New Britain herald., 1930-07-22
O|L QUEEN HAS
 LIFE 0F ROMANCE
Story Reads Like Alger in
 Feminine Setting

Dallas, Texas. July 22-The small town boy who went forth to conquer the world and came home rolling in wealth has nothing at all on Miss Ann B. Gordon.
 Her story reads like one penned by Horatio Alger only, in this case, the hero is a girl instead of a boy, and it has been fact, not fiction.
 Ten years ago Miss Gordon set forth from the diminutive town of Fiat Creek, Tenn, to see what she could do in the way of making a fortune.
 Today she is president of her own oil company, has a fortune worth at least s3,000,000 and holds oil lands and leases that promise to make good deal more than that for her in the next few years.
 'The Royalty Queen of Texas" as she is called, has just returned from a visit to the old home town. Flat Creek, which has just about 100 in habitants, turned out en masse to greet her. There was a family re- union, with her father and mother, three brothers and four sisters join- ing in, and a big time was had by everyone. Now Miss Gordon is back at work, ready to push the job Of turning oil leases into cash.
 Grew Up as Farm Girl
 Miss Gordon grew up in Flat Creek as a farm girl, one of the seven children of Colonel and Mrs. k. D. Gordon. Her first venture into the business world was as a real es- tate dealer.
 The real estate game In a town that small is never very exciting, anl in 1920 she decided to go farther afield and see what she could do. She came to Texas. and opened a real estate affice' here The post var real estate boom was on and h4r business prospered.
 Then she began to notice the vast sums of money that were being made in the oil fields. She made careful study of the situation and finally invested s3oooo that her real estate deals had made her in the great Van oil field.
 In short time this investment vas proved a wise one. Ten oil wells have been brought in, produc- ing from 10000 to 5o,000 barrels of oi; daily. And there are vet 60 more locations 10 be drilled on her prop erty in the near future.
 She has also organized the Ann c. Gordon Oil Co, Inc, and directs all or it's activities as it's president. In addition, she has taken a 40-acre lease in Brown county and has brought in six producing wells on i.
 Miss Gordon does not talk much about her success. When she is with close friends, however. she is ford Of telling of some of the freaksh in- cidents that have marked her busi- ness career.
 Has Both Profitad ard Lost
 Once. when she was still in the real estate business, she closed sion To her disappointment. how ever, she was unable to collect 1t, and in the end had to be satisfied with a collection of secondhand fur niture. She had no earthly use for t. but she took it because it seemed slightly better than nothing at all. Some time later she disposed of 1t by exchanging it for a lease on I section Of almost worthless land ;n vest Texas; and when a prospective purchaser appeared she gladly sold him the lease for q dollar an acre. Then, later on, she discovered that the land held oil and that she could have realized s64,000 for her lease.
 That's one of her anecdotes It represents one of the few occasions when she lost out on a, deal. To balance it, there is the story of the time when she took a lease on q section of land in New Mexico as her commission to be worth much but she held on to it; recently 90J0- barrel well was brought in near her holdings and her land has become worth a big sum. She has not sod it, but is planning to drill it herself as soon as she finishes developing her other holdings.
 Miss Gordon's home coming Uos made a great occasion by the towns people of Flat Creek. The town turned out to greet her and made Of her visit one of the big events in It's history.
 Miss Ann" as she is familiarly known, has never married-all her life has been too busy with business affairs to MorrN ahnut love.