The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXIV
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 1, 1959
NUMBER 39
RCHS Class Of 1934
Reunion Next Week
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
Lenonle Oil Company of
Mineola has spotted locations
for three projects in the Price
(Grayburg) field, three miles
east of Big Lake.
No. 3 TXL is 1,675 feet from
north and 1,000 feet from east
lines of section 229, block 1,
T&P survey.
Lenonie No. 4 TXL Is 2,333
feet from north and 1,667 feet
from east lines of section 229,
block 1, T&P survey.
The operator spotted No. 5
TXL 2,967 feet from north
and 1,000 feet from east lines
of section 229, block 1, T&P
survey.
Each of the projects will be
drilled to 3,000 feet with rot-
ary equipment.
David Fasken No. 1-A Cal-
vin H. Sugg, wildcat 30 miles
northeast of Big Lake in
Northeast Reagan County,
has set surface casing at 610
feet, and was making hole on
5,600-foot contract on last re-
port.
Drlllsite is 660 feet from
south and west lines of se.
tion 105, block 2, T&P survey.
Lenonle Otl Company No. 4
N. W. Hickman is a new well
in the Price (Grayburg) field,
three miles east of Big Lake.
On 24-hour potential test,
the new oiler pumped 82.5
barrels of 32.8 gravity oil, plus
one per cent water, through
perforations in casing from
2,403 to 2,408 feet.
Location is 1,650 feet from
south and 1,550 feet from
west lines of section 230,
block 1, T&P survey.
Cabot Carbon Company No.
2 Zulette Hughes offset to the
discovery well of the Zulette
(Ellenburgert field, three
miles east of Stiles, was dig-
ging below 7,984 feet in lime
and shale.
Slated for a 10,700-foot bot-
tom, it is 1,980 feet from
north and west lines of sec-
tion 5, block L, TCRR survey.
Phillips Petroleum Com-
pany No. 9 Phillips-South-
land-Zulette, slated 10,700-
foot Ellenburger operation in
the Stiles field, was making
hole below 6,321 feet in lime
and shale.
This operation is 660 feet
from north and 1,985 feet
from east lines of section 7,
GC&SF survey, four miles
southeast of Stiles.
Plans are being completed
for the first reunion of the
1934 graduating class of Rea-
gan County High School
slated for Friday, Oct. 9, the
date of the school’s annual
homecoming game, it has
been learned from Mrs. Nina
Franklin and Mrs. Otis Bash-
am, the only two of the 33
class members living here.
An informal get-together is
planned for Friday afternoon
from three until six in the
fellowship hall of the First
Methodist Church. An invita-
tion is extended to all ex-
students and others interest-
ed to be present.
A dinner will be held in the
Park Inn dining room at six.
Exes are also invited to this
affair, but they are asked to
see Mrs. Franklin or Mrs.
Basham early enough so that
reservations may be made.
Among those expected to be
here are Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Nall of Abilene. Mrs. Nail is
the former Miss June Kittrell,
and Mr. Nail, former RCHS
coach and teacher, is con-
nected with the Abilene
school system.
The class’ sponsor, Miss
Lela Hazel Boyd, who teaches
in the Dallas schools, will be
unable to come.
Henry (Bud) Guynes, em-
ployee of a Dallas aircraft i
company, writes that he will
be unable to come, but he
sends word to the Owls to win
Fridy night’s game for the old
folks. Guynes was not only a
RCHS athletic star but star-
! red on SMU’s football team
and played in the Rose Bowl.
Merchants Committee
Will Meet Tonight
The Retail Merchants Com-
mittee of the Big Lake Cham-
ber of Commerce will meet
tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the
Steak House, according to
chairman Aubrey Edwards.
Edwards said final plans
for the first Big Lake Value
Days, a special city-wide sales
event, will be made at that
time. Cards have been sent to
the members of the commit-
tee as well as other retailers
in Big Lake.
The Value Days have been
scheduled for Oct. 8, 9, 10.
As an added attraction to
the first Value Days members
oi the Retail Merchants Com-
mittee are expected to com-
plete plans for the dropping
of numbered leaflets on Fri-
day, Oct. 9 at 4 p. m. Certain
numbers will be good for
merchandise and one number
will be worth $25 in cash or
gift certificates.
Final details will be worked
out tonight on all phases of j
the sales event.
Scrappy Owls Face Toughest
Foe In Crane Tomorrow Night
Miss Mildred Loftin, 1959
graduate from Reagan Coun-
ty High School, plans to leave
Friday for San Angelo where
she will enroll for six months
course in Jean’s School of
Beauty.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week The Big Lake
Wildcat, in cooperation
with the Shooting Star
Drive-In Theatre, will
give to regular mall
subscribers, two tickets.
This week’s tickets go to
Mr. and Mrs.
L. K. Segars
To See
"The Big Circus”
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
at the Shooting Star
(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)
Hospital News ...
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Conaway of Big Lake are par-
ents of a daughter born to
them on Sept. 24 in the Rea-
gan Memorial Hospital. She
weighed 7 pounds and 13
ounces and was named Kim-
berly Kay.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Ginn of
Big Lake are parents of a
daughter born to them on
Sept. 28. She weighed 7
pounds and 14 ounces, and
was named Linda Beth.
Both these mothers and
their infants have since been
dismissed.
Remaining in the hospital
are Mrs. Benton L. Weeks and
6-pound daughter who was
bom to Mr. and Mrs. Weeks
on Sept. 26. The baby was
named Linda Pearl.
Medical patients in the
hospital yesterday afternoon
were Edna Lou Wright, Vic-
tor Gomez, Williford Thomp-
son, Merton Purcell and Mrs.
W. M. Shields, all of Big
Lake; Mrs. R. E. Fry, Star
Route, Midland; and Ricky
Miller, Star Route, Midkiff.
Accident patients were Lloyd
Kane and Roy Bozar, both of
Big Lake. Mrs. John Holyfield
was a surgical patient.
Dismissal of medical pa-
I tients have been Fred L. Mat-
j tox, Dora Castillo, Ronald
Buford, Mrs C. R. Wilson,
Mrs. Pablo Levario, Mrs. Sim-
on H. Jacobo, Alice Urdy, Mrs.
F. T. McLeroy, Mrs. D. M.
Daugherty, Carroll Watkins,
W. C. Runion and Mrs. A. L.
Reese, all of Big Lake; Mrs.
A. T. Rhodes, J. D. Matthews,
Clarence Hoyle, Jr., Mrs. W.
C. Burleson, all of Midkiff; B.
C. Howard of Texon; and
Jeanette and Harlan Harris,
Star Route, Midland.
Dismissals who were in for
surgery were Mrs. Robt. M.
Hinkelman and Vannie Dan-
iels of Big Lake; and dismis-
sals of accident patients have
been Claude Beaty and Bobby
Story of Big Lake; Tommy
Childress, Sterling City Route,
and Tommy Hall of Best.
Big Lake Man Gets
Patent On Invention
Frank Horton plans to go
to Dallas this week end in the
interest of placing on the
market his new invention for
which he has recently been
granted a patent. He has in-
vented a damper for a com-
bination heating and air con-
ditioning unit, perfecting his
invention while working with
air conditioners in his recent-
ly owned tin and metal shop.
A member of the local
school faculty since 1946, Mr.
Horton is former high school
coach and shop teacher, and
is serving this year as Junior
high school principal.
Joe Johnston will accom-
pany Mr. Horton to Dallas
this week end.
Chamber Directors
Approve Brochure
The Board of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce
last week approved the ex-
penditure of approximately
$300 for printing and art
work on two separate pieces
of brochure material on Big
Lake and Reagan County.
One of the pieces of mate-
rial will be a 10 page folded
brochure with general infor-l
mation about the city, includ-'
ing the schools, hospital,
farming and ranching and
other items of importance.
The second piece of mate-
rial will be a city map drawn
to scale with points of inter-
est Indicated and surrounded
by an animated drawing of
the county including roads,
the various oil fields and
camps.
Final art work and printing
will be started this week and
the brochures will be ready
for distribution about the
15th of October.
Owl Opponents
Here's how Big Lake op-
ponents fared on the gridiron
last week end:
Crane lost to Pecos, 6-21.
Iraan lost to McCamey, 2-
29.
Eldorado defeated Rankin,
12-0.
Ozona lost to Stanton, 14-
18.
Junction defeated Sabinal,
22-8.
Menard defeated Eden, 46-
8.
Sonora lost to Ballinger, 0-
60.
Garden Club To Have
Workshop Next Week
Preparations for the Rea-
gan Garden Club’s annual
flower show, slated for Oct.
17, will get underway next
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock j
in the dining room of the
Park Inn. A Dutch treat'
luncheon will follow at noon.
Mrs. John Sumrall of Mc-
Camey will be here to direct
the workshop, and to teach
flower arrangements to the
members.
Members unable to attend
the workshop are asked to
notify Mrs. J. O. Lusby or Mrs.
Dink Johnson.
P-TA Membership Is
More Than Doubled
By Monday of this week the
Big Lake Grade Parent-
Teacher Association’s mem-
bership had reached 281, and
the figure was expected to
reach 300 by the time the
membership drive ended yes-
terday. The organization had
123 on its roster last year.
Winners in the membership
contest will be announced
next week. The room securing
the largest percentage of
members will receive a prize
of $5.00. Second and third
place prizes will be $3.00 and
$1.50.
School Enrollment
Slightly Increased
Enrollment in the local
school system shows a slight
increase as the first five
weeks of school is ending. On
Sept. 1, the enrollment figure
was 963, and today it is 988.
High school has an enroll-
ment of 189, having gained
five pupils; junior high, 233
with a gain of nine; elemen-
tary school with a present en-
rollment of 469 has lost nine
pupils; and Davenport had
88, having gained 20 in five
weeks.
Supt. Ben Featherston,
Carroll Watkins and Lloyd
Rumsey were in Brady last
Saturday to attend a District
11 meeting of the Texas State
Teachers Association.
4-H Feeding Program
To Get Started Soon
Saturday, Oct. 3, is set as
lamb-selection day at the
county club barn for all boys
planning to participate in the
4-H feeding program this
coming year, it has been an-
nounced by E. O. Nevills,
county agent who is in charge
of the boys’ 4-H Club work in
the county. The selection will
get underway at 9:00 a. m., he
stated. He is expecting 50 or
more boys to be in the feed-
ing program.
Buy In Big Lake For Better
Values! Trade At Home!
Good Shower Falls
Wednesday Morning
A total of 2.40 inches of
rain was recorded Wednesday
morning at the government
gauge in Big Lake. The rain
started with a light shower
about 1:00 followed by a
heavy downpour that began
about 7:30 andy lasted for an
hour. Only .25 of an inch was
recorded here previously in
September.
Total rainfall for the first
nine months amounts to 13.56
inches. No moisture was re-
corded in January or in
March; and February, April
and August each received less
than an inch. May had 3.93;
June, 4.58; July, 1.75 and Sep-
tember, 2.65.
R. L. Darling, who entered
the Shannon Hospital last
Saturday, is reported not
feeling very well. Surgery,
which he has postponed for
some time, is urged by his
doctors, and he may enter
surgery Friday. Mrs. Darling
plans to go in to San Angelo
Friday to be with her hus-
band.
Related in name and good looks-the new
COMPACT C0RVAIR and CHEVROLET
Big Lake’s scrappy Owls,
still seeking their first win of
the '59 football campaign, will
face their toughest chore of
the season Friday night as
they take on the Crane Gold-
en Crane in a second conse-
cutive road trip.
"Make no mistake about it,”
Coach Harold Barrett mused
Wednesday, “Crane has a
very good ball club and don’t
let those four straight losses
fool you.”
The young coach was refer-
ring to the fact that Crane
has dropped games to Win-
ters Monahans, Lamesa and
Pecos.
“It’s no disgrace to lose to
any of those ball clubs,” Bar-
rett said. "And Crane appears j
to be getting stronger every
week end.”
In discussing his own
team’s 12-16 loss to Ft. Stock-
ton last week end he said he
felt overall it was the best ef-
fort of the season but a cou-
ple of mistakes hurt badly,
He described his quarter-
backing, which saw sopho-
more Harold Gardner go all
the way, as being “a little im-
proved”. As to the blocking
it, too, was improved some
due to the shift of personnel
in the line.
Freshman Tommy Frank-
lin was moved from offensive
center to weakside guard,
Junior James Mann from in-
side tackle to center and sen-
ior George Tucker from guard
to tackle.
“We made these moves be-
cause we need a little strong-
er blocking in the line and we
think it improved the overall
play,” Barrett added.
Crane, with several big boys
available for duty, particu-
larly on defense, features the
all-around ability of Jimmy
Leo at right half, now in his
fourth year as a starter for
Coach Dan Andregg’s Golden
Cranes. The Cranes have an
excellent passer in the person
of quarterback Scott Cot field
and an outstanding receiver
in right end Bobby Brunson.
Against Ft. Stockton young
Gardner threw the ball with
good accuracy accounting for
both the Owls touchdowns.
A strong family resemblance between the all-
new Corvair and Chevrolet’s conventional line of
passenger cars for 1960 is evident in this unusual
profile view. At 180 inches, however, the Corvair
is more than two anq one-half feet shorter, while
its 108-inch wheelbase compares with 119 on the
ImpaM Sport Sedan with which it appears.
Elegance and chassis refinements characterize
th4 larger Chevrolets in an offering of 16 pas-
senger models. The Corvair introduces an array
Martin Boone Attends
Preview Of New Fords
Martin H. Boone of Boone
Motor Company in Big Lake
and Woody Mason of the
Woody Mason Motor Com-
pany in Oeona were among
the many Ford dealers who
visited Ford Motor Company
headquarters in Dearborn,
Mich, last week to view the
1960 cars and trucks and to
discuss with Henry Ford, II,
the outlook for the national
economy and the automobile
industry during the forth-
coming decade.
The special preview marked
the first time in a quarter
century that all 7,000 Ford
dealers have been invited to
the company’s home offices.
During their stay there, they
met face-to-face with Ford
Division management, in
eluding engineers and stylists
who designed the new Ford
line.
The new Fords were unvail-
ed in a Broadway-type show
featuring Ray Bolger, Jane
Powell and Blackstone the
Magician. The dealers were
also entertained by Tennes-
see Ernie Ford and Rosemary
Clooney.
While in Dearborn, the
dealers occupied eight hotels,
ate three tons of chicken,
three tons of spare ribs, 11
tons of beef, 10,000 lobster
tails, 2,500 pounds of shrimp,
3000 pounds of butter 2,000
pies and drank 1,000 gallons
of coffee and 2,000 quarts of
milk.
The Lineups
Big Lake:
Le—Wayne Davis, 160
Lg—Tommy Franklin, 174
C—James Mann, 173
Rg—Dwayne Basham, 140
It—George Tucker, 166
Ot—Kenny Mann, 172
Re—Herbie Taylor, 160, or
Bobby Beavers, 141
Qb—Harold Gardner, 150
Lh—Joe Aguero, 165
Rh—Howard Love, 178
Fb—Gary Miller, 150
Crane:
Le—Jimmy Dutton, 149
Lt—David Ingram, 168
Lg—Brice Boyd, 153
C—Bill Liverman, 182
Rg—Bill Guley, 144
Rt—Siah Gregory, 160
Re—Bobby Brunson, 147
Qb—Scott Coffield, 151
Lh—Gene Griffin, 153
Rh—Jimmy Leo, 156
Fb—Paul Lively, 158
Both the Big Lake scores
came in the second quarter
and gave the Owls a 12-8
halftime margin after Ft.
Stockton had picked up a tal-
ly in the opening period.
Gardner first passed to Ho-
ward Love for eight yards and
later hurled to fullback Gary
Miller for 34 yards on a
screen pass to put the locals
ahead.
The trip to Crane Friday
night will be the last road
game before the Owls return
to the friendly confines of
their own stadium in a home-
coming affair with Iraan.
GAME IN FIGURES
Big Lake:
First Downs ............. 15
Net Yds. Rushing........138
Net Yds. Passing ........ 104
Passes and Comp.....8 of 19
Punts and Avg......2 for 22
Pen. and Yards......4 for 60
Ft. Stockton:
First Downs.............. 14
Net Yds. Rushing........140
Net Yds. Passing ......... 47
Passes and Comp......5 of 9
Punts and Avg.......3 for 33
Pen. and Yards.....5 for 45
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
DEATHS
IN REAGAN COUNTY
1957 ................ 7
1958 ................. 2
1959, To Date ........0
Local HD Club Plans
All-Day Meet Oct. 9
Members of the Big Lake
Home Demonstration Club
whose birthdays occur in the
last half of the year will be
honored by the other mem-
bers at a dinner and all-day
meeting of the club on Oct. 9
in the J. F. Holt home.
The afternoon will be de-
voted to a workshop conduct-
ed by the county agent, Miss
Myrna Holman, and a busi-
ness session.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959, newspaper, October 1, 1959; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth660125/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.