The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXIX
BIG LARK, KKAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1954
NUMBER I
Latest Oil News In
Big Fake Area...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
Southland Royalty Company No
4-B O. F. Boyd has been completed
aa a producer In the Spraberry
Trend Area field of Northwest Rea-
gan County and Oordon P. Street
of Midland staked location for a
7,400-foot project In the same area.
The new oiler was flnaled for a
daily flow of 507.75 barrels of 41.1-
gravlty oil through a one-quarter-
inch choke and from open hole at
7,190-7,228 feet. Pay was fractured
with 4,500 gallons.
Tubing pressure was 400 pounds
Location Is in section 5, block E.
UcSV survey.
Street will dig No. 1 Weddell 20
miles northwest of Big Lake and
660 feet from north and 1,980 feet
from east lines of section 15. block
E, HE&WT survey.
The Superior Oil Company No 4-
39 F. M Pearce is a new explora-
tion in the Spraberry Trend Area.
Rotary tools will be used to drill to
contract depth of 8,000 feet. Oper-
ations will begin at once.
Location is 1,080 feet from south
and 660 feet from west lines of sec-
tion 39, block 36, T-5-8, T&P sur-
vey and 15 miles north of Stiles.
Cities Production Corporation No.
2 Womack Is another new project
in Northwest Reagan County to
test for production In the Spraber-
ry.
It is to be drilled to 7.800 feet
with rotary tools, beginning im-
mediately.
Drlllsite is 2,091 feet from north
and 1,986 feet from west lines of
section 46, block 36. TAtP survey
and 24 miles north of Texon.
Cemetery Association
Holds Regular Session
The adoption of the by-laws was
among the business transactions of
the newly formed Big Lake Ceme-
tery Association In its regular ses-
sion Monday night, it was learned
from Judge W D. Hudson, presi-
dent of the organization
Judge Hudson stated that the
association wished to give credit
for the valuable work that is being
done by the Progressive Study Club
in its beautification project of the
cemetery grounds.
He also wishes to remind those
who already had lots In the ceme-
tery prior to the organization of
the association, that deeds may be
secured by applying througlv the
official board of the association.
Those wishing to purchase lots may
also make application through the
board.
The official board Includes Judge
Hudson, president: Mrs Sam
Mann, vice president, Mrs Lula
Cartwright, secretary - treasurer:
and Mrs John O'Bryan, Mrs Ike
Chaffin, W T. Mills and Oordon E
Roach, directors
Watkins Enters Race
For Commissioner
Seeking public office for the first
time, Wirt Watkins authorized The
Big Lake Wildcat this week to an-
nounce his candidacy for the office
of commissioner of Precinct Two of
Reagan County, his election being
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primary July 24.
Mr. Watkins is no newcomer to
Reagan County He first came here
at the age of 18 when he was em-
ployed by the Big Lake Oil Co He
later entered the ranching busi-
ness. After an absence of 12 years
he and Mrs. Watkins returned to
Big Lake six years ago to make
their home. They and their 17-
year-old daughter. Billie Mae. live
at 602 Maryland Ave.
Concerning his candidacy for
commissioner, Mr. Watkins stated
that he believes himself qualified
for the place, and that he will ap-
preciate the consideration of the
voters when they go to the polls in
July. He plans to see all the voters
in the precinct.
RCHS Tournament Gets
Underway This Morning
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Game Schedule For
Reagan Tournament
8:30 a m
Midland "B"
9:50 a. m
Lakeview
11:10 a m Friday
vs Reagan
i 1:10 p m
i Odessa "B".
I 2:30 p m Friday
I Ft Davis
3:50 p m Friday
! Iraan
6:30 p m Friday
Braces
* Balle
"B” vs winner of
Loser
loser
You holpod this litifakirl to done# again.
Mors and mors polio vktimi
art making thsir maximum recovery today
with help from ths March of Dima*.
You maks this hslp potiibls whan you give.
Judge Hudson Seeks
Second Term To Office
W. D. Hudson, who Is serving his
first elective term as Judge of Rea-
gan County, authorized The Big
Lake Wildcat this week to an-
nounce his candidacy for re-elec-
tion In the coming July primary.
Elected to the county Judgeship
in 1952, Mr. Hudson was appointed
to fill the unexplred term of Judge
J. Wiley Taylor, who died several
months before the expiration of his;
term.
In announcing his candidacy, Mr
Hudson stated that he would like
to express his appreciation to the
voters for electing him for the first J During the period of the first higher than u dollar a pound, and
term. He said that he feels that administration of the late Presl-jlhe popular product becoming
with the experience gained while dent Franklin D Roosevelt, who scarcer, this is a general gesture on
in office, he will be able to serve j was a victim of polio in his youth the part of these businessmen
Winner of
MARCH OF DIMES
J-" !•» IT WILL TAKE MORE IN 54/
March Of Dimes Dance Scheduled For Jan. 30
Fortv-One Roys to Have
Iximbs In Show Jan. 22
Forty-one young Reagan County
feeders will show their lambs at
the boys' 21st annual livestock
show slated to get underway at the
club barn on January 22 This an-
nual show is held under the spon-
sorship of the Reagan County
Lions Club
There are 20 4-H boys feeding a
total of 72 lambs, and 21 FFA boys
feeding a total of 89 lambs Below
Is listed the boys and the number
each Is feeding:
better in the future He also stated j warm sympathy, he conceived the|pa!gn we are running considerably _ 4-H feeders—Bill Loftin. Tommy
that he wlil attempt to see every i idea of organizing the Warm [ behind the pace set last year when Whiskered W izards Dill* Rees, Teed Boyd and James Non-
voter in the county, but in so doing | Springs, Oeorgta. Institution, a j we reached a total of $1,766.50. Per- _ .. . sent each 5 lambs David Stewart,
he assures them he will not neglect place where those afflicted with j haps one of the principal reasons I I('f<* .MoiKlUY, J cl I). 25 Kenn Hays, Richard Logan, James
the duties of his office. polio could obtain the special treat- we are running behind last year Is Matlock and Reid Farley, each 4;
ment this disease demands As one due to the fortunate circumstance A number of local basketball Botmie Dorsey, Jim Parker. Marlon
, •1*1 r» r>i • way of raising funds necessary to! that due to the improvement In the players have signified that they Dally, Verel Kuykendall. Wayne
Dailicl Asks Re-Election carry on the gigantic problems of I Incidence of this disease this year, "111 bluy 0,1 lt1r Independent team, jjermann and Karman Weatherby,
the people of Reagan County much which Victims he always had a At this period of the polio ram-
Rankin-Midland
Ozona-Lakevlcw
7:50 p. m Friday -
Orandfalls-Reagan vs
Rankin-Midland "B“.
9:10 p. m Friday — Loser of Del
| Rlo-Odessa 'B" vs. loser of Bal-
jllnger-Ft Davis,
8:30 a m. Saturday -
Ballinger-Ft Davis vs
j Sonoru-lraan.
9:50 a tn. Saturday
tlon semi-final
11:10 a m Saturday
tlon semi-final
1:10 p m. Saturday
i Orandfalls-Reagan vs.
Rankln-Mldland and Ozona-Lake-
vlew, semi-final game
2:30 p m. Saturday — Winner of
Del Rlo-Odessa vs winner of Bal-
i llnger-Ft Davis and Sonora-Iraan,
semi-final game.
3:50 p m Saturday Consola-
tion final
7:30 p m Saturday — Play for
third and fourth place
9:00 p m Saturday - Champion-
ship final
Reagan County High School's
23rd Annual Basketball Tourna-
' ment which gets underway this
morning at 8:30, promises to at-
\ tract a good crowd Twelve good
teams, said to be pretty evenly
j matched, are expected to furnish
! plenty of spectator Interest.
The Reagan Owls, who have an
Orandfalls I excellent record for the season so
j far, are expected to make a good
showing They were runners-up of
their own tournament last year,
and champions for the two years
previous The Rankin Red Devils,
champions of last year's tourney,
will be here to defend their laurels
Rankin and Midland "B" play
the opener this morning at 8 30.
The Owls' first game Is scheduled
at 11:10 with Orandfalls
Play-off starts this evening at
6:30, and play will continue
through Saturday
Trophies will be awarded to first,
second, third and consolation win-
ners Individual awards will also be
winner of K*ven players on the winning
teams
Friday — Rankin vs
Friday — Ozona vs
Friday — Del Rio vs
Ballinger vs
Sonora vs \
Winner of
— Consola-
— Consola-
Wtnner of
winner of
‘rp p • • i p [treatment and scientific research, people arc not as pollo-mlnded as
j lO Commissioner S lOSl he suggested that each chapter of! formerly and labor under the mls-
Jlm L. Daniel signified this week the National Foundation for In- taken impression that polio has
that he Is a candidate for re-elec- j fantlie Paralysis throughout the
tlon to the office of commissioner, entire United States hold an an-
of Precinct Four of Reagan Coun- nuai dance to be known as the
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week the Big Lake
Wildcat wlil give to regular
mail subscribers. two tickets
to the Shooting Star Drive-
In, to two different families
This Week's Tickets Oo To
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Solomon
and
Mr. and Mrs. Price Turner
To See
“The Cruel Sea" and
“The Man From The Alamo"
8howlng at the Shooting 8tar
Big Lake
Sunday-Monday. Jan. 17-IS
(Tickets Good for Tt?*s At-
traction Only»
You Must Be On The Wildcat
Subscription List to Receive
Free Tickets Subscribe To-
day!
(Tear Out and Praaent at the
Shooting Star Box Office)
ty, and authorized The Big Lake
Wildcat to make this announce-
ment.
Mr Daniel stated that he greatly
appreciates the support given him
In the past, and that he solicits
the continued support of the voters
dance of the MARCH OF DIMES,
In which the proceeds would be
donated to the fund In question
This Idea Is being carried out al-
most generally to tills day
This year the dance will take
place at the Dinner Club. In Big
In the forthcoming election In July. | Lake, on the evening of January
He hopes to see all the voters In his 30th A good dance orchestra has
precinct.
Precinct four, which includes the
northwest portion of the county,
will have a larger voting strength
this year than In previous years It
been engaged for the occasion and
an enjoyable evening Is antici-
pated.
Several of the local restaurants
been conquered, when as a matter
of fact as yet there Is no assurance
from the scientists engaged In the
tests now under way that the dis-
ease has been conquered
In this connection the magazine,
U S News & World Report, in the
current week’s issue writes as fol-
lows: "The number of polio cases
In the United States, dropped 38
per cent In 1953 from 1952's record
high Use of the new serum gamma
globulin to fight the disease in
some communities was given par-
tial credit But the U 8 Public
Health Service cautioned against
being organized by Ralph Haven-
hill to meet the famous Whiskered
Wizards in the school gymnasium
on Monday evening, Jan 25, at 8
o'clock Others are expected to Join
the team. Mr Havenhlll, former
high school basketball coach,
stated that those interested tn par-
ticipating In this game, even
though they have not been con-
each 3. and Buster McNiece, Billy
Williams, Charles McKinney,
j James Roberts and Ray Kuyken-
| dall, each 2
FFA feeders David Jacobs. Ted
[Carson. Jimmy McCrohan, Olenn
[Cope and Merrell Morgan, each 5,
i Jack Owens, O W Parker, Clarence
1 Davis, Jim Tom Mills, Riley Fcath-
.erston, Carl McKinney, Ray Edmls-
turled. may see him or may report ' } Rom K„b,rt ArmBlrong,
for play on Thursday and Monday Dedeker. Paul Ledlow, Bill
nl|<hts , [Jolly, BUI Dolan, Ray Beaver, Rod-
Among those expected to play on „ and Edd„. Stephenson,
the team are Howard Westfall, J D I facb 4
Armstrong. Lrlan Varnadore. Don ‘ Brw,dm of thf 4.H and KFA
Barber, Bill Cutbirth, Bobby Wal
and cafes have signified their will- believing that gamma globulin ac-
ts estimated that there will be , tngness to donate to the March of
more than 150 eligible to vote In
the coming elections There were
about 90 tn 1952 and about 35 In
1950
Hospital News . . .
Medical patients in the Reagan
County Memorial Hospital Thurs-
day at noon were Arthur A Oard
ner, father of Mrs Harry Rex of
Big Lake; Paul David McCullough,
8-month-old son of Mr and Mrs
Roy McCullough of Big Lake; Mrs
Boyce Thompson, Big Lake, and
Rickie Wuyne Callaway, 4-month-
old son of Mr and Mrs W W Cal-
laway. Big Lake
Patients dismissed since last
week include Mrs L. K Knight, Big
Lake, accident. Kathy Ann Carl-
son, 4-month-old daughter of Mr
and Mrs E L Carlson of Big iJike,
medical, Chester L flmlthman. Big
Lake, medical, and Mrs Weldon
.Miers, Big Lake, medical
Dimes fund, the receipts from the
sale of cups of coffee one day dur-
ing the month of January, an Idea
which has become popular In vari-
ous towns of this area Saturday,
January 30th has been named as
COFFEE DAY In Reagan County
The names of the cafes and restau-
rants sponsoring COFFEE DAY will
be announced In next week's edi-
tion of the WILDCAT With the
better grades of coffee retailing at
counted for more than a small
part of the decrease tn the number
of cases reported In 1953
The National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis backed up the
doctors Basil O’Connor, president,
announces the allocation of the
sum of $1800,000 00 this year for
leseurch
The Reagan County Lions Club
contributed $25 00 to the Reagan
County drive yesterday at Its noon
meeting
ker, Jerry Ross, Bill Mac Varna-
dore, Roy Johnson. W C McKinney
and Ttootney Orr, all former KOH8
Owls, as well as J D Oreen. Joseph
Hopkins, Buck Hughes, L M Mc-
Coy. Blan Benton and Oene Qos-
ney
The game with the Whiskered
Wizards Is being sponsored by the
Reagan County Lions Club, and all
proceeds will go toward the club's
Little League project Admission
will be $100 for adults, and 50
cents for students
I lambs Include Lewis Hersey, Price
; Miller, Lucian McCoy. Virgil Pow-
ell, Max Schneemann. R B Fergu
son, Hubert Hodge, Mrs J R
Rhyne, Wilson Loftin, J F Holt, P
H Coates, E H Unthicum, Price
Turner. Joe Strauss. Wendell Par-
ker, D K McMullan, F 8 Price, J
C Carr. BUI Friend, Billy Boyd and
Jim Daniel
l\ H. Ray To Re-Open
F ashion Shop Soon
TO SHOW ALABAMA-RICE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
GAME SUN.. MON., TUEH. Mrs Oene Cole, formerly of San
Angelo, announces that she Is now
Sports fans, who enoyed reading manager 0( Dairy King suc-
the results of the Alabama-Rlee ceedtng Mrs W E Beaver Mrs
game on New Year's Day at the Cole extends an Invitation to
Cotton Bowl, wtll appreciate see- 1 everyone
. .. ,. , T H Ray. who has returned from
1 Olinp Demos D! |(*\as Baytown where he had been oper
m / v • i •, 11 ating a dry goods store since last
lo Organize Unit Herj*
A meeting is being called for the
purpose of organizing a local unit
of Young Democrats of Texas The
August, announces that he is re-
opening the Fashion Shop He will
carry an advertisement In next
week's paper giving the date of
to visit the Dairy King
Her husband is manager of the
Taylor Theatre The business is
owned by Black aijd Chandler of
Rankin
Several local citizens are in re-
ceipt of letters from Gov Allan
Shivers’ office urging that such an
organization be formed here
Everyone Interested In such a
Ing the news reel of that game
which will be shown at the Taylor
Theatre Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday They will see Alabama's
Tommy Lewis make the Illegal
tackle on Rlce'a Dickey Moegle. a
play that made head lines over the
, nation Also showing for the three
W L Coleman were her brother C days wU| A„ the Bn,thers Were
E Storey, and son. Billy, of 88,(1 valiant"
win, Kansas While here the Cole- ________________
mans and their guests visited an - [
other brother. J jK Storey, who Jack Baggett, Fort
is ill in the Veterans Hospital in ranchman, was a visitor in Big [tensely the first night following the tlon which meets some time soon
Big Spring Lake Tuesday operation j In Mineral Wells
meeting will be held in the district j opening
court room of the courthouse on He closed the Fashion Shop and
Monday evening, Jan 18, at 7:30 Ray Dry Ooods last summer when
he moved the stock from both
places to his South Texas store
The Fashion Shop will carry a
complete line of ladles ready-to-
wear and piece goods Mr Ray
Guests this week of Mr and Mrs
HAS SURGERY
Wayne Dolan returned to San
Angelo Wednesday for final sur-
gery on his foot which was Injured may hold office
jin an oilfield accident last October Also at this organizational meet-
| He is reported to be doing satis- ing, a delegate will be named to the
8tockman factorlly, although he suffered In- Young Democrats of Texas conven-
movetmnt Is Invited to attend. [ stated that he had a stock of shoes
Anyone Is eligible to Join, but only i that he plans to close out upon the
those between the ages of 21 and 40 [ opening of the store.
Mr Ray, who had been In busi-
ness in Big lAke for ten years be-
fore closing out last August, stated
that he was happy to be back in
Big Lake and bark in business
again here
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, J. L., Sr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1954, newspaper, January 15, 1954; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658797/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.