Conoco Finalizes Devonian Wildcat Proposals in Lea and Eddy
Northwest Sea Area trends show Devonian wildcat aims by Conoco Continental Oil and Union Oil in Lea and Eddy counties. No. 1-187 University, No. 10-B-15 Britt in Weir field report 756 bbls of 37.5 gravity oil daily. No. 27 Warren Unit McKee yields 199 bbls/day. Nearby tests include H&GN and US survey districts with several deep wells and offsets, while Sun Oil reports San Andres treatment at No. 1 Pharr near Plains.
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Caraway & Reichert
W. Early
Wildcat
Schmidtsinsky
Earl ‘Hobistrelle
E Jack H. Herring
H&gn
Norton
Irion—R
Stallworth, Jr
Lackey
Discovery Offset
H&tc Survey
Merizon
Leeper & Cole
Midland
Bryant-Fortner
Bs&f
Southland
PECOS
Continental
Oil Co
University
US Survey
Bakersfield
Bakke Offset Staked In Central Andrews
Pure Oil Co plans No 2 K J E Parker on a 240 acre lease in central Andrews County to test a Penn project. The Wildcat lies 1½ miles east of Midland Farms Ellenburger area with drilling progress and oil shows reported along with silica fractures and shale notes.
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Bakke
Andrews County
Pure Oil Co
J. E. Parker
Andrews
Penn
Pan American Pet. Corp
Elsenburger
Midland Men Face Burglary Charges
Four Midland men were charged in a pair of apartment burglaries in Midland. Dennis W. Patton 21 and Kin Autry Decker about 21 faced bonds of 3500 each. William N. Lee 2500. Don Nelson Gwyn 21 held without bond. Deputy said a master key opened both units with money and food taken.
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Midland
Dennis W. Patton
Kin Autry Decker
William N. Lee
Don Nelson Gwyn
Gene Howell
Patton and
Decker
Lee
Gwyn
Andrews High School Raises 650 For Exchange Student
Students at Andrews High School collected 650 to fund an exchange student for 1960 61. All three classes plus the Future Teachers club and the student council contributed. The Stickney family will house and feed the pupil arriving in August, with funds covering transport insurance and a small allowance.
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Andrews
Andrews High School
Frank B. Stickneys
Three South Basin Ventures Set in Pecos Crockett and Ward Counties
Three South Basin areas in Pecos Crockett and Ward counties receive wildcat drilling plans. PECOS-BBM Drilling Co and Mid land schedule a 2 100 foot rotary at No 24 1 Claude Owens east Pecos County near Bakersfield. Cooley and Holcomb target a 2600 foot wildcat No 1 Maggie Neal in north Crockett County near Big Lake. Ward County outlines a No 1 K University test well four miles north of Pyote and Shell Oil plans a No 1 17 B Shell University test to 5160 feet testing the Delaware formation.
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Lubbock County
Lubbock
J. Paul Karcher and
Concho Petroleum Co
Midland
Edwin Alexander
Clear Fork
Pecos
Crockett
North Crockett County
Big Lake
Cooley and Holcomb, Midland
Maggie Neal
Bs&f
Ward
Hannon
Warwink
Delaware
Pyote
Ward County
Shell Oil Co
Shell University
University Lands Survey
Matador Elects Two Aldermen In Special Election
In Matador a special election elected two unopposed aldermen, Douglas Pitts Jr. and John Irwin, with 151 and 161 votes. They replace Algie Groves and R. L. Brandon who resigned due to Texas Highway Department employment. Write‑in activity was minimal except for scattered votes for Howard Edmondson and Louis Bostick amid rumors about a Negro aldermanic bid.
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Matador
Douglas Pitts Jr
John Irwin
Algie Groves
R. L. Brandon
Texas Highway Department
Howard Edmondson
Louis Bostick
Badger Named President-Elect of New Mexico Medical Society
Dr William E Badger of Hobbs has been named president elect of the New Mexico Medical Society. He will serve a one year term beginning next May. The 1962 convention will be held in Hobbs. Current president is Dr Allen Haynes of Clovis. Dr Badger began practice in 1937 and is joined by his wife Dr Demarious Badger. They have two daughters and a son.
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Hobbs
William E. Badger
New Mexico Medical Society
Eeeres
Allen Haynes
Clovis
Badger
Demarious Badger
Confirmation Test Finaled in West Stonewall Field
In West Stonewall County about 2 miles north of Peacock near Abilene the second producer and one location north extension well in the Peacock Tannehill field was completed. The No 1 H F Metcalf was finaled for a daily flowing potential of 240 barrels of 41 gravity oil with no water through a 20/64 inch choke and a gas oil ratio of 200 to 1. Completion was natural from Tannehill perforations at depths 3 581 to 3 595 feet, located 330 feet from the south and west lines of Section 295, Block D, H and TC survey.
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Lowe State
Conoco
East Lea County
Continental Oil Co
Weir
Oil Center
Warren
McKee
Warren McKee Field
West Lea County
Union Oil Co
California
Wolfcamp
Mallamar
Anderson Ranch Wolfcamp
Pan American Pet. Corp
Huapache
Shell Oil Co
Eddy County
Henshaw
Honolulu
Oul Corp
Holmes
Clear Fork
Broadview
Wolfforth
He&tw
E. T. Brooks
San Andres
Sun Oil Co
Pharr
Yoakum County Wildcat
Plains
J. H. Gibson
Stonewall County
Peacock
Roark
Cooper
H&tc Survey
Prisoners Transferred from Lubbock to Huntsville
Eighteen inmates from Lubbock County jail were moved to the state penitentiary at Huntsville on Tuesday. Among them was Alfredo Albidrez, 41, convicted in 99th District Court last March for the 1956 dance hall slaying of Maximo Ybarra, serving a life term.
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Lubbock County
State
Huntsville
Alfredo Albidrez
99Th District Court
Maximo Ybarra
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