The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1949 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXIII
BIO LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 7, 1949
NUMBER 52
latest Oil News In
Big Lake Area...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Wildcat Staff Writer
Oil areas mound Elg Lake suffer-
I Reagan County Child Cage Game Nets $200
|To Receive Treatment For Movie Projector
J At Gonzales Hospital j Approximately $200 was realized
TFWC President Will
Speak Here Tonight
Mrs. John J. Perry of Sweetwa-
from the Iruan-Reagan basketball ter. president of the Texas Federa-
The fact that the Gonzales Warm , . . _ . ... , , , _.. . ....
uu areas a.ounu^L^^.ir,. q , Foundation Hosnlta! is Kame played h<?re Tursday n,«ht; Uon of Women 8 Clubs- wU1 *** 11
two Fllenhurizer failures the Dast. V ....... ^ with the proceeds going toward the *uest speaker at the Country Club
ed two ElienburRer raiiurcs me pasi. avallnble tQ nny ,rd chnd suf_ j . . 4 . ,,
purchase of a movie projector for tonight at a meeting sponsored by
' ferlng from polio without endless .. .. . . ... .. . , . . . . .
. i „ rnmnr.ii™ . the high school athletic depart- Big Lakes three federated clubs,
Amerada Petroleum Corporation ,ccj tape and do|ny was appreciated ..
. ment, it was announced by Jack the Twentieth Century Club, the
plugged and abandoned Its No. 1-D ln Bpa{>an County this week when .
Black, coach Tuesday Review Club and the Pro-
Shannon, WcsWCentral Crockett Lmy Aguero, four-year-old Latin ... ., ~ , . , , , . ^ ,
_ . ... . . 7 4 „ • In the game the Owls defeated gresslve Study Club Invited guests
County wildcat bottomed on 7,835 American girl, was admitted for „„ „ . . _ ........ . ...
the Braves 48-30. Roach and Day will include the members of the
feet in granite. treatment following the exchange . , _ ..
, i were high men. each scoring a dcft- Creative Junior Club and the mem-
No production of commercial 0f a few telegrams. Lilly, whose
^ on points.
quantity was found , father. Otto Agucro. has been cm- j ^ ^ flrgt d|atrlct game of
The dry hole is 660 feet from ployed for the past few week., on Mason „ scheduled for lonlght
south and west lines of lot 2, league the Ralph Pcmbrook ranch, con- j whpn lhpy p,ay tbp Sonora Broncs ed to be present will be Mrs J M
traded the dread dlscasi while tho tbe iocai gym. Three games will Montgomery, district president, and
family lived elsewhere and was a be playpd The Junlor tpams wU| Mrfi j c Cunningham, district
patient In a San Angelo hospital p]ay at 6 0.cloc!{i lhe B teams at 7, secretary, both of whom live In Fort
until Christmas when she Joined j and the A teams at a. Admission Stockton. They wHl probably be ac-
lu r parents here for the holidays. | bp 35 cent« for adults and 25 companied here by several other
bers of the former Big Lake Study
Club.
Other federated officers expect-
3, Archer CSL survey, about 50
miles southwest of Big Lake. .
In the same area, Amerada No
1-E Shannon. 1,996 feet from south
and 665 feet from east lines of sec-
tion 24. block Q, ELStRR survey,
was below 6,038 feet ln lime, drill-
ing ahead toward the Ellenburger.
The other failure ln the deep
zone Is Humble Oil 6i Refining
Company No 1-E Sawyer, seven
miles north of the Barnhart field
in Southeast Reagan County and
660 feet from south. 1,980 feet from
east lines cf section 14?, block 1.
TP survey.
This venture tested at
Reagan County Officers
Take Office This Week
Reagan County officials assumed
their duties of office this week
when oaths were administered and
bonds were approved Sam Chum-
ley. commissioner from Precinct 1,
was the only new face seen in the
group He succeeds Frank IJndley
who did not ask for reelectlon H
L Puckett, beginning his 11th term
or 21st year as county and district
clerk, is the oldest In the point of
service, with Judge J Wiley Taylor
running a close second Taylor took
his oath of office for the tenth
successive term.
A W BllUngsly, sheriff and tax
TEXON TOPICS ...
By Mack Irby
Through misprint or mistake last
week the D. W. Workman’s new
great granddaughter, Kathy Arm
Workman, was relegated to the sta-
tus of a mere granddaughter. Mrs
Workman says she Is a GREAT
granddaughter, and that can be
taken two ways, both correct.
• • •
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W A Bird
last week were their son and fam-
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bird of
Dallus who arrived on 8unday and
j spent a couple of days. On Tuesday
| Mr and Mrs. Boyd Howse of
The treatment ln San Angelo is
said to have improved her condl-
lion and she was able to walk with
the aid of one crutch. The Agueros
had formerly lived here for a num-
ber of years.
iSincc this polio case did not
originate here, Reagan County’s
record remains clear because no
case is known to have started with-
in the county limits.)
Lilly, accompanied b.v her par-
nts, joined the Wheelchair Airlift
cents for students,
! '-lub women.
Tentative Date For
Livestock Show Is Set
County To Sponsor
Big Lake Air Port
Friday, February 18. la the tenta-1 RPaKan County assumed the
tivc date set for Heagan County sponsorship of the air jxrrt, located
Boys’ 16th Annual Livestock Show, WPjd 0f town on University of Tex
it has been learned from Emmltt as land at the Intersection of Hlgh-
assessor-collector. first served the: l-rownsfleld and their daughter
county In that capacity ln part of and family. Mr and Mrs Frank
1939 and 1930 when he filled an un- J Smith and son of Lubbock arrived
cxDIrrd lerto He was <*»«•«< |* j to d a Itw „ vl„u
the late J Ellison Carroll for the L . . ,
1929 and 1930 when he filled an un- 1 *n s 11 r< w,tb Howze proud-
next, and has been ln office since showing off his new three months
County Attorney T R Johnston old grandson Mrs Smith will be
started his third elective term and remembered here as the Howze’s
Mrs. Lula Cartwright, treasurer, daughter. Drewclel
her second term. 8 E. Stout of Pre- m t
clnct 4 and Fred Boggs of Precinct
2 have represented their respective Mr and Mrs Bird left Sunday of
precincts two years J F Holt, j this week for Amherst where Mrs
serving one year of Guy Sowell’s,Blrd enlcred tbe Amherst Hospital
unexplred term, began his first:'
Cavln, high school vocational agri-
cultural teacher, and E O. Nevills
Precinct 3
tor possible surgery and treatment
1 under former Texonite, Dr William
10 728-10,719 feet, with the too*! leaving San Angelo Monday I lu* j oounty agent. This date is between
...... "ZJZuy lln“ 01 “» Fon Worth show
opefi 120 minutes. A good blow <it'ghl' 7hP „
air held at the surface throughout, humble on and Refining Co.
I . ___ . . .
the test.
and the San Angelo show . In both
lt. lcot. , utlves. rl’he plane, a rtbw luxurious 'of which the FI*A boys and the 4-H
Recovery was 888 feet of salt wa-! craft, was equipped with beds for j buys will have entries. The num-
ter with a sulphur odor. On last j live patients and staffed with , ^ of enlrles the prizes offered
report, a dlpmeter electric log sur-. nu™“ngemcnls geltlng thc : and other detail* ol the local .show
vey was being run. child admitted to the hospital were bt‘ announced later It ».*> un
As faUit oil and gas signs were j made by Mr Pcmbrook anti Mrs. T. i derstood that the Reagan County wnne pians can ior a numucr oi
encountered higher In the Ellen-1 h. Ray county chairman for the | Lions Club will sponsor the show as improvements, nothing definite
___,i __ iv,n rtnunninii t.hp Citonza 1 es Warm Sminus f*ounda— ^t has done in the past years ,».411 i,„ .i..,.,.i..,i ,,,,,11 11,,. a♦ „r„ im*.
way 67 and the new highway being
. :iU to Garden city, recently when
i ten year lease was secured from
the university board of regents. It
was learned from County Judge J
Wiley Taylor. The plot of ground,
ontalning 130 acres, has been
cleared off, and a telephone has
teen Installed In the building for
the benefit of those using the field
While plans eall for a number of
C R Johnson and daughter, Mrs
Archie Peel were out from San
Angelo last week end visiting with
friends and relatives
Mr and Mrs J I> Norwood were
over In McCamey Sunday visiting
i Christmas and Is to be closed to-
| day. it has been announced by Mrs.
Ray.
1948 Rain fall Is Ixss
burger as well as the Devonian, the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundu-
8 V . , „ „1„„ hni-k und ' ,lon fund raising campaign. Mr.
prospectoi Is ui P i Pcmbrook took the Aguero family
n\ake further tests of t ose sec , ^ Angelo to meet the plane
lions. ' 1 Approximately $250 has been.
The Ellenburger In Southeast t raised ln thc county for the Gon- l hail 111 AvCTagC I (*ai*S
Reagan County was also drlllstem j zales* Warm Springs Foundation
tested at Stanolind OH & Gas Com- , campaign that started before
pany No. 1 Miller, wildcat three
miles east of Big Lake.
That Investigation was at 9,739-
85 feet. The tool was open 68 min-
ute. and a stron* bio. of air atayed . Fjre Truck Makes ‘°r th'5 K'C"0" S'V"a' m”n
at the top during the period. ! |'hreeRUnS
will bo decided until the state leg-
islature meets to pass on a twenty-
year lease being asked for by the
county, the Judge stated If a long-
er lease can be obtained, he said
I that the federal government would
Thc year 1948 ended with a total ... , .
im. jrvat 'share the expenditure ,of lmprov
rainfall of 9.23 in Big Lake, lt was
learned from Mrs. A H. Garner,
government guager. This amount Is -
mg the port.
about half of average precipitation RllimingS Nciirillg
F J Cartwright, veteran office E. Birdsong. Mrs. Bird will probably
holder here who has been Justice be In the hospital for three weeks
of the peace of Precinct 2 since
1931. began his duties the first of
this year for another term
Prcsbxtrrian Minister
! o Sjirak I lore Sunday
The Rev R W Mann of Midland.
Presbyterian missionary, will speak wRh Mrs Ray Duncan and chl”
here Sunday afternoon. January 9. .
in the district court room at the: cU‘‘n rp'K)rt that *** ls
county courthouse Sunday School!*11 ' enezuela and that Mrs Duncan
is announced for 2:30 and the I and children will leave the last of
preaching services at 3 30 this month to Join him there
This is the first of the Sunday | • . .
services that are being planned by i ,, ,,
^ . . . . . Mrs Henry Moody of Ballinger
the Presbyterians ln this county ! J ““Kn
The Rev. Mann will be here three |Wa* vlsl,lnK here Wednesday of last
Sunday afternoons In the month week with Mr and Mrs RnrL
and the Rev Rodney Gibson of San j Brooks
Angelo will lx* here on the other Mr and Mrg Brooka sp<,nt lhp
^An^ufgent Invitation to attend I W**k end ,n BalIln^r visiting with
Recovery was a 1,000-foot water
blanket, followed by 210 feet of ^0 serlous damages were report-
drilling mud and 450 feet of slightly ‘ ed by the fire department ln the
gas and salt water cut mud. j three runs they made this week
This venture, located in the Sunday they were called to the well
# I drilled ln thc old lake bed
southeast quar er o where grease and oil had caught
quarter of section 226, block 1. j flre and threatened serious damage remalning ^ui cost their owners
survey, was making new hole. An- j to tbe rig. Two calls were answered | bundreds of dollars in feed this
other test Is scheduled shortly. i Wednesday. An electric motor, used ! winter.
Atlantic Refining Company No. i for pumping water at the P. H. i
_ .. , ..___* . I Coates ranch, had shorted out and
l-A-4. Unlvertlty. to the. h( ^ ^ d>mM. m, lh.
durlnR the year, no moisture was ■ t.lHHpl* llOll 111 II
registered. July ranked the highest j Tbp Tommy Hayes building, lo-
wlth 2.90 Inches, and May had 2.55. ] cated otl tbe corner of Highway 87
All over the county has been d*.v, d Dppol Ave., ls nearing comple-
many.of the ranchmen reporting ,
about one rain during the entire ! t‘«n. The New Era Station, leased
these services is lx*lng extended to
everyone of the Presbyterian faith
and to anyone else who might be
Interested.
year. Due to thc contlhued drought,
many cattle and sheep have been
sold or shipped to grass, ancUthose
remaining yvlll cost their owners
Barnhart field, was still shutdown
----------- j loss of the motor was reported. n
on 9,511 feet In the Ellenburger re- i car was made to the Proctor place
pairing the rig after a fire out-, south of the railroad where a fire
break.
« This wildcat
sna |
the I New Cafe Opened
On Highway 67
was caused by a heater. Damage to
itldt
about $75
Cafe
is 6705 feet from
south and 1,996.1 feet from east
lines of section 18. block 48, Univer-
sity survey
As to the other Ellenburger wild- , -
cat ln the Immediate vicinity of Being Completed
Big Like, Superior Oil Company
and Atlantic No. 1-A-ll University.
The Eflenburgfr
the building was estimated to be lake’s n«WMt aatlng place
is Big
____________ _ _ It Is
located on the Highway Just east of
the Mustang Motel and la now open
for business, it has been announced
'by Its owner, Mrs. D 8 Sconlers
■ For the present the cafe will lx*
J Often each day from 6:00 a rt\. until
I 10:00 p m.; and lunches w*lll be
With the stamp of government' served throughout the day. Home
Hospital Plans
by Wilson Ldftln and Warner Lear,
have already moved Into part of
the building.
The Dean building, located on
First Street, west of the Childress
Machine Shop. Is ln the last stages
of completion. It Is constructed of
brick tile and will be the work shop
for the Dean Construction Co.
Saleabooks, blank and prtetad at
Wildcat office.
Pettit Feed Store Ha*
New Retail Location
Ben Pettit and son, Japson Pet-
ttit, owners of the Red Chain feed
store bearing their name, announce
the change of location of their re-
tail business. It Is now In the west
half of the Cutblrth warehouse on
First Street and ln the rear of the
building formerly occupied by
Mac's Grocery Mr Pettit and son.
who purchased the store several
months ago from W H Patterson,
say they are well pleased with the
business. They will use their pres-
ent location for storage
WAR ON POLIO
------------------- approval on the proposed county u'adr pies will also be featured
located in the northwest portion of bPspfta|, Reagan County will be In 'l'' Seonlers cam* here from It.i
the dry lake near Big Lake, no In- position u> advertise for bids with- :,n wT)'‘rr s*le *,afl llvrd *or ,,lr ,1*'’
formation whatsoever is being re- In a short time. Judge J. Wiley ’ hree years and where her husband
Taylor stated Plans and speclflca- employed by an o^l company
tlrn.s are now In the process of 7hey have three children who will
The latest rumor hud the ven- cornplet|on xhp hosplta, wll, bP lo_ prcbafcly Join their mother here
ture drilling below 9.900 feet In the Cldpd 0u Depot Ave. Just north of ' °mc lime later
deep lime. That report Is not con- the C C, Sanders home.
firmed, and at any rate, ls not re- ______
cent enough to be of value. _
Location Is 660 feet from south NOW
^ 1 r . HAS MIDLAND OFFICE
and 1.080 feet from easF lines of
•action 142. block 1, TP survey.
Drilling was continuing at Amrr-
ada’a two Barnhart field explora-
tions. That concern’s No. 11 Hick-
man was past 7,698 feet, penetra-
ting Hmc and shale, and Its No 8
Johnson, below 5,161 feet in lime
Plymouth Oil Company had
reached th? Plmpson strata In
SCIILUMBRKGER OFFICES NOW
IN MIDLAND'S MrCLINTIC BLDCi.
MIDLAND, Jan 6 —■ Headquar-
ters for the Permian Basin division
I of Schlumberger Well Surveying
MIDLAND. Jan 6 Stephens Corporation have been moved to
Petroleum Company, Stephens the new MeCHntlc Building In Mid-
Brothers, and Stephens. Inc., all land. A Moraz/ant, division tnana-
wlth headquarters Uv Oklahoma'fle; has announced.
City, are entering Permian Basin District others are maintained In
oil activity and have established Midland. Keimlt, Lubbock, Texas
West Texas district offices In Mid- r.nd Hobbs, and Farmington. New
land.
Frank Williamson of Midland Is
In charge of the office The three
companies are engaged In drilling,
Wert-Central Reagan County with using royalty buying, and farm-
(Conlimied on back page) out development.
Mrxlco.
J H Adams heads the Midland
trlrt whteh Is a center for serv-
ice and supplies for the other Sch-
mbentsr districts In the Permian
Basin division
Om •< s t>mm -llMl'i
|)m lli« y*anv«t»r« (rain*
•ll| rt|tia im at lla*ir llmka
4aiu<( traalmml si GormIm
Warm ttpnnfa Fa««4al)aa.
MIDI AND C. OF C. PREPARES
UP-TO-DATE OH. FIELD MAP
MIDI AND Jan 6 - An up-to-
date map showing the oil fields of
’he West Texas-New Mexico Per-
mian Bavin has been prepared bv
the Midland Chamber of Com-
merce
The map is revised annually bv
the Chamber of Commeree to In
elude new oil fields and distributed
free of charge to oil men and other
'nterested persons
Requests for copies have come
from prartlrally all states and
numerous foreign countries In the
15 years which the Chamber of
Commerce has been preparing the
map.
Oil fields on the ft t-2 by 11 Inch
map are Indicated In green Mid-
land is shown in the renter of a
rlrc.le of tOO-mlle radius, which
covers most of the Permian Basin.
' \ -bo n is larger than the New
England states.
friends and relatives
W. F 'Dad' Wright has been
confined to his home here this
week due to Illness. Hr Is reported
to be much better today Wishing
you a speedy recovery Dad
• • •
Mr and Mrs Paul Crews and
children were down last Tuesday
visiting with Mr and Mrs Earl
Brooks and Mr and Mrs Raymond
Thompson The children, Paul Jr.
and Jane, spent the week here vis-
iting with friends and relatives
Their parents returned for them on
Friday
• • •
Cotton Kerlln and H R.JSulllvan
were fishing last week down on
Devil's River
Local V. A. Teacher To
>peak \l Area Meet
Emmltt Cavln. vocational In-
structor In the Reagan County
High Sch«x»l, will attend the Mid
Year Area II Vocational Agricul-
ture Teachers Meeting convening
In Big Hpring this week end. Mr.
Cavln will be one of the speakers
on the program tomorrow morning
His subject will be, "Flltlng and
Showing I a mbs".
Mrs Betty Mayers of Abilene has
been a guest In thc home of Dr and
Mrs E Uoyd Ouy
Riley Branch and F E Cope
spent Monday In McCulloch Coun-
ty. near Brady hunting quail
John Patterson has been In Min-
eral Wells visiting with his father.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1949, newspaper, January 7, 1949; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631589/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.