Key feature of the celebration will be the sending of a capsule through Magnolia Pipe Line Company's 20-inch pipe line from Corsicana to Titusville, Pa., where Col. Edwin Drake first discovered oil 100 years ago.

The capsule will carry letters of congratulations from the governors of the 35 petroleum producing states, including Alaska, to the governor of Pennsylvania.  The 1,250 mile journey by pipe line will take one month.   Arrival of the capsule in Titusville will signal the kickoff of the Oil Centennial Celebration there.

The Interstate Oil Compact Commission has arranged for the letters from the governors.

Other state officials besides Governor Daniel who are participating in the events here are Gen. Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission; William Murray, member of the same commission, and Judge W. A. Morrison, presiding judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Oil industry officials who will take part are J. L. Latimer, president of Magnolia Petroleum Company; John R. Suman, retired vice president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; R. L. Wheelock and H. R. Strube, Corsicana independent oilmen; L. H. True president of Magnolia Pipe Line Company; and R. G. Sanders, vice president of Magnolia Petroleum Company.

Some 300 oilmen and business leaders over the country are expected to attend.

National sponsor of the event is an organization called Oil Centennial, Inc., of Titusville, which is headed by Ned H. Dearborn, former president of the National Safety Council.

Governor Daniel and Dearborn will participate from Austin and Titusville through a telephone and loudspeaker setup which will tie in with Corsicana and a group of newsmen in New York City.

Gen. Ernest O. Thompson will represent the governor at the Corsicana ceremony, which will be held at the Magnolia Pipe Line Company's pump station at 11 a.m.  He will place the letters in the capsule and start the pipeline scraper on its way.

Other events include a luncheon given by the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce in the local armory Judge W. A. Morrison will be the main speaker and will talk on "A Hundred Years of Petroleum Progress."

Also, in a ceremony at 10 a.m., Corsicanans will commemorate the birth of oil in Texas by placing a bronze plaque on an old refining unit here.

Local hosts for the day will be Mayor R. S. Reading and the city commissioners; County Judge Kenneth Douglas and the county commissioners; District Judge Jemes Sewell and President R. L. Wheelock Jr. and the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce.