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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1952
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Gulickson return Saturday from their summer vacation. Mr and Mrs Elmer Bible spent the week end in Fort Stanton visiting Mr and Mrs Ray Bible.
Mr Elmer Willard and wife Mrs Alma Shiley with their daughter and son and Miss Qzilla Klipper of Plainview Texas spent the weekend as guests of Mr Claud Willard and his boys.
Mrs. Leroy Miles and her son visited Roswell Monday and were joined by Mrs. Elmer Bible. Mr. and Mrs. John Moore and Dee returned Sunday from a ten day vacation in Indiana.
Mrs Ed Edmondson of Dallas Texas spent Saturday visiting with Mr and Mrs Lester Waggo Mer.
Mr and Mrs John Bible spent Wednesday in Clovis attending the stock sales.
Mr and Mrs John Bible Mr and Mrs Wallace Jacobs and sons and Mr and Mrs Lester Waggoner spent Sunday visiting in the home of T A Bledsoe and family of Hagerman.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Jacobs spent Monday in Clovis for a sheep sale, joining buyers and sellers at the event and returning home the same day.
Attendees include Mrs. Eak Glass Mrs. Joe Griffen Mrs. Leonard Mahan Mrs. Fildred Pinch Mrs. Marvin D. Dowdy Mrs. J. E. Brizzell Mrs. Nath Monk and Mrs. J. D. Brizzell joining Mahan Jimmy and Billy Brizzell as mothers present.
Mr. and Mrs. Lige Bell and children of Manson Washington were guests of Mrs. J. E. Brizzell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bell and daughter and Mrs. Jim Bell were also guests of Mrs. Brizzell.
The Meador family, descendants of early settlers who arrived in New Mexico in 1907, gathered at Mrs. Tom Hammer's home for a reunion. Attendees included numerous relatives from Estancia, Carlsbad, Artesia, Hagerman, Roswell, and Texas towns, with a buffet dinner and group photos taken over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Mack Sharp returned Sunday from Tennessee where they visited Mr Sharp's ill mother who is now able to be home from the hospital.
Mrs. Katie Glass and her sons from Carlsbad visited Dexter on Tuesday and Wednesday, staying with Mrs. Josie Glass and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Griffin.
Bobbie Shaw arrived Friday from Laurel Heights Hollywood California. Mrs Harriet Weir entered Sunday with a dinner in his honor. Present were Mr and Mrs Wiley Mr and Mrs Jack Shaw and sons Mr and Mrs Ed Goodrum Marvin West and the hostess Mrs Weir.
Mr and Mrs James E Hammet and Mr and Mrs Donald Kuykendall spent last weekend in Ruidoso enjoying a brief reunion and leisure time away from home.
C A Greene and Mrs Harriet Weir were guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Nicholas Tuesday evening at La Posta Roswell. After dinner they returned to Mrs Weirs home to play canasta.
Mrs. Vesta Prock, Patsy and Ida Joe and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Norris of California are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Holland.
Virgil Jones flew to Arizona on Monday to handle personal business.
Sunday wedding unites Miss Valerie Godfrey of London and First Lt Everett E. Stanley at Romey Air Force Base chapel in Puerto Rico. After a short leave they will return to Dexter in August to establish their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lively hosted a dinner Tuesday evening at the La Cima in Roswell. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Ault, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reinecke, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark McMillan.
Miss Flossie Reinecke is spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Schleneyer in Odessa Texas.
Mrs Opal Reinecke and relatives visit Kansas from Odessa Texas as Joann Johnson returns home. Rev Ault celebrates 33rd wedding anniversary with a covered dish luncheon hosted by Frank Reinecke. Various families attend including Starp Greene Lewis McMillan Fletcher and others. Ronald Bizzell turns two with a party at grandma J E Bizzell’s home. Carol Ann and others travel, and several family members visit Carlsbad Dexter and Lawton Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs Harry Porter celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on July 23 1952 at their Dexter home with an open house. Guests included relatives and friends who called to wish them well, while a daughter and daughter-in-law served tea sandwiches and cake.
Mrs Lois Louretta Hignight departed Saturday to reside with her parents Mr and Mrs Thurman Tyler in Pecos Texas.
Mr and Mrs Warren Stone and their children have left for a vacation as family members take a break from daily routines and travel plans are underway.
Mrs Virgil Henry spent Tuesday with Mrs Don Bish in Roswell.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Henry hosted a dessert party with guests including Mr and Mrs Tom McNeil Mr and Mrs Lloyd and Mr and Mrs Harry Porter. In oil news Humble Oil plans a 12000 foot Ellenburger wildcat in Central West Estor County 12 miles NW of Penwell, four and a half miles north of the Yarbrough Allen Ellen field. Drilling to begin soon. A Wolfcamp Permian prospect by Williams in Southeast Irion County shows oil at 6488 to 6500 feet with swabbing 45 barrels of pipe lime oil in 24 hours. Perforations tested at 6450 to 6474 feet ahead. The No 2-B Williams drilled to 7404 feet in Ellenburger, then set back to 6500 feet.
Austral Oil Exploration Company No 1 Ellwood Estate wildcat in Central North Sterling County shows promising Mississippian production on a drillstem test from 8080 to 8095 feet. Gas surfaced quickly, with 6 to 7 barrels of oil recovered and no water. Open flowing pressure 225 to 1035 pounds, 60 feet oil and 60 feet oil cut mud, acid treated pay, plus 90 feet oil and gas cut mud. Location details given for sections 7% and 22 in SP survey, 12 miles north of Sterling City.
Argo Oil Corporation files to relocate its new West Ward County wildcat drill from No 1 Bessie Brown to No 1 Bessie Barron. The drill will start 1,400 feet from the northwest and northeast lines of section 177, block 34, H&TC survey, replacing the old spot 467 feet from the north and east lines. Planned depth is 5,300 feet.
Tex-Harvey Employees Inc orated reports its No 1 Chappell well in northeast Sterling County flowed 45 barrels of 46 grade oil in 12 hours after treating with 2 000 gallons of acid at 17 674 84 feet. No water appeared. The well remained productive with several choke sizes and will test storage tanks. If satisfactory, upper formations will not be investigated. Located 18 miles north and slightly east of Sterling City.
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company No 6 with M G Scales is a completed flowing producer in the Wellman field of South Central Terry County. The well yields a daily flowing potential of 310 barrels of 41 gravity oil through a 16/64 inch tubing choke from pay. Names listed include Stone, Carl Carruthers, Clyde Lively, Hundhey, and Jack Hubbard with their spouses.
El Tee Oil Company No 195 Classen near La Mesa in Dawson County plans production testing after oil saturation found in reef lime. Core shows reef top at 8,580 to 8,630 feet with 29 feet above water and 31 feet shale plus 3 feet reef lime saturated with oil. electric surveys to be run and cemented casing to follow.
Reserve Officers Train It sits a bit over a mile north of Humble's No 1 Earl West. Ellenburger well drilled in 1947 showed minor oil but not commercial. Texas Company No 1 Tom Cobb wildcat in Northwest Yoakum County plugged after reaching 12 168 feet in Devonian. Formation topped at 12 136 feet. Location 13 miles NW of Plains, 660 feet from section lines.
Texas Gulf Producing Company No 16 University wildcat in Southwest Reagan County recovered about six barrels of oil with some water from the Pernian interval during a one hour bail test. Drilling continues below 3 073 feet at a location 996 feet north and 2310 feet west of the section corner, ten miles southwest of Big Lake, expected to reach around 3 200 feet.
Frank Wood Associates of Wichita Falls will drill No. 1 G. M. Smith as a 6,600-foot wildcat in Southeast King County. The well will be dug as No. 1 G. M. Gillespie, located 467 feet from the north and west lines of section 107, block FM, H&TC survey.
A 25 year old mechanic at the Omaha Municipal Airport recently soloed after 45 minutes of dual instruction. William H. Bill Hamke was the student and Ralph Holcombe the instructor.
Magnolia Petroleum Company plans a third deep wildcat on a recently acquired block in Andrews County. The test, located 660 feet from the south and east lines of section 12, block 42, T-2-N, G&MMB&A survey, will reach 15,000 feet to test the Ellenburger formation, three miles north of the Midland Farms field.
Belgrade reports growing barter trade with Turkey as Yugoslavia seeks cotton, wheat, dried fruit, cement, and manganese. In a recent deal, Yugoslavia agreed to buy 5 000 tons of wheat paid for in cement and wood products, signaling closer economic ties between the two southeast European nations.
The interior of the initial fireball in an atomic blast reaches millions of degrees and is nearly a vacuum, forming a rapidly expanding, extremely hot core.
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