The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY 29, 1965
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NUMBER 30
Jr. Rodeo All Set For Friday-Saturday
Latest Oil News
Tommy Hayes & Son
Airman Everett
|
Girls Recreation
Owl Physicals Set
In Big Lake Area ...
Win Golf Tourney
Completes Basic
Closes Thursday
For August 11th
By JAMES C. WATSON
•Written Specially for the
Big Lake Wildcat
A. J. Vogel of Midland and
others have staked site for a
2,800-foot San Andres wildcat
test, the No. 1 Friend, seven
miles south of Big Lake in
Reagan County.
It is 1 1/2 miles south of
the Priscilla (Grayburg) pool
and drillsite spots 2,173 feet
from the most southerly
north line and 1,980 feet from
the most easterly east line of
S. P. Ford survey No. 50, ab-
stract 152.
Six new outpost locations
have been scheduled for the
Reagan County sector of the
Spraberry Trend Area.
Texam Oil Corp. of Midland
has staked four of these, all
contracted to 7,400 feet, ap-
proximately eight miles north
of Big Lake in block 1, T&P
survey.
No. 1 Rocker B, a 7/8-mile
northeast outpost is 1,320 feet
from south and west lines of
section 124. No. 2 Rocker B, a
1 1/8-mile southeast outpost
is 1,320 feet from north and
west lines of the same sec-'
tion.
No. 3 Rocker B is 7/8 mile
southeast of the pool, 1,320
feet from south and west
lines of section 123, and No. 4
Rocker B is 5/8 mile southeast
and 1,320 feet from north and
west lines of the same section.
Texam and Green & Mi-
chaelson of Midland will drill
two 7,500-foot operations as
outposts to the same field
They are approximately six
miles north of Big Lake, in
section 149, block 1, T&P sur-
vey.
No. 1-149 Rocker B is a 5/8-
mile northeast outpost, 1,320
feet from north and west
lines and No. 2-149 Rocker B, j
a 5/8-mile northeast outpost,
is 1.320 feet from south and
west lines.
Tommy Hayes and son I San Antonio, Tex.—Airman
Tommy, Jr., members of the: Third Class Douglas C. Ever-
ett, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Collins of Barnhart, Tex.,
Big Lake Golf Association
shot a nine-under par 135 to
vdn championship honors in
the first annual Big Lake
Father-Son Partnership Golf
Tournament which was held
here last Saturday and Sun-
day.
The winners had a low-ball
score of 71, one under par, on
the first day of play and were
four strokes back of the lead-
ers. The Hayes’ team came up
with an 8-under par 64 the
second day to cop the top
honor by one stroke. |
Runner-up team was Arth-
ur Kyle and son, George of
Ozona who came in tied at
136 with W. T. Archer and
son, Bob of Brady. The Kyles
won the playoff for second
place. The Kyles had rounds I lias completed U. S. Air Force
of 68-68 for their 136. The basic military training at
Archers shot 69-67 for their Lackland AFB. Tex.
two days of play. Fourth place Airman Everett has been
trophy went to John Chil- selected for technical train-
dress and son, David of Ozona ing as an aircraft mainten-
Reagan County Girls Re-
creation Summer Program
closes with ceremony Thurs-
day night after two months
of entertainment and activ-
ly. Cpen House at 7 o’clock
Wilburn George, head foot-
ball coach of the Reagan
County High School Owls, an-
nounced this week that phy-
sical examinations will be
given Wednesday, August 11.
provides the opportunity for at 5:00 p. m„ to all boys who
the family and friends to see (plan to come out for the Owl
Handicrafts displayed and I team
Douglas C. Everett
with a 71-68—139 total.
ance specialist at the Air
Four trophies were given in Training Command (ATCi
each flight with the cham- school at Amarillo AFB. Tex.
pionship winners also receiv- His new unit is part of the
ing a huge traveling trophy vast ATC system which trains
which will be enscribed with airmen and officers in the
their names and will be in diverse skills required by the
their possession until next! nation’s aerospace force,
year’s tournament. , The airman is a graduate
Trophies were donated by
Big Lake business firms as
follows: Revolving Trophy, by
Big Lake Chamber of Com-
merce and Big Lake State
Bank; Oldest Team Trophy,
by Big Lake State Bank and
B. L. Chamber of Commerce:
Championship Flight Trophy.
of Earnhart High School.
Senior LL All-Stars
Win At Amarillo
the crowning of a Playground
! Queen and her Court.
Waynette Dolan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dolan,
has been director this sum-
mer. Her assistants have been
Vikki Winchester, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Win-
chester; Ginger Bird, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Bird; and Cherry Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
B. Davis.
Closing activities of the
| past week include a Crazy
Hat Contest held last Thurs-
day with Marla Guess' crea-
j tion named Grand Champion.
| Jerry Schievely modeled the
Most Useful; Sue Dolan, the
Most Colorful; Susan Guess,
j the Largest; Janet Guess,
Smallest; Malinda George,
Prettiest; Leslie Schaible,
Best Workmanship; Lisa An-
derson. Most Unusual; Kim
j Page, Craziest; Carmen Hol-
, liman, Most Sophisticated.
| The Archery Contest took
place Monday morning with I
| Jerry Schievely placing first; j Reagan County Little Lea-
Lulu Ethridge, 2nd; Missy i sue All-Stars won one, then
! Bird, 3rd: Sue Dolan, 4th; lost one- to brln8 their season
Janet Winn, 5th; and Kathy lto a close Monday night. Last
He also stated that shoes
and socks would be issued at
this time. Practice will start
Monday, August 16. at 7:00 a.
m., with two-a-day workouts
scheduled.
Coaches George, Terry Page
and James Eird will leave this
week end for Dallas where
they will attend the annual
coaching school, August 2-6
of the Texas High School
Coaches’ Association.
Coach George stated that
Coach Page would help him
as backfield coach this com-
ing season to take the place
of James Brown. Brown has
resigned to accept the posi-
tion of high school principal
at Imperial. Tentative plans
call for hiring of another
coach to take over Page’s for-
mer duties as "B” team coach.
Parade At 5:00 P.M.
Friday Starts Activity
Little Leaguers Lose
To Ozona All-Stars
A record crowd of junior
rodeo performers and fans is
expected in Big Lake this
week end for the 9th Annual
Reagan County Junior Rodeo
Friday and Saturday nights.
July 30-31. A downtown par-
aGe at 5 p. m. led by Rodeo5
Queen Margaret Friend starts!
the show for the first night of1
competition.
All activity takes place in
the new rodeo arena in the
Reagan County Park.
Performances begin at 7:00
o'clock, and trophies will be
given for each event. A dance
on the tennis courts of the
park will be held each night.
Rodeo Director is Riley
Branch of the Sheriff's Posse,
and Junior Director is Phil
Farr of the Reagan County
4-H Club, both representing
the sponsoring groups.
Events for competition are
calf roping, ribbon roping,
breakaway, hair pulling, bull
riding, barrel races, pole
bending, flag races, goat
sacking and boot scramble.
Three age divisions are listed
Big
Little
Lake Senior Division
League All-Stars de-
by Glasscock Chevrolet Co.;! ifated Memphis, 8-5, Tuesday
1st Flight, by Boone Motor to advance to the dis-
Co.; 2nd Flight, West Texasltrict finals. The district, tour-
Utilities Co.; 3rd Flight, S & S | n,aJmei1^ for the 13'15-year-
‘66” Service and Tommy
Coach Brown Goes
Into Administration
James Brown, high school
backfield football coach and
track coach for Reagan
County High, enters school
administration in Imperial
the coming school year. He
submitted his resignation this
week to become principal of
Buena Vista High School in
Imperial.
Mrs. Brown resigned as
math Instructor of high
school and will teach either
the fourth or fifth grade in
the elementary school.
The couple and their chil-
dren have been here three
years, coming from Irving, |
Texas to join Coach Wilburn
George, a San Angelo high
school classmate, in coaching.
In Imperial Supt. Russell Mc-
Means and Basketball Coach
Jack Keiser are also former
classmates of Brown.
Imperial is a Class B school
with approximately 90 pupils
in the four high school
grades.
Hayes, Fina Jobber; 4th
Flight, Food Mart; 5th Flight,
Steak House; 6th Flight, Peo-
ples Drug Co. and Aubrey Ed-
wards.
H. G. Barbee and son, J. L.
Barbee of Ozona received the
trophy presented the oldest
team. They had a combined
age of 102. J. L. Barbee, Jr.
made three generations of
Barbees to play in the tour-
nament when he played with
his father, J. L. Sr.
Billy Wayne Hale of Rankin
made a hole-in-one during
Sunday’s play on No. 8, a par (
old age group is being con-
ducted at Amarillo Stadium
in Amarillo.
The local All-Stars drew a
bye when Anton withdrew
before the start of the tour-
ney. The victory over Mem-
phis sends the Big Lake team
against Carson County in a
game which was to be played
last night at 8:00 p. m„ after
this paper went to press.
The winner of last night’s
game will move to Seymour
for a regional contest which
is scheduled Friday night.
James Bird is manager of
the local All-Stars, and Joe
3, 115-yard hole. He and his | Barnes is coach-
father won the fifth flight I
with a 161. I Mrs. G. R. Solomon was
Sixty-seven teams were en- surprised Saturday by a visit
Winchester. 6th.
Monday evening the soft-
ball game between the Misfits
and Surfers saw the Misfits
win by a 6-5 score and a re-
turn game was set for 4:30
I o’clock Thursday afternoon
j on the Little League Field.
Susan Trimble was declared
j Grand Champion in exhibit-
, ing a pair of stuffed dolls in
j the Stuffed Animal Contest
Tuesday. Missy Bird had the
. smallest entry; Lulu Ethridge,
, the largest; Nita Curry, the
Most Colorful; Lisa Anderson,
the Best Named; Cindy Mid-
kiff, the Most Original; Linda
McWilliams, the Most Unusu-
al; Debbie Dykes, the Cuddli-
est; Beth Ethridge, the Pret-
tiest; Teddia Miller, the Fluf-
fiest; Vicki Latimer, the Ugli-
est; Carrie Orr, the Funniest;
i Kathy Winchester, the Old-
est; Janet Guess, the Most
Lovable; and Jerry Schievely,
the Youngest.
tered in the tournament.
Other winners were as fol-
lows (with ties decided by
playoffs):
of her sister, Mrs. W. R. King
and children, Roy and Carrie
of Midland. The family was
en route home in the car
First Flight: 1. Buddy and which was stolen from them
Gregg Gibbs, Odessa, 72-68—- j last week. While in Odessa on
140; 2. Frank and Bobby Rut- a business trip they left the
ledge, McCamey, 72-69—141; j keys in the car during a brief
NOTICE
Band students of the sev-
enth and eighth grades who
have paid a deposit to attend
the Band Camp in Brown-
wood may contact Director
Don Wortham to learn what
arrangements can be made
for their trip.
3. O. L. and Robert Howard,
Big Lake, 71-72—143; 4. R. S.
and David McCullah, San An-
gelo, 71-73—144.
Second Flight: 1. Boots and
Joe Armstrong, Big Lake, 74-
71—145; 2. John and Duane
Childress, Ozona, 76-71—147;
3. Korky and Karlton Stef-
fens, Brady, 76-72—148; 4.
George and Gray Carrithers,
Brady, 75-73—148.
Third Flight: 1. Ray and
Dennis Henkell, Odessa, 77-68
—145; 2. Allie and Jack Lock,
Ozona, 78-71—149; 3. Bob and
Mancel Davis, Odessa, 77-74—
151; 4. Ray and David Ward,
Odessa, 77-74—151.
Fourth Flight: 1. Buddy
and Sandford Gibbs, Odessa,
79-72—151; 2. Joe and Wade
Daugherty, Big Lake, 78-74—
stop. It was found in San An-
gelo.
152; 3. Billy and Terry Gray.
Rankin, 78-74—152; Ben and
Eill Geeslin, Brady, 79-77—
156.
Fifth Flight: 1. C. L. and
Billy Wayne Hale, Rankin, 83-
78—161; 2. Joe and A1 Barnes,
Big Lake, 83-78—161; 3. H. G.
and J. L. Barbee, Ozona, 81-
81—162; 4. Martin and Bobby
Schuster, Ft. Stockton, 84-80
—164.
Sixth Flight: 1. J. D. and
David Armstrong, Big Lake,
84-78—162; 2. Eddie and Bob
Nations, Ozona, 84-80—164 ; 3.
Lacy and Ralph Way, Big
Lake, 88-82—170; 4. Clyde and
Ronnie Lee, Bronte, 89-81—
170.
Miss Ziriax To Wed
Bruce Ashcraft
Brady, Texas—Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Ziriax have announc-
ed the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Mary Elaine, to
Henry Bruce Ashcraft, son of „
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Ashcraft of ea™. He allowed no runs and
Thursday night the Big Lake
All-Stars defeated the Mid-
kiff All-Stars, 12-5. Monday
night the Ozona All-Stars
beat Big Lake, 4-0.
Big Lake batters banged
out 12 hits and scored 12 runs
against Midkiff. Clifford An-
derson was Big Lake’s win-
ning pitcher. He allowed only
4 hits, and going into the bot-
tom of the sixth inning, he
had a 1-hit ball game going.
Midkiff got three more hits in
the bottom of the sixth and
scored all of their runs then.
Anderson struck out 10 bat-
ters. walked 1, and hit 2 bat-
ters with a pitched ball.
Milford Smith got a double
for the only extra-base hit for
Eig Lake.
Losing pitcher was Gregg
Harvey. He pitched 3 innings,
struck out 1, allowed 8 runs
and 9 hits. He was relieved by
Mark Lewis who struck out 2,
allowed 4 runs and 2 hits.
Terry Morgan took over in
the 6th inning and struck out
1 and allowed 1 hit.
Big Lake made 1 error;
Midkiff committed 5 errors.
Score by innings:
Big Lake ........ 305 310—12
Midkiff ......... 000 005— 5
Gary Notgrass was winning
pitcher for the Ozona All-
Stars in Monday night’s
Big Lake.
The wedding will be August
14 in Brady.
Miss Ziriax is a 1965 grad-
uate of Brady High School.
The prospective bridegroom,
a music teacher and choir
director in Brady public
schools, is a graduate of Rea-
gan County High School in
Big Lake and Sul Ross State
College in Alpine. He has
taught two years in Brady.
gave up only four hits, all
singles.
Bradley Watson was Big
Lake’s losing pitcher. He gave
up 4 runs and 7 hits. Perner,
Garza and Olso all had dou-
bles for Ozona, and singles
were hit by Montgomery, Per-
ner, Davidson and Olson.
For Big Lake, singles were
hit by Duesing, Reyes, Pinch-
back and Ward.
Big Lake committed 2 er-
rors, Ozona 1.
Score by innings:
Mrs. Lyle Scott and daught- Big Lake ......... 000 000—0
er Vickie, former residents of Ozona ........... 000 31 —4
Big Lake were here last week Ozona will play Crane to-
for several days visiting with I night (Thurs.) in Crane at
Mrs. Scott’s mother, Mrs. 8:00 p. m. for the District 4
George Cheatham and Mr.) title. Crane defeated Pecos,
Cheatham. 15-4, Monday night.
Hospital News...
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Salter
are parents of a son born July
26, at Reagan Memorial Hos-
pital. The boy weighed 7 lbs.
6 oz. at birth and a name has
not been recorded.
Medical patients in the
hospital yesterday afternoon
were Mrs. Nellie Forsythe,
William Coleman, Mary Crow
and Theron Weatherby.
Accident patients were
Margarita Levario, Charles
Sweatt, Willie Phillips, Lucia
Young, James Weatherby,
Charlie Walker and Troy
White.
The surgical patients listed
were Mrs. R. O. Simmons and
Karen Sue Jenkins.
The medical patients re-
cently dismissed were Alice
Cortez, Mrs. R. G. Cockrell,
Candace Daugherty, Tommie
Miller, Diane Love, Billy Bo-
len, Mrs. William Phillips, Jr.,
Arthur Oglesby, Mrs. Gregory
Cortez, Jay Holt, Mrs. Nell
Rankin, all of Big Lake; Mrs.
W. C. Burson and Ray Smith-
ermon of Midkiff; Mrs. Ed-
ward Rowan and Beverly
Winn of Ozona; C. E. Beaird
of Oilfield Route.
The accident patients dis-
missed were Refugio Perez,
Jr., Joe (Jo Jo) Barnes,
Thomas Gay and M. L. Webb
of Odessa, C. A. Smith and
Jerry Stewart.
The surgical dismissals
were Mrs. O. L. Howard,
Shane Smith, and Billy Brei-
ten.
The Reagan Memorial Hos -
pital lists the names of two
L. V. Nurses added to the
staff in July. They are Mrs.
Floy Havener of Brownwood
and Mrs. Kathleen Windham
of Ballinger. They are resid-
ing in the nurses home.
Mrs. Lonnie Medders of
Midland was a visitor this
week of Mrs. G. R. Solomon
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Medders, and with
her for the trip to Big Lake
was Mrs. Becky McAdams and
children, David and Brenda,
who were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. O. P. McAdams.
as Sub-Junior, 12 and under;
Junior, 13-15; and Senior, 16-
18.
Entries are being accepted
by County Agent E. O. Nevills,
Box 38, Big Lake, Texas, with
books closed at 6 p. m. Friday,
July 30. Fee is $3 with an 18
years age limit. Girls may en-
ter boys events but all con-
testants limited to four
events.
A record entry is expected
this year and more than 40
advance reservations had
been made in the first part
of the week. Last year saw 144
contestants with 150 now ex-
pected. Accommodations of
the Reagan County Park with
the well laid out arena, the
£00 seating capacity for spec-
tators and ample parking
space has made the rodeo
gain recognition through the
years. It is the largest ama-
teur junior rodeo in West
Texas.
Max Schneemann, Jr. and
Hamilton Scott are Rodeo
Judges. Ronnie McMullan is
the announcer; G. A. Jame-
son, Livestock Boss; J. D.
Armstrong and Herb Wood in
charge of Roping Chutes.
Clowns are Charlie Preston
and Don Patton.
Other committees are Rid-
ing Chutes, Bill Schneemann,
Glen McFarland, Howard
Swearingen; Time Keepers,
L. L. Farr III, Lester Ratliff,
Jack Ham, Hubert Hodge;
Parade Marshals, Charles
Springstun, Herb Wood; Ro-
deo Dance, John Holt, Greg-
ory Powell, Tootney Orr;
Gate (Friday), P. H. Coates,
Henry Settle, E. T. Miller, A.
W. Puckett, L. M. McCoy, H.
B. Fowler; Gate (Saturday),
Bill Friend, Johnny Poynor,
Chili Holt, Bill Glasscock,
James Watkins, Tom Evridge;
Rodeo Office Force, Rich-
ard Springstun, J. D. Poage,
Larry Rogers, Glenda Jame-
son; Publicity, J. L. Werst,
Jr.; Finance Chairman, R. B.
Ferguson, Jr.;
Concession Stand, Tommy
Miller, Harville Settle, Billy
Holt, David Werst, Willie
Watkins, John Watkins, Larry
Settle, James Fowler;
Rodeo Secretary, E. O. Ne-
vills, phones - office 884-2335,
residence 884-2498.
Steve Coates is president of
the 4-H Club, and S. E. Stout,
Jr. is president of the Sher-
iff’s Posse, the sponsoring or-
ganizations.
Student Council Goes
To Workshop Sunday
The Student Council offi-
cers of the Reagan County
High School Chapter and
their sponsor, Mrs. Jackye
Havenhill, leave Sunday for
San Antonio where they at-
tend the Student Council
Workshop Aug. 1-6 held an-
nually at Trinity University.
This is the third year for lo-
cal students to go to San An-
tonio as the meeting former-
ly took place in Alpine.
Those attending are Clay-
ton Henderson, president;
Phil Farr, vice-president;
Pam Havenhill, recording sec-
retary; Patti Holt, corre-
sponding secretary; Linda
Settle, treasurer; and Phil
Click, historian and parlia-
mentarian.
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