The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 03, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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BIG LARK, It KAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS. JANUARY 23. 1953
NUMBER 3
Big Lake State Bank
Raises Capital Stock
11 xitest Oil News In
Big I>ake Area ...
Hy JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially For The
RilC I-ike Wildcat
In a meeting this week of the will again serve as president, Rees < rexaa Company No. 1-AC
stockholders of the Big Lake State «« vice president, Ralph O'Bryan state- Indicated Ellenburger dls-
as cashier and Joe Johnston as as- covery *n South-Central Reagan
Bank, three directors were elected.
Selwyn Smith of Iraan was named
to succeed W. D. Hudson, who re-
signed when he was elected county
Judge. Two others added to the di-
rectorate were T. R. Johnston and
Bert Duesing, both of Big Lake. Di-
rectors re-elected were Max Shnee-
man, Val Oohmert, Bill Friend, W.
A. Glasscock, Abe Caruthera and H.
B. Rees. Forty-nine of the 54 stock-
holders were present for the meet-
ing.
The board of directors re-elected
all the present officers. 8chneeman
slstant cashier. I Counly* three miles northwest of
Since 1951, the bank has Increas- Lake, was swabbing to clean
ed its capital stock from $25,000 to out at tcst
$100,000. In that year, a 100 per cent At last report, operator was swab-
stock dividend was declared, and a blng load water with show of oil
50 per cent dividend the following and good show of gas from per-
year. Also In 1952, $25,000 worth of
stock was sold to 29 additional
stockholders.
No cash dividends were declared
last year, but stockholders and di-
rectors are well pleased with the
condition of the bank with its high Lands survey.
forations at 9,682-9,690 feet.
That set had been washed with
4,000 gallons of acid.
No. 1-AC State Is 660 feet and
west 1,980 feet from north lines of
soctlon 9, block 11, University
record of $3,800,000 In deposits. Its
loans amount to $1,300,000
March of Dimes Drive
Collects $750 To Date
After a slow start, I am glad to economic situation Last year our record-breaking total for Reagan
report that our efforts to raise hotels were all full and our trailer County. $1,650.00, for we still hkve
funds for the March of Dimes, has camps crowded and we had one to hear from Texon, Best, Kemper
gathered considerable Impetus dur- year less of drought. Today it is a and from outlying ranchmen. Far-
ing the past ten days, the sum fair guess that we have about one- ther, with the cooperation of our
total subscribed as we go to press third less people in the county. schools and theatres which will aid
hnving reached approximately While most of the more liberal In the work of advertising and help
$750.00 and while this Is considers- subscribers have already been con- In raising more dimes and dollars,
bly lower than we raised last year tacted, there Is still every reason we may yet attain last year's total,
at this stage, today we are facing a to be optimistic that we will still Coffee drinkers who gather at
very different and less favorable be able to approximate last year's
Rankin Red Bevils Win
Big Lake Tournament
The Reagan County Owls were all-tournament team were Bill
runners-up In their own cage tour- 'Schneetn&nn, Ozona forward; Ray-
nament that ended last Saturday j mond Young, Ballinger guard;
night when they were defeated by [James, Cauble, Ballinger center;
the Rankin Red Devils, 54-46, In a Grandada, Fort Davis guard; Nor-
three-mlnute overtime thrlllpacked | man Yocham, Rankin forward; Es-
game. The Owls placed four men sary, Lakeview center; and V. Tro-
on the all-tournament team, two wer, RanklA guard,
of which were the two top scorers I In behalf of the host school,
Reagan Boys To Show
Lambs At Fort Worth
Forty Reagan County 4-H and In magnificent Will Rogers Collse-
___ FFA boys will have lambs In the urn will be presented by the new
feet'from north* lines of "section Te*. j Jtinlor division of the Southwest- j firm of BeuUer Bros, and Verne
Phillips Petroleum Company
spotted location for an 8,000-foot
project In the Spraberry Trend
Area of Northwest Reagan County.
It will be drilled as No. 1-A Ken-
neth, 666 feet from west and 661
block F, C&M survey.
The Atlantic Refining Company
No. 1-48-F University, one and
three-quarters miles southwest of
production in the Barnhart field of
Southeast Reagan County, was
plugged and abandoned on total
depth of 9,774 feet In the Ellen-
burger.
No shows ior commercial pro-
em Exposition and Fat Stock Show Elliott, combining the two toughest
which opens in Fort Worth Janu- strings of rodeo stock In the coun-
ary 30 and lasts through February try.
8. The tuneful, beautiful light op-
The boys’ local show is set for j era “Desert Song” will be seen
February 13, and other shows In nightly beginning Feb 2 with a
which the 4-H and FFA boys will! matinee on Feb 8.
Fiddle bands, singers, square
dance teams and other free enter-
tainment will be presented on a
of the tourney.
The Ozona Lions copped third
place after downing the Ballinger
Bearcats, 48-52. Consolation honors
went to the McCamey Badgers In
a close game, 52-50, with the Lake-
view Chiefs. The last three games
were played before a capacity-filled
gym.
Defeating the McCamey Badgers
57-32, in their first game of the
tournament, the Owls claimed an-
Ralph Havenhlll, Owl coach and
tournament director, wishes to ex
participate will be the ones at San
Angelo and at 8an Antonio
Reagan County boys having en-
tries In the Fort Worth show are large stage; one spacious building
ductlon were found in any forma- Richj^d Calloway, Glenn Cope, will be entirely filled with educa-
tion drilled. Ronnie Dorsey. Stanley Doyle, Riley tlonal and commercial exhibits and
Location was 660 feet from north Peatherston, H. A. Hartgrove, Jr., the Midway shows and rides will be
and west lines of the southeast Howard Johnson, Terry Johnson, j another attraction
who helped In any way to make this
year's annual affair a success. Spe-
cial thanks are extended to the
Big Lake merchants who provided
tend sincere thanks to everyone Quarter of section 14, block 48, Uni- jjiHy John Jolly, Jimmy McCrohan,.
versity Lands survey and 10 miles MerrifIeld James Nossent.
west of the town of Barnhart. Jack Owens. Tommy Rees, Gene
Cabot Carbon Company and ROKers Charles Shafer. Clifford
_________ ______________Shamrock Oil & Oas Corporation sharp Stephenson, David
the handsome array of trophies and No. 1-B University, wildcat In Cen- gtewart, A. J. Vinson, Jack Wa^cor,
awards; to the Big Lake State Bank ! tral-South Reagan County, was william Allen, Robert Armstrong,
for displaying the trophies and drilling below 3,600 feet In lime and RtChard Bobbs, Teed Boyd, Ted
awards; and tfl L. L. Colvin for the ,s^ale- Carson, Clarence Davis, Billy Diez,
Operator set 8^B-lnch surface jimmy Franklin, Johnle Olbbs.
the Big Lake Drug Store for their
morning’s delight, will be Interest-
ed In knowing that Mr. Raley wil>
donate the morning’s receipU ol
coffee the morning of January 30th,
from 7:30 until noon. Sales will be
donated to the Mareh of Dimes.
On the same evening, there will
be a March of Dimes Dance at the
Dinner Club. Tickets will be $1.50
each for this occasion When the
March of Dimes will receive 50c on
each ticket sold Music will be fur-
nished by Dixie Williams’ popular
swing orchestra and In addition
there will be a beautiful floor show
by the pupils of Mrs. Darling, a
feature In Itself.
It should be remembered that
one-half of the money raised here
Reagan County for the March
of Dimes remains here with our
local treasurer, Mrs Ike Chaffin,
who reports that we have on hand
as of thLs date approximately
$85000
M R (Ted i Williams,
County Campaign Director.
Owls Enter Tournament
At Ozona This Morning
________________ .... _____ ___________ use of display cloth and pads; and s '-'perawr jimmy Franklin, Johnle Olbbs. The Reagan County High School Camey-Lakevlew vs Ozsona-8onora
other easy victory, 43-30, over the Charles K. Raley for arranging the , P!Pe 3-200 *ect- David Jacobs. Bill Loftin, Leslie, Owls will participate In Osaona's an- game. The championship game is
Brady Bulldogs In the second round, 'trophies and awards for display. 10.000-foot Ellenburger wild- McMullan, Lloyd Marsh, Gene Mills, nual invitational cage tournament set for 9 o’clock, and the consola-
Enterlng the semifinals, the Owls Through Tuesday night's victory,'cat ls bPlnB drilled 1,980 feet from jlm Tom Mills, q w Parker, III, I this week end, playing their first tlon game at 7:30 Saturday night.
68-35, over the Iraan Braves, the jwest an(^ 2,300 feet from south lines RU]ph way. Erwin Wooten and ! game Friday morning at 7:30 with Other teams In the 14-team
Reagan Owls have won 11 games °* spctlon 18, block 11, University j,»rry Wooten. J the San Angelo "B” Bobcats. If tourney Include Fort Stockton,
and lost 5 during the season, aver- j Lands survey and two miles south- The porl worth show Is offering they win, they will play the winner 1 Menard. Crane and Carrizo Springs.
of the Barnhart-Junctlon game at The tourney was due to open last
6:30 Frtduy evening If they lose ! evening with Junction and Barn-
played a hard fought game to beat
Ballinger, 55-53, after playing the
second three-minute overtime peel- „ ____________
od. aging 50.3 per cent of games played wesl °* t°wn Lake. an all-time high in premiums. The
The outstanding player award to their opponents’ 43 per cent. Argo Oil Corporation No. 1 Mary jUn,or show (open to girls as well
went to Charles Martin, Owl cen-(They have stacked up a total of 872 11 Chuse, stepout to production in as boys), carload-and-pen division
ter, who racked up 47 points dur- , points again 737 garnered by their the Spraberry Trend Area of North- of bulls, steer competition, sheep,
ing the tourney. Other Owls plac- oponents.
lng on the all-tourney team lnclud- Owls Individual scoring: below 5,362 feet In lime and
ed Clifford Farris, forward, who led J Farris 220, Martin 195, Colley 141, shaIe 11 drllled 660 foet
In the scoring with 49 points; Jerry ; Ash, 103, Thompson 85, Smith 70, i from north and 1,980 feet from west
Thompson, guard; and Jimmy Col- Ross 26, Johnson 22, Boggs 3, Rowe **nes section 40, block 36. TSt
ley, forward. Also placing on the!2, and Keener 1. j™r(vt’y 11 ls 15 northwest of
Joseph 8 GrUM No. 1 Williams,
project In the Spraberry Area of
Northwest Reagan County, was bot-
tomed at 7,789 feet testing for com-
pletion Potential test will be re-
John Conrad Dodson, 19. who Is j ported within the next few days.
Firemen’s Annual Ball
To Be Friday, Jan. 23
The evening of January 23 is the
date set for the Big Lake Volun-
teer Fire Department’s annual
firemen’s ball, it Is to be held at
the Dinner Club, beginning at nine
o’clock and lasting until one. Music
will be furnished by Dixie William’s
Orchestra. Admission price will be
$3.00 per couple, and couples, only,
will be admitted. Proceeds from the
ball will be used by the department
in buying needed equipment.
Big I ,ake Man Escapes
From Jail; Still Free
-’barged on three burglary counts,; Location Is 660 feet, from south
1. still at large following his escape j uul eaSt iine8 of section 19, block
from the Reagan County jail last | ;j,j t-5-S, T&P survey.
Announcement has been made of
the appointment of Ted L. Ander-
son as area representative of Time
Automatic Defrosters for electric re-
frigerators. His advertisement may
be found elsewhere in this Issue of
the paper. John Ooodwin Is district
manager for the company.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week The Big Lake Wild-
’at will give to regular mall sub-
scribers, two ttrkets to the
Shooting 8tar Drtve-In. to two
different families.
This Week's Tickets Go To
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Andrews
and
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Carnes
To See
"ISLAND OF DESIRE”
Showing at the Shooting Star
Big Lake
Sunday and Monday, Jan. 28-26
(Tickets Good f-r "nils Attrnc-
tlon Only)
You Must Be On The Wildcat
Q.»helV $•♦ 4a ssa
>> u t/ev * ' u awe* « ter* r t t*r
Tickets—Subscribe Today!
(Tsar Out and Present at the
Shooting 8tar Box Office)
F fid ay night. Taken to the sheriff’s
office after he said he wanted to
talk about the burglaries, Dodson
was said to have bolted and ran.
Traces of his whereabouts have
been reported, but no definite clues
found which might lead to his ap-
prehension.
Dodson ls charged with the bur-
glary of Word Furniture and Colvin
Jewelry Store building on Dec 8;
and the Gulf Service Stutlon and
the Big Lake Motor Co. on Dec. 17,
Watches, valued at more than
$1,000 were token from the Jewelry
store, and money from the service
station and the motor company.
Bond In each case had been set at
$2,500
Dodson had been an employee In
the nearby oil fields. He was ar-
rested before the Christmas holi-
days
TO HAVE SQUARE DANCE
The Circle Eight Square Dance
Club of Big Lake ls sponsoring a
dance to be held Saturday night,
January 24, at the Big Lake Coun-
try Club, beginning at 8 o’clock.
The Wilson Taylor 8trlng Band of
Odessa will furnish the music. Club
members meet each Wednesday
night for practice at the Oirls'
Club.
The same operator's No 2 Wil-
iams Is drilling below- 4,320 feet til
lime and shale it Is 1.980 feet from
west and 060 feet from south lines
of section 19, block 36, T-5-S. T&P
survey.
Lynn OH Company and Oruber
No. 1 Superior-University, project
In the Orayson field four and one-
half miles south of Santa Rita, was
drilling below 2.798 feet fn lime. It
Ls 1,990 feet from north and 1,663
feet from west lines of section 25,
block 8. University survey
AN APPRECIATION
The Junior class of the Reagan
County High School wishes to ex-
press its appreciation to those who
helped make Its concession stand
during the tournament a success
special thanks go to Lacy Way for
the meat and storage; to Brown
Huyes and Jeff Kelly for barbecu-
ing the meat without charge; to
the women who baked pies, cookies
and rakes and made saudwlches; to
the junior class mothers for help-
ing with the barbecue; and to the
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyteri-
an Churches for the use of their
roffee urns.
Angoras, barrows, poultry, turkeys
and rabbits—all have a record
number of entries. Show horseK and
Western type horses will be featur-
ed In the outstanding horse show
The world’s greatest Indoor rodeo
their first game, they enter the hart playing the opening game, fol-
consolution bracket at 9 o'clock Sat- lowed by Ozona and Sonora
urday In a match with the loser of The Owls were runners-up In
the Ran kin-Mason game Ozona's tournament last year An-
Should the Ow’ls win their second drews. not enteredathis year, was
round, they will enter the semi- the c h a m p 1 o n, ^khlle Carrlxo
finals at 2:15 Suturday afternoon In Springs was the consolation winner,
a game with the winner of the Me-
Semester and Six-Weeks
Hem or loll Announc
I lospitul News
|'<t
Si iJ
The Reagan County Memorial
Hospital announces the arrival of
four young ladles born In the hos-
pital last week end. On J;muary 16.
Mr and Mrs. F C Turner became
the parents of an 8-pound 10-ounce
girl whom they named Janet Lou-
•A total of 81 students In Reagan Shirley Harris, Don Holt. Jerre Kay l.se On January 17 Mi and Mrs
County High School, which Includes Mills, Dick McReynold.s, Betty New- Weldon Dunn became the parents
the seventh and eighth grades man’ Stanley Potoet, Rcba Thru*, (>i a daughter whom they named
made the (tat semester honor roll.' 1“'*"1 Jf™" T^*’ K,“V the ”colra **
whili five others. Nancy Boyd, Dor- 7 pounds Also on January 17, a
and a total of 91 made the third ls Holmes. Darlecn Melton. Mar- 7-pound, 2-ounce daughter was
six-weeks roll, according to an an- garet Nossent nnd Hlstle Ray were born to Mr. and Mrs John W
nouncement made by Principal Ben on the six-weeks roll Jones The baby was named Frieda
Frathcrston On the righin grade semester and Lcanlce Mr and Mrs Herman
mnkino both mil* in- six-weeks rolls were Oddus Merrl- James became the parents of a
,i£oZr»! «->• ■*
bte Malone. Winston McAden. Dor-
othy Owens. James Phillips, Sue
Shilling, Shirley Swanzy Miller,
Jerry Thompson, Beth Werst and
Jane Wilson Brown In addition,
Neta Burch mude the semester hon-
or roll and Gene (’lay Mills, the six-
weeks roll
Juniors making both rolls were (,i> the six-weeks roll
iandra Cope, Ernestine Crenwclge, i Seventh grade honor
dress, Ruth Theus, Billie White- ed 8 pounds and 2 ounces, and w'as
head, Damon Davis, David Jaeobs, namad Janice Lynn
Jeffrey Kelly, Gayle McMullan, Eight patlrnts w’cro In the hospi-
Dorothctta Pettit, Clifford Sharp tal yesterday at noon They lnclud
and Barbara 8tlles Darwin Stout ed Jose Reyes, Jr, 3-month-old son
and Victor Whitley made the sem of Mr and Mrs Jose Reyes, medl-
ester roll, and Doyle Stanley, Mer- cal. Delores Ann Osborn, 4-month
roll Morgan, Oliver Parker, Jean old daughter of Mr and Mrs las>n
Dorlty and Sally 8apptngU>n were Osborn, medical; Mrs A B. Hayes,
medical; Dwayne Basham, modi
Indents on cal; Mrs L. I) Smith, medical, all
Carey Frlsby, Jackie Holmes. Han- both rolls ver Patricia Cope, Susan of Big Lake, Mrs Ada Lee Hunt,
rira Melntyre. Charles MLskell, Son-11>< an. BUI Loftin. Patricia Martin, Barnhart, medical; and Mrs K L
dra Thompson, Ben Vamlergrtff, j Paul Wilson, James Whitehead, KTlmore, Texon, medical
Ralph Way and LaNell Wright The James Adkins. Ginger Jackson, Dismissed patients were Vaughn
names of Charlas Martin and Dale Marlin MorrUv Newell Mulllcan, Jordan, Big Lake, medical, Johnny
Calley appeared on the semester! Billie Naxworth, James Nossent, Lloyd Thomas, 3-year-old son of
roll, nnd Gene Dedeker, Carol Oal- Tommy Rees, Kenneth Stacy and Mr. and Mrs H. L. Thomas, oil
David Stewart Semester honor field route, surgery; Robert Rmer-
itudentr were Onyla Day, Betty son, Texon, medical; Mrs C. J Jor-
Mlller and Jeanette Penn. Six- dan. Big Lake, medical; R R Davis,
w'eeks honor students were Fred Big Lake, accident; Mrs Charles
Archer and Bobby Wright Byrd, Big Lake, medical; Kathy
Ann Ooodwin. 5-year-old daughter
HAVE SON of Mr and Mrs. John Goodwinn,
Mr and Mrs M E Henry, for- Big Lake, surgery; E. L. Whitehead,
mer Big Lake residents now living Texon, surgery, Mrs W C Barber,
yen, Fannie I-ou McCurrln and Er-
win Wooten were on the six-weeks
roll
Sophomore honor students on
both rolls were Glenn Cope Roy
Fell Charles Orissett, DeAnna
Hickey, Sylvia McAden, Sue Mor-
gen, Mar.an Sue Roach, Marvin
Rowe Beth Shilling, Eddie Stephen -
son nnd Billie Watkins Semester
NOTICE
A meeting of the Roy Rose Post,
SI.E INAI GURAL American legion, has been called
Mr. and Mrs A. L. Evans and jt)(. Momjay night Jan 26 at 7 30
•nu. Ky Lynn, Witnessed the na- t|)r f(ri, ^ftl| ^jj veterans Inter- M,n nn<* Watkins Semester th Imperial, are the parents of a Texon, medical, and Arvll Wayne,
tlonal Inaugural ceremonies via Mted In becoming members are In- pophomores Included La Quit* six-pound. ’ 9-ounce boy bom to Big I*ke, medical
’elevlslon Tuesday while In Austin . o*teml and all members >SfmrP t»nd Bobble Whitehead, and them January 15 in a Monahans --------
Th# *v»n« femity hurt h«.«*n in j rlx wrrV honor students were MU* j hospital. Thf bsby was r.eutC-d Kfu- Jack Black, former OOOcii
Antonio and Austin on 1 business __ I ton Oryder. BUI Morton and Becky ncth Dale Helping take care of the In the local high school who is now
j Phillips jnew arrival ts Mrs Henry’s mother, principal of the Iraan High School,
trip. While in Austin they were
"? Mr *’•-------’ hrrvhrr !n Mrr. Ttrir. Wl!~r. !c2TCi thL -eck T-.:.. !.,m u a>ou> Lutii !hni- ' M*» F|»v] £<.'»,I ».«*«• Muiuit. mi wa» muuUK Lite «im I*u»r« mt the
Inw and sister. Rev and Mrs A B end for Alpine where she will cn- [or rolls Thry were Tommy Burkes Henry Is an employee of the Skelly basketball tournament here last
’ tghtfoot and faml’y roll at Sul Ross College ! Dennis Bailey, Nancy Compton. OU Co Saturday.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, J. L., Sr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 03, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1953, newspaper, January 23, 1953; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633848/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.