The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1948 Page: 5 of 6
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MARCH M, INI
BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LA KE, REAGAN COUNTY. TEXAS
PAGE FIVE
TEXON TOPICS . . . 1,001 March 13. In a San Angelo j pose of observing and evaluating the readers for the next three
hospital, Is the daughter of Mr. and the local school system. Dr. Spears
*' t: By Mack Irby* Mrs. R E Rogers. She honored this ! Is now conducting an extension
The old "Texon Oilers” baseball1 rePorter wlth her first official visit i course for the Reagan County
diamond stirred from Its lethargy |and quietly slept during most Ofjtoac*iers
and relegation to the past last Frl-|lhe Interview However, I did find
day afternoon when the Reagan iout that she weighed six pounds
County High School's Owls meti and three ounces; that her mother
8an Angelo In the first contest of|a,ld daddy are very very fond of
the season The stillness that has j her; that, contrary to her perform-
settled over Texon the past few!ance during the visit, she does not son* Chairman of the Finance
years was shattered by blaring auto sleep all the time but Is awake ' Committee, presided over the busl-
Last Tuesday, March 17, a "Kick-
off” supper was held at the Texon
Cafe to launch the annual Boy
Scout Finance Drive R. R. Thomp-
horns and staccato yells of the ex-
cited fans as the game progressed
It stirred pleasant memories In the
hearts of many a resident of this
camp. Memories of years past when her birthday March 18. at the home
the Texon Oilers club was the1 (,f the Irbys. The gifts were pre-
"Klng” of West Texas baseballdom.
quite a bit during the night (as are ness MMlon heId afterward. Out of
Rogers and Dillon). town Bucsta at the supper were
Jack Hodges, San Angelo. Scout
Mrs Mike Adams was honored on
and each Sunday of the season
Texon played host to thousands of
enthusiastic baseball fans. A few of
the "champion” club members still
employed by the Big Lake Oil Co
Executive of the Concho Valley
Council und "Chief" Bird, Scout
Executive from Camp Louis Farr,
sented and afterward refreshments Mertzon.
of cake, cocoa anff coffee were Jack Hodges discussed and out-
>cr\('d lined the plans of the Council for
• . . i the year and then played a record-
ist Col. Jolyi L Reese, son of |t>d sl,t ,“rh bV Dr John A Stlles' for*
Mrs J. P. Conley, arrived In Texon nK‘r chlef Executive Commissioner
include' Snipe Conley, Trigg I'Thursday of last week from Korea. lb,‘ Scouts Association
Housewright, Joe Kosel. Archie ! He left Sunday for Ft. Sam Hous- Canada There were sixteen present
Peel, Curtis Barbee, and Cotton | ton to await orders to his new as-j nt t,1(> suPPer- members of the So-
Kerlln. The Oilers old diamond, slgnment
llcltlng Committee, the Texon Boy
Scout Committee and the two out
of town guests. A report is not yet
available on the progress cam-
still In good condition, will be used ...
by the Owls for all their home Another new citizen of Texon Is
games this season. San Angelo de-1 Phyllis Kay. new daughter of Mr
feated the Owls last Friday 11 to 7 and Mrs Jim Newbrough. Phyllis ,)ulKn’ hut the solicitations are to
• • • i Kay was born In San Angelo Mon-jcon^nue through^this week
College students expected home day. March 15. tipping the scales at
this week for the Easter holidays!six pounds and four ounces. Jim
brought Corine and Phyllis Kay
home Monday. March 22
... new Plymouth. Raymond drove the
Dr J C. Spears of Sul Ross Col-'car out San An«cl° last Sat‘
lege, Alpine and several teachers urday and la we” Pleased wlth 11
! from the Rankin and Iraan school V(,1™a thinks It drives like a dream
I • O •
Texon systems were at the Texon Grade
Include: Mike Adams of A&M. Miss
Bess Miller, J. C. Jordan, Jim Dixon
and Hugo Reed, all of Texas Tech
With Hugo will be his wife, Ada Lee
and son, Hugh Dee.
Latest addition to the many new
cars now gracing the streets of
Texon Is Raymond Thompson's
Loy D came home to
Wednesday of last week Loy
D. i School last Thursday for the pur-' Hp‘b Hicks, civil engineer for the
months Anyone wishing to look
them over may do so, by visiting
the Library.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Bilderback Bros. Mattress and
Upholstery Shop (Formerly with
Ensign George Bird, son of Mr. i Western Mattress Co.). We are now
and Mrs W. A. Bird, has been or-
Mr und Mrs James Hrodnax of
| Kemper Station have returned
1 from a visit of several days Li
j Georgetown. •••.*.
WARNIN'*.• -POSTED
Our pastures nave been postec
accorduig to law. and any person
found hunting, fishing, trapping or I ton with 1939 engine, $300.00
dered to China “Little Wee”, as
Ensign Bird Is known around here,
is now a member of an Underwater
Demolition Team He has been In
the Navy several years
• • •
Skee-Eurrel Roll Is the "Game of
the Week" in Texon The Skee-Bar-
rel Roll machine was Installed In
the Texon Cafe last week and has
enjoyed wide popularity as a game
of skill Reports at this writing In-
dicate that LeRoy Blocker Is the
unofficial champion
• • •
Mrs O D Lovell Is In San Angelo
this week with the Lovell's grand-
daughter, Carolyn Hill, who Is In
the Shannon Hospital with pneu-
monia Carolyn was taken to the
hospital last Saturday and was
some better Monday. Mrs. W A
Bird Is filling In for Mrs Lovell on
the loca'% hospital staff while she Is
away.
• • •
The lust regular meeting of the
Texon F. T A was held In the Tex-
on Club House. The Mesdames M
Z. Morris, Clyde Stewart and L R
Sprayberry were hostesses for the
occasion. Refreshments were served j during the early stages of the war
to sixteen members The program Mr Smith preached last Sunday at
consisted of several readings by I the Church of Christ in Rankin.
Mrs. R. C. Patterson, several mu-1 • • .
J. D. Hartman, Phone 4702, om
open in our new place of business. ' block north of high school. Big
New or rebuild old mattresses. Re- (Lake,
upholstery your furniture. J. R.
Bilderback and Ted Bilderback,
1717 8. Oakes, San Angelo. Call
4102, Big Lake.
TAILOR-MADE CLOTH ING
BOB WARD—lias Fits 28 Years—
Suits-Shirts. 1029 Preusser St.. Dial
4990-1, Kan Angelo Texas
1
' FOR SALE
1936 Chevrolet Truck,
1 1-3
(muling wood will be prosecuted
Let this be a warning to all Sawyer
Cattle Company Adv
WESTERN MATTRESS CO. Rep-
resentative J. C. Brown of San An-
gelo will be here twice monthly to
pick up and deliver mattresses. Re-
member you enjoy the Best When
You Invest In Rest with a guaran-
teed Western iliit Felted Cotton or
Innerspring Mattress. Call 41.
1—1940 Dodge Tnfck.. 1 1-2 ton
with front-end winch, $£0U oo
1 Heavy Duty "Leeco" Trailer
with heavy duty .flat.bed bolsteg.
?250.00. , .
PERMIAN MUD. SKKV1CK
Phone 128 Big Lake, Texas
Radios and all electrical appB-
anres repaired. Radio Sales
Service, Ray Crew, Prop.
Wanted to buy off wool, all
kinds: dead, pulled, black, tags,
etc. Also burlap bags, any umounl.
i
NOW YOU CAN ENJOY
♦ A FULL SELECTION OF...
MEXICAN FOODS
Tamales, Enchiladas,
Tacos, Chili,
Tortillas Tostados
Fried Chicken — Home Baked Pies
D AND E STEAK HOUSE
DUDE
GROSS
EVELYN
Plymouth Oil Co . out of Slnton.
visited with friends In Texon the
,' past week end.
• • •
The Methodist Young People will
give a program In the Texon Sun-
! day School Raster morning Billie
Lee Shnnkle will deliver a talk and
. Bobby Jo Sandy will give a reading
followed by several songs by the
i Young People's class.
• • •
| Mr and Mrs C E Beyer accom-
panied Dr and Mrs. C W McCol-
I lum of Odessa to El Paso last week
| Dr. McCollum was In El Paso on
i business.
| Mrs J. P Hitt advises that the
Texon Library received fifty new
books from the State Loan Library
last week. They will be available to
■BtrrT'HEN the West Texas Utilities
Company built the first high-
voltage transmission line in West
Texas in 1915—the second in the
state—it paved the way for the
growth and development of this vast
area by making low-cost, dependable
electric service available to small and
large communities alike. Since the
building of the first line, the Com-
pany has continually planned and
built for the future of West Texas
until today it operates more miles of
transmission line than any other com-
pany in the state.
During 1947, the West Texas Util-
ities Company constructed 121 miles
of additional transmission lines;
brought electric service to 6,033 more
customers, including 514 rural con-
nections. As a result of careful plan-
ning there was no curtailment of the
use of electric power. In spite of
unprecedented demands and despite
shortages of materials and equip
I'm
always planning
and building
for the future
of West Texas
ment, an abundance of electric power
was available for all consumers. In
fact, 59,879,000 more kilowatt hours
of service were provided in 1947
than in the preceding year.
Also, during 1947, more than
$2,800,000.00 in wages were paid to
employee citizens of West Texas.
During the year $1,873,000.00 were
contributed to local, state, and fed-
eral governments.
While supplying the present elec-
tric requirements, the people of your
service company arc devoting full
energy to planning and building for
the future. During the next four
years, the Company will spend $18,-
000,000.00 enlarging plants and ex-
isting facilities and constructing
transmission and distribution lines in
an all-out effort to bring low-cost
electric service to more and more
people—in their homes, on their
farms and ranches, and in their
businesses. 1
sical selections by Mrs Earl Rog-
ers. a piano selection by Nancy
Compton and a selection by Lynn
Sprayberry It was reported at the
meeting that the Children’s Slide,
a project of the "Friends and Fa-
thers". was Installed and In use and
I that the children were getting
much enjoyment from it
• 44
Patients in the local hospital
Monday were Mrs Tom Reed and
Jimmy Dishman Mrs Reed Is ex-
pected to remain In the hospital
for several days Jimmy Dishman
was brought here Sunday from his
home In Powell Field with pneu-
monia He Is reported to be re-
sponding satisfactorily to treat-
ment Jimmy was a star football
I player for the Reagan Owls last
fall.
John McClelland went to Dallas
I Saturday to return his mother to
i her home In Sonora Mrs McClel
land has been visiting In Dallas
since the death of John’s father
early this month
• • •
Texonites visiting with friends
out of town and on business trips
this past week were Mr and Mr?
Shack Jones, who spent the week
end with her sister in Miles; Mr II
Pryor, Continental OH Co em-
ployee, was In Wichita Falls on
business; Mr and Mrs A R (Redi
MAI JO IIEIJ* WANTED
Reliable man with car wanted to
call on farmers in Reagan County.
Wonderful opportunity. $15 to $23
----- ------------- iin a day. Np experience or capital
week. Mr and Mrs W C Smith oI "l'"red. Permanent, Write today.
Brownwood The two families McNENS COMPANY, Dept. A, Er*o-
formed a close friendship while PorL Hi-
Jack was stationed at Camp Bowie
WANTED
SPECIAL REPRESENT ATIVB
wanted in Big I.ake anil surround-
ing territory, selling for the largest
and strongest life insurance com-
pany in the west. Our special train-
ing program and new sales ideas,
together with a proven lead system,
enables you to have an attract!**
income first year. <hir commission
schedules are above average. We
pro- ide adequate first year finane-
'in; it needed. Applicant must have
WestTexas Utilities
Company
Mrs Thornton Stewart left
March 13, fur Bay City, Mich for a
visit with her daughter and her
family, Mr and Mrs John Schultz
and Diane. Mrs Stewart plans to
visit (mostly with her granddaugh-
ter* for about a month
Mrs W J Varnadorc has been In
San Angelo this past week with her sales ability, be well educated, en-
mother who has been very 111 jergetie, well established in <om-
• • • munity, and own ear. If interested
Out of towners In Texon this 1 • * !>■ rmi.i rnt and profitable con-
nection write K Travis Bley. Man-
ager, 319 South Chadltoarne, San
Tnr •• T* v!s All inquiries confi-
dential.
ATHLETES LOOT GERM
IMBEDS DEEPLY
TO KILL IT. YOU
MUST REACH IT Gel 35c worth
week are Mr and Mrs. Jim Saw- j
ver who are visiting Mr Sawyer'
parents. Mr and Mrs Neal Sav.vi
and Mrs Sawyi r’s father. Mr. A A ,
Criswell; Mrs. L Cleveland of!
Dallas Is visiting in the home of j
her daughter, Mrs Charles Reeve |
Mrs Cleveland is connected with
the Veterans Hospital In Dallas
• • •
iT'L-OL Solution at any drug stone.
Jack Bentley and Dan Daugherty Made wlLh W) p)>r c,.nt alc,ohaL
Hiked with Young Bill Lane Irust 'TK OT# hxs rr,. lt PENKTT'.ATINO
Saturday in Big Lake Young Lane . orintvs
of Midland, lived in Texon until i
recent years when his dad. Bill
Lane, formerly with the Big Lake r>ru,T Co
AMI)
MORE GERMS FASTER
supply just received at
KILLS
A new
Pcopl*
OH Co and now with the Plymouth
Oil, moved to Midland Bill told
TacY he had received his degree
from the University of Texas and
plans soon to enter the oil business
In some capacity.
HAND-MADE RANI II FURNI-
TURE. Alsu all kinds of furniture
repaired. HENRY CAMPBELL, work
shop in Sherwood, Texas.
Windmill Repairing* » am equip-
ped for any type of windmill repair
work. Have a complete *et of wind-
Mr G A Strain died Dec 21,
1947. In Corpus Christi at the home _______ ___
Pool visited in Denton with Mrs of a nephew He was affectionately ! mill tool* to handle your job. Next
Pool's mother, Mrs. G N. Mallonc. known here as "Uncle Oixirge" He time
Mrs D W Workman and Mrs will be remembered as a carpenter
Clyde Miller were in San Angelo who worked with Dick Campbell I
Suturday.
He had been 111 for about three
you need windmill repair
work, write, call or see roe. FELIX
KAMSEL, Phone 113, IVtrrtxon, Tex.
was about rlghty-threc For Sale: 1937 model Dodge ae-
years He
Mr and Mrs Jack Bentley and yearn old "Uncle George" left Tex- dan, excellent condition. aKn a 4-
Diane had as their guests this I on In 1932. j wheel cargo trailer. See E. C. Per-
I kin.Hon, next door north of the
telephone office.
For Sale: Westinghoine Elertrte
Steve for $154. Mm. M Bos worth,
P. O. Box 547. Telephone 3159,
Odessa. Texan.
Sewing machines, motors acces-
sories and repairs; air conditioner*,
Venetian blinds, and furniture at
prices you can afford. Rankin Fur-
niture Co , Rankin, Trxas
Hemstitching. Belts, Buttonhole*,
Covered Huttons and Himkles. Mil-
linery and Children’s Clothes Mrs
II. H Ward at Rankin Furniture
Co.. Rankin, Texas.
* Pr
M n
For Quiek Sale: House on hr*
lots, butane, good water an1 gar-
dening spot Call 14Y or 7902 J. &
Bradford, SherwiK*d, Trias.
FASTER FLOWERS FOR S3..F.
Hydrangeas, Easter hUes and
roesares made to order. Display
may he seen at Parker & Thornton
Grocery Store. Telephone 51.
DOTTED SWISS—SIZE l x TO Ca
ASSORTED COLORS
White Pique—Siam 7 to 13
-KXCLCSIWXY OCRS IN RIG
COPE’S
READY-TO-WEAR
For Sale: Fall-blood < folio papa,
ready to go Call 14t>.
M. L. I.EDDY
SADDLE AND BOOT SHOP
Kan Angelo, Tsana
Where they got gen win* Haunt
Mad* B—4a. toddles, aM ml
kinds of IxnSwt goods.
XT* UBDDY
LEATHER ANY KIND ANY 1
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1948, newspaper, March 26, 1948; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631497/m1/5/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.