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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1964

Page

4

Re-Entry Wildcat and Oil Test Details From Howard and Andrews

A re-entry wildcat No. 1 Vera Shoal near Big Spring Howard County is set to 8 000 feet for Cisco tests in a depleted 9 352 foot hole. Production data from Yoakum County and Andrews County include oil flows from Wolfcamp and Ellenburger zones, with oil and gas shows and measured bottomhole pressures. The note closes with a trivia line about bamboo height from United Press International.

Vera Shoal Big Spring Howard County Midland Hutto Wolfcamp T&p Survey

Eddy County Producers Hit Oil and Gas Yields in Basin Tests

In Eddy County New Mexico Sun Oil Co and Flows Gas Redfern Development Corp report high gas flows in Indian Basin with No 1 iBright showing 37.5 million cu ft per day and 76 240 to 1 gas oil ratio. LEA-Union Oil Co 1-7 State in Lea County taps Wolfcamp with 73.6 barrels oil from 10 317 to 351 feet and 90 minute test pressures.

Sun Oil Co iBright Federal Indian Basin Iwest Carlsbad Eddy County Cisco Redfern Development Corp Winston West Eddy County Lea—Union Oil Co Wildcat Tatum Lea County Wolfcamp

Locations And Completions In Texas Oil Fields

A dense list of oil well locations and completion data across Andrews Crane Dawson Garza Howard Midland and surrounding areas. Entries include operator names Texaco Skelly United and others, section and township details, elevations, perforations, production and gas figures, water and brine notes, and well statuses.

Andrews Hutex Fussel-Ellen Owdd—Rice Engineering & Operating Inc Hobbs, N. M Garza—Huntley Glor Texaco Inc B. D. Huntley TTRR Sur Post Howard — Howard-Glasscock Lawnie Robertson Midland Humble-Douthitt North Ward Estes—Owdd Gulf ‘Oil Corp Hutchings Stock Assn Ig&mmb&a Estes G&mmb&a Sur Cea Wickett OTD Winkler — Halley Dev OWPB Skelly Oil Co S. M. Halley Bik. Bell PSL Sur

Jeff Roberts Rites Set In City Today

Services for Jeff Roberts aged 67 at First Baptist Church in Lubbock with Dr. J Ralph Grant officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Roberts died Wednesday at St Mary's Hospital. He moved to Lubbock in 1925 from Silverton, was WWI veteran, retired 1964 as warehouse foreman for Frontier Wholesale Co. Survivors include wife, son Edwin of Amarillo, daughter Helen Moseley of 2118 5th St, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.

Jeff Roberts 1St St First Baptist Church J. Ralph Grant Pasitor Jack Welch Central Baptist Church City of Lubbock Rix Funeral Home Roberts St. Mary's Hospital Lubbock Silverton Frontier Wholesale Co Edwin Amarillo Helen Moseley 5Th St Bailey Bob George Lynwood Calif Gladys Pharr 14Th St

Pecos County wildcat drill targets and Canyon Sand discovery

Oil news lists Ellenburger wildcat No. 1 at 5 500 feet eight miles southwest of Girvin Pecos County with location specifics for Section 140 Block 145. Cisco wildcat No. 1 Myrtle D. Sellman 19 miles southeast of Sonora. Canyon Sand discovery at No. 1 Elizabeth Powell nine miles southwest of University 101 in Schleicher County with 71 barrels of 43.8 gravity oil in 24 hours. Pure Oil No. 2 W. C. Tyrell nine miles northwest of Fort Stockton flowed gas 8.2 million cubic feet in 21 hours. Wildcat Abandoned Sealy Smith Foundation in Ward County. Gardner wildcat No. 1 Allar Co. eight miles northeast of Winters in Runnels. Delaware wildcat No. 1 American Trading State eight miles west of Orla in Culberson. Devonian wildcat No. 1 Trends-Viking near Grandfalls, Crane County.

Kingrea, Pendleton & Reiser Wilson Girvin Pecos County McCandless Clear Fork Tucker Drilling Co San Angelo Cisco Eldorado Schleicher County Gc&sf University 101 Elenburger Pecos Pure Oil Co. No W. C. Tyrell Fort Stockton Gc&sf Survey Fort Stockton Field Wildcat Ward Monahans Ward County Gardner Exploration Runnels James K. Anderson Midland Gardner Culberson Fred Pool Drilling Co Orla Culberson County T&p Survey Ridgeway Delaware Crane—Broseco Corp Viking Petroleum Corp Grandfalls Crane County Door (Queen) Pool H&tc Survey

Rancher Orders New Saddle For President Johnson

Earl Thacker of Hawaii, a friend of President Johnson, ordered a saddle of New Zealand leather for the President after liking two during a 1960 Auckland visit. The President's saddle will be flown to Washington next Thursday.

Auckland New Zealand Earl Thacker Hawai' Ian Johnson Thacker Washington

Nine area towns host homecoming events across South Plains

Nine towns including Tahoka O Donnell Springlake Seagraves Morton Orton Southland Roosevelt Lubbock County and Hobbs Fisher County stage homecoming activities today. Highlights include Tahoka Wink football at 7 30 p m with ex students banquet and noon pep rally, O Donnell Plains game at 7 30 p m with 3 p m registration, Seagraves queen crowning and 7 30 p m game, Morton Post football at 7 30 p m and ex students reception, Olton parade at 4 p m and bonfire, and Roosevelt Crosbyton Flower Grove games with banquets and reunions.

Tahoka O’donnell Springlake Seagraves Morton Orton Southland Roosevelt School Lubbock County Hobbs Community School Fisher County Tahoka-Wink O'Donnell Springlake High School Springlake-Kress Seagraves-Stanton Morton-Post Olton PTA Olton Mustangs Abernathy Antelopes Roosevelt, McClung, Acuff Canyon Roosevelt High Schol Roosevelt-Crosbyton Southland-Flower Grove Southland Exes Pam Ellis Hobbs Rotan Ira Exes

Vernon man dies in pickup rollover crash

James Boyd, 72, of Vernon was killed when his pickup truck overturned on a farm road near Electra Texas on Thursday.

Electra James Boyd Vernon North Texas

Sale of Book Is Protested in Kansas City

Methodists and ministerial students protested the Republican campaign HQs in Kansas City for about an hour over the sale of John A Stormer’s None Dare Call It Treason at reduced prices. Stormer is a Missouri Republican state committee member and the paperback has sold millions nationwide.

Kansas City John A. Stormer St. Louis Republican State Committee

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Howard John H. Gibson Pan American Petroleum Corp Fasken Andrews County Ellenburger Mabee Field United Press International Encyclopaedia Britannica Townsend MLM SE Cai Spudnut The USA Spud Nut Shop 50Th Quaker Andrews — Lowe Texaco, Inc E. Mabee G&amib&a Sur Barnsley Grav Tom D. Fowler Univ. Las. Sur Johnson — Cities Alma Thomas Bec T&p Sur Floyd—Wildcat E. B. Clark Ding Mary Hall G-M Gc&sf Sur D&a. Glasscock Vaughn Pet, Inc Elizabeth G. Brown D&a. King—Juniper Ard Drig,Co R. B. Masterson Bs&f Sur Midland—Dora Roberts Nev Midland Fee Mitchell Turner Gregory Cifk J. E. Windham McKenney M. J. Melton Ralah Lowe No C. A. Duncan D&a Carl Belew Webb Pierce Hank Locklin Patsy Cline Jimmy Dean Ferlin Husky Carl Perkins Rex Allen Johnny Cash T. Texas Tyler Will Sutton ROSS Plainsman Hotel South Plains Schwinn Bicycles DAN Norman Bicycle Shop MOBIL Walle, Colling Mobil Finishes Company, Inc Lubbock Paint Center, Inc
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