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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1961

Page

7

Woodward Prospect Drills In Irion County Oil Field

Woodward and Company report a wildcat at a southeast Irion County site about 10 miles southeast of Mertzon. The discovery shows 37.2 to 37.4 degree gravity oil from San Angelo perforations with 15,000 gallons of frac fluid. Depth reaches 1,2232 feet with a 1,036 foot set. The well lies near J C Branches Survey No. 787 and is 23 miles southwest of San Angelo.

Irion Mertzon, Woodward & Co San Ieee San Angelo J.C. Brandhes Brooks San Andres Woodward & Co Winterbotham

Wildcat No 1A D Justice probes Garza County oil field

J E Blakey Jr reports wildcat No 1A D Justice near Justiceburg Garza County completed as San Andres discovery. Initial potential 83.82 barrels of 35.8 gravity oil plus 20 percent water. Gas oil ratio too small. Bottomed 2102 feet with 5 percent increasing at 2003 feet. Open hole completion 2003 102 feet after acidizing and fracturing with 90000 gallons. Spud location 2310 feet from north 330 feet from east lines of section 3 Block HGN survey. Eight acre spacing fourteen miles north and west of Dor ward field.

Garza Field Justice Burg Garza County J. E. Blakey, Jr Justiceburg D. Justice San’Andres H&gn Dorward

Fragmented oilfield survey notes with multiple well details

A noisy archival entry lists Basin Area and South Basin Area survey lines with numerous well and block references, legal descriptions, lime content, drilled depths, casing, tubing, and equipment mentions. It references firms like Arnold Barrett and Mesker and contains depths and production terms, but many fragments remain unclear.

Fragmentary Land and Property Mentions Across Texas and Nearby Areas

A highly garbled OCR snippet lists locations and parcel notes across multiple Texas counties including Reeves, Hobbs, Andrews, Lubbock, and Bee. It references fields, blocks, and sections with numbers and abbreviations, suggesting land or mineral rights listings and survey markers with incomplete descriptors and coordinates.

Water blanket developed by gas-cutting company

A local gas cutting firm announced a new water blanket system designed to control fires and reduce heat during high risk operations. The technology layers a cooled water barrier to suppress flames and protect equipment.

Burford and ID 18 Report From Bakersfield Area

Fragmentary note lists Burford and ID 18 near Bakersfield with unclear references to 660 and 990, mentions FBLA Section 8 and BME of Hatched ToBe, with possible Nuh pur and B38. Readable parts point to a local bureau or meeting shorthand and incomplete identifiers.

Burford & ID Westeran Wildest Mt-S Bakersfield PNL

Cap utile open flow at Pyote area well details

A historic oil report notes potential around 22.6 million with a cap utile open flow. It records feet per day from Delaware perforations minus 4 708 940 after fracturing with 10 000 gallons. Bottomed at 5 801 feet, casing 7 inches. Set to 5 112 feet with location 1 650 feet north and 660 feet east in Section 16 Block C-2 Public School Land survey, 46 miles south of Pyote.

Delaware Pyote

Geological depths and prospects near Sylves Goen field

The report notes depths up to 5875 feet with a DST test showing gas and oil flow and mud pressures. It describes a wildcat discovery prospect located 330 feet from the north and west lines of Section 41, Block 1, HT&B survey, about two miles southeast of Sylves Goen lime field.

Tina Ht&b Sylves Goen

Long-term animal tests explore artery hardening factors

New York reports that long term tests in animals indicate two factors are necessary for hardening of the arteries. An injury to the lining of arteries and the pressure of a certain fat, lipoprotein. Doctors hope to learn if these factors are also important in humans.

New York

One Act Farce Brute Now In New Version At Bee

Minne directs speech events for the Texas Interscholastic League contest season. The Brute a Chekhov farce in a new version by Darlene Hunter and Jim Bearden will be presented by Lab Mrs Lillybud Garrett Texadkana directs. Debate topic is federal grants to states to equalize educational opportunity for elementary and secondary education with debaters Judy Hext Edorado Polly LaMaster Perryton Joy Dunlap Lubbock and Keith Billingsley Lubbock.

Bee Brute Anton Chekhov Darlene Hunter Jim Bearden Lillybud Garrett Texadkana Judy Hext Elidorado Polly LaMaster Perryton Joy Dunlap Lubbock Keith Billingsley

College lunch program leaders discuss grants at Tech meeting

Dean Tinsley reports on leadership training conference held at Tech in fall 1960. Officials from college food service and school lunch programs plan to discuss educational opportunities and the federal school lunch office involvement in a pilot grant program assisted by the Agriculture Marketing Service.

College Food Service Dean Tinsley Tech The Agriculture Marketing Service

Speech events lineup for public workshop announced

Patricia Enochs of Eldorado and Len Frost of Happy will read in oral interpretations. Linda Cowan of Lubbock will close with persuasive speaking. Debates and oral interpretation events directed by Howard Caryle and Elizabeth Mabry of Lubbock. Workshop overseen by Ronald Schulz and Sylvia D. Mariner. Public, free admission.

Patricia Enochs Eldorado Len Frost Happy Linda, Cowan Lubbock Howard Caryle Elizabeth Mabry Ronald Schulz Sylvia D. Mariner

Burglary cases filed against Buskirk White and Mincey

Ally Fred West presented cases against Robert Wayne Buskirk 201216 Sth St. charged with burglary of Lub bock Body Works 1609 19th St May 11 James Edward White 21 burglary of coin operated machines Penny Wise Laundry 1906 19th St June 211 Andrew Mincey 20 burglary of automibile belonging to Mrs Shere Church 1518 31st St June 21 Restitution 600 for Buskirk 75 for White money purse and items accounted for no restitution for Mincey

Fred ‘West Robert Wayne Buskirk Lubbock Body Works James Dward White Penny Wise Laundry Andrew Mincey

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