The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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Miss Dorothy Pate
Weds Greer Ortan
At Gilmer Monday
The wedding of Miss Doro-
Many Fine Exhibits At
Upshur Co. Free Fair
Revelation to Visitors
shoes were also brown and she gracious manner. She is a for-
carried an arm bouquet of Tal- mer student of the University
ny exhibit paints, cabinet work
a model house, and other pro-
ducts of their lumber yard.
Dixie Refining Company
No wonder the Cotton Belt is
in “desperate financial condi-
tion,” as all the cotton north
of here,- and south too as far as
we know, is being hauled by
thy Pate, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Pate, to Mr. Greer
t Wade Ortan, son of Mr. and
( Mrs. Greer Ortan of Nacog-
doches was solemnized at the
First Methodist church Mon-
day motningt eleven o’clock
1 The church was attractively
decorated with a profusion of
Golden Glory in tall floor bas-
kets and vases, with a back-
1980
7.736
247
2,510
9,514
955
3,371
9,007
889
The Nelson Grian ‘Company
truck was robbed Monday night
at Gladewater, while the driver
war. in one of the stores. The
thieves got about $10 worth
of cigarettes and tobacco.
aisle were the ushers Messrs.
Middlebrook and Seales who en
tered together. They were fol-
lowed by the bridesmaids, Miss
Madeline Norman of Dallas and
Miss Christine Denny of Green-
ville.,
Next to enter were the Ma-
tron of Honor, Mrs. Fred M.
Pate, of Dallas, and the Maid
of Honor, Miss Virginia Cum-
mings of Sulphur Springs. All
of the ladies were handsomely
gowned in new Fall models, fol-
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Law-
rence have gone to Hobbs, N.
M., where he will work for
some time.
Buckeyes Surprise Wildcats In
Bitter Canteat; Berry
"I am confident that every
in the county is ‘surffteier
far-sighted to see the v
Upshur
Camp _______
Cass , .
Cherokee . .
Franklin _
Gregg —......
Harrisov
Marion l
Morris _______-
Smith
Titus ,
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Bold Hold-Up
At Futrell Well
9,562
1,008
7,614
Many New Wells
To Be Drilled
in This County
Gilmer and Sul-
phur Springs in
Tie Game. 13-13
Would Have Capacity to
Handle 10,000 Bbls. Oil
Daily, From Etex Field
With their fans hoping they
would not lose by more than
two touchdowns and expected
by Sulphur Springs to be easy
victims. Coach McClelland’s Gil
mer Buckeyes opened a sur-
prise package and threw dis-
may into the tamp of their
foes, when they held the Class
A Wildcat team to a 13 to 13
tie at Suphur Springs Friday
afternoon.
More than that, Gilmer clear-
ly outplayed their opponents,
making a total of 9 first downs
to Sulphur Springs 5. In ad-
1981
_ 1,011
_ 406
2,730
- 4,374
_____ 668
L. 809
.2,186
.. 228
Community Exhibits, General
P Exhibits, and Special Ex-
hibits
The drill stem test made at
the Sorrell & Duffy No. 1 J.
B. Woodin test Monday after-
noon showed neither oil, gas
nor water. Coring has been re-
sumed.
Drilling activity .ip the East
Texas fields developed unex-
pected activity the last week,
as announcement was made of
153 drilling permits,, issued for
new wells in the four counties.
Gregg county again led in
the number of permits with 77,
Rusk county secured 58, Smith
In addition to the refinery
and pipe line there would of
' course be loading racks. The .
■ total coat, it is expected, would
as Refining Company’s No. 1
Betty Doby in the Marshall
Mann survey in Upshur county,
not been over you should' go,
and see for yourself what,
Ginnings Lower
Here Than in ’30
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According to the official fig-
ures from the Census Bureau,
the amount of cotton ginned in
| Upshur County up to Septem-
ber 16, this year was consid-
erably lower than for the same
time in 1980.
Figures for this and nearby
Counties are as follows:
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By TUCKER & LASCHINGER
onstration Kitchen exhibit, and
showed what could be saved in
the summer for winter use
with $25.
Of course there were numer-
ous things we did not see in
..
have
I (go,
/Up-
the following 13 permits:
Texas Company No.2 H. L.
Phillips, on an 18-acre lease in
the R. H. Hockit survey.
California Petroleum Co., No.
1 J. N. Taylor, on a 37-acre
lease in- the M. Mann survey,
Same company No. 1 W. F.
Glenn, on a 28-acre leare in the
G. W. Hooper survey.
they found another hope for
victory had. vanished.
Shockey, in addition to his
passing made several nice gains
with the ball, and showed big
improvement in his blocking.
The Buckeye line was not out
done by the backfield. In Wal-
lace and Moss, the Wild cats
ran up against "two as tough
tackles as they will meet this
year. Neither of these men let
up for a moment, and time
after time held Beard and his
team-mates for small gains or
threw them for losses.
At end Seago played his best
game to date. In spite of Being
for a gain of ten yards in all. large collar and fur trim of
beaver. Her hat, gloves and
Pritchett Floral Company is
showing a magnificent display
of cut flowers, pot plants, and
floral offernigs. All the flow-
ers shown were grown in their
own garden and nurseries, and
demonstrated again the versa-
tility of Upshur County’s soil
and climate.
Southwestern Gas & Electric
Company’s booth exhibited
Westinghouse refrigerators, elec
trie washing machines, vacuum
cleaners and an electric home
water system.
Just-Rite Shoe Shop exhibit-
ed Justin boots and Dr. Schol’s
foot appliances. This booth is
very attractive.
Ford and Chevrolet combin-
ed their booths and arranged a
commodious rest room that is
greatly appreciated by the Fair
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E-Tex Electric Company and
Albert Johnson have an exhibit
together displaying electric fix-
tures and Majestic Radios. The
radios furnish music and other
entertaining programs thru out
the day.
The Giltner Lumber Compa-
wedding color
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Chamber of Commerce Pledges Help In '
Getting Right-of-way From Oil Fields -
Announcement was made Monday by Mr. W. J. Green,
President of the Faith Oil Corporation, that plana are under
way for a refinery to be built on a 100-acre tract bought from
Mrs. J. L. Boyd. The location is along the Cotton Belt Railway
right-of-way, about two miles southwest of Gilmer. ____ _____
With capacity to handle 10,000 barrels of crude oil daily,
the refining plant would not be merely equipped to make gas-
oline but would include in its products everything that can be
made from oil. ineluding gasoline, kerosene, lubricating oil of
every description, greases and various by-products.
The spectre of a posible shortage of crude would not face
them. In addition to storage tanks capable of holding about
100,000 barrels of oil, they will be protected from shutdown be-
cause of contracts they have for oil from many producers and
14 other wells drilling at this time. This Company became int-
erested in the East Texas field nearly a year ago and acquired
valuable acreage which they have only leased with an option on
all oil produced.
in his- passing. Seago com-
pleted a number of his heaves, lovely arm bouquets of bronze
carrying the ball over for both
of his team’s touchdowns. The
first from the 5-yard line, with
h i s interference- functioning
perfeetly. The other was the
-result of a 20-yard run around
the Wildcat right end, evading
several tackles, including the
star Sulphur Springs right end
and captain, Sickles.
Berry’s punting was unusual-
ly good. He never failed to get
off a fine, quick kick, varying
in distance from 30 tp 45 yards
of Texas and for some time
resided in Dallas.
The groom, Mr. Greer Wade
Ortan, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Greer Ortan of Nacogdo-
ches, and also a former student
of the University of Texas,
where he was a member of the
Lamba Chi Fraternity. He is
a very capable young business
man, being auditor for the Tex-
as Company,'
immediately following their
wedding trip to South Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ortan will go to
Chicago where they will make
thir home.
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1 254
- 2,958
too, in spite of being a mark- _
ed man from start to finish, gloves and shoes were all* brown
n
Shockey showed improve-
ment over the Marshall game scheme of gold; green and Span
-
lowing the
ish tile. Their flowers were
ground of ferns. The family
pews were marked with white
satin ribbons.
Messrs. V. E. Middlebrqok
and Ollie Seales of Nacogdoches
were ushers.
Just prior to the wedding
Mrs. J. W. Croley and Miss Ma-
rie Timmons of Dallas, entered
from the vestry.. Both ladies
were smartly attired in Fall
Frocks of Spanish Tile Crepe
with corsages of Talisman
roses.
Miss Timmons took her place
at the piano to accompany Mrs.
Croley, who sang ”I Love You
Truly.” Following this song
Miss Timmons played Mendels-
sohn’.-. Wedding March which
signaled the approach of the
wedding party.
Rev. C. W. Lokey entered
from the Vestry and took his
place at the altar. The first
Rev. C.*W: Lokey read the
impressive words*of the Metho-
dist ritual’ which United this
cuople as haband and wife.
The bride. Miss Dorothy Pate
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. Pate of Gilmer and a
most charming and attractive-
young woman. Her parents
moved to Gilmer from Sulphur]
Springs while she was away at i
school, nd it is only during
the past few months that she
has made her home in Gilmer,
during which time she has won
many friends by her pleasant
About 2 o’clock Sunday mom
ing three men and a woman
drove up to the Acrey No. 1
Futrell well, beside the South
Highway. The woman and'one
Iman stayed with the aar, the
other two men approaching the
crew and held up Mr. Acrey tak
ing About $30 from him.
Mr. nack, one of the crew,
refused to put up his hands,
and said he wasn’t going to
give up his watch, and cursing
the hi-jacker who had a pistol
against his stomach, told him
he didn't have the nerve to
shoot him, and walked off with
out getting robbed.
As a result, the Wildcats were
taken by surprise whe Law-
rence completed the longest
pass of the game for a 28 yard
gain.
The Gilmer backfield was
functioning in midseason style,
Boyd started off with a 21-
yard gain and thereafter con-
sistently held up his end of the
play. After seeing Marshall
complete five consecutive pass-
es against Gilmer, the Wildcats
thought it would be pie to do
the same. But when they had
four of their tosses batted
down and completed just two
dition they completed 7 passes
Kochtitzky & Johnson, Inc., for 83 yards, while Sulphur
crysanthemums. Their hats.
run to about 1226,000 and ev-
ery dollar of this would be
spent locally except for the.--
machinery and equipment re*
quired.
The pipe line, which would
require the work of about 150
men would, tn itself, give em-
ployment and cash to Upshur
County people.
With the refinery in oper-
ation about 25 men would be
employed to run it. This would
mean just about that number
of families needing homes to
live in. products of farm, and
dairy to eat.
Although it would probably
Se spring until the plint is in
operation, because the gasoline
reason is over for the year so
there will be no rush in start- -
ing, still the work on the pipe
line would start before the
end of this month. This will
depend on one factor, howev-
er, where everyone can help--
obtaining the pipe line right-
of-way.. To the end that thia •
be contributed to the Faith
Oil Corp., and thus place no
impediment, in the path of the
refinery [being built/the Up-
shur County Chamber of Com-
merce has pledged the assist-
ance of its officers, directors
and members. -
It seems unlikely that there
is any landowner who will not
contribute this gladly. It will
be the aim of the Chamber of
Commerce, however, to point
out the advantages that will
result through doing this. For
example, it will not harm the
land used since the pipe will'
be buried where it will not
ever make its presece known.
Secondly, the building of this
refinery will add a very ap-
preciable amount tq the asses-
sed value of the county, in
turn reducing every tax-pay-
er’s burden. Thirdly, the mor
people living in this county,
the greater the demand and
better the prices for the prod-
ucts of the landowner.
Mr. W. C. Barnwell, Presi-
dent of the Upshur County
Chamber of Commerce said.
to continue the autumn color
scheme.
Little Denny Pounds of Sul-
phur Springs was the dainty
and petite flower girl, wearing
an exquisite frock of yellow
georgette and lace and carrying
a huge yellow crysanthemum.
The bride. Miss Dorothy
Pate entered alone and was met
at the altar by the groom, who
had. entered from the vestry
with his best man, Mr. J. H.
Painter, Jr., of Houston.
Miss Pate was very beautiful
and smart-looking in a formal
wool suit of brown weave with
The Acrey et al No. 1 Futrell
test, two” miles south of Gilmer,
has cored to a total depth of
3,865 feet without much en-
couragement. Only a small
amount of sand, believed to be
of the upper strata, has been
cored" and it was not good
enough to warrant a drill atom
test. Whether or not they will
go deeper does. not seem to
have been decided on.
lrwafporebaryehsanomelpemat Completion of the East Tex-
shur County can show. If. you
are an old resident you will
swell with pride at the exhibits
and if you are one of the many
new comers to our town, you
will see how wise you were to
select such a God-favored sec-
tion, where any and everything
can be raised, and that of the
finest quality. /
The Judges were busy judg-
ing the exhibits. They are
County Agents John Erickson
of Marion Co.; 'Dewitt Huck-
aby of Titus Co.; G. W. Ralph
of Morris Co.; Delbert Simm-
ons of Jefferson, Miks Vida
Holt, Home Demonstration of
Gregg (Jo., Miss Ida Cooper,
Home Demonstration Agent of
Lamar County.
Springs completed just 2 for a
total of 10 yard
Both teams fought a desper-
ate battle. From the first whis
tie to the last, there was not a
single moment when the rival
elevens failed to contest every
inch of the ground. The high-
ly touted Sulphur Springs line
was unable to withstand the
pounding given it by the Buck-
eyes and time after time, great
holes were torn in it for Gilmer
ball carriers.
Alwyn Berry, 190-pound Gil-
was reported Monday. The
well flowed at the rate of 150
barrels an hour through tubing
for the first ten minutes and at
the rate of 250 barrels an hour
through easing the second ten.
It is located 418 feet from the
east line and 330 feet from the
south line of the lease, close to
Seven Pines and just a short
ways this side of the Gregg-
Upshur line. It is east of the
Sun-Hargraves.
From Last Week’s Daily Mirror.
The Mirror man spent an
hour Thursday morning at the
Upshur County Fair' at the
High School auditorium, a pleas
ant hour of surprises at the
wonderful exhibits of Upshur
County farm products.
The auditorium, with its vari
ous rooms, lends itself admir-
ably for such an exhibition.
Entering the main auditori-
um, on either side are the com-
munity exhibits, commencing
on the left with the Kelsey-
Enoch communities, next In-
dian Rock, Pattonfield, Sand
Hill, Stamps, Center Point,
Mings Chapel, Rosewood, Ore
City, and Glenwood.
And these community exhib-
its are not only artistically laid
out, so they are a beauty and
joy forever, but they show the
wonderful versatility of crops
in Upshur county, as fine as
can be found in any land, with
perhaps a greater variety of
crops than any section other
than East Texas.
On the bleachers of the Au-
ditorium was the general ex-
hibit of county products, and a
casual glance showed the finest
specimens of cotton, corn, pop-
corn, apples, peas, sweet and
Irish potatoes, peanuts, peas,
beane, pumpkins, squash, roast
ing ears, tane of three varieties
peppers, canned goods of every
variety, hay, egg plants, bon-
net gourds and watermelons.
The trade exhibits were all
very interesting and attractive.
"Schuller’s" showed a very
attractive display of Fall ready
to-wear and their booth was
artistically arranged.
"The Toggery” displayed Fall
clothing for men and ladies,
and in this booth Miss Lucille
Craddock is conducting a gues-
sing contest that drew the
crowds.
exhibit that demonstrates the
production of Dixie gasoline
from the oil well to the auto-
mobile. '
In one of the antique exhib-
its was a Texas Mirror, prede-
cessor of The Gilmer Mirror,
dated Aug. 5, 1882, which was
full 8 columns, six pages, neat-
ly printed and very interesting,
but there were, not many fa-
miliar names in it to the pres-
ent editor of the Mirror.
In the same booth was an
old violin bearing date of 1694.
The Vocational Agricultural
Class had a splendid exhibit,
which included nearly all kinds
of farm products.
Among the farm exhibits
were three individual exhibits
that were amazing in the vari-
ety, of products displayed as
grow on one farm. Miss Nona
Carpenter of Bettie and Mrs. E.
L. Patterson, also of Bettie,
had excellent exhibits and in
his own exhibit Mr. C. L. Hurt
of Rosewood demonstrated how
well an Upshur County farmer
can live on the products of his
own land.
Troop 14, Gilmer Boy Scouts,
had a unique display of their
handicraft.
There was a good art exhibit,
and a. Home Economic exhibit
that was interesting and cred-
itable.
Mrs. Elmo Penn had a 4-11
pantry exhibit with 600 cans
of fruit and vegetables, and 200
-es
Gilmer Weeklg Mirror
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GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1931. • , VOL. 55. NO. 87.
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Nos. 2 and 3 0. Victory on a
44-acre lease in the J. M. Pine-
da survey.
Eastland Oil Company No. 1,
O. M. Victory, on a 24-acre
lease in E. A. J. Evans survey.
Magnolia Petroleum Company
No. 8 E. A. Adkins, on a 700-
acre lease in the G. W. Hooper
survey.
Rancho Oil Company No. 2,
II. Moyers, on a 50 acre Nease
in the A. T. McGee survey.
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany No. A-2 E. O'Byrne, on’a
150-acre lease in the J. M. Pine
da survey. j
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany No. 5, W, W. Holland, on
a 245 acre lease in the T. Allen
survey. Same company No. 2,
I. D. Smith, on a 72-acre lease
in the E. A. J. Evans survey.
Shell Petroleum Company No
4, C. C. Landers, on a 107 acre
lease in the G. W. Hooper sur-
vey.
J. W. Osteen No. 1 O. F.
Smith, on an 8.5 acre lease in
the T. Allen survey. ”
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Tucker, George. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1931, newspaper, October 8, 1931; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440365/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.