The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1940 Page: 5 of 8
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AkJAWY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1*40
THE ALBANY NEWS
page mrt
PERSONALS
W. W. Martin of Moran wa* a
ktiainem visitor in Albany Monday.
> W. D. McW*io- -r went to Dallas
Thurnday on tusinen.
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Otl* Whorton visited friends in
Bryaon Sunday,
Miss Olivia Self of Throckmor- n.._ Tdt
rt, is a guest in the home of her . r
ton
sister, Mrs. Horace I'ate this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright arc
moving Friday to Clovis, N. Mex.
where he will he employed at the
Mesa theatre.
(Continued from Front Page)
New Cook —
(Continued from Pnge One)
W. E. Dawson —
(Continued fiom firs, page)
Edyle Hill spi rit the week-end in
Denton ' with her sister, Miss
Dorothy Mae Hill, who is it student
in T. S. C. W.
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W. R. Pinnell and W. W. Martin
of Moran were in Albany Monday.
u , 777° t . i I rvusit-r Hiirm mc wei'S-erm ill ijik
i :i? I tPj ° u I Hprings with Mr. Jones and Mr
Mrs. J. D. Jones and Mrs. Evan
Kaster spent the week-end in Big
the northwest trend from the Witt-
mer Oil A (ins Corporation-Knight
A Ewing No. I, B. I). Loving,
Caddo lime dincovery that gauged
(.OOfr barrels daily potential on
test from .'!.r>IO feet when drilled
in July I ! .'(!>, the operator's next
well southwest of No. I caught <i,-
000,000 feet of gas in the shallow-
er Strawn sand at 22(i'i feet, and the renewal of th<
no further drilling has been done the pool.
LUEDERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lieb of Lue
ders, Mrs. W. C. Taylor of Stam-
Mrs. Sally Wilson has been quit*
ill at her home.
Humble s SO acres in section M.'.tion, but will keep myself free to
E. T. Ry. produced around 6,750; «-rve l! the people of my county
barrels per acre from its 18 wells without fear or favor.
and was sold to Koeser & I'endle-j As I am now well known, I In ford, Mrs. Marguerite Lieb Sparks
ton, Inc.-Continental on Decemberj Iieve that my character, reputa- an<i Arthur Lieb spent the week-
Id, l<)33, and under re-pressuring tion and capability is established; (.rui at Spearman, Sunday. They
and re-cycling of gas in the pool,j throughout our county. My many attended a birthday dinner at the
has continued to produce, making a years of business experience as an |,ieb ranch home in Hutchinson
big increase in the production with I executive and my association with county in honor of W. M Lieb, a
gas supply for, the public should fit me as your brother of Mr. Lieb. In the after-
| County Judge. Having served as noon a large white birthday cake
in the area west. 1 Hoe-er & I'endleton B-2 Cook is j School Trustee, both at Moran and holding HO pink and green candles
n i _ The Carson test, slated for start moving 464 feet east of H-l and, Albany, I am familiar with school was cut and served. Pictures were
iriouflly ill Tuesday at her home,1 'th ,"r"remodelin^'ai ►•'I'ruary, will be a mile east' will make north offsets for joint j affairs, and naturally very much made of the group. All of Mr.
1 ' of the Strawn p.*>o| on the Brew holdings with Continental Oil ( o.
0 ; ster lands, and a mile west of the! Hoc er & I'endleton, Inc. No. I, W.
Mrs. Frank Curry is visiting her1 ol(l Mikado Humble No. I Comp- I' Newell got dry sands in Tanne-
sister, Mrs. Thomas Grozier, who ,OM- ,hI "n<l w"" that produced lull and Bluff ( reek, no < ook pay,
lives on a ranch near San Saba {nr 10 V"'*- th" farthest south the test had 7 feet of King sand,
Mrs. Currv will be gone three producer in the lliex pool in Shack- topped at 1,72-> feet, with light, ga
WC(>ks ' | elford county, which had 00 pro-, and i- drfllinir at 1014 feet to test.
0 i ducing oil and gas wells when the Swastika 1 SOS to 1014, making tho
MIm Rosemary Cecil of Fort j ''^ilUps Petroleum Co bought out | deepest hole ever drilled in the
Worth was the guest of .Mi -e- Mil ! the individual and company op area west of Hope pool, located
era tor in the field in 1 and northeast corner southeast quarter
spread ovit an area of about 2,500! of section I 0, block 12, I. A I' lis
acres. i eight miles west of Albany.
i« reported better.
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A. M. Russ and Cap Wharton
made a business trip to Cisco Mon
day.
o
Annual Valentine Ten, Feb. 13th
—Sponsored by the Womens Socie-
ty for Christian Service of the
Methodist church.
Joe K. Whorton went to Mari-
etta, Okla., to visit his sister, Mrs.
A. O. Robinson and family Tues-
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. Winston Whorton
and dnughter, Ann, spent the week-
end In Albany with his mother,
Mrs. W. T. Whorton.
Mrs. Mae Morrow and Mrs.
Delma Crook have leased the
Hail, Helen Sanders and Dorothy
Stephens Thursday through Satur
day. . ,
| Phillips continues to operate th
Mr. and Mrs. I). O. Anderson had pool with a large casinghead gaso-
as their guests Sunday Mr. and line plant, re-idue ga going into
Mrs. C. Anderson and son, Hob, Lone Star (in- Co. trunk line to'
and Mrs. Anderson's mother, Mr.-. Fort Worth I>alla , through booster
Hudson, from Abilene, and Mr. and -tation at Ibex.
interested in the education of our; l.ieb's children were present—one
youth. son, Ernest of I'ringle, three
I would consider it an honor to daughters, Mr.-. M. C. Hentley of
be selected as your County Judge.] Stinett, Mrs. |{. M. Chisum of
If you believe that I can be of
service to you as your County
Judge and Kx Officio Superintend-
ent of Schools, I will appreciate
your support and Influence and
your vote on July 27, 1040.
W. E. DAWSON.
Mrs. J. C. Hester has returned
from Bonham, where she visited
relatives.
o
Little Daughter: "Why is father
singing so muoh tonight?"
Mother: "He is trying to sing
the baby to sleep."
Little Daughter: "Well, if I wu
baby, I'd pretend I was asleep."
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If you are in the market for ft
ranch or farm, we have several for
sale. See Mrs, Alice Hill or B. H.
Ezell, at Hill A Hill Real Estate
office, or phoae 61.
Spearman, and Mrs. L. M. Hender-
son of I'ringle. Twenty-two were
present for the occasion.
Mr. I.ieb formerly lived in Shack-
elford county, near Eolian, until
1900. lie moved to Hutchinson
county with his fumily, where he
POLITICAL
Announcements
BOULDIN TO SPF.AK AT
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
AI.UMNI CONFF.RF.NCF.
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now resides Mr. Lieb is a brother
of the late C. K. Lieb of Albany.
Mr and Mr Eric Swenson were
host and hostess to the Monday
Night Bridge club at their home
Utopian Diner from
Whorter.
W. D. Mc-
Mrs. J. R. Anderson and son,
Galen, and Mr. Anderson'.- mother.;
Mr. and Mrs. David l\ Smith I
With today's improved methods of lalcouch I Hidalgo county) re- |
Mrs. S. R. Plummer, who has
been confined to her bed for the
pnst 10 days, is reported impro\
ing.
Mrs. P. A. Drake, Miss Rose
Drake, and Mrs. Nettie Dunn of
Cisco Were guests of Mr. and Mr.-.
John Drake, Sunday.
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Thirty-seven range checks to the
amount of $5,500 were received in
the AAA office Saturday, to apply
on the 193!) range program.
Ol——-—.
Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott of Mo
ran were business visitors in AI
bany Wednesday. While here they
renewed their subscription to the
Albany News. Mr. Elliott is one of
the old timers of the Moran coun-
try, coming to Shackelford county
in 1X77.
of testing oil formation . of shoot
ing with arid and nit ro glycerin, it
i believed that a large area in the
have had as their guests the past Ibex vicinity may he opened to new
week his mother, Mrs. Lula Smith, jiioduction, and the Cai-on test
and his brother, Hflrland Smith of may lie the forerunner of evcral
I Groesbeck ; his sister, Mi.-- Enna new exploration for they ire nine
j Smith of Fort Lyon, Colo. Miss mile, east of Albany, on the pro- ('omplaint
i Erma is a trained nurse at the nounced structural high mapped by
I Veterans' hosiptal in Fort Lyon, geologists a- the Ile x Fold. The
turn to her work Jan. <,|,| Elliott well logged eight sands
m Die -hallow i i co Series and in
—o | the Canyon Series, having a show.
Weldon, pastor of of oil in Strawn and topped at
2,1 15 feet, and it was one and one
half miles to the \ve-t where the'
I 'a rri h Ell iot t pool ih \ eloped omel
and wi
23rd.
th
Kev. II
■ First
M.
pastor
liapti t churt h, Mr .
Travis Wheat, councilor for C. A
girls, and Mr.-. Reuben Grothe,
councilor for V. W. A., and nine
of the girls attended a young
people's conclave I ue-day n irht at
Ranger, where five rhurchi of the
<'isco association wen iepre • i11• < 1.
o—- —■
A man bought a parrot and tried
to teach it to talk. Going over to
the bird, he repeat" d for \ eral
minutes the word . "Hello, hello'"
\t the end of the |e;. on tile par
rot opened oni eye and tiswered,
drow -ilv, "I.iii■ ' bus;.."
IMPFRSONATINC. WARDF.N
COSTLY I
, , . — - ! Three West Texan, will have' ]a!1't Monday night. Mr. and Mrs.
'' ' v '"t- n "'' | part on the Baylor I niversityl Claude Berkman were awarded the
proved ro ily to (.eorge Madlock I-<M,nder■, Day program at Waco,I high -core prize for the couple. At
it was announced by tIn | the conclusion of the games, a
Baylor Ex-Students' A -ociation. ; alad course was served with cake
I>r. I . I{. Scarborough, president an(j coffee.
of the Southwe tern Bapli ' I'lieo ! . ..
. - t.1 , (iiiests wore Me-srs. and Mes-
logical sf'inmary and of the .South-!
ern I'aptist convention, lated for <j0n
the invocation at the opening of
lh", 1 Douthit. and Mrs. Guy Dout-
•ludge Homer HouMiii ot \lnaiiy, | u
pre.-ident of the I'exa County j
.1 udge ' and (dinmi -inner ' r soci
ation, and Dr. Thomas II Taylor.
pi" ideiit of Howard Payne college
| at Urownwood, will -peak briefly
WHAT ABOUT SKUNKS? at an alumni lunrheon conference.
— o— | The Founders Day program, ob-
Every timi -porlsmen start talk .-.-rving Baylor' Itath birthday, will
ing about kunks the que lion as to 1>< ei ritered around dedication of
cently, according to official court
record -ubmitted to the executive
secretary of tile Game department.
Madlock wa fined $25 jilu court
cost - amounting to S21, >5 at I .din
burg. He plead guilty to falsely
impel onating a game warden.
the case was filed by
a 'ate game warden. The arrest
w i mad< after complaint- had
been received from Hidalgo coun-
ty residents,
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were
('. Daniel
Walker,
Berkmun,
ssrs. an
, ('ai rol Hester,
A. J. Helmer,1
W. ('. Parker'
fine strawn and production, with w,u>tlll Ulry can eject their -cent the new $250,000 Pat Neff hall
!" 1 ''V'" tnaki" r o\et I ."00 v. |.n the\ are held dangling by the and the $15,000 Cullen I'' Thomas
barrel- initial daily lloW in the ,.n| jtheii- feet otr the ground carillon in the hall's 150 foot
100 foot lioiizon. alwa\ come Up. Most biologists tower.
Eastern Shackelford county has, t(|a| gkunka m„ hand| | '
one of the most interesting oil
stories, beginning back in IPl'i
with tin f'n I Strawn (Moran)
and production, near tin- town of
Moran, with i > ■ uI r i. r impaigtis
! let dev elop '! i'Ihw oil : aluls
and then 1 lie deeper i addo lime in
pped when hanging in
t ina ii\ port s men ha v
he little striped animal
■lit while in t hat po t
your experience?
h
k now
eject
What
imila i r,
never
to
The teacher had asked tile cla-s
to name all the states. One small
on hii i !■ ponded o ipiickly and
an urately that he commended hini
"N .
Mister: "This is a great book on
the wonders of nature. To read it
makes one realize how lowly and Sophonior< "Were you evi r
insignificant man is." ! bothered with athlete' fool "
Missus: "Hull! No woman ha I'r hiuan: "V1 . once win ii
to wade through 100 pages to dis- captain of the football t • auidii
cover that." me with his girl."
the Ibex pool, and the later di
i iiv- i ii < in the I.a 1 a"d and 1.1
lenle rgi r Iinie in the ailjoiniui''
Stephens and Eastland 1 unite-
Shackleford county ha never een
t lie wild play of tin Breckenridge
and Ranger boon: , hut a eri. of
lea iinr and drilling campaigns la '
i ig ir ■ r a period of 25 years. Tlv
no-'1 e ■ ( Sha kidforil deep test
i!dc'. 11! 1 :1 ' > i " i"i ■ i •1 i I Co. on t n
I! •• Be, la'.* i in I' 1' & L.
nr\e\ !!•(), truing ahead after
i e delay w t Ii a collap ' d casing
ai 1. Still feet.
" she
could
,|ol"
• Yi
n did very well,
better than 1
t your aire."
ill, and tin re wu/ only
it- then, too."
not
. aid,
have
Marguerite I ieb Sparks visited
friend in Abilene and Hamlin last
week.
Mr,-. Carlton Trotter of Abilene
visited in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mi Lee ('author last
week.
Mr. and Mr , W. ('. Burton of
I>nlilin are vi it ing relatives.
The B. Sharp Mu ie club met last
Tuesday afternoon in the club room \
with their pon.-or, Mrs. <). F. Seth
Mrs. Seth read the "Life of Chop-j
in," and members took part on tile
program. The program was: piano
elections, Ciaud I', tiv.al Man .
Dorotha Dell Mitchell, W a t e r
Sprite, Jean Cobb, Vesper Chimes,
Dm lb ' kley, By the Sparkling
Bro"'.;, 1 <i:. 1 lien ('oldi, 1 ,ong.
lot.'. \l'o, Gwendolyn Gav Shipp,I
lee i iid t la i Tovi i, Bolihy ,1 am
V\ i lili, Man In tile Moon, Ann liar
ri "ii, Droni ,i Wiirwam. Dori
Jean Si-ih. Sonata, Mary I ucille
Job'i -O' Mary Loui ■■ McDuff and
Ma ry Iiu h !i\ r ei ved n fre-hmeiit.
The News is authorized to aiw
nounce the camlidacy of the follow-
ing, subject to the action of tha
Democratic Primary in July:
FOR COUNTY JUDGE AND EX-
OFFICIO COUNTY SUPERIN>
TENDENT:
ANTHONY L. CAPPS.
J. C. CHAMBERS.
WILLIAM W. BLANTON.
W. E. DAWSON.
FOR SHERIFF, TAX ASSESSOR
AND COLLECTOR:
JOHN A. HOLLAND.
(Re-election)
('HAS. II. ARENDT.
J. C. WOOLFOI.K
I FOR COUNTY AND DISTRICT1
CLERK:
MRS. MILDRED BEATY.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER:
Ii. Y (BOB) BLACK.
(Re-election)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
PRECINCT NO I:
.FRANK M. BOOKER.
( Re elis t ion)
J. L. TODD.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT No 4:
W1NFORD KELLY.
TED \ WILLOUGIIBY.
E. I HUGHES.
ERIC SWENSON
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
115TH DISTRICT:
TRAVIS B DEAN.
( Re election 1
C J. (JACK) BATES.
(Of Stamford)
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