The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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Van Deep Test Plugged
Golden Area to Get Try
il North
Be Active
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nation, Pure Oil
Drilling for ShaC^
Of Van Contini^s f
^ffhe Van Field deep oil ttet
weoc at 11,686 feet in a salt^
Konpany officials announced.
Saline postmaster, said that every
ysar aojpe mail boxes are destroy-
ed but never on such a large scale
or severing such a wide area as
hast Saturday's acts of vandalism.
Assistant postmaster Willis
Roberson said that the post of-
fice department have been notified
of the destruction and that a
postal inspector would ba in Grand
Saline in the near future to in-
vestigate the case.
Five boxes were destroyed on
Route 2, nine on Rente 8, end nine
on Route 4. Several rural maM
boxes were also reported destroy,
ed on the Fruitvaleroute.
L^MQfajous cases the culprits
njbd the^bu box end stand out
Vandals have played 12 games,
won 10, tied on*, and lost one.
Currently rated by the IWUHam-
. 'son Rating System as the number
one team 4* Class A ,football,
F Crowell suffered their only de-
[ feat this year at the heads o&
| Quanah, a Class AA schoeL Tm
i black-and-gold shifted WlldAtf
will boast both a passing tfn d
| running attack with their lef#half4
i back, Ginger Johnson, .havMg sc-
> counted f«r 28 touchdowA this
Saturday drilling a shallow Veflg,
on Mrs. S. R..pay’s lease. This
week the weU was below 1,000
feet in a shale formation, Prilling
will continue to approximately
1,250 feet.
CIO, local *179, at the union’s an-
nnal convention held in Brown-
jnfiod. The union reegMante 960
TeA lBsician who started his
m JTcallBactice hi Van Zandi
Qnity Rpr Canton, will ba ton-
Ad with an open house in the
Jacksonville' High Sohool gym-
nasium this Sunday afternoon. Dr.
Travis, who has many Mends in
Van Zandt County, last week was
named general practitioner of the
year by the American Medical
Association.
Sunday has been proclaimed as
“Dr. J. M. Travis iDay,” in Jack-
sonville in recognition of the gen-
eral practitioner whose career in
the field of medicine, business, and
civic work has been without par-
allel in this section.
Ne formal program is planned
for the open house except to allow
plenty of dme for friends of the
doctor to visit with him and pay
tribute in recognition of his Trecent
national honor. ‘ PtrJSf’*.
Over 2,000 guests are expected
to attend the open house. Special
recognition yrill be given tb any
of the more than 8,009 babies de-
livered by the doctor. _ _
'■ Dr. Travis is stiH actively prw£
ticing medicine and heads the
medical organization in Jackson-
ville.
BULLETIN—Joe Box ami Gib-
son Brothers of Kilgore fids aft-
ernoon, Thursday, were at IMP
feet on their ekallow venture on
Phillip McMaUa’s farm half a
mile southeast of Sand Flat.
They expect to reach hole hot.
tom and shallow oil pay within
the next 199 feet.
of the
jb summer 1
lational m
o bo held in
Other offi
HomAekenlMbmmierka from a-
raoi# contestants from 23 other
d^jRers. Joyce is a sophomore in
Tne local high school. Voting dele-
gate from Grand Saline at the dial
trict meeting was Elaine Skinner.
Okie., re-electa
l Travis Godfrel
retary-treasurd
I rands of End
»rd members ari
frauds
junction with* their
iv “Shooting Stars",
to voted for Wanda
her picture which
in Lawrence Groc-
ending of the eon-
re has been lost,
Mrs. Savage have
they be informed
rs the whereabouts
Christmas MpH Rush
To Start Next Weak
The annual Christmas mail rush
began this week, but the big rush
is mot expected to start until the
first of next week.
Postal employees said that local
residents have responded well to
their request to mail Christmas
cards early. Mailing of Christmas
parcels this year is expected to
’‘exceed last year, postmaster Mrs.
B. Elisabeth Clay said. She based
her prediction on the fact that for
all three quarters of this year tho
Grand Saline office has exceeded
last year’s records.
The post office will close at noon
as usual this Saturday, but on the
following Saturday, Dec. 20, the
office will remain open alkfMK-
and Eski
Wise Drilling Company of Tyl-
er is coring in Woodbine forma-
tion in fc shallow well on the Sand-
er lease, also in the north end of
the Van field. Spokesmen for the
company stated that some oil haa
been found, but not enough to in-
dicate-a commercial well. Officials
added that the well waa at 2,890
feet Wednesday morning and would
probably be completed by today,
Thursday.
The Golden area in Wood Cotyity
haa again been selected jut site
for another wildcat->He second
of ttiis year. Locpefhn has been
stoked about JMHe-fourths of n
mile northeO^of Golden as the
A Dallas man, Bobby E&ard
Ash, about 28, is being hell in
with bank robbery of the %n
Wheeler Firft State Bank on Ike
night of v Nov. 31* * * w
Charges of bank robbery have
been filed by the sheriff’s depart-
seating capacity of 16,000 so i
thought plenty of seats will
available. 7 : - ;*■.
yet been indicted’by the Grand
Jury. Only $85 Was taken in the
robbery, all in ctiange. The thieves
were not successful in breaking
into the bank’s vault.
When investigating the jobbery,
the sheriff’s department secured
a heel imprint. Ash was arrested
on suspicion of robbery in Dallas,
and it was found that his heel
exactly matched the imprint.
Th? sheriff’s department has
announced that it i8 believed that!
two more Dallas men are implicat-
ed in the robbery. Although names
night, it was announced following
a meeting of the I H council last
•Saturday.
Ail gifts will be sent to a chil-
dren’* hospital for distribution
rather than divided among those
attending. All adult 4-H leaders
as well as club'memlfers are in-
vited to the party.
Chairman-of the council is Don-
ald Huges okVan. Other council
'officer! are (nancy Ballard and
Noel Sexton, -b\th of Van; vice-
Burks, Grand
SjOne, secretary Ykqaurer; and
Mary Lee Dan, \an%wporter.
130 Enjoy FFA. Dinner,
Hear Local Chapter
Praised as Outstanding
One hundred thirty -future
Farmers gt America, their fathers,
and other Grand Saline guests at-
tended the local FFA * chapter’s
chiehep barbecue held last Thurs-
day night in the School cafeteria.
Joe (Dan Boyd„ state F5*A preaL
dent, as guest. speaker for tne
occasion praised the local chapter!
as being one of the outstanding
FFA groups in. the nation. Hi
enumerated the various achieve!
SNRY WAT-
: worker who
’ the top jobs
lere for'sev-
iS, who was
irer and pro-
of the Kleqr
of December,
See <01
[unction
Lo'Reor
Temporary
Agreed to
At Hearing
L A temporary il
Om Lee O’Rear i
a^|^cificB*P>ad pi
agrenHOO^ittortieyi
and TAP Railroad 1J
held in 86tb District J
in Canton Wednesd^
Ernest West, cJ
representing CPReaM
Wednesday aftermA
junction was only K
nature and that tm
tried on its merits ml
schedules its dockem
(West said that the!
would probably be a
hearings to start si
January.
Last spring O’Rear, wDlR^yl
been cleaning freight cars for
went on a one-man strike asking
for higher wages. O’Rear claims
that he is still an employee of
TAP, bpt tho isilroad snys that
he is not their emplqyee.
\mN Ford Automobiles
To 6« Shown Friday
By Roberson Motor Co.
The 195? Ford— marking th«*
50th anniversary of the Ford Mot-
or Company—will go on display;
at the Roberson Motor Co., here
Friday. The new models wfU b<e
introduced without any increase ink #
.present prices, it has been am
bounced.
BA massive new grille with m
ator spinner characteristic of
Ant Ford design and a lowr
inBimprovement in suspension,
teMod the “miracle ride,” bead*
a Ml of mechanical improvements,
According to local agency man.
Jfer' Jack Roberson, “The swing
to Ford this past year is the re-
the 60th Anniversary ear, a me-
dallion has been placed on the top
of the steering column h> com-
bination with a new half-cinder
horn ring. Around the Ford crest
the words: “50th Anniversary—
on Selected as Si
k District Bonau<
IT be host toe|
tall banquet sch<
kext Wednesday
»b1 gym.
Jackson InfaniJJi
Buried Tuesday
Judy Lyiin, infant
daughter of Mr. and 1
■tiicial &t
Fmorning^R
n.on attorn*
told The Sum
i that the in-'
a temporary
case will be
hen the court
l of hearings.
|rourt docket
Ranged with
aim time in
pjKted on
Rond, and
and team
i, and all
champion-
'all-disl
>rable mentioimfcits,
hes, school ofMtol
kbers of the distiO|
Wan team. M
for a apeakei
but it is e*i
im a southw
ence schdmwill serve a
speaker ani^^io show i
conference fOWl file
. At the banqud^tedis
pionship trophy
and the identity of^
trict players announced.
-Approximately, 100-125 people
are expected to Attend the annual
affair. ' _r
ineom]
■awoudr Chrint-
nJWmises this
ggest and best
ill be held in
at 8 p. m. this
tiding a special
ri Saline area
announced that
ig $100 will be
?st floats. First
and the second
id carrying out <£,»*-
imcnt for the evening
»cal and stringed in-
Mnber**of popular hill-
b. Entertainer* were
pps, Jessie Lee Davis,
Davis, Wayne Broad-
Bratton, Bill Minatrea,
natrea, FJnas Hooker,
riders and.
including the
i Point, and
will also bo
: bo present,
to children,
i at the high
through the
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1952, newspaper, December 11, 1952; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016426/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.