Texas oil activity shifts near Bowie with new wells
Thursday operations resumed as Texas Company set a location for Avery No. 1 on the Scott Avery land four miles west of Bowie. Continental located Richardson No. 5 in Salona, while reports mentioned a Liggett farm well and a strong completion at Bass No. 1 L. S. Bass deep well in the Richardson Salona field eight miles east of Bowie.
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Texas Company
Scott Avery
Bowie
Texas FE. S. Avery
Continental
A. Richardson
Salona Field
Liggett Farm
Elmwood
North
Texas
General American
Richardson
Thirty More Report for Physical Examination August 17
Local Board No 93 orders thirty additional registrants from Montague Wise and Clay counties to report for physical exams in Dallas on August 17. Total now 50 examined with 20 slated for August 10. 21 month enlistment with 21 days to settle affairs. Standards lowered from 90 to 70 points.
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Montague
Wise
Clay Counties
Mildred Brashear
Dallas
Red Cross Names County Chapter Officers and Contributors
Sunset Mrs. Jim Henry Stoneburg and Mrs. John Lamkin led a Red Cross gathering listing chairmen Howard Mays Howard W. Johnson Mrs A S Gilbert Poe B Vandament Mrs David Major Morris Johnson and H I Trout as disaster home service public information nursing first aid and fundraising leaders. Bowie reported to be the sole town listing contributors and amounts. Ranger Mrs Kenneth Jameson Red Cross Field Representative attended to aid planning for the year. A monthly Montague chapter meeting is set for Monday August 28 at the court house.
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Jim Henry
Stoneburg
John Lamkin
Howard Mays
Saint Jo
Howard W. Johnson
Nocona
A. S. Gilbert
Home Service
Poe B. Vandament
Bowie
David Major
Morris Johnson
First Aid
H. I. Trout Bowie
Oil Test Totals 430 Barrels in 19 Hours as Upside Seen
Flow test on Caddo formation reached 430 barrels in 19 hours implying potential 1032 barrels daily through a 1 inch choke. Producer drilled to 6067 feet with production from Caddo at 6050 to 6067 feet. E H Cunningham Harold Cunningham and W R Duke form 400 acre block, turned to Mid-Continent to drill 6400 foot test southeast of Kennedy field. well to start in fifteen days. Nearest production is Embry well. Wingate block lies west of Bowie. R W Gutzler Wright No 1 pierced conglomerate at 6127 feet, testing planned Thursday.
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Caddo
E. H. Cunningham
Harold Cunningham
W. R. Duke
Mid-Continent Oil Company
School consolidations shape new district staffing and buses
New Gold Burgshaw and Stoneburg Ringgold districts unveil teachers for grammar to high school and prepare for FFA and Future Homemakers of America chapters. Seven buses operate as repairs finish for the term start. Board members include C. R. Lee Calvin Miller Coy Fites Earl Gregory G. W. Cox A. V. Coipering and J. H. Turner Sr.
First Christian Church Hosts Fellowship Meeting
The First Christian Church hosted a Sunday afternoon fellowship gathering at 5 o clock. Visiting members from Nocona and Ringgold Christian churches joined locals for a social hour as Rev Weems Dykes of the Nocona Church delivered the evening message.
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First Christian Church
Nocona
Ringgold
Weems Dykes
Tastee Freez Franchise Offer For Small Towns
Franchise available for Tastree Freez frozen milk product targeting drug stores and restaurants. Appealing for towns of 500 population and up. Personal equipment demonstration offered without obligation by writing Box T care Bowie News.
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Box “T” Care
Bowie News
Summer in the Psalms Theme at First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church sets August worship around the theme Summer in the Psalms. Next Sunday covers Worship and Health. At 7 30 p m the study begins Meeting the Apostle Paul as part of a series on the apostle.
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First Presbyterian Church
Paul
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