The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1953 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XXVIII
BIG LAKE. REAGAN COUNTY. TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 25, 1953
NUMBER 3S
latest Oil News In
Big Lake Area...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
Bis Lake Wildcat
Skelly Oil Company spotted a
7.700-foot rotary project In the
Spraberry Trend Area of North-
west Reagan County.
The test will be drilled as No. 8
C. C. Reynolds and Is located 2.740
feet from south and 1,420 feet from
west lines of section 41, block 36,
T-5-S, T&P survey and 15 1/2 miles
north of Stiles.
Plymouth Oil Company No. 1 E.
P. Miller and Fred Ball, and others.
Southeast Reagan County wildcat,
five miles northeast of Big Lake
and 660 feet from south and west
lines of section 198. block 1, T&P
survey, has been plugged and
abandoned on a total depth of 2.-
860 feet In San Andres-Permian
dolomite.
It made sulphur water at the
bottom and did not report any
shows of possible commercial oil or
gas production.
Sun Oil Company No. 1 C. H.
Sugg, wildcat in East-Central Rea-
gan County, was making hole be-
low 8,218 feet in lime and shale.
Last drlllstem test taken was
from 5.507 to 5,610 feet. Tools was
open one ho_ur Recovery was 83
feet of drilling mud with no shows
of oil, gas or water.
In the Big Lake field of South-
west Reagan County, Big Lake Oil
Company was making hole below
7.891 feet in No. 1-11 University.
Owls Slated For Came pwwfv
In Eldorado Tonight
The Reagan County Owls go to
Eldorado tonight for their third
non-conference game of the sea-
son. They have a 1-1 record while
the Eldorado Eagles have dropped
both their games. The Eagles were
defeated 58-0 by McCamey and 20-
0 by Fort Stockton.
In tonight’s game, the Owls will
feel the loss of their 230-pound
center, Richard Warriner, who suf-
fered a broken leg while In prac-
tice Monday afternoon. Co-captain
Kenneth Keener, fast back. Ls ex-
pected to be able to be In tonight's
lineup He missed out. on the Sono-
ra game last Friday night because
of Illness.
District 5-A schedule also calls
for Wink to play In Pecos. Sonora
in Iraan and McCamey In Crane.
Fabens has an open date
Last week 5-A scores:
Reagan 0, Sonora 13
Wink 19, Kermit 6.
Iraan 31. Rankin 6
McCamey 52, Ozona 8
Fabens 19. Marfa 21.
After tonight, the Owls are
scheduled for two more non-con-
ference games before district play
opens on Oct. 23 at Wink Another
non-district tilt is slated for Nov.
12 in a home game with Midland
• B" team, the occasion being de-
signated as Father’s Night. The
game with Fabens, to be played
here Oct. 30, has been designated
as a Homecoming Game.
Below is listed the remainder of
the 5-A schedule, the district
Humble To Begin Work Coffee Sale* Boost
On New Station Soon | Gonzales F und Drive
Preparations are underway for
the erection of a modern tile and i
brick building to house a Humble !
company station on the site now1
occupied by the Daugherty Serv-
ice Station. It has been learned !
from Joe Daugherty, one of the
owners of the present business
Daugherty will still be associated j
with the station when it moves in ’
tile new building about Dec. 15, he
stated. Razing of the old building is
slated to start Oct 5.
“We will continue to serve our
“Coffee Day’’ last Friday netted
the current Gonzales Wurm
Springs Foundation fund drive the
sum of $117.55. according to Mrs
W W. Munn, county campaign
chairman. Eating establishments
donating proceeds from all coffee
.sales last Friday Included Home
Cafe, D&E Steak House, Big Lake
Drug. Park Inn. Big Lake Cafe,
Slim's Cafe Reagan Cafe and City
Cafe.
Mrs Munn extends her sincere
thinks to these business houses for
"Miss Wool" oi 1958—Kathryn E. I customers during the re-bulldlng thetr splendid coJop?raU°n in the
Gromatzky ol Eden, Texas was re
program on a stand-by basis, sell- > Pf°Ject and fo' the donation of all
ing gas, oil. tires and batteries, and |thelr coffer sales ^at day
greasing cars, but not washing 1 In continuation of the campaign,
them.” Daugherty stated “We so- t>ooths wl11 *** sct UP this wet*k al
licit the continued patronage of,strategic places over town where
our old friends and customers, and , Phonal contributions may be
we ask that they bear with us dur- lmade- Mrs Munn staled In thc
ing these forthcoming days of In- , meantime, citizens are reminded to
convenience ”, he added | place their loose change in the
The new station, including build- !containers In the business houses
ing and driveways, will occupy an Tbe fund drlve- scheduled to
area of 150 feet by 70 feet. Provl- |close Wednesday. Sept 30, will be
c • u. iiH phari/inu Rrnncns Islon w111 be made tor two wash icllmaXed wttb a porch light cam-
Sonora s wild charging Broncos ; 1wq RreMe racks a 8tore ! palgn on the evening before Those
room and a sales room. Jack Hlg- ,who havc failed 10 make contrlbu-
nett. local contractor, has the con
tract for the erection of the build
cently named “Miss Wool" of 1953.
The 20-year old North Texas State
College co-ed will make a nation-
wide tour under the auspices of the
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers As-
sociation.
Sonora Broncos Drop
Reagan Owls, 13 10 0
dropped the Reagan County Owls
13 to 0 on the local field last Fri-
day night. It was the Owls' first
home game The difference In the
two teams was one George Wright,
173-pound Bronco back, who runs,
passes, punts, kicks placements for j
ing
tions will have an opportunity to
do so when authorized workers call
at their doors between the hours of
The Daugherty Service Station, eight and ten that evening Porch
owned by D M Daugherty and burning between those hours
extra points and kicks off after I50"8; Joh“ a»d has b^n in op-
will indicate to the workers that
residents there wish to contribute
to the
andh2.004°feet Jrlm north* line-Tof !«ames t*1"* indicated by asterisks:
section 11, block 2. University
Lands survey and one mile north |
of Texon.
Cabot Carbon Company No. 1-D
University, project in the same i
field, was making hole below 8,525
feet In lime and shale. Site is in
section 3, block 11. University sur-
vey.
The Texas Company No. 1-AQ
State, project In the Big Lake, West
Eilenburger field, was making hole
below 7,600 feet in lime and shale.
Site is in section 4, block 11, Uni-
versity Lands survey.
Luncheon \\ ill Open
Reagan Garden Club
Tfie Reagan Garden Club will
observe its opening fall meeting
with a luncheon on Tuesday, Oct
6, al one o’clock In the private din-
ing room of the Park Inn, it has
been announced by Mrs. James W
Miller, president of the organiza-
tion Hostesses for the occasion will
be Mrs H. L. Puckett, Mrs. A. H.
Garner and Mrs. John O'Bryan
Mrs. Miller stated that club funds
will provide for the member's
luncheon, but In case there are
guests, each member Is responsible
for her guest's luncheon
Oct. 2
Fort Stockton at Wink
Crane at Reagan County
Eldorado at Iraan
Alpine at McCamey
Fabens at Van Horn
Oct. 9
Wink at Andrews
Reagan County at Rankin
Iraan at Crar,e
McCamey at Fort Stockton
Fabens at Alpine
Oct. 16
Iraan at Alpine
El Paso Cathedral at Fabens
Oct. 23
Reagan County at Wink*
McCamey at Fabens*
Oct. 30
Wink at Iraan*
Fabens at Reagan County*
Nov. 12
Midland B at Reagan County
Nov 13
Fabens at Wink*
McCamey at Iraan*
’ Nov. 20
McCamey at Wink*'
Reagan County at Iraan*
•District games
extra points auu lutiia uu aiwi i . •
.____. uu cratlon at its present location since
touchdowns. Wright, assisted b* IMarch of 193q Tho buslnc , rtod to the Gonzales Warm Springs
Jodie Minnlck. Tracy Crites »nd,M“ca OI ,ne Du5iness 1 ^ Foundation Assistinc Mrs Munn
. , , . ,„it. in 1937 with John as manager I lu“ Assisting mis iwunn
Jack Johnson, gave the Owls mis- wh , h enlisted in the air force in th,‘ Porchlight campaign will be
ery all night, and rolled up 21 first 7nen iled *n Tint ,r IorcC lellow members of the Progressive
. ... ... during World War II. Joe, who was ! “ rrogrissivt
owns, w a . in college at the time, took over j Study Club
gained rushing and 83 yards on , ^ hp jQlned th<J alr forcc and As the campaign Is nearing the
sevtn comi i passes the station was run by the father end> Mrs Munn stated. This work
The Reagan Owls went mostly to mothpr d..riM., lht, war vears to help provide treatment facilities
- -------- "• ........- A third son. Dan Allen, the Eldest !<“ «.«• handicapped younmter. of
the air, throwing 31 passes and
completing 10 for a total of 125
yards. Charles Martin did most of
the Owl passing. The Owls made 12
first downs, but gained only 43
yards net rushing.
Kenneth Keener. Owl back who
ran well against Ozona. was on the
sick list and did not get to play.
Sonora's first score came In the
and the first of the three brothers corn|ounlty and every commu
to join Uncle Sam's air corps,
erected the building which he sold
to his father when he enlisted Mr
and Mrs Daugherty and sons have
been residents of Big Lake since
1936, moving here from Texon
where Mr Daugherty was employ-
nity in the state of Texas, is very
important I am sure that the peo-
ple of Reagan County, always so
generous in humanitarian efforts,
will not let the campaign close
without making some contribution
to help the Gonzales Foundation
extend its facilities to an ever-in-
„ ... ed by ihe Big Lake Oil Co He re-
opening period on a 67 yard drive, (lrpd from the compunys service, creasing number of patients and
the final 25 yards for the touch- 3PVeral years after moving to Big ° keep Pacr with the constantly
«r - In': demand
Ichnston (luptun1** Title
()l (ioiintv (;<>!! I niirncs
Mrs. O. I Courtney is In Tuscola
helping take care of her new
grandson who was born to Rev
and Mrs Ike Courtney on Sept. 10.
Rev Courtney teaches school at
Tuscola and ls also pastorlng a
small Baptist Church near Abilene.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week the Big. Lake
Wildcat will give to ngular
mall subscribers, two tickets
to the Sh<»otlng Star Drive-
In, to two different families
This Week's Tickets Go To
Mr. and Mrs. Cue Varnadore
and
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Uorsev
To 8er
“The Band Wagon’’ and
“Desperate Search"
Showing at the Shooting Star
Big Lake
Sun.-Mon., Sept. 27-118
(Tickets Good for This At-
traction Only
You Must Be On The Wildcat
Subscription List to Receive
Free Tickets Subscribe To-
day*
(Tear Out and Present at the
Shooting Star Box Office'
Mrs. Hays Is Hostess
To 20th Century Club
"The Master's Touch" was the
theme of the Twentieth Century
Club’s program Tuesday afternoon
when Mrs. Earl Hays was hostess
Mrs. Ben Featherston was director
Mrs. H A Hartgrove's topic was
“God Is My Senior Partner '; Mrs.
D B Pettit’s topic was "Christian
Symbols”; and Mrs. Featherston
told about homemakers In Biblical
times
In the business session, a report
jon Teen-age Night was made, and
i the club voted to make a $25 dona-
I tlon to the Gonzales Warm Springs
(Foundation Fund
Mrs Hays served refreshments
to Mrsdames A L Evans. M H
Boone, D K McMullan. Ralph
O’Bryaii, J O Lusby. J L Went.
Jr Wilson Loftln, Billy Boyd C O
j McKinney, A B Hayes, II C Lo-
gan. W. A Glasscock, Paul Jacobs.
Hnrtgrove. Pettit and Featherston
Guests this week of Mr and Mrs
I John Kowalski were her son and
daughter-in-law. Mr and Mrs
Jack Pool and two childrrn of San
Antonio The visitors were en route
to San Diego to see the Pool's eldest
j son. Jackie who Is in the Navy and
1 who Is being sent to Japan
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs R 8 Meroney. who has been
a patient In the Shunnon Hospital
since last Saturday. Is reported to
Ibe much improved, according to
I friends who visited with her Wed-
|nesday
down being a pass from Wright to j ak(.
Johnson Wright kicked the extra
point.
In the third Quarter Sonora took |{j | < )j| (
the ball on their own 17 yard line G
after an Owl punt. They drove the j ( SfM'YH'C
length of the field, with Wright: , , .
going the final 3 yards to score Sixteen employees of the Big joe Johnston won over Harry
The Owls threatened in the same 1 ake °kl Company were honored at Lo(,an 2 and j last Sunday to take
quarter taking the ball on the kick tbe co,nPanys recent annual La- tju, Lake q0){ Association's
off after the Bronco score on their 1)01 ^av ba,b<TUe whcn tbt>' 'M‘,° third a.niu... t,.r,\ tournament
presented with service awards Pre- j fom Ka>« . took consolation
sen tat ion of the awards was made huuo,h arui ucicutlng Aubrey Ed
by W J Orlssett, general manager • ,A,,rdv consolatlon runner-up Oth-
of the company
For 25 years of service, wrist
watches were presented to B F
Bowen J P 'Snipe i Conley. R R
Kcrlln. R S Salyer and Elson
Shattuck For 20 years of service, a
diamond pin was given to Curtis
own 26 F’our completed passes put
the bull on the Sonora 19. however,
Sonora recovered an Owl fumble
on the next play to end the threat
Sonora took the ball and as the
lust period started had the ball as
lar an the Owl 6 yard line The Owl
line held on the I. and the Owls
took over again Assisted by two 15-
(Quieter) Association
Movement Begun Here
A movement, sponsored jointly
by the Reagan County Commis-
sioners Court and the Progressive
Study Club, ls underway to organ-
ie a cemetery association, and a
mass meeting will be called in the
near future for such a purpose.
Judge W D Hudson, who was a
luncheon guest of the Progressive
Study Club on Tuesday of this
week conferred with the club on
such an organiatlon He also told
of the recent work that had been
done at the Glenrest Cemetery. He
stated that the cemetery had been
surveyed with permanent markers
placed at the corners, and that a
plot had been laid off and special-
ly designated for the use of the
colored people of the county
The maintenance and bonifi-
cation of the Glenrest Cemetery
has been a project of the Progres-
sive Study Club for several years,
and the club will continue with
this project by working through
a cemetery association. If such is
organized.
Tuesday was observed as work
day at the cemetery, following by a
luncheon in the W H Ogilvy, Jr
home Guests included Judge and
Mrs Hudson, Mrs John O'Bryan
and Mrs H A Hart grove
A program, consisting of a sym-
posium on United Nations, was
given after luncheon with Mrs Ike
Chaffin and Mrs W B Hooker as
leaders Each member responded to
roll cal! by naming a delegate to
the United Nations
In the business session, the club
voted that each member contribute
! the sum of $1 00 to the Gonzales
| Warm Springs Foundation Fund
Mrs Theron Weatherby was named
chairman of the Americanism
| committee, with Mrs L M McCoy
and Mrs Frank Horton as commit-
teemen
Dorsey Hardeman of San Angelo,
state senator, will be guest speak-
er at the club at its next meeting,
Oct 13, in the fellowship hall of
i the Methodist Church. Senator
Hardeman will give a preview of
j pending amendments to the state
constitution Guests for the occa-
sion will include the husbands of
Ihe club members and the rnem-
I bers ol the Twentieth Century
t Club at a their husbands.
Members present a* the meeting
■Tuesday were Mesdames Ike Chaf-
Mn. W B Hooker. Sam Mann. W
W Munn, E O Nevllls, W H Ogll-
i vy Jr Japson Pettit, John Rack-
I ley, J C Sewell. W H Stephenson,
I Floyd Spence and Theron Weath-
erby
yard penalties against Sonora and
with two good passes completed, Ba,
the Owls moved the ball to the So- i , .......
Kosel and O D Palmer for 15 vears
Calendar clocks went to J E
nora 33 Another Owl fumble here
proved costly as Sonoru recovered
of service; leather billfolds to C O
Fowler, E. L Cagle, Mrs Bert Kog-
to D E
H Keene
or hnk.sters In the championship
lllpht were Clyde Parry. Wendell
Parker, J T Webb and H B Rees
Tommy Hayes was the winner of
the association’s first county tour-
nament Troy White, now of Eden,
was last year s winner
Harold Oardner was winner of
the first flight. R L McKinney
was runner-up Shorty Keith was
consolatlon winner; and Ike Chaf-
fin, consolatlon runner-up Other
first flight players were Riley
years of service; and cigarette j Dranch Bi„ Friend. John R
Daugherty and C I Ashcraft
P W Bin ton was top man in the
•second High G F’ McCray was
runner-up J I) Green, consolation
wanin'] and Finest Poteet, conso-
. . . „ . _ . .lation runner-up Other entries tn
interested n becoming Cub Scouts, .. ,, , . _ , .
.... , . . . ; thf >-M>n( flight were Don John-
and thdr parents arc reminded oti ,, ,
.. ... ''or How d Westfall Rolland
the first fall Pack Night of the „ . ,, „
, . Sunders ai Don Compton
school year to be held Monday)
gan County Memorial Hospital The night. Sept 28. in the elementary; "
baby was named Janice Lee school auditorium, beginning at ■ !c
Among the patients In the hospl 7 30 Boys, who have attained their
tat yesterday was Richard Warrtn- righth birthday but who have not
er, high school football player who reached their eleventh birthday,
suffered a broken leg while tn ;,n. eligible to become Cub Scouts
Practice Monday Richard was Jarvis Wright. Cubmaster
transferred here from a San An- ,-
brought the ball back down the
field where Sonora Intercepted a
Owl pass on their own 22. to end
the final Owl threat
I lo-jiital New "...
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Allen are
parents of a 4-pound daughter
born to them Sept 19 tn the Reu-
10
lighters were awarded
Cook. C L, Day and W
for 5 years of service
NOTICE
All Cub Scouts and other boys,
()w I Lielil I louse
Near (’omplelion
Work Is nearing completion on
ihe field house al the Owi Stadium,
and Is expected to be tn readiness
for the Owls next home game,
slated for Oct 2 with the Oolden
Cranes of Crane The building,
22x50 feet. Is of frame structure.
Besides the dressing rooms, com-
plete with showers and rest rooms,
for froth home and visiting teams,
provision has been made for two
outside rest rooms for the public
Approximate cost of the building is
between $10 000 and $12,000
gelo hospital
Other patients In the hospital
were Mrs B R Dyer. Big Lake,
medical and two patients remain-
ing from last week Mrs W’eldon
Mlears, surgery, and E M Beene,
accident Dismissed patients were
J F Bowden. Kenneth Keener and !
Luther Winters, all medical W A
Crow oilfield route, a medical pa-
tient was transferred to the Vet- 1
erans Hospital In Big Spring
Overnight guests Wednesday in
the Rudolph Ethridge home were
Mrs Ethridge's uncle and aunt. Mr. 1
and Mrs Hassell Slate of Paris, j
Texas
ton was winner of the
out Dr Jim Daves was
Fiank Ashcraft was
winner, and August
consolation runner up
Also romp*"ing in the third flight
were P H Coates Ixmls Morelra,
Ren Featherston arid C O MrKtn-
llpht
1 runner-up
| consolation
Hebert uu
ney
M«t*»
Bi«: I.akc Minister To
I loSd Rankin Re\ ival
D I Ashley, minister of the Big
Lake Church of Christ, will con-
duet a revival at the Northslde
Church of Christ in Rankin, begin-
ning Sunday. Oct 4. and lasting
through two Sundays It ha» been
announced by L L Colvin of Big
Lake, who is minister of the Ran-
kin church. Minister Colvin will
preach at the local church on twm
Sundays of Minister Ashley’s ab-
sence
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, J. L., Sr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1953, newspaper, September 25, 1953; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633752/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.