The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXX
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 1, 1955
NUMBER 13
Two Stores To Have jVamadores Announce
Remodeling Program Daughter's Engagement
Work on a remodeling program Mr and Mrs W J. Varnadore of
was begun this week on the Thai* Texon announce the engagement
buildings that will provide modern and approaching marriage of their
store space for two down town daughter, Elizabeth Ann, to Prank
Olenn Cope, Reagan County
High School senior, posed with
Governor Allan Shivers and
State Representative J. Gordon
(Oble) Bristow when he visited
the State Legislature last week
as a guest of Mr Bristow. The
Invitation to visit the legislature
Lubbock Man To Speak
At Easter Morn Service
Rev. J. A. Thomas of
will be the guest speaker at the lo-
cal annual sunrise service on East-
er morning, April 10, at the foot-
ball stadium. It has been an-
ced by M
eral chairman of the Interdenomi-
national project.
In Austin was extended to Glenn
when he caddied for Mr Bristow
at a golf tournament here.
Olenn Is the son of Mr and Mrs
P. E Cope of the Amerada Camp
RANKIN CHURCH OP CHRIST
TO HAVE GOSPEL MEETING
places of business, Word Purnlture
Store and Peoples Drug 8tore.
The building, formerly occupied
by E L. Martin ti Sons, Is being re-
I modeled for the furniture store
* Plans call for a concrete floor,
complete Interior refintshing and a
modern store front The new loca-
tion will give the store 350 square
feet more than Its present location,
R W Word, owner of the store
since 1949. first came to Big Lake
In 1944 as a member of a seismo-
graph crew, and has made his
home here since 1947
When Mr. Word vacates his
present location, work will start on
that building which also houses
the Peoples Drug Store The two
places will be combined, giving the
drug store 50 ft, x 70 ft floor space
The stairway, leading to the upper
story, will be moved to one side,
the interior remodeled, and a mod-
em front Installed R E Rogers,
who purchased the business In
1946, has been a resident of Rea-
gan County since 1938 Before
coming to Big Lake, he was with
i the Texon Drug Store, taking time
C Simmons of Big Lake. A
wedding Is being planned
June
REV. J. A. THOMAS
Holy Week Services
To Start Monday Morn
Holy Week services, which are
nnder the direction of the Big
Lake Ministerial Alliance, will be
held in the community twice dally,
from Monday through Friday.
Borne member of the alliance will
be speaker at each service.
The morning services will be , .
held at the Presbyterian Church. !’*f! laike, still remains In the hos
beginning at 7:00 and lasting fori pltal. Weighing three
only 46 minutes. Doughnuts
coffee will be served.
lout for service In the Navy during
Bro. Jack McCormick of Little- World War 11
fl?!d will be guest speaker at a gos- j The building, being remodeled
pel meeting for the Rankin Church for Mr. Word. Is a landmark In Big
Lubbock 0{ Christ, located four blocks west l ake, reminiscent of the town s
of the bank building In Rallkln ^rly days when It housed the R
This meeting will begin on April Thels Qeneral 8toIT ^ brlrk lwo
3rd and continue through Easter stor* buUdln* was «‘r‘‘rt«'d bV Mr
. . 8unday, April 10th. Services will be shortly after the town began
nounced by Mr.s^ John Nunn, gen heW t l0;30 each Sun(lay mornlng to prosper from the 1923 oil dlscov-
land 7:30 each evening. You are
I cordially Invited to attend all of
Rev. Thomas, well known West these services or any services of
Texas preacher. Is superintendent thf church.
of the West Texas District Council ____________ ______
of the Assemblies of God with,
headquarters In Lubbock. He has T,,,RD GRADE TO HAVE
been In the ministry for 25 years. EASTER OPERETTA SOON
Committeemen assisting Mrs. The three third grades of the Big
Nunn In the arrangements for the Lake Elementary School will pre-
sunrise service are C. O. McKinney, j sent an operetta, "Easter Fairy
Rev. Taft Holloway, Rev. Roy’Land’’, on Tuesday evening, April
Shilling, L. R. Dorsey, Billy Carr, j 5, tn the school auditorium, begln-
Rev. Jack London, J. L. Werst, Jr ,: ning at 8 o’clock The operetta Is
Mrs. J. T. Webb, Mrs. Tom 8lssel, under the direction of Mrs. Rlch-
Paul Jacobs, P. W. Burton, R. D.; ard Sprlngstun, public school mu-
McRcavy, Mrs. Henry Schooler, j sic teacher, and assisting her are
the three third grade teachers,
Mrs Prentiss Oarrett, Mrs Jaunlta
Parker and Mrs. James Turner
About 75 pupils will participate In
the program.
ELIZABETH ANN VARNADORE
Miss Varnadore, a native of Tex- j
on, graduated from Reagan County I
High School In 1952. and has been
employed In the office of the;
schlumberger Well 8urveylng Pout;lah wlll_ 2)001
Corp
Mr Simmons, who Is originally
from Linden, near Texarkana, has
been a resident of Big Lake for the
past two years. He Is employed In
the oil field Industry
Trustee And Aldermen
Flections Approaching
A county-wide election Is ached
uled for tomorrow when two trus
ery In the county. Mr. and Mrs
Thels, who made their home In Big
Lake for a number of years, are
now living In Ruldoso, New Mexico t(’os for the Reagan County Hide
......... j pendent School District are to be
selected. Appearing on the ballots. Reagan sector of
will be the names of M Z Morris Trend Area field
W. E. BARNES’ SISTER
BUROCD AT LUBBOCK
Latest Oil News In
Big Lake Area—
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially Tor The
Big Lake Wildcat
Eight miles northwest of Texon
and approximately four miles east
of Benedum (Spraberry) field of
Southwest Reagan Counts,- The
Texas Company No. 1 W H. Dixon,
recovered shows of dll on an upper
Spraberry drillstem test
The scheduled 12.200-foot Eilen-
burger wildcat was tested three
hours from 6,331 to 6,455 feet, Re-
covery was 330 feet of oil and gas-
cut mud, with the bottom 120 feet
heavily oil cut Flowing pressure
was from 110 to 195 pounds, and
shut-in pressure In 15 minutes was
290 pounds Hole was being mude
below 6,617 feet in lime and shale
Location is 4,600 feet from south
and 680 feet from most westerly
east line of Andrew Roach Survey
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Com-
pany will dig No. 1-1 N L. Douglas
as 7.600-foot project lri the North-
west Reagan County portion of the
Spraberry Trend Area Field Site
Is 660 feet from west and 2,901 feet
from south line* of section 28,
block B, L&8V survey and 10 miles
northwest of Stiles
The same operators No 2-1
feet from
south and 1,980 feet from east lines
of section 28. block B, LdeSV sur-
vey.
Continental OH Company No. 6
T R Sowell Is 5,400-foot project In
the Cope (Spraberry) field of
Northeast Reagan County Loca-
tion is 2,038 feet from south and
1.980 feet from most westerly east
lines of section 34, block A, TC sur-
vey and 20 mile* northeast of
Stiles
Thr TXL Oil Corporation of Mid-
land announced location for a 7,-
900-foot project In the Northwest
the Spraberry
E (Barnes went
Billy Boyd and Rev Leslie Thomp-
son, Jr., all of Big Lake; and H. L.
Adams and Curtis Barbee of Tex-
on.
Hospital News ...
Patrick James Bowman, who was
born In the Reagan County Me-
morial Hospital March 24 to Mr
and Mrs. Chester C Bowman of
pounds at
and j birth, he now tips the scales at the
four-pound mark.
The evening services will begin, >,r and Mra rred C Turnf^ <)f
at 7:30 On Monday and Tuesoay 3arnh=rt are Parent-’of a 800 ^
evenings, they will be held at the! to them March 30 He was named
Baptist Church, and on Thursday Herb"1 Calvin, and his weight
and Friday evenings, at the Meth-
odist Church On Wednesday eve-
ning, each congregation will ob-
serve Its service In Its own church.
FREE THEATRE
TICKETS
Each week the Big Lake
Wildcat, will give to regular
mall subscribers, two tickets
to the Shooting Star Drive-
In, to two different families
This Week’s Tickets Oo To
Mr. and Mrs. E. Price Miller
and
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rees
To See
“Black Tuesday” and
“The Steel Trap"
8howlng at the Shooting 8tar
Big Laks
Sunday-Monday. April 3-4
(Tickets Good tor This At-
traction Only)
You Must Be On The Wildcat
Subscription Ust to Receive
Free Ticket# -Subscribe To-
day!
(Tear Out and Present at the
Shooting Star Box Office)
was 9 pounds and 5 ounces.
A daughter, Connie Lynn, was
born March 26 to Mr and Mrs. El-
bert Young. She weighed 8 pounds
and 3 ounces.
A daughter. Elizabeth Maurlne.
was born to Mr and Mrs. Rudolph
Ethridge on March 25. She weighed
7 pounds and 4 ounces.
Patients In the hospital yester-
day Included Mrs. M B. Winches-
ter, Big Lake, surgery; Mrs. Luther
Crow. Big Lake, medical; J D
Armstrong, Big Lake, medical;
Billy Wayne Pettit, Big Lake, sur-
gery; Michael Cockrell, Texon, ac-
cident; and Susan Morris, Big
lake, accident Mrs. Ethel Cutblrth
,of Big Lake Is a patient here, hav-
ing been transferred from Temple
Dismissals were R 8. Shankle,
Texon. accident; A L Martlndale,
Big Lake, accident; Roy Allen
Ooodloe. Big lake, medical; Emma
Jean Owln. Big lake, medical;
Taft Pat Holloway, son of Rev and
Mrs Taft Holloway, Big Lake,
medical; and Mrs Leroy Webb. Bar
8 Ranch, medical
Trade At Home And Save!
In Big lake For Better Values!
Mr, and Mrs. W
to Lubbock Tuesday to attend the
funeral services of his sister, Mrs
J W Holt, 72, who died Monday In
a Lubbock hospital following a
lengthy Illness She fonnerly lived
In San Angelo. *
Survivors Include one daughter,
Mrs Thomas Clark, with whom
she made her home in Lubbock;
three sons, Major James M Holt
of the U S Army, Nolan Holt of
San Antonio and John W. Holt of
Lubbock, one sister, Mrs Andrew
Hint of Ballinger; one brother, W
E Barnes of Big Lake; and eight
grandchildren
Of the Texon area and Lacy Way
of the Best area, both of whom are
up for re-election. Voting places
will be at the courthouse In Big
Lake, at the old county seat build-
ing at Stiles, and at the Texon
Club House at Texon
A city election Is slated for Tue*
day when three aldermen are to be
chosen Names on the ballots will
be those of P H Coates, Richard
Joiner and Billy Carr, all of whom
are seeking re-election Voting
place will be at the city hall
Week end guests of Mr, and Mr*
D L Ashley were his brother-in-
law and sister, Mr anil Mrs Alfred
i White, and son. Mickey, of Rotan
It Is No 1 Reagan Fee, 194# feet
from south and 660 feet from west
lnes of section 27, block 37, T-5-S,
TAP survey, 18 miles northwest of
Stiles
Shell Oil Company will dig No. I
R T Ringo as a 7,500- foot test In
the same area.
Site 1* 660 feet from north and
I, 320 feet from east lines of section
II, block D, L&8V survey, and sev-
en and three-quarters miles north-
west of StUes
of the volunteer labor contributed
by men In the community. Dona-
tions are still being accepted to
Shown above Is Mrs J R Daven- rrnoon
port receiving the keys to the The house, located at the comer
house that will be home for her of Tenth and Mississippi. I* a____
ZHZJTtSSS:**th* ^of 11:500 *tul
the committee that sponsored the Committeemen working with Mr
fund-raising drive to provide a Evans were H B Rees, Rev Roy
due on the building.
Pictured with Mrs
More heat I Baby Buried
In Bijj; Lake Yesterda\
Oeorge Robert Morehead, 11-
month-old son of Mr and Mrs
Oeorge Q Morehead, died early
Tuesday morning In Houston to
which place he had been taken for
surgery He had been suffering a
heart ailment since hi* birth on
April 30, 1954
Funeral services were held yes-
terday afternoon at the First Bap-
tist Church with Reverend* Toft
Holloway, Jack London and Roy
Shilling officiating Burial was In
the local cemetery
Survivors Include the parents;
one brother, Donny Morehead; his
maternal grandparents, Mr and
Mrs BUI Dyer, all of Big lAke: and
his paternal grandparents, Mr and
Mrs R Q Morehead of Lufkin
Pallbearers were M. H Boone,
Dr J A Daves, Paul Jacobs and
Barn ham Chisholm.
Among those from out-of-town
attending the funeral were the
grandparents from Lufkin, and
other relatives and friends Includ-
ing Mrs. J T. Seljman and daugh-
ters of Ix>* Angeles, Calif , Mr and
Mrs Benard Chisholm and daugh-
ter and Mr and Mrs Barham
Chisholm, all of Houston, Mrs Bob
Manning and Mrs Stev* Baldwin
and Vera Anne of Kerynlt. Miss
Elizabeth Hale of Big Spring, Mr.
and Mrs Seale Dyer and daughters
of Crane. Mr and Mrs O W Ham-
ilton of Brownfield and Mrs Bob
Brazil of San Angelo.
Davenport
Trade At Borne And Save) Boy
In Big Lake For Bettor Valoes!
home for the family following the Shilling. Joe Johnston, Oay Walk-, are her children, left to right. Jer-
sudden death of Mr Davenport. #r, W N Wright. Judge W D Hud- ry, 11; Cecil, •; June 10. Ella, 7,
Presentation was made at the open son and W W Munn Jack Hlg- sod the baby, Danny,
house ceremony held Sunday aft- nett, local contractor, was overseer old.
Delbert Johnston of Snyder was
a visitor here last week end In the
months homes of his sister MM* Lets* Ray.
and his brother, Joe JoiMaston
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955, newspaper, April 1, 1955; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656767/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.