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VOLUME XXXIX
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 22, 1964
NUMBER 43
Latest Oil News
In Big Lake Area...
By JAMES C. WATSON
Written Specially for the
Big Lake Wildcat
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Sun Oil Co. has completed
No. 1-A University as a dis-
covery from the Joins forma-
tion in Reagan County, seven
miles southwest of Big Lake
‘and 5/8 mile southeast of the
one-well Lyman (Fusselmani
pool.
On the 24-hour potential,
the strike pumped 80 barrels
of 40.8-gravity oil plus 10
percent water from perfora-
tions at 9,494-510 feet after
treating the formation with
1.000 gallons of acid and
fracturing with 20.000 gal-
lons. Gas-oil ratio was 381-1.
It is 660 feet from south
and west lines of section 10,
block 12, University Lands
survey and six miles south of
.Ellenburger production in the
multizone Big Lake field.
No. 1-A University drilled
to a total depth of 9,718 feet
in barren Ellenburger. It then
set 4’/2-lnch casing at that
point for the Joins testing.
L&N Production Co. of
Mineola has taken over oper-
ation of two locations origi-
nally staked by Leland F.
Long of Mineola and has
completed both a Grayburg
discoveries in Reagan County.
The No. 1-170 V. T. Hughes,
eight miles east of Big Lake
and 467 feet from north and
east lines of section 170, block
1, T&P survey, is three miles
northeast of Grayburg pro-
' ducton in the John Scott re-
gion.
It completed to pump 30
barrels of 32.8-gravity oil per
day plus two percent water,
from perforations at 2,575-604
feet after the formation had
been fractured with 15,000
gallons.
No. 1-195 V. T. Hughes is
eight miles east of Big Lake,
467 feet from south and west
lines of the northeast quarter
of section 195, block 1, T&P
survey and 2 Vi miles north of
Grayburg production in the
Barnhart multipay field.
It potentialed for a dally
pumping production of 16
barrels of 32-gravity oil plus
'five percent water from per-
forations between 2,428 and
2,460 feet after a fracture
with 15,000 gallons.
Marathon Oil Co. has com-
pleted the second middle
Spraberry producer and a lo-
cation west extension in the
Big Lake field of Reagan
County at the No. 2-C Uni-
versity.
It pumped 118 barrels of
41.7-gravity oil and no water
per day on the 24-hour po-
tential test from perforations
at 6,242-274 feet after a 32,-
000- gallon fracture.
The former Pennsylvanian
' oil producer is one mile east
of Texon, 625 feet from north
and 650 feet from west lines
of section 1, block 2, Universi-
ty Lands survey.
Lipan Oil Co. of Midland
has completed a 5/8-mile
southwest extension to the
Price (Grayburg) pool of
Reagan County, at the No.
1- 1 Wolters.
Location is three miles
southeast of Big Lake, 3,922
feet from north and 660 feet
from east lines of section 1,
GC&SF survey.
It pumped five barrels of
34-gravity oil per day with no
water on the 24-hour poten-
tial test. Perforations are at
2,350-55 feet and the forma-
tion had been treated with
2.000 gallons of acid.
John L. Cox of Midland No.
1-B Rocker is a 1 Vi-mile
northwest offset to the re-
cent opener and lone produ-
cer in the Rocker B, South
(Dean) pool of Reagan Coun-
ty.
It is projected to 7,300 feet
and spots 1,320 feet from
south and 660 feet from west
lines of section 46, block 1,
T&P survey, 12 miles north
of Big Lake.
Alan R. Fraser To Be
Legion Speaker Here
ALAN R. FRASER
Hospital News...
Medical patients in Reagan
Memorial Hospital yesterday
were Mrs. Joyce Johnson,
Kathy Lee Hamlett, Sam
Chumley, Jewel Heflin, Ernie
Llnvllle, Mary Whitley, Mrs.
Mildred Luxton, Ted Rist,
Mrs. Bell Felder and Diana
Box, all of Big Lake; Mrs.
David Subla and Mrs. Melva
McKandless of Barnhart;
Mrs. R. E. Holt, Star Route,
Midland; James C. Dlez, Big
Spring; and Mrs. James Lux-
ton, Odessa.
Leaving the hospital have
been Mrs. June Conaster, Jo
McReavy, N. K. Parsons, Mrs.
Earbara Porter, Mrs. May-
belle Thomas, Mrs. Alma Mae
Bruce, James Kennedy, Mrs.
I. N. Riley, Mrs. E. Price Mil-
ler, George Blake, Sr., Brad-
ley Watson, Carl Lankford,
Mrs. C. M. Johnson, Eddy
Nicholson, Linda Whitley
and Jack Vail, all of Big
Lake;
Mrs. Wendall Parker, Tex-
on; Burl Ellison, Oil Field
Route; Francis Johnson, Star
Route, Midland; and C. R.
McGhee, Sherwood. Surgical
patients had been Bonnie
Alan R. Fraser of El Paso,
chief justice of the Eighth
Court of Civil Appeals, will
be guest speaker at a dinner
on the evening of Veterans
Day, Nov. 11, when Roy Rose
Post of the American Legion
will pay tribute to veterans
of the last three wars. Spe-
cial guests will include World
War I .Veterans and their
wives, and widows of de-
ceased veterans of this war.
Also invited are veterans of
World War II and the Korean
War and their wives. The din-
ner will be held in the school
cafeteria at 7:00 o'clock.
Judge Fraser, formerly of
Alpine, is well known in this
area, having served for seven
years as district attorney in
the 83rd Judicial District of
Texas before resigning to en-
ter the armed forces in World
War II. He saw three and
one-half years of active duty
overseas, concluding with 18
months as head of the mili-
tary government and courts
in Frankfurt, Germany. He
served as a judge in the fa-
mous Nuremberg Trials in
Germany.
Upon his return to civilian
life, he was appointed district
judge of the 83rd Judicial
District where he served un-
til 1953 when he was elected
associate justice of the Eighth
Court of Civil Appeals in El
Paso. In 1963 he was ap-
pointed to his present posi-
tion as chief justice of the
same court.
During all the years of his
professional career, Justice
Fraser’s prime interest has
been in the prevention of
crime, especially among
young people. He has au-
'/■oritter Reagan Man
Heart Attack Victim
Owls-Lions To Meet
Pete Robinett, 46, of Ker-
mit, former resident of Big
Lake and also of Texon, died
early Sunday evening in a
Kermit hospital following a
heart attack which he had
suffered about 10:00 o’clock
that morning in his home.
Masonic graveside rites
were held Tuesday afternoon
in Lawnhaven Memorial
Gardens in San Angelo with
the Big Lake Masonic Lodge
conducting the service. He
v>as a former worshipful
master of the local lodge.
In Top District Contest
Ed Foreman Comes
Sunday with Caravan
Ed Foreman, US 16th Dis-
trict Congressional Repre-
sentative of Odessa, Republi-
Rites Held Tuesday
For Reagan Pioneer
Funeral services for Wil-
liam Jasper Cutbirth, 94, ear-
ly Reagan County settler and
can candidate for re-election the county’s oldest citizen,
Mr. Robinett. plant foreman!to office’ arrives in Blg ^ke
at 4:30 o’clock Sunday after-
noon on a final swing
through this area before the
general election of November
for Trans-Western Pipeline
Co., had lived in Kermit
since 1960. He was born Nov.
20, 1917, in McCulloch Coun- , m , ,
ty, and was married to Etola Tlie caravan with speakers
Hatcher July 3, 1937, in Llano.
He was a member of the
First Baptist Church in Ker-
mit where funeral services
were held Monday afternoon.
Upon coming to West Tex-
as more than 20 years ago he
was meat cutter in one of the
local grocery stores. He and
his family later moved to
Texon where he was em-
ployed by the Plymouth Oil
Co. for several years.
Survivors include his wife;
a daughter, Patty Robinett of
Kermit; a son, Monte Robi-
nett of Dallas; his father,
G. B. Robinett of Santa An-
na; a sister, Mrs. O. L. Willis
of Holliday; and two grand-
children.
platform will be set up at the
Magnolia station south of the
City of Big Lake offices, on
Plaza and Highway 67.
The congressman and en-
tourage will appear at St.
Lawrence at 1:30 o’clock for
a barbecue planned in his
light Frost Is Noted
Here Early Tuesday
Fall’s first low temperature
\7as recorded here Tuesday
morning when a 39-degree
reading was taken at the
post office’s weather gauge,
thored several' articled ^e Early risers that morning re-
honor, and travels on to
Ozona following his schedule
in Big Lake.
All interested voters are
urged to take the opportunity
to hear their representative.
The usual procedure in visits
made previously by the young
congressman is that a ques-
tion and answer period deve-
lops into learning more of
the Washington scene, with
specific topics discussed as a
| result of Inquiries from the
audience.
Several from Big Lake plan
to attend the barbecue at St.
Lawrence and a large attend-
ance is anticipated Sunday
afternoon in support of Re-
publican Congressman Fore-
man.
subject, and has worked ex-
ported a light frost. This cold
. , . ... . front, whieh blew in early
tensively with schools and ’ , .. ,
. .. . _____. . i Sunday morning, followed
parents on a widely accepted I . .____on
and endorsed program “of
crime prevention through
education”. He will be re-
membered here as speaking
to local high school students
Feather of Big Lake, and j whenever his official duties
Mrs. Bertie Gibson of Me-1
Carney. Accident patients had j
been French Poe of Midkiff
and Maxino Trevino of Best. I
brought him to Big Lake.
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Saturday’s temperature of 90
degrees, the highest since the
rains in September. Accom-
panying this front were
clouds which deposited .55 of
an inch of rain during inter-
mittent showers Sunday. This
was October’s first moisture
which brings the year’s total
to 18.96 inches.
Former Reagan County
High School graduates re-
turning here for the home-
coming activities last week-
end included three Sul Ross
students, Terry Corbell and
Jeneva Joyner, freshmen and
Dorothea Helen Wright, soph-
omore. Also here for the
weekend was Anne Denton,, cutbirth moved his family to
were held Tuesday afternoon
at the First Baptist Church
with burial in Glenrest Ceme-
tery. Officiating at the fu-
neral was the pastor, the
Rev. Bob G. Fulmer, assisted
by the Rev. M. P. Burton of
the First Methodist Church
and Minister Warded Halli-
burton of the Big Lake
Church of Christ. The funeral
was directed by Maples Fu-
neral Home.
Mr. Cutbirth died in his
sleep about 2:00 a.m. Tuesday
in the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Harry Hill of Big Lake.
Despite his advanced age, he
had been very well and active
until the past several months,
and until a few years ago he
spent much of his time fish-
ing at Lake Brownwood
where he and Mrs. Hill had
a cabin.
Bom April 2, 1870, at Pilot
Point, he moved to Callahan
County when he was a small
lad. He was married to Miss
Donnie McDermett in 1892,
and in 1902 they came to
West Texas to homestead
four sections of land north of
Stiles. This was a year before
the organization of Reagan
County. His father, Sam Cut-
birth, also came to Reagan
County, and was one of the
county’s early-day judges.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutbirth sold
their claim to one of his
brothers and returned to Cal-
lahan County. They came
back to Reagan County in
1911 and was engaged in
ranching. Following the dis-
asterous 1916-17 drought, Mr.
freshman at San Angelo Col-
lege
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Reagan Bar Retired from Track at Ruidoso Downs
Reagan Bar, 12-year-old
sorrel gelding race horse,
raised and owned by Mrs.
Joe Elliott and the late Mr.
Elliott of Big Lake, was re-
tired recently when he made
his last appearance on the
race track in ceremonies
honoring him at Ruidoso
Downs, N.M. He was presented
with an aqua blue all-wool
blanket, bearing the inscrip-
tion in black satin letters,
“Reagan Bar, Old Pal, Adios.
1964”.
Ruidoso Downs,
will spend his retirement
years at the Elliott ranch,
northof Big Lake.
Named for Reagan County,
this 27-time winner during
He Reagan Bar was entered in
the Ruidoso Downs each of
his 10 years of racing and
three years at Sunland at El
Faso. In addition to his com-
ing in first 27 times, he also
his 10 years on the race track, I has a number of seconds and
and
is half thoroughgbred
half quarterhorse. He was
sired by Akbar, out of Chum-
ley Reed. His trainer was
Clayton Tolliver, formerly of
Sonora and now living in El
Paso.
thirds to his credit. His dis-
tance was 870 yards, his last
race being this at Ruidoso in
June of this year. He also has
been winner of the 550-yard
features.
Attending the ceremonies
at Ruidoso were Mrs. Elliott;
a daughter and grandsons,
Mrs. Bill Arnett, Billy Hal
and Joe Bass; and another
grandson, David Matt Arm-
strong, all of Big Lake.
Mrs. Elliott’s Yankee B
Bar, three-year-old gelding,
is at Sunland where he is be-
ing trained by Tolliver. He
has been entered in several
races, winning second and
third places. He was also
sired by Akbar.
the new town of Big Lake to
take over the Big Lake Hotel,
purchasing the business from
a group of stockholders who
had established the hotel in
1914.
The Reagan County Owls
and the Ozona Lions will get
together tomorrow night in
Ozona for what looms as the
top gridiron battle of the
season for District 8-A. Each
team is undefeated in district
play with the Lions unde-
feated for the season through
seven games. The Owls lost
their opener to Alpine and
now have a 6-1 season record.
Game time is at 7:30 p.m.
Last week the Lions ran
over the Menard Yellowjack-
ets, 53-0 while the Owls were
clipping the Junction Eagles,
38-0. Ozona’s offense is led
by fullback Richard Vargas
who has been running at that
position three years and also
shines on defense.
Ozona lost the service of
first team guard Joel Huff
two weeks ago when he went
out with an injury and was
lost to the squad for the
season.
The Owls are in fair physi-
cal shape for the contest with
Tommy Love a doubtful
erated this hostelry until
1941 when they turned the
business over to Mr. and Mrs.
Hill. They made their home
with the Hills the remainder
of their lifetime. Mrs. Cut-
birth died Oct. 17, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutbirth had
four sons and five daughters.
The eldest son, William Mur-
ray, died in 1946.
Surviving children, all of
whom were here for the fu-
neral are E. L. Cutbirth of
Loraine, Charley Cutbirth of
Amarillo, W. J. Cutbirth, Jr.,
of Austin, Mrs. Hill and Mrs.
Gordon E. Roach of Big Lake,
Mrs. A. C. Hinde of Barnhart,
Mrs. A. L. Curtis of Lubbock
and Mrs. W. E. Pittman of
Midland.
Other survivors are two
sisters, Mrs. H. A. Young of
Cross Plains who was here
for the funeral; and Mrs. 82
Beulah Lucas, also of Cross
Plains, who is ill in a rest
home and not able to come.
Fourteen grandchildren and
32 great-grandchlidren also
survive.
Mr. Cutbirth’s six grand-
sons served as pallbearers.
They were Hulet Roach of
Big Lake, Dr. Wm. M. Cut-
birth of Beaumont, Arbie Lee
Curtis of Lubbock, Wesley
Edwin Pittman of Midland,
Bobby Pittman of Lubbock
where he is a Texas Tech
student, and Raymond Pitt-
man of Austin where he is a
University of Texas student.
Eddie Burkett
David Werst
Don Childs
Dick Miller
Tommy Love
Bren Holland
Bill Arms
Tommy Evridge
Philip Click
Robert Cole
John Massey
Andy Bowen
Elisio Levario
Tommy Miller
Billy Rankin
Jim Von Gonten
Bum McReavy
Ken McFarland
Johnny Howard
Mike Fields
Will Von Gonten
Willie Black
Terry Williams
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205
130
170
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145
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155
185
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200
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160
160
190
110
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120
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HAS SURGERY
Mrs. Rudolph Ethridge re-
turned Sunday from San An-
gelo where she underwent an
appendectomy in Shannon
Hospital on Tuesday of last
week. She is recuperating at
her home in Big Lake.
Lake, Miss Lucy Ann Hinde
of Barnhart, Mrs. Joe Tom
Davidson of Ozona, Mrs.
Dorothy Green of Loraine and
Mrs. Floy McNaughton of Big
Spring. The other two, Mrs.
Six of his granddaughters j Jo Ruth Shelby of Denver,
were in attendance. They Colo., and Miss Nancy Cut-
were Mrs. Herb Wood and, birth, a student at the Uni-
Mrs. Lawson Hendrix of Big versity, were unable to come.
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OZONA LIONS
No. Name
Pos.
Wt.
10
George Biker
B-E
126
11
Billy Carson
QB
139
20
George Kyle QB-E
128
21
George Cox
HB
146
22
David Jacoby
T
139
30
Richard Vargas
FB
152
31
Derold Maney
HB
137
33
Randy Upham
HB
137
40
Thos. Dehoyos
FB
146
41
Gary Sutton
T
160
44
Pon Seahorn
HB
142
50
Charles Farris
C
227
55
David Lewis
C
153
60
Pete Garza
G
166
61
Joel Huff
G
158
62
Larry Williams
G
142
64
Alejos Tambunga G
140
70
Mike Walters
T-C
169
71
David Stokes
T
145
72
Rick Hagelstein
T
172
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73
Bob Amthor
T
226
80
Sam Cervantez
E
139
81
Thomas Garza
E
163
82
Baltazar Fierro
E
140
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84
Humberto Ramos E
145
REAGAN COUNTY OWLS
No.
Name
Pos.
Wt.
10
Steve Coates
QB
135
Wm
11
Walter Horton
QB
150
12
John Dolan
QB
170
20
Bill Barnes
HB
150
21
Walter Lowe
HB
150
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1964, newspaper, October 22, 1964; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657590/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.