The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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$30,000 Grama Ray
Logging Machine Lost In
Oil Well At Wardlaw Field
A $30,000 Grama Ray electrical
machine was tost last Friday by
Halburton Oil Well Company,
while in the process of testing a
supposedly dry hole drilled on the
Wardlaw Ranch in 1947. The ex-
pensive machine was lost while it
was being pulled out of the hole.
The Grama Ray is equipped to
log or indicate on a graph the for-
mation of oil bearing strata and
the exact depth, where it is locat-
ed. It waa a surprise to all, who
thought , this well was dry to find
that the machine graphed 800 feet
of live oil in the Wardlaw hole.
This particular machine is 22
feet long by 4 inches thick. It
was lowered into the hole at 1465
feet. Some object was encount-
ered that wedged on the side of
the machine and when the elec-
tronic truck started to pull the
machine out Of the hole it stuck
tight, refusing to budge. A hard
pull was made pulling the wire line
out of the end of the machine,
which remained in the hoi*. Fish-
ing tools were rushed here from
several points and no time was
tost in assembling the fishing
tools, Saturday.
The tools were within 65 feet
of the tost machine and operating
in thick mud, Sunday morning,
when they made contact and start-
ed to pull the entire string of
tools and electric unit out^ but
they wedged or froze again tearing
the front of the drilling machine.
Repairs will he made and fishing
will continue until they are on the
ground. George Ford, field super-
intendent for I,a Salle Oil Com-
pany, is the driller in charge and
Bob Thompson of Colorado City
is acting as tool dresser. Thomp-
son is superintendent of the Grama
Ray Division for Halburton.
It might be of interest to know
that this machine has one small
lead tube with $10,000 worth of
radium in it. If it should be im-
possible to recover that machine
the Atomic Energy Commission
will order the hole cemeted from
top to bottom as the Radium is
extremely dangerous, should any
one come in contact with it.
The La Salle Company is new
in this part of the country. What
their intentions are in relation to
the Wardlaw field is being guarded
very closely. They have cleaned
out and drilled deeper some of the
old wells and have them produc-
ing at this time.
Carlon Gilmer went to Gallion,
Ohio, last week-end to go through
the factory of the North Electric
Company. Mr. Gilmer was inter-
ested in examining the different
types of telephone systems that this
factory manufacturers. Making the
trip were three other telephone
men from Texas. They were ta-
ken to Ohio by Ernie Cross of
Dallas, representative for the North
Electric Company.
Basketball Girls
To Play First
Game Tuesday
Rocksprings Girl’s Basketball
Tekms will play here next Tues-
day with Sonora A and B teams.
This starts a series of practice
games for the girls A and B
teams that will continue until
January 6th when both gitfls and
boys start their district playsv
The games Tuesday, November
8th, will start at 6:30 and 7:30.
Federal Aid Not Availabe For
Rebuilding Of County Roads And
Bridges Destroyed In Recent Flood
Judge Horace “Brown has receipt!
i STSt-*xrt Schreiner High School Rebels Boast
Garden Club
To Sponsor
Clean-up Drive
The Garden Club is undertaking
a clean-up drive for Rocksprings
this fall. The members have al-
ready approached the county, city
and civic organizations to help
make this drive a success.
These ladies think that now is
the time to clean-up yards and
vacant lots, thoroughly, and ad-
vocates keeping them clean and
ready for spring planting and
landscaping.
This Club is stressing on de-
nouncing the litter-bugs in Rock-
springs. These litter-bugs start in
littering the Post Office floor
then the city streets, their own
yards and finally do everything
they can to make Rocksprings a
litter-town.
Start cleaning-up now to make
Rocksprings a clean-town.
--o-o--
Millard Thompson of Barksdale
visited at the Weekly office Tues-
day. Mr. Thompson took one of
the Chamber of Commerce peti-
tions back to Barksdale with him.
This petition will be presented to
our legislators to get* Edwards
County put under the Regulatory
Wildlife Authority. The people in
the canyon, who own property
with river front, are concerned
about the number of small bass
being caught out of the rivers and
think the laws governing the leng-
the Division of Defense and Dis-
aster Relief, and Miss Mattie
Treadwell, Acting Regional Admin-
istrator for the Federal Civil De-
fense Administration, stating that
the counties in the flooded area of
the Nueces watershed were not
eligible under Public Law 875 to
receive Federal Aid to rebuild
county roads and bridges.
The communication ip part stat-
ed that apparently the greatest
damage done by the September
flood was to privately owned
farms, terraces, tanks, etc., and
that these are eligible for assis-
tance from the Department of Ag-
riculture under its own legislative
authority. Under new legislation,
this department could meet from
50% to 70% of the cost of replac-
ing most of the damaged terraces,
etc., and to make loans to cover
the remainder.
Since no schools were damaged,
no publicly owned facilities of
any city or town were damaged,
with possibly minor exceptions,
and no health or sanitary problem
prejfcnted itself, eligibility under
PulPic Law 875 generally did not
exist.
The only type of public property
damage, which was found to any
extent, was that of the county
roads and county bridges which
were washed out or eroded in
many places or, in the case of
roads, had a considerable amount
of debris accumulation.
Miss Treadwell talked to the
National Office concerning this
problem and they expressed great
doubt that the FCDA could under
Public Law 875 embark on a coun-
ty road building program except
in areas which have suffered an
overwhelming disaster to other
public facilities, as well as roads
and bridges.
Mr. McGill stated, "All of us
recognize that the damage sus-
tained by your county and your
people was as much of a calamity
to your community as one of these
great catastrophes, contemplated
under the law, is to a widespread
area, but it still comes under the
Of Natioal Football Honors On Losses
Construction Of Diablo Dam Will Start
As Soon As Regulatory Agency For
Control Of Water Is Set Up By State j
List Of Petit
Jurors Summoned
For Monday
LATER—Lack of of legislatioa
on the 'handling and distribution
of Rio Grande water is delaying
construction of Diablo Dam.
Colonel L. H. Hewitt, commis-
sioner of the United States Boun-
dary and Water Commission in El
Paso, told Del Rioans at a speci-
tli of bass should be changed to
at least an 11-inch length or more. |head of a local disaster which ap-
The sport in fishing in some areas I parently is not covered in the Fed-
lias changed from how big a fish
can he caught to how many. Many
of the fish that are caught are
just within the 7-inch legal length.
Under the Regulatory Wildlife
Authority, Edwards County, " Real
County or whatever county is un-
der that authority may submit
their own regulations', to govern
take of fish or game.
Mrs. Alex Griffin was called to
San Antonio, Saturday, to the bed-
side of her husband, who was not
expected to live.
THnT'5 n FACT
BURIED TREASURE?
8* n*« *»»u» aTtoasu* os mnoo
VILLAS NO ONi KNOWS FOR 6URE, BUT
RUMOR PERSISTS THAT TH6 FAMOUS MEKICAM
BMRXT CHIEFTAIN S6CRETEP MILLIONS IN
ML0 SHIP SILVER SOMEWHERE IN MEXICO:
isili
eral Law."
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET TUESDAY
The Chamber of Commerce will
meet Tuesday afternoon, Novem-
ber 8th, at 3 o'clock at the . Bal-
entine Hotel.
Sabinal Defeats
Rocksprings 40-12
The Sabinal Yellowjackets de-
feated the Rocksprings squad at
Rockspsings Friday afternoon 40
to 12 in their second conference
win in 33-B play. Coach Rusty
Rowe’s team is scheduled to meet
with Dilley on Nov. 11.
Buckle Fryar scored for Rock-
springs by charging through the
line on the fourth down. In the
last few minutes of play, a pass
was completed to Douglas Dixon,
who lateraled the hall to R. G.
Leinweher. R. G. ran for the
touchdown.
Scorers in the Friday game for
Sabinal were Werner Wieboldt,
J. W. Stout and Tommy How-
ard; J. W. Stout in the third
quarter; John D. Pennington and
Morgan Causey in the fourth quar-
ter.
Statistics for Rocksprings reveal
they rushed for 92 yards, passed 17
times, completing four for 67
yards: intercepted one pass; punt-
ed five time for an average of
around 26 yards. They fumbled
twice, lost one and were penalized
one time for five yards. They had
10 first downs.
Sabinal gained 193 yards rush-
ing and 79 passing. They passed
eight times and completed four
for 79 yards. T^hey had 11 first
downs, punted twice for an aver-
age of 29 yards, and were penalized
three times for 25 yards. They
fumbled three times and lost one.
Coach Rusty Rowe says the Yel-
lowjackets have an open date this
week, hut lists the game on Nov-
emehr 11 with Dilley as a tough
Seven Edwards County women
have been named for petit jury!*1 ™etill« Tuesday morning that
service in the second term oi lack 01 letsislation on water i»
District Court of Edwards County, | causi,’« a d*lay.
KERRVILLE.—The high school which began October 24th. The commissioner told the group
with the longest losing streak in
Texas—and may lie the nation—
gets its last chapce of the season
The list of 60 men and women 1 that <-'-'£Pl°nitory work will be cotn-
include the following: | pleted by June at the proposed
r , .... ,, ... ., ! dam site and. until approved leg-
Frtday afternoon to break ,.s four- Frank 0. cioudt. Caroll Cottle, I |sI**lon ,s Passed; *her« Wl11 Pr°-
year jinx ot never having won 1 Clau(, Erwin> Howard (>0( ms ; bably be a period of inactmty.
a football game. ; dodger Rudasill, Eliherio Rendon, When such legislation on handl-
The Schreiner Academy Rebels! S. S. Shanklin, Glynn Varga. Bill dig and distribution of the waters
—who have never won a regular-
SCHEREINER-ROCKSPRINGS
TO PLAY THIS AFTERNOON
Schreiner High School football
team will play the Angoras this
afternoon at 2:30 on the local
field. This will complete the foot-
ball season for the Angoras.
Wall. Robert Colwell. Allen Dun-1of die river, acceptable to area*
bar. VV. E. Thurman. Jr.. Kenneth ial,ovt and below Falcon Dam, i»
R. Hicks, O. L. McNealv, Jr„ J approved, appropriation for con-
E. Greer. Jr.. Bill Mitchell. James!s,ruc,ion for ,he dam will be re-
Gobble, Jimmy Hutto, W. H. Ward- j quested.
law, Tom W. Epperson. Hardin! Co'onel Hewitt estimated the to-
Tobin, W. P. Sights, Jr., Mrs. I tal cost of t!,L‘ dam will he in the
R. J. Jernigan, C C. Glynn, Ivan area of one hundred million dol-
Smart, Nolan Guthrie, Howard i lars.
Martindale, Merlin Davis, F. B. J -
Kirchner, Mrs. C. A. Burrows, I Del Rioans discussed Diablo
George W. Nethery. T. A. Wad- j Dam Tuesday with Colonel L. H.
dell, B. J. Stewart, Mrs. Jiihan Hewett, commissioner of the Unit-
Jenkins, James A. Nunley. Jr„ ed States Boundary and Water
C. E. Martin, John Faulkner, John Commission, in El Paso.
Sherman, Walter Brotherton. Gil- Tht conference was held at 10
mer Morris*, Jack. Whitworth, Jr., »• "»• Tuesday. H. M. Pettit, chair-
Ray Vela, Milton Smith, Robert man of the I->>ablo Dam committee
Hutto,'Mrs. R. W. Shepperd. Mrs “f the Chamber of Commerce flew
W. B. Shanklin, Jack E. Walzell, |to E1 *,aso eaHy Tuesday in the
Dick Hurt, Jack Grafa, R. W. P'ant of Philip A. Ricks with Ricks
Wallace, Miss Patti B. Morris-. ias Pi,ot- Accompanying them were
ly-scheduled football tilt in the
•history of the school—plays Rock-
springs in their last game of the
season.
This is one of the Rebels’ bet-
ter year?. They have scored in
every game this season, running
up 45 points in five games while
allowing opponents 198.
The closest the Rebels have
c<^e jo the^^ winners^ circle is ,a!Keith Bra(Ifor(li p j. Weldon.!-,ud8c J>m Lindley and W. E,
j Elvie Moore, M. E. Stone, Hilton j < Hi. 1) Cook.
0-0 tie in 1953 with St. Edwards
The Rebels
Annual Silver Tea
And Poppy Drive
Tuesday at CPL
Quota For USO
Drive In Edwards
County Is $179
Edwards County's quota for the
USO Fund Drive is Sl/9.00. ac-
cording to County Chairman Sam
Hough. Jim Lindsey. County Jud-
ge of Val Verde County is chair-
man of District No. 30.
Dee Shipman is modernizing
the residence occupied by Mrs.
Bernice Duke. A new porch has
been added to the house and as-
bestos shingles are being put on
the exterior.
The Legion Auxiliary has ar-.
ranged to have its Silver Tea and CO'^e ,u"ls
,, ., . ... , college completely overshadowed
Poppy Drive next 1 uesday, Oct-1 , . , ■
oher 8th at the offices of the ,h' h,*h “ho°l program.
„ , ,, , r ■ , . Dr. Andrew Edington started
Central Power and Light Com- , , . , , , . , ,,
r. ,. . , , , the high school football program
pany. Delicious homemade cakes,
pie and coffee will be served by
the members.
Money derived from the tea and
poppy sale will be used to buy
gifts for the Veterans Gift Shop
at the Legion Hospital.
-o-o-
Mrs. Bill Scoggin and Mrs. R.
J. Nelson of Camp Wood went to
San Antonio, Wednesday.
Academy of Austin me I'eocls I Bean, C. A. Clark. Jr., and Buster j
have won a game, 13-0, hut it was i Wallace
against the B-teain of the public j
school here in a pre-season scrim-
mage.
Exact records of the Rebels'
losses haven’t been kept. Last
year for instance the Rebels op-
ened the season against San Mar-
cos academy. They lost, naturally,
44-0. Nothing else is entered in the
record books for the entire season.
It appears the Rebels have lost
eight 23 or 24 games and tied one
since they started playing foot-
ball hack in 1952.
The Rebels are fast becoming
pets of local grid fans. In fact,
as one loyal supporter puts it, it
would almost be a shame if the
hoys won a game.
Schreiner Institute, the private
junior college big brother of the
high school, once enjoyed national
grid fame. From 1938-1942 it was
ranked among the top 10 junior
in the nation. The
THE RIGHT ROAD
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h,6H£R ST*"
The group will return to Del Rio
Tuesday night.
The Diablo Dam committee was
recently reorganized and adopted
a positive approach to formation
of a water regulatory agency, pos-
sibly at the state level.
The group is to study ways and
means of setting up an agency for
distribution of the waters impound-
ed by the dam and waters of the
Rio Grande.
Members of the reorganized com-
mittee include Lindsey, Frank Ran-
dolph, Mayor A. C. Kennedy, Jack
Rhone. Ricks. Cook, and Conger
Send or hand your contribution- jones, Audrey Walker and George
to Mr. Hough <>r donate at the Thurmond, representative of the
following places. 100th Legislative District are mem-
Rockspring- Varga Warehouse, hers in advisory capacity and J.
J. D. Varga: Dud Edwards Store, A Slaughter, president of the C.
Mrs. Boh Feynn; Sliepperd's. Mi.-s of C. and Roger Wheeler. C. ot
Connie Moreno: R and M Store. C manager, are ex officio niem-
Mrs. Halp Merritt Me Knight bers.-—Del Rio News-Herald.
Custer: ----o-o-
Mr-. 1. L. A. SCHREINER SOME
PUNKIN’ RAISER
Drug Store, Mr-. Gil
Blue Bonnet Grocer
M c I )onald.
Barksdale: Vernor's
Clarence Vcrnor.
Carta Valley: Carta
Mercantile, John Nation.
—o-o-----
The Rocksprings
will meet Wednesday
9th at 2:30 at the
Church Annex with
Snearlv and Mrs. E. I. Miller as
hostesses.
TVie Bookmobile _
Visits Town— ^
during his second year as presi- j
dent in 1952. A former grid -tar MUSIC CLUB MEETS
and erstwhile coach. Dr. Eding- WEDNESDAY
ton is known also for his dry wit.
"The long string of losses might
be attributed, in part, to the ad-
ministration,” he wryly admits, “in
not being able to schedule a game
we can win.”
Despite the dismal scores, the
Rebels play football eagerly. One
of these days, they are going to
win a ball game.
And then you'll really hear a
Rebel yell.
, ■ —o-o
Gulf Station To
Be Completed
In 45 Days
The Gulf Oil Corporation station
being erected in Rocksprings will
he completed in 45 more working
days according to Chester Blevins
of Uvalde, who lias the contract
for building the station.
The" tile work on the building
is reaching ceiling level this week.
The Butane Gas Company has the
contract to install the plumbing,
and gas in the building.
Louie Craig holds the contract
for the concrete foundation and
slab work.
The Gulf Company has not re-
leased any information concerning
who they will lease the building
to except that it will be a local
itocery.
A pumpkin weighing 75 pounds
V.ilhv was grown by L. A. Schreiner at
hi- Cedar Lake ranch this side of
_ Kerrville. It would he hard to
guess just how many pies this
immense pumpkin could he made
iirto. The hills from Mt. Home on
Music Club >nto Kerrville
are
beautiful
thw
x* , j time of the
year
when the
elm
| trees, sumac
and
oak turns
to
Presbyterian , , , ,
red and gold.
Mrs. E. \V.
—O-O-
A minor operation is always the
one performed on somebody else.
IN HOMETOWN AMERICA
Mrs. W. G. Brown and Mrs.
J. H. Brown spent Monday in San
Angelo with Miss Cappy Brown
and attended the Hallowe'en pro-
gram put on by the Crockett Ele-
mentary School, where Miss Brown
teaches the Fourth Grade.
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