The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXV
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 10, 1960
NUMBER 10
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
Three Candidates File
In Trustee Election
Five new projects have
been staked for Immediate
drilling in Reagan County,
one of them in the Stiles
(Spraberry) pool area and
the other four in the Spra-
berry Trend Area field.
BTA Oil Producers of Mid-
land No. 2 Crews is to be dug
1/2 mile north of the discov-
ery well and lone producer Ini
the Stiles (Spraberry) pool.
Scheduled for a 6,000-foot
bottom, it is 14 miles north of
Big Lake, 1,980 feet from
north and 660 feet from west
lines of section 9, GC&SF
survey.
Cabot Carbon Company of
Midland No. 3 Zulette Hughes
is to be drilled in the Spra-
berry Trend Area field three
miles east of Stiles.
Slated for a 6,850-foot bot-
ton, it is 1,320 feet from south
and 660 feet from west lines
of section 5, block L, TCRR
survey.
Same operator will dig No. 4
Zulette Hughes to 6,800 feet1
in the same pool.
Location is 660 feet from'
north and 1,320 feet from
east lines of section 5, block
L, TCRR survey, three miles
east of Stiles. |
Tower Oil & Gas Company
of Dallas will drill two of the
Spraberry Trend Area field
projects. I
No. 2-A Ethel Bird is 1,997
feet from north and 1,990
feet from west lines of sec-|
tlon 42, block D, nine miles
southeast of Midklff.
The operator’s No. 1-B
Ethel Bird is 660 feet from
south and 1,990 feet from
west lines of section 42, block
C, IASV survey. Each of the j
projects will drill to 8,0001
feet.
James H. Vanderbark of:
Midland No. 1-20-A V. P. Tip-
pett has been completed 5/8
mile southwest of Spraberry
sand production in the Spra-
berry Trend Area pool in
Northeast Upton County.
On 24-hour potential test,
the new Spraberry oiler fin-
aled for 227.5 barrels of 35.8-
gravlty oil, through a choke
of unreported side and per-
forations from 7,285 to 7,544
feet. Gas-oil ratio was 765-1.
Operator fractured the pay
zone with 20,000 gallons. Lo-
cation is 660 feet from west
and 1,200 feet from south
lines of section 20, block 38,
T-5-8. T&P survey.
Former Reagan Man
Ike's Fishing Guide
The names of three candi-
dates to fill the two vacancies
on the board of trustees of
the Reagan County Inde-
pendent School District will
appear on the ballots for the
i election slated for April 2.
Mrs. Paul Jacobs, charter
member of The Twentieth
Century Club, has been pre-
sented as a candidate for dis-
trict president of District
Eight, Texas Federation of
Five Candidates Enter
Race For Councilmen
There wasn’t a happier
woman in the world last Sat-, .. . .. . . .
urday night than Mrs. Mamie Absentee voting, which will
when!
Shelton of Big Lake
NBC’s “Journey to
standing” showed scenes of a]
brother she has not heard1
from in 8 years and hasn’t
seen in 48 years.
Mrs. Shelton, 73, watched
with spellbound delight as
NBC reporters talked with!
Sam Wagner, 65, the man
who fished with President
Eisenhower for two and a
half hours as his personal
guide and advisor on a beau-
tiful lake near Bariloche, Ar-
gentina. I
Wagner, who has not been
back to the states since 1912,
has for years served as a
guide for tourists in this re-
sort area, and when not en-
gaged in this capacity he has
followed his trade as a me-
chanic, it was learned from
Mrs. Shelton. He married
about 35 years ago and has
several children and grand-
children.
be held at the county clerk’s
Under-1 offlce' w111 beSln March 13
and last through March 29.
Candidates for the vacancy
from the Stiles District are
S. E. Stout, who is up for re-
election, and John Pearson.
John Holt is a candidate to
succeed himself as represent-
ative from the Big Lake Dis-
trict.
This trustee election is
I county-wide and voters are to
elect one trustee from the
j Stiles District and one from
the Big Lake District, and
they may cast their ballots in
any one of the four desig-
nated voting places which
will be most convenient to
them. The polls will be at the
Big Lake elementary school,
the Texon club house, the old
Stiles courthouse and the re-
creational building at the El
Paso Midklff camp.
Mrs. Paul Jacobs
Special Teachers Get
Contract Extensions
Contracts of special faculty
members in the Reagan
County school system
extended one year In a regu-
lar session of the school
Legislative Action
Committee Meets
The first meeting of the
Legislative Action Committee
were of the Big Lake Chamber of
Commerce was held last week
at the Park Inn Cafe with
board last week,
announced by
Featherston.
Those receiving
it has been
Supt. Ben
Chairman Ralph Duesing
presiding over a session that
included discussion of several
contract! items.
Frank
Women’s Clubs, the election
to be held at the district con-
vention slated for March 26-
26 in Odessa.
Presently holding the office ner, special education
of district vice president, Mrs. i teacher.
Jacobs has been active in all' Mr. Featherston,
extensions included
Horton, junior high school
principal; Joseph Lucas,Dav-
enport principal; Mrs. Ralph
Havenhill, high school libra-
rian; Mrs. Fred Poehler, high
school homemaking teacher;
Mrs. Lloyd Rumsey, grade
school-junior high librarian;
Jim Williams, band director;
J. M. Wheat, high school shop
teacher; Mrs. Dwaynne Hop-
per, public school music
teacher; and Mrs. James Tur-
class
who was
the affairs of The Twentieth elected to the superintend-
Century Club since its organ-1 ency last year on a one-year
But Mrs. Shelton has
heard from him since
when he last wrote to
asking that she
birth certificate.
not
1952
her
obtain his
She doesn’t
know whether he ever re-
ceived the certificate, and
during the years since she
didn’t know whether he was
still living.
Mrs. Shelton recalls that he
first went to South America
in 1905 in company with his
parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Wagner, his five broth-
ers and a three-month-old
sister. Mrs. Shelton, the old-
Dies Of Heart Attack
MrS. Williams' Father izatl°nln 1937. She served as contract was given a two-
1 president. during the 1940-41 year extension by the board
1 club year, and has held all in Its January meeting. R. W.
| the other offices also. For Magruder, high school prin-
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wll- four years she was a member cipal, and Ralph Havenhill,
liams and Billy returned last on the TFWC Board, and for elementary school principal,
Thursday from Houston 12 years on the Eighth Dis- were given two-year con-
where they had been called trlct Board. | tracts last year,
at the death of Mrs. Williams’j Besides her club work, she Drennan Daves was named
aged father, F. H. Weaver,' ^ interested in other |head football coach several
who would have celebrated community affairs A member! week a8° following the resig-
ns 84th birthday this month.; of the pirst BapUst Church " '
' He died Sunday, Feb. 28. of a She serves as a Sunday School
teacher and superintendent
of the primary department.
She is also a member of the
Reagan Garden Club and is
Bill Snow was elected vice
chairman of the committee
and Mrs. J. L. Werst, Jr. was
named recording secretary.
Attending the meeting be-
sides those mentioned were
A. W. Billingsley, Ralph Hav-
enhill, Blan Benton and P. H.
Coates.
The committee discussed
various ways of informing the
public on important pieces of
legislation on the local, state
and national level, as well as
means of action by the group
when necessary.
Several pieces of legislation
will be discussed at the next
meeting to be called by
Chairman Duesing.
Before the deadline was
reached last week end three
more names were filed for
the two city council vacan-
cies. Two had filed earlier, as
had two for the mayor’s post.
Appearing on the ballots
for the city election set for
April 5 will be W. W. Munn
and George Morehead, for
mayor; and A. C. Hamil,
James Turner, R. W. Word,
Aubrey Edwards and Don
Renault, candidates for al-
dermen. The names listed
above are in the same order
as they will appear on the
ballots.
In the mayor’s race Munn
is up for re-election, and
Morehead, councilman for
the past two years is seeking
this post for the first time.
Edwards is seeking re-elec-
tion as alderman, and the
other four are all newcomers
in city politics.
Absentee voting will start
March 16 at the city office.
1960 Census Count
Will Begin April 1
The 1960 census count will
begin in Reagan County April
1, with four individuals doing
the enumeration work. The
First Aid Course
To Begin Tonight
Both men and women are
urged to enroll in the Red
Cross first aid course which
will begin this evening at 6:30
in the elementary school
auditorium under the spon-
sorship of the Women’s Aux-
iliary to the Reagan Memori-
al Hospital. There will be no
heart attack. The funeral was
held Tuesday.
Mr. Weaver sustained a
broken hip in a fall earlier
est of the Wagner children this year’ and had undergone currently holding the office
He was a native of of secretary. A longtime
was married and did not ac- surgery.
company
trip.
After six
the family on the Texas and had llved in Hous- j member of the local chapter
years in Argen-
ton a long time. His wife
passed away in March of last
year. Besides Mrs. Williams,
A. Weaver and R. V. Weaver,
TO HAVE BAKE SALE
The Big Lake Chapter of
the Order of Eastern Star will
sponsor a bake sale to be held j sTlles* m^t o7 ttetlmTuntU
in the old City Cafe building, hifi death 10 years later.
back to Texas to live at Stiles
Sam attended the Stiles
school for one year, and being
about 17 years old was soon
ready for further adventure
in the Southern Hemisphere.
One of the brothers, Ben,
never returned. He is engaged
in ranching in Argentina,
several hundred miles from
where hts brother, Sam, is.
Their mother died while in
that country and is buried at
Bariloche. The father made
three trips altogether to \
South America, and upon his
last return in 1922 lived at I
both of Houston.
THE BARNES HAVE
NEW GRANDDAUGHTER
one door south of Word Fur-
niture Co., Thursday morn-
ing, March 17, beginning at
9:00 o’clock. Proceeds will be
Three of her brothers in-
clude Mike, a longtime Mert-
zon business man who now
used for the chapter’s welfare 111 Vea ln 1)61 Rlo; Charley’ who
used ior me cnapters welfare , alsQ Uves in j*,, Rlo; and ^
program this year. Coffee and
doughnuts will be for sale as
well as cakes and pies.
(REE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week The Big Lake
Wildcat, in cooperation
with the Rialto Theatre,
will give to regular mall
subscribers, two tickets.
This week’s tickets go to
Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Edwards
To See
“The Nun’s Story”
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
at the Rialto Theatre
(Tickets Good For This
Attraction Only)
You must be on The
Wildcat Subscription
List to receive Free
Tickets—Subscribe Now!
(Tear out and present
at Theatre Box Office)
Is Mrs. Price Turner of Best.
Her sixth brother, Jim, died
several years ago in New
Mexico.
Teresa Ann is the name of
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Barnes’
new granddaughter who was
born March 3 in San Antonio.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Corbell of Fort Stockton,
and her paternal grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. I. C.
Corbell of San Antonio. The
new arrival weighed 5 pounds
and 2 ounces. Her three sis-
ters, Annls, Robbie and Jo
Lee, are visiting with their
grandparents in Big Lake
while the mother is in San
Antonio.
of the Order of the Eastern
Star, she is a past worthy
matron of the chapter and
also a past deputy grand ma-
tron of District 5, Section 2.
She has also found time to
help ln civic and welfare pro-
jects, and in P-TA work when
her children were attending
the local schools.
Mrs. Jacobs is a registered
insurance agent, and is a
partner with her husband ln
the Jacobs Insurance Agency.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have
two children, Mrs. Mort Mori-
arty of Houston and David
Jacobs who is a junior at the
University of Texas. They
have one granddaughter, Jill
Moriarty of Houston.
expected to take about three
weeks.
Workers to assist In the
nation of Harold Barrett. A count in Reagan County is (charge except that of 75 cents
basketball coach is yet to be
named.
The election of the remain-
ing faculty members is ex-
pected to come up before the
board at its next meeting.
The superintendent stated
that to date no salaries had
been set.
Mr. Featherston reported A test to those who want to held at 6:30 Friday night, and
that a total of 508 class room work will be given at a later me third session is slated for
Saturday morning, the exact
to pay for the booklet needed
in the course.
. Conducting the course will
census taking this year are be clarence Hunnicutt, Red
needed. Individuals who de-1 Cr0SJS fleld director at Webb
t0 “ked to con-[Air Force Base at Big Spring
The course will be presented
in three 3 1/2-hour sessions.
tact Don
Chamber of
Boston at
Commerce
the
and
leave their names.
The second session will be
visits were made in the local
schools last week during Pub-
lic School Week.
Engraved or Printed Wed-
ding Invitations and An-
nouncements at The Big Lake
Wildcat. See Our Samples.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
HAS BOARD MEETING
Members of the executive
board of the Women’s Auxili-
ary of the Reagan Memorial
Hospital met for a business
session Monday with Mrs. W.
N. Wright presiding. Reports
were heard from the maga-
zine chairman, the coffee bar
chairman and the sewing
room chairman.
Other members present
were Mesdames W. D. Hud-
son, John O’Bryan, C. R.
Gooch, Lee Andrews, Tommy
Hayes, Billy Boyd and Sally
Lowrey. Also ln attendance
was Carl Jackson, hospital
date.
Mrs. Parker's Father
Dies Here Last Week
time to be announced later.
administrator.
Prentiss Garrett's
Brother Passes Away
Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Gar-
rett were in Fort Worth last
week to attend the funeral of
his brother, Charles Garrett,
70, who passed away on
March 3 following an illness
of four years.
A resident of Fort Worth
for 43 years, Mr. Garrett was
a retired interior decorator
for United Theatres in that
city. Survivors include his
wife; two daughters, Mrs.
Sibyl Howard and Mrs. Tim
Chapman, both of Fort
Worth; one sister, Mrs. Lon-
nie Hancock of Dos Palos,
Calif.; and two brothers,
Arthur Garrett of La Marque
and the brother living here.
Industrial Essay Contest Set;
New Directors To Be Named
The board of directors of
the Big Lake Chamber of
Commerce last week ap-
proved sponsorship of an in-
dustrial essay contest among
high school seniors, named a
nominating committee for
new directors and took up
other business at their regu-
lar monthly meeting.
The chamber will sponsor
the essay contest locally as a
part of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce scho-
larship essay held each year.
A $250 scholarship is awarded
the winner in West Texas
and locally the Big Lake
State Bank is offering a $50
bond and a $25 bond to the
first and second place win-
ners.
The essay will be entitled
“What West Texas Can Do To
Have More Industry — And
How My Town Can Help”.
Judging will be done by the
Industrial Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. Dead-
line for submitting the essays
is May 15 and students are
encouraged to consult local
residents as well as doing
other research in the contest.
President J. M. Sappington
appointed the seven directors
whose terms expire in May as
a nominating committee for
new members of the board.
The committee, including
Rev. Dan Walker as chair-
man, Ralph Duesing, Earl
Chriesman, Mrs. Lena Chaf-
fin, T. O. Sissel, H. A. Hart-
grove and Martin Boone, will
name at least 14 persons to be
placed on a mail ballot for
voting on by members of the
Chamber. They are expected
to have their nominations
ready by April 1 and voting
will follow.
In other action the direct-
ors discussed work being done
on the Sterling City mail
route, bus service to Big Lake,
a speaker and dates for the
annual banquet and printing
of the industrial brochure.
Present at the meeting
were Sappington, H. B. Rees,
Clarence Morrow, Paul Ja-
cobs, Mike Werst, Ben Feath-
erston, Dr. J. L. Wright, Dues-
ing, Mrs. Chaffin, Rev. Walk-
er and Earl Chriesman.
Funeral services for Eddie
T. Miller, 74, father of Mrs.
Arthur Parker of this city,
were conducted Saturday aft-
ernoon at De Leon.
Mr. Miller, whose home was
ln De Leon, died in the local
hospital last Friday morning
after a lengthy illness. He
had made his home here with
his daughter most of the time
for the past five months. A
retired carpenter, he was a
native of Alabama and had
been a longtime member of
the Baptist Church.
Besides the daughter in
Big Lake, survivors include
two other daughters, Mrs.
Thelma Supina of Bridgeport
and Mrs. Velma Supina of
Pampa; five sons, Roy L. Mil-
ler of Clyde, Ross Miller of De
Leon, Homer Miller of Tulsa,
Okla., and Oscar and Robert
Miller, both of Odessa; and
one step-son, E. L. Brown of
Anson, all of whom attended
the funeral. A step-daughter,
Mrs. Gladys Tyson of Odessa
and a brother, L. L. Miller of
New Mexico were unable to be
present at the funeral.
Also surviving are 21 grand-
children, among whom are
Nancy and Patricia Parker of
Big Lake; and one great-
grandchild.
Big Lake GoH Club
Sets Tourney Date
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Alex-
ander were in Eden last week
end to attend the 25th wed-
ding anniversary celebration
of friends, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Henderson. While at Eden
they were guests in the home
of Mrs. Alexander’s father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Cavin.
May 21-22 is the date set
for the Big Lake Golf Associ-
ation’s annual invitational
golf tourney, according to
Blan Benton, secretary of the
club.
In charge of the tourna-
ment will be the greens and
sports committee with R. L.
McKinney as chairman. Oth-
ers on the committee are
Riley Branch, H. O. Allen, E.
O. Nevills, H. B. Rees and J.
D. Poage. It was earlier an-
nounced through this paper
that R. D. McReavy headed
the committee, the error be-
ing made in the press release
given to the newspaper.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
DEATHS
IN REAGAN COUNTY
1957 ................ 7
1958 ................ 2
1959 ................ 1
1960, To Date ........ 0
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1960, newspaper, March 10, 1960; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658235/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.