The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1954 Page: 4 of 10
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THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE. REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
JANUARY 1, 1H4
Texon Party Line
By Mrs. Flo Womack
Telephone 57J
Mr and Mrs J. T Elmore spent
the Christmas holidays In KUleen
with Mr Elmore's mother, Mrs. J :
T. Elmore, Sr., and family
Christmas dinner guests with
Mr and Mrs J. O Adams and Shir
ley were Mr and Mrs George Fell
and sons, Roy, Corky and Ernie.
Mr and Mrs. O V Fell and Pat of ]
San Angelo, Billy and Jimmy
Adams of Brownfield, Mr and Mrs
Fred Hasty and son of Tenn,. Mr |
and Mrs. Ted Qeorge and daugh-
Bar- I
had Christmas dinner with Mr and
Mrs Albert Mow of Big Lake.
Richard Boggs drove to A&M
College at College 8tatlon and
brought Gene Clay Mills and some
of the other boys back home for
the holidays
Home to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mr and Mrs B F
Bowen was their daughter and
ramlly, Mr and Mrs J E. Gray of
Slaton Also visiting was Mrs Bow-
en's sister, Mr and Mrs. Elmer
relatives on Dee 17 thru 24 was
Mrs John Emerson Mr and Mrs
f John Emerson and Vonda and Jer-
ry spent Christmas holidays with
Mr Emerson’s mother, Mrs. Bertha
Emerson of Georgetown Also go-
ing with the Emersons were Mr
and Mrs R 8. Salyer and Franctne
who visited with Mr Salyer's fath-
i er and brother
Mr and Mrs. J A. Flynn visited
Mike
their
Cindy Lou, to
with them Patsy
11 in Fort Worth over the Christmas
| holidays with her parents, Mr and
Mrs Walter Tharp and brother. Mr
i and Mrs T J Tharp Returning
home they visited in Breckenrtdge
| with his nephew, Mr and Mrs. Ben
| A Flynn, and In Albany with his
j brother. Mr and Mrs Jack Flynn
I and in Ballinger they visited with
| another brother. Mr and Mrs Ben
ter of Midland. Mr and Mrs Bar I comes of Duncan, Oklahoma |R Flynn
ney Bnsley and children of Texon, Mr and Mrs Tessier and
Mr and Mrs Merle Tournade of baby of Carbbad N M werf home
Midland The group had their; t0 3pend Wednesday wlth Mr and
Christmas party Christmas Eve Mrs Cotton Calhoun They took
and exchanged gifts at the Adams Sandra home and spent the Christ-
homc ! mas holidays with their father in
Jack Harris Is spending the' Roswell, New Mexico
Christmas holidays with his father I Mr and Mrs c u Cook had her
and grandparents ta Van Horn He brother Mr and Mrs j p S(,ntcr
» of Plalnvlew visiting with them
j over the holidays.
Holiday guests with Mr. and Mrs
; Guy Day was their son, Melvin Day
home from Forbes Air Force Field,
, Topeka, Kansas. Mr and Mrs Day
i took him to Abilene Saturday to
~ I meet a friend and return back with
him Mrs Day's niece, Mr and Mrs
recently got a 7-polnt deer on a
hunting trip on the Dan Murrah
Ranch near Pandale
Mr. and Mrs. W A. Mow of Fort
Worth were here for the Christmas
holidays with Mr and Mrs F L.
Blocker The Blockers and Mows
Jlrarr
tlruspmty
Sappinras
l. f Greet V
Happy
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Teele’s Beauty Shop
La art Lee
Buddy Perry of Durant. Oklahoma
have been visiting with them The
Days took them to Midland for
supper at the Ranch House on
Tuesday evening.
Mr and Mrs Frankie Dels and
son have been visiting her parents,
Mr and Mrs Clarence McLeod In
Pontotoc for the Christmas holi-
days They attended the funeral
services of her uncle. Bud McLeod,
in Llano on Monday.
Visiting with Mr and Mrs Fred
Deli for Christmas dinner were Mr
and Mrs C W Henderson and
family and Mr and Mrs Andy Dil-
lard and family all of
(daughters» Mr and Mrs
Oarrison and daughter of Iraan.
Master. Sgt and Mrs Cecil Deli
and children of Chandler, Arizona.
Mr and Mrs Frankie Deli and son
, of Ti**An
Mr and Mrs A L Denton and
> daughter. Ann, spent the Christ-
mas holidays in Gorman visiting
their parents, Mr and Mrs A N
Turner and Mr and Mrs. Charlie
Denton
Burke Isbell and his wife are
home ;o spend the Christmas holi-
days with Mr and Mrs J W Eanes
Mrs Banes' sister and husband.
Mr and Mrs Frank Harlan of Ker-
mlt, stopped by and visited with
them for awhile
Visiting with Mr and Mrs L B
Davis and Mr and Mrs L D Gard-
ner was Mr and Mrs Thomas Ma-
son of Coleman and Mr and Mrs
J Z Mason also of Coleman for the
Christmas holidays Arriving Sun-
Hurry Fowler Is home to spend
the holidays with his parents. Mr
and Mrs C. O. Fowler and broth-
ers. Bum and BUI and their fam-
ilies Hr visited In Monahans with
Bill Fowler and family on Christ- ' daughter
C Schlogal and daughter, Trudy two daughters of Kilgore, Mr and ( their son, Mr and Mrs
Gayle of Ann Arbor. Mich., Mrs 1 Mrs Leeroy 8prayberry from No- Adams They brought home
Emma Hamilton of Sonora. Oscar 1 trees and Mr and Mrs R R i granddauj[hter,
Wright, also of Sonora, Mrs. f,ur- 1 Thompson, daughter Sondra and'
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daughter Linda, Mr and Mrs. j berly ; th* ***
Claude Hlggenbotham of Midland, j Mr and Mrs W W Whitehead Mr and Mrs O. E. Goble visited
Mr and Mrs Mark Wilkinson of visited the week end before Christ- ln
Sherwood, her parents I mas In Barksdale with her father,
Lt and Mrs Ted King of Qood- jH. C Ward
fellow Field spent Sunday with Mr Christmas holidays they spent
and Mrs T V Hurst Visiting with j with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ol-
Mr and Mrs Hurst on Christmas
Day was her sister, Mr and Mrs T.
A. Gamblln and children and her Georgetown
brother, Hulan Solsbery and fam- To The Officials And Employees Of
lly of Midland j The Big Lake Oil Company
Mr and Mrs. Hurst visited In j It wvould be impossible to see
each of you and thank you per-
sonally, so we take this means of
lie Whitehead and stater, Mr and
Mrs C C Raney and family of
Richland Springs over the
end with Mr and Mrs O A
week
Sols-
Mlngus with Mr Goble's mother,
Mrs J W Goble for Christmas
holidays Also visiting was his sis-
ter, Mr and Mrs Walter Melrose
of Denver, Colorado
Mr and Mrs J F Womack and
daughters spent Christmas holi-
days in San Angelo visiting with
Mrs Womack's parents, Mr and
Mrs. J W. Zipper Sr , also there for
the holidays was her slater, Mr and
mas day with Hershel Fowler and ' Ooeppinger and %lso Mr and Mrs.
family and Mr and Mrs Afton Edward Smelser, their daughter.
Snyder Harry will return from
here to Kelly Field ln San Antonio
on the 2nd Visiting with Mr and
Mrs. C. O Fowler Is her cousin. Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Oglesbee who spent
Christmas day.
Mr and Mrs Roy Franklin have
Just returned from a visit for the
Christmas holidays where they
spent with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J D Labohm In Oklahoma
City, Okla On returning their
daughter, Jeane, has been 111 and
In the hospital with flu and almost ,
pneumonia She Is at the Reagan
County Memorial Hospital In Big
Lake
Johnny Olbbs Is home for the
Christmas holidays to spend with
his mother and dad. He will return
to college on Monday
Visiting with Mr and Mrs C R
Gooch and Judy on Christmas day
was their daughters. Mr and Mrs
Sid Lee and Sandra, and Mrs. Gene
Moore and Klnny and Gene Ralph i
Crane. < Their son. Wtnford (Wimpy), Mr 1
W L and Mrs Dick Simmons of Big j
Lake and Jackie Jackson of
Lake They sang Christmas carols
and Mrs. Simmons played the pi-
ano Christmas night their sons.
Bill and Jim. called long distance
from San Diego to wish them all a
Merry Christmas
Mr and Mrs. Jake Jones’ niece,
Marjorie Gross of San Angelo, Is
visiting her for Christmas holidays
until the week end
Mr and Mrs A J Hebert visited
In Austin wtth Mr and Mrs R H.
Bartley, her parents, and in Hous-
ton with his parents, Mr and Mrs
A J Hebert Sr They spent Christ-
mas Day visiting ln Baytown with
relatives of Mrs Hebert
Mr and Mrs, B C Howard and
Carolyn visited In Brady over the
week-end with relatives Carolyn
stayed for the week In Brady.
Cullen Oalyen left Saturday
night to return back to camp Mr
Mrs. John C. Halstead of Tulsa,
bery, her parents, also visiting j expressing our deepest apprecia- Oklahoma and their children
were Mr and Mrs. T A Gamblln ! Hon for the lovely floor lamp and Sunday services will be at 9:45 by
Mr and Mrs Angus Eden spent Sunbeam mixer which we received the Rev Cullen Hawkins of the Big
the week end In Abilene visiting from you this Christmas They will Lake Baptist Church Sunday
with relatives of Mr Eden serve as constant reminders of yourtSChool will be at 10:45. Everyone Is
Mr. and Mrs Lee Sargent of Eola. thoughtfulness and as a dally invited* to attend.
Fred source of enjoyment to us We wish,
for all of you, happiness and pros-
perity not only for the coming year
but for all of those to follow.
Sincerely.
Mr. and Mrs F. B Shepard
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Adams spent
Christmas Day In Seagraves with
of Mr. and Mrs
was here for the holidays.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Knoff spent
two week* ln Waco with her par-
ents.
Visiting with Mr and Mrs. F E
Hughes and her father who lives
with her were her brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Wahl and brother Tom- |
my Wahl for Christmas dinner.
They drove to Pear Valley Satur-
day to visit her sister, Mrs. Evelyn
Fowler.
Mr and Mrs. Bert Womack and
daughter. Jacqueline, spent Christ-
mas holidays with his parents, Mr
and Mrs F. A Womack of Lamesa
Spending a few days before
Christmas with Mr and Mrs Jesse
Newbrough was their son, Mr and
Mrs BUI Newbrough of Ml Pleas-
ant. Utah Home for the Christmas
holidays Is Pat Newbrough and he
will return to Texas Tech ln Lub-
bock on the 1st Spending Christ-
mas dinner with them were Mr
and Mrs Jim Newbrough and chil-
dren and Pat.
Mr. and Mrs. BUUe Keene and
Big ; children spent Christmas ln Anson
with her parents. Mr and Mrs V.
P White Also there was her sister,
Susan and brother George and his
family.
Mom Wright spent 8undny with
Mr and Mr* C E Oldham On
Christmas she spent the holidays
with friends in Abilene
Mr. and Mrs Wendell Parker
spent the Christmas holidays ln
Dallas visiting with her mother
and family.
Mr and Mrs Lester Ratliff spent
Christmas day In Oarden City with
his parents, Mr and Mrs J B Rat-
liff On the week end they visited
j ln Blanco with her sister, Mr and
: Mrs L C Moore and family.
Roger Goeru was selected the
best Christian Boy of his Sunday
! School Class in Texon and was pre
Mr and Mrs J. W Vinson left
Tuesday, 22nd, for 8an Diego to
visit their son. A. J Vinson who Is
ln the Marine Corpa training on
rifle range at the present time He
was off for Christmas Day to spend
with his parents. They returned
home Monday morning on the 27th
New Year Wishes
Lots of
happy days
to you.
all year long.
RANK ANNEX
day to visit the Davis's was Mr Da- and Mrs C F Oalyen spent Christ-
mas holidays in San Angelo visit-
ing her sister.
Christmas day guests with Mr
and Mrs. Mack Irby were his par-
ents, Mr and Mrs Grover Sanders
of 8nyder, Lieutenant and Mrs R
vis's mother. Mrs L M Davis of
San Angelo and hts brother. Jack
Davis of Biloxi, Miss who Is sta-
tioned there In the Air Force and
will return on the 1st
Visiting in Pryor. Oklahoma with
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, J. L., Sr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1954, newspaper, January 1, 1954; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657717/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.