The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXVII
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 18, 1962
NUMBER 42
limiAr Huilc fltul D V Christian Hallowe'en Big Lake Welcomes
«UniOr UW1S9 wWI D S Sponsored By Pastors Air Fleet Last Week
Host Ozona Tonight
A double header is sched-
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
Kern County Land Com-
pany of Midland will drill No.
1 C. H. Sugg as a 5,200-foot
Spraberry wildcat in North-'
east Reagan County, 20 miles
northeast of Big Lake
It is five miles south of the
Cope field and 1,980 feet from
east and 660 feet from south
lines of W W Chandler sur-
vey No, 42.
The Price (Grayburgi field
in South Reagan County has
drawn location for a 3/4-mile
southwest outpost as No. 1
James O. Jones of Dallas No.
1-2-49 University.
Contracted to 2,500 feet, it
is 330 feet from north and
east lines of section 2, block
49, University survey and six
] uled here this evening when! Cur Surplus program Set for
! the Junior High School Owls,(Sunday night, October 8, the
! and the high school B team, youth will participate in
, will host Ozona’s junior and seeking funds for help in
j B teams. The junior game the churches’ handling and
1 will get underway at 5:30 and distribution of America’s sur-
! the B game will follow at 7:00 plus commodities sent over-
I o’clock. j seas.
i Bad luck is still stalking The program is a further-
the Junior Owls. They failed a nee of the churches’ Chris-
I to score last Thursday | tlan Rural Overseas Program
The Big Lake Ministerial Chamber of Cmmerce Man-
Alllance In working with the oger Clyde Thrall was well
youth of the community has pleased with Big Lake s wel-
lnltiated the Christian Use of come extended to the All
Hallowe’en through a Share Texas Air Tour fleet that
landed here for a short while
on Wednesday morning of
last week.
Eldorado Junior known as CROP which sup-
against the
Eagles who stacked up 46
points. This was their fourth
game of the season, all of
which have been scoreless.
The Owl B team lost, 14-12
plies America’s surplus in
food and clothing to its mis-
sion stations. The U. S. gov-
Planes were here from all
over the country, and regis-
tered in the Reagan County
Flying Club’s log book. One
plane was from Mexico City
carrying Mr. and Mrs Wil-
liam E. Hendrick.
Other registrants included
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Burroughs,
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Greene and
Mr. and Mrs. E E. McCarthy,
all of Austin; M. B. Hacke-
Owls Open District Play
With Sanderson Eagles
City Officials Veto
State Amendment
i 100-Mile Kart Race
Sponsored By Lions
ernment supplies the surplus dorn, Mr. and Mrs C. E.
and the freight, however, the Stoneberg and Mr. and Mrs.
against the Eagle B’s. Tommy handling and distribution
Love, Owl halfback, made costs must be supplied by the
both touchdowns, one on a churches.
H. E. Parrish of Houston;
Harland Tibbitts and Jack
Hart of San Antonio; Harold
4C-yard run, and the other on
a 6 yard This team now has
a 3-2 record for the season.
After the games tonight,
three more games remain on
the Junior Owls’ schedule,
and two more for the B team.
Mrs. Cox's Sister
In a community effort by
the young people more Chris-
tians may be made aware of
the important work of the
church to offer a part in giv-
ing at this time.
It is hoped that the parti-
cipation of the young people
will be made easier by each
resident offering help in a
spirit of Hallowe’en treating
for the churches’ overseas
mission stations
Five cents
Daily, statewide concern
has been printed and ex-
pressed in other mediums on
the proposed Amendment No
14 to the State Constitution
which has been named the
Trial de Novo. In last week’s
City Council meeting Mayor been set at $10.00. There will
Ralph Duesing and the coun- be no admission charge for
cil unanimously voted to en- spectators,
dorse its defeat. Trophies will be awarded
They were in agreement for first, second and third
that the citizens of Reagan places in each of the classes
Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. R. ]County should be urged to entered which will include A
F. Pence of Fort Worth; Mr.] vote against an amendment Bushing, A Sportsman, A
and Mrs. George Morgan, Mr that if made effective, would Standard Box Stock, A Stand-
and Mrs. Frank McClendon, place matters that are purely ard Modified Stock, A Super
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Morey administrative into the hands B Standard, B Super and C
and Eddie Burroughs, all of of the courts. Amendment 14,
Dallas; | they state, Is contrary to a
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Madewell basic principle of our Amer-
and W. C. Hughes, Palestine; ican government; namely, to
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson, maintain a balance between
Medina; Mr. and Mrs. Don our executive, legislative and
Mitchell, Mineral Wells; Rob- judicial branches,
ert L. Gilbert, Robstown; Mr 1 Unless defeated, the
and Mrs. Don Curtis, Bryan; amendment will grant the
unlimited and
Reagan County Owls of Big
Lake will open District 8-A
football play against the San-
derson Eagles tomorrow night
in Sanderson. Game time is
7:30 p. m., and Owl football
fans should take note that all
the remaining Owl district
games start at 7:30.
As the Owls begin quest of
the District 8-A title, they
The Reagan County Lions
Club will sponsor Big Lake’s
first annual 100-mile Kart
Street Race, scheduled for
Veterans Day, Sunday after-
noon, Nov. 11, beginning at .
2:00 o’clock. Entry fee has W1 be strong favorites in this
game and are sporting a 5-0
season record. They knocked
over the big Stanton Buffa-
loes 28-6 last Friday night in
Stanton, and have won over
Marfa 40-22, McCamey 32-6,
Sonora 14-13 and Coahoma
18-6
Sanderson has a light, fast
ball club and will certainly be
no push-over as shown by a
26-22 victory over Marfa in
their season’s opener. Since
... stand’ a1™*, then the Eagles defeated Al-
with the starting and finish- pine 34.22; and haw ,ost
Class.
The
judges’
miles southeast of Big Lake.
During the last week four,^ |n JVIonohanS
new producers have been1
completed in Reagan County j Funeral services for Mrs p.ve ccn*. wm eleht
BTA Oil Producers of Mid-, Emmett Brown, 66. of Mona- hun„ry children a cup of milk Mr and Mrs BiU Smld' Edin' Legislature
---------------------for a month, 25 cents will give bnrg; Mr and Mrs Jack P unprecedented control over
10 children bread and milk
every day for a month, and
$1 will give 13 children a cup
Church, with the pastor, the 0f each day for a year or
Rev. Ray Baker, officiating. d will provide over 400
Mrs. Brown, a former Big pounds 0f food f0r distribu-
Lake resident, died last Fri- tlon contributors in 1961
day in the Ward Memorial
land finished No. 2 Loftin for
a daily pumping potential of
227 barrels of 40 5-gravity oil
in 24 hours from pay at 5,760-
7,268 feet after 500 gallons of
acid and 50.000 gallons of
fracture fluid.
The well is 12 miles north
of Big Lake and 990 feet from
north and east lines of sec-
tion 1,211, D&SE survey, ab-
stract No. 116, and in the
Spraberry Trend Area.
In the Price (Grayburgi
field, six miles southeast of
Big Lake. Lipan Oil Company
of San Angelo completed No.
12 J W. Young for a dally po-
tential of 83 barrels of 38-
gravity oil, plus 20 per cent
water, pumping 24 hours from
perforations between 2,423-25
feet; 2,432-34 feet and 2.444-
46 feet.
Those intervals had been
treated with 500 gallons of
acid.
The new producer is 330
feet from north and 4,620 feet
from east lines of section 2,
C&MRR survey.
Also in the Price (Gray-
burg) area and six miles
southeast of Big Lake, Lipan
completed No. 3 J. W Young
for a daily production of 78
barrels of 38-gravity oil,
pumping from five feet of
open hole at 2,510-15 feet.
No information was im-
mediately available regarding
amount of water produced
with the oil or concerning the
method used to stimulate the
pay prior to the completion.
It was 660 feet from north
and 3,300 feet from east lines
of section 2, C&MRR survey.
Ralph Pembrook of Big
Lake completed No. 1 Carr as
a stepout from production in
the John Scott (Grayburgi
field in Southeast Reagan
County, three miles northeast
of Big Lake.
On the potential test it
pumped 21 barrels of 32-grav-
ity oil, plus 52 per cent water
in 24 hours from perforations
at 2,828-36 feet, after a 15,000-
gallon fracture.
The location is 330 feet
from south and 1,650 feet —
from east lines of section 11,
HE&WT survey.
hans, sister of Mrs. W. T. Cox
of Big Lake, were held Sun-
day afternoon in Monahans
at the First Methodist
McKinne, Corsicana; Mr and
Mrs. L. K. Long, Irving; Mr
Willis N. Clark. Miami; Mr
and Mrs. A. G. Thompson,
administrative functions of
cities, counties, school boards
water groups, hospital dis-
tricts and state agencies. It
ing post will be located in ;thelr la5t three gan Fell
front of the Reagan County of Del Rio 28.0 Brackettville
High School on 12th Street. 20_0 and last night to
------— ------| Van Horn 21-0, giving them a
2-3 won-lost record.
In the Owl-Stanton game
last Friday night, 1 Tommy
Franklin, big Owl fullback,
and impletation by any fu
ture legislature will mean
‘‘the end of local self-govern-
ment.”
Decisions of any govern-
mental unit including school
boards, county commission-
to “Give us
1 lor destitute
people in 29
made possible the distribu-
Hospltal. She had been ill for of 71,282.050 pounds of
the past 10 years. The former gurphjg food valued at $3,855,_
Miss Iris Maurine Meaders of This food was an answer
Ballinger, she was a member
of a pioneer family of that
clty , . , . . . j countries.
Survivors include her hus- _ J ... .
band; four sons, William Lee! Thls was :nade PO“>ble by
Stuart and Jack Stuart, both,"lore and more communities
of Houston, Luther Stuart 0f! becQmfng aware o the great
Austin and Doc Stuart of|n‘lssion work of the church
I they support.
Hamilton; ; will subject their actions and ers, city councils, hospital or
Mr and Mrs. Carl T. Wa- orders, even those of a minor water districts, even on such
terman, South Holland, 111.; nature, to litigation in courts matters as teachers’ pay,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arthur, Mr. tor a "trial de novo” or “new where to locate a county road
and Mrs. Bill Horton and trial”. or who will pave a city street
Robert Webb, Antiock, 111.; Gordon Thrall, recently ap- will be in jeopardy if the
Mr. and Mrs A T Galt’ Jr ’ P°lntecl county attorney, amendment passes, McCall
our "dally bread” and Mr and Mrs G ® Davis, joins the City Council in its said. Local decisions couldn’t
Rengwood. 111.; Frank Bertel- opinion, stating that “it de- be effected while litigation is
li, Springfield, 111.; Joseph stroys one of the fundament- pending or on appeal.
Justen, Richmond, 111.; Mr a) principles of government— The amendment has drawn
and Mrs. Robert German and balance of power between the strong opposition from
executive, legislative and ju- and county officials, school
cjicia! branches of
Pampa; two stepsons, Lester]
Brown of Henderson and
John Brown of Shreveport,
La,;one sister, Mrs. Cox; 12
grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Mr Cox accompanied Mrs
Cox to Monahans upon the
death of her sister. Also at-
tending the funeral from
here were Mrs. H. C. Pepper
and Mrs. C. H. Midgley, also
from a pioneer Ballinger
iamily.
Death Claims Sister
Of Big Lake Resident
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thomas
Wyoming, 111.; Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Mayborn, Dekalb, 111.;
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W
Springer. Indianapolis, Ind.;
Peter Bukoff. South Bend,
Ind.; Clarence J. Aprill, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. V.
M. Spencer and Glenn Mer-
govern-
ment. It would take away re-
sponsibilities from city, coun-
ty and state agencies and
boards that are trained and
qualified and bog down court
process.”
In layman's language the
How Reagan Owl
Opponents Fared ...
Here is how upcoming op-
ponents of the Reagan Coun-
ty Owls fared last week in
their games:
Van Horn 21, Sanderson 0
McCamey 27, Rankin 12
Alpine 28, Iraan 6
Ozona 14, Robert Lee 0
Eldorado 0, Junction 0 (tie)
Funeral services for Mrs. J
L. McDavid, 87, of Abilene,
sister of N. W. Hickman of
Big Lake, will be held this
afternoon at 3:30 in Abilene.
Mrs. McDavid, who had been
critically ill for the past four
weeks, died yesterday morn-
ing in an Abilene hospital.
cer, Wixom, Mich.; Mr. and proposed Amendment
Mrs. E. J. Monnier, Plymouth,
Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy N
Simmons, Abilene, Kan.; and
Paul Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio
means that a decision reach-
ed by a local city, county, or
state agency or board may be
appealed to the city, county
authorities, attorneys and
many others, particularly in
rural areas, McCall said.
The amendment appears
innocently on the ballot as
"granting the Legislature
power to provide trial de novo
on appeals from actions, rul- gained
ings or decisions of adminis-
trative agencies of govern-
ment.”
led the scoring charge with
three touchdowns, with the
Owl line and team as'a whole
putting forth its best effort of
the season thus far. Owl
blocking and defense looked
good all the way against the
heavier Buffaloes. •
The Owls scored in the first
quarter on a 63 yard drive in
eight plays with Franklin
driving into the end zone
from 1 yard out. Mike Holmes’
pass try for the extra point
was incomplete. Monte Nevills
city dad gajned possession of the
ball for the Owls with a pass
interception on the Owl 37-
yard marker.
Early in the second period
the Owls counted again with
Franklin carrying- oyer from
the 13 yard line to climax a
66-yard drive. The Owls had
possession for this
march following a Stanton
punt that, rolled dead on the
, Owl 34. This second drive
Supreme Court Judg® consumed seven plays.
FAMBROUGIIS RETIRE
NEAR FISHING SITE
L.
Meade F. Griffin has pointed hit _n(, T,.hm,v
or state courts by an individ- cut that this simple wording Holmes hit 601 Johniiy Ho
ual or a group, for a new trial would' ward Wlth a pass for the
, . , , —v. t.w. ^ pass lor the ex
change “our funda- tra 2 nninter
or hearing. No evidence may mental concept of a democra-1 * 7
Mr. Hickman is the only one, pany effective October 1 and reached. t0 nrevent one branch from yards The run‘try for extra
remaining of a large family, j,aH purchased a summer cot-, Ab„„ McCa„ Wa«,,' SS CSl r , i»">*
of sons and daughters of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hick-
man of Marlin. Mr. McDavid
passed away about two years;
tage at Council Creek near
Burnet for future fishing ac-
tivities. He and Mrs. Fam-
brough have resided in Big
ago, and she is survived by j Lake the past eighteen
1
This Week’s Games
Big Lake at Sanderson
Iraan at Ozona
Rankin at Eldorado
one son and two daughters
Mr Hickman, who is 81
years of age, still remains in
the Reagan Memorial Hospi-
tal where he has been a resi-
I dent patient for several years.
I He has been living in Reagan
| County for more than 50
I years.
months.
They were transferred here
after an eighteen year resi-
dency in McCamey.
president of Baylor Univer-
sity, has been named to head
a statewide committee oppos-
ing the trial de novo amend-
ment, which appears last on
the ballot.
McCall said mis week that
passage of the amendment
Lions Club Candy Day
Set For October 22
22, has been
Lions Club
has been an-
Dwain Carr.
w . WCUV wen- uuunv a wivvti
north of Big Lake, John L. er_jn_iaw and sister, Mr. and chairman of the club’s an-
Cox of Midland finished No.;Mrs Charles Ward of Wichita Inual project. Proceeds will be
1-C Hughes Estate in the pauSi and Mr Boone’s broth- used to support the club’s lo-
Monday, Oct.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.1 designated as
H. Boone for several days last’ Candy Day, it
In Central Reagan, 10 miles Week were Mr. Boone’s broth- ■ nounced by
Tipper flintiPck
says .
Spraberry Trend Area for a er and sister-in-law, Mr. and
daily potential of 226 barrels Mrs g g petree of Los An-
of 38-gravity oil, flowing geles> Calif.
through a 16/64-inch choke, j___
The production was from;
perforation at 7,161-7,262 feet; Classified Ads Get Results!
which had been fractured j
, with 30,000 gallons. Gas-oil and 2,000 feet from west lines
ratio was 725-1. [of section 1,210, block C, D&-
It is 660 feet from north' SE survey.
cal humanitarian program.
This drive is a part of a Tex-
as-wide fund raising cam-
paign in which members of
more than 800 clubs over the
state will be standing on
main intersections holding
canisters ready to receive vol-
untary contributions in ex-
change for rolls of candy.
"Never point your gun
at one you've befriended,
for if it goes off—
your friendship is ended!
THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION ..ache.
#
l shooting safety J
tator of the other two.”
He said that de novo ap-
peals, such as would be auth-
orized by Amendment 14,
would put Texas courts ten
years behind in their dockets
and cost taxpayers millions of
dollars each year.
Absentee Balloting
Started This Week
1
Sorority To Finance
Charitable Projects
Franklin’s third score came
i in the third quarter on a 39-
| yard gallop behind fine Owl
blocking, and the Buffaloes
failed to lay a hand on him
Holmes passed again to Ho-
ward for the extra 2 points.
Stanton drove to the Owl 6-
inch line in the fourth but
the Owl defense held and
| took over on downs. The Owls
rolled the length of the field
on their next scoring thrust,
with Holmes hitting halfback
Charles Millwee with about a
10-yard pass and Millwee go-
ing the rest of the way, the
| play covering 43 yards,
the, Holmes’ pass for extra
f°r 1 point was incomplete.
Besides Franklin and
Holmes, Millwee had a num-
i Absentee voting for
General Election, slated
Nov. 6, got underway on Wed- \
inesday of this week, and will, Holmes> MUlwee nud a ______
end Nov. 2, it has been learn- j ber of fine runs against stan-
ed from County Clerk Rich-
Members of Omicron Upsi
Ion Chapter of Beta Sigma ard Spnngstun.
Phi voted to sell Christmas Local certified names ap-
corsages to raise funds to fin- pearing on the ballots include
ance their charitable projects those of S. E. Stout, Jr. for
for the year. They met Mon-! county judge; Richard T.
day evening in the ranch | Springstun, county and dis-
home of the chapter presi-]trict clerk; Gordon F. Thrall,
j ton. Bill Shields led the Owls’
j good defensive effort.
First downs were 20 for the
Owls to 13 for Stanton.
dent, Mrs. Johnny Rankin.
Mrs. Beth Molhusen was in-
cluded as a guest, and mem-
bers present were Mesdames
Lawson Hendrix, Don Young,
Jack Vail, James Tuggle, C.
B. Campbell and Rankin.
Trade At Heme And Save!
county attorney; Mrs. Lula
G. Cartwright, county treas-
urer; John R. Daugherty,
commissioner, Precinct 2;
Japson Pettit, commissioner,
Precinct 4; Harold Gardner
justice of the peace, Precinct
2; and Frankie Delz, justice
of the peace, Precinct 1.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
DEATHS
IN REAGAN COUNTY
1957 ................ 7
1958 ................ 2
1959 ................ I
1960 ................. 2
1961 ................. 2
1962 ................. 1
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1962, newspaper, October 18, 1962; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657396/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.