Eight Locations Staked In West Texas Counties
The Railroad Commission listing shows eight wildcat locations across eight Texas counties Gaines Hockley and Andrews Pecos Reagan and Upton with various drill depths and precise survey references. Wells include Gulf No 1 State AD in Andrews County Burdell Oil Co No 1 Riley C in Gaines DeKalb No 2 M S Doss A in DeKalb Hockley Texaco No 12 Montgomery Estate Davies in Hockley Pecos Ellsworth No 1 G F Simmons in Pecos Reagan Fryer and Hanson Drilling Co No 2 in Reagan Upton Barnett No 2 in Upton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Gaines
Hockley
Andrews
Pecos
Reagan
Upton
Andrews County
Texaco
Montgomery Estate
Davies
Levelland
Labour
League
Val Verde
Montoya
H&gn
Imperial
Reagan Fryer
Hadacol
Upton John A. Barnett
F. F. Elkin
Weiner-Floyd
T&p
Rankin
Two Lives Lost in Yale Fires Across Texas
A series of Christmas Day fires across Texas left two children dead and extensive damage. In Dallas Oak Cliff smoke rose near Hensley Field and the Naval Air Station from burning trash and oil. Jerry Theriot, 11, died as flames hit his Dallas home, and Henry Moore, 55, perished in a separate blaze. Nacogdoches saw a fire ruin part of Stone Fort Courts and damage the College Coffee Shop. Palestine suffered loss at Denby Furniture Warehouse with roofs damaged nearby. Waco Paul Quinn College’s Grant Hall burned, empty due to holidays. Seymour suffered a major auto store blaze causing about 75,000 dollars in damage after a year of fires in town. Last New Year’s Eve fires had already hit the block with 200,000 dollars in losses.
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Lend
Oak Cliff
Dallas
Hensley Field
Dallas Naval Air Station
Beaumont
Jerry Theriot
Henry Moore
Nacogdoches
Stone Fort
College
D. A. Juetsch
Palestine
Tex
Denby Furniture Co
Ralph Irvine
Waco
Paul Quinn Negro College
Grant Hall
Seymour
North Texas
Queen Elizabeth Keeps 300 Wedding Clocks Ticking
Queen Elizabeth II has had the last of her 300 wedding present clocks moved into Buckingham Palace and she insists the clocks stay running on time. The move underscores ceremonial timing and royal tradition in London.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palac
Icy Bridge Blamed in Fatal Tex. Auto Crash
An icy bridge five miles west of Colorado City Texas caused a fatal crash on Thursday. Merle Norris Birchfield an Oklahoma City man, 38, died five hours after losing control on the Morgan Creek bridge. His car skidded 248 feet before overturning into a ditch en route to Midland to visit relatives.
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Colorado City
Tex
Oklahoma City
Merle Norris Birchfield
Morgan Creek
Birchfield
Midland
Bandit Loses Nerve in Station Hold Up
A would be bandit tried to rob a Canton filling station but fled after failing to find the light switch. Attendant Hershel McKee reported the man entered with a revolver and demanded lights before running away.
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Bandit
Canton
Ohio
Hershel McKee
Hallinan Strawn Field Drill Site Report
The Hallinan Strawn discovery well in Midland County near Odessa shows drilling down to 10 526 feet with 0.50 feet mud recovered and no shows or pressures in a system test. Plymouth No 1 Foster B offset to the discovery was bottomed at 10 652 feet and plugging 5 1/2 inch casing to 10 650 feet. Location is about seven to eight miles northeast of Odessa.
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G. E. Hall
H. S. Foster
Hallinan Strawn
Midland County
T&p
Odessa
Plymouth No
Foster
Plymouth No. 1
DeKalb to Drill Hale County Wildcat Well Near Plainview
DeKalb Agricultural Association Inc of Lubbock plans a 3600 foot wildcat drill 2% miles northeast of Plainview in Hale County. The location is 330 feet from the south and west lines of the northeast quarter of section 5 block D-4 and will be carried as W. B. Pool No 1.
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Burdell Oil Co. No
Riley “C
Seminole
DeKalb No. 2
M. S. Doss
Riley
Hockley
DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc
Lubbock
Plainview
Hale County
Wildcats in Ector Conduct Drill Tests Before Christmas
In Ector County near Monahans, a Wildcat test at Humble No 1-B Earl West showed zero flowing pressure during a 30 minute 11,520 to 11,540 foot test after mud recovery. Cities Service No 1 Cross C tested eight miles west of Odessa with slight shows and a rainbow oil flare. bottomhole pressure rose to 1225 psi in 15 minutes.
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Humble
Earl West
Wildcat
Ector County
Monahans
Cities Service No. 1
Odessa
Drive-In Theatre Gains Fame in Dallas
A Dallas drive-in theater rises in prominence by screening unique films shown nowhere else. Its marquee lists titles such as Bandlands of Dakota Don’t Brother to Knock African Tor sure Allaganie Uprising, while stars include Joan Hall Cary Grant Jeff Chandle and Gary Copper.
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Dallas
Bandlands of
Dakota
Joan Hall
Cary Grant
Jeff Chandle
Gary Copper
Mud and Salt Water Findings in Reeves County Drill Test
A drill stem test in Reeves County from 5,235 to 5,265 feet on Magnolia No. 1 J. Marvin Rape shows 90 feet of heavily gas cut mud and 1,200 feet of heavily gas cut salt water recovered, zero pressures. Oil shows minimal at 10 feet of gray salt lime. Eastland Oil Co extends Halley Field with East No. 7 Halley oil at 30 gravity and gas oil ratio 125 to 1, open hole 2,700 to 2,948 feet in Winkler County PSL Survey section 25 block B-12.
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Magnolia
Winkler County
Eastland Oil Co
Eastland No. 7 Halley
Bums sentenced to turkey dinners at Salvation Army hall
Seven six men from Skid Row arrested on disorderly conduct were sentenced by Judge Edward P. Luczak to eat turkey dinners and seek spiritual good at a Salvation Army hall in Chicago.
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Chicago
Edward P. Luczak
Salvation Army
Oil Firms Answer TIPRO Import Plans For 1953
Four major oil companies Gulf Oil Standard Oil of California Shell Oil and The Texas Company reported no planned major increases in crude imports for 1953. TIPRO had pressed for disclosure citing national security and drilling permit declines echoed by Railroad Commissioner Ernest Thompson.
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Austin
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
TIPRO
Gulf Oil Corp
Standard Oil Co
California
Shell Oil Co
the Texas Co
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
New Jersey
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Pacific Coast
Follis
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Gulf No. 1 State
North Cowden Field
Brock 9 University Lands Survey
Yale
The
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Holy Land
Western Auto Associate Store
Texas
Clifford E. McGuire
Optometrists
North Grant
Yorkshire
LEAN
Florida
Tennessee
Val- Tech
Amedium
TOM Collins
Carton
Hallinan
Strawn
oAbandon
DeKalb
Ector
T&p Survey
Reeves
Office Supply
eSelee
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