The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXV
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(Big Lake News and Oil Review Absorbed bv Purchase March 1, 1927)
Hl(i LAKE, REAGAN C OUNTY. TEXAS, JANUARY 13, 1950
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NUMBER 1
Bv JAMES C. WATSON
Wildcat Staff Writer
Some possibilities of the discov-
ery of c new oil field In Northwest
Uptcn County have been developed
from the Leonard section of the
lower Permian at Humble Oil &
Refining Company No 1 Pembrook
Bud (lhatwell Kilters
Race For Sheriff. Tax
(lollector-Assessor
W E i Bud i Chatwell, former
deputy sheriff and chief of police,
has authorized the Big Lake Wild-
cat to announce his candidacy for
the office of Sheriff and Tax As-
sessor-Collector of Reagan County,
... . , I his election being subject to the
This possible new producer and Democratlc Prlmary ln July.
field opener Is located six miles Mr Chatwell says:
north of the Benedum field and 660 „To The Vote„ of Rea(?an Coun.
feet from north and 2.247 feet from t
i *y-
“I. W. E i Bud i Chatwell. lit
. . making my announcement for
The oil is coming from perforated shorlff Tax Aasessor and Collector. !
section at 7,030-7.100 feet, which of Reagan County. would like to say
had been treated with 1.000 gallons th,g abQut myself
and with 6,000 gallons of acid. ..j ;ame to b1k Lake, Texas. June
After the load and residue from lst 1947 and went to work as De-
the last injection had been swabbed puty sheriff of Reagan County
out the prospector kicked off and Later j was appointed Chief of
flowed for seven and one-half police ln Big Lake.
east lines of block X, C C. DeWltt
survey.
hours through a three-quarter Inch
tubing choke.
Total production during that
period was 22 barrels of clean oil
I I was born and reared ln Texas
The most part of my life I have
spent in West Texas I am 39 years
i old. have a wife and four children.
Gravity of the petroleum and the and own my home here,
gas-oll ratio were not reported. “I have worked as a peace officer
After the seven and one-half, for the past 4 1/2 years straight. I
hour fftw the choke was changed believe Trom the past experience I
to a one-quarter Inch opening and have had as a peace officer and a
flowing to test was continuing. clean record of myself that I would
This wildcat drilled to a total 150 a Qualified candidate for the of-
depth of 12,660 feet in the Ellen- 1 **ce-
burger. That horizon made salt
water and had no shows of oil or
gas.
It plugged back and tested the
Fusselman zone of the Silurian for j
an extended period. Some pas and
distillate was produced for a short
time and the formation started
making almost 100 per cent salt
water. Operator swabbed on that
horizon for a considerable period,
but the water continued and the
gas and distillate recovery declined
to practically nothing.
Other sections between the Fus-
selman and the Leonard have been
tested with similar negative results.
Plymouth Oil Company has spot-
fed two new locations ln the Bene-
dum field of Central-East Upton
County to go to 12,500 feet to test
the Ellenburger.
Both these tests will be drilled
•‘If elected to the office I will
serve the public as fair and honest-
ly as ability will permit me
"I will sincerely appreciate your
support and influence."
Respectfully yours,
W. E (Bud) Chatwell.
Dude Cross Announces
For Commissioner’s
Post Of Precinct No. 2
H. R. < Dude> Gross entered poli-
tics for the first time when he an-
nounced this week that he is a can-
didate for the office of Commis-
sioner of Precinct 2. his election
being subject to the Democratic
Primary ln July.
Mr Gross, a resident of Reagan
'.County for 21 years, says he has
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MRS. |\ L. WILIE
NOTED TEXAS CU B WOMAN
HONORED BV LOCAL WOMEN
Mrs. U. L Wllie of Matador,
treasurer of the Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs, was honored by
her good friend and hostess of the
past week end. Mrs. E B Jones,
Monday afternoon at a tea In the
to our foreign relations Her last
trip was made with a party under
the auspices of Governor Jester as
his goodwill ambassador. "It was
the only trip I've made where our
luggage was not tampered with and
j Jones home. Mrs. Truman Ray and we didn't have to wait hours going
Mrs. R. H Schmuck were co-hos- through customs. Just walked
tesses. ! through.”
Mrs. J W McFadden, president! she Is now a member of the Pan-
of the Tuesday Review Club; Mrs American Council because of her
Wilson Loftin, president of the capability and devotion to club
. , lived In different parts of Preclncti
wltli rotary tools and w eg n m- j ^ and Re js aware 0f Its conditions
und needs, and he feels that he Is
mediately.
Plymouth No. 1-5 W. H. Dixon
will be 660 feet from north and east
lines of the west half of section 5,
A. W. Daugherty survey
The other project, Plymouth No.
1-14 Neal is to be 1,320 feet from
south and 660 feet from east lines
of section 14, block 4 1/2, GC&SF
survey.
Stanollnd Oil & Gas Company
No. 1-BK University, Northeast
Crockett venture about 20 miles
southeast of Big Lake was drilling
ahead in lower Permian shale be-
low 2,890 feet.
This prospector, located 660 feet
from north and 2,048 feet from east
lines of section 19, block 39, Univer-
sity survey. Is scheduled to drill to
8.500 feet to test the Ellenburger.
Samedan Oil Company of Ard-
more, Oklahoma No. 1 A. D. Neal,
wildcat 2 miles north of Rankin ln
Southeast Upton County to drill to
12.500 feet to test the Ellenburger.
was deepening below 10,371 feet ln
chert.
Location Is 330
and east lines of the northwest
quarter of section 26. block B.
qualified to represent this area If
elected he promises to keep the best
Interests of the people ln mind and
to serve them to the best of his
ability, and will be grateful for
their Influence and support in this
coming election
Ellison Gets 3*Year
Extension On Contract
C E Ellison, superintendent of
•the Reagan County Independent
School District, was recently grant-
ed an extension on his present con-
tract which was dated to expire ln
June 1951. The extension date on
the new contract Is June 1954 Supt.
Ellison Is serving his ninth year as
head of the county school system.
He served as high school principal
for a year before beginning his
superintendency
As a member of the executive
board of the Mid-Texas Teachers
Association, Supt Ellison attended
, an executive meeting In San An-
feet from south ^p|0 Wednesday when final plans
were made for the association's an-
nual meeting In March San Angelo
will be host to the teachers of the
Mid-Texas district Reagan County
High School Band has been Invited
to play for one of the sessions
Twentieth Century Club, Mrs. John
Newkirk, president of the Progres-
sive Study Club; and Mrs Bill
work Her next trip will be to South
America In February and then on
to Kingston. Jamaica where she
Hooker, president of the Creative WU1 meet the National Federation
Rev. Lightfoot \\ ill
Speak Sunday Morning
Miss Eudora Hawkins
Speaks To Club Women
Miss Eudora Hawkins, represent-
ative of the West Texas Utilities
Company In Abilene, was guest I
speaker at the Progressive Study J
Club Tuesday evening when Mrs \{ Baptist Chlirch
W H Patterson was hostess Miss!
Hawkins gave a lecture and showed ! Upon the Invitation of the pulpit
films on Hawaii. The club presi- committee of the First Baptist
dent. Mrs. John Newkirk, presented i church, the Rev A B Ughtfoot,
Miss Hawkins with a gift. ! pastor of the 8ylvlan Heights Bap-
In the business session, three re- ; list Church In Fort Worth, will
signatlons were read and accepted | preach at the morning service this
Mrs Mark lackey was named pro- coming Sunday At the evening
Ject chairman to fill the unexplred j service. Ramon Smlthnrt. will speak
term of Mrs Japson Pettit. 1 following a program presented by
Mrs Patterson served a sandwich the young people of the church
plate end coffee to Miss Hawkins Rev Robt W. McOlnnl* of Fort
Junior Study Club, served during
the tea hours Others In the house
party Included Mesdames Don
Johnson. Johnnie Sim Weatherby
and Amos Floyd Approximately 60
guests, all members of local study
clubs, called between three and five
p. m.
Mrs Amos Floyd entertained Mrs
Wtlle for coffee at her home at
Kemper Station Monday morning
Ouests were hostesses of the tea
and Mrs Earl Hays.
Mrs Wllie proved a lively and
interesting conversationist a n d
speaker to the clubwomen fortun-
ate enough to hear her during her
visit In Big Lake
An an enthusiastic traveler* of
the European countries. South
America and the Canal Zone she
had a wealth of Information to re- j Tuesday Review Club
late to the clubwomen pertaining Tuesday night
officers
Her present and past activities
Include membership In The Break-
fast Club of San Antonio, an or-
ganization noted for Its list of dis-
tinguished women members; one of
the 1949 speakers at the General
Federation of Clubwomen's Con-
vention ln Florida; one of two Tex-
as Clubwomen recognized for a
speech at the United Nations Peace
Conference in New York in 1948
Mrs Wllie was commended by
the Governor Jester for her work in
promoting friendly relations ln for-
eign countries.
During her visit with Mrs. Jones,
Mrs. Wllie was guest speaker at the
Woman’s Forum, a study club In
Ozona, Tuesday afternoon and the
In Big Lake
RGHS s 19th Annual
(]ape Tourn<*\ ( )p<*ns
Il<*r» Next Friday
Reagan County High School’s
• 19th annual basketball tournament
will get underway Friday morning
of next week Acceptance from 12
I teams, not counting the Owls, has
j been received and others are ex-
| pected this week end
j Handsome trophies and awards,
donated by the business men of Big
Lake, are now on display. As in the
past year, trophies will be given to
the first four winning teams and
individual awards to ten of the
players on the winning teams;
awards to all-tournament players;
and an award to the outstanding
player of the tournament For the
first time, awards will be presented
to the coaches of the teams
The 12 teams, who have already
accepted, include Barnhart, Cran-
fills Gap. Fort Stockton. Grand-
falls. Lake View. Midland, Ozona.
Rankin. San Angelo, Sonora. Win-
ters and Coleman
Season tickets will sell for $2 50
for adults and $1 50 for students;
session tickets, 50 cents for adults
and 35 cents for students except for
the final session which will be 75
cents for adults and 50 cents for
students
Reagan County High School's
first basketball tournament, spon-
sored In 1929 under the leadership
of the school coach. F F Tannery,
started the annual custom which
has continued through the years,
interrupted only during the war
for a three-year period At the time
of Its Inception, the local tourna-
ment was the first of Its kind ln
West Texas
Below is given the winner of each
annual event:
1929 Reagan
1930 Rankin
1931 Eagle Cove
1932 McCamey
1933 Reagan
1934 Crane
1935—Crews
1936 -Crews
1937- Forsan
1938 Lake View
Payment Of Poll Taxes
Slow In County, City
Up until Wednesday of this week
Rog"s Announces
For Re-election As
Prct. 2 Commissioner
Fred H Boggs, commissioner of
Precinct 2 of Reagan County, has
authorized this paper to announce
his candidacy for re-election to
that office subject to the action of
the Democratic Primary ln July
Mr Boggs, a resident of this
county since 1923, Is serving his
second term as commissioner Con-
cerning his candidacy, he stated
Owls Win First District
Game And Lose Second
The Reagan County Owls won
their first district game of the sea-
son but lost their second one In
the local gym last Friday night the
Owls defeated the Ozona Lions 31
to 23 with Phillips turning ln 12
points for the Owls and Mleniekr 9
for the Lions The Owls took a
drubbing from the Eldorado Eagles
Tuesday night with the score end-
ing 39 to 25 Phillips was again high
that if re-elected he would serve
the people to the best of his knowl-
edge and ability and ln an Impar-
tial manner
Chumlev Return
To Commissioner’^
r>
point man for the Owls
The Owls' B cagers took their
Ozona game 36 to 14 and their El
dorado game 36 to 24 Newbeough
contributed 12 points to the score
In the first game and tied Cutblrth
with 8 points for high in the second
game
I I u n , ; . i | The "A" string defeated the Ira-
0*»I s M I ICC llli I I (an Braves in a non-conference
Sam Chumley, who Is serving his, game Wednesday night 53 to 48
as county commissioner j with Phillips chalking up 15 of the
points The TV team also took their
game
first term
of Precinct 1, has announced his
candidacy for re-election to that
office, subject to the action of tho
Democratic Primary on July 22 of
this year.
Mr Chumley Is foreman on the
I Mf.lHS III.
1939
1940
1941
1942
1946
1947
1948
McCamey
Forsan
Odessa
Sanderson
-Crane
San Angelo
Ozona
1949- -Sonora
I loll Scck> Return To
()fficc ( )f (/ininihHDiii’r
I )f I Yceinet I lircc
J F <Flctrh> Holt holding his
first elective term as county com
mlssloner of Precinct 3. has an-
nounced his candidacy for re-elec-
tion to that office, subject to the
action of the Democratic Primary
In July Mr Holt served as commis-
sioner for a year preceding his
clectlv" term, having been appoint-
ed to fill the unexplred term of
Ouy Sowell
Mr Holt has been a resident of
Reagan County for 35 years, and
has hern engaged in ranrhlnR ln
the Reaganvlew section He solicits
the influence and support of the
voters of his precinct
TFW < < I Mficcr Speak-
\t Tu«*sHa\ Rc\ i<‘\n I 'Iul?
Mrs U L Wtlle. treasurer of the
Texas Federation of Women'*
Clubs, spoke on Women’s Place In
Politics Tuesday evening when she
was guest speaker at the Tuesday
Review Club when Mrs Noble Holt
was hostess Mrs Henry Schooler
was program director
Members giving discussions on
the program topic, "Our Future
• ns" were Mrs R W Word
Mrs H A Leaverton and Mrs Ern-
est McIntyre
Fruit cake, coffee, ribbon sand-
wiches end nuts were served by the
hostess to two guests, Mrs Wllte
and Mrs R H 8chmurk. and to the
following named members: Mes-
nnd to tyesdnmcs Ike Chaffin, Joe Worth, son of a former Big Lake Hughes ranch In the Stiles area,
Daugherty, H. L Gardner. Johp 1 pastor, spoke at the two services j where he has been for the past 18
Goodwin. B H Griffith, L C Me-1 last Sunday Rev McGinnis' wife years He says he will greatly ap-
dames W M Cutblrth, Prentiss
I. Jagers, who was taken to a San i Garrett. E B Jones. Forrest Mc-
Angelo hospital last week. Is re-j Aden, J W Mi Fndden. C H Mldg-
ported to be suffering from a heart ley. John Nunn Juanita Parker. T
ailment HU condition was thought H Ray. Ernest Poteet, Gay Walker,
Coy. W W Mann, Sam Mann. E O
Nevllls, Lackey. Newkirk and Ikrttlt
accompanied her husband
Lake
to Big | predate the influence and support to be better yesterday Mrs Jngers W W Watkins, Word. Leaverton.
of the voters
U with her husband in San Angrlo Sehoolet and McIntyre
j only 240 had paid for the privilege
iof voting In the coming county and
| state elections, and only 63 for the
I right to vote in the city elections
during the year Tax payers are
! reminded that for the past several
j years ik>11 taxes have not been as-
| sessed on the regular tax rolls as
! had been the custom ln previous
I years
Tax payers are also reminded
that January 31 is the last day in
which poll taxes may be paid and
in which property taxes may be
paid penalty free Both county and
city imposes a penalty of 1 1/2 per
cent on delinquent taxes for the
first month with another 1 1/2 per
; cent added for each subsequent;
month of delinquency
Besides the Democratic Primary
scheduled for July 22, two local
I elections are slated in the near fu-
| lure One on April 1 calls for tlio
naming of three board members for
the Reagan County Independent
School District, and another on
April 3 for the election of a mayor
and two aldermen for the City of
Big Lake.
School trustees whose terms ex-
pire this spring are Horace Hart-
grove. J J Isbell and Frank Mc-
Mullan Holdover trustees are
George Smith, Lacy Way. w T
Mills and Billy Boyd
In the city Mayor W W Munn’s
term will expire as will the terms of
aldermen Ike Chaffin and A B.
Hayes Holdover aldermen Include
Paul Jacobs, Henry Schooler and
| M H Boone.
Sanders \nd Son-Get
Second I oil Price
For Bull \t Sale
The second top price bull, which
sold at the Concho Hereford Asso-
ciation's 3rd Annual Sale, was Real
| Publican, a past two-year old con-
signed by the Nun-Betta Hereford
Ranch of Reagan County The bull
was purchased by Orote Brothers
I of Mason for $1,300 The Nun-Betta
Ranch Is owned by C C Sanders
; and sons.
Other Nun-Betta animals sold
durln ■ the sale Included a bull pur-
chased by Tom Humble of Sterling
City for $1000. and a female
bough*, by Betty and Rebecca Bag-
gett. of Big Lake for $400
Top prices were paid for Nun-
Betta bulls in the two previous
sales In 1948 one sold for $1,200
and in 1949 one sold for $2 100
Ai tiie sale last Saturday, Bill
Friend, Reagan County ranchman,
paid $710 for Star Domino 186th. a
year old bull, consigned by Wallace
and Son of Sonora Charlie Black,
Jr of Ozona paid $510 for a bull
consigned by Cox and Mclnnts of
Byrds
Mrs. kattner Is Cues!
Speaker Of Twentieth
Century Club
"Is Your Religion A Creed Or A
Way Of Life" was the subject of
Mrs O. F Kattner, guest speaker
of the Twentieth Century Club
Tuesday afternoon A piano .solo,
"The Sorrowing Mother" was pre-
sented by Mrs. W A Glasscock and
each member answered roll rail by
naming their favorite Biblical
character
Mrs Frank MeMullan was hostess
to the club in her home.
The club voted to sponsor the
Cub Scouts, an organization la
which several members participate
The nrcessary money was voted to
pay the registration fee for several
Brownies, a group also sponsored
by the club
Mrs Harry Logan was welcomed
as a new member
Refreshments were served to
Mesdames R H Burton Billy Boyd,
C E Ellison, Ben Featherston,
Amos Floyd. Bill Friend, W A
Glasscock. Horace A Hart grove A
R Hayes. Earl Hays, Paul Jacobs.
Wilson Loftin. J O Lusby, D K
MeMullan, Jr., Floyd MeMullan,
Ralph O’Bryan. D B Pettit. H B
Rees. J L. Werst, Jr., Harry Iogan
and O F Kattner
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1950, newspaper, January 13, 1950; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631020/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.