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ARCHER CITY, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949
NUMBER 1C
Hastings-Knight, Abercrombie No. 1
East of City Abandoned As Dry Hole;
Test West of City Preparings to Shoot
Resident 40 Years Died Monday
lions To Assist In
Youth Center Drive
The Lions club at its .regular lunch-
eon meeting Tuesday anounced plans
for an entertainment of some sort
to be *iven at the high school auditor-
ium Friday night, May 6, with an ad-
mission of 50 and 25 cents, the pro-
ceeds of which will go to benefit the
Youth Center program now under
way in this city.
special program was presented
Oil news is a trifle on the un-
exciting side in this area this week
due to the fact that the two wells
nearest Archer City and drawing
the greatest in!ere-'t have proven not
so interesting.
Hastings & Knight have abandoned
as dry thrir No. 1 Anna Abercrom-
bie, a northwest offset to the Choate
Abercrombie No. 1, about 3 miles
east cf the city.
According to street information
here this morning, Messrs. Charlie
Spraggins, Charlie Feath-crston and
Roy Riner are preparing to attempt
to loosen up the formation in their
No. 2 Thomas Estate with a shot
byAMrs. Den George Ika.rd and mem. | «
K.ro a sn.v.r.r.1 cf nitro. The test is a west offset to
their No. 1 Thomas.
bers of her Archer City High School
band. Artists featured on the pro-
gram included Jimmy Newsom, Patsie
Nelson, Billy DeMoss, Teddy Robert-
son, Warren Robertson, Jelly Pri-
deaux. Gene Usrey. Sonny Sullivan,
Gary Wilhoit and the Lions sweet-
heart, Vet Robinson.
Guests included Rev. Rupert Terry,
a student at Hardin-Simmons, Abi-
lene. Rev. J. R. Naylcr, pastor of the
Archer City Baptist Church, and Pete
Ballard, Wichita Falk.
The meeting closed with the elec-
tion, by aoclama* ion, of officers for
the coming year. Those elected were:
S. N. Moore, president; B. D. Rob-
ertson; Bcb Crocker, and Judge J. C.
Strahan, Jr„ first, second and third
vice-presidents, respectively; Joe E.
Shelton, secretary-treasurer; Bob
Morris, tail-twister; Tom Hilton, Lion
tamer; Vet Robinson, sweetheart, and
Lather Wakefield and Billy Ander-
son, directors.
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In north Archer County. Fain &
McGaha are drilling ahead on their
No. 1 J. T. Gant located in section fi,
block 1, H&TCRR survey. They re-
portedly have a show of oil in sandy
shale at 4675 feet.
Cities Service Oil Company Mc-
Gregor No. 1, 5 miles north of Scot-
land in Section 5, block 1, H&TCRR,
is shut down for further orders at
4792 feet, with a drill stem test from
4733 to 92 feet recovered nothing but
salt water.
J. J. Lynn has staked location for
his No. 1 Mrs. J. H. Roberson, an
1800-foot test in the A. Llewellyn
survey, abtstract 256, abcut 8 miles
southwest of Archer City.
Mass Meeting Set
For Holliday Area
,5 Next Tuesday P. M.
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County Judge J. C. Strawn, Jr.,
announced this morning that he has
called the. first of a number of ma^s
meetings for discussion of the pro-
posed re-allc-cation program being
undertaken by the commissioners’
court. This first meeting will be in
Holliday in the high school auditor-
ium at 7:30 next Tuesday evening.
All residents of the Holliday com-
munity and all surrounding towns are
urgently asked to attend this meet-
ing in order to acquaint themselves
with the program. A qualified speak-
er on the subject will be present to
explain the proposition in detail.
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Mobley’s Condition
/‘Very Critical” In
Wichita Hospital
At last reports here the condition
of I. N. (Ike) Mobley, of Dundee, was
considered very critical at a Wichita
Falls hospital where he was taken
Monday following a highway accident
in Dundee, in which a Ford pickup
truck driven by Mobley figured in a
collision with a Pontiac automobile
driven by Robert Chambers, aged 27,
of Snyder. Texas. The accident occur-
Current Again On
“Nice Folk” List
red at about 7:30 Monday morning. t_____________
Mobley, aged 73, suffered a severe Ed Russell, city: Ferrell Abercrombie,
Guess it’s time for us to once again
get caught up with our “nice folk"
list since for some reason or reasons
we seem to have neglected the task
long enough. To bring the list up to
date they are:
Pfc. C. B. Miller, Ocean Side, Calif.;
.1. S. Melugin. city, for self and Bill
Verduin, Denver; P. C. Loftin. city;
Elmer Schroeder, Windthorst; H. R.
'Adam*, city; Claude R. Holder, Elec-
tra; A. O. Kncx, city; J. C. Strawn,
Jr., for J. L. Carroll, Seminole, Tex-
as; Mrs. F. J. Swinehart. city: Mrs.
Lon Wilson, city; S. B. Herrcn, Jr.
Windthorst, for self and S. B. Her-
ron, Sr., city; Mrs. Ben Page, city;
Mrs. Jerry Field's, Olney; B. P. Ber-
ry, city; T. F. Johnston, Prosper,
Texas; Mrs. L. J. Cathey, city; Rev.
J. R. Naylor, city; Mrs. J. W. Coff-
man, city; F. K. Jones, Holliday;
■Mrs. Lawrence Lowack. city; Marv
Etta Mitchell. Hico, Texas; R. J.
Barber, city; Marshall Capps, Olney;
Joe Adams, city; Minnie Carson,
Holliday; J. W. Franklin. Holliday;
Mrs. C. P. Thurlkill. Lubbock, fer
self and Mrs. Tommie Minnich. Valley
Ranch, N. Mix.; Modern Cleaners,
city; L. B. Smith, city; Lec Ordener
for Paul Ordener, Vernal Utah; Mrs.
G. Y. Martin for W. B. Neece, Lake
Jnckscn. Texas; T. B. Boucher, Nor-
man. Okla.; Temp Sparks, city; E.
Schreiber, Windthorst; H. J. Oster-
man, Scotland; W. R. Ball, Antelope;
Mrs. R. D. Burney. Graham; W. C.
Thomas, Houston; C. B. Hcugh, St.
Louis; A. J. Berend, Windthorst; J.
M. Powell, city; Marvin Hcff, Wind-
therst; Ruby Power, Laredo, for self
«nd Mrs. Duane LaRue. Austin; Ralph
DeShong. Wichita Falls; D. J. Poirot.
Wichita Falls; J. R. Riddle, city for
self and Maggie Riddle Wichita Falk;
JOSEPH ANDREW FUDGE
Don Rounsaville
Seriously Injured
In Field Accident
Don (Whitey) Rounsaville sustain-
ed critical injuries last Friday after-
noon ' in an oil field accident cn a L.
T. Burns lease about midway between
Olney and Newcastle. Rounsaville
sustained multiple fractures of the
pelvic bone and a broken ankle when
a joint of pipe was dropped on him. ____ ___
The pipe struck him a glancing blow winning'run ’in’the“sixth~in7fngUwhen
cn one shoulder knocking him to the he lead off with a booming three-ply
ground and then the pipe fell across wallop and then scored a moment lat-
his middle. He is employed as a truck sr when second baseman Warren
driver by the L. T. Burns Oil Com- Robertson dribbled an infield safety
Pany- down the first base line.
Cats Tame Crowell
By 2 to 1 Score
In Game Monday
The Archer City Wildcats got off
• o a good start in conference play
last Monday when Danny Powell,
Wildcat twirl;r, aided by the perfect
fielding support of hie team mates,
defeated the Crowell Wildcats at
Er well by a score of 2 to 1.
Pitcher Powell himself scored the
He was rushed to the Olney hos-
pital immediately after the accident
where he is now reported convalesc-
ing. His injuries will keep him in the
hospital at least a month and anoth-
er two months on the inactive list at
home.
TO GIVE DEMONSTRATION
ON FOOD PREPARATION
FOR DEEP FREEZE STORAGE
cerebral concussion while Chamber’s
father, in the Pontiac with him, sus-
tained a fractured jaw, a fracture!
arm and facial lacera'ions. The elder
Chambers is 63 years of age. He and
his son were en route to Wichita
Falls.
LETS COOPERATE
Perhaps you’ve noticed the great-
ly improved aprearanee of the court-
Childress, and C. C. Hooper, Wichita
Falls.
We met on the street ore day this
week an irate grandma who s‘ated
that she intends to insert an ad in
The News to the effect that she has
one sen-in-law for sale or trade. He
had just given her only grandson a
bu.rr haircut.
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Miss Lanell Camp, heme economist
for Phiko products, is scheduled to
be in this city for two demonstra-
iens c-n preparing food for Deep
Freeze storage cn Friday, April 22.
Under the auspices of Archer Ap-
pliance & Service, the demonstrations
will be held at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m.
in the Lions building with the public
invited to attend. As indicated in -in
Archer Appliance & Service ad in,
The News, no admission charge will j
be made.
Watson’s Wildcats outhit their
hosts 4 to 3.
In racking up his first conference
win of the season. Danny set 8 cf
he Fcard County boys down by the
strikeout route while Crowell’s pitch-
er Ohr managed to throw a third
strike jast 10 opposing batters. Only
cne error was made in the game and
that by a Crowell player.
The Cats will open their home con-
ference schedule here tomorrow, Fri-
day afternoon with game time pioved
forward from 4 o’clock to 2:30. The
reason for the change in starting
time is to allow coaches and players
to get an earlier start on their 4-day
Easter holiday. Coach Watson and
wife expect to leave immediately af-
ter the game for College Station to
visit his parents.
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J. A. Fudge, 77,
I Died Here Monday
After Long Illness
J. *A. Fudge a resident of Archer
City for about 40 years, died at 1
o’clock Monday morning a short while
after suffering a heart attack. The
deceased had suffered a number of
heart attacks in the past several
months and had been practically an
invalid since the first attack. The end
came unexpectedly however, as he
had spent an unusually good day
Sunday, and appeared to be in good
spirits, anticipating a trip to Fort
Worth the first of the week.
Joseph Andrew Fudge was born
October 4, 1871, in Bradshaw Tenn..
As a young man he migrated to Tex-
as settling in Waxahachie. A few
years later he moved to Archer City
where he made his home the balance
of his life. He entered the hardware
and furniture business soon after
coming here and later 'was engaged
in the construction business from
which he retired when he purchased
the city bakery here in the middle
’20’s. After selling the bakery some
15 years ago, he opened a grocery
store on the west side ,of the square,
but finally ill health forced him into
retirement.
He served this precinct as con-
stable for a number of years and was
city judge of Archer City at the time
cf hte death.
He was married to Miss Katie
Woodward in Archer City October
10. 1910. who survives him.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the First Bamist Church with the
Dastor, Rev. J. R. Naylor, assisted
bv Jimmy Hays minister of the First
Christian Chur<m, officiating. Inter-
Work Under Way
On Rodeo Grounds
For June Show
Work has started on the Archer
Irodeo grounds, perns, fences and
arenas, preparatory for this year's
rodeos June 23, 24 and 25.
Committees appointed for comple-
tion cf plans for the three night per-
formances are as follows:
Advertising—Chas. Martin, chair-
man; J. D. Mounce, Jr., Hefty Morris.
Carter McGregor, Jr., and Jimmy
Horany.
Arrangement* Committee—G. U.
Baker, chairman; W. W. Ray, Fred
McDaniel, Wayne Ray, Jeff McMur-
try.
Grounds Committee—Dick Cole-
man; J. W. Covington.
Parade Committee—Mrs. J. D.
Mcunce, Jr., chairman; Mmes. Jim
Wilson, Wayne Ray and Fred Mc-
Daniel and Messrs. Jim Wilson, Hap
Burkett and Boyce Leath.
Finance—B. P. Berry, chairman,
Johnny Horany, Boyce Leath and J.
D. Mounce.
Directors are Gordon Rucker. Jeff
McMurtry, G. U. Baker, Pedy Peirce
and Joe Coleman.
FAST HANDWORK
_ Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patterscn arrived
house lawn and trees since the care- here yesterday from Odessa to visit
taker, T. C. Eustace, did a bunch of her relatives—and their frierds—in
*_s--*— —-* -•—!— — *m-----*- this city for a few days. They expec',
to go from here to Dallas for an in-
definite period.
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trimming and cleaning up. The work
has in our opinion enhanced the looks
of the entire square.
Don’t you think that we, as citi-
zens. should help maintain this beau-
ty by keeping it clean—and walking
en the walks instead of across the
lawn in order that the grass—wit.i
which Mr. Eustace filled the bare
spots—may grow? We do—and be
lieve you do.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Byrne moved
this week to Walters, Okk., where
he is employed in oil field work.
Others from this city who are cur-
rently employed there are Adna Mar-
tin and Ed Stanford.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carlton McKinney
and young daughters, Carla and Be-
atrice, and Miss Lee McEwen, of this
city and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Atchiey
and children. Glenda and Glenn, Jr.,
cf Olney, attended Ice Capades Sun-
day in Fort Worth.
WASN’T WORRIED ABOUT SELF
BUT WAS ABOUT BOAT
Sam Herron returned home last
week from Grand Prairie where he
had visi'ed some two weeks with a
daughter and family, the Frank
Haleys. Frank brought his father-in-
law home.
Dr. Harold L. Smitson was the
victim Sunday of a freak mishap
while beating, on Lake Kickapco. The
doc. alone in the boat, wae attempt-
ing to see just how close he could
drive to a bunch of ducks before
making them take to the air and
when he pulled stoutly on the steer-
ing handle of his big outboard motor,
what he meaqt to be a simple bank
turned into a barrel-roll—the steer-
ing handle rolled him out of the boat
with the motor running wide open.
Ray Pearsbon was the first to notice
the doctor’s plight and was the first
to reach him of the several bent on
making the rescue. When Pearston
reached Smitscn he found him pad-
dlin nonchalantly with reference to
his own predicament but somewhat
distressed about what might happen
to his boat running wild on the lake.
As it happened though, nothing did
happen as the prop finally hit an ob-
struction and sheared the pin bring-
ing the run-away boat to a stop.
Mrs. Gus Yarbro and children, Judy,
Janis and Johrny. former Archer
Ci“y residents, left more than 2
weeks ago for Florida where they
bearded a plane bound for Quirie-
Quirie, Venezuela, South America, to
loin their husbend and father there.
He has been in .South America about
3 month? with an oil company.
Mrs. Yarbro took abcut $70.00
worth of film, flash bulbs and other
picture-taking paraphenalia to deliver
to Miss Juanita Burnett who teaches
school a few miles from there at
Carapita. This is Juanita’s second
year in Venezuela and the camera
which she uses was a going away
gift frem her* parents, the Rich Bur-
netts. She is to leave on her summer
vacation trip home abcut June 1.
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Gene Gann was at home the past
week-end from Sulphur, Okla.. where
he is located wiht several other Shell
Company employees from here.
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Easter Services to
Start at 6 A. M.
At Christian Church
Archer Is First
To Send In Funds
In Cancer Drive
Mrs. W; C. Young, Jr., chairman
of the Cancer Society fund drive now
under way in Archer, was notified
teday that Archer County was the
first county in this district 13 to send
in any contributions to the society.
She mailed the first funds from this
county, between $300 and $400, last
week.
ment was in the Archer City ceme-
tery under the auspices of Archer
Lodge No. 708, A. F. & A. M.. of
which he was a member. Owens-
Brumley of Wichita Falls, was in
charge cf the final rites.
Survivors* besides the widow, are
two daughters, Mrs. C. E. Farris,
Corpus Christi, and Mrs. J. E. Hill,
Jr.. Midland; three eons. BL E. Fudge,
Switchback. W. Va.i'W.^fcT Thldge
Wichita Falls. -and D. H. Fudge. San
Benito, Texas. He also leaves 9
grandchildren and one great-grar.d-
child.
The son, H. E. and wife, of Switch-
back, and the daughter. Mrs. J. E.
Hill, Jr., were visiting in the home uf
their na.rents here when the end came.
Out-of-town folk. besides Mr.
Fudge's children who attended ser-
vices included Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Fudge and Mrs. Bob Pickle, Abilene;
J. E. Hill. Sr., of Midland; Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Price and Mrs. S. A.
Thomas, Waxahachie; Miss J e r a
Schrader, Switchback, W. Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. (Bud) McNiel and
Dee Ann and Mrs. S. A. Vaughn and
daughter of Sulphur. Okla.; Jack
Blanchard. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rid-
dle and Mrs. J. K. Lunn, Wichita
Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moore,
Windthc.rst; ard Mrs. J. F. Niell. Fort
Worth.
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ARCHER CITY INFANT
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
AFTER POLIO TREATMENT
Ralph DeShong. of Wichita Falls,
was a visitor here Saturday and a
pleasant News caller, accompanied
by his ranch manager. W. C. (Bill)
Thomas. Besides his ranching activi-
ties some 8 miles north of Archer
City, DeShong is also a work clothe*
manufacturer in Wichita Falls, and
as a hobby is a practitioner of leger-
demain and to an extent far beyond
what one would expect of an amateur.
And on his visit to Thy News office
we helped him in proving that the
hand is quicker than the eye. He
handed us a five-dollar bill with in-
structions that we take out the prop-
er amount to extend hia subscription
two years in advance and we grabbed
his five-*pot before he had time to
make it disappear.
AAA Office Ready
For Acreage Report
Bcb Crocker, Triple A man here,
announced this week that his office
staff is now ready to beyin farm
acreage reports for 1949. As said re-
ports must be made on each and
every farm in the county. Mr. Croek-
■r urges that all farmer* come to
the AAA office beginning next Mon-
day. to give the necessary data for
the purpose of getting ready for
1950 wheat and cotton allotments.
Wheat allotments must be set by
July 1 in order that farmers may vote
on the marketing quota referendum,
probably to be set for July 25.
YOUNG AND POWELL
ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD
The First Christian Church an-
nounces it* Easter Sunday services
fer April 17. The services of the day
will begin with a Sunrise Service at
6:00 a. m„ commemorating the firat
finding of the tomb of Jesus empty,
and its significance to the resurrec-
tion of Jesus. The worship service will
bear this truth in its theme. The
public is cordially invited to attend
this service, and the services of the
day.
The Bible School will b® conduct-
ed at 10:00 and the morning worship
service and Lord’s Supper at 11:00.
The minister’s sermon topic will be
Saturday's Children.” AH are invited
to attend these services.
We overlooked a new* item of in-
terest last week which wae regarding
the school trustee, election of recent
date when Dan M. Powell was re-
elected to succeed himself for another
term and with Bill Young becoming
a trustee for the first time in his
life. The school board is now compos-
ed of C. D. Johnson, Dan Powell, Cecil
Fletcher, Cecil Haigood, W. C. Young,
Jr., Torn Patrick and Luther Key.
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The condition of Jack Kirkland. 8-
month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Kirkland, is this morning, Thursday,
reported as definitely showing im-
Drcvement after his having undergone
the Sister Kinney treatment for polio
since Tuesday. Last week little Jack
was f'ared to have meningitis but
later th. case was diagnosed as the
settling cf measles in his spine. Mon-
day of this week, however, the par-
ents took him for a routine check-up
nd an attending physician instructed
that polio treatment be started im
mediately. A spinal specimen was
sent off Tuesday for laboratory tests
to prove whether or not the infant
has infantile paralysis, with a report
due back in ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Branch, of Carls-
bad, N. Mex.. spent the past week-
end in Megarge] visiting relatives and
in Archer City visiting with friends.
They returned home Sunday.
Revival Speaker
Jim Neville is recuperating nicely
from an operation on his knee Mon-
day in a Wichita Falls hospital. Jim
(Lemac) expects to be released with
in « few days. The surgerv was ne-
cessitated by an old knee injury.
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Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wells and
daughters, Karen and Elva. of Okla-
homa City, visited overnight Tuesday
with the ladies’ son and brother, re-
spectively, Howard and saw hi,m in
a star role in the sentcr class play
that night
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Ray Jones wa* a Wednesday a. m.
genial sipper^cf-coffee in this city,
over from hia north Archer county
rancho.
Mr, and Mrs. Smiley Vestal spent
the past week-end with his home-folk
near
Mrs. Hap Burkett and young
daughter, Dana, spent the week-end
in Tyler with the lady’s sister, Mrs
Jack Kellett and family where the
two ladies’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Liles of Pine Bluff. Ark., were al-
so visiting. Mrs. Burkett and Dana
accompanied the Lile? home to visit
until the first of next week when
Mrs. Liles will return here with them
for a sojourn.
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W. C. Woody cf Waxahachie was
a Tuesday evening dinner guest in
‘he W. C. Young, Jr., home. Woody’s
chief topic of conversation was his
new granddaughter. Linda Love, born
'ast Wednesday in Dallas to Mr. and
Mrs. Don Woody. Grandma Woody,
we were told, used all the excuses at
her command to remain near the new
grandbaby rather than make the trip
to Wichita Falla and Archer City.
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Mr. and Mrs. Selby Johnson and
daugh'er. Cordelia, cf Odessa were
visitors the pa?t week-end with kin
in this city. The two ladies remained
for the week and Selby will return
for them next week-end.
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Jimmy Hays, minister of the First
Christian Church, is preaching a re
vival at the First Christian Church,
Iowa Park, Texas. The revival began
last Sunday evening and will conclude
this Friday evening.
Assembly of God
To Hold Revival
The Assembly of God Church will
conduct special evangelistic services
Easter Sunday, April 17th, through
the 24th each evening at 7:30 p. m.
Rev. A. N. Burns of the New Mexico
District Council, will be the speaker.
The public is invited to attend these
services. ■—
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It Will Admit
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dan-
Archer Citjr, Texas
To The Royal Theai#*
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