Conroe High School - Flare Yearbook (Conroe, TX)

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CONROE OIL FIELD ONf ' f Ui£ GREAI PETROLEUM AR£A ' COASTAl REGION.OPENED DEC 13, 1031. BV THE Oii Ov 1 1- ' - Will Of GEORGE SIRasE (NO 1 SOUTH TEXAS Dtvtio ' W.- ■-■.O.ABOUT I .1 MILES WEST or HESE.imflAl Dk ' :, •LOW 15.000,000 CUBIC fEFT OF CAS, ALONG, WitH WHITE ' GASOLINE. STRA fS SECOND WELL. A 900-3ARREL- A-DAI FDOOUCERANO IMt HEEP OIL CORP-NOl FREEMA. ' KBO . OMING IN DURING JUNE 103J)PROV£D EXISIENCt Of A LARGE flELD.FAST-PACtD DRUIINC ENSUED.IN JAN Jl- WADELEY NO:i.Of KANSAS STANDARDCA w ' f IN ASAiV, WELL AND ON FIRE.INT CHARGtS ANI5 TO»JS Of EASTH Iv NOT SMOTHER ' HE f IRE.II BURNED ABOUT three r.sOf. ' CRATERING SPREAD TO HARRISON AND ABERCSOMBlE WF HEARBY.AND thai GUSHED OUT Of CONtROl.lN JAN.l«,-i A DRILLER FOR HUMBLE K-L LED THE BLawOUT ' eY USING DIRECTIONAL ORILIING FOR FIRST TIME iN COiSIAl TEXAS, THIS SAVED THE FIElD.(THE CRATER IS 600 FEET DEEP.l THE CONROE Field was THE FIRST IN TE-XAS TO ADOPT rO-ACRE SPACINGBEFORE THIS WAS MANDATORY UNDER CONSERVATION RUIES.II HAS YIELDED OVER .100 000.000 BARRELS OF OIL.NOW PROOUCFS AT THE rEAOlT RATE Of : 300,000 B ' ARRELS.AF ' ER ■-:-; . DSCOVERT-HERE ■ --ITGCVIEPT COUNTY DE . , o,L FIELDS AND ' .ASt,R[S = s,- ■? ■ ,-,. ,1 - . ' Opening •

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T he Tigers can trace their roots back to the first flame. Today its blazing brillance is a light in the past of Conroe. PAST FLAMES Conroe High School has a very rich historical heritage. Conroe became a boom town when oil wa discovered in 1931. The lure of black gold enticed many fortune seekers to Conroe, and once the; arrived many never left. Their children went to school in Conroe and often chose to remain ii Conroe to give their children the same opportunities they had. This stimulated the rapid growth of th Conroe Independent School District. When oil was first discovered in Conroe the excess natural gas was burned in huge torches. Th( largest of these torches, called the Conroe Flare, could be seen for miles around. In 1932 the students o Conroe High voted to change their yearbook ' s name, which had previously been known as the LIL TIGER and the BLUEBELL, to The FLARE, in honor of the flickering flame that developed Conroe This name change shows what a major role the oilfields played in the lives of early Conroeites. Many things have changed since the early days of CHS. Conroe High School was built in 1963 whei the present Travis Junior High could not accommodate all of the high school students. Even mon schools have been added, but CHS remains the largest. Those associated with Conroe High have man; long-standing traditions that have evolved as the town of Conroe has grown into a thriving city. Dif ferent equipment is used to extract the oil, and now oil is not the only industry in Conroe. The people of Conroe are proud of their history. Their city has thrived on the nourish- ment and encouragement of- fered by the citizens of Conroe. This pride is reflected in the eternal flame, whose brilliance never dies, but blazes on in the hearts of manv. A • Opening

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The flame of tradition lit yesterday deeply warms our activities of today. The lone finger signaling 1, the Coronation, and spirited pep rallies all remind us of our burning pride for CHS. f l ' WTNEGOlDAHDWint 5 ON ALWAYS. SeMCW JOYFULLY 60 BY lOR AND LOYALTY )COIiR0EHI6H. ■Opening