Coke County Oil Surpass 1954 Field Totals In New Finds
Coke County reports ten new fields in 1954 with multiple wells producing oil of varied gravity. Wells include Humble No. 87-E Sallie Odom, Olive May Keeney, Nora Gee Nos. 1 and 1 Nora Gee, plus Gardner lines and Cambrian sands. Gas oil ratios and fracture details listed for each, with open-hole and perforation depths and initial outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Odom
Felix Sosa
Gardner Lime
Bronte Cambrian
Humble
Olive May Keeney
H&tc
Cambrian
South Fuller-Coke
C. T. Robertson Et al
Nora Gee
Strawn
West Fort Chadbourne
C. L. McMahon, Inc
T. S. Hendry
J. Holleman
Jameson Caddo
Sun Oil Company
D. M. Millican
Caddo
Southeast
Fuller-Coke F
Bronte Caps
Hickok & Reynolds, Inc
Robert Forman
H&ac
West Fort Chadbourne Cambran
C. L. McMahon, Inc., Et al
A. S. Hendry
Rafael Aldrette
Gardner
Seth Clark
Oil test near Bronte and other field activity reported
Location staked last week for Hall and Steward No 1 in the McCutchen area northwest of Bronte. The test is a farmout from Union Oil Co in Section 42 1, near production in the McCutchen field, at 71 feet in redbeds. Other notes mention Currie and Wylie Bronte No 1 B Edna Wylie and Nettie Currie well abandoned after 6 213 feet, Gardner lime at 5435 feet, and Lowe Drilling to move in a rotary rig on the McQueen Forman lease west of town with pits dug yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCutchen
Currie & Wylie, Bronte
Edna Wylie
Nettie Currie
J. McFarland Survey
Fort Chadbourne
Cambrian
Coke County
Gardner
Lowe Drilling Company
McQueen-Forman
Hickok & Reynolds
Singing Sunday at Kickapoo Baptist Church
Everyone is invited to the singing Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p m at Kickapoo Baptist Church. Mr and Mrs C R Smith spent two days this week on the Plains attending to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Baptist Church
Mrs. C. R. Smith
Plains
Last Rites Held for James S Keating
James Sanford Keating 78 was found dead in his car north of Bronte on U S Highway 277 last Friday. Justice of the Peace C E Bruton ruled natural causes. a heart attack likely caused the death. Funeral services were held at Blackwell First Baptist Church and burial followed in Blackwell cemetery. He is survived by a wife, seven sons, two daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sanford Keating
Bronte
U. S. Highway 277
Justice of the Peace
C. E. Bruton
Keating
Blackwell
Mr. Keating
Nolan County
Blackwell First Baptist Church
W. T. Peel
Blackwell Cemetery
Clift Funeral Home
W. M. Keating
Olton
C. R. Keating
Houston
Lloyd Keating
Brownwood
Lee
Grant Keating
Raymond Keating
Clifton, Ariz
Col
E. W. Keating
U. S. Air Force
Paris
France
Verna Oakley
Mesquite
Clara Fountain
Miami, Fla
Snowy Weekend Delivers Fresh Moisture Across Area
A wet norther brought fresh snow last weekend, with Bronte reporting a little over two inches and areas north of town plus Blackwell recording three or more inches. Moisture ranged from % to 1 inch, falling all Sunday afternoon. It was the second good snow in two weeks and residents welcomed the moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Town
Blackwell
Poem by the late Mrs Edminston Ella Allen Edminston
A reflective poem by Ella Allen Edminston urging daily praise and duty to others. It emphasizes greeting the morning, sharing burdens, easing pain, and guiding souls toward peace, concluding that such deeds keep life from being in vain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Edminston
Ella Allen Edminston
No, the Man Who Worries About Others’ Opinions
A reflective phrase notes that a man who spends all his time worrying about what others think of him seldom leads a happy life. The saying emphasizes inner peace over external judgment.
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Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Fort Chadbourne Gardner Lime
Homer Snowden
J. B. Randle No
F. C. Wojtek
THE
Bronte Enterprise
Hall
Steward
J. B. McCutchen
Cation
Union Oil Co
James S. Keating
Edmiaston
R. W. Rees
c/o Home Motor Company
Alexander
San Angelo
Angelo
Concho
Chad
Mission Inn
Kimbell
del Monte Tomato
Jack Sprat
Ketchup
Kuners
JOY
Cello Peg
Hormel Midwest
Franks
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