The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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(Big I^ake News and Oil Review Absorbed by Purchase March 1, 1927
There will be very little night
driving now since the service sta-
tions will be open only 12 hours
a day for six days a week We
might as well stop driving ut all
If that will help win the war.
• • ♦ •
There has been serious consid-
eralton at Washington to have na-
tional dim-outs from here out The
dim-outs, say those who have the
authority to declare them, are re-
sponsible due to lack of fuel In a
small area where the coal strk-
ers have been active.
It seems that the whole nation
will have to suffer for what a few
strikers did In the north Why
make hardships on the whole na-
tion Just because 20,000 coal strik-
ers laid down on the Job?
• • •
In a way we don't blame the
coal miners for striking and walk-
ing out when the labor leaders
wanted more dues. The orde frrom
Washington should have been di-
rected to the labor heads as well
as the workers.
• • • •
The CIO has reprimanded Rlck-
enbacker for what he said about
labor and production. Rlckenback-
er knew what he was talking a-
bout when he said that the la-
borers in production would be pro-
ducing twice as much If they were
forced to undergo what the boys
In Africa and the Pacific are do-
ing.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR W, G. LEEDY AT
ANGELO TOMORROW
Funeral services for W. G. (Gus)
Leedy, 39, electrical engineer for
the Big Lake Oil Company at Tex-
on since 1928, were conducted at
2 p. m. tomorrow. In San Angelo
with Dr. K. P Barton, First Meth-
odist Church pastor, officiating.
Burial will be made in Belvedere
Cemetery.
Mr. Leedy died at 12:30 p. m.
Wednesday In a San Angelo hos-
pital following a two-week illness.
He had been In the hospital there
for a week He suffered Internal
hemorrhages.
Survivors Include the widow; a
daughter. Virginia Alga, both of
Texon; three brothers and five
Bisters.
VOLUME NO. 17
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 1943
NUMBER 14
STOCK JUDGING TO
START HERE AT ONE
FOR THIS AFTERNOON
FIRES TAKE MANY
LIVES LAST YEAR
Austin.—Jan 28.—Fires In Texas
last year claimed the lives of at
least 328 persons, reports Marvin
Hall, state fylre insurance com-
missioner. In addition. Hall said,
there wer* 345 non-fatal Injuries
from fire reported by fire mar-
shals of Texas cities and towns.
Among the types of fires caus-
ing a number of deaths, Hall listed
the following;
Ninety-seven persons were trap-
ped In burning buildings; gasoline
fires resulted In death to 48; cloth-
ing Ignited by open fires and open
flame heaters killed 38; gas ex-
plosion fires caused the death of
37; twenty persons burned to death
when trapped In cars and trucks
Involved In highway accidents;
kerosene fires caused the death
of 15. and two of the fire deaths
are listed as suicides
Elghtv-nlne deaths were record-
ed as resulting from 30 fires which
claimed the lives of two or more
persons
The fire Insurance department
records show the heaviest loss of
life from fire was during January
w'th Bo d»nths. Deaths by months
for the re»t of the year were as
follows Febniary. 37 March, 31;
A^rll 91 • Mur 28; June 17; July.
1* Angus* p 8e»'temtv>r, 20
C*etn*-*»r is-. November. 30, and
Drcrmber, 27.
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JCTV »>em *»re«l'*»nt,« Ball
A,'*voTim«tn»«. wos netted
lh« P-«-*dr,,t’s P'>M ♦’rrr on
r|1"h* at the school
p-e»nej*l”in. accord *0 John 6V-
P'e’nn th»* cnuotv chairman. Half
of t*** money wIM n»rof»tn In this
ccurti' to take rim of anv rase*
o» inf*.-tn* that mt«»ht
S'*»e F-’erl^n's T»vso* B»r**ished
the music for the occsalon
The Tenth Annual Reagan Coun-
ty Boys' Livestock Show will bo
held at the vocational agriculture
feeding barn today, according to
E. O. Cauble, Jr., vocational ag
riculture instructor of the Reagan
County High School The show will
be open to FFA and 4-H boys of
the county W. W Munn Is super-
vising the feeding of about 25 head
of lambs owned by the 4-H boys
l The Judging will start promptly
at 1:00 this afternoon. The classes
will be Judged nnd a sale of lambs
will be held immediately after the
show Each boy wdll be allowed to
sell one lamb
County Agent Snell of Upton
County will be the Judge
Prize money to be awarded In
the show will amount to $125
The Judging will open with a
| class of fat barrows. Three boys
I will enter this class $7 50 will be
awarded for the three places.
The calf class will have one en-
try and he will be uncontested for
a prize of $7 50
The fat lamb classes will be di-
vided into two groups. $40 In prize
money will be allowed on each of
• the Masses. The first lamb class
i show in the heavy class. Twcnty-
I three boys will enter these classes
with the best end of 110 lambs
| that are ready to show.
The winner of the light and the
heavy passes will compete against
i each other for the grand cham-
pionship and a prize of $2.50. The
reserve lamb will get $1
A class of group lambs will be
exhibited for a total of $22 50 In
money This class will be limited
i to the pens of three fine wooled
lambs
The boy that Is adjudged the
best showman will receive $2 as
; prize for his skill A committee of
ranchmen will select this boy.
Each boy will be allowed to sell
one lamb for each five that he
has on feed These lambs will be
sent to Ft Worth to be sold again
on the market
Twenty-five top lambs on feed
will be sent to thp Houston show
i Several boys will be carried down
! to handle and dispose of these an-
| lmals after the show Lambs that'
remain on feed will be fitted and
shown in the West Texas Live-
stock Show again?* the other
forming the district show.
All other lambs will be marketed
on the Ft. Worth market.
Food Value of Your Share of Meat
REAGAN OWLS WIN
CAGE CHAMPIONSHIP
HERE LAST WEEKEND
AMERADA BRINGS IN
ELEVENTH PRODUCER
EAST OF BIG LAKE
ft6™* 4*
*4it^2
GRAPH SHOWS HOW MUCH OF
YOUR FOOD REQUIREMENTS
IS SUPPUEO BY
EBsrawnrt^
Any ehang* In the meat share would reduce or incteoee above
percentages proportionately.
Variety meatt {liver, heart, kidney, etc.) ore rc- rcthu-ed loch
terving of Ihete meatt added to your IVtlb week/* t'njre ol re
ttrkted meatt will increase the above per*. cLosn a• <o/7o*».
Caloriet 1%, protein 3%, photphorut 2%%, ko* 8*4 v «. . 4*
thiamine 2Vk%, riboflavin 89c, niacin 7%. vtta, ■ -
EARL HAYES NAMED 'JUNIORS MAKE FIFTY
'CHAIRMAN OF THE i DOLLARS AT SALE
METHODIST BOARD
ZONE MEETING IS
HELD HERE TUESDAY
Mrs. S B Godfrey of Florida,
field secretary of the Woman’s
, Society of Christian 8ervlee or-
! ganlzations of the Methodist chur-
, ches. 8hp stressed the Importance
■ of women’s work In the church
Other out of town speakers In-
cluded Mrs. John T. Williams of
San Angelo, district secretary, and
Mrs. Dee Word of Sonora, the zone
chairman.
Mrs. Fisher of MrCamey was
named zone chairman for 1943.
succeeding Mrs Word
Twenty-seven women registered
during the day. five of whom were
from McCamey and five from Ran-
kin A covered dish luncheon was
served at the noon hour
Mrs. H B Rees, president of th**
local organization, announced that
Mrs Frank MirMullan wip be host-
ess to the groun next Wednesday
afternoon at three o’clock
Mrs. Yaujrhl Hostess
To Baptist Women
Mr* Rennet* Vaught enter'alneff
members of the Rat't'st, Woman’s
s* 1 •-inr>mry *; •••,»,. Mi-iutu' after
noon with n
Cake nod eoffo** were served
f<> M'-sd'ime- '• deter* Nob'”
Itnp Brown t'n-r* 'r t. Taelor. O
n Nickel r R V»en*1ek n c
Rtroon. A W BIM'neslv Gordon
Roach and C E flprlngstun
Karl Hayes, local manager of the
West Texas Utilities Company, was
named chairman of the board of
stewards of the Methodist church
Monday evening following a chick-
en dinner served to the official
board at the H. L. Puckett home
with Mrs. Puckett and Mrs. Chat.
Jones as hostesses.
A short fellowship period pre-
ceded the business Plans were
discussed for a church loyalty cam-
paign which will culminate with
Easter, with special stress to be
placed upon the Lent season.
Those present were the Rev
and Mrs Paul A Weiss and Messrs
and Mesdames H. B Edens, H. B.
Rees, W W Munn, Thomas King,
George Ard, Earl Hayes, H. L
Puckett and Mrs. Chas Jones
OPA Hikes Milk Price*
A temporary order from the OPA
district office at Lubbock permits
sweet milk to be sold In this coun-
ty at 12 1-2 cents wholesale and
14 cents retail. The price given by
OPA last week was lower for
retail and wholesale
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YOUNG Rhode Island Red Roost-
er* for breeding purposes. Mm. E.
G. Cauble, Sr , Big Lake.
The high school Juniors cleared
approximately $50 from their food
sale last Saturday during the cage
games, announced Miss Mary Alice
Gay, class sponsor.
This money will be used to de-
fray expenses of the annual Ju-
nior and senior banquet which la
to be given later in the spring. A
play Is being rehearsed by the
Juniors and will be presented In
a few weeks
Miss Gay and the class mefri-
bers wish to thank everyone who
assisted In making the food sale a
success
FIRE DAMAGES MRS.
BECTON S RESIDENCE
Several hundred dollars In dam-
age was done to Mrs Edgar Bec-
ton’s home last Sunday when a
I fire was started from the hot wa-
ter heater which exploded The
had the misfortune of having her
heater was In a closet Mrs Becton
ranch home completely burned a-
bout eight years ago
The Misses Lucy Jean Coates and
Wanda Chastain, students at Tex-
as Tech, spent several days here
between semesters
As a result of the basket ball
games played here last Saturday,
the Reagan Owls were adjudged the
district champions The Owls won
the games with Iraan and Rankin
as they did the previous Saturday
at Rankin This was the second
of the series of tilts to determine
the championship The Owls will
be awarded their trophy at the
final games to be played In Iraan
February 13.
The Owlets won their first
volley ball game when they de-
feated the Rankin girls who are
now leading In the district.
Tomorrow the Owls will go to
Ozona for the tournament there
and will play the winners of the
Sonora and Barnhart games at
eleven o'clock A volley ball game
Is scheduled for the girls at 6 30
with Ozona
MUCH INFLUENZA IS
REPORTED IN TEXAS
Austin With the incident of In
fluenza in Texas reaching new
highs as winter advances. Dr G
W Cox. state health officer, has
Issued a warning to the public to
guard against exposure to this
disease.
"Influenza patterns should be
Isolated as nearly as possible to
avoid spreading the disease.” Dr
Cox said “The germ Is believed
to be spread from person to per-
son through discharges from the
nose and throat.”
To protect yourself and others
from this disease, here are some
things to be remembered:
Influenza Is highly Infectious
Practically everybody Is suscepti-
ble to It. No matter how many
times you have had the disease
you may contract It again There-
fore. keep away from people who
ore sneezing, coughing or sniffling
or who are actively 111 with colds,
Influenza or penumnnla Keep away
from crowded places Have your
own towel and always wash your
hands before eating and sneeze
or cough Into your handkerchief
Keep fit by drinking plenty of
water by eating simple nourish-
ing food, by some exercise out of
doors every day. by dressing ac-
cording to the weather, by having
plenty of sleep In a well ventilated
room, and by keeping the bowels
regulated
O
Miss Myrtle Rrlck of Rankin was
a guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr and Mrs E S Cox. during the
basket ball games last Saturday
She and Miss Zona Johnson were
Sunday dinner guests of the M
A Wilsons.
The Amerada Petroleum Cor-
poraton Wednesday completed its
eleventh Ordovician producer, the
thirteenth In succession, In the
pool seven miles southeast of Big
Lake
Its No 1-RJ University flowed
529 23 barrels of 44 2 gravity oil
plus one percent water, In 17 1-2
hours The gaugr was through a
half Inch choke on two-inch tub-
ing set at 9.112 feet The gas oil
ratio was 1.640 1
The well topped the pay at 9.098
feet, drilled to 9.198 and cemented
5 1-2 Inch casing at 9,149 feet.
Cement was drilled out at 9.146
feet and the pipe was gun perfor-
ated with 188 shots from 9,098 to
9,145 feet The well was then treat-
ed with 5 000 gallons of acid
The producer has surface eleva-
j tlon of 2.774 feet and Is In the C
NW RE 4-48-U, at the west end of
the north part of the field It Is
approximately a quarter mile
southwest of Amerada 1-RC U and
a quarter mile northeast of Am-
erada 1-RJ U. both producers
| Amerada No 1 RK U had drilled
; to 8.885 In shale and lime. No. 1 -
RL U to 6.569 In shale. No 1 KM
U to 7 886 In shale and lime and
No 1-RN U to 5.745 in shale
The Sharpies Corporation No 2
( University was preparing to run
8 5 8 Inch casing, with total depth
2.243 In lime
j Birr Lake Oil Company No 22-
C University In the northeast part
of the Big T.ake field was fi.vhfng
for 10 3 4 inch casing which part-
! ed Total depth was 2.887 fe*et In
lime Location from the south,
2 366 feet from the east line of
section 24-D-U
HIGH SCHOOL HONCR
ROLL IS ANNOUNCED
It Takes Both, War Bonds and 'Faxes, to
Win—Victory Tax Special Direct levy
Asked to Help Meet Heavy War Costs
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Approximately 50,000,000 American
workers began to make an added contribution to the War cost
this month in the form of a 5% Victory tax.
For many millions of Americans the Victory tnx and the 1943
income tux are the first direct levies to be made by the Govern-
ment to meet the staggering War costs. And it will tuke both . ,
taxes and War bonds ... to provide the supplies and materials
to win the War and the peace afterwards.
The Treasury Department **tl-'
mates that the Victory tax will raise
approximately $2,000,000,000. Every
person receiving more than $12 per
week must pay the Victory tax upon
that part of his income over and
above the $12 For example, a mar-
ried man with a salary of $50 per
week, with two dependents, would
make only a net payment of $1 (>6
per week after allowance for pu»t-
war credit.
The Government has made every
effort to make the Impact of the
new t.ix as light as possible The
law, In effect, provides that in the
case of married persona whose xo'e
Income ts from wages or salary, 40
percent of the Victory tax pa.-! (up
to a maximum < f $1,000) plus 2 per
cent for each dependent (up to a
maximum of $100) r ay tie used ax
a credit against whatever Federal
income taxes the individual may owe
at the end of the year—provided he
has purchased certain War Bonds,
or paid old debts or paid life insur-
ance premium* equal to the amount
of thta credit In the case of single
persons th in credit will be 23 percent
of the Victory tnx paid (up to a
maximum of $500) Should the Vi«
tory t.ix credit ex eed the individu-
al'.. Federal income tnx. the unu-e.l
portion of the cr< lit may be refund
able to the taxpayer
Even w th the Victory tax, the
1943 income tax, and nil other taxes
pa.d hy individuals, the avet ijfi
Arneric
with v
he hiix
the *1
statement
In umO thr total income payment*
enadc t 1 the American | 0 ; e
amount d « ab ’Ut 70 billion dollais
In that sart c year the tola! i*r < a!
taxes paid Federal, State and local,
«,re rmis'-iy 2$ billion dnuaia.
will have more m<
, to buy War Bonds th
r had before Here n
ics wl.n h explain ti
leaving 73 9 billion dollars of dis-
posable income During 1943 total
income payments are expected to
rise to 125 billion dollars and total
personal taxes under existing reve-
nue legislation will be 15 billion dol-
lars leaving 110 billion dollars of
income at our disposal as against
only 73 3 billion dollars in 1940
In 1943 Mr Average American will
still be carrying a much lighter tax
load than his Canadian or English
brothers-in-arms In Great Britain
total national and local taxes paid
by individual* at present amount to
31 percent of the national income
In Canada total individual taxes
amount to 2 > per ent of the national
Income In the United States, total
per»on.il taxes, Kodeia!, stale and
local, will amount in 1943 to 18 per-
cent of national income Our Eng-
lish allies invest an additional 10
percent of nnli >nal income in War
rav n x C.hn Canadian allies invest
an ml’i li -r al II percent of national
income in War s.iv ngs We Ameri-
cans, to match the record of our Ca-
nadian n< gi b rs, would have to in-
vest thi* \e,*r 20 percent of our t a
tional income in War savings To
match the English record we would
have to invest 23 percent of national
UMttiua in War savings
V. $. Ixmm £
Superintendent C E Ellison has
announced the following ohnor
rolls
For first semester
Seventh Grade Jerry Duncan,
Martha Lou Downing, Billy Tom
Godwin, Hollis Marshall and Wan-
da Woody
Eighth Orade Wanda Norwood
, and Bob Warren
Ninth Orade Bennye Faye
Vaught
Tenth Orade June Barbee. F.ar-
lenr Hum Bess Miller, Bonnie Pace
and Anna Jean Patterson
Eleventh Grade Mary Francis
IXrwnlng. Veneta Guest. Fred Hud
dleston and Ruth Wilson
1 Twelfth Grade Elwyn Alley, Ar-
chie Maxwell. Frances Qooch. Hen-
ry Mldgley, Horace Rees, Wilmeth
McKinney and Jane Spragglns
; Third six weeks
Seventh Orade Martha Lou
Downing. Billie Tom Godwin and
Wanda Woody
Eplhth Grade Wandn Norwood.
Ednu Smelser, Bob Warren and
Oulnri Webb
Ninth Grade Bennye Faye
Vaught
Tenth Orade June Barbee, Eth-
el Fell, Earlene Ham. Bess Miller,
Bonnie Pare and Benjamin Welsa
Eleventh Orade Mary Frances
Downing Veneta Ouest. Fred Hud-
dleston, Virginia Lredy and Ruth
Wilson
Twelfth Grade Elwyn Aliev,
Wilmeth MeeKInney, Henry Mid-
rley, Clifford Nutter and Horace
B Rees
STAMP SALES GMN
AT WW SCHOOL
Chas A Reeve, who has charge
of the War Stamp sales at the Big
L’ke Orede School announce-' that
last «-t>ek,s ‘ales amounted to $13
and the pr'-v nui w'-ek was *°6 The
parent-tencher asorointton P spon-
‘ortm* the ‘tump siltip«> p'or^nm
Each Friday Is des'enated as stamp
day at the school.
BRING VOIR SEEING t« Mrs
F. M Dolan one block north of
Wildcat. 4 to.
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Wilson, M. A. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1943, newspaper, January 29, 1943; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth630977/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.