The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Mayor Beck
Resigns
Dr. R. G. Mood Dies
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Montague County
Fair Is Under Way
Papooses Defeated
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Mr. and Mrs. John Gaines and son,
Sonny Boy, of McKinney visited in
the home of Mr. Gaines’ brother,
Dick Gaines and family, Sunday.
nost luxurious car
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FORESTBURG, Texas, Sept. 5—
This busy little inland town in Mon-
tague County claims the distinction
>f having Texas’ smallest newspaper.
At least it’s the smallest ever heard
sf by the editor (who is also the
staff) of the Forestburger, Harlan
Brldwell, pictured above.
Published bi-weekly at the plant’s
main street location, the paper is
inly three columns by 9% inches,
.ess than the size of a sheet of letter
oaper. But don’t let the size fool
you. It’s six pages are as newsy as
i partyline—and wide-awake mer-
chants are eager for advertising
space.
For most of his life Harlan, who
helped his father, an en-
^Rpglst, collect moths and butter-
ifcr Two years ago he bought an
ild Job press, shown in the photo,
In thia sparkling
very eye ... for the
The farmers who have stock with urteet car that ever
encephalomyelitis, (sleeping sick-
ness). can buy a serum to save those **» <”> ell spoeiat Do Ltm modth—option,
stock at the Nocona Drug Co. A
vaccine can also be bought to pro-
tect your stock against this disease.
Mr Chandler says that this vac-
cine and serum saves your stock in
almost 100% of cases See his ad
on another page in this issue.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cole of Electra
spent Sunday in Nocona with her
mother, Mrs. N. M. nynt. They left
Port Worth wh-re they r!l! visit
their daughter, who is a student at
TOC.
The marriage of Frank Skillnian |
of this city and Mrs. Eva Sanders of i
Wichita Falls was solemnized at the
Baptist parsonage in Henrietta
Tuesday, September 24th, at ten a.m.
Rev. E L Moody, pastor of the
church, and former pastor of the
Nocona Baptist church, read the
ceremony.
Mrs. Skillman will be remembered
in Nocona by her many friends as
the wife of the deceased B. F.
Sanders, who was formerly In busi-
ness here 21 years ago. Mr. Skill-
man has been a resident of Nocona
for many years, and Is employed at
Alexander’s Stoar.
They will be at home at the Skill-
man home in the northeast part of
Nocona. Their many friends ex-
tend congratulations and west wishes
for their happiness.
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Sept. 13—Burkburnett at No-
cona. Score: Burkburnett 7,
Nocona 0.
Sept. 20—Nocona at Electra.
Score: Nocona 7, Electra 0.
Sept. 27—Iowa Park at No-
cona. Score: Nocona 6, Iowa
Park 0.
Oct. 4—Bridgeport at No-
cona.
Oct.
castle.
Oct. 25—Jacksboro at No-
cona.
Nov. 1—Nocona at Saint Jo. '
Nov. 8—Decatur at Nocona.
Nov. 15—Nocona at Henri-
etta. ; i
Nov. 22—Nocona at Bowie. ;
(All games played at night.)
Attendance In
Recreational Project
Increases 70%
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Cotton Report Made
By Special Agent
Owing to the fact that I have
moved from Nocona to Wichita Falls,
and feeling that I cannot render the
service as an officer in this capacity
should, I have tendered my resig-
nation to the City Council, effective
October 1, 1940.
I wish to express my thanks to
my many friends and the citizens of
Nocona for their cooperation during
my term of office and ask your con-
tinued cooperation and support with
the present City Council. I am very
sorry that I have felt that I had to
resign before my term of office ex-
pired, but I have tried at all times to
serve to the best interest of the city
both in a financial way and from a
moral standpoint. I have always
tried to deal fairly on every occasion
which has arisen, regardless of
whom it may have concerned. I also
wish to express my appreciation to
the other two members of the City
Council for their cooperation in ail
of our dealings and I wish for them
success in the future
O. V. BECK.
Census report shows that 323 bales
of cotton were ginned in Montague
County, Texas, from the crop of 1940
prior to Sept. 16, as compared with
905 bales for the crop of 1939.
This report was made by Taylor D.
Howard, special agent.
feet with water in two hours. Prev-
ious tests have obtained water.
West of Hardy
I Additional showings of oil were
reported for the Seitz, Comegys and
Setz et al. No. 1 Harris, BBB&C
survey, one-half mile southwest of
Hardy in the southeast part of the
county, which drilled sand showing
oil from 5,359 feet to 5,364 feet and
was drilling below 5,580 feet in shale.
Benton & Holmes Pool
South outpost to the Benton and
Holmes pool of Eastern Montague
County, the United Producers Com-
pany No. 3 Braman, J. R. Jacquez
survey, was dry and abandoned at
plugged back total depth of 2,951
feet, after showing salt water in
three different horizons, where satu-
ration had been logged.
Bonita Area
In tjie Bonita deep conglomerate
pool ,the Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.
No. 1 Bonita, west unit, in the town-
site of the town of Bonita, was drill-
ing below 5,382 feet, in shale. Sin-
clair Prairie No. 1 Northwest unit,
Bonita townsite, was rigging up •
rotary. ‘
Magnolia Petroleum company No.
3 Gilbert, located in the W. G.
Bryant survey, in the Bonita pool,
Montague county, is balling at a rate
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Players in the Scotch Foursome
Tournament at the Nocona Golf
Club are anticipating some very com-
petitive play during the tournament
which will be in progress for several
weeks.
The matches in the upper bracket
are as follows:
Dr. W. K. Rundell and Frank
Foster vs. Howell Wall and Ray
Gensler.
Gordon Cooper and Wm. Schroeder
vs. Jack Foster and Wm. F. Iz-onard.
F L Musgrove and A. Billings vs,
Lawrence Skeen and Robt Storey.
J. P. Janeway and Donald Jane-
way vs. Wayne Dow and James
Daugherty.
Reece Alexander and J. K. Alex-
ander vs. B. J Siebel and Jake Sig-
man.
The matches In the lower bracket
are:
W. J. Stone and M. K. Thrasher
vrs J. W. Lunn and Wm C. SheH-
benr.
Charles Prather and Basil GM vo.
Edward Stone and Troy Oox
B. R. Hutchins and J. N. Runnels
vs Preston Temple and R. A. Neff.
Carroll Smith and A. 8. Gilbert
va. R W McDonald and Gene Keller.
A. T Wall and Clyde Howard v».
L_E. VanVleck and Jerne D Wood*.
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Coach T. R. Shiffer and his fight-
ing Junior Indians opened their con-
ference season yesterday when they
invaded the field of the Saint Jo
team. This was the first game for
both teams in the North Texas
Junior Football League. The Indians
came out on the low end of the
score after the final whistle. The
score was: Nocona 7, Saint Jo, 19.
Coach Shiffer has been working
hard with the Little Indians for the
past two weeks preparing for the
coming tough schedule as follows:
October 3—Nocona at Saint Jo.
October 10—Henrietta at Nocona.
October 17—Nocona at Bowie.
October 24—Saint Jo at Nocona.
October 31—Nocona at Henrietta.
November 7—Bowie at Nocona.
All games will be played in the
afternoon unless some changes are
made in the schedule. Games will
be called on the local field at 4:00
p.m.
Bowie won the championship of
this League last year but the locals
plan to help unseat them during the
1940 season.
Those making the trip to Saint Jo
yesterday with Coach Shiffer were:
Carlton Hornbeck, Copper Reed,
Bobby Elkins, Wendell Gordon, Red
Russell, S. W. Molsbee, Graybum
Cooper, Harvison, Benton, Welch,
Arnold, Vick, Howard, McMahon,
Biter, Orrell, Rosson, White, Nor-
wood. Rambo, Carmichael, Holloway,
Newland, and Forrester.
Others are on the squad and will
be seen in action before the season
is over.
A dance will be held over the
arch building Saturday evening,
Stober Sth, beginning at 8:30. unc
>xaa Bluebirds orchestra will fur-
sh music for the dance.
Bids will be gents 40c and ladles
c. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Mrs O. W Beck and Mrs. Noel
ibb of Marlow. Okla., visited rela-
«* and friends in Nocona last
ktay.
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Bettv Ball is spending this
S®)' Sherman with her aunt and
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The wedding of J. M. Buck to Miss
ouise Miller of Wichita Falls was
ilemnized in Wichita Falls Satur-
ay, September 28th, at the home of
iev. and Mrs. Jones. Rev. Robert
Jones read the impressive cere-
I The bride wore a soldier blue suit
14th matching accessories. Her
lowers were gardenias and tube
|>ses. Miss Wilma Robinson of
Kzichita Falls was maid of honor.
Jjg^ore an American read suit with
h^Kaccessories. Her flowers were
HVe carnations. Best man for
ie wedding was Joe L. Holland,
so of Wichita Falls.
Mrs. Buck is the daughter of Mr.
i-jd Mrs. H. E. Miller of Wichita
alls and she finished high school
the Wichita Falls schools. Mr.
uck is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Buck of Nocona where he also
■aduated from high school.
After a short wedding trip, the
rung couple will be at home in
acona where Mr. Buck is employed
Ith his father. Their many friends
sh them much happiness together.
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Dr. Robert Gibbs Mood, 67, super-
intendent of the McKinney district
of the North Texas Methodist Con-
ference, died in a hospital in Dallas
Tuesday.
He had been a Methodist minister
in Texas for 46 years. For more
than a month he had been ill.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday at 2:30 p.m. at the First
Methodist Church in McKinney
which he once served as pastor. He
was a resident of McKinney.
Dr. Mood was a member of a Texas
family which had long been as-
sociated with Methodism and with
Southwestern University at George-
town. He had been secretary of the
North Texas Conference for 37 years.
His father, the late Rev. F. A.
Mood, was the founder and first
president of Southwestern. Dr. Mood
received his masters degree from
Southwestern in 1894 and was a
trustee of the school at his death.
He had served pastorates in Texas
at Wichita Falls, Dallas, Henrietta,
Bowie, Terrell, Denton, Sulphur
Springs, McKinney, and Electra, and
as presiding elder of the Greenville,
Sherman, Gainesville, McKinney,
and Decatur districts.
He is survived by his widow; three
sons. Dr. Robert G. Mood. Jr.,
Wichita, Kansas: Dr. George Mood,
Houston: Dr. Frank Mood, Nocona:
a daughter, Mrs. W. A. McMichael,
Austin: two sisters, Mrs. C. H. Cross,
Robstown; Mrs. Margaret McKen-
non, Georgetown, and a brother, A.
M. Mood, Fort Worth.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Blackburn,
accompanied by John and Shirley
Mood and Gladys Keck, joined Dr.
and Mrs. Frank Mood, at McKinnev
Tuesday for the funeral of Dr.
Robert Gibbs Mood, father of our
own Dr. Mood.
Dr. Robert Gibbs Mood was a
noted leader in the Methodist
Church for nearly a half century.
At the time of his death he was
District Superintendent of the Mc-
Kinney District.
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt delivered the
principle tribute. Others having
part in the services were Rev. Earl
Patton, Dr. J. H. Crosclose, and* Dr.
Umphrey Lee. The vast throng that
packed the church and the beautiful
flowers were a striking tribute to the
great preacher. )
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NG RHI1Nocona Area Oil Fields
f wk i p:ast Nocona
jWWWK W iWWWStanolind Oil and Gas company
KlWlfKKWW No. 1 C. P. Dodson, a 5.200-foot
rotary test located 330 feet from
Inorth and west lines of the C. P.
I Dodson 95 acres in section 11, E T.
_____________________R. R. survey, one mile east of No-
cona. The well is % mile west and
is an offset to the Sinclair Prairie
^Ew|||| No. 1 Benton. It was bottomed at
800 feet and has set surface casing.
Ringgold Area
New southwest outpost for the
Ringgold deep conglomerate pool of
<• ------- - ..... Northwest Montague County has
r n staked by the Gulf Oil Corp, as
..... its No. 3 Worsham, 984 feet south of
the company's No. 1 section 33, block
H&TC survey-
, The company’s No. 2 Worsham, in
miiiiimMiMT n____ J same section and a south offset
to an apparent failure, flowed 257
.■ barrels of oil in 24 hours through
■ opening tubing, and still was testing.
The casing was perforated from
5,665 to 5,676 feet, in the upper pay
of the pool. Total depth is 5,811
feet'
011 the north slde of the Ringgold
JiB P001 1,1 Montague County, British
American No. 2 Martin, lot 76. sec-
tion 27-4-H&TC, dripped out plug to
5,690 feet, twenty feet below casing
seat, swabbed dry and then filled 600
honorable mention.
Farm floats. Salona. first, and
Stoneburg, second. Saddle horses:
Robert Cady Jr., first; Norvel Thomp-
son, second, and Earl Mills, third.
Teams: M. Johnson, first and sec-
ond.
Opening day being designated as
official childrens’ day and pioneer
day. thousands of children and eld-
erly residents of the county received
courtesy admittance to the fair
where hundreds of choice exhibits
were on display.
Outstanding events scheduled for
the second day Included a Queen's
Ball to follow the coronation cere-
mony Thursday evening at the park
arena when Miss Lets Jo Perrv of
Nocona was crowned Queen of the
Fair. Miss Perry, a charming blond
is drum major of the Nocona High
School band Mrs Lynn Garlington.
local teacher of expression and danr r
directed the coronation
The rodeo nerformenee win fea-
ture the last two da,..
Friday evening, and Saturday after-
noon and evening. 1
A mile and half long parade of-
ficially opened the annual Montague
County Fair in Bowie Wednesday
afternoon with an estimated attend-
ance of 20.000 spectators. More than
5,000 school children participated in
the parade in which were 12 bands,
including Duncan, Waurika, Temple
! and Comanche, Okla., BUrkbumett,
Mineral Wells, Henrietta, Nocona,
Bridgeport, Archer City and Bowie.
T. W. C. band, Fort Worth, arriv-,
ing after the parade, presented a
street concert and participated in a
band barbecue given by local busi-
ness firms, directed J>y George
Rucker, director of the local band.
They also took part in a band fes-
tival at the athletic arena at Pelham
Park Wednesday evening, when each
band entertained for 10 minutes.
Also in the parade were hundreds
of horses, numerous decorative com-
mercial and farm floats besides the
fair president, G. Doc Jackson and
Mayor J. C. McNat.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Decorative floats, the Maids and
Matrons Club, first; the Bowie
Garden Club, second; the Bowie
Lions Club, third. Ringgold received
Team—
Jacksboro ............... 2
Newcastle ............... 1
Nocona _____________________ 3
Bowie ...................... 2
Henrietta ................ 2 110
Faint Jo.................. 2 110
Decatur ................... 2 110
Bridgeport .............. 10 10
Conference Standings
G. W. L. T.
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0 0 1000
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Last Week’s Results
Nocona 6, Iowa Park 0.
Bowie 52. Bridgeport 0.
Newcastle 20. Throckmorton 7.
Jacksboro 6, Wichita Falls Rowdies
Dick Poahley with the Shell Oil
)o. here, formerly an official in the
•an-American Airlines in Central
nd South America, was present and
ave an Interesting and instructive
ravelog on countries in Central and
outh America.
An announcement was made of the
•signation of O. V. Beck as a mem-
er of the club. An announcement
as also made that the District Gov-
mor of Rotary, Frank S. Roberts of
reckenridge, would be with the club
t next Tuesday’s meeting.
Clyde Reed of Waurika, Okla., was
visitor at Tuesday’s meeting.
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No action has yet been taken by
the City Commissioners toward
naming Mr. Beck’s successor as
mayor.
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The marriage of Joe Rich and Miss ■
Oma Cannon was solemnized Wed- ■
nesday, Sept. 25. at the home of Rev. ■
and Mrs. Roy Cook in the Starkey ■
community. Rev. Cook read the M
ceremony. flF
Mrs. Rich is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Cannon of Illi-
nois Bend. Mr. Rich is the son of
Mrs. John Rich of near Bonita.
They will make their home at
Mountain View.
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Paul Cochran Buys
JMY Cafe
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more econo! 1 //.V f ,
breaking roa
The attandance in the recreational
activities has increased 70% over
that of the first week, it was an-
nounced by the project director this
week. The project is operating on
almost no funds from the sponsors,
as the project council has not vet
been organized. The council will be
organizeci in the near future.
m Directors from the park were sent
2 Ito the Methodist church, to a Baptist
adult party, Baptist children’s party,
and a camp fire girls meeting last
[week. Directors wiM be sent to all
group meetings, except private
parties, if you will call on them.
A model airplane club was organ-
ized at the recreational building last
week with 24 members. The club
meets every Tuesday and Thursday
at 4:00 p.m. and all boys who are in-
terested are urged to attend the
meetings.
Tennis directors were sent to the
park last week, but no one was pres-
ent. Those who are interested in
playing tennis are asked to get in
touch with the directors.
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Montague County Oil
Field Allowables
Are Debated
After three games with non-
conference foes, the Nocona Indian*
are set for the formal opening of
their conference season tonight
when the Bridgeport Bullies invade
the local field. The Indians won two
of the practice games from Electra,
and low’a Park but lost the opener
to the Burkburnett Bulldogs.
To add additional interest to the
game tonight, Bridgeport is coached
by Irvin (Rusty) Hill, the Indiana
I coach for the past three season*.
This will be the local team’s first
I conference game of the season but
1 the visitors have already opened
I with a loss against the highly touted
Bowie Jackrabbits.
Injuries will be very much in evi-
dence among the Indians tonight. J.
T. Swearingin, injured in the Electra
game, will still be on the slde-linee
awaiting the game two weeks hence.
Deskin Waters has been ordered by
the physician to remain out of the
contest tonight on account of a
sprained back. All others will be
ready for service except for minor
bruises and skins.
Coaches Gray and Spears have
spent most of this week trying to
iron out the rough places that showed
up in the game last week when the
Indians advanced the ball approxi-
mately 300 yards and made only six
points against the Iowa Park Hawks.
Probable starting line-ups tonigbt-
Nocona—ends: Beasley and Rob-
erts: tackles: Arnold and Russen;
guards: Steadman and Reynolds;
center: McMahon: backs: Benton,
Crain. Martin and Clary. Others
that will probably see service are
Shropshire. Crenshaw. Witt, Hanson.
R. E. Arnold, Guinn and Skinner.
Bridgeport—ends: King and Gar-
rett: tackles: Rike and Winn;
guards: Bray and Lester; center-
Royston: backs: Tucker, Johnson.
Bordner. and Shelton. Others that
will probably see service are Wright,
C. Green. Phillips. Story, Tanner,
Coursey, Goode, Clinton Green and
Brown.
—Photo by Kent Bellah Studio, Saint Jo.
HARLAN BRIDWELL—AND PRESS
¥¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥
with part of his savings. Without
any experience he decided to publish
a newspaper in a town of about 75
souls. His circulation has climbed
by leaps and bounds until now it is
five times greater than the popula-
tion. The tiny foot-operated press
prints only one page at a time, but
Harlan can print 400 copies of six
pages in four hours. The paper has 1
a mailing permit and is as clean!
and easy to read as a big-town dally. I
Job printing accounts for a large ’
portion of the paper’s income. Can-
didate cards kept the editor working ><
overtime right at the height of the
fishing season. All Job work is
printed on the same press.
Harlan’s hobby is wood carving.
On the shelf above the press is some 1
of his work—a twisted candle stick, f
a ball in a cage and a double ball |
end chain. u
Members of the Texas Railroad
commission heard arguments Mon-
day for and against reducing allow-
ables in the Rogers & Rogers oil
field of Montague County and the
Rincon field of Starr County.
In the hearing, conducted to re-
examine allowable schedules in the
areas, State Senator Clint Small of
Amarillo expressed the opinion that
unless production was equitably dis-
tributed, independent producers
would suffer.
Operators in the fields insisted
there was form demand for current
production.
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Paul Cochran has recently pur- ... ,,
chased the J. M. York Cafe, next With dashing new
door to the Nocona Bakery.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have form- J „ new kaniitv-
erly operated cafes in this city and »
plan to make extensive improve-. • . ■
ments, adding new equipment, etc., Ir tound only on
to this cafe. They invite their many I
friends to visit them in their new Iced COrsI
place of business.
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Bridgeport at Nocona.
Newcastle at Jacksboro.
Henrietta at Iowa Park.
Saint Jo, idle.
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