The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1965 Page: 4 of 8
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THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM. CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1965
101 oil,
ipropane.
count with The News.
$12.8 million from wellhead sales
enumerators.
sonal visit.
NOTICE
Atchison.
We Have Modern Equipment* for
CLEANING and TREATING
stration Club.
Your
FOR SALE: 9-ft., 2-wheel, steel
SEED WHEAT
Service Station.
For Fol Sowing
FARMERS ELEVATOR CO.
E. C. Shuman, Manager
Phone 883-5651
White Deer, Texas
H will clean it: Leather jackets,
in
Perffecio
Costs no more
Wheeler - Evans
Grain, Inc
Phones 3161 or 4771
Groom, Texas
Your business appreciated
Martin Bailey, manager
SEE or CALL
John Reed
IB
study of this county”s oil and gas
output on statistics compiled by
!
Those who could not be reached of oil and an estimated $11.1 mil-
by telephone, would of course have lion from natural gas. County pro-
to be contacted by letter or per- duction of oil was approximately
per
$1.4
FREE LLAMINATION for local
people, of small photos, driver li-
cense, small news clippings, Social
Security cards, and etc.— Blackwell
Chevron Station, Groom, Texas.
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Call Ed Homen, phone 2392, Groom
and he will take care of your or-
der.—SCOTT’S FLOWERS, 700 N.
Polk, DR 6-4679, Amarillo, Texas.
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THE FANHANDLE’S LEADING FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Phone DR 23-23-3 / Fifth at Pierce / Amarillo, Texas
brown collar with name scratched
on collar. Finder please notify the
Dr. David Levy family, phone 4841,
Groom, Texas. The puppy has been
missing since Sunday.
FOR SALE: Six, 50-ft. east-front
lots across street in front of Groom
School gymnasium. — Tom Cleere,
phone 3151, Groom.
FOR SALE: Co-op Tires, Batter-
ies, Oils and Greases; 2,4d Weed
Spray; Tordan 22K Bindweed Kill-
er; Sprayers for sale or lease.—
Groom Wheat Growers, ph. 2161,
Groom, Texas.
FOR SALE: Caddo seed wheat,
$1.65 per bu.—Pat Vandiver, phone
944-3575 Goodnight.
HOUSE FOR RENT: See O. P.
Blackwell, Groom, Texas.
FOR RADIO & TV SERVICE—
Call 3586 day, 3584 night.—T. N.
BRITTEN, Groom, Texas.
Insurance
Phone 3271 or 2921, Groom
ready to clean and treat your seed grain
AUTOMOBILE.
FIRE, and
CASUALTY
INSURANCE
Also Livestock Insurance
We are
FOR SALE: New and used cars,
wholesale and retail. — SANFORD
JOHNSON CAR LOT, 2100 E. 10th,
Amarillo, former Lloyd Rice Used
Car Lot, next to Highway Patrol
office, phone DR 3-2565.
gas operators, taxes on production1 Readers are asked to phone 3541
from Carson County flowed into and report their news items for
the State Treasury at the rate of publication in The Groom News.
4.3 million barrels; natural gas,
88.6 billion cubic feet.
RCA COLOR TV
WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES
Sales & Service
BRITTEN IMPLEMENT CO.
Ph. 3586, Groom, Texas
^^Blackbuiri^iSliau)
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CLASSIFIED:
Telephone 3311 or 3541
baler, 1-row Gehl ensilage cutter,
and a Foster hay saver, all in good
sonditcnnand nsedwhA“Ahds Groom by R. .& Natalie Barkley,
at Reed Store or call Mr. Rhodes! distributors. Phone 2552, Groom.
FOR SALE: Basic H organic
concentrated cleanser, l qt. makes
64 gallons. Whatever it is, Basic
___ ' Farmers, ranchers and other
FOR ANY or ALL of your auto-! mineral owners share in a $3 mil-
motive needs call Palo Duro Mot-i lion distribution of oil and gas roy-
ors 800 Buchanan, ph. DR 2-3696,! alty payments annually.
Amarillo.—J. B. Elliott and O. B.1 The Association based its annual
FOR SALE: All kinds of fishing
equipment including rods, reels,
hooks, lines. Also diving equip-
ment, ski equipment and boat ac-
cessories.—Bill Algoe’s Phillips 66
Service Station, phone 2511, Groom.
non-irritating to
ATTENTION FARMERS: For all
your Fertilizer needs call us for
quick service and low prices. 50c
per mile per tank if you pull nurse
tanks out. Maximum $5.00 per
tank. Also quick delivery at no
extra cost to you.—LARK ELEVA-
TORS, INC., Ph. 2082, Groom.
Plastics, Chrome, etc. Non-toxic,
SEE ME FOR—Zenith, Motorola,
and Norge appliances, sales and
service.—T. N. Britten, Phone 3586,
Groom, Texas.
FOR SALE: New stock CF&I
Baler Wire at low, low price while
it lasts. ’Also combine and tractor
cabs at big discount.—Groom Feed
& Implement Co.
LOST: 3-month-old female white the job by telephone,-whereas the and gas producing counties, Car-
puppy with black spots, wearing 11960 census required ’ about 200,000 son County in 1963 received some
skin. Sold
about $1.4 million a year.
An upgrading of the county’s
gross economic output is contrib-
uted by the operation of 3 plants
which can process some 332 million
cubic feet of natural gas a day to
remove liquids such as butane and
COSMETICS: Complete line of
LoVue Cosmetics by Shaklee Prod-
ucts Co. See or call Mrs. R. E.
Barkley, distributor, phone 2971,
Groom.
FOR SALE: New Holland hay
FOR SALE: Livestock drugs,
medicines, insecticides, Raticate,
Aureomycin crumbles. — Britten
Cattle, Office Ph. 3011, Maurice
Britten.
FOR SALE: One 14-ft. Lone Star |
fiber glass boat, 10-hp Johnson
motor, Little Dude tilt trailer, all
in good condition, $350.00. See or
call JIM WALL, ph. 3651, Groom.
* ,
a large number of service con-!
. tractors and supply firms, which
are not included in this figure, di-
rect employment figures are only
part of the story of local economic
impact.
An important indicator of activ-
ity is the amount expended on'
drilling of wildcat wells seeking
new fields and those wells drilled
to develop fields already located.
The Association estimates that in
1964 approximately $5.7 million
was risked by Texas oil and gas
operators on drilling ventures in,
expense this way. It is estimated sociation.
that 80,000 census takers could do Ranking 47th among Texas’ oil
FOR RENT: Our 4-bedroom
home in Groom. — Burl Painter,
phone 4761, Groom.
FREE Removal of Dead Stock,
phone DI 9-2211 (COLLECT —
Amarillo Rendering Co., Amarillo,
Texas.
FLOWERS for ALL occasions.
Phone 4001 Groom. — VIVIAN’S
FLOWER SHOP, Groom, Texas.
A. (Hap) Watson phone 2571,
Groom, Texas.
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INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Paint-
ing and paper hanging. Experienc-
ed and professional work. Satis-
faction guaranteed. Reasonable.
Call collect DR 6-7800, or write R.
F. Jones, 1102 N. Lincoln Street,
Amarillo.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE FAMILIES CARSON COUNTY RANKS HIGH Carson County. About 24.8
NOW HAVE TELEPHONES IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION i cent of this expenditure, or
' ------ ’ ------ 1 million, went into dry holes
! Four out of five families in the Carson County’s producers and A tabulation by the Oil and Gas
Per word, first insertion ...... 3c .United States now have telephones, royalty owners are marketing ■ Journal shows 137 wells were dril-
Eollowing insertions ........... 2c j Hence, there is talk in Washington some $23.9 million in crude oil and edin the county in 1964: 101 oil
Minimum Charge ...............50cthat the 1970 U.S. Census might be natural gas a year, according to 2 gas, and 34 dry holes. A total of
All ads cash with order, unless I taken by telephone. The thinking statistics recently released by the 466,000 feet of hole were drilled-
customer has an established ac- is that job could be done at less Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas As- j 446,000 for development wells and; oOo
{20,000 for wildcats. 'Mrs. Bill Algoe was visiting in
in addition to local school and Panhandle Monday.
county property taxes by oil and --------oOo----
WANTED: Hay hauling to do.
Any distance, have two bobtail
trucks. Reasonable rates. Call
Goodnight 944-3567, Clint Arm-
strong, Goodnight, Texas.
FOR SALE: 2-4-d Ester $3.35 and
2-4-d Amine $2.85 per gallon in 30-
gallon drums. Also, we have excel-
lent prices on IRRIGATION PIPE,
Cattle Spray Heptachlor, Ceresan
and DRY FERTILIZERS. Stock
Salt of all kinds. No. 10 aluminum
Grain Scoops $6.95, Hybrid Milo &
Soybean Seeds. — LARK ELEVA-! AI.
TORS, INC., ph. 2082 Groom. I HEAVI DUTY power mowing
____‘______L_____________________ by lot, block, acre. See or call D.
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trailer with stock racks, good 8-ply
tires. See it at John Reed’s Gulfshoe shine in town come
JOHNSON’S Portable Disc Roll-
ing Service. Call MO 4-4447 or
MO 5-2195, Pampa, collect.—
Hubert Johnson, 517 Ducette St.,
Pampa, Texas.
AMARILLO DAILY NEWS: Spe- the U.S. Bureau of Mines for 1963.
cial one year for $16.95. For new Production data for 1964 would be
or renewal subscriptions contact approximately the same.
Mrs. Robert Kuehler, phone 2001,! Statewide, Texas oil and gas ■
Groom, or ‘any member of Groom wells produced an estimated $3.6,
I Country Neighbors Home Demon- billion in income: $2.9 billion from
stration Club. ' oil, 5730 million from gas. I
--------------------------------1 Data from the Texas Employ-
SHOE SHINES—For the bestment Commission indicate direct
. + +L. employment in oil and gas indus-
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City Barber Shop and let me show I try jobs for more than 280 Carson
you what I can do. I will appre- i County citizens with a payroll of
date your business.—Juan Lopez. ■ approximately $2.1 million a year. I
__Because oil operations require such
at Bralley Ranch, Pampa, after’
after 6:00 p.m.
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1965, newspaper, September 9, 1965; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1511853/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.