Conoco Ad Plan Outlined For Local Dealers
About 40 Conoco dealers and commission reps met at the Club Cafe to learn the spring advertising program. L. Oden of Fort Worth detailed the plan and showcased ads for the next months. The firm will spend about 2 million dollars in newspaper space, with a contest naming nine winning ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Oil Co
Co. L. Oden
Fort Worth
Conoco
A. T. Eudaly
Royalty
Tom Henderson
Odessa
J. W. Smith
Girvin
Oden
Texas
L. W. Winston
Midland
Roy Wilcox
Commission
Pecos
Science Society Plans Alpine Meet
The Southwestern Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold its annual meeting in Alpine on May 2 to 4. Meetings occur on the Sul Ross College campus with headquarters in the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society museum. A highlight is an excursion to McDonald Observatory on Mount Locke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Division
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Alpine
Association
Sul Ross College
West Texas Historical and Scientific Society
McDonald Observatory
Mount Locke
Big Bend
Chisos Mountains
Cavern Visitors Reflect Decrease at Carlsbad Caverns
About six thousand visitors entered Carlsbad Caverns in February, ranking third all time for the month. The cavern logs show 7,343 guests in 1938, 5,852 in 1939, and 5,952 in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carsbad Caverns
Carlsbad
Oil and gas drilling advances in Pecos field reported
Reports detail oil sand finds in the Means well of Pinal Dome Corp at 5023 to 5031 feet with bailer tests under way. Gasoline engines from Trans-Pecos and Pinal Dome prove cost effective for Pecos Valley drilling. March 7 timing saved in tool retrieval. Drilling progresses through oil saturated shale to lime formation. Jennings leads Toyah Bell well plan for steady production. Ward County River well boiler trouble delays, now below 3200 feet in anhydrite. F Stanaway of Chicago visits Pecos seeking core test well contracts for American Potash Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinal Dome Corporation
Trans
Pecos
Pinal Dome
Jennings
Toyah Bell
Ramsey Oil Co
Arthur- Pitts Company
Ward County
F. Stanaway
Chicago
Sullivan Machinery Company
American Potash Syndicate
Jesse James Prevue at Grand Theatre Pecos
Twentieth Century Fox presents the Tyron Power Henry Fonda and Nancy Kelly epic Jesse James in Technicolor. A three day run follows a 11:30 pm prevue, tracing the outlaw's rise from bank robbery to his death at the hands of Bob Ford across five states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
Twentieth Century-Fox
America
Grand Theatre
Pecos
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Darryl F. Zanuck
Jesse
Henry King
Chicago
Lloyds of London
Ozark
Pineville
Iron Horse
Frank
St. Louis Midland Railroad
Zerelda
Zee
Bob Ford
Oil Developments Arm Reeves County Leases
C H Lockhart blocks up 12 500 acres of Reeves county leases and plans to spud a well before May 1. E J Lease of S J Grove and Sons arrived in Pecos with a contractor party to start Red Bluff dam work within 30 days. First Home Loan cash of about 1500 arrived via Henry Russell. Pecos building prospects look favorable after H P Davis’s Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Lockhart
Pioneer Oil
Reeves County
E. J. Lease
S. J. Grove and Sons Contracting
Minneapolis
Red Bluff
Pecos
Brandon
Henry Russell
Home Loan Corporation
H. P. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Davis
Local Residents News Briefs and Visits
Mrs. W L Ross returned from Iraan after visiting her brother in law and sister Dr and Mrs Jack Spratt. King Green employed by the State Highway Department in Royalty spent Friday and Saturday here with friends. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Murray and family of Monahans visited Tuesday. James F Ross editor Balmorhea Texan visited and handled business here Tuesday. Miss Leo Townley of Barstow recovered in a local hospital from an emergency major operation last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Ross
Iraan
Jack Spratt
King Green
State Highway Department
Royalty
Gilbert Murray
Monahans
James F. Ross
Balmorhea Texan
Leo Townley
Barstow
Mrs. Curtis of Monahans Visits Here With Friends
Mrs. B. C. Curtis of Monahans visited here Saturday afternoon with friends, described as a social gathering in the local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Curtis of
Monahans
Trinity romance ends in Texas wedding at Presbyterian church
Climax of a Trinity University romance leads to marriage between Miss Elizabeth Lilley and Mr. Marvin Jameson of Teague Texas with Rev John Byrd officiating Saturday afternoon in the Presbyterian church. Separately Miss Mildred Ruhlen of Pecos and Arvin D Eady of McCamey are to be married here on March 18 as announced at a dinner hosted by Mrs Harrison Beauchamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity University
Elizabeth Lilley
Marvin Jameson
Teague
Texas
Presbyterian Church
John Byrd
Mildred Ruhlen
Pecos
Arvin D. Eady
McCamey
Harrison Beauchamp
Giant 82 inch lens near completion at McDonald Observatory
The huge two and a half ton 82 inch lens for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory nears completion. It was moved to Mount Locke and aims to let UT and University of Chicago astronomers probe space more accurately. The lens follows the 1933 start of the project, funded by the late W. J. McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
University of Texas’ McDonald Observatory
Mount Locke
University of Texas
University of Chicago
Mount Wilson Observatory
McDonald Observatory
W. J. McDonald
Paris
Texas
Harry Yandell Benedict
Robert M. Hutchins
Chicago
McDonald
Yerkes Observatory
Mount Palomer Observatory
California
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Hubby
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West Third Street
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Adonna
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Darby Alarm Clock
J. Bath Scale
Ben
Tippy Top
Hudson Bay
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Grove
Lyon's
Keller
Yur
Stren
Tamin Pr
Dules
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Cai
Thrilling Variety
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ORLIS
Lady Esther
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Bengue
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Mary Lakes
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