragland.
Messrs and Mesdames Alvis
Newman, C. S. Scoggins, C. E.
Chick, Paul Wilburn and
children, Homer Hensley and
daughter, and George Mag-
nor; Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Ben-
net; and Messrs J. K. Bolen
and Lyndal Emert.
IS TRANSFERRED
Jonh Mills, senior resident
engineer of the Texas State
Highway * Department who
had been located in Big Lake
for the past 18 months, is
being transferred to San An-J
gelo. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have)
a small daughter, Kathy [
Jane.
Thirty - Eight Receive
High School Diplomas
KARIV1AN WEATHERBY
Valedictorian
PATSY NEWMAN
Salutatorian
Texon Young Man To
Receive B. S. Degree
Danny Newbrough, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Newbrough
of Texon, will receive the
bachelor of science degree
from the University of Texas
in that institution’s com-
mencement exercises held on
June 6. Newbrough, a 1954
graduate from Reagan Coun-
ty High School, majored in
nuclear physics at the un-
iversity.
Guests over the week end
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Chick
and Janet, were the Chick’s
two sons and members of
their families. They were
Arthur Chick and three
children, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Chick and daughter, all
of Odessa.
Double honors came to
Karman Weatherby last Fri-
day night at Reagan County
High School’s commencement
exercises when he was named
valedictorian of this spring’s
graduating class of 38, and
was presented with the an-
nual Ralph O’Bryan athletic
award. Weatherby’s four-
year high school scholastic
average was 96.27. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Theron Wea-
therby.
Crowding Weatherby for
top honors was Patsy New-
man who had a four-year
average of 96.12 for saluta-
torian honors. She is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
vis Newman.
Others among the top ten
graduates were Wayne Herr-
man with an average of 95.37;
Joe Beekman, 94.92; Julie
Simmons, 94.59; Arthur Stiles,
93.92; Ricky Darling, 93.90;
Glenda Link, 92.95; Chuck
Nichols, 92.79; and Richard
Logan, 92.15.
Completing the list of grad-
uates are Claude Adams,
Lynda Andrews, Bruce Ash-
craft, Carolyn Becknell, Teed
Boyd, Arthur Caldwell, Rich-
ard Davis, Martha Dolan,
Diann Dorsey, Virginia Dor-
sey, John Edgar, Jimmy
Evans, Jerry Fleetwood, Jim-
my Freeman, Ronald Grimes,
Kenn Hays, Joe Lee Kosel,
Friscilla Livingston, Mildred
Loftin, Ronnie Merrifield,
Sherrie Nunn, Grabiel Pena,
Bobby Pyeatt, Joe Ray, Jim-
my Taylor, Gerald Thompson,
Edra Ann Walls and Jean-
ette Weatherby.
The majority of the grad-
uates went on the senior trip
that got underway about
midnight by chartered bus
bound for New Orleans. They
are expected home about 7:30
Friday evening. Accompany-
ing the group were Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Havenhill, Mr.
and Mrs. Mort Moriarty, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs Herrman.
Immediately before taking
off on their trip, the seniors
were feted with a breakfast
at the school cafeteria by the
parents. The meal was pre-
pared by Jeff Kelly.
Mrs. Juanita Campbell of
Brownwood was a guest last
week end in the home of her
sister and family, Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Swanzy, Mrs. Shir-
ley Miller and Tommy.
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW — Local youngsters who were photographed earlier this
year are being featured in this newspaper for the next several weeks. Ages of the chil-
dren are listed as of the time the pictures were made.
Top row: The two girls on the left are four-year-old Lenis and nine-year-old Roberta,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. McClymonds. The girl on the right is four-year-old
Shryl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Schneemann, Jr. Bottom row: On the left are the
two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jones. They are four-year-old Waynette and four-
month-old Deona Kay. To the right is James Cecil Robertson, six-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Robertson.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1959, newspaper, May 28, 1959; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656851/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.