March 26, 2026
(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, March 26, 2026)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING ) Cause CD No.
) 2026-001229T
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, )
RANGE 21 WEST, )
ELLIS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA )
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested parties in Ellis County, Oklahoma, particularly: Spess Oil Company, Inc.
If any named person is deceased, then the known or unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, and assigns, immediate and remote of such decedent, are made respondents to this Notice. If any named respondent is a corporation which does not continue to have legal existence, then the known or unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any of such entity, are made respondents to this Notice.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting that the Commission pool as a unit and adjudicate the rights and equities of all oil and gas owners, pursuant to Title 52 O.S. §87.1, in the Cherokee common source of supply underlying Section 22, Township 19 North, Range 21 West, Ellis County, Oklahoma, to designate the Applicant or some other party as operator and grant said operator one-year in which to commence operations.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following special relief: To authorize the Applicant or some other party to drill said well, provide that the operator have one-year in which to commence operations and possibly make this Order effective on a date prior to the signing thereof.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Conservation Docket at the Corporation Commission, Eastern Regional Office, 201 W. 5th St, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, at 8:30 a.m., on the 13th day of April, 2026, and that this Notice be published as required by law and by the Rules of the Commission. If the offices remain closed, the hearing will be conducted via telephone and/or video conference.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of the telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney prior to the hearing date and provide their name and phone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any party objecting to the place of hearing should file their objection with the Court Clerk not less than five (5) days before the initial scheduled hearing. Failure to make a timely objection to the location of the hearing may be deemed by the Commission as a waiver to the place of hearing or venue.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested persons may participate in the hearing by telephone. Instructions for participation and teleconference/video numbers will be posted on the Commission’s webpage, https://oklahoma.gov/occ.html, and sent out via the Commission’s GovDelivery service.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested parties may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact, BRETT WALKER, Mewbourne Oil Company, 211 N. Robinson Ave., Suite N2000, Oklahoma City OK 73102 (405) 235-6374 or WILLIAM H. HUFFMAN, Attorney for Applicant, Southbridge Office Park, 1743 E. 71st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-5108, (918) 492-4433.
DONE AND PERFORMED this 20th day of March, 2026.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:
Garey L. Wortham, Secretary
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times, March 26 & April 2, 2026)
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS
In accordance with 62 O.S. 2021, § 354, notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Independent School District Number 42 of Ellis County, Oklahoma, will receive bids by: sealed bid, facsimile bid, electronic (Parity®) bid or similar secure electronic bid on the 14th day of April, 2026, at 11:30 o’clock a.m., at the Board of Education Room, High School Building, Shattuck Public Schools, 602 South Hickory, Shattuck, Oklahoma, for the sale of $1,365,000 of General Obligation Combined Purpose Bonds of said School District, which Bonds will mature $1,365,000 annually in two (2) years from their date. The bids will be opened and read and shall be awarded at the first Board of Education meeting held after the bids are due.
Said Bonds shall be sold to the bidder bidding the lowest rate of interest the Bonds shall bear and agreeing to pay par and accrued interest for the Bonds. Each bidder shall submit with his bid a sum in cash, cashier’s or certified check, electronic (wire) transfer or surety bond payable to the Treasurer of the District, equal to two (2%) percent of the amount of his bid. The Board reserves the right to reject all bids.
WITNESS my official hand and seal this 11th day of March, 2026.
Salina Imke
Clerk, Board of Education
(SCHOOL DISTRICT SEAL)
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times March 26 & April 2, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )
) Case No. PB-2026-13
MABEL LEEDY, Deceased; and )
DONALD MAX LEEDY, Deceased. )
COMBINED NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF HEARING SETTLEMENT
OF ESTATES, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION & DISCHARGE
You are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of March, 2026, the Petitioner, Debra Ciolfe, filed in the District Court of Ellis County a Petition for Joint Summary Administration. The Petitioner has alleged that Mabel Leedy, Deceased, (Decedent No. 1) died intestate on August 23, 1971 at the age of 89 in Los Angeles County, California, and that the total estimated value of the estate of Decedent No. 1 is less than $200,000. The names and addresses of the administrators, executors, non-petitioning co-nominees, heirs, legatees and devisees of Decedent No. 1, so far as known to the Petitioner, are as follows:
Frank Leedy, Now Deceased
Eva G. Leedy, Now Deceased
Betty G. Leedy, Now Deceased
Edgar V. Leedy, Now Deceased
Clara E. Bruton, Now Deceased
Keith C. Leedy, Now Deceased
Kenneth C. Leedy, Now Deceased
Raymond F. Leedy, Now Deceased
Charles R. Leedy, Now Deceased
Donald M. Leedy, Now Deceased
Ralph L. Leedy, Now Deceased
Ruby Reed
1522 Constancia Way
El Cajon, CA 92021
Judith Jackson, Now Deceased
Petitioner has further alleged that Donald M. Leedy, Deceased (“Decedent No. 2”) died testate on August 25, 2017 at the age of 84 in San Diego, California, and that the total estimated value of the estate of Decedent No. 2 is less than $200,000. The names and addresses of the administrators, executors, non-petitioning co-nominees, heirs, legatees and devisees of Decedent No. 2, deceased, so far as known to the Petitioner, are as follows:
Florence Maryann Leedy
6449 Split Mountain Road
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Debra Ann Ciolfe
21075 West Date Creek Road
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
Jeffery Alan Leedy
6449 Split Mountain Road
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
The Donald Max Leedy and
Florence Maryann Leedy Trust of 1999
c/o Florence Maryann Leedy, Trustee
6449 Split Mountain Road
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 13th day of May, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the undersigned Judge in the Ellis County Courthouse in Arnett, Oklahoma has been set for the hearing on the Petition, the final accounting, and the determination of heirs, and distribution. All persons interested in said estates are hereby advised that you must file objections to the Petition prior to the hearing and send a copy to the undersigned attorney or you will be deemed to have waived any objections. If an objection is filed prior to the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate, and, if so, whether the estates will be distributed and to whom to the estates will be distributed.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all creditors having claims against the Decedents are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Petitioner’s attorney, King Legal, PLLC, Post Office Box 324, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096, on or before the following presentment date: April 23, 2026 or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 23rd day of March, 2026.
s/ Laurie E. Hays
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Carissa C. King, OBA #30613
King Legal, PLLC
118 W. Main St.
Post Office Box 324
Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096
Telephone: (580) 302-5282
[email protected]
Attorney for Special Administrator