The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1960 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XXXV
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 3, 1960
NUMBER 44
Latesf Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Plans to drill two projects |
In the Spraberry Trend Area|
of Reagan County were an-
nounced.
David M. Grubbs of Dallas
filed application to drill No. 1
Boll, 15 miles northeast of
Texon.
The venture is 1,320 feet
from south and east lines of
section 3, block E, L&SV sur-
vey. Contract depth is 7,400
feet.
Tower Oil & Gas Company
of Texas operating out of
Dallas will drill No. 1 Bird
Ranch, nine miles southeast
Reagan Owls To Meet
Undefeated Eldorado
north and east lines of sec- *)algn sP°n80red by Wor
tlon 41, block C, L&SV survey.
Contract depth is 8,000 feet.
The Westwater Corporation
of Midland scheduled opera-
tions on No. 3-U Shannon, 27
miles southwest of Big Lake
in Crockett County.
It is 1,800 feet from the
most northerly north line
and 2,824 feet from west lines
of section 6, block FF, J. Y.
Edwards survey.
The Reagan Owls go to El-
dorado Friday night to face
an unbeaten team during the
current grid season. The El-
dorado Eagles added their
second district win last week
end when they defeated the
Sonora Broncos, 2-0. This
was Sonora’s first loss of the
season.
The Owls’ home game
against Junction played last
week end in the rain, and on
a. muddy field ended in a
scoreless tie.
Junction punter Joe Boone
Clothing Fund, Inc., a non-|kickcd 10 tlm,es for *
sectarian charitable organ- ave,ra^’ near y equalled by
izatlon which assists orphans °wl M,ke Holmes’ who aver‘
RCHS Group Plans
Clothes Fund Drive
Beginning Monday, Nov. 7,
the Reagan County High
School Student Council will
collect bundles of clothing
for needy children and adults
in the United States and also
overseas. The drive, called
World Clothing Week, will
Road Construction
Due To Get Started
Work is expected to get un-
derway soon on the 10.6 miles
of road construction in Rea-
gan County, and several fam-
ilies are reported to have
moved into Big Lake for the
men to work on the project.
The project will consist of
grading, structures, base and
surfacing on Ranch to Mar-
ket Road 33 from Ranch to
Market Road 1800 to 10.2
miles north and 6 miles
northwest of 33 (Centralia
Tomorrow Is Last Day
For Absentee Balloting
Library Gets Clock
As Memorial Gift
A large electric wall clock
has been placed in the Rea-
Draw Bridge) on 33 and 1800.1 gan County Library by the
Strain Brothers, Inc., Gen-
eral Contractors of San An
gelo was awarded the con-
tract with a low bid of $249,-
776. It is expected that it will
take 150 working days to
complete the Job.
H. L. Bailey, resident engi-
neer at Sterling City, will be
in charge of the construction
on the project.
s’ riiLr. j?s s* chlli X ’irsas?
dren and also adults. , .. . . .
in announcing the local oncf ^ frstfqua^er and,
drive. Supt. Ben Featherston | agaln,ln the ’asV^ the ‘ni; * ----
w w ttal stanza, the Owls pushed , , , . ,
one of It0 the Junctlon seven- where Local Teachers Join
they were held on downs. | |. ■#
i The owis drove to the’ "elta Kappa Gamma
schools The clothing collect- Junctlon nlne ln the last Seven women teachers in
Contract; ed wjU be dlstrlbuted ln povj quarter, only to lose again the local school system will
stated, “We expect
Clothing Week to be
the finest service projects!
ever conducted in our,
depth Is 2,550 feet. It Is in the! ert strlcken areas of on downs after a 46-yard
Shannon .San Andres, pool. ^ to need chlldreni some 1 drive. June ion covered a Big
Oil Company of|„, ,.,K— Lake fumble on the Owl 20
be among the candidates for
initiation into Delta Kappa
needy children some
Kewanee Oil Company o^oTwhom can’t attend school Lake fumble on the °wl 20' Gamma Society at a regional
Midland Is drilling below 7,-1 regularly because they have-: but was held for four conse_ meeting to be held In Big
_ I Roes
Reaganidren
254 feet in lime and shale In
No. 1-A Hughes, 8 1/2 miles
southeast of Stiles in
County.
It Is 5/8-mile northeast of
the discovery well and sole
producer In the Stiles, South
(Ellenburger and Fusselman)
field. Scheduled drilling
depth is 10,800 feet.
It Is 1,787 feet from south
and east lines of section 1,210,
block C, DS&E survey.
Cabot Corporation is still
testing the Spraberry in No.
4 Zulette Hughes, Reagan
County venture, three miles
east of Stiles.
Ferforations are spotted
between 5,701 and 5,716 feet
and 6,572 and 6,582 feet. Both
sets have been fractured.
Total depth is 6,670 feet,
with 5 1/2-inch casing ce-
mented on bottom.
It is 660 feet from north
and 1,320 feet from east lines
of section 5, block 1, TCRR
survey.
1 cutive downs.
Nola Davis, high school
: senior, was crowned football
i sweetheart at half time.
| The Owls will end their
1 season on Friday night of
next week in Sonora. Ozona
will be playing in Junction
by World clothinglFrlday night' and Sonora wiU
in disaster areas when! be idle-
n’t a rag or a shoe to wear. It
also to orphaned chil-1
living in children’s
I homes in the United States \
, and abroad, and to Indian
I children on the reservations
in utter poverty. Free cloth-1
ing and bedding is also given
away
Fund
normally self-sufficient fam-
I Hies have lost all their pos-
sessions as a result of flood,
fire, tornado, etc. Every
school student has received
circulars to take home, ex-
I plaining the purpose of the
clothing drive, and they are
asking the cooperation of
parents and neighbors. We
hope everyone will look into
his heart and his closets’’.
Spring Saturday. The society
Twentieth Century Club in
memory of the late Merton
Purcell whose wife serves as
librarian at the library.
Attention is called to the
fact that the library is now
open each Thursday evening
from 6:00 until 9:00 In addi-
tion to the regular hours of
nine to 11 o’clock in the
morning and two until five
in the afternoon on Mondays
through Friday. Arrangement
for the evening hours was
made specially for students
who need to do research
work. Other library patrons
are Invited to take advantage
of these hours if they wish.
Ten new books, all reputed
to be among the best sellers,
have been recently placed on
the shelves. They are listed
is an honorary organization below:
composed of teachers, both Arrows Qver Texas ^
active and retired, and other House 0f
Bethel Church Plans
Week End Revival
Hospital News...
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Calley of
Big Lake are parents of a son
born to them on Oct. 28 in
Reagan Memorial Hospital.
The new arrival weighed 8
pounds and 10 ounces, and
he was given the name of
Dale Wade.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Bear
of Big Lake are parents of a
daughter born to them Oct.
28 in the hospital. She was
named Doris Janett, and her
weight was 6 pounds and 2
ounces.
A 7-pound, 8-ounce son
was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Basil Wyatt of Midkiff
I The Rev. Frank Ramirez,
pastor of the Mexican Bap-
tist Mission at Stamford, will
conduct a week end revival
here at the Bethel Baptist
I Church, beginning Friday
aii „» 1 night, Nov. 11, it has been an-
All types of used clothing, ’ , ’ . ..
,__1 nounced by the pastor, the
Rev. Jim R. Brown.
are needed — clothing for
babies, children, teen-agers
and adults, as well as shoes,
caps, mittens and bedding.
Clothing contributions may
be deposited at the Reagan
County High School during
the week. On Sunday, Nov. 13,
Student Council members
will collect the clothing at!
the donor’s home.
women education leaders.
Among the chapters repre-
sented at the regional meet
will be Gamma Gamma
Chapter, made up of mem-
! bers from Big Lake, Rankin,
] McCamey, Iraan and Crane.
The local candidates for
initiation include Mrs. P. H.
Coates, Mrs. Tom Wilson,
Mrs. Frank Horton, Mrs. Fred
Poehler, Mrs. James Turner,
Mrs. C. L. Morrow and Mrs.
Ben Featherston.
Local members belonging
to Gamma Gamma Chapter
are Mrs. W. C. Williams, Mrs.
A. W. Billingsley, Mrs. Jaun-
ita Parker, Mrs. Ralph Hav-
enhill, Mrs. Earl Chriesman
and Mrs. Prentiss Garrett.
The services on Friday. Mrs. Havenhill is president,
FORMER TEXON WOMAN
VISITS OLD FRIENDS
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Barnes
and her sister, Mrs. Clara Os-
borne, all of Long Beach,
Calif., visited with friends in
Texon and this area last
week while en route to their
home following the funeral
of the sisters’ father, T. J.
Cox, 89, at Valley Mills on
Oct. 24.
Mr. Cox, who had made his
‘ | home with Mrs. Barnes for
Oct. 30 in the hospital. He jjjg past seven years, died
was given the name of Dan- Qct.
ny Curtis.
The three mothers and
their infants have since been
dismissed.
Medical patients in the
hospital yesterday afternoon
were Mrs. H. H. Calley, John-
ny Hensley, Mrs. F. E. Beav-
ers and Mrs. Roy Beaver, all
of Big Lake; W. C. Diez, Tex-
on; Kenneth D. Flannigan
and Wesley Kimmell, Mid-
kiff; and Everett Roe of
Barnhart.
Accident patients were
Bobby Story and Arsega
Llanos of Big Lake, and C. H.
Walker of Fort Stockton.
Dismissal of medical pa-
tients have been David
Maxie, H. B. Fowler, Hector
Mendez and Linda Douglas,
all of Big Lake; A. J. Ivey
and Mrs. W. H. Bettis, Star
Route, Midland; and Mrs.
Jack Shepard, Texon. Mrs. A.
J. Kelley of Midkiff had been
a surgical patient, and James
E. Galleher of Barnhart, an
accident patient.
years,
19 following a heart at-
tack. He had suffered a se-
vere stroke on Labor Day. His
body was flown back to his
native Texas, and his funeral
and burial were at Valley
Mills where he was born and
reared.
Mrs. Barnes, who had been
a resident of Texon for a
number of years, will be re-
membered as Mrs. Slatton,
and her father visited her
and her family on numerous
occasions while she lived
there. She has been living on
the West Coast since 1952.
While in Reagan County
last week the visitors, accom-
panied by Mrs. W. M. Steph-
ens of Texon, were callers at
The Big Lake Wildcat on
Thursday. Since leaving Tex-
as, Mrs. Barnes has been a
subscriber to the Wildcat
most of the time.
night and Saturday night will
begin at 7:30, the Sunday
services will be at the usual
time.
The pastor extends an in-
vitation to everyone to at-
tend these services, and a
special invitation is extended
to the Latin-American citi-
zens of the community.
The Rev. Brown stated J
that the church’s community1
singing held last Sunday aft-
ernoon was very successful,
and another one is planned
for the last Sunday in Janu-
ary.
and Mrs. Parker is treasurer
of the chapter.
Mrs. Parker was the only
member from here who at-
tended the chapter meeting
held in Crane last Saturday.
Film Developing. 24-Hour
Service on black and white.
The Big Lake Wildcat.
Hallowe'en Carnival
Crowns First Graders
Ricky Roach, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hulet Roach and
Brenda Rees, daughter of Mr.1
and Mrs. Bobby Rees were!
crowned King and Queen of j
the Hallowe’en Carnival j
Monday night in a program
which also featured dance j
and choral presentations of!
Mrs. Dwayne Hopper’s Ele-
mentary School music pupils.
Ricky and Brenda were can-1
didates from the first grade.
Approximately $1,000, and
possibly more, was realized
from this year’s Carnival
which is sponsored by the Big
Lake Grade P-TA, it was
learned from Mrs. Earl Tracy,
general chairman.
Guests last week of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Preston and
Charles were Mrs. Preston’s
brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gist, of
El Paso. They were here sev-
eral days while Mr. Gist, a
railroad employee was recu-
perating from surgery under-
gone in Big Spring. Other
guests during the week end
were another sister and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Clament
Galik and Mike of San An-
tonio.
Friday, Nov. 4, is the last
day for absentee voting for
the General Election coming
up Nov. 8. Up until noon yes-
terday, County Clerk Richard
Springstun stated that his
office had received a total of
94 applications for such bal-
loting.
Of the five columns on the
ballots, only the one alloted
to the Democratic Party is
complete with printed-in Munn
names of candidates for all Party
the offices, including nation-'
al, district, state and local. In
the fifth column no names
appear, only places provided
for write-ins other than the
four parties listed.
Seeking election for the
presidency and vice presi-
dency in opposition to the
Democrats’ Kennedy-John-
son ticket and the Republi-
cans’ Nixon-Lodge ticket, are
Charles L. Sullivan and Mer-
ritt B. Curtis of the Consti-
tution Party, and Rutherford
L. Decker and E. Harold
of the Prohibition
Reagan Garden Club
Plans For Holidays
The Reagan Garden Club’s
November meeting program
was Holiday Arrangements,
made from fresh greenery,
dried native plant material
and commercial materials;
and the Christmas Lighting
Contest, sponsored annually,
was set for Monday, Dec. 19.
The meeting took place
Tuesday afternoon at the
Park Inn with Mrs. Joe T.
B. Fergu-
Five Talents, Good-
bye Dolly Gray, It’s Good to
be Alive, May This House be j Johnston, Mrs. R.
Safe from Tigers, Dinah, Ad-
vise and Consent, Mrs. Aris
Goes to Paris, Exodus, and
Act One.
Governor Price E. Daniel is
opposed by William M. Seger,
a Republican. Lieutenant
Governor Ben Ramsey is op-
posed by Republican Gilbert
N. Harrison and Philip Lee
Eubank of the Constitution
Party.
Attorney Will Wilson also
has two opponents, Gordon
Treadaway of the Republi-
cans, and Muckleroy McDon-
nold of the Constitution
Party; and Lyndon B. John-
son’s seat in the United
States Senate is being chal-
lenged by John G. Tower, a
Republican, and Bard A Lo-
gan, a Constitutionite.
J. T. Rutherford, up for re-
election for U. S. Congress-
man from the 16th Congres-
son and Mrs. H A Hartgrove sional District, is opposed by
| Ford Chapman, a candidate
HD Club Will Meet
Friday At Girls Club
Members of the Big
Home Demonstration
a
supported by the Republican
Party, and Dr. Dorothy Wy-
vell of the Constitution
Party. Several state offices
also have Republican and
Constitution opponents.
Shelby H. Blaydes, Demo-
cratic nominee for the office
as hostesses.
The Christmas party will
be Dec. 6th and each mem-
ber is to bring decorations
for the Special Education
classroom in the Elementary
School here and a 50c holiday
donation for the Big Spring
State Hospital. |
Lake, Mrs. Lewis Hersey demon- of distrlct attorney from the
^ub j strated two dried arrange- 83rd Judicial District, and
are notified that there is a, ments explaining the techni-, David Read, Democratic
que of drying the plants as' nominee for state representa-
she worked. Mrs. Richard, Gve, have no opponents
Springstun displayed a mod-1 printed on the ballots,
ern arrangement using ever- AH local Democratic nom-
green and Christmas decora- inees are also without oppon-
tions and Mrs. Amos Floyd j ents on the tickets. They in-
explained the process of us-
ing commercial materials assessor-collector;
used in her Christmas Tree
made of tulle, wire and arti-
ficial miniature decorations.
Mrs. Val Gohmert, presi-
dent, introduced Mrs. Val j
Gohmert, Jr., as a new mem-1
change in the place of meet-
ing scheduled for Friday aft-
ernoon at 2:30. Instead of
meeting in the Chester Davis
home, members will meet at
the Girls Club.
Important things to be
taken up during the business
session will be the approach-
ing Achievement Day and the
Year Book for the coming
new year.
The annual Achievement
Day will be held Friday, Nov.
18, in the old Ford Theatre
building, one door north of
the post office.
All members are urged to
be present at the meeting
Friday.
Mrs. Tony Reese received a
message last week of the
death of Mrs. George H.
Johnson, mother of Mrs.
Reese’s son-in-law, B. How-
ard Johnson. The funeral was
held in Pensacola, Fla.
Junior Owls To Meet
Sonora Here At 5 P.M.
Jack Davis and children,
Tommy and Mary Jo, spent
last week end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Davis.
They planned the week end
to see his sister, Nola, crown-
ed Football Sweetheart at
the Junctlon-Reagan game.
Mrs. Davis’ sister, Mrs. Lovilla
Cox of Lubbock has also been
a guest in the Davis home for
several weeks.
Owls Booster Club
To Hold Bake Sale
The Owl Booster Club is
sponsoring a bake sale to be
held this coming Saturday
morning in the old Ford
Theatre building one door
north of the postoffice, be-
ginning at 9:00 o’clock.
The proceeds of this sale
will go toward purchasing a
movie projector for the ath-
letic department of the local
school. It is greatly needed by
the coaches and the players
in studying their previous
games.
Each of the Booster moth-
ers and others Interested in
this project are asked to fur-
nish a pie or cake for the
sale.
Still undefeated, the Junior
Owls will try for their seven-
th win this afternoon when
they host the Junior Broncos
of Sonora at 5:00 o’clock. The
junior team will close out
their season on Thursday
evening, Nov. 10 with the
Junior Braves in Iraan at
7:00 o’clock.
The Juniors’ sixth win
came last Thursday after-
noon in a 28-6 decision
against the Rankin Red Dev-
ils In Rankin. The Owls’ first
touchdown was made by Ho-
ward Young. Johnny Howard
is credited with two touch-
downs and one extra point,
and Jackie Aly with one
touchdown and one extra
point. All the boys on the
squad made the trip, and
each of them saw action in
the game.
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S_ I elude A. W. Billingsley for tax
James L.
Proffitt, sheriff; Bill Snow,
county attorney; Lester Rat-
liff, county commissioner of
Precinct One; J. M. Childress,
county commissioner of Pre-
cinct Three; D. C. Swanzy,
ber. Invitations were read j constable of Precinct Two,
concerning the Abilene Gar- and Frankie Delz, justice of
den Club Open House Nov. 10
and the McCamey Garden
Club Flower Show Nov. 10.
Members planning to attend
either show are to contact
Mrs. Gohmert.
Other members attending
included Mesdames Sam
Mann, Herbert Cope, Jim
Miller, Earl Chriesman, H. B.
peace of Precinct One.
Also on the ballots for the
upcoming election will be
four amendments to the Tex-
as State Constitution. Num-
ber One on the ballot auth-
orizes the Legislature to cre-
ate hospital districts co-ex-
tensive with Lamar County,
Hidalgo County, and County
Commissioners Precinct 4 in
Edens, J. Q. Wilson, Ralph
Pembrook, Henry Schooler, R.! Comanche County.
A. Caldwell, J. O. Lusby and! Number Two increases
James W. Matthews.
New Pastor Expected
Here From Oklahoma
the
maximum permissable inter-
est rate on bonds hereafter
issued by the Veterans’ Land
Board to three and one-half
per cent. Number Three pro-
vides for an annual salary of
l legislators of not to exceed
The Rev. A. O. Simmons, $4,800, and a per diem allow-
newly called pastor to the ance of not to exceed $12 a
local Assembly of God day for the first 120 days of
Church, is expected to arrive regular session as the maxi-
here next week to begin his mum compensation for the
pastorate, succeeding Rev. J. legislators and limiting the
R. Caldwell who is returning regular session tr 140 days,
to Midland where he had Number Four gives the
lived before coming here sev- Legislature authority to clas-
eral months ago. | sify loans and lenders and
The Rev. Simmons will be
no stranger to his congrega-
tion. He was engaged in a re-
vival here during the pastor-
ate of the Rev. A. L. Beggs.
The new pastor is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Simmons,
Big Lake residents for sever-
al years.
Arriving here with the new
minister will be Mrs. Sim-
mons and their three chil-
dren, Jerry Dean 7, Cynthia
Ann 4 and Glenn 1. They will
make their home In the
church parsonage just east of
the church building.
regulate lenders, define in-
terest and fix maximum rates
of interest.
The polls will open at 8:00
a. m. and close at 7:00 p. m.
Designated voting boxes will
be at the Courthouse and Big
Lake Elementary School
building in Big Lake, old
courthouse at Stiles, club
house at Texon, Cope ranch
home in the Reaganview
area, the Garrett ranch
house in Precinct 4, and the
recreation building at the El
Paso Naturla Gas Company’s
Midkiff camp.
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