Spenger Nunn Announce New Victorola Head
George B Wickersham has been named manager of the Victor department by the Spencer Nunn Electric Co. He comes from Oklahoma Talking Machine Co. and previously ran Victor stores in Kansas. He plans increased Victor records and Victrolas stock for Amarillo region and offers free service and minor maintenance for Victor owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer-Nunn Electric Co
George B Wickersham
Victor
Oklahoma Talking Machine Co
Victor Distibutes
Kansas
Wickersham
Amarillo
Victor Records
West Texas
Two Doctors Plan European Trip This Summer
Dr. J. J. Crume and Dr. W. H. Flamm depart Friday for a three month tour of European cities. They will spend a month in London with the Royal College of Surgeons clinic, sail May 27 landing in seven days, then visit Edinburgh Berne Vienna Berlin Paris and other clinics before returning around August 15. Both doctors are prominent locally with Crume serving as Panhandle District Medical Society secretary and Flamm a past exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Crume
W. H. Flamm
Europe
London
Royal College of Surgeons
Southampton
Edinburgh
Scotland
Berne
Switzerland
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
United States
Crume
Panhandle
George Parr Opens Downtown Offices
George Parr expands services across the Plains by opening an office at 306 E 4th Street with John G. Wayland in charge to handle growing business. He notes record construction activity including Crosbyton high school, Canyon power house for Texas Public Utilities, Norris Implement warehouse at Childress, Hereford plant for Texas Utilities, and homes in Amarillo area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parr
Plains Country
E. 4Th Street
John G. Wayland
Parr
Crosbyton
Canyon
Texas Public Utilities Co
Norris Implement Co
Childress
Hereford
Texas Utilities Company
Amarillo
Site purchased for oil refinery at Clovis New Mexico
Bruce Sullivan of Roswell has bought a site on the Santa Fe tracks in Clovis for a 490 barrel daily capacity refinery. Much of the equipment is in the city and the plant is expected to start refining Pecos Valley crude early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syerr
In the
Clovis
Bruce Sullivan
Roswell
Santa Fe
Pecos Valley
Oil Briefs: New Wheeler County Well Drilling Active
Three N Oil Company of Texas reports spudding a Wheeler county well in the proven area with M C Nobles as president and J M Neely as secretary and treasurer. Otto Semples of Panhandle Refining notes a 2330 foot drilling depth north of the Canadian river Hutchinson area with plans to reach 2574 feet. Perkins lease No 2 and No 3 progress, Gus No 2 Hutchinson drilling at 12 feet, and welding nears completion on the Weather pipe line linking the Hutchinson south Wheeler discovery to Lela station with 4000 barrels per day capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N” Oil Company
Texas
Wheeler County
M. C. Nobles
H. A. Nobles
J. M. Neely
Otto Semples
Panhandle Refining Company
Tivern Hutchinson
Ioidm
Perkins
Hutchinson
Whittington
Lela Station
Rock Island Railway
Barnum well in Johnston section pumps 100 barrels daily
K. G. Barnum No. 1 Johnston in section 7 block Y Hutchinson field has been producing since early this week and is flowing an average of 100 barrels per day and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. G. Barnum No
Johnston
Hutchinson
Plock Sivalls and Bryson finish second tank on Warwick lease
Plock Sivalls and Bryson Co have completed a second 500 barrel storage tank for Amarillo Oil on the Warwick lease in northeast Potter county and preparations are under way to place tubing in the 2100 foot hole to test an estimated daily production of 130 barrels. Culbertson Bros No 1 Armstrong section 26 block T three miles north Panhandle City in Carson county is cleaning their 2100 foot hole to test a goal of showing following a 200 quart glycerine shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plock, Sivalls and Bryson Co
Amarillo Oil Company
Warwick
Potter County
Culbertson Bros
Armstron
Block T
Panhandle City
Carson County
Souligney Heads Tex-Conan Drilling on Johnson Ranch Lease
V. N. Souligney of Ponca City Oklahoma arrives in the city and, as head of Tex-Conan, oversees the drilling of a well on the Whis ker Newbold lease at Johnson ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. N. Souligney
Ponca City
Okla
Tex-Conan
Whisker-Newbold
Johnson
Drilling Underway at Whittington No 1 Well in Wheeler County
Whittington No 1, SE of section 28 block 18 Wheeler county, has started drilling at 1 860 feet. The well is being completed by J O Whittingon C M Humphrey Ben Golding and Ray Pool of Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittington
Nicholson
Block 18
Wheeler County
J. O. Whitlingon
C. M. Humphrey
Ben Golding
Ray Pool
Amarillo
Amarillo Refining Crew Inches Toward Early Completion
Amarillo Refining Company's No. 1 Mary C Burnett in Section 112, Township 5, Carson County reports lowering below 2,000 feet and is on track for early completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Refining Company
Mary C Burnett
Hie
Carson County
Atlantic Petroleum Plans Deep Test Near Roswell Area
Atlantic Petroleum Corporation will start a deep test on a 46,000 acre state lease located about 60 miles northwest of Roswell, roughly midway to Vaughn. Production is anticipated at 2,500 feet in the Lama area near a recently favorable show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atantic Petroleum Corporation
Roswell
Vaughn
Lama
Travelers Oil Company Forms Amid Oil Field Talks
Travelers Oil Company, recently incorporated in Texas with 100000 capital, holds 624 acres on Kingsland ranch in Hutchinson County. It unites 25 Amarillo traveling salesmen under a 1/125 share per stockholder, with a board including F. S. Davis and W. B. Allen. Twin-Six Oil Company, linked as parent, drills on Travelers land for a half share on 1400 acres, with a 750 acre active producer and 624 acres north and south of it. A meeting to elect officers will be called, offices to be in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers Oil Company
Texas
Kingsland Ranch
New South Hutchinson County
Travelers Oil
Amarillo
F. S. Davis
W. B. Allen
Bush Kingsland
Jno. E. Rowland
Ben Golding
Twin-Six
Twin-Six Oil Company
Travelers
Travelers Company
Davis
Wells Center Interest Shifts To East Panhandle Field
Associated Press reports in Shamrock on May 9 that South Wheeler county oil activity centers on Whittington No 3 Williams in section 9 block 27 and Texhoma O’Brien No 1. Whittington 3, north-west of the Whittington discovery, shows producer potential while Texhoma’s well, a mile north-west, reaches the lime and may produce. The Scahda Well is shut for repairs. Additional wells and drilling activity abound around Red River and nearby sections as Globe Oil and Three N Oll extend operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Shamrock
Wheeler County
Whittington
Williams
Texhoma- O'Brien
Willams & Jaycock
Whittington No. 3
Texhoma’s
Scahda
No. 1 Porter
Texhoma
Discovery Weir
G. W. Porter
Red River
Whittington No. 4
Globe Oil Company
Three N Oll Company
Three Counties Stage Barbecue at Spudding of Well
Three counties Martin Dawson and Howard plan a monster barbecue to celebrate Humble Oil spudding its No 1 Slaughter well in northwest Martin. Stanton Lamesa and Big Spring Chambers coordinate beef tables pickles bread and trimmins. The Humblewell drill targets Capitan terrace linking Reagan county with Pecos Valley oil field in Eddy New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Martin
Dawson
Howard
Humble Oil Company
Martin County
Stanton, Lamesa
Big Spring Chambers of Commerce
C. C. Slaughter
Stanton
Big Spring
Capitan Terrace
Reagan County
Pecos Valley
Eddy County
New Mexico
PELLAGRA Health Ad From Dr McCrary Inc
Tiredness headaches low mood skin eruptions digestive issues and mouth throat soreness listed as pellagra symptoms. urges readers to request a copy of a book mailed in plain sealed wrap from Dr W J McCrary Inc Dept 404 Carbon Hill Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McCrary, Inc
Dept
Carbon Hill
Ala
Albuquerque plans 1000 barrel refinery plant
In Albuquerque on May 9, machinery and equipment for a 1000 barrel daily refinery were to arrive with Q B Man to oversee the installation. The plant will refine Pecos Valley crude at Gilliland refinery, Rob Police Station. Yokohama police report two masked bandits robbed a suburban station while officers slept, stealing valuables and an army truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob
Yokohama
Gas well pumps large gas flow near Hutchinson County
A new Domain well on section 3, block Y, Hutchinson county reports drilling completed after a derrick collapse two months earlier. The well is credited with a daily gas flow of 20,900,909 feet, and inked oil at 65 feet is described as almost pure gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Domain
Hutchinson County
Graham Truck Sales Show Big Increase
Detroit figures for the first quarter of 1925 place Graham Brothers first worldwide in 14 ton truck production and sales. They trail Ford only in combined 1 ton categories, with growth credited to a strong dealer network, reliable parts supply, and four key advantages including price quality and the Dodge engine. Roy Cullum notes the rise from twentieth position three years ago to over 100 trucks daily, driven by consistent performance and the dealer system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Graham Brothers
Ford
Roy Cullum
Dodgerothers
Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Cullum
Ferguson Elevator Burns Near Plainview In May Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Ferguson Grain Elevator at Ferguson Switch five miles south of Plainview between Plainview and Hale Center at 7 o clock Thursday evening. Two Santa Fe Railway box cars on the siding near the water were burned but five were moved to safety. Owned by A G Cox of Plainview the loss is estimated at twenty thousand dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Ferguson
Ferguson Switch
Hale Center
Santa Fe Railway Company
A. G. Cox
Highway accident claims life near Silver City
A highway crash on the Silver City Fort Bayard Central route killed CIVILIAN employee B Dibble from Fort ar d and injured driver William Moore, passenger Thaddeus Wi and another occupant Hargis at Fort Bayard. Dibble died from injuries. Moore suffered a broken leg and bruises. Hargis had facial cuts. Thaddeus Wi was shaken but unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
N. M
B. Dibble
Fortard
Fort Bayard- Central
William Moore
Silver C
Alty
Fort Bayard
Thaddeus
Dibble
Franklin Style Low Slung With Big Clearance
Franklin introduces Serlegg 11 style cars featuring a wood frame drop-sill construction that lowers floor-line by four inches. Rear body mountings on brackets to full elliptic springs reduce height while preserving ground clearance and head room. Critics note the new low profile improves appearance and on road performance, with safer curve handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
America
Shamrock High to Hear Congressman Jones for Graduation
Shamrock Texas May 9 Marvin Jones of Amarillo congressman from this district agrees to deliver the 1924 25 Shamrock high school commencement address The baccalaureate sermon will be given by Rev John R Rice Sunday night at 830 The seventh grade exercises Friday night 830 The Heart of O Sono San recital by Miss Oleta Bryan Dee Gregg and Wilma ONeal Monday night The 1925 graduating class numbers 25 students including 19 girls and 6 boys
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Shamrock
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Shamrock High School
John R. Rice
O Sono San
Marshall Allen
Oleta Bryan
Dee Gregg
Wilma O'Neal
Ninteen
Gaylen Oliver
Blanche Groves
Winnie Burrow
E Gragg
Helen Treece
Erma Lee Gainhead
Ruth Shufflebarger
Beverly Harvey
Zenith Ragland
Lena Ackley
Ethel Mae Glasscock
Faye Harrington
Vestal Bumpers
Rubye Holmes
Mildred King
Velma Griswold
Rene Pullen
Sam Murtry
Paul Zeigler
Dell Phipps
Lutt Purcell
Ben Wofford
Eldon Schufflebarger
Bhamrock
Iake Mali
Concrete roads save fuel and tires for motorists
Highway engineers report improved roads will cut fuel use by about 25 percent and tire wear by up to 60 percent when vehicles run evenly at 20 to 25 miles per hour on smooth concrete or improved macadam. Data from Washington state and Iowa State College show faster speeds raise fuel use and tire wear, with concrete far cheaper than good or poor macadam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
Bureau of Public Roads
National Capital
Iowa State College
Washington
Moon Distributor Sells Cars by Airplane
Fred Rice, a Moon distributor and owner of two Spokane, Washington agencies, uses an aircraft to visit dealers in large territories. He claims to be a pioneer in selling cars by air and expects Moon models to gain popularity as rapid transport expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rice
Moon
Spokane
Washington
Rice
Revival to Begin at Miami First Christian Church
Fort Worth listing team Strong Wof ford will start a revival at Miami High School auditorium on May 28 for the First Christian Church Miami. The group is well known across the south and expected to draw strong interest in church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Wofford
Listic
Fort Wort
First Christian Church of
Fi Christian Church
Plainview Seniors Hear Lipscomb in May Events
Plainview May 9 Rev. B N Lipscomb pastor of First Methodist Church will deliver the baccalaureate address to the high school graduates at the city auditorium at 11 am Sunday May 10. Diplomas will be awarded and C S Williams will be principal speaker at the formal exercises next Friday night. The high school annual will be distributed by May 23 and the class play The End the Rainbow directed by Miss Lucille Tobin will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
B. N. Lipscomb
First Methodist Church
City Auditorium
C. S. Williams
Lucille Tobin
Hereford High Senior Address to be by Jones
Hereford May 9. Busy week for Central and high schools. Alumni banquet at Methodist church Saturday 8pm with Rev Haymes as toastmaster. Baccalaureate by Rev J O Haymes at Christian church 11am Sunday. Seventh grade exercises at Central school Friday May 15 10am. Seventh grade play The Light at Star Theatre Monday night. High school graduation at Christian church Friday May 15 8:30pm. Congressman Marvin Jones of Amarillo to deliver class address. George Beams salutatorian Mozelle Hill valedictorian. Diplomas presented by Supt H Dillehay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Methodist Church
Rev. Haymes
J. O. Haymes
Christian Church
Central School
Star Theatre
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
George Beams
Mozelle Hill
H. Dillehay
New Mexico Baptists Raise 56000 in Year Ended
Albuquerque May 9 The New Mexico Baptist convention state mission board reports 56000 raised for missionary and benevolent work in the past year. The Montezuma College library at Vegas will receive about 10000 in books, with first installment to be bought now. Executives to attend the Southern Baptist convention in Independence Town next week, including Rev W Stumph and other officers. The Baptist orphanage at Portales and Baptist hospital at Ovis are well managed under new leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
State Mission Board
the New Mexico Baptist Convention
Montezuma College
Vegas
Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Inepee Town
W. Stumph
Russell
George FP. Elam
B. Alepresi
Misa Amy Man
He Baptist Orphanage
Portales
Samson and Delilah: Porter’s unusual appendix tale
In London May the porter Sam Booth at the hallway station reports a remarkable condition in his private life. He awoke beside his wife and claimed a surprising bodily feature measures a foot from tip to tip. He attempted to clip it while his wife slept, saying the pride of his heart is not hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson and Delilah
London
Sam Booth
Paige Company Far Behind In Car Deliveries
In spring 1923 Paige Company shipments lagged by three to five thousand cars as dealers pressed for autos. By January, after announcing Jewett and Paige Sixes, the shortage persisted with orders flooding the sales department. Henry Krohn warned deliveries could remain three to five thousand cars behind by February 1 if orders continued at the current rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkle
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Paige Company
Henry Krohn
Groom High School Graduation Exercises Planned Next Week
Commencement for both Groom high and grammar schools will be in the Groom school auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights. Olive Pearl Butler and Dorothy Watkins will deliver the grammar school valedictory and salutatory, while Dennis P. Smith and Virgie Mae Franklin will speak for the senior high. This marks Groom High School’s third graduating class as it becomes standardized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groom School
Olive Pearl Butler
Dorothy Watkins
Dennis P. Smith
Virgie Mae Franklin
Groom High
The Electric Industry's Growth and Service Promise
The Electric Industry has grown from rare experiments to a universal utility through engineering and lab research. Homes businesses factories and communities now rely on electricity as an affordable essential feature. Industry labs at home and abroad drive efficiencies and economies ensuring broad access and value for users.
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Spenger-Nunn
Victrola
Clovis, N. M
TWO Wells
East Panhandle Field
New South Hutchinson
Rive
Premons
Smithcapers
Xyes Tern
Carsongo
Carson
Fielo
Hutchinson Go
Carson Pool
Graham
Miami Church
Lipscomb
Jones
Baptists
City Light & Water Company
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