The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME VI
COMPLETE NEWS AND ADVERTISING COVERAGE OP THE GREAT TALCO OIL FIELD
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Trojans are
Primed for
Game Jonight
Football signals will reign su-
preme and the pigskin will once
again fly through the air on the
Talco gridiron tonight, as the Talco
Trojans encounter the Hughes
Springs challengers.
More interest has been manifest-
ed in this opening game than ever
before. Students have painted the
streets with booster signs, “Beat
Hughes Springs." On the comer
across from the Talco State Bank
the boosters have hung a dummy
dressed in football attire and a sign
reading, “Beat Hughes Springs.’’’
Merchants and citizens have
shown their encouragement by
placing a full page advertisement
in this issue to which your atten-
tion is called. Their spirit of co-
operation in boosting for the local
team is certainly appreciated by the
Trojans and the school.
The Talco Times has printed
large placards listing all games to
be played by the Trojans this year.
Tickets have been printed and have
been on sale all week.
Sup’t Dunagan and school offic-
ials have lowered the admission
price to 30c for adults and 20c for
students.
The game is called for 8 o’clock.
The band will be on hand to cheer
the boys on and the local popula-
tion’s presence will help cheer the
boys on to victory.
Humble Station
Has New Managers
Announcement is made this week
in an advertisement in this issue
of the change in management of the
Humble Service Station located next
door to the Talco Ice Co.
The station was formerly 'manag-
ed by V. L. Taylor and has been
leased to P. A. Fentress and Roger
Williams, who are the new manag-
ers. ,
The new business men are em-
ployees of Humble Company here
and have been here since the oil
boom. Your attention is Hirected
to their advertisement in this issue.
Review of Soil
Conservation
Work is Given
TALCO, TITUS COUNTY,, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941
Highway to
Curve May be
Improved
County Commissioner Ed Nugent
told a Times representative Thurs-
day morning that the old Highway
271, running from Talco city limits
to Meadows Curve, had not been
accepted by the county yet, and
before they agreed to accept it, it
would have to be improved.
County Judge Ed Dickson was in
Austin part of the week conferring
with highway officials in regard to
the road. Information has been
learned that the officials agreed to
re-top the road before turning it
back.
People living in the area near
Meadows Curve have been com-
plaining about the rough road lead-
ing to Talco. Businessmen feel that
by improving the road it would in-
duce farmers from that area to come
to Talco more often.
Federated Women98
Clubs to Hold Dist.
Meeting at Deport
Deport will be host Wednesday,
Sept. 24, to one of a series of Club
Institutes to be conducted through-
out District Three of the Texas Fed-
eration of Women’s clubs by Green-
ville clubwomen.
Subject of the open forums will
be “The Business of Being a Club
Woman,” with club ethics, parlia-
mentary law, publicity, departments
and committee, relation of the club
to the state and general federation
and opportunities of the Federation
to be discussed.
Participants will be Mrs. T. M.
Bethell, district chairman of Club
Institutes, who will preside and
conduct the forum and question box;
Mrs. J. H. Moore of Deport’, district
president; Mrs. C. A. Fagg, Mrs. O.
S. Hervey, Mrs. Henry Pharr, Mrs.
M. H. Edmondson, Ollie Coon and
Maurine Currin of Greenville.
The inst'lutes will be all-day ses-
sions and officers and members of
clubs within a radius of 50 miles
of the meeting place are to attend^.
Other meetings will be at Marshall^
Oct. 16; Greenville, Oct. 22; Mexia,
Oct. 23.
There have been 485 agreements
in effect between Titus county
farmers and the soil Conservation
service which resulted in work be-
ing done on 85,000 acres, Homer
Hays, who has been connected with
the soil conservation work for sev-
eral years, told members of the Mt.
Pleasant Rotary Club at a recent
meeting.
Included in the report of work
done was building of 300 miles of
fences, sodding 10,000 acres of pas-
ture, 15,000 acres shrubbed, build-
ing 275 milesYo) terraces protect-
ing 22,000 acres, 1,500 gullies sod-
ded, 35 springs developed and the
planting of 300,000 trees.
Mr. Hays pointed out that this
was just a beginning of what is in
prospect since the establishment of
the Sulphur-Cypress soil conserv-
ation district, in which there are
4,600 farms comprising 738,000 acres.
The SCS, in cooperation with the
farmers, county agents and voca-
tional agriculture teachers, is pre-
paring to extend the work which
began with the Hart’s Creek demon-
stration to all of Camp, Franklin,
Morris and Titus counties, using
CCC labor where the land owners
comply with the regulations.
Farmers May
Grow More
Food Stuffs
COLLEGE STATION. — livery
farmer in Texas will be contacted
before Dec. 1 in a house-to-house
survey on food production and a
sign-up of pledges to increase the
production of foods needed in this
nation and in those nations resist-
ing aggression, B. F. Vance, chair-
man of the^iexas USDA Defense
Board, has announced.
In response to the Secretary of
Agriculture Claude R. Wickard’s
setting of national food production
goals, the Texas USDA Defense
Board is laying plans for an inten-
sive campaign to increase food pro-
duction, Vance said. The board,
working through the 254 county
USDA Defense Boards in the state,
probably will use the farm plan
sign-up of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Administration during Nov-
ember as a means of reaching all
the farmers in the state.
On Sept. 8, Secretary Wickard
proclaimed national production
goals on milk, eggs, hogs, and other
food products in order to meet the
increased demand in this country
and to feed the nations resisting
aggression. Under authority grant-
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New Oiler
Completed by
Humble Co.
Every street in Talco has been
gi aded and many of them have been
- - oik’d this week. The work is being
ed by Congress, the Department of done by the county grader. Funds
Oil field work in the Talco field
reaches a dividing point this week
as the Humble Company prepares
to start a rig drilling on the east-
ern side of Talco. This will give
an operation on both sides of the
field.
The location will be on the Tem-
ples No. 6, The company has just
completed a western location on the
Dawson No. 15,. bottomed at 4298
feet. There are two recent com-
pletions for Humble but no poten-
tial test has been given out.
The remaining operation on the
west side is by V. A. Hughes, who
is making hole around 3000 feet, on
the Haden No. 2. His plans after
completion of this well have not
been learned.
Other work in the field included
pipeline work for the Tglco Pipe-
line Company, and various work
over jobs for all companies.
Titus Cows Being'
Groomed for Show
Dairy herds In Titus county are
being groomed for a tune-up show
at the Central East Texas Fair at
Marshall on Sept. 22-27, after which
the animals will be moved back to
enter the Titus County Fair and
Dairy Show, which is expected to
attract 75 to 100 registered animals
from Titus county.
The Guernsey herd of Dr. Geo.
P. Grout of Talco, ‘and additional
Jersey breeders other than those
that make the Marshall show, are
expected to be entered.
Farmers Take
Over Cotton
from Insects
Talco Streets are
Oiled and Graded
Cotton picking holds the spot-
light on farms this week as farm-
ers move into their second week of
harvest under high blue skies and
soft autumnal sunshine.
Many farmers report having pick- paying trom
andTr' 7 fifudS thG firSt timeacre’ taki"g a ten-year option
5 rcld per acrt: paid the renewal fee last fall.
Derrick Looms
Tall on New
Magnolia Test'
Slush pits have been dug, boilers
put in place, water lines set and
construction completed on a 136-
foot derrick for the Magnolia test
on the J. N. Henry farm two miles
northwest of Fulbright and about
five miles northeast of Deporf in
Red River county.
Spudding in of the well is expect-
ed to take place either Sunday or
Monday, to set surface casing, and
good progress should be made un-
til interesting depths are reached.
Water for the test will be supplied
by the Kerbow lake, which is own-
ed by a number of Fulbright citi-
zents as a club lake and is stocked
with fist). Magnolia has contracted
for the water, paying $100 a month
rental.
Magnolia has about 18,000 acres
under lease. The block extends
from east to west, south of Cut-
hand creek, in both Red River and
Lamar counties. Magnolia assem-
bled the block in November, 1939,
paying from 50 cents to a dollar an
a ten-year option, and
Agriculture will support prices of for the project are subscriptions
the needed foods at not less than; handed in by citizens of the town.
The project was started about
New Teachers Named
for Detroit School
John Paul Cooper of Bogata, has
been elected to teach science and
mathematics in the Detroit High
School, to succeed Harry Ray, re-
signed, and Miss Margaret Murrell
of Cunningham, has been elected to
fill another vacancy in the Busi-
ness Administration department of
the Detroit school, according to the
Detroit News-Herald.
Mr. Cooper holds a Bachelor de-
gree from Baylor University and
Miss Murrell a Masters degree from
ETSTC.
The Detroit ^phool opened for
regular class work Monday.
85 per cen't of parity until Dec. 31,
1942.
Detailed plans for the campaign
have not been made, Vance declar-
ed, and probably will not be an-
nounced until after the meeting in
Memphis Sept. 29 and 30 of all
USDA defense boards from the
Southern States. All Texas board
members will attend the meeting,
It was expected, however, that
was
tliroe weeks ago by city officials
and the Talco Chamber of Com-
merce.
Committeemen report a nice re-
sponse from everyone living on the
streets where work has been done.
Donations from $1.00 up to $5.00
have been received.
Unless some unforeseen obstacle
arises, the streets should be
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the farm plan, which has been used j Pfeted by the end of the week.
in the past to inform farmers as to -----—
their allotments and probable pay-; BARGAIN SUBSCRIPTION
ments and to encourage soil-build-1 FOR SOLDIERS-STUDENTS
ing work, will be revised to include
drastically reduced from that of i
last year. They say, however, that
the difference in the price being
paid for lint and seed this year
offsets much of the loss in product-
ion, and they are heartened by the
Expected to go to 6,500 feet or
deeper for an exploration of lower
zones, including possibly the so-
called Smackover lime found in
South Arkansas, the well is styled
No. 1 J. N. Henry, located 700 feet
pmspect of continued good prices from the north and 640 feet from
TWO TITUS COUNTY ROYS /
ARE ENLISTED IN MARINES
Price of Cotton Seed
Reaches $58 Per Ton
Continuing its upward climb, the
price of cotton seed had reached
$58 on Wednesday and indications
point to higher peaks yet to be
reached. This price compares with
$21 per ton one year ago this week.
Price for lint cotton was hang-
ing between 17 and 18 cents Wed-
nesday, with only a comparatively
few bales reported moving to mar-
ket. This is about twice the nine
cents per pound being paid one year
ago.
OLDEST STORE IN DETROIT
BOUGHT BY DALLAS MAN
a complete survey of food product-
ion on the individual farm and a
pledge of greater production of the
foods needed for defense, Vance de-
clared.
Greatest emphasis in the cam-
paign will be on milk production.
Secretary Wickard has asked for
the production of 125,000,000,000
pounds of milk in 1942 as compar-
ed with an estimated 1941 product-
ion of 116,809,000,000 pounds.
Other important production goals
include the following: Eggs, 4,000,-
000,000 dozen as compared with 3,-
676.000. 000 in 1941; hogs, 79,300,000
animals slaughtered as compared
with 71,000,000; beef and veal ani-
mals slaughtered, 28,000,000 as com-
pared with 25,100,000; chickens,
750.000. 000 as compared with 680,-
000,000.
Send this home-town newspaper
to that boy or girl going away to
college, or the boy in Uncle Sam’s
new army. The price is a bargain
—nine months for only $1.00. You
could not spend so little and give
them so much genuine pleasure and
satisfaction in anything else you
could buy for a dollar. Send
mail in your order.
COOPER GOSSETT SUCCUMBS
MONDAY AT MT. PLEASAN1
Cooper Gossett, 56-year-old dairy-
man and businessman of Mt. Pleas-
ant, died Monday following a long
illness. Funeral was held Wednes-
day in Mt. Pleasant and interment
was in the Masonic cemetery. Sur-
vivors include his widow, two bro-
thers and three sisters.
for all farm commodities for the
next few years.
Worms, weevils and fleas have
about “done their do,”' farmers say.
The insects havp/stripped foliage
fi om cotton in most fields and are
reported to be attacking trees along
turnrows.
A few farmers have gathered part
of their corn and report this crop
also reduced from that of last year.
However, the hay crop has been
prolific this year and pastures will
continue to provide a livelihood
for stock until frost. -
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE ^
The Norris-Crittenden Co. stock
of merchandise, the oldest store in
Detroit, was sold at public auction
last Thursday and was bought by
Pearle Long of Dallas.
The business will be conducted
for a short time, after which it
will be moved to some other paint.
The sale price was $3205. —Detroit
News-Herald.
James Roy Cottle, son of Mrs.
Fannie Cottle, and Billy Ralph Hor-
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Horton, have been enlisted in the
Marine Corps and have been trans-
ferred from Dallas to the base at
San Diefo, Calif., for training and
duty. Both are Titus county boys.
ROMINE EMPLOYS NEW
PRESCRIPTION CLERK
J. L. Romine, owner of the Ro-
mine’s Pharmacy, announces that
he has employed a new prescription
clerk, Frank Pollock of Dallas, in
his business. . i .
Your attention is called to Mr.
Romine’s advertisement announc-
ing hjs new citfcpojyee and his pre-
scription department. <«
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Arts Club Meet8 with
Mrs. Jno. Weatherall
The Fine Arts Club met Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. John
Weatherall. The club was glad to
welcome two new members, Mrs.
Wilhite and Mrs. Gunter. A very
interesting ^program, “International
Relations,” was given, with Mrs.
Anderson having charge, assisted
by Mrs. R. Williams and Mrs. J.
Weatherall. Subject was presented
in an interesting manner and every-
one enjoyed it very much.
In the business session, three new
members were voted into the club,
Mrs. G. P. Grout, Mrs. Guy Dunn
and Mrs. Fentress.
Refreshments were served to the
following members: Mmes. Rod-
ger Williams, Arthur Slye, Aubrey
Hull, Hardy Hazzard, Gunter, An-
derson, Holden, Wilhite, M. E.
Jones, O. T. Stephenson, John Wea-
therall, Bill Chapman and C. E.
Whitmire.
the west lines of a 100-acre tract
in the MEP&P survey No. 103.
The derrick is one of the largest
ever set up in Red River county
and it is located in an area where
for a radius of several miles no at-
tempts have ever been made to
find oil.
Since Magnolia has been two years
assembling acreage and geological
data for the test, it is not regarded
as a “promotion,” but as one of the
outstanding wildcat ventures in the
long history of Red River county’s
efforts to obtain production.
Dove Season Opens
Tuesday in Titus
Open season on hunting mourn-
ing doves in the Southern Zone,
including Titus county, started on
Tuesday and will continue until
Oct. 27, with hunting hours from
7 a. m. until sunset. The bag limit
is 12 birds daily and only 12 in
possession. Only shotguns per-
manently plugged to a three-shell
capacity are permitted in hunting
and licenses are required of all per-
sons over 16 years of age who hunt
outside of the county where they
reside.
Man Collects $1.00
Daily for 65 Years
Sixty-five years ago a railroad
made a settlement with a 36-year-
old passenger who had been injured
in a train wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio,
in which 95 persons were killed.
“We’ll give you a dollar a day
as long as you live,” said the rail-
road adjuster to Harry Ellsworth
Bennett, who suffered an injured
back and lost an eye.
“That was a pretty good bargain,”
grinned Bennett upon celebrating
his 101st birthday. "So far I’ve col-
lected $23,700."
New Men Take Over
Lamar Co. Oil Test
Batson and Sanders of Oklahoma
reportedly have taken over oper-
ation of the Whitehead and Dahl
No. 1 Barr, Langston survey, a wild-
cat located about 12 miles southeast
of Paris and near Biardstown,
which has been idle for some time.
Report on the total depth varies
from 3,285 feet to 3,518 feet. A gas
show has been reported by those
interested at 3,185 in top of the
Glenrose.
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Titus to Send Nine^
Selectees Sept. 30
Nine Titus county men will re-
port Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, at
the Local Board in Mt. Pleasant to
be sent to the induction station at
Dallas and to military training
camps. .
The Titus men are Arthur An-
derson, Ottis Allen, Hilary Daris
Buchanan, Eugene Jackson Hall,
Will Thompson Jr„ Willie Adkin-
aon, Roy Lee Harvey, Travis Edward
Dunn and Albert Hugh Sullivan.
MANY TEXAS TEACHERS
WILL RECEIVE BENEFITS
Payments will be mailed Sept. 30
under the state teachers retirement
system to many public school teach-
ers in Texas, denied the benefits of
pensions under federal social secur-
ity. Many, teachers have been con-
tributing five per cent of their sal-
aries for the past four years to-
ward retirement, but only recently
did the legislature make benefits
possible by matching those funds
with state tax money.
FUNERAL FOR RED RIVER CO.j
NAVY MAN HELD MONDAY
Charles D. (Pete) Whiteman, 35,
seaman first class, in the U. S. Navy,
died Sept. 9 at San Diego, Calif.,
and funeral was held Monday at
Madras in Red River county. He
had been in the service nine years
and was a native of Red River
county. Survivors include his wife
and three children, his mother,
three brothers and a sister.
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Hardin, Paul. The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1941, newspaper, September 19, 1941; Talco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911092/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.