The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUMB 45
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS
SHORT GRASS RANCHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959
NUMBER
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Archer
Ad-Libs
By DON JAMES
Archer County was developed
largely because of the cow. And
Archer County today is growing,
still because of that same animal
The picture has changed how-
ever. Back in Archer County’s
formative years, a cowboy
wouldn’t be caught dead milking
a cow.
Nowadays, the cow milkers are
the only cowmen who act like
they aren’t starving to death. And
they don’t seem to be sure of it,
themselves.
The dairymen, however, aren’t
going hungry. But as far as I’m
concerned, they can have their
occupation.
Crowd Attends
Farm Bureau
Watermelon Feed
SOONER YOUTHS NABBED
A crowd estimated at nearly
200 filled the tennis court at the
Archer Livestock Association Ro-
deo Grounds for the annual fun
program and watermelon feed of
the Archer County Farm Bureau
The program, held Monday at
8 p. m,. featured both fun and
work, with a discussion of Bru-
cellosis and the control program
for the disease alternating with
games and foolishness.
County President Ted Wolf was
master of ceremonies for the se-
rious portion of the program, fol-
lowed by County Attorney Paul
Wylie, who emceed the foolish-
ness.
Maybe it’s because I was ex-
posed to a milk cow at a tender
age. Or maybe I’m just allergic
to hard work. At any rate, I’d
rather take a beating than to milk
a cow, even with today’s ultra-
modern equipment.
Milking and cleaning out the
chicken house, always seemed to
fall my lot during my young days.
When basketball practice started,
there I was, milking when the ot-
her boys were bouncing the ball
around. When other school activ-
ities came, likely as not I was
still milking if the times coin-
cided.
promise
He said
I still remember the
my dad made us kids,
if we ever got to the point where
we were milking more than 20
cows, he'd buy electric milkers.
We milked 22 head for about
two years before the milkers were
forthcoming. We enjoyed the new
fangled contraptions for about a
month, the chore of cleaning
them up took its place where the
chore of squeezing the spigots
left off and we weren’t any better
off.
It just proves the truth of the old
“grass is greener on the other
side of the fence” adage. The
three oldest of my parents’ six
children still like to kid our
pappy about his cows, though.
It seems when all the kids
grew up and left home the lure
of labor saving equipment be-
came stronger. Now the James
farm sports a first-class milking
parlor with overhead feeders and
cows standing on a three-foot-
high platform so stooping is no
longer necessary.
And with hot and cold running
water at each stall, just how easy
can milking get?
The labor savers still haven’t
cured the monotony of twice-a-
day milking, though. That’s what
makes it hard work still.
There’s fun in everything,
though. When my dad bought
surplus potatoes to feed his cows
and one of the bovines got a
chunk of one of the spuds hung
in her throat, requiring the hoss
doctor’s care, the whole town of
Iowa Park got a big bang out of
addressing him as “Spud” for sev-
eral weeks.
Between country jokes, Wylie
conducted contests naming the
oldest person, the youngest per-
son, person with the longest pony-
tail, person who traveled farthest,
couple marrier longest, couple
married shortest length of time,
most bald man, champion laugh-
ing man and woman, and others.
Mrs. Wolf assisted in the fool-
ishness. which also was her han-
diwork.
The Brucellosis discussion was
Jack Gressett former Stephens
County agent and now’ agriculture
manager of the Wichita Falls
Chamber of Commerce.
He told the group now is a
good time to institute a Brucesso-
sis control program, since several
nearby counties now are working
on control measures for the se-
rious disease.
“Funds appropriated for this
program are going fast, with coun-
ties applying first getting first
priority, since there isn’t enough
money to go around,” he stated.
He urged county farmers to
give serious thought to working
out an orderly system of testing
all cattle in the county.
Several states now ban Texas
cattle from their borders except
for direct slaughter, because of
the incidence of the disease in
this state.
Free movement of cattle inter-
state soon will depend on Brucel-
losis-free status, Gressett contin-
ued. Texas needs to develop a
program to protect traditional
markets, he concluded.
Two truck loads of watermel-j
ons, all grown in Archer County,
were served to members and
guests present, including State
Representative Anthony (Tony)
Fenoglio, who, it has been said,
can “smell watermelon clear to
Montague County.”
Everyone had a wonderful time,
with several special guests sport-
ing watermelon hangovers Tues-
day morning.
Archer Engineer
To Do Oil Mork
In Turkish Field
Archerite W. C. (Dub) Suther-
land, left Friday, Aug. 14 for Tur-
key, where he will be in charge
of oil drilling operations for Bol-
sa Chica Oil Corp. of Los Angeles,
Calif.
Dub, who is well-known through-
out Northwest Texas as a consult-
ant petroleum engineer, will stay
in Turkey until shortly before
Christmas.
He is scheduled to complete the
California firm’s drilling contract
for 1959 with the Turkish govern-
ment. This will involve drilling
about four wells, he stated.
Sutherland will be operating
out of Diyarbakir. near the Turk-
ish capital. Ankara. He was sched-
uled to remain in Ankara for
three days before taking charge
in his district.
The three-day wait is necessary
to secure a permit to live at Diy-
arbakir.
The engineer “grew up” in the
Archer County oil fields, and is a
graduate of Archer City High
School. He attended Midwestern
University for two years and com-
pleted his B. S. degree in petro-
leum engineering at Oklahoma
University.
He was reported a geologist in
the Wichita Falls Times Aug. 15,
an error directly attributable to
the Archer City correspondent for
that newspaper, who also is the
NEWS editor.
The NEWS expresses his apol-
ogies for this error, knowing of
the good-natured rivalry between
geologists and petroleum engi-
neers.
KID BASEBALL AWARDS TO END
SUCCESSFUL SEASON MONDAY
It’s Uophy time for 165 young-
sters who participated in Kid
Baseball this summer The ann-
ual awards program will be held
at the baseball diamond Monday
beginning at 7: p. m., according to
County Judge Bill Holder.
Judge Holder and his watch-
maker, Kenneth Malone, have
been working on the 50-hour job
of engraving the 165 trophies for
the past three weeks, and that
portion of the awards preparation
will be complete this week.
Winners in the various divis-
ions were as follows: Major Lea-
gue, Lucky Dollar (Scotland):
Minor League, Magnolia; and Pee-
Wee League, Texas Electric Serv-
ice Co.
Major League standings at the
end of the season, not heretofore
announced, were Berend Brothers
(Windthorst), second; Murphy
Chevrolet, third; City Cafe (Ar-
Ellis.
cher City), fourth; and Coe
fourth.
On the program for Monday
night will be a hot dog feed and
the trophy presentation. Invited
to the ceremonies are directors,
managers, sponsors, officials, and
all kids who finished the season,
Holder stated.
Coming in for special thanks
will be Elmer Taylor, who acted
as umpire for all games, with
help on the bases during most
of the games.
Taylor never called a foul de-
cision, according to most players
himself with considerable aplomb
throughout the season.
“We were fortunate to have
such an impartial umpire,” Dr.
Harold Smitson, a chronic little
League game attender, said. He
lauded Taylor for proving to be
one of the most popular umpires
in baseball history.
Windthorst
Wins Oil Belt
Baseball Playoff
Windthorst defeated Iowa Park
11-10 Sunday afternoon at Iowa
Park to win the Oil Belt League
baseball championship.
The previous Sunday, Wind-
thorst defeated Iowa Park 13-8 at
Windthorst, thereby setting them
selves up to take the playoffs in
two straight games.
Previously, the Archer County
team had defeated Cruse Tire Co,
Wichita Falls, two straight in the
first round of playoffs 8-7 and 8-3
The score by innings in Sun-
day’s game follows:
Windthorst: 0 0 1 4 4 0 1 1
Iowa Park: 0 110 10 2 2
R H E
11 14 3
10 13 3
Game data was furnished by
the manager of the Windthorst
team, Bill Schroeder.
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Archer Twirlers
Set Performance
Capture
Ends Fight
With Law
It’ll be much later before three
Sooners get their freedom her#,
after being apprehended in th#
early morning hours following'
wild chase across Archer Comity
Thursday.
The three, all juveniles, were
stopped for a minor traffic in-
fract in Wichita Falls and relea#-
ed by police before they realized
pickup order was out for th#
automobile they were driving, a
stolen 1957 Cadillac.
Wichita Falls police gave chaa#
but were unable to catch the auto*
mobile. They called the Archer
County Sheriff’s Department by
radio and Deputy J. L. Cavitt in*
tercepted the automobile at Chalk
Hill, six miles north of Archer
City.
Cavitt gave chase and Milburn
Goforth, acting Archer City Mar-
shal, joined the fray at Archer
City but soon lost the car.
The three youths abandoned
the automobile south of Anaren#
in Archer County and took to the
brush at the side of the road,
where the gun battle occurred.
The Cadillac escaped with min-
or bullet holes, but the young-
sters were rounded up and book-
ed in Archer County Jail about
3:30 a. m. Thursday.
They were armed with two rif-
les and a shotgun.
No charges had been filed#*
gainst the youths Thursday morn*
ing.
Death Claims
Sam McAlister
W. C. (Dub) SUTHERLAND
When you really get down to
it, what’s so different about pub-
lishing a weekly newspaper? The
constant deadline, with pressure
to match, still is there. Like the
housewife and dairy farmer, your
work is never done.
But some of us are like the
gambler who had been playing
the crooked roulette wheel in the
little Western town all evening.
When a friend asked him why he
kept playing, although he knew
the wheel was crooked, he ans-
wered, “But it’s the only roulette
wheel in town.”
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cathey are
walking around three feet off the
ground this week, after having
adopted a three-week-old daugh-
ter, Nicolette Mae, last week.
She was bom July 25, according
to Mrs. Cathey. She will join Lee,
3, and also adopted at the age of
three weeks, to make the family
happy.
An outstanding baton twirler
of this area. Miss Dottie Mur-
phy, 16-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Murphy of Ar-
cher City, will perform with the
Lone Starlcttes of Wichita Falls
at the bug 1959 Oil Bowl Foot-
ball game in Wichita Falls Aug.
21.
... Miss Ellen Stephens, 11, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Step-
hens of Archer City, also will
perform with younger twirlers
at the game.
A majorette with the Archer
City High School Band, Miss
Murphy has made guest appear-
ances with the popular teenage
show group at parades, football
games, and stage and television
shows.
She also holds the Miss Archer
County Queen title.
Members of the Lone Star-
lettes are scheduled on the bas-
is of personality and twirler ab-
ility, according to Bonnie Baxter
of Wichita Falls, director of the
group.
Another Archer City twirler
scheduled to perform at the an-
nual pre-season classic is the
pre-school-age daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Bell.
The Oil Bowl Game climaxes
a series of summer performances
which included several rodeo pa-
rades.
ARCHER CITY SCHOOL
(See Photos on Page 8)
REGISTRATION SCHEDULE
Schedule cards will be mailed
to all High School students by
Wednesday, Aug. 26. Students
who do not have schedule prob-
lems need not check the cards on
registration days.
New students and freshmen
and sophomores with problems
will check registratio cards with
the high school principal on
Thursday morning, Aug.27. Jun-
iors and seniors with problems
will check with him on Friday
morning, Aug. 28.
Grades two through eight will
register on Friday morning, Aug.
28. First graders who did not reg-
ister in the spring will register
Friday morning, Aug. 28. Instruct-
ions for registration will be given
in the high school auditorium at
9:00 a. m.
Buses will arrive at 9:00 a. m.
and begin their return trip at
12:00 O’clock noon.
Regular classes will begin at
8:45 a. m. on Monday, Aug. 31.
LEAGUE CHAMPS—Winners in the Major league of the Archer County Little League series for
1959 were members of Texas Electric Service Co.’s team, shown above. They are, above, back row,
from left- Charles Goforth, Podunk Wells, Jeff WL-kham, James Ashbrook. and Gary Johnston. Front
row; Bobby Griffin, Leslie Griffin. Donald Dugan, Bat-boy Ronnie Cavitt, Danny Brewer, and Mike
Cavitt. Managers were J. L. Cavitt, far left, and Pug York, not shown.
Archer County
Oil Reports
T-O Fair Slates
Band Contest
President Signs
Scheduled to 5.300 feet one and
three-fourths miles southwest of
the Akers Caddo pool and one lo-
cation north of shallow product-
ion in the county regular pool is
Bobby M. Burns No. 1-B Jones,
2,200 feet from north and 467 feet
from east lines of block 153, John
W. Harris subdivision.
BUDGET HEARING
The budget for the Archer City
Independent School District for
the 1959-60 school year is on file
in the office of the Superintend-
ent of schools. Public hearing on
the budget will be held at a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of
Trustees at 8:00 O’clock p, m. on
Thursday. August 27.
4-B Trust Co., Wichita Falls,
No. D-l Andrews, an Archer
flowed 192.22 barrels of 42-grav-
ity crude per day through six and
one sixty-fourth inch choke from
perforations at 5,154 to 5,159 feet
with packer on casing and 890
pounds tubing pressure.
Gas-oil ratio was 975 to one.
The four and one-half-inch oil
string was landed at 5,162 feet,
one foot off the bottom. Complet-
ion was normal.
Previously, on 20-minute drill
stem test, gas surfaced in eight
minutes, oil in 15, and recovery
was 30 barrels. Bottom hole pres-
sure in 30 minutes was 2.475 lbs.
The well is located three and
three-fourths miles southeast of
Anarene in G. C. Farley survey
A-129. The well is in the confines
of the Snowden Gunsite field.
Shallow production is about one-
half mile south of the discovery.
Nearest comparable production
is about five miles north in the
Threet Mississippian field and six
miles east in the L-G Mississip-
pian field. A discovery allowable
application has been filed.
Bridwell Oil Co. No. 5 Mary
Co-Directors, James C. Wicker-
sham Band Director, Burkburnett
High School and Joe Gattis of
the Max Kruetz House af Music
have announced that the plans
for the 1959 Texas-Oklahoma Fair
Band Contest have been comple-
ted.
Dr. Milburn Carey, Phillips Un-
iversity, Enid, Oklahoma will jud-
ge the Band Contest. Bonnie Bax-
ter, Wichita Falls will be the twir-
ling judge.
According to Fair Officials the
band contest has grown to be one
of the largest in the southwest,
last year over 2800 students par-
ticipated.
Monday Sept., 28 Jr. High
New GI Bill
Bands will contest at 3:00 p m.
in the Fair Grounds and will be
judged for marching in the par-
ade at 6:00 p. m. Class A Bands
Sept. 29 - 3:00 p. m. Class B Sept.
30 3:00 p. m. Class C Oct. 1-8
00 p. m. at the Fair Grounds.
Winters, in the Archer County
Regular Field, four and one-half
miles southwest of Windthorst in
Section 1,884 of TE and L sur-
vey, pumped 82.14 barrels of 40-
gravity crude per day from open
hole at 3.541 to 3,552 feet. The
gas-oil ratio was 150 to one.
ABANDONED
Nick Kendall and Associates,
No. 1 J Conrady, three miles
west-northwest of Windthorst in
Section 100. Block 4, Clark and
Plumb subdivision, abandoned at
1.222 feet.
WILDCATS STAKED
Bobby M. Burns No. A-l Far-
President Eisenhower has sig-
ned into law of bill by U. S. Sen-
ator Ralph Yarbrough which per-
mits some 7,000 Korean War vet-
erans to secure additional educa-
tion or training under the G. I.
Bill of Rights.
Senator Yarbrough’s measure
corrects a techinal error in the
Korean G. I. Bill to allow quali-
fied veterans a change of prog-
ram to secure a higher degree
in their chosen field.
For example, qualified veter-
ans enrolling in college to become
teachers in many cases set a ba-
chelor’s degree as their educat-
ional objective. Other veterans
planning the same course of
study set their objective as a
master’s degree.
Under the original law, even
though the veteran might be
qualified for additional educat-
ional benefits, if he had mistak-
enly set a bachelor’s degree as
his objective under certain cir-
cumstances, he was not permitted
to go on to college to work on
his master’s degree.
Senator Yarbrough’s bill. S. 9
06, gives veterans the opportun-
ity to have a change of program
in their original field of training
or education to work for higher
degrees.
mer Unit, six and one-half miles
southwest of Archer City, and 400
feet from north and 100 feet from
east lines of William Baker sur-
vey A-15; to 5,300 feet.
An apparent heart attack claim*
the life of Archer City Rambler*
Pontiac dealer Sam McAlister
early Saturday morning in a
Wichita Falls hospital.
He was 34 years old. The seiz-
ure occurred about 2 a. m. Death
was at 3:30 a. m.
He was widely-known in this area
as an outstanding salesman, and
had recently returned from a trip
to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he
and his wife were the guests of
American Motors. He won the trip
for selling 212 per cent of his
quota of automobiles in May and
June.
Masonic rites were performed
Monday at 3 p. m. All members
of the Archer County Chamber of
Commerce were closed during th#
services.
Survivors include his wife, who
expects their second child July
28; a daughter, Anna Lynn, 5; a
brother, Harold, associated with
him in the automobile business
in Archer City; another brother,
G. A., Jr. of Big Spring; three sis-
ters, Betty, Dallas; Angela, Dal-
las; and Mrs. Margaret Anders, al
so of Dallas; and his father and
step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. A>,
McAlister of Dallas.
He was born in Commerce and
had been in the automobile busi-
ness here for nearly 10 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hart left
Wednesday morning for a week
vacation into Colorado and Ne-
braska, where they will visit rel-
atives of both Mr. and Mrs. Hart.
They plan to return Tuesday,.
Aug. 25. ’ |
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Kenneth Danley. of Eagle Nest X
parents, the x
Mine Ranch
N. M.. visited his
Danleys. at Copper
over the weekend
Kenneth flew down from Eagle
Nest to pick up a new truck for
his company. He stayed over
while ferrying the new truck
back to New Mexico.
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