The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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WtSTCOTT
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Not only the labgt racketeers, but
the manufacturers of defense
equipment are trying to get rich
off the government. An investiga-
tion by a senate committee recently
revealed that one manufacturer
was getting $600 for an arplane
■tarter that they had been selhng
for a nice profit at $273. There is
something wrong somewhere, and
it would seem that the government
purchasing agent or whoever had
the authority to let the contracts
Is to blame, and perhaps, he. too.
Is getting a nice rake-off.
• • • •
You cannot blame labor for try-
ing to get Its share of the spoils
when the manufacturers and gov-
ernment are getting their part. Any
way you look at it, there Is no use
throwing the people’s money away
to “fatten a few* hogs" when otn-
ers are starving.
• • •
Too much Washington politics
during the war time now should
be forgotten during the war Seems
that most of the senators and con-
gressmen care not for expense as
long as they can be elected again.
We should remember the next e«*c-
tion and remind them of those
facts.
VOLUME 16
TWO AMERADA DEEP
WELLS ARE NEARING
INTERESTING DEPTHS
(Big Lake News and Oil Review Absorbed by Purchase March
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS. MARCH 27. 1942
1927
Mmes. Daugherty and
Jagers Are Hostesses
Mrs D. M Daugherty and Mrs
L. Jagers were Joint hostesses en
One mile west of the discovery I WednMday afternoon to the Me-
well In the southeastern part of I thodlst Woman’s Society of Chrls-
thla county, producing f«>m the I ----~ ‘
Elen burger, lower Ordovician, the I home
Amerada Petroleum Corporation's Mrs G.
?^,?ne‘A RC Unlvf'rsdy Land, was
drilling Tuesday below 8.200 feet
in shale and lime
The .same operator’s No. One-RE
university Land one and one-half
mile? southeast of production, was
drilling below fi 240 feet.
Seven and five . Ighths-inch pipe
»a-s being .set at total depth of
-’.220 feet In Amerada No. One j
„ . University ection 2. block 48. ‘
University land, in the eastern part I
of the poo)
i tlan Service at the Dkiugherty
I home.
0 Dean directed the
lesson study, Facing This Hour.’’
and was assisted by Mrs J T.
Mullenlx. Mrs. J. E. Templeton was
piano accompanist for the songs.
Sandwltfhes and coffee were
served to Mesdames Frank Llnd-
ley. H. B Rees. D. S. Luse, Rain-
bolt. Chos Reev#\ Etta Ja'pson.
J T Webb, Dean. Templeton and
MuMenlx
CLEAN UP WEEK IS j Miss Trantham Given
PROCLAIMED BY GOV. ! Farewell Party Tuesday
COKE STEPHENSON
NUMBER 2$
MANY REAGAN BOYS
VOLUNTEER FOR NAVY
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
HOMFMAKiNG NEWS ! IS OPENED HERE NOW
Miss Gladys Trantham. who has
— > resigned a.v English teacher In the
nartment and ih* .! ^STZy'Sn!*'
Miss Flossie Coates Three have made application at id
Stenhrnsm, ho." r~.....---1 'n‘OS*' Prfsent were the honor- j vo»unteered in the air force, two
thePH,"«n „nh ^ , proclalmed eP’ Wrs Eve,yn Gardner of Little ! wlth the Royal Canadian Air for-
tht clean-up campaign. Rock. Mrs v R Brown. Mrs Flyyd ces
Teele. and Uie Misses Mary Mann Tho** who have already been
Lillian Parish, Louise Stephen, Le- *v-- ------ —
partment and the Texas fire In-
surance commission as “Clean-up
Governor Coke
Week" in Texas
Big Lake will co-operate In the
clean-up campaign, and every per-
What You. the Homemaker Can Do
for Defense
All the squabbling and graft re
minds us of a bunch of buzzards
perched In tree tops ready and
anxious to pounce upon an inno-
cent lamb that cannot defend It-
self. We haw earcl%-v f^em caiied
worse nam«r‘at would rifciot look
Tw
one
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There Is one consolation, and
that is we wil> not know tijw dif-
ference in a hundred years' from
■now. But our next generations to
■come will surely know and wonder
what their forefathers did.
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Tommy Thompson has recently
added new stools and new shelves
and a new paint job to his drug
store that makes It more attractive
and more comfortable for his cus-
tomers Tommy says business Is
Rood and he Intends to make other
im®tovemonts from time to time as
«^s^^o*«Axlons may demand
• • • •
One serious thing right now in
t1',> •'ountry is that there are too
many blood money suckers trying
to bleed the nation while the brave
American boys, the cream of our
country, are staining Bataan and
the seven seas with their blood.
Bven our congressmen and sena-
tors, instead of rushing the de-
fense program, deliberately took
time out to try to vote pensions
for themselves.
• • • •
Yes. sir. the difference of opin-
ions of our defense program heads
and disunity in Washington has left
a mighty bad taste in the mouths
of the fathers and mothers of our
I bo vs who nre on the firing line.
I defending this country to the last
: Inch. Anv person who willfully or
I deliberately r'tws uo production In
our defense orogram Is guilty of
murder tn the first degree and
should be treated as such, whether
he be manufacturer or laborer
TWO CANDIDATES FOR
CITY MAYOR OFFICE
In the coming city election sched-
for Tuesday. April 7. there will be
for the office of
I will buy carefully, I will take
cod care of the things I have-
! will waste nothing.’’ This, the
con.Mimer’s pledge, should be known
fnd abided by every war-time
nomemaker. The control of hu-
man resources Is the special func-
tion of the heme economist. You
have a vital part in your coun-
try's defense. As you all know,
must all .save all that we can
order to help win this war that
we are now in.
Books are now ready to be
checked out of the Tommy Priest
Memorial Library at the Big Lake
Baptist Church This library was
made possible by a Memorial fund
of $75 given to the church by Roy
Priest of Rankin In memory of his
son. Tommy
Adding to the original sum. the
church has been able to buy about
one hundred books and to build an
attractive cabinet for them Plans
are being made for a book shower
to be sponsored In April.
Miss Lura Dell Miller Is the 11-
son in the city Is urged to clean ona Bay 11s, Loray 81*77 Ja-
s premiss during those days. The I Kcrs. Zona Johnson. Lena Loftln
tIIL w? the lraAh Rosamond Rent/, and Coates
on Tuesday. Wednesday and on j —-«. ________
Thursday It has been advised that
the trash and rubbish be put in
racks or containers so that It will
be more easily handled
Vacant lots, It Is understood, will
also be given a good cleaning
Perhaps you do not see how the | brarian Books are available
conservation of foods can help us
to win this war, but it can. It is
true that we do no*, have a to d
shortage at present, but were it
not for careful consuming, a food
shortage would soon prevail. By
careful buying you not only aid
your country but you also aid yc|ur-
seV. With the money that you
rave by buying carefully, you can
buy defense bonds and stamps.
It would be good if every home-
maker could have a garden of their
own. In this way they can raise
their own vegetables and leave the
others to the people who find It
impossible to have a garden.
I will take good care of the
goods I have. At the present you
may not think you need to be
careful with your poaseaaion* Per-
haps you do have plenty now. tmt
in the future you will come tb
find that a shortage of clothing
will come about. Already there
has been a downfall of silk good*.
Wool will also be limited In order
that our boys may have good warm
uniforms. One should have a shoe
rhlne kit in the home to polish
and thereby preserve the shoes
they have When vour clothes be-
come soiled, you should have them
cleaned Immediately. Your clothes
should be worn as long as possible;
do not discard clothing Just be-
cause it was a last year’s model
Padded hangers help clothing To
hold shape. Aprons lessen the dan-
ger of soiling clothing
I will waste nothing To waste
lf one of the most unwise things
that one can do It shows lack of
consideration for others economic
conditions, and for the commun-
ity.
This Is not hearsay, but. it Is log-
ic It has been proved to be abso-
lute V true Why not make the
consumer’s pledge your golden rule
for defense?
Written bv Marjorie Ice. Rose
Sunday half an hour before Sun-
day School and again before the
evening service. All books, except
reference books and commentaries,
may be kept two weeks. A limit
of one week is placed on the ref-
erence books and comentarles
Oft COMPANIES GET
MUCH SCRAP METAL
DaNas. March 20 — A total of
28JM0 long ton*, or nearly 63.000.-
000 pound* of scrap have been col-
lected a* a result of tfee Tunas
Mid-continent OU «4Uft Ofcs Asso-
ciation’s scrap campaign,. Charles
F. Roeser. general charman. re-
ported today.
Five hundred carload* of
have already bean etMaved to Tex-
as foundries and eastern aaUls and
three hundred etrltoto snot* are
now on hand to be ahlppad at one*.
Mr. Roeser said. This makes a to-
tal of 800 carloads or around **.-
000 long tons.
"These totals are for the 36 prin-
cipal shipping centers used in our
campaign." Mr. Roeser said. “There
are an equal number of collection
points from which we have not
had full reports When all these
renters also report,, the total should
go over the 30.000 > ng ton mark."
Scrap is still being hauled Into
most of the shipping points, he
added
“Our reports are mainly on the
results of our Intensive collection
drive." Mr Roeser explained "We
are going to get In he scrap for
the duration of the emergency, so
20th Onturv Club
Observes 5th Birthday
’Hie Twentieth Century Club ob-
served its fifth birthday annlver-
Inducted Into the navy are T^be
lx>ftln, C B Reece, Oliver Poin-
dexter. Cliff Williams. E R Ori»
sett and Howard Hamilton
Those who are expeetlng their
calls at any time for the navy are
Jack Hagelsteln, R E Rogers, A
W Laxson. A D Wlrnberley and
Joe Rudder
Marshall Darnold left this week
__ I f°r Orand Prairie where he will
Four hundred and ftf*„ .... Jfa,n ln the ttlr force, and Joha
mr plains arr expected to be *>M ' i‘rold H°lt ls expected to be ca*
~! lhr alr
celVcd from the sheriff’s office
APRIL FIRST DEADLINE
FOR NEW CAR TAGS
Only about a half dozen One A
The plates are hlnnie c : men are the local board,
r £rf“ 1 :K,r;r
s - -
this week
the
sary Tuesday with a luncheon at I 501 About 250 will likely’£ Ld for” °f rpKlstrant>
the home of its newly Installed, A>1 plates must be on vehicle., fv i(> 1 clraft and lhelr ord6r
Mrs bw - ss™ -
a ZmcZ' oSST” “ hW I « •» «?, «•» -e heta „n Apr,, „
Questlorralres for the last reg
nrunnnni/ nmriiieo Istrants will probably be mailed
PEMBROOK RECEIVES ; ™ dur!nR thc next thirty
Bill
Officers for the coming year
were Installed by Mrs perry Jef-
fers. a past president. Inducted In-
to office were Mrs Friend, presi-
dent; Mrs Floyd McMullan vice
president; Mrs Alton HoHand sec-
retary; Mrs Frank Llndley, treas-
urer; Mrs. Horace Hartgrove, re-
porter; Mrs Chas Black, Jr , critic
and Mrs. A B Hayes, parliamen-
tarian.
Mrs. C E Elllsop was named li-
brary chairman, succeeding Mrs
Fwler Roberts.
Others present included Mes-
dames Paul Jacobs. Billy Boyd and
Wilson Loftln.
we hope fo keep a smaUer but
steady ttreain of scrap metal* and
rubber coming in a* long a* this
I* needed."
High praise for the work of the
county chairmen and co-chairmen
KM* committeemen was expressed
by Mr. Roeser
“The results of the Texas cam-
paign are due largely to the very
fine, work of these
er etoT *
•ration «g _
this pNgttom.*,...
Tie Texas Mid-Continent drive
ha* just been commenced by Geo:
T. Welmouth. chief of the Indus-
trial salvage section of the bu-
reau of industrial conservation of
the war production board. Mr
Weymouth wrote as follows; "Your
campaign provides an outstanding
model to which I hope other as-
sociations In the Industry may be
persuaded to address themselves
to relieve the critical need I f
scrap material* "
Automobile glass rut to any mea-
surement by H. E. Akins at E. A
Chevrolet Co.
days
FINE SUFFOLK BAM | TRUSTEE ELECTION
County**mc^n>prolntnent SLATED NEXT WEEK
men. thl* week received a regis-
tered Suffolk yearling ram, win- 7
ner of the Chicago IntcmationavLh^n hav<‘ been filed for
Livestock Show The animal had ! Cou,nli' Independent
been exhibited at the Ft Worth ' vlection ucheduled
Fat Stock Show where he aUr£f 4 JT* ***•
ed much attention \ the b<>ard. I* up for
The ram eealed 268 pound* when arca and
he left Chicago where Mr p^m. I Friend of the Big Jatke unit
brook paid a top price of gm for l H Daugherty
him. \ Other* compoKing the board o*
Mr. Fembrook now hoe a hetd\5J'vJ? Wu*tee* are H A Young,
of about tot registered Suffolk «we« \ - * tobdOt. C*xl lludgr, Horace
On hi* home place near town, and i"•fMBWW* Mid Aahby McMullen
so far ha* better than one hund- 1 . . ’’a'gtT*'1.
rod and fifty percent lamb crop ’ MC\»\t!rt’ V lsiln
from bis nw already lambed, lie I
‘ l„ crombreed- PmtSnli Jtt Ukc
I ’
down, *
Much time ajid money have been
spent by Mr Pern brook in getting
together the best Suffolk <*ieep „„ Wf.oneGRav Ior
that could be had In Canada and ^ re t for duty
the U S I _o
on the Merton West ranch near
ChrUtovml with hi* Writer. Mr*
Merton West With him wax Lt.
Monahan* of Washington They
left Wednedsay for Alexandria, La
Important Notice
Superintendent C E Wilson 1*
Eddie Cantor Volunteers to Aid Uncle Sam
candidates ior uw ”• wnuen ,.......
mayor to succeed R Thcls. The FH1 and Elizabeth 8meteer
names of W H Schooler and T. ,
E Mlskell. both of whom are city y p 110^1^
aldermen, have been filed ""
The names of Alton Holland and
Merton Purcell have been filed for
re-election as city aldermen W.
Cutblrth Is the other aklor-
M
man
n
C E Sprlngstun has reurned to
hi* ranch near Sierra Blanea fol-
lowing a visit of several days here
with Mrs Sprlngstun and Richard
n
The farm and ranrh producers
get about only fifty precent for
their product* a* compared to the
retail prices
Bicycles
The war production board has
ordered a halt to the manufacture
of Juvenile bicycle* for 3 month*,
beginning April 1 Hi-wever. three
three time* a* many adult bicycle*
may be blull under the order
r*
Speed
' President Roosevelt has asked
governor* of the state# to reduce
the speed limit to 40 mile* an hour.
In an effort io conserve tires
To Fortv-two Club
Defense stamps for high anti low
scores and small cans of fruit Jut
ees for bingo prizes were given bv
Mr and Mrs E O Caublc, Jr last
Saturday evening when they en-
tertained their forty-two club The
Raster motif was expressed In the
refreshment* and table appoint-
ments
High spore winner# were Mr and
Mr* 8 F Waters and low score
winners were Mr and Mrs A B
Hayes Bingo prizes were awarded
to Mr and Mrs Dewey Bl.ur. Mr*
Dave Armstrong and C B Elli-
son
Members present Included Mes-
srs and Me*dame* Jack Rhinie*,
Hayes. FlU*nn Water* and Blair
Oursts were Mr and Mr* Dave
Armstrong Mr and Mrs Cha*
Jones and Mrs Bill Underwood
Health U an asset
but the doctors
to everyone
FOR SALE: Several frc*th milch oupennicnurut v » •
cow* and heavy springer heifer*. lirKlnR those who have not enum
II. II Tallrv, Trxon. Uf. i thrlr children In the achool
Roily and Fender work done **at- wn|UJ lhat lh<.y do „„ at once
it u. Isfactorily and economically by H attention I# eailed especlaMy to
Adv. K Akins at I \ «• C hevrolet <’o. )(iM. chUdr8n who Will become Six
--- ~ - before September Anyone failing
fo get an enumeration blank 1*
asked fo rail 31 or 85 All enumer-
t.ions must be made by April 1, sold
Mr Ellison
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An Appreciation
Thc expression of sympathy and
lovely flowers from our friend* In
the hours of sorrow at loss of our
brother nre deeply appreciated
Mr and Mrs Wren Jackson
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Visit* S<m
Mr* C E Sprlngstun spen last
! week-end with her son Bill, at
j Good fellow Field Bill has re-
eently been appointed a cadet cor-
! poral He has about three weeks
j more training at that fVIng sehuol
i before being transferred for fur-
ther advanced flying
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Iftfl Fercent for Bonds
Holland and Cutblrth and their
I employee# have gone 100 percent
1 in purchasing and pledging to buy
defense bond*. It was stated this
week by M R Williams, county
chairman
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Guests In the L Jagers home InM
week-end were Miss Norlne Jagers
and Flovd McCrury. teacher* in the
Odessa school*, and Coates Jag era
student at John Tarleton
Mr and Mr* J A. Wilson of
Trxon are visiting relatlv** in Ran-
ger this week-end r .
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Wilson, M. A. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1942, newspaper, March 27, 1942; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth630990/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.