The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXIV
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY I, 1959
NUMBER 1
1959 MOD Campaign
Due To Start Friday
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area ...
By Dan Walker
Campaign Director
Written Specially For The
Big Lake Wildcat
By JAMES C. WATSON
Dillard R. LaRue of Tyler
and others No, 2 Maggie Neal
Is a 2,600-foot wildcat In
North Crockett County, 14
miles south of Big Lake. ,,
Drtllslte is 990 feet from, * J?'
Hereford Association Parent-Teacher Group
To Have Auction Sale Will Meet January 8
The Concho Hereford Asso-, A report on the Hale-Alkln j
elation will hold Its 12th an- Committee will be heard at a ]
nual auction sale of register- meeting of the Big Lake
ed Herefords In San Angelo Orade Parent-Teacher Asso-
Thursday, January 8. 1959, elation on Thursday after-
according to Claude Mclnnls > noon, Jan 8. In the elemen-
The 1959 March of Dimes association president. 1 ,ary school auditorium,
gets underway Friday, Jan. 2 There will be 94 bulls offer- Mrs M O. Carlisle, local
The expanded program of the ed jn sale They are all of P-TA president, will give a
National Foundation calls for good ages and tn good breed- report from the state corn-
expanded giving in 1959 |ing condition Consigned by mlttee, and R W Magruder,
Every citizen of this com- leading breeders of West Tex- Junior high school principal,
munlty knows one or more ng they are of high quality! will make a report on the lo-
and popular bloodlines. The cal committee.
Junior Livestock Show
Will Be Held Saturday
Local Woman's Father Son Of Local Woman
Passes Away In Brady Is On CPA Committee
north and 330 feet from west
lines of section 2, block A,
BS&F survey. j
Operations are to start at
once.
J. H. McCannon of San An-
gelo announced location for a
2,200-foot wildcat In South-
west Irion County, 12 miles
northeast of Big Lake.
The project will be drilled
as No. 1 Mrs. Elta Murphey,
1,803 feet from north and 330
feet from west lines of E. L.
Rucker survey No. 2, 1 1/4
miles southwest of the Peter-
son field and one mile south-
west of a 1,868-foot wildcat
failure.
Pan American Petroleum
Corporation No. I-DL Univer-
sity, wildcat 10 miles south-
west of Big Lake In North
Crockett County, was digging
below 1,285 feet In Ume and
shale, after setting 13 3/8-
lnch casing at 885 feet.
Slated for a 9,900-foot El-
lenburger bottom, the project
Is 690 feet from north and
east lines of the west half of
section 31, block 7, University
Lands survey.
Triple L Oil Company of
Odessa, scheduled 2,600-foot
wildcat In Southeast Reagan
County, eight miles south of
Big Lske. was preparing to
spud.
Location for the new test Is
330 feet from south and west
lines of section 12, block 48,
University Lands survey.
(Bdltor's Note: The follow-
ing oil news arrived too late
for last week's paper, but It
Is being run anyhow for the
benefit of those Interested >
Triple L. Oil Company of
Odessa announced location
for a 2,900-foot wildcat In
Southeast Reagan County, 10
miles southeast of Big Lake.
It Is No. 1 University, 330
feet from south and west
lines of section 12, block 48,
University Lands survey.
Fred W Shield of Midland
will re-enter No. 3 J. A. Robey
as a plugging back operation
in the Spraberry Trend area
of Reagan County, 12 miles
northwest of Stiles.
Originally completed as a
lower Spraberry producer, the
project now will be tested In
the upper Spraberry
Location Is 890 feet from
people who have been bene-
fited from the March of
Dimes campaigns In the past.
In the future, not only polio
cases will receive benefit
but
diseases, arthritis and
defects come under the sur-
veillance and treatment.
Each and every person of
the community should re-
member that OUR March of
Dimes Campaign Is the
largest voluntary health pro-
gram In the world.
During the first week of the
campaign leaders of
bulls will be tested for fertil-
ity a few days before the sale.
Frank Jordan, Mason
Mrs A B Hayes will give
the devotional, and Ralph
Havenhllt, elementary school
rancher, will Judge the bulls! principal, will be the speaker
virus at 9:00 a.vn and Walter Brlt-
blrth ten, auctioneer, will start the
sale at 1:00 p m
Write Ed Hyman, Secre-
tary, for a sale catalog
Down Town Theatre
Is Damaged By Fire
An estimated damage of
clubs, geveral thousand dollars was
H. B. Edens. Jr , Houston
1 CPA, son of Mrs. H. B Edens.
8r of Big Lake, was appoint-
ed to the committee on ac-
Reagan County 27U> An-
nual Junior Livestock 8how
will get underway here Sat-
urday morning at 7:30 at the
club barn In the northeast
part of town. Participating
will be 18 KFA feeders and 44
4-H F'eeders, three of whom
are girls.
The show will open with
poultry judging, following by
I Funeral services for Will
| Schmidt, 70, of Brady, father
! of Mrs Douglas Barton of Big
Lake, were held last Friday in, , ,, ..... .
Brady, and burial was In the ™“nl»nt8
Lohn Cemetery. Mr Schmidt ,lllty 0f, lh* T‘
died two days previously In a ca" Irfltule, « CM* sheep Judging at 8:30 a. m.;
Brady hospital i,ubllc **»»“*«»*■. « steer calf judging at 1:00 p.
Besides the daughter in Big announced today by the na- selection of champions at
tlonal professional organlza- 1:30 p m ; and auction sale
ti°n. at 2.00 p m
Mr Edens, a partner in the jyte Jacoby of Oeona,
accounting firm of Harry M Crockett County agent, wUl
Jay and Associates, la a past judge the sheep; and M. A.
and organizations wUl receive d(me to the ,ntCTlor of ^
material relating to the new m&iU) n^tre by a fire
program ----------
requested to read and share
this material with their
during the program.
EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES
HAVE TURKEY DINNER
Local employees ofSchlum-
berger Well Surveying Corp.
and their families enjoyed a
turkey dinner at the com-! McCray and Mr and Mrs
pany shop on Monday night oeo D Alexander
of last week. A special party
was planned for the children,
followed by a party for the
grownups.
Those present were Mr. and
Lake. Mr Schmidt Is survived
by a son and a brother
Among those from Big Lake
attending the funeral were
Mrs BUI Sweatt, Mrs. O. F
Capt. and Mrs. R C.
Schlagal and children, who'
were en route from El Paso to
Fort Worth where he Is to be
president of the Houston
Chapter of the Texas Society
of CPAs, and Is currently a
member of the board of di-
rectors of the Society.
The eleven-man committee
accountants’ liability and
They are urgently Tuesday afternoon about five Mrs J. W Relnders and chll- stationed at Carlswell Air llablllty lnsurance encourages
members.
Individuals will receive
their March of Dimes Mailers,
and these may be returned
with a contribution through
F'orce Base, were Christmas
guests of her mother, Mrs
Mark WUkinaon. and her
o'clock. It has been learned dren, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vann
from the owner, 8eth 8tout. and children. Mr and Mrs L.
The exact loss will not be K. Segars and children, Mr
known until a report la made and Mrs. R L Bowman and brother-in-law and sister, Mr
by a building contractor. > children, Mr and Mrs James and Mrs. Mack Irby Other
The fire which broke out Matthews and chUdren, Mr Christmas guests Included
between the walls on the and Mrs. R R Sosebee and another son-in-law and
the mall or may be brought we4t alde of ^ building near children. Mr and Mrs Odalea daughter of Mrs Wilkinson's,
to campaign headquarters lo- the stage waa probably sUrt- McAdams and children and Mr and Mrs C A Hlggln
cated on 8econd Street, two ^ from a ncarby gas stove. Mr and Mrs. John Olass
Institute members to carry
adequate liability Insurance
and promotes the writing of
better liability Insurance pol-
icies by underwriters
doors west of the north door, The fire was discovered by
of the Big Lake State Bank. Benny Freeman, Janitor who
For the convenience of had Just finished cleaning up
shoppers, coin collectors are for the night show
being distributed throughout | The Rialto has been closed
Mrs Henry Ernest, the for-
mer Miss Dorothetta Pettit
who Is In nurse's training at
the Methodist Memorial Hos
the business district Special (except on week ends and on pital In Lubbock, spent last
events In connection with our
campaign will be announced
later.
Join the March of Dimes In
January.
Mr and Mrs. Jim Neelley
and children, Elizabeth, Kev-
en and Malcom, of Iowa City,
Iowa were Christmas guests
of his sister and family, Mr
and Mrs. John Ooodwln, Jan,
Kathy and Cindy. Mr. Neelley
Is a teacher of speech path-
ology at the University of
Iowa while working on his
doctor’s degree there. Mrs.
Neelley la the former Miss
Robbie Roach, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs J. A. Roach. Br.
of Andrews and formerly of
Reagan Garden Club
Will Meet Tuesday
nights when the weather was week end here visiting rela-
too cold at the 8hootlng 8tar tlves Her husband, teacher In
Drive-In Theatre, also owned the local school, returned
by Mr. 8tout, and the down- with her to Lubbock and will
town theatre Is used. remain there the remainder
of the week They were guests
at a family dinner on Bunday
at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Japson Pettit at
their ranch near Stiles Also
Mr Wyatt of the Wyatt ■ present for the occasion were
Seed and Plant Co of San Mrs J B PetUt, 8r. Mrs L.
Angelo will speak on hortl- McWilliams, and Mrs McWll-
culture at a meeting of the | Hams' brother-in-law and
Reagan Oarden Club on i sister, Mr and Mrs Jack
Tuesday, Jan. 8. Mrs. Earl Mathis, of Crane
Chrlesman will be hostess to -
the members at her home at! Bill Boggs leaves today for
901 Texas. Fort Monmouth, N J where
- I he Is attending an army elec-
. , I Mr. and Mrs J O. Lusby, tronlcs school following a
Big °^r 5UMtJ “*e Mr. and Mrs Aubrey Ed -1 visit since Dec 21 In the
mother,1 wards and sons, Dan and home of his parents, Mr and
Ooodwlru were her
botham. and the Higginboth-
am's son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr and Mrs Dave Swen-
son, all of Midland Joining
them for Christmas day din-
ner were Capt. Schlagal's sis-
ter and family, Mr and Mrs
Herbert Snell and children of
the Texas Natural Oas Co.
Camp
Mr and Mrs D D. F*oynor
and sons, Joe D. Buddy and
Wayne, were In Lovlngton, N
M for the holidays last week
In the home of Mrs Poynor's
father and mother. Mr and
Barber agriculture teacher In
the Ozona High School, will
Judge the capons and calves
W W Munn of Big Lake will
serve as auctioneer.
FTA feeders will show 34
lambs, 5 registered
commerciai ewes. 5 f£lves and,
80 capons
The 4-H feeder
132 lambs on
tered sheep,
ewes, 12 calves and 11 capons
---- j There will be 8600 In prein -
Christmas dinner guests of ium money that will go to 22
Mr and Mrs H L Gardner classes of livestock and poul-
and Harold, Jr were Mr and try
Mrs Wallace Britain of Each feeder Is permitted to
Grand Prairie. Mr and Mrs gcu one (me calf and
Fayette Shelton and Bobby onc capon.
Dean of Forsan. Mr and Mrs j p poage Is ehafrman of
Carl Havls and Carla of Al- stock show committee,
pine, Mrs O C a resham of others on the committee ln-
McGregor. and Mr and Mrs cjude P H coates, Billy Boyd,
M™ joe Johnston, Louis Jagers, R.
L McKinney and Bill Snow
Tills annual livestock show is
under the sponsorship of the
Reagan County Liona Club.
W W Watkins and
Mamie Shelton, all of Big
Lake The group gathered In
the Watkins home the eve-
ning before for the Christ-
mas tree
Mrs John O'Bryan. Joined
by a granddaughter, Patty
O'Bryan of Odessa, visited In
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m» jo, d wife,«.m°rm* mc
and children. Suzanne. Sally.
HAVE SON
Mr and Mra Billy J. Stout
are parents of a son bom to
CUnte Hospital
lng with the Millers were a
son, Bill Miller of Andrews,
and another son and family.
Mr and Mrs. Wimp Miller
and small son. Wendell, of
Seminole.
Mr*. Pearl Neelley of San An-
gelo. and a nephew and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. C. F Hamer
and children, former resi-
dents of Big Lake now living
i In Fhrt Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Comp-
ton of Texon arrived home
Monday from a Christmas
visit with their son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mra.
Roy Alan Jones In Berkley.
Mo The Comptons mode the
trip by plane from San An-
north and 1.960 feet from; *e 0
east lines of section 19. block
B, LdkSV survey. : one mile
Joaeph 8. Gross No. 2-A Lake
Bennett Is a new well In the Drillalte is 1,778 feet from
Spraberry Trend Area field, i south and 330 feet from west
five miles north of Stiles lines of section 8, OCA8F
On 24-hour potential test J survey,
it pumped 228 barrels of otlj Leland F. Long No 1 R A
plus 25 per cent water, Wolters. scheduled 2.000-foot
northeast of Big
through perforations at 5,100-
5,190 feet
Location U 1.964 feet from
north and east lines of sec-
tion I, block F. LkSV survey.
Lenonle Oil Company was
preparing to spud No. 4 John
Carr, new project In the
Price, Northeast 12,860) Raid
operation in the Price, North-
east (2,850) field in South-
east Reagan County, was dig-
ging below 2,885 feet on last
report.
Drillalte Is one mile north-
east of Big Lake. 520 feet
from north and west lines of
section 209. block 1. TAP sur-
vey.
Mrs. H C Pepper and her
son and family, Mr and Mn.
Norvin Pepper. David. Diane
and Charlotte, spent the aft-
ernoon of Christmas Day In
McCamry visiting with Mr*
Mark, spent Christmas Day .Mrs Fred Boggs Young
at the Roy and Wade Reed Boggs was lndutted into serv-1 Pepper's father and mother,
ranch near Fort Davis with Ice last July, and took his Mr and Mn H M Leach,
Mn. Edwards' aunt, Mrs 1 basic training at Fort Carson and her sister. Miss Dorothy
Wade Reed, and family. jin Colorado. Leach
28th Basketball Tourney
Will Open Next Thursday
Twenty-four cage teams
will be here next week end to
participate in Reagan County
High School's 28th annual
basketball tournament slated
to begin at 12:00 noon on
Thursday. All games will be
played In the high school gym
except Friday's consolation
games which will take place
In the Junior high school
gym
Eight of the first-round
games will be played Thurs-
day, and the remaining four
on Friday morning.
Oarden City and McCamry
play the opener at noon
Thuraday. Other Thureday's
games Include: Iraan vs Ft
Stockton at 1:20; Lake View
vi. Imperial. 2:40; Colorado
City vs Matathon, 4:00; So-
nora vs Brady, 5:30; Rankin
vs A.CHB, 8:40; Crane vs
Oaona. 8 00. and Miles vs
Reagan. 9:30
Friday morning's first-
rounds: Marfa vs Uvalde at
1:00; Del Rio vs Sanderson.
5:20. Wall vs Wink, 10:40;
and Junction vs Alpine.
12:00
The first game in the con
eolation bracket Is set for
10:40 Friday morning, and
the second round opener in
the championship bracket
Shane and Jim The daugh-
ter-in-law and children of
Austin and the granddaugh-
ter of Odessa spent the re-
mainder of the holidays with
Mrs O'Bryan at her home
west of Big Lake
Christmas guests of Mr
and Mrs M E Askew and
children were his brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mra.
James McCauley of Fort
Worth
Mrs. C H Mldgley spent
Christmas in lamesa with
her son and family, Mr and
Mr* Henry Mldgley and chil-
dren Returning on Saturday,
she went to MoCamey to see
her parents through Sunday
Mr and Mrs Jack Hlgnett
went to El Paso on Christmas
Eve to visit with Mrs Htg
nett’s brother, Charles Cox,
and family They returned
home last Friday
Mlsa May Cionch of Waco
i:20 Friday after-J returned home Wednesday
following a visit In the home
of her brother-in-law and
W Bll-
wili be at
noon
Lake View, Wall. Del Rio
and Colorado City are expect- sister. Mr and Mrs A
ed to be the strong contend- ltngsley.
ers at the tourney Mile*, de- Mr and Mrs Rolland San-
fendlng champion, Is not ex- ders were Christmas holiday
pected to be a serious threat 1 visitors In Frost In the home
Coach Alton Oreen has of her father and mother, Mr
been putting the Owls and Mrs I A Sanders
through some Intensive prac- Mrs. O. C Oreaham of Mc-
Uce this week They engaged Gregor was a guest during
the Oarden City team in a the holidays with her cousin.
scrimmage here Tuesday eve-
ning
On Tuesday evening of
next week, the Owls will host
the Lake View Chiefs In a
second game of the
Mrs Mamie Shelton and oth
er relatives She left Wednes-
day for her home accom-
panied by Mr* flhelton who
will visit with her for several
days.
pounds. No name had been
given him up to yewterday
The Stouts have three other
sons. Joe 7, Lynn 5 and Steve
2. Paternal grandparents are
Mr and Mrs 8. B. Stout of
Big Lake
Mr and Mra John Patter-
son, Stiles ranch couple, were
Christmas Day dinner hosts
to Mr. and Mrs. C. & Ham,
Mr and Mn. Jack Ham and
chUdren. Mias Barlow Ham.
Mr and Mn W H Dixon, Mr
and Mn Joe Elliott, Price
Turner. Mr and Mn Oene
Turner and children and Mr.
and Mn James Turner
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 ticket* go to
Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Relnders
To See
“The Barbarian and
the Geisha”
San. - Men. • Tarn.
at the Shooting Star
(Tickets Good For This
Attraction Only)
You must be on The
Wildcat Bubecrtptlon
List to receive Free
Ticket* Subscribe How!
(Tear out and present
at Theatre Boa Office)
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959, newspaper, January 1, 1959; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth660483/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.