King Sand Field Adds Two Projects Near Avoca
New drilling sites announced seven miles southwest of Avoca in Jones County include Murphy Oil Co No. 1 A. M. Harrell and G F E Kadane & Sons No. 2 A T B Harrell with depths around 2350 to 2400 feet. In Griffin Field north of Avoca Thomas D Humphrey & Sons No 1 Ramsey Cox to 3600 feet. Additional deep tests planned in Shackelford and Stonewall counties with several wildcats and producing wells in multiple sections.
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Avoca
Jones County
Murphy Oil Co. of
Oklahoma, Inc
OAL Survey
Griffin
Thomas D. Humphrey & Sons, Ltd
Dallas
Ramey Cox
Cox
H&tc Survey
Lueders
Shackelford
M. E. Daniel
Lester Clark
Breckenridge
J. S. McKeever
Bbb&c
Sojourner Field
Haskell
Haskell County
Eastland Oil Co
Jess Miller
H&tc
Miller
Bend Conglomerate
Aspermont
Stonewall County
Chapman & McFarlin Producing Co
San Antonio
Pumphrey
Ab&m
Ashpermont
Continental Oil Co
Flossie E. Scoggins
Texas Co. No
Katie Green
Stonewall
Old Glory
Flowers Canyon
Benedum Trees Oil Co
Pumphrey Heirs
Woodson Oil Co
Arthur S. Brinkley, Jr
Legion Officers To Be Named At Hart-Masters Post
New officers for the Hart Masters Post of the American Legion will be nominated on June 28 and elected on July 12. Installation will be July 19 by Dixie Bennett of Leeders. Paul Phy, UT Austin student, returns home for a few weeks then heads to Dallas to attend SMU for the second summer semester and will stay with his brother Jimmie Phy and family. He was on UT Austin’s spring Dean’s List.
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Hart-Masters
American Legion
Dixie Bennett
Leeders
Paul Phy
University of Texas
Dallas
SMU
Jimmie Phy
Insect Damage in Cotton and Livestock Warned by County Agent
County agent warns of minor thrip and fleahopper damage in cotton fields with guidance for early season control using DDT or alternatives such as Heptachlor Toxaphene and Aldrin. Grasshopper damage near Tuxedo Union Noodle and Lueders noted with jumbo grasshoppers and yellow differential hoppers. External parasites including horn flies lice and screw worms affect livestock with recommended DDT methoxychlor and E Q 335 and other treatments.
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Tuxedo
Union
Noodle
Lueders
Bill Lehmberg
First Baptist YWA Helps Organize Negro Youth Groups
A First Baptist Church YWA group sponsors Solomon Temple Baptist youth programs for Negroes led by Rev. M. H. Harris. About 80 youths, from Sunbeams to GA levels, meet weekly at Washington school. Twenty girls won maiden rank in a June 8 ceremony with performances, awards, and prayers.
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YWA
First Baptist Church
Solomon Temple Baptist Church
M. H. Harris
Solomon Temple Church
Washington School
First Baptist Ywa
Tom Elliott
Dorothy Howry
Miss Howry
Rod Latta
B. Woodrum
Abilene
WMA
Georgia Bohannon
Beach
New Salesman Joins Firestone Firm in Stamford
Buddy Mitchell, formerly of Quanah, starts as salesman and bookkeeper at Jackson Tire Company in Stamford. He is married with a daughter Sandra Jayie who will join soon. Clayton Carpenter, manager of the local ore, invites residents to stop by and meet him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Mitchell
Quanah
Jackson Tire Company
Stamford
Mr. Mitchell
Sandra Jayie
Clayton Carpenter
Mixed DDT powder diluted in water formula note
The text states a mixture rate of 1 pound of 50 percent wettable DDT powder to 1212 gallons of water, using toxaphene or chlor dane as the powder component. It outlines a specific dilution ratio for the preparation.
Candidate Speaking Friday at Avoca
A candidate speaking event is planned for Friday evening at Taylor Park Avoca. The gathering invites all residents to hear the candidates speak and enjoy homemade ice cream punch and coffee with proceeds supporting Taylor Park upkeep.
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Taylor Park
Avoca
Raymond York Returns Home From Navy Service
Raymond M. York radioman third class has come home from service in the U S Navy. He received his discharge June 4 after serving in Japan and Korea. York is the son of Mr and Mrs Elbert York of this city and a Stamford High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond M. York
United States Navy
York
Elbert York
Japan
Korea
Stamford High School
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King Sand Field
Terrell
South Side
Vanderbilt
North Swenson
C. R. Howe
Legion
Workers of
Vivian Gooden
Eva Burden
Melvina Hoge
Solomon Temple
Harris
Lorene Rayelle
Bobby
Theolomon Temple Church
Becky Helmer
Sunbeams
Gayland Gillean
Jane Neal
Frances McAnear
Ariyne Stokes
Glyn Medlin
Dan Hamby
Max Keley
Angela Tillotson
Lowell Jones
Firestone
Stamford American
First National Bank
Stamford,Texas
Raymond York
J. M. Owens
Paint Creek
McMurry College
Grandmother's
Little Carol
Caroline Niemeyer
Carol
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas Telephone
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Tad McGhee Motor Company
S. Wetherbee
Ted
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