The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1956 Page: 1 of 24
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THOUGHT POR TODAY
Th* victory of success is
c half won whon one gains
the habit of work.
VOLUME FIFTY ONE
The Nocona News
, , The only newspaper interested first in the welfare of Nocona and vicinity. -
SINGLE COPY 10c NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 19, 1956 “
NOCONA RAIN RECORD
Total for week ............ 1.11
Previous Total ............ 10.9*
Total for year ............ 12.10
NUMBER TWENTY
PARADE SATURDAY TO CLOSE OIL WEEK
'Round
Free Chesi X-ray Unii Opens This
little
and, if it is deemed adviseable.
By Al Lindsey
not
the
that
said
the
di-
fin-
said.
Bur-
No-
was
The x-rays are for all chest dis-
orders, which can include heart
In business only a little more
than two years, Nortex Oil and
Gas corporation which operates
in three states and which has
notion to paint his rent house
In Cook* street, but being a
llttl* short In stature, ho. soon
unto
child-
float in
floqt is
the co-
Thomp-
it was announced this
Financial World, an in-
and business (weekly
which gives the award,
has been chosen first
them
little
taken in.
bills are
Erwin
today.
Thursday
Friday .
Saturday
Sunday ,
w* not going to have • gals'
football team?
and they served.
. proudly displayed
wafer.
has designated Boyd C. Maddox
to serve*as its general chairman. ■
Members of the club will assist
in the work at the CPS office.
All findings will be held in
confidence between the state and
Richard Thompson, Future
Farmers of America bossman
and a member of an unmen-
tionable civic club which re-
cently sold brooms and other
stuff made by Texas’ blind,
called at the Massie Hankins
home with his arms loaded with
brooms of all descriptions, door
mats, brushes and the like.
Massie answered the alarm at
the door and as he opened said
door Richard launched into a
big ol’ sales talk about how
good his products were.
“Take this, for instance,” Ri-
chard said. "This is the best
buy of the whole outfit.” As he
said it he held up a wire brush.
“What’s it for?” Massie asked..
W»“Just a minute,” Richard an-
swered as he reached into his
hip pocket. “Hl see what it
says here.”
60
are
ad-
de-
for
ing before the judges, they were
coached by Mrs. J. P. Janeway,
NHS teacher, Mrs. T. J. McGuire,
PV teacher, and Mrs. J. C. Hom,
a member of the queen commit-
tee with Joe Justin, chairman,
and Rowland R. Peters.
Judges were Oil Editor Frank
Hall of the Wichita Times, Mrs.
Hall and Burris Hughes, circula-
tion ma'nager. «
Piano music during the queen
selection, during the interval be-
tween the selection and the coro-
nation processional was provided
by Harlene Dyer, Nocona high
school student and official Ro-
tary club pianist.
For her coronation, the queen
was presented with a large bo-
quet, the gift of the chamber of
commerce oil committee. Each of
the girls are also to receive a
three-dollar gift certificate from
the committee.
Nocona is competing again this
year for a place among Texas’
communities which outstand in
the promotion of Oil Progress
week. The city has won awards
for five years against such cities
as Houston.
Bennett and Mueller at the Tues-
day morning service, and Rev.
Ware and Dr. Strickland at the
Tuesday afternoon service. The
Monday night service begins at 7
and the Tuesday services are from
9-12 a.m. and 1:30-4 p.m.
The annual meeting of the As-
sociation is a time of hearing re-
(Continu*d on page six)
Chapter two on th* W. D.
Hearn-August Karronbrock feud
With which so many Noconans
are acquainted.
Through the cooperation of
Farm Bureaus in other states, the
Montague county Farm Bureau has
secured several hundred tons of
hay for availability to the county’s
farmers and ranchers who need
it, it was announced this week by
President A. N. Arveson. The
hay will cost $30 a ton from rail-
road cars.
Bonifide orders will be accepted
at the Farm Bureau’s office in
Montague, where the suppliers will
Continental Oil Co.
Gibson Drilling Co.
Gulf Oil Corporation.
Lesh and McCall.
Nortex Oil and Gas Co.
Petroleum Investment Co.
Pure Oil Co.
Reno Oil Co. ' 1
Service Pipeline. I ' '
Stanolind Oil Co.
J. B. Stoddard Oil Co.
Sunray Oil Corp.
Texas Co.
Walsh and Watts.
Wichita River Oil Co.
W. H. Yeargin.
Youngblood and Foree Oil Co.
Oil Field Service
Jack Mercer Well Service.
. Marshall Pipe and Supply Co.
Chris Neeld, dirt contractor.
Montigue Well Service.
H. and W. Well Senice.
J. D. Franklin, welding, dirt
contractor.
D and B Pump Co.
(Continued on page six)
Burnett, Janice Mann,
and Pat Seeds of No-
appear on a
parade. The
Dr. Thomas H. Taylor, president
emeritus of Howard Payne col-
lege, Brownwood, is to be the
first of several guest speakers to
appear before the messengers and
visitors to the annual meeting of
the Montague Baptist association,
which is to be held with First
Baptist church in Bowie next
Monday and Tuesday.
Other speakers will be A. C.
Mueller, missionary to Mexico and
teacher in Mexican Baptist Theo-
logical seminary, Torreon, Mexico;
B. F. Bennett, chaplain of Baylor
University hospital, Dallas; Brown-
ing Ware, representing the Chris-
tian Life commission of the Bap-
tist General Convention of Texas;
and Dr. Otis Strickland, president
of Decatur Baptist college.
Dr. Taylor will speak at the
the ball went over on downs.
Indians Take Over
The Indians took over on their
own 30 but they were also unable
to go. Nocona got a 15 yard pen-
alty that set them back to their
15. Then on third down on the
Nocona 20 with 20 yards to go
for a first down, the Indians fum-
(Continued on page six)
were
Of
still
May,
The selection was made during
a program held in the high school
auditorium. Following the selec-
tion, the new queen and her
court — all of the other nominees
who automatically become court
members — formed a procession-
al at the conclusion of which
Queen Sharon was formally crown-
ed by last year’s queen, Seda Vine-
yard.
Lloyd Thompson, general chair-
man of this year’s Oil week, pre-
sided.
The new queen and her court,
Eva Hudson, Dixie Yeargin and
Betty Tucker of Prairie Valley
and Gayle
Birt Seay
cona, will
Saturday’s
being arranged through
operation of Mrs. R. F.
son’s homemaking class.
For the coronation, Susie Just-
in, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Justin, and Sherry Curlin, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Curlin,
served as flower girls and Scott
Slaughter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
I John Slaughter, served as crown
bearer.
Prior to the nominees appear-
Call Community
Meeting To Discus* 4
Little League Park
A community meeting to dis-
cuss ways and means of acquiring
a Little League ball park has been
called for 7:30 Tuesday night,
October 23, at Rotary hall.
Sponsors of the movement are
the Nocona Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Individuals and organizations in-
terested in the project are urged
to be present
But Jesus called
him and said, suffer
ren to come unto me, and for-
bid them not, for such is the
kingdom oj God. St. Luke 18:16.
Three Agencies
Ask Funds From
Community Chesi
Only three publicly-supported
organizations submitted 'budgets
Monday night when the budget
committee of the new community
chest held its first meeting.
The committee will meet again
next Mohday night, when it is
expected that additional budgets
will be submitted.
Agencies asking to be a part
of the chest and the amounts
asked Monday night are:
Red Cross, $1,300.
Campfire Girls, $750.
Salvation Army, $1,000.
The Salvation Army does
operate in Nocona, but, if given
a place in the fund, it is reported
that the Army would establish a
unit here.
Glenn Etheredge served the
committee as chairman at Mon-
day’s meeting at the request of
Dr. John W. Major, chairman,
who did not attend due to
death Monday of his father.
1956 OIL QUEEN AND HER COURT — This was the scene
last Saturday night after Nocona’s 1956 oil queen, Sharon Lobban,
had been chosen and crowned. The program was held at the high
school. Left to right, the queen’s court members are: Seda Vine-
yard, 1955 oil queen, Eva Hutson, Dixie Yeargin, Pat Seeds, Queen
Sharon Lobban, Birt Leana Seay, Betty Tucker, Gayle Burnett,
and Janice Mann. To the queen’s right are flower girl Susan Justin
and crown bearer Scott Slaughter. Sherry Curlin stands at the
queen’s left. —Photo by Bob Patterson, Bowie
Rain Ai Last!
Falls Range One
To Four Inches
Rain finally came to Noconaland
last Sunday, when heavy showers
dropped from one to four inches
in various parts of the wide area
covered by the rain.
Nocona’s official measurement
was one inch, but greater amounts
fell in the northern and western
part of the city.
Other measurements reported
ranged from one to three inches
around Belcherville to four and a
half inches in the river valley.
Another .11 inch Wednesday
night brought the total for Noco-
na for the month to 1.11 inches.
In the north section of the coun-
ty the heavy fall Sunday was suf-
ficient to fill many stock tanks
but near Nocona most of the fall
was absorbed before it reached
tanks.
The rain will greatly benefit the
winter wheat and oats already in
the ground and will prepare the
ground for planting of cover crops.
Annual County Baptist Association 1
Meeting Set For Monday, Tuesday i
| Their losing streak still
broken,
gain be hosts this week when they
clash with Olney tonight on home
ground. The tribe lost to Electra
last Friday, 27 to 0.
i Electra won the toss and chose
to receive. Sledge kicked off for
the Indians from the east end of
the field. The ball was taken by
Haynes of Electra and was re-
turned to the Electra 26 yard line.
From there the Tigers moved 74
yards in 14 plays for the first
touchdown of the game, with
Lushner going over from the
cona 13. The extra point try
good.
The Indians received after
score and Jameson took the kick-
off, handed off to Waldrip, and
Waldrip returned it to the No-
cona 36. However, on second down
the Indians fumbled and Electra
j recovered.
| The Tigers took over on the
j Nocona 35 but were unable to
' move. Electra got two 15 yard
penalties in one series of downs,
_ made only 5 yards from the point
Monday night service, the Revs, where they had taken over, and
Band Club Serve*
More Than 300 At
Chili Supper
More than enough money to
ance the Nocona High school band
trip by chartered bus to Stamford
for next week’s game was realized
from the chili supper, sponsored
Monday night by the Band Par-
ent’s club.
In excess of 300 tickets
sold, with $257.00
this sum several
outstanding, Mrs.
treasurer, reported
Mrs. Stella Walker; president
of the club, and Mrs. Jeff Hender-
son shared in chairmaning the
supper.
chosen Nocona as its operating
headquarters, (See story inside)
will receive a national award Oc-
tober 29.
week by
vestment
magazine
Nortex ____
place winner for having conducted
the best advertising program of
the petroleum industry during its
first year. The choice was made
by an independent board of judg-
es.
The award is to be given Nor-
tex’ president, James R. Wendov-
er of Dallas, at an awards ban-
quet to be held in New York’s
Hotel Statler. It is expected that
around 1,400 business and finan-
cial leaders will attend the “Os-
cars of Industry” banquet.
Nortex won first place among
more than 500 advertisements.
The Ohio Oil company was run-
ner-up to Nortex. ,
Noriex Gas And Oil, Operating Out
Of Nocona, Wins Top National Award
be contacted. It is expected
the hay will be available shortly
after the contacts are made.
The bureau will make no profit
on these sales, Arveson
“This is only a part of Farm
eau service,” he asserted
The county .chairman also
that Farm Bureaus in drought
areas have been instrumental in
bringing about a freight rate re-
duction of 50 per cent and a half-
cent addition in grain assistance.
Farm Bureau Secures Quantify Of
Hay For Drought-Ridden Farmers
Couple of Sundays ago Deb-
bie Boyles, four year old of Ho-
ward and Betty Bailey Boyles
and granddaughter of Bailey and
Edna Orrell, attended her first
Holy Communion service with
her grandma Edna at Sherman’s
Methodist church.
When the tiny wafers repre-
senting the flesh of Christ were
passed along the Communion
rail, Debbie grabbed one as ev-
ery one else did, but she did
not eat it. Instead, she took it
back to her seat and held onto
After church was over and
Debbie was en route home with
Edna, she asked: “What was
that. Granny?” Edna explained
in her grandmother way that
what Debbie had experienced
for the first time was a repro-
duction of the Lord’s supper.
“I’ve still got my cracker,”
Debbie said, adding, “Im going •
to take it home with me.”
And so she did. And, upon
entering her home Debbie call-
ed out to her mother:
“Fve been to church, mother,
Then she
heV
Electra Clips
Tribe, 27 To 0;
Olney Tonight
Police Authorized
To Shoot Skunk*
Found Within City
“If you hear shots being fired
in town during the next week or
so, don’t be alarmed.”
This was the advice this week
of Mayor Weldon Cowan in an-
nouncing that the city has author-
ized its policemen to shoot skunks
whereever they are found.
The authority was issued be-
cause for some unexplained reas-
on the city has been “alive with
skunks.” One citizen saw five
a few nights ago.
The city’s authorization to the
police does not give other persons
i the right to shoot firearms within
the city limits.
un-
Nocona’s Indians will a-
Oil Industry In, Near Nocona Has
Annual Payroll Of $3,009,000
Although drilling operations in Montague county have slackened
and production has been reduced since last Oil week, the oil industry's
annual payroll in Nocona continues to remain around $3,000,000.
That the payroll still stands at last year’s $3,000,000 total is the
opinion of veteran oil men who are in close touch with all phases of
oil work in and around Nocona.
Although some oil businesses
have shown decreases during the
last year, new businesses have
been started and their payrolls
“more than offset,” one oil lead-
er said, the slight decreases caus-
ed by less production and drilling.
There are today more than
businesses in Nocona which
directly associated with oil, in
diton to many others which
pend upon the oil industry
much of their operations.
In addition to businesses direct-
ly associated with the industry, all
major gasoline and oil companies
maintain distributing stations here,
and there are several dozen, ser-
vice stations in the community. .
Nocona businesses which are
operating solely through direct as-
sociation with the industry are:
Producers
Benton and Holmes
D. H. Bolin Oil Co.
Bridwell Oil Co.
Chapman McFarlin Oil Co.
Procession Scheduled For 2:30;
Sharon Lobban New Queen For Year
Its 1956 oil queen chosen and crowned, Nocona will write finis to
another oil week Saturday afternoon, when the annual oil parade will
move down Clay street.
The procession is scheduled to move at 2:30, and it will include,
according to plans, several floats and bands and oil field equipment
representative of the city’s oil industries.
This year's oil queen is Miss Sharon Lobban, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lubert Lobban. She was chosen last Saturday night from among
eight Prairie Valley and Nocona high school students who earlier had
been nominated by their respective classes.
Morning To Run Through Saturday !
Nocona’s top subject this week Nocona under the auspices of the
is oil. but today and Saturday will Maids and Matrons club, which ‘
« i. _ r______a _________ i___
NOCONA’S FIRST GAS WELL—This was the scene February 20, 1925 when the first gas well was
brought in' in the Nocona area. The scene was taken north of Nocona. George Hall was the general
contractor who drilled for oil but got gas, which was used by the city for many years and is still being
used in part. Picture furnished to The News by Mrs. M. F. Kirby at whose home Hall and his family
stayed during the drilling operations.
Temperature
Reading* For Week
High
88
88
88
79
79
75
n
Crownover New
Vice Chairman
Of Soil Group
John Crownover of north of No-
cona and zone two supervisor of
the Upper Elm-Red Soil Conserva-
tion district, has been elected vice
chairman of the board of super-
visors, it was announced this week
by the soil office in Gainesville.
Crownover was named when
Rush Freeman of Grayson county
was elected president of the board
to succeed J. W. Hess of Muen-
ster, who has resigned.
Willard Kemplin of Valley View
(near Gainesville) will again serve
as secretary. Other members of
the board are William Preuinger
of Bowie and Tony Walterschied
of Muenster.
to open today
a.m. and run
also be free chest x-ray days with
headquarters in the Community
Public Service exhibition room.
The state’s free mobile x-ray
unit is scheduled
(Friday) at 8:30
through 5:30 this afternoon. The the persons x-rayed. All will re-
same hours will be maintained ceive a report *qf the findings,.
Saturday^ .......... ' ‘
There will be no time out for i they will be told, to visit their
lunch for the accommodation of, family physician,
those who want to be x-rayed
during their lunch hours.
The unit is being brought to ailments or cancer.
About
Nocona
Mary Jan* Knipp, physical
•ducation teachar at ol' NHS,
is just about convinced that PE
stuff can be carried too far, es-
pecially when it invades a do-
main ruled for generations by
masculinity.
Se*ms that Mary Jane's been
including football as a part of
her physical training of tomor-
row's housewives, moms and
grandmoms. Seems, too, that
qptary Jane is one of those per-
sons who doesn't ask a student
to do something she herself
wouldn't do, so —
Mary Jane's been playing foot-
ball with her girls.
Came "game tim*" the other
day and Mary Jane bravely took
to the field. During the game,
* Mary Jane came charging down
* the field from one direction at
the same time that Dottie Lee
Martin was charging down th*
v sam* field from the other
rection.
fTh* inevitable happened —
they collided, and headon at
that.
Dottie Lee .recovered quickly,
but Mary Jane was thoroughly
and completely knocked out as
cold as if she had been hit by
Jack Dempsey in his hsyday.
Mary Jan* r*cov*r*d okay,
but the question before th*
FROM THE FAMIEYMBUM
News Offers Annual
Oil Week Edition
The Nocona News this week
offers its annual oil edition in
which many tributes are paid
in advertising, news and edi-
torial form to the oil industry
and those associated with it.
The many ads from Nocona’s
merchants and businesses re-
flect the city’s appreciation of
what the industry means to the
community.
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