Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947 Page: 8 of 16
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Chronicle, Coleman, Texas, March 27, 1947 j Qj| ^^JjyjJy
(oven Much Of
Coleman County
i Otl activity these days covers
! much ol Coleman county. At least
' 14 different wells are/feeing drilled,
| which puts activity at an increase
i over recent months.
NOVICE SECTOR
States Oil Corp, is drilling below
3015 feet on the No. 15 Morris in
the ■ north Morris field, 933 feet
! north of the No 4 well, being 467
i leet from the west line of the
section., ‘
McKissick and Sadler are rigging
| up on the Seuly Smith tract in
iht- north Morris field, with loca-
(■ tion 330 feet from the south and
west lines of section 175.
No report has been received from
: the FulwlUef & Hughes et al No.
4 Templeton, an east offset to the
I (tool discovery well Location Is 990
leet from the west and 457 feet
from the north line of section 8,
j block 1, HT&B survey.
FulwiUer and Hughes are testing
j the Gray sand on their No. 1 Mrs
| Lottie Cope, in the Templeton field.
| five miles east, of Novice. Location
Is 330 feet from the south and
! east lines of section 10, block 1,
HT&B survey,
The H, T Owen and H. H, Adams
i No. 3, Mrs Della McCain, four
j miles 8W of Novice has had pipe
j set and they are ready to drill the
plug, "ftwry are on top of the sand
at 3720 feet Location is 467 feet
from the north and 1320 feet from
Some One Must Pay
NOBODY ever wants to be financially
liable for a smashup! But when two cars
collide, someone must pay for the damage
done. The cost of accidents comes much
higher than the cost of adequate insurance!
LET this agency protect you with Auto-
mobile Insurance that fills every require-
ment.
Allen & Allen
IP* ITS
INSURANCE
WE WRITE IT
PHONE 2631
162 Commercial Ave. — Coleman
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Plumbing
• Heating
• Cooling
• Insulation
• All types floor covering
PHONE 5056
Duncan & Currie
On Miami at South End of t omramul
PAUL H. GRIFFITH
Paul H Griffith, National Le-
gion Commander, spoke at the Lay-
men's League dinner, Sunday night,
at the First Christian church In
Brown wood. A local group attended
the 'meeting.
Senior Play —
(Continued from Page I)
in a talented, sympathetic perform-
ance and will certainly crowd Dun-
can for honors.
Another character to watch is
Alice Orr who plays Butch's kid
sister, Hildred—a wise-cracking kid
who will some day be beautiful.
I Hugo, a snappUy dressed boy of
tlie east line of section 14 SP sur- is, with a loud, expressive voice
vey. [and plenty of rhythm, is portrayed
J. P • t al. near silver bv Leonard Ehrler, who courts
Valiev is drilling below 180(1 feet Ltndy. and finally wins her by mak-
on. the Jim Bates offset to the mK her jealous.
License Plate Holders
$1.25
• RUST PROOF
• ATTRACTIVE - STURDY
• ADAPTABLE TO ALL CARS AND TRUCKS
• EASILY INSTALLED IN THREE MINUTES
• COMPLETE WITH BOLTS AND NUTS
Howell Home and Auto Supply
Colnnan. Texas
No. 4 well.
OTHER DRILLING
Bradford and Murray are wait-
ing on pipe oh their1 recovery well
near Burkett In the old Arcadia
field.
Ml esse and Johnson have set pipe
on the Ranger lime at about 2100
feet in-the Santa Anna gas field
Location Is in the Mary Ann Fisk
survey No. 630, about six
east of Santa Anna.
The tempest in the teapot is Evfc
Cannon, the new girl ‘In loam, play-
ed by Dortha Ooss She'disrupts the
Eldridge household and causes Jay
to almost lose his scholarship
You will lauRh at Stayton Drl-
leny'in the role of a Russian or-
chestra leader, and Francis Hair
as Carrie, the maid.
Other'members of the cast In-
miles | elude Mrs Thompson, the 20th cen-
j tury grandmother i Louise Felly >
REA Meeting —
(Continued from Page 1)
Motor CP. building across the street
from the REA offices on Live Oak
street in Coleman. All the newest
marvels Of the poet-War era will
be on hand to tempt the thousands
of visitors throughout the day, and
these will be demonstrated by the
various electrical and appliance
dealers and contractors, not only of
Coleman, but other towns within
the boundaries of the Ax-county co-
operative Many attractive prizes
will be distributed to the members
Manager Sam R. Hale is enthusi-
astic over the approaching mem-
bership meeting which wiil attract
families from Coleman, Runnels,
Brown. Tom Green and Concho
counties. He points with justifiable
pride to the 1059 miles of energiz-
ed lines comprising the local co-
operative, This huge network of el-
ectric power through the heart of
the rural area Of this section will
soon be supplemented by 793 ad-
ditional miles of line which will
serve 1500 consumers. ,
The feature attraction of the
meeting to all housewives of the
Co-operative members will be a bak-
ing contest In the contest cakes
will be baked containing fat and
without, and each contestant will
Natlohal Service Life Insurance
carries no restrictions on the resi-
dence, travel or occupation of- In-
sured veterans, Veterans Admini-
stration said
National Service Life Insurance
proceeds are exempt from creditors’
claims against the insured or the
beneficiary, Veterans Administration
said
! use their own favorite .recipe.
Neeley and Neeley of Fort Worth Madge Wilkins 'Tina Mac Griffith.! ' The finished products will
are drilling below 1891 feet on the a serious, plain, very intelligent per* j judged by a boaro1 oi culinary ex-
semi-wildcat test; south of Cole-I son who loves Jay Eldridge and | pc i ts composed of Miss lie tn
mart. Location is 1400. feet from j blossoms out Into a glamour girl oweth of Runnels county hoitm'
the north and 1450 feet from the I to make him realize that he also ; Demonstration Agent and Miss
■■ii t inns of tin- M Lapp*- survey• loves her. Phillip King a dignl- M.m Jo Garland, l.oletnan county
744 V fled, const rvative business man in H D A Mrs Leland Fry. Home
Albert Atkisson of Dallas is dril- j love with Mrs Eldridge (Hoyt Economic'. Instructor of the Cole-
CratRi; Stephen Reynolds, 39. (Hoi- i man high school and
11s Kitchen i. handsome and poxl- j la-wts of the F H A.
who woos and Wins Mrs Eld-
To Merit four Confidence Is Our Whole Concern
Vshmn of these famous Scene* Mailed FREE to AIL
ffng belo*, 1200 feet on the Fry test
on the Howard Norris place„A ro-
tary is being" used Location is east
of .Santa Anna, Just northeast of
the A. W Oregg production.
Anxac Oil Corporation is drilling
below 100 feet on the No. 2 Wil-
liams, in the Bead Mountain field
near Valera Location is 440 feet
from the south and east lines of the
8W quarter of OHAH Co: survey 27
Central Prilling Co No 1, J E
McCord, near Glen Cove. Is drilling
at 3100 feet Location is 925 feet
from the north and 1,193 feet from
the west line of the south half of
section 16, J. H. Otbson survey.
Brannon and Murray have com-
I pieted another producer, good for
175 barrels dally In the Coleman
Junction pool. four miles southeast
of Coleman The well was the Sealy
1th A-2 Pay was reached in the
TThnckf An A-3 well will be drilled
soon.
Anzar Oi! Corp plans to drill two
middle depth wildcats ten miles
west of - Cross Plains, it is announ-
ced. It may be some time before
drUHng starts on the first however
Location on the first will be 330
i feet from the south and east lines
i of B Oarcia survey, on the Fred
Cutbtrth place The second well will
j be 400, feet from the north and 990
feel from the west lines of the mid-
dle third of Victoria County school
land survey 302, on the H A Spen-
cer. place
Veterans receiving compensation
| pensions or retirement pay from
Veterans Administration may auth-
! orlae VA to deduct thetr National
Service Life Insurance premiums
I from these payments
Miss Alma
How you can
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Charge Your
Santa Fe Tickets
Apply now for yowr Trovol Card inHtlinf you to Vftis torvico
Effective April I, 1947, you c*n charge Santa Fe
tickets on the new Railroad Travel Card Plan at
easily as you charge department store purchases.
There is no "red tape” or deposit necessary.
Here’s how it works:
Railroad Travel Cards will be available to any individual or com-
pany with proper credit rating.
Upon presentation of your Travel Card at any Santa Fe ticket office
you can charge rail, parlor car. and sleeping car tickets (amounting
to |5.00 or more) to any part of the country even if part of your trip
ts on other railroads. Your Travel Card also costers excess baggage
charges.
Bills will be rendered monthly for the transportation furnished to
holders of Railroad Travel Card*.
Apply Howl To tecurc an application blank for yoor Travel Card,
simply write to Rsil Trmutl Credit Agncj, 4J6 (/»M ftslmm, Chcs|s
HMmA
Santa fe System Lines
Serving the West end Southwest
live
ridge: the Hollywood talent scout Norwood
ISM*
(Max Weaver!: newspaper reporters
(Billie Jean Jackson and Maudinr
lawst and prize fighter Barney Fel-
lows (James Laird i • •
Come Over To Our House is a
swift, clever comedy studded with
the bright Jargon of modern youth
Be sure not to miss this play di-
rected by the Renior sponsors, and
presented by the senior flass of
1947. Friday night, March 28, ill
the high school auditorium.
Small Talk—
(Continued from Page ll
There they got medical aid for the
fireman, but he died the following
night.
Two “posses were organized in
Santa Anna, one" to go wltfi the
train, and one to follow the, ban-
dits A few day* later two of
the bandit* were captured tn Dev-
ils River county. 176 miles from
Coleman Junction The, third one
escaped
One of the fugitive*, turned sta-
te* evidence, and tn return for the
promise of immunity agreed to go
and capture the ringleader He
found him In Devi) River country,
but Instead of bringing him in, the
two sat down under a tree and
planned another train robbery La-
ter however, when the fugitives
horses strayed away, he got the
drop on the ringleader and deliver-
ed him to lhe sheriff, who placed
him tn the Coleman county Jail, but
he later escaped, making a-daring
getaway with the sheriffs horse
Building Purchased
For Girl Scouts
For Harmon Park
Recently a committee of Coleman
Girl Scout Worker* went to Camp
Barkley to investigate the purrhas-
ing of a building which would be
adequate a* a meeting place for the
Girl Scout Troop* of Coleman
A building 16x4a feet was bought
and will be moved to Coleman tht*
week and placed in Harmon Park
It will be remodeled and the
grounds around It l»iu!*r«|>ed, rmik- ]
ing It an ideal spot for training [
necessary for eladers to give their
!. troop member*
s On the committee wen Charles
R Wilaon C O Fleming. Mrs An-
na Well*. Mrs R D Boyers. Mrs
| C O Fleming and Mrs J T Saun- i
dor*
The surplus building was purchas-
ed for 1300
CONGRATULATIONS
PARENTS
A 9S pound *on. tarry Wallace
| waa born to Mr and Mr* Alfred
. Hindi ol Paducah on Monday
March 17 Mother and baby arr
(Vtng nicely Mr Hind* Is editor ol
' the Paducah Pxwt and prior to go- ,
i ing to Paducah waa shop foreman j
j for the Coleman County Chronicle \
The family lived here many year*
before going to Paducah and hare
many friend* here
Mr and Mr* Howard Rich of
San Antonio, announce the arrival
of a baby girl. Habra Susan on
March 7th Mr* Fannie Rich la the
grandmother of the new arrival
Pamela Rae la Mr and Mr*
Jack Coker* new granddaughter
The little girl wia born nrv FVtoru
ary M to Mr and Mrt. Joe Walker
of Detroit Michigan and her |
mother la the former Uiy Jack
Coker
(Continued from Page I)
hand Mrs. louts Thwcatt. Mrs Ora
Gray Mrs. Carl Lotto. Mrs Welton
Holt, and Mrs. Joe Snodgrass
J, Ef Steven* Co., was In charge
of .funeral arrangements.
An estimated 1200 attended the
funeral service, with a large num-
ber being from out-of-town.
Out of town people attending were
C A Norwood. Austin; F Norwood,
Belton; Mr. and Mrs, O. S. Nor-
wood and son of Temple; Mrs B
M Watson. Brownwood; Mr. and
Mrs Herman Lad wig. Killeen; Mr
and Mrs. Alfred Roming and *on.
Billy Clay. Mr and Mrs James
Roming and daughter. Judy of Chil-
dren Mr and Mrs W B Gibson.
Sherman; Lucy Ellen Gibson, Dal-
las; Mrs Pat Collins, Ruth Cox,
Stayton Llndeman. Austin; Mr and
Mrs Vernon SprUiell and daughter.
Karen. Lubbock, Jewell Llndeman.
Big Spring; Mr and Mrs. E. H.
Weddle, Mr and Mrs Joe Weddle
and family. Bronte; Mr. and Mrs
Mark Jones, Eden; Mr and Mrs.
Joe Snodgrass, Mr and Mrs Chan-
dler, Brady: Mr and Mrs BID Har-
din Meridian. Mr and Mrs J, W.
Pool. Jr Mr and Mrs J W Leslie,
Mr and Mrs E W Hamilton. E. H
Stark Elaine Foote J. P Oary,
Willie Mae and Madeline Hlrks, all
. of Abilene, Mrs. C. B Tisdale and
son. Charles of Tuscola; Mr and
Mrs Ray Tisdale, Ballinger; Byron
Hawthorne. Lampasas. Mr and Mrs
Elmer Harrison of Junction.
Canteen sales In Veterans Ad-
ministration hospitals and homes
topped the *1,000,000 mark in De-
cember. 1946. for the first time.
—Back Again—
Goodyear LIFEGUARD TUBES
Just received a shipment of 600 and 650x16 and 650x15 “alll
rubber" (no synthetic I. Save A Life—Drive with Safety Askar-
on re. Drive by today for a demonstration of New Goodyear IJfe-|
guards—Your Assurance of hot weather blowout protection.
FISHING TIME
COME IN TODAY FOR AN INSPECTION
OF
Goodyear's Seabee Outboard Motors
3 h.p... $82.50 5 h.p. $120.95|
a - GOODYEAR SERVICE
STORES
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Amwmnq
I Wish To Announce
That I Have Purchased The
Village Grill
From I task el Vales (Former Owner)
I Am Inviting Old and New Friends
To Try Our Place For Fine Foods
OPEN 9 A.M.'TIL 1 A.M.
Curb Service
5 PJd. TO 1 I’. M. SUNDAYS, 2 P.M. TIL 12
MS XIUAN FOODS SOUTHERN FRIED (TOCHEN STEARH SHORT ORDERS
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS .
Village Grill
DONALD McMINN, Owner
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Autry, Milton. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947, newspaper, March 27, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731752/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.