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VOLUME XXXIX
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 21, 1964
NUMBER 21
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Bis Lake Wildcat
Great Western Drilling Co.
of Midland will drill No. 1-AI
University as a 10,800-foot I
Ellenburger wildcat in South-
west Reagan County, 2 1/2
miles west of Texon.
Site is 1.980 feet from north
and 660 feet from east lines
of section 5, block 2, Univer-
sity Lands survey and 3/4
mile southwest of the recent-
ly opened one-well Texon
(Fusselman)' pool.
BTA Oil Producers of Mid-
land will re-enter and test
the Wolfcamp, topped at 7,-
160 feet, in No. 1 Scott, Ltd.,
Reagan County 11,186-foot,
failure four miles northeast,
of Big Lake.
Union Oil Co. of California
drilled the project and plug-
Plans Well Underway iS
For Texon Reunion
The Texon Reunion slated
for the week end of June 13
has grown to such unexpect-
ed proportions that definite
organizatin is eminent. News
of the initial attempt for a
gathering of its former oil
camp citizens has prompted
attendance to the extent that
a program utilizing long re-
membered talents is being
staged for Sunday.
Central meeting place is
the picnic grounds southeast
of the former Big Lake Oil
Company camp which con-
tinues to be maintained by
its present owners, the Mara-
thon Oil Company. Residents
from among the ten couples
who still live in the campsite
will be on hand to extend
of Big Lake and the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Reed, Mr
and Mrs. J. C. Jordan, Mr
and Mrs. Leroy Davidson,
Mrs. Charley Davidson, Mr.
and Mrs. Putsey Gentry, all
of Lubbock; and Mrs. High
Haven of Levelland, and Milt
Witherspoon and Roy Gard-
ner of Midland.
Informally meeting at the
post office in Texon, Mrs
Kosel, Mrs. Clyde Miller and
Mrs. Frankie Delz set June 13
after learning how many
more were interested in com-
ing sometime during the
summer. According to Mrs.
Kosel, the group which had
met in Lubbock had been in-
cluding the idea in their cor-
respondence and from that
nucleus the news spread by
I
Mrs. Jerry Latimer was in-
stalled as president of the
Big Lake Grade P-TA last
Thursday afternoon follow-
ing luncheon at the Steak
House attended by outgoing
officers and those elected to
serve the 1964-65 year. Ralph j
Havenhill, principal, install-j
ed the new leaders in regular
meeting of the organization
in the grade school auditori-|
um.
Supt. Ben Featherston was,
the principal speaker for the |
program, emphasizing the ( school students will be trans
need for parental, teacher ferred to Reagan
RCHS Baccalaureate
Set For Sunday Night
I
Davenport School Is Four Scholarships To
Cut To Five Grades Be Awarded May 29
Effective at the opening of
the 1964-65 school year, Dav-
enport’s junior high and high
ged it in 1952. Re-entry con- greetings, and a potluck sup-
tract is for 7,500 feet and lo-j P«r provided by visiting fam- frlends writing to friends and *lc *wucu
cation is 1,980 feet from Mes and local residents alike lt continues in that manner ; New offlcers serve wlth
..... Mrs. Latimer Include Mrs. Ira
vice - president;
Mrs. R. E. Routh, secretary;
Mrs. Lelan Varnadore, treas-
Commencement exercises
for Reagan County High
School May 29 include the
announcement of four local
County scholarships that will be
cooperation in instructing Junior High School and Rea-
the student. ‘‘The new lan- gan County High School, it
guage used in education can was decided in a meeting of
be learned from the teacher (the board of trustees of the
so that the same procedure county-wide school district
may be used in home study last Thursday night. It vlas
assistance,” he told his audi-! also decided to retain three
ence. “This includes the new j Davenport teachers for the
math language, even though school’s first five grades efiting this year’s
math hasn’t changed, new I which will not be transferred.' the Wednesday
terms are applied.
i Reagan County High
School’s commencement ac-
' tivities will begin Sunday
night, May 24, with the bac-
I calaureate services in the
high school auditorium, be-
ginning at 8:00. The Rev. Bob
G. Fulmer, pastor of the local
First Baptist Church, will de-
liver the sermon.
Included on the program
north and east lines of sec-| will be spread and shared for
tion 176, block 1, T&P survey, the evening meal.
It is one location east of, Overnight campers are
shallow production in the welcome and facilities in
John Scott (Grayburg) pool, lights and water are avail-
- | able.
H. L. Gardner Jr. Wins Un*«>ue in an attempt at
reunion, Texonites are un-
Mrs. O. E. Goble, now of _
San Angelo, is credited with To'wnsend>
carrying on the biggest
amount of correspondence
awarded graduates in addi- ^ ^ proces5lonali Men_
of°nth? lMS-M** valedictorian' delssohn’s "War March of the
and salutatorlan and the ^^.’’the K^Burton
educational benefits accord- of the ^
ed each of these scholastic church; choral numb€1. ,.j
recor s. Believe”, presented by Judy
Two new scho arships ben-1 c Arn^
«... — - class are bJe Boyd Und& miMm ^
The transfer will involve Duplicate Bridge Club Scho'-, Bnawmie Hayes^BUly Don De’
ll ftuden*’ ” °f w.h0If w11! arshlp and "g; ,Chuf*' Armon, Gary’ Partain and
be in junior high school, and tian Church Scholarship ... un„
10 in high school. Of those to which is limited to graduates .... armmtmnist • the
attend high school four of of the church. A special . .. ..P „
... . - . , l, .sermon benediction, the Rev.
them will be freshmen, four Scholarship Duplicate Tour-,Walter e. Schaeffer of
all at her own expense. The MrS' T?yJWhite' publi- j sophomores, one junior and nament was initiated to start iPtet Presbyterian
McCamey Golf Meet
Harold L. Gardner, Jr.,
sophomore student at North
Texas State University, re-
turned to West Texas last
week end to enter McCamey’s
able to judge how many have
been contacted on attending.
No formal invitations have
been or will be mailed. Word
by mouth and personal cor-
11 respondence by chain letter
annual invitational golf tour- ™lctionfhhaf ,^enf the effec’
nament. Gardner edged Craig1 tlve method thus far
Adams of McCamey in a sud-
den death playoff to win the
championship.
Gardner and Adams had
tied, each with a 37, in the
nine-hole medal play. This
was Gardner’s first cham-
pionship title above high
school level. During his four
years of high school golf, he
had won many honors, and -
in his senior year, he was » . , _ .
medalist in the Class A Divi-j urUuUaf 1011 EX6rClS6S
sion at the Interscholastic1 « - .
League state meet at Austin.' '6* *0r UaY6!?P0rt
and also at the Regional
Meet at Ljubbock.
Definite decision on the
gathering took place in No-
I vember of last year in Lub-
back when friends attending
i the funeral of Charley Dav-
idson, former Big Lake em-|
ployee, met in his home in
that city. Those present in-1
eluded Mr. and Mrs. Guy Day
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kosel
names of Big Lake motels are
included in letters, and some
hold wteek end invitations.
Friend who retired in Big
Lake or in nearby localities
will have week end company
and word has been received
by several to secure parking
space for their trailers at the
picnic grounds or at the
camp.
city; Mrs. Clyde Gay, mem-
bership; Mrs. Max Schnee-
niann, Jr., project chairman;
Mrs. Norman Guess, histori-
an; Mrs. Edmund Watson,
one senior.
Teachers renamed for Dav-
enport include Principal Jo-
seph A. Lucas, Mrs. Beatrice
Bradley and Mrs. Alberta
parliamentarian; Mrs. Lacy (Shaw Walton. An enrollment
Mrs. Earl Brooks of San
Angelo has volunteered to act
as registrar at the reunion on
Sunday so that correct ini-
tials and addresses may be
listed for future years.__
Paul McCollum of Midland
made the first voluntary con-, fa SflOW Is Tuesday
trlbution to suggest help' *
Way, school mother; Mrs.
Billie Zachary, telebinocular
chairman; Mrs. Jerry Yoch-
am, audiometer chairman;
Mrs. Otis Basham, health;
Mrs. Joe Willmon, budget and
finance, with Mrs. R. E.
Routh as co-cha.rman; Mrs.
Horace Frymier. publication;
and Mrs. Bob Fulmer, hospi-
tality.
the new scholarship and with
the attendance of area dupli-
cate players, $150 was gained
for the first award to a local,
graduate. The church schol-'
arship is derived from its
Memorial Funds.
the
Church;
and the recessional, Charles
Gounod’s “Marche Pontlfi-
cale", Loy Rogers.
Commencement exercises
are slated for Friday evening,
May 29, in the auditorium at
! 8:00 o’clock. Dr. Pat Norwood
The local chapter of the 0f Southwest Texas State
Texas State Teachers Assn. 1 college at San Marcos, will
Baccalaureate services for
Neil Sconiers of Iraan, for-1 Davenport School’s graduates ( be wanted to
are set for Sunday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock at the Bethle-
hem Baptist Church with the
pastor, the Rev. J. H. Blake-
mer Big Lake young man,
was medalist at the McCam-
ey tourney. A. C. Hamil of
Crane, defending champion
of the local tourney, won
consolation honors in the
the first flight; Boob Howard
of Big Lake was runner-up
in the second flight; and
Jack Vail won consolation in
the fourth flight.
more,
Graduation
scheduled
from the visitors and this ac-
tion prompted an April 29
meeting of Texon women and
those who had retired to San
Angelo. Tony Slaughter, col-!
umnist of the Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram, and formerly
of Big Lake, sent word that
help his old
friends publicize the reunion
and continued contact need-
ed to be kept with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Beyer and Mrs.
In School Auditorium
The Art Show and Crafts
Exhibit sponsored by the
Progressive Study Club takes
place Tuesday afternoon in
the foyer of the Reagan
County High School. Show Garrett. Mrs. Jackye Haven-
Bernice Horton.
McGhee, Ronald
Ellis Mills, Mrs.
of about 33 is expected this
fall.
In an earlier session of the
board, Supt. Featherston was
re-elected, and also Princi-
pals R. W. Magruder, high
school; Frank Horton, junior
high; and Ralph Havenhill
Big Lake Elementary School.
Athletic coaches who were
re-named were Wilburn year.
George, James Brown, Terry The
Page, James Bird, Ross L.'ciub Scholarship of $200 has
Browm and Mrs. Mary Tatum.( been in effect since 1957 with) Elkins, ’ Linda Ellison,
Others were Mrs. Azalee — — .....
Ashcraft, Howard Becknell.
Calvin Campbell, Mrs. Louise
Coates, Mrs. Erma Lee Cole,
Bill Tom Curry, Mrs. Nan-
nette Day, Conrad M. Dendy.
Jr„ Mrs. Frances Featherston,
Mrs. Vertis Foster. Mrs. Prule
assisted by donations and as-
sistance of ex - students
awarded its first scholarship
last May. Joe Dan Mills who
is now attending Southwest
Texas State College, received
$300 help in his freshman
Twentieth Century
address the graduates.
Candidates for graduation
include: H. O. Akin, Allen
Andrews, Charity Arms, Dav-
id Atwood, Ronnie Baggett,
Leslie Barnes, Billy Bolen,
Bobble Boyd, Glenn Cauble,
Terry Corbell, Shannon Dar-
ling, Billy De Armon, Ann
Denton, Junior Dupree, Mike
Bill
Kenneth Harris as its first Rickey Fox;
recipient. Initially derived Judy Franklin, Dennis
from library funds and me- Hambrick, Sandy Havenhill,
morial gifts, this award now Brownie Hayes, Marion Hef-
aepends on memorials and nn> Eva Jo Hicks, Frances
civic endeavors of club mem-! Johnson, Jeneva Joyner,
bers. Other students benefit-, Annette Love, Boniel Low,
ing from its funds include Diane Massey, Richard Miles,
U Senior Division
To Open Play June 2
The Senior Division of
Reagan County Little League
will open its season on Tues-
day night, June 2, it has been
announced by Joe M. Daugh-
erty, officer in charge of this
teen-age group. At this open-
er, Midkiff will play Pool
Well, and Poynor Salvage
will play Fashion Shop.
Ronnie McMullan has been
named manager of the Poy-
nor Salvage team, and George
Dykes and R. L. McKinney
are serving as coaches. Don
Cartwright is manager and
Wayne Luxton is coach for
the Pool Well Service team.
James Bird is the Fashion
Shop’s manager with Japson
Pettit as coach.
The Midkiff team is spon-
sored by the Midkiff Lions
Club, but to date no detailed
information has been obtain-
ed.
Irma Jacot is the official
scorer; Dwain Carr, player
agent; and serving on the
umpire staff will be Jim New-
some, Buddy Halley, C. B.
Reece and Terry Page.
Games will start at 7:00 p.
m., and the time limit has
been set at one hour and 45
minutes.
The schedule will be found
elsewhere in this issue of the
paper, and the roster will be
published next week.
delivering the serim.,., tfetty jrDy or Arlington so
exercises are j that their correspondence to
for Thursday j other friends could be main-
night, May 28, at 8:00 o’clock, I tained
m the school auditorium. The| Mrs.' Kosel and Mrs. Clyde
i Miller of Texon met with
Mesdames O. E. Goble, L. B
Menielle, Earl Brooks, F. E.
of St. Paul’s C. M. E. Church
in Midland, will give the
commencement address.
Graduates include
Black, Jr., Billie J.
Willie Ray Powell, Gloris
Dean Smith and Iieroy Allen
Trader.
Other closing activities of
the school are a school pro-, jng
gram on Tuesday night in
the auditorium at 8:00, and a
prom on Friday night of next
i Hughes, W. J. Varnadore and
hours are 2 o’clock until 8 o’-
clock, and the public is in-
vited to view the work of lo-
cal artists, a collection of
paintings exhibited by mem-
bers of the Los Ardis Art Club
of Big Spring, and the paint-
ing of local school students, i
Also exhibted will be mod-
ern and abstract work de-
signed by Charles Perkins.
Industrial Arts instructor of
high school and the recent
work in tin and iron formed
Frazier| Trip Housewright of San An-! and welded by his pupils.
i gelo and elected Mrs. Frankie
Delz, Texon postmaster, as
treasurer, and Mrs. Miller as
secretary.
Out of that luncheon meet-
a program for Sunday,
week.
BILL DYER RECOVERS
FROM HEART ATTACK
Bill Dyer, former Big Lake
resident now living in Pales-
tine, is reported to have re-
covered from a heart attack
he suffered several weeks
ago, according to a letter
from Mrs. Dyer to her niece,
Mrs. F. E. Cope of Big Lake.
The attack hospitalized him,
but he is now at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, who
were in the cafe business
here for a number of years,
moved to East Texas early
last year. Until recently they
had the managership of the
Pal-Tex Motel in Palestine.
The letter also stated that
the Dyer’s daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. George
Morehead and children were
doing well at Houston.
Mrs. G. R. Solomon and
sons, Ray and Phil, spent the
week end in Stanton with her
mother, Mrs. W. B. Waldrop.
such as recognizing certain
attendance records, were
made. A definite menu was
worked out, just in case shar-
ing potluck Sunday proved
insufficient. In these ways
the voluntary contributions
will be used.
Another meeting Monday
June 1, will wind up planning
all that can be done at this
date.
Crafts and hobbies of local
residents will be exhibited, j
Entries of the school stu-;
dents’ art work will be judged
hill, Mrs.
Mrs. Lois
McMullan,
Irene Mills,
Mrs. Jeannette Minica,
Mrs. Dalma Morrow, Mrs.
Mildred Nunn, Mrs. Jaunita
Parker, Mrs. Nelda Pepper
Charles Perkins, Mrs. Joalice
Poehler, Mrs. Alla Pool, Mrs.
Jo Ann Stearns, James Tug-
gle, Mrs. Grace L. Turner,
Mrs. Iona Wade, R. A. Wal-
lace, Mrs. Mabel Williams,
Mrs. Esther C. Wilson, Mrs.
Faye Wood, Mrs. Martha A.
Word and Floyd M. Wynn.
Mr. Featherston stated
that there may be a change
, David Stewart, a February
graduate of Southwest Texas
State College in San Marmos;
• Charles L. (Chuck) Nichols,
I now in the University of
Texas School of Law; Dickie
Harris, attending his second
year in Odessa Junior Col-
lege; Marilyn McReavy, sec-
ond year student in Howard
County Junior College, Big
Spring; and Linda Winn, a
freshman student in San An-
gelo College.
Charles Millwee, Monte Nev-
111s, Cheryl Parker, Gary Par-
tain, Jim Scott, Anne Storey.
Darling Dance Pupils
; To Present Recital
Pupils of Flo Darling
School of Dance will be pre-
sented in a dance review in
j the Reagan County High
I School auditorium on Friday
Requirements for the evening, May 22, at 8:00 o’-
scholarships are mostly uni-1 clock. Friends are invited to
form in character with em-'show their interest in the
youngsters by attending this
to the various grade levels.
Exhibitors are urged i.f._
, ., . . , °. ., i announced later,
have their entries at the
auditorium not later than
phasis upon scholastic record talent and progress of these
and contribution to school ac-1
tivities and leadership at
-------... —----- ■—o---------- tained by the student. Selec-' There is no admission to the
I this coming year. This will be tions are made by coopera- recital.
Tuesday morning according! Mrs- Darling stated,
tn tho vorinm crrnrtp WpU i made ln teacher assignments tained by the student. Selec-, There is
j tion and recommendation of j Big Lake pupils appearing
Two teachers in the school Principal R. W. Magruder in the recital include Tommy
10:00 o’clock Tuesday morn- system for a number of years a"d the high school faculty
ing to accommodate staging! Mrs. Ruth Billingsley and who are familiar with the
the show. Artists and hobby-
ists may contact Mrs. R. D.
McReavy, Mrs. James Mat-
thews or Mrs. E. O. Nevills
about their entries.
Mrs. Olive Rackley, are retir-! meritorious students
ing from the teaching pro- [ the graduating class,
fession in public schools.
among
Buy In Big Lake For Better
Values! Trade At Home!
Golf Tournament Set
For Saturday, Sunday
Big Lake Golf Association’s this event is $3.00. A barbecue
14th annual Invitational supper for all club members,
tournament will get under- [ visiting golfers, and their
way this week end with qual-
fying scores to be determined
on Saturday. Nine - hole
matches will get started Sun-
day morning at 7:00 o’clock.
Entrance fee has been set at
$10.00.
Low - ball partnership
flights will be held Saturday
afternoon. Entrance fee for
families is being planned for
Saturday evening at 7:00 o’-
clock.
A. C. Hamil of Crane, for-
merly of Big Lake, is expect-
ed to be here to defend his
title. He was champion of the
1963 meet, shooting a 35 to
win by one stroke over Jake
Broyes of Fort Stockton.
Varnadore, Jana Martin,
Teddia Miller, Valerie Mol-
husen, Laura Miller, Georgia
Howard, Waynette Jones,
Hilda Kruse, Martha Kruse,
Carrie Orr, Neelie Mendez,
Linda Jenkins, Patti Clem-
mer, Kathy Ivey, Kathye
to Stout, Lou Lou McBrde and
VICK ATWOODS HAVE
FIRE LAST SATURDAY
The Vick Atwood home
1005 Ohio was damaged
the extent of about $550 last j Alan Stearns. There will also
Saturday morning from a'be numbers by Mrs. Darling’s
blaze which had started from pupils in Iraan and Rankin,
a skillet of burning grease. | Interested parents are ask-
When discovered the fire had, ed to watch the Wildcat the
Barnhart Has Five
Graduates This Year
Diplomas will be presented
to five graduates at Barnhart
High School’s commencement
exercises slated for Friday , spread
night of this week. Dr. Billy inet, charring it badly, and j an announcement of
Mac Jones of San Angelo,; smoke had also caused dam-1 ment of fall classes,
dean of men at San Angelo! age. With a quick response of! -
to the adjoining cab-! latter part of September for
enroll-
address the the
Big Lake Volunteer Fire
was
College, will
graduates. Baccalaureate! Department, the blaze
services were held last Sun-, soon extinguished,
day night with the Rev. Gor-
don Miller, pastor of the
Barnhart and Mertzon Meth-
odist churches, giving the
sermon.
Cindy McBride has
LIONS CLUB TO HAVE
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY
James Coveil of San Angelo
I will be a guest speaker at the
been regular luncheon meeting of
named valedictorian and the Reagan County Lions
Joyce Cox as salutatorian of Club today at noon. Mr. Co-
the class. Other graduates in-1 vail is an Economic Develop-
clude Otis Turner, Ismael ment representative of the
Rodriguez and Douglas Col- J General Telephone Co. of the
lins. I Southwest.
Gardener of the Week
C. W. Wade at 1111 Mon-
tana has been chosen as
“Gardener of the Week” by
the Reagan Garden Club.
Across the street from the
Little League fields in the
park, his fresh, green, well
kept lawn appears as an oas-
is. His rose bushes have pro-
vided beautiful color for pas-
sersby and the corner has al-
ways been a spot of beauty in
that part of town.
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