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Rev. A. J. Quinn
Enters Eighth
Year as Pastor
School Board Election
The names of N. B. Gary, G.
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"Your Home Town and County Newspaper"
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Mrs. J. W. Barker, of Jacks-
boro, is visiting in the home of
Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Dearmore.
She is Mrs. Dearmore's mother.
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BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
TBONDS
AND
STAMPS
IDAY"
IURKE"
The Board of Directors of the
Bowie Rotary Club Wednesday
e'icted Paul Boedeker as new
r.csident of the club, to be in-
pinesa Costs
ittle"
X
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To Preach in Revival
First Baptist Chufch
N<
connection 1
was a pilot on a
Fortress in a raid
GROWS RAPIDLY Bowie Man
Is Killed
In Action
| Mrs. Luvin Head, of Bowleg
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The new board
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Chairman Building Committee
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to Camp Wolters:
Billy Hudspeth, Virgil F ' '
Vineyard, and Hollister Clarence i
Miles.
Reporting to the Marine Corps '
werej
Samuel Arthur Landers, Glen
Davis Lee, Olive Marlowe Saun-
ders, James Hairm Williams, Jr.,
Willie Hulen Gibson. Beauford
,Cleo Sutton,
and Jackson Roy Ceat.
Naval inductions were:
Wrex Cleveland Biggerstaff,
Archie Leon Sneed, Woodrow
Willard Anthoqy, Bud Cooper,
Lynn William Russell, Silas
Brady Evans, Loyd Eric Wininc-
ham, Weldon Andrew Mitchell.
Henry Stanley Young, Haskell
Wesley Roberts, Elmer Henry
Adkins, Bert Sledge, Roy Lee
Dunbar, William Mastem Moul-
der, Maurice Paul Turner, Virgil
Woodrow Huddleston, Coleman
■*Wt>k Witt,
| ■ Joe P. Keck, James Henry
I Turner, Jr., Horace Steve Fielder,
John Leonard Egenbacker, Joe
Beasley Tucker, Roy Albert Pat-
rick Williams, Paul Garrett, Wil-
liam Brack Pollard, David Stan-
ford Dennis, Milton Dunn, Jr.,
James Weldon McDonald, and
James Arthur Durham, who
transferred from the Denton
board.
— Rotary Elects
Paul Boedeker
aj
FBI head. A serious t
tq parents and every person
institution having any .influence
with children.
here
has
The
over
and redecorated and during his
saw
You perhaps have about your
house a good musical instrument
you never learned to play—
somebody in the Armed service
might get a lot of music out of
it ami help stimulate the morale
of our boys in arms. Take it to
PoSey's Coca Cola plant in Bowie
and it’ll enter service.
st.~_.ed July 1st, beginning oT
tne new Rotary year.
He" is one of the ou startling
k and business leaders <>f
ai.d h- c
Mrs. Luvm Head, of B
received a telegram from' the
War Department Thursday ad- I
vising that her son, Lt. Foy Ray
Clingman, had been killed Febru-
are 22 in action over Germany.
It is said the facts of his being
killed were established through
the International Red Cross.
Mis. Head was notified earlier
this month that Lt. Cljngman
was missing following a mission
=3 COBURN
:ca#Son
’ WYMAN'*
Barry Eastin, -T. D. Atha, Louis
Thomas Kincer, Adolph Joljn
Gdulich, Edison Waldrip, Evol
Dwayne Martin, Raymond Burk
Perryman, James Marvin Parr.
Virgil Monroe Vandusen, Guthrie
Roy McDaniel, Willie Alcorn
Ratliff, Carl Frederick Kiser,
Thomas Clyde Allen, Clifford
Thornton__Hancock^ Virgil Albert
Long,
states.
The L------- — . -
class and training union rooms
and halls in the three floors of
the remainder of-the new'build-
ing have likewise beert finished.
The Sunday School had an at-
tendance of 359 Sunday and the
goal next Sunday is 500 declares
Ike Parks, superintendent. A
committee is landscaping and
planting the church grounds this
^Doc Jackson has been chair-
man of the building committee
and Glenn Trout chairman of the
fcuilding finance committee.
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Mrs. Ovus Lawyer, of Dallas,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Roy
Jones, and Mr. Jones this week.
newspaper s war neaannvs. r nc
other was a portly, indifferent,
careless looking woman, who ap-
peared as if she had been poured
' into her brilliant colored slacks.
and who had one foot cooked un
on the back of the seat in front
of her and puffing vigorously at
a ctearrt’e. “My? won't it be
wonderful when this terr-ble
war is over?" remarked the lit-
tle woman “—11 no!” retorted
the other, “I'm makin- more
money and havin’ more D—fun
than I ever had in my life.” The
, Jittle woman jumped to her feet
’J*nd replied, “I have two sons
WwCd a brother in it, you vellow
huzzie,” and then slapped the big
•al's cheeks so furiously sne
couldn’t tell wha* was taking
place, knocked her onto the
floor in the aisle and gave her n
vigorous kicking. The other pas-
sengers cheered approvingly and
the woman who had been whip-
ped, sheepishly hurried off the
bus.
There are 976 persons in Mon-
tague County —on Old Age As-
sistance receiving an average of
$20 70 a month—87 cents less than
the state average. The average
in the state in January being
a.. ._$2L23,a. total, of. $20,208.00. that
comes to -this county every I
month,—practically al! spent on
t tjie necessities of life with Joe."’,
wfciusiness establishments.
W • • • • j
Our rheutnatic friends now ,j
have further evidence that the j
weather does affect their condi- ,
tion- News dispatches thfotner ;
day carried the story that Ameri- ■
can douhboys in Italy had found ,
a new kind of wegther-forecaj’.er -
near then7 eamp. a donkey with ",
rheumatism that would bray
mournfully when approach of <
stormy weather would make his ■
■ rheumatic pains- more severe. .
Dutt >1
dash—Bennie ’.Td-
well and David Worley,
440-yard dash—Jack Kreyen-
four . transfers buw and Jack Lovette-
--- -~z—■ 880-yard run—Jack Bradley
in March | arici p~nviP Tidwell.
, - , . I 1 mile run—J. D. White and
bor of the inductees Billy Airo'vood.
S¥sX^A5enffa^^
on abandoned. It was said | «
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better than 20 barrels of oil-
starting four new wells and is
rigging up on Clisbee Nos. 3 and
architecture?, but attractive in its
beauty. >
On one side of the pulpit plat-
form stands a huge American
the other the Chris-
tian flag. A grand piano which is
’ - -| in the regular services by
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on main floor near the pulpit
--------------- — ______e -i -e members.
roses than any st^fe in the world. Other officers
• * • * i r~w year are ’Ri
By all means see Tarawa—a fi’rt vice-president; G. L Grif-
great production in technicolor
that'll give you a thrilling, realis- -H. L. Turns, secretgry-treasuie-.
tic, official front row view of a Boedeker was 'fialned delegate
great chapter of history out of to the district conference at
’ the j
is bringing it to Bowie soon.
LE BALI^
Y JAMES
lUr-
Elmer Wood, overheard in his
shoe department Jhe other day:
‘‘Lady, these late style shoes have
the newest in everything—-heeless.
heels, toeless toes and sympath-
etic soles; honestly, lady buy
these and you'll not know you
have any shoes on.” She did.
She didn't.
over a. ycai «b,O and j
set ni'-mafrbrfimme^’T
new building,
— . and me new snuvvme w..»ptete<l
Rev. Thos- H. Doss, of Terrell, tw^weeksjgo « o-nsidered^un-
former pastor of Bowie first :e
Baptist church, will do the , exterior and is
preaching in a .revival at this l“‘lighting
church starting Monday, April i eonditioning, indirect lighting,
3. Services will start each even- | and the -ten-
ing at 8:30 o’clock. Prayer ser- c ’
vices 8 p- m.
Ration Office
Retained After
Gossett Protest
The OPA ration offices will
be retained in Bowie and the
: 1 $55^:
J^MphusyFinch^WeFX: bounded in New Guinea
lin Wood, Billy Ray Graham, | Mrs. B. D. Woodall received a
Thomas Freeman McLaughlin, letter Monday from her son,
Billy Floyd Holmes, James El- ! Bobbie, in New Guinea', advising -
mor Gaston, Jr., Thomas Noel that he had been wounded. His • ...
Atkins, Joe Loyd Pitman, John I letter written March 7, said
Gordon Apple, and Evol Edward . that his injuries included a bro- . • |
PeiLy' > i ken leg and an injury to his back.
The following men, transferred ■ He said he. was improving at
from other boards also reported that writing.
,. I The message did not say how- J
David the wounds were received.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kuehn,
of Henrietta, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Jones In Bowie Sun-
aay. "'•64
High School in lM0~and J
Baptist church building Sunday
is that the date also marks the
beginning of Rev. Quinn’s eighth
year as pastor of this -congrega
tion. He came to the ri.urch-
April 1, 1937, moving to Bowie
from Eldorado, Texas, -where he
was pastor two and a half yefl’‘S,
and previous to that -was pastor
at Carlton, Hamilton county.
This is his third pastorate.
S-e graduating .from Howard
Mrs. Otiinn took their degrees
in 1930.
During his pastorate
much work and progress
been noted in the church,
old building was worked
first .“■year as pastor here
100 additions to the church an.l
considerable growth in the V’lh-
dav School. : '
He is Moderator of this Bap-
tist Association, is member .f
Feature
OWS ON.
SAGE'' ‘
ington. Gordon Cady,
close friend . of
Gossett, also telephoned him.
The next morning Gossett
wired Cady as follows: "Have
, 7“ \ move to close
I Nocona, Bowie and St. Jo of-
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suits/’
aRed lady; reading an afternoon
newspaper s war headings, fhi »rMFATTiE ADMISSIONS
At!,... a nnrtlv. indifferent. THEATRE AUMIbblUnb
A raise of the Federal tax on
theatre admissions from 10 per
cent to 20 per cent will go into
effect Saturday, April 1.
This will apply to admis-
sions to the Bowie shows and
all other amusements, but ac-
cording to Frank Benson, local
manager, there .will be no In-
crease in his ‘ theatre admis-
sion charges, but the tax will
be paid by the patrons
The prices effective Saturday,
April 1, will be, at Bowie Ma-
jestic,. children 10c, tax 2c,
total 1.2c, and adults 31c, tax
6s, total 37c. Bargain Dayr,
adults 13c, tax 3c, total 16c, with
children remaining at 5c and no
tax •’“N'l.
Bowie has some nice church
buildings and the different
groups of church neople here co-
operate splendidly. Elaborate
plans are made and the public
invited for the dedication Sun-
day, April 2. of the new First
Baptist building—a beautiful,
impressive place of worship that
has been erected on the site
where the- old building burned
-a year ago. Yes, nobody, need be
afraid to attend—its already . Gossett of tnis aistric
paid for. Congratulations to Rev. ! Bryan filler. State
A. J. Quinn, who on that date at naMas teleD
enters his eighth year as pastor-
-----A lively Argument waxed
warm, the other day at the Spit
and Whittle Club’s favorite cor-
ner, as each of several contended
that he had been in the county
the longest. But the argument
ended suddenly, when a tall lean
whitehaired whittler arose, shook
the shavings dff, waved his bar-
low knife with defiance, shifted |
his chew of Brown mule to the !
» other cheek and shouted; "Fel-
lers, let me tell you somethin.
When my Pappy come to these
parts I was a mere tad of a lad
the moon was no bigger , than a
chigger and thar weren't no stars
at all.”
made to OPA Washington head- i
quarters by Congressman Ed '
Gossett of this district.
, ■ OPA of-
ficial at Dallas telephoned M.
Posey, chairman of the local
Board Tuesday, March 28, lliat
the office would" be retained.
Previously the Fort Worth office
had served notice that the office
would be moved from Bowie
and several offices in the county
closed, requiring citizens having
to see the board to drive many
extra miles to do so. Protests. J flag and on
signed by local citizens, the ! A
Bowie Mayor, Montague mayor, I played ...
Stoneburg mayor and the. mayor | Miss Inez Rudy, church pianist^
of St. Jo, were sent to Gossett js on i.,_L.
and Senator Connally at Witsh-1 platform. Back of the pulpit are
~ ' "oiiy, Bov/ie, 26 chairs for the choir, led by
Congressman poc Jackson, and at appropriate
• • ' elevation back of the choir is the
Baptistry set in the rear wall, i the District Board, has bepn a
I and a beautiful work of art done ' member of the State Executive
I by Mrs. C- Y. Cosby of Bowie, I Committee the past vear, is a
I adorns the walls of this baptistry, j member of the Board of Direc-
' depicting in soft, restful colors, | tors of Howard Payne College
1 the River • Jordan. Mrs. Cosby | and also of Decatur Baptist
is also working on a similar College.
painting now at herBowie____—.....-'Ct"--;-—__
a Baptist church in Wasn- — -
ington, D. C„ and has become
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tion for her Baptistry paintings poc< Jackson and Harve Ratliff
which have been purchased for | appear on the ballot as can-
dozens of churches in various , rlidatcs for trustees at the' elet- l
. * i j I l*on t0 be held in the Bowie
Sunday School, organized independent School District, I
_j *—„nirm rnnms Saturday, April 1.
■^Wieir names were placed on I
the ballot by their friends for 1
reelection to places they now
hold ori the Board.
Dave Majors, D- T. Wilson and
J. F. Thompson have been named
as judges to hold the election.
Mrs. Velma Howell has gone
to San Francisco, California, to
visit her mother-in-law, Mrs-
Grace Howell, and will later
visit her husband who is sta-
tioned at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mrs- Laura Slaton of Tuscon,
Ariz., is now at the E. L. Covey
home in Bowl*.
| High Jumji—J. D While. .
r 'Bread Jomn—J. p,_V^ite. ”*=
! 110 high hurdles—J. ’D. White.
flowing ! Charles Wilton Martin, Samuel t Low hurdles—David Worny 1
m Pole Vault—Tack Lovette
Jack K reyenbuhl.
Shot Put—Tom Dutton
Embry Privitt.
Discus—Roy Curry and T E,
Davis.
1 mile relay—T. E. Dnvis, J.
D. White. David Worley and
Bennie Tidwell.
The track and field events will
begin at 1 P. M., Saturday af-
noon and the cost of admission
will be 25 cents for everyone.
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central office, ^ol^winS ' no debt on it, and most of the
money has been raised for the
pews, which have not arrived
yet, but the auditorium has been I
seated with comfortable chairs- I
From the time one enters the I
beautiful new worship hall he is |
charmed and impressed by the
. soft, pleasing color scheme of the
interior, thei. subdued soft light- - -
ing effect, the simplicity of the Payne College, where he
.. . j ___a:___Mrs. Ouinn fnnk fnpir
over Germany February 22. He
B-17 Flying
over Nazi
Germany. He had been in Eng-
" bomber force since
J43. and had been
awarded the Distinguished Fly-
over
front
land with al
November 1943, and had
1 ■ T TT ll-— . A9 - *—A. —
ing Cross for operations
Germany. He graduated
then attended college in Kansas
before volunteering for the
Armed forces. He lettered in
Bowie High School in 1939.
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Track Mee! In
^owieThis Week
Bowie will be host to the girl
..„ue u, ...c an^ boy athletes of Henrietta
Kilgore field in East Texas, but and Nocona Friday and Saturday
- "■ of thls week to determine, 'he
district winners in tennis, track
and field events. This U the
first war-time district miet tor
10-A and the winners will be
eligible for the regional activi-
ties the first week jn April.
Fifteen boys played for. the
. ‘ ’ * s in Bowie High
and conditions clear to School with Donald Humphries
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many wanting to put down more the right to play in the district,
holes a conservative predictiqn is Knights'en then .teamed with
that Bowie will become the busi- Harry Elliott to win the double 1”
’ * r mpn
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investing men of the oil Irater ished wtheir elimination series,
nity anywhere in the great South- The Bowie boys will play No-
west, and for hundreds of others cona Friday afternoon and ‘.he
engaged in kindred or accessory
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NUMBER 4
AT BOWIE MAJESTIC
Friday - Saturday: — Double
feature, Roy Rogers and
“Trigger” in “Man From Mu-
sic Mountain” plus Al Pierce
and Dale Evans in “Here
Comes Elmer.”
Sunday - Monday: Mickey
Rooney and Judy Gar’nnd in
"Girl Crazy”.
Tuesday Only: ,1 ''
and Oliver Hard/ in "Dancing
Masters".
Wednesday - Thursdav G.eer
Garson, Walter Pidgeon in
“Madatne Curie".
AT THE RITZ
Friday - Saturday! Tyrone
Power In “Crash Dive", in
Technicolor. , f
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A coincident
THE BOOTIE NEWS" FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944
OIL ACTIVIT
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Prominent Men Cn Dedication
Program of New Baptist Building
For All Day Sunday, April 2
_ • *
Plans have been completed for
what is expected to be one of the .
most interesting church celebra-
tions' ever held in Bowie, when i
members of the First Baptist I
church have the dedication of the ' I
new modern , church building j
next Sunday, aprii 2.
* Outstanding Baptists
state have been invited to have
part in the program, including
Dr. F. M. McConnell of Dallas,
former pastor, and noted denom-
inational Editor, who will deliver-
the dedicatory sermon Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Address
at 2 p m." by Dr. Thos. H. Taylor,
president of Howard Payne Col-
lege, Brownwood, and one of the
Souths outstanding humorists
and speakers, and sermon at 8
p.m. by Dr. R. E. Bell of Decatur,
also a former Bowie pastor.
Outstanding singing and music
for the day has been planned
j also.
The detailed program for the (
Boedeker ....
great chapter of history out of to the district conference
the present war. Frank Benson , Xubbock, Amil 23-24, with Rev.
i Quinn and Griffin as alternates.
I The. new board of directors
Juvenile Delinquency in Unit- ■ will include Rev. Quinn, Griffin,
ed States is 54 per cent more than j Walter B. Alexander, T. P. Ev-
b.dtSv a*’°’ says J” Edgrir Hoove., ans and Frank Moss.
FBI head. A serious challenge j R. V. Garrett was the si>eaker
tq parents and every ‘person or ! at the business meeting Wed-
nesday, bringing interesting facts
on lumber rationing.
On a big crowded bus the other „
dav sat two women, one a nice
looking, refined little middle
| protested OPA
Hope to get favorable re-
M
potency
’em more roses. Texas grows more
received in May, contract was
' Company of Wichita Falls July
1 19, ground broken July 21. ac-
i tual construction started July 22,
• ____iTlvnrtH T.rwItfA
' of Texas Sept. 45. Occupied .
basement of the new building '
January 16, 1144, other parts of
1 —Ort Az-»r>i iniozJ
^auditorium March 12. Total
; and other expenses
and loss of time going to one
C The Russians now get Vitamin I
‘ what gives ’em such
i 11 wie and this a.-’a
£Aonl,the Y/ild r6se- If that is ‘J
------ ^..i such potency -— ----- -- - —
against Hitler, we say let’s give; 1 "en one of the ci-ilis ijiast a**
> nainr'i for the
vear are 'Re z. A J. Quinn,
r
second vice-gvestdent. and
day. is found on Page 4 of this
I paper.
Ladies of the church ■ have ar- !
ranged to serve eats at the church |
! at noon Sunday for out-of-town |
, visitors.
The pastor," Rev, A. J. Quinn, I
; plans for a large attendance and
the public has been invited to
the entire program. The day will
also begin his eighth year aS
pastor of the church, in which
outstanding growth and develop-
ments have been recorded. On
Monday, April 3, the church be-
gins its' annual spring revival of i
two weeks, with a former pastor,
Rev. Thos. H. Doss, pastor of
First Baptist church of Terrell,
doing the' preaching.
The old church building burn- [
ed a little over a year ago and ;
; plans were set in mulTon imtne-y
iliately to erect a new building,
and the new structure completed I
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usually attractive on both interior
— 1-‘ and is modern
througout, including latest in air-
cur.diticr.ir.;, ‘ indirect lighting,
and the interior walls are of the
tershades. ' I —GLENN TROUT
The old building burned Feb. Chairman Building Finance Com
7, 1943, permit to build new one |
received in May, contract wks
i signed with B & H Construction
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! 19, ground broken .July 21.
I cornerstone laid by Grand Lodge
' „ T j Sept. 15. C
basement of the new building
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building Feb. 20, and_ Occupied '
i with the dedication of the. new
MANY WELLS ARE STARTED;
TENTATIVE PLANS FO J.
CRACKING PLANT MADE
There’s a lot doing—really big
things going on in Bowie’s boom-
ing oil field .this week.
A drive out through the wind-
ing sandy-clay roads over the
many rugged hills of the area
that is being converted into one
of the biggest oil fields of the
I great Southwest will convince
: one that the thousands of acres
in and surrounding the Hildreth
pool, si miles North of Bowie
have potentialities, of enor-
mous oil production. In fact al-
ready t'isre is enough proven
production area covering several
square miles, to insure much new
; induction effort several years.
And this deep oil will probably
make these wells continue prof-
| itahle for at least 25, years.
And day by day the program
of development enlarges and
and more contractors and more
i and more contrac'ors and more
1 producers come into the field.
Several neva, wells are started
this Week and plans are about
ripe for one refinery, possiaty
two to be started for. tijis area
soon. What is shid to be a ten-
tative site has been selected for a
cracking plant, plans for which
are said to have been under con-
sideration for some time by the
Continental Cqmpany. It is said
, the plant may be built on the F.
C. Roy land, on the hill, just
i across the road from where one
I of the big batteries of tanks and
| separators are now located on the
, Gadberry.
It was being rumored this
week also that plans are being
considered for a casinhead gaso-
line plant to make gasoline from
gas/is it comes from the wells.
Securing priorities for needed
materials for any such plants to
make- - gasoline or fuels from
either.lhe crudj oil. or from,the
'gas that cotpes frorn the wens.
may be a barrier or at least a
. delaying factor. The Continen-
tal is the big producer of the
area, and is operating on a con-
sistent, open and above- board
basis, and is each week increas-
ing and stepping up its produc-
♦ioin program as conditions per-
mit. Ite operating and - manag-
erial personnel here are of the
highest type. gentlemen and oil
" men nf long rxnerimee. --------------
It has drilled a large number
' of wells and so far does not have
a single dry hole in that field.
An official of the compnnv brand- |
ed as false the report that;was j
published in a I.-..---.
| paper £
?To. 1 was a .
bad been abandoned,
that the well
„ctter tnan zu more.a m
The Continental this week is
starting four
4. J. B. Lewis No. 1 and the Hil-
dreth No. 3. - '
They are nearing production
on another new hole, th6 Bates.
No 1 an offset to the Squth of
file big Walthall well, which waS
a decided Southwestern exten-
sion of the field a few days ago-
This Bates is between the Wal-
thall and £he new Junia Brown
producer. Murdick et al have a
-ow location on the Matney land
one mile north of the Walthall.
There is also reported a new lo-
cation on the' Burnett land, which
extends the production effort a
quarter mile to the West of th"
Walthall, and may start a lot of
work in that direction.
The C. H. Murdick Co., is rig-
ging up for two new wells,-the
Benton & Moore No. 2 in the
L. H. Wristen Survey, and the
Ida Pearl Matney in W. E.
Davis Survey. They were about
5200 feet Thursday on their
Stanfield well. F. L. Boutell.has
snudded in on his No. 2 Juma
Brown et al. ,
A location has also been made
on the David Warren lease.
Manv other new locations have nUien inn-
• rota'1W1V been decided- upon, puM5 t?,^jVeston
details of which Could not be Floyd Huddleston^
authenticated this week.
Much development continues m
other parts of Montague County.
What is declared to be a produc-
*»rs has been made out of the
Stanolind’s Lewis No. 1. near
Park Springs, South of Bowie.
A’thoueh it was not develoned
Wo n lar^e twodurer. r"ore dril-
ling is expected in ‘hat section,
where definite o’l nrodijcing
■stra'a has been revealed in^wo
or more , tests. ■
Powie is also benefiting J|
spreading oil activity in the®
levve area, where more gt
producers have been biuught
recently. ' —.
With the improved weather
conditions, roads were passable
this week in those hills, where
the slightest rain makes it almost
impassable for ordinary motor
vehicles.
Sne problem many fields have
Thomas Clyde Allen,
'T'll OWl 4 An UnnnArtlr
Rich. Jefferson Cozelle
Charles Hugh Bennett,
George Strauss Wade, Bertie
Lee Rich, James William Mead, —. ...
Ezra Talmage Henson, Arthur iur-o Co-
Wesley Marmaduke, Jack Gobd- ^TS. Woodall S Son
is the availability of ample wa-
ler for drilling purposes, but not
sd in the Hildreth area of Mon-
tague County. Here, when a lo-
cation for one of these deep oil
wells is made and the rig tim
ers are moved in ,a .catapillar
'ractor drags in a water well
drilling outfit and by the time
the oil drilling machinery is set
and ready to go there’s an ocean
of water available in a hole, from
150 to 200 feet deep—good soft
water from wells that furnish a
barrel a minute- Power rotary
outfits drill these deep wells.
No steam outfits or old fashioned
cable tools are being used. Be-
cause of the rugged, timbeicd
covered hills, one cannot see but
a few at a time of the finished
wells, or the rigs now drilling,
either. But the vast network of
pipe lines, webh work of roads,
and the batteries of tanks and
separators here and there, the
hurtle and the huriv of trucks,
the work of huge bulldozers dig-’ I
ring slushpits or tearing down [
hill Sides, and the general activ-
ity and noise of huge trucks and
engines, and the view of tops of .
derricks sticking up above hills I
in many directions, gives one
some impressions of the famous
here he misses the familiar
eoise of the ‘big steam outfits.
And forlmany miles around at
night the already big field
tnrows up into the Skv light
beams from the score or more
drilling rigs going there day and
night. 1 -- --
As Uncle Sam's need for oil singles title
prows ;— -— -------- — -----,-
permit liberal consideration of defeating C. H. Knightstep
_______ m'4 I <lz-k%trr> fHn rirtkt 4z\ ■*!*«» «•« •AtaM
holes a conservative prediction is Knightrten then .teamed ‘
til,,, MWV AV ” ... ww,«.v - ————••AVk— ,V I *— II,I ..
est center wui king... men and honor. The girl# hava nat fia»
..—------„ ------ —. — —_— ------ --------——.
nity anywhere in the great South- The Bowie boys will play
' t ___J r . L... — .1 — a/ aIUaVC _____ TTI • . .
Bowie girls drew a bye in the
first round and will play in t,ie
finals Saturday morning.
In the track events Bowie has
the following entries:
4 Transfers Report For i 100-yard dash—Tom
, and J. D- White. ■
| 220-yard_
Seventy-two Montague County
voting tnen and f . '
from other counties were induct- .
An official of the company brand- | a.,i(hlnt%n‘hC Army^drawing “the j
,e nrtiv : 'Teatest numb.- * '
certai - I with the following, 35 reporting
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