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The Winkler County News
Weather
FAA Official Figures
Wink Airport
Aug* 30-Sept. 5,1960
Published Twice Weekly—Head Daily
(Member Associated Press)
Thursday, July 14
High Low
85 67
Friday, July 15
89
64
Saturday, July 16
91
66
Sunday, July 17
95
67
Monday, July 18
(7 a.m.)
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Vol. 24—No. 32
lassified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Monday, July 18,1960
For Supervisors and Managers
* Training Course Set Here
Owners, managers and super-
visors in Kermit businesses
will have the opportunity to par-
ticipate in four days of special
training starting Monday, July
26. The objective of this study
is to learn proven techniques of
supervision designed to insure
high employe morale and maxi-
mum production.
The training program is be-
ing jointly sponsored by the
Kermit Chamber of Commerce
and the Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation with meetings scheduled
each evening, 7:30-9:30 through
July 29. Classes will be con-
ducted in the high school li-
brary.
Sessions in “How to Super-
vise Employes” will be conduct-
ed by Mary Frances Bowden,
supervisory and management
specialist from the University of
Jubilee Belles Plan
Organizational Meet
Winkler County women will
have their chance to get back
at husbands, sweethearts, broth-
ers and sons for their beards
from now on, as official organi-
zation of the Jubilee Belles gets
under way.
JThe Jubilee Belles, female
counterparts to the Brothers of
the Brush, will be another of
the numerous groups organized
help push festivities of Wink-
'r County’s Golden Jubilee cele-
bration, Aug. 30-Sept. 5.
Under the organizational plan,
Kermit Firemen
Are Presently
At A&M School
Three members of Kermit Vol-
unteer Fire Department are
taking part in the annual fire
man training course at Texas
A&M College at College Sta-
tion.
Attending from Kermit are
Fire Marshal E. M. (Gene)
Crutcher, H. L. (Bookie) Al-
mond and Fred W. Pearson.
Course, started Saturday,. July
16 and will continue through
July 23.
Pearson reported that about
1,500 firemen, both volunteer
and full-time men, were expect-
ed to be in attendance at the
school. Crutcher is taking the
Fire Marshal’s course, Almond
thp advanced fire fighting in.
^fruction and Pearson the off!
cer’s lessons.
Any community sending £
minimum of three firemen to
annual course is eligible for
grfive per cent reduction in fire
rates according to State law,
Pearson reported. Kermit has
received this reduced rate for
the last several years.
any woman’s group or ‘individu-
al may organize a chapter of
Jubilee Belles. Minimum chap-
ter membership will be 10 wo-
men while there will be no
maximum.
Heading the organizing of the
Belles is Mrs. Frank Knight of
Kermit. She reported letters
had been sent to each woman’s
group in the County urging them
to organize their club now.
“An organizational meeting
for all interested,” Mrs. Knight
said, “will be held at the Com-
munity Church, at 8 p.m., Tues-
day, July 19.”
A petition, pledge certificates
and membership buttons will be
given to organizers of clubs.
When 10 members have signed
the petition and paid a $1 mem-
bership fee, the petition should
be returned to the Chamber of
Commerce office and a charter
will be issued. Names for the
chapters will be chosen by the
individual clubs.
Club members will wear
badges proclaiming them mem.
bers of the Jubilee Belles, sun
bonnets and costumes dating
back 50 years.
“We hope a great number of
women will dress appropriate-
ly,*’ Mrs. Knight said. “Al-
though the costumes are not
mandatory, it would certainly
be a fine addition to the general
promotion of the Jubilee.”
Local Jaycees Attend
Tri-Regional Meeting
Five members of the Kermit poses.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and their wives attended a tri-
regional Jaycee meeting over
the week end at Sweetwater
Kermit is located in Jaycee
Region 4.
Attending from here were
Mr. and Mrs. Don Handlin, Mr.
and Mrs. Vince Wesch, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Swanson, Mr. and
FUs. Jim Spradling and Mr. and
iSs. Frank Knight. Handlin is
president of the local club.
Texas. Mrs. Bowden regularly
conducts similar programs in
Texas, and prior to joining the
University staff, she had ex-
tensive experience as a retail
personnel manager and training
director.
All local business people with
supervisory responsibilities are
urged to make plans to attend
now, Fred W. Pearson,, man-
ager of the Chamber of Com- j.|
merce, said. The program will §:
ultimately result in better busi-
ness for the entire community,
as authorities agree that high |;
employe morale is essential to
good customer relations, the
manager added.
These conferences will place
special emphasis on proven
techniques of supervision. Sub-
jects will include getting em-
ployes started ri-ght, following
up with purpose, making cor-
rections, handling grievances
and checking up on supervision.
This educational program is
made possible through the co-
operation of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Retail Mer-
chants Association and the
University of Texas, division of
extension, distributive education
department. Enrollment is open
to business people with man-
agement and supervisory re-
sponsibilities. Only a small
registration fee is charged. Ad-
ditional information may be ob-
tained by calling the Chamber
office or the Merchant’s Asso
ciation.
Four New Gas Wells and One Oiler
i
Finished in Winkler County Fields
MARY
FRANCES BOWDEN
to conduct course
Four Hurt
Thursday
In Wreck
Cal Farley, Boys
Ranch Director,
Speaks to Lions
Cal Farley, director of a boys
ranch bearing his name, was
guest speaker Thursday noon at
the regular meeting of Down-
town Lions Club at the Com-
munity Center.
Farley, who is presently op
erating his ranch north of Ama-
rillo with more than 200 boys
enrolled, told the club members
of the ranch, its aims and pur
The ranch has an accredited
high school on its grounds and
boys graduating from the
school are accepted at most in-
stitutions of higher learning.
Most of the boys at Farley’s
ranch have come from juvenile
courts, broken homes and the
like. At the ranch, Farley told
the group, the boys are told it
makes no difference where you
come from, but rather where
you are going.
Minors Required
To Wait 3 Days
To Get License
County Clerk Fred Adams re-
minded young people planning
weddings that there is a three-
day waiting period before a li-
cense can be issued if both
parties are minors.
Adams said a number of
youths had come into the office
requesting licenses and had
been quite surprised to receive
the information of the waiting
period.
There is no waiting period,
the Clerk said, for those over
the legal age. A minor in Tex-
as, in respect to obtaining mar-
riage licenses, is a girl under
18 years and boy under 21. He
also reminded people thinking
of applying for a license, that
blood test certificates must ac-
company the application.
Four persons suffered minor
injuries Thursday evening in a
two-car collision at the inter-
section of Highway 302 and Un-
derwood Street, according to a
report from the Kermit Police
Department.
Injured were William How-
ard Brooks of 354 James Street
driver of one car involved, his
wife and two daughters, Car-
lotta, 9, and Reba, 6. All were
taken to Winkler County Me-
morial Hospital for observation
and released the same night.
Operator of the other car in-
volved in the accident was
Cecil C. Slaughter of 1014 West
Campbell Street, police said.
Total damage to vehicles was
estimated by police officials at
$1,500 with the Brooks machine
suffering the brunt of the dam-
age.
According to the police de-
partment report, Brooks was
traveling west on Highway 302
and Slaughter was driving his
vehicle in the opposite direc-
tion. As the two cars came
toward each other, police said,
Slaughter suddenly turned left
off the highway and smashed
his vehicle into the left side of
the Brooks car.
Police Sergeant C. W. Weaver
investigated the accident which
occurred shortly after 7 p.m.
Officials said charges would be
filed against Slaughter.
Jaycee’s Complete
Carnival Planning
Plans for Kermit Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce’s first carni-
val, to be held July 28-30, moved
into high gear during a meeting
of the club at Permian Savings
and Loan Association building
Thursday night, July 14.
A treasure chest promotion
for the carnival, with 38 local
merchants participating, was ex-
plained.
R. L. Van Norman Jr., chair-
BEATNIK ART—Admiring the art decorated the walls for a beatnik
party at the Youth Center Saturday night, July 16, are (left to right) Judy Comp-
ton, 14, and Anita Holmans, 14. Judy’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Comp-
ton, who live l/2 mile west of Kermit. Anita is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Holmans of 430 S. Locust. (News Staff Photo)
man of the promotion, explained
that each night one of three
major appliances will be given
away free at the carnival
grounds. The prizes include an
upright freezer, a stereo set and
a dishwasher.
Tickets for the drawings can
be obtained, Van Norman stated,
by simply asking for them at
the following concerns:
Dunlap’s, Rose Quality Clean-
ers, Keystone Pharmacy, Per-
mian Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation, Cates Carpet Center,
Greta Lynn’s, Mary’s Flowers,
Paul’s Plumbing and Sheet Met-
al, Jackson Tire Company, The
Fashion Shop, Medford’s, Ker-
mit Coffee Shop, Oasis Theater,
Reich Shoe Store, Ideal Furni-
ture, C. R. Anthony’s, Tom
Mackey Paint and Body Shop,
Pik-Pak, Vanity Cleaners.
C. L. Holder Trucking, West
ern Auto, White Auto, J and J
Radio and TV, Hicks Appliance
Company, Kermit State Bank,
Kermit Office Supply, Larry
Spruill Furniture Company, Cal-
laway’s Austin Street Gulf,
First National Bank, Winkler’s,
Edwards’ Appliance, Stodghill
Chevrolet Company, Simon’s
Chevron Service, Spruill’s Food
Market, C and O El Paso Serv
ice, Marvin Owen’s Jewelry,
L-B Drug and Lipham’s Service
Station and Sporting Goods.
The carnival will be operated
each night from 6:30 in the
200 block of North Poplar Street.
There will be five rides and
14 booths. Booths will be op
orated by members of the local
Jaycee club, Bill Ware, co
chairman of the carnival, re-
ported.
Proceeds from the affair will
be used for the Jaycee west-
side park and other civic proj-
ects, reported Co-Chairman Jim
Spradling.
In other business at the meet-
ing, the club voted to sponsor
the Kermit Blue Sox baseball
team at a state baseball tour-
ney at Lubbock in August.
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Four new gas wells and one
new oiler have been completed
in Winkler County fields.
J. C. Barnes No. 1-B Kerr in
the Emperor (Devonian) area
finaled for a calculated absolute
open flow potential of 29,000,-
000 cubic feet of gas daily with
a gas-liquid ratio of 65,300 cubic
feet per barrel.
Pay is from perforated zone
between 9,030 and 9,081 feet.
Gravity measured 57.1 degrees.
Location is five miles south-
west of Kermit, 660 feet from
north and 1,980 feet from east
lines of section 26, block B-5,
psl survey.
Two miles northeast of Ker-
mit, Texas Inc. has completed
No. 42 Seth Campbell as a gas
well in the Keystone (Clear
Fork) field.
It had a calculated absolute
open flow potential of 1,210,000
cubic feet of gas daily from
perforations at 5,084-270 feet aft-
er being acidized with 500 gal-
lons.
Gas-liquid ratio is 182,000 cu-
bic feet per barrel. Gravity is
51 degrees.
Standard Oil Company of Tex-
as- has completed two new gas
wells in the Kermit, South (De-
vonian) area about two miles
east of Kermit.
No. 12-13-E W. E. Baird, 1,980
feet from south and 920 feet
from west lines of section 12,
block B-3, psl survey, finaled for
a calculated absolute open flow
potential of 2,750,000 cubic feet
of gas daily with a gas-liquid
ratio of 14,000 cubic feet per
barrel. Gravity of the fluid is
62.4 degrees. Perforations are
at 8,099 and 8,268 feely
No. 18-31-E Baird had a cal-
culated absolute open flow po-
tential of 2,570,000 cubic feet of
gas daily from perforations be
tween 8,030 and 8,236 feet.
Gas-liquid ratio is 13,500 cubic
feet per barrel.
Location is 2,660 feet from
west and 640 feet from north
lines of section 18, block B-3.
New oil well is Dr. Sam G.
Dunn and others No. 4-A Ed-
wards in the Leek field. It
pumped 66 barrels of 34-gravity
oil plus two per cent water
from open hole section between
3,284 and 3,294 feet after being
acidized with 3,000 gallons.
Gas-oil ratio is 600-1.
It is 420 feet from south and
1,652 feet from west lines of
section 6, block C-23, psl sur-
vey, approximately 10 miles
northwest of Kermit.
Winkler County fields have
gained two new locations.
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Com-
pany of Fort Worth has staked
the No. 36 L. Daugherty A-C
No. 4 in the Kermit field, four
miles northwest of Kermit. The
3,500-foot project is 2,310 feet
from north and west lines of
section 2, block 26, psl survey.
Skelly Oil Company of Mona-
hans No. 81 S. M. Halley is
a new 2,930-foot test in the Em-
peror (Yates) area. It is 2,310
feet from south and 990 feet
(Continued on Page 6)
SUNSET ON CONSTRUCTION SITE — Kermit
skyline is shown under a brilliant sunset sky framed
by supports of the new Park View Church of Christ
building. The structure, being constructed opposite
the county park, is expected to be completed in late
summer at a cost of about $35,000. Church was re-
named from Westside Church of Christ. (News Staff
Photo)
Jubilee Office
Finds Answer
Embarrassed because your
beard is just beginning to
show and you are leaving on
vacation? Don’t want to have
to stop and tell each person
you aren’t really becoming a
beatnik9
ofWSmmei4/l^i(Swters , and * ^V0Qlte authorities
Four Lamesa Youths Are Taken
Into Custody by Sheriff Here
Four Lamesa youths, one a
15-year-old boy and three 19-
year-old’s, were turned over to
the Andrews County Sheriff’s
for the Winkler County Gold-
en Jubilee Celebration, has
the answer to your problems
which, at the same time, will
give the Jubilee some good
publicity.
The Chamber office has- on
sale, business - type cards
which read, “Nope . . . I’m
not a beatnik. I’m advertis-
ing the Winkler County Gold-
en Jubilee celebration . . .
August 30-31, September 1, 2,
3, 4 and 5.
The cards sell for $1 per
hundred and all profits will
go into the celebration funds.
after being picked up just east
of Kermit on the Andrews High-
way.
In custody are David McCul-
ler, Dalton Rickman and Tom-
my L. Wakeland and the juve-
nile.
According to Sheriff Bill Ed-
dins' arid Winkler County. Juve-
nile Officer Jack Roe, the quar
Services Held
For Brother
Of J. B. Walton
Funeral services were held
Thursday, July 14, for W. L.
Walton of Jones County, brother
of J. B. Walton of Kermit. He
was 91.
Mr. Walton died in Lubbock
Hospital. He had made his
home in Lubbock the last seven
years. He was a retired ranch-
er and farmer and was a pioneer
resident 'of Jones County.
Burial was in East Cemetery
at Hamlin.
He is survived by his brother,
J. B. Walton of Kermit; two
sons, and three daughters.
Pair Charged
In Mud Theft
Two men are in custody of
the Winkler County Sheriff’s
office after being returned from
Plains, Texas, Friday, on a
charge of theft over $50.
The pair, Leon Wisener and
Kenneth Armstrong, are charged
n the theft of a quantity of
mud from the Permian Mud
Service Company. Sheriff Bill
Eddins reported the theft took
place some time Thursday night.
A Permian official reported no
inventory had been made by
Friday night to determine the
exact amount of mud taken.
Bond was set at $2,500 for
each by Justice of the Peace
Jeff Worley.
Queen Nominees
To Be Told Rules
At Youth Center
Reception for Winkler County
Jubilee Queen nominees will be
held at Winkler County Youth
Center Aug. 3, according to an
announcement by Mrs. J. W.
Bradberry of Wink, chairman of
the Queen contest.
Rules of the contest will be ex-
plained to the candidates during
the reception by a representa
tive of the John B. Rogers Co.,
producers of the Jubilee.
Any young woman between
the age of 16-30, single or mar
ried may enter the contest, Mrs.
Bradberry reported. Only re
striction is that she must be s
resident of this County.
Nomination blank, which is to
be filled out by someone wishing
to, nominate a candidate or by
a candidate, and mailed to the
Chamber of Commerce in Ker-
mit, is reprinted elsewhere in
The News.
tet allegedly stole a number of
personal items from employes
working at two oil rigs, one in
Andrews County and one in
Winkler County.
Officials reconstructed the af-
fair from the youths’ state-
ments, that they started out for
Kermit from Lamesa in order
that one of the boys could
visit a girl here and so that
another could visit an uncle and
aunt.
When the group passed a rig
in Andrews County, Roe and
Eddins reported, the three old-
er boys supposedly left the car
and entered the dog house, re-
turning shortly after with a
shaving kit, rain coat and hat.
Later, the group came upon
the rig in Winkler County.
Again, Eddins, said, the younger
boy said he stayed in the car
while the three 19-year-old’s
went to the dog house.
This time, however, a tool
pusher noticed the three boys
walking away from the house
and started, after them in his
car. When the juvenile saw the
car coming he started off in his
car but lost control and got
stuck in the sand.
When the car became lodged
in the sand, Roe reported, the
youth took off running across a
field. The tool pusher continued
into Kermit making a report to
the police department, which in
turn called the sheriff’s office.
As Sheriff Eddins went out
the Andrews Highway he saw
the youth walking along the
road- and picked him up. The
boy readily admitted being in-
volved.
A wrecker crew which had
oeen called to the scene to ex-
tricate the car, noticed the oth-
er three youths and upon tell-
ing Eddins, the remaining
trio was taken into custody.
All of the boys have been in.
legal trouble before, the officers
reported and one youth has
served time in the State Peni-
tentiary.
AL Auxiliary Will
Hear Sandra Martin
American Legion auxiliary
will meet tonight (Monday) at
8 o’clock in the Legion Hall.
Sandra Martin, whom the auxil-
iary sponsored at Girl’s State
at Texas School for the Blind
in Austin, June 8-17, will report
on her activities and experi-
ences there.
Major business will be elec
tion of officers. All members
are urged to attend.
Downtown Bible Class Being
Organized; First Meet Sunday
Hobbs Man Is
Held for Theft
J. D. Elrod of Hobbs is being
held by the Winkler County
Sheriff’s office on a complaint
signed by Mary Piercy of Hobbs
of a theft from her purse.
Mrs. Piercy, in her complaint,
told officers she had been with
Elrod and others on a trip from
Hobbs to Wink to see her chil-
dren and during the trip she
fell asleep. She claims that
while she slept Elrod took $80
from her purse.
Complaint charging Elrod with
theft over $50 was filed before
Justice of the Peace Jeff Worley.
A non-denominational Bible
class for men is being organized
here by Rev. J. Ray McCawley,
pastor of the Trinity Chris-
tian Church.
The class, which is scheduled
to be held in the conference
room of the Permian Savings
and Loan Association building,
will be held each Sunday start-
ing at 8:30 a.m. First session
will be July 24.
“The purpose of this class,”
Rev. Mr. McCawley said, “is
to give the working man and
business man who normally
would not attend church, and
also the man who does attend
church, an opportunity to take
part in, and learn, more about
the Bible, history of religions
and meet other men of the com-
munity.”
Sessions will consist of half
an hour of lecture on a selected
subject, 20 minutes of discussion
of the lesson and a 10-minute
coffee and fellowship period.
The class will be very infor-
mal, Rev. Mr. McCawley said.
From time to time local and
out-of-town guest speakers will
appear.
There will be no membership
fee for joining the cla^s. “Hours
for the class are such that
they will not interfere with any-
one’s attendance at the church
of his choice,” the preacher re-
ported. “This class is not a
substitute for church and is not
meant to compete with any
church. Rather, it is an honest
effort to aid anyone interested
REV. J. RAY McCAWLEY
. . . men’s Bible class
enough to attend in gaining ad-
ditional knowledge of the Bible
and religions.”
“I propose to give a compre-
hensive view of the Old and
New Testaments as shown in
relationship to our everyday
lives, both while on the job and
in dealing with our fellowmen,
he said. “In part, I intend to
cover, the Bible — what it is,
where it came from, who wrote
it, what it means and what it
is intended to mean; story of
creation and the difference in
so-called secular history and the
philosophy of Biblical history
reflecting events in correlation
to Clod’s providence and power
as interpreted by the Hebrew
rate.
“The course will go through
a detailed study of the biog-
raphy of the life of Jesus as a
man, and as the Son of God;
the life of the Apostle Paul and
why he spoke with the authori-
ty second only to Christ.”
The Rev. Mr. McCawley also
stated that the sessions would
delve into the oddities, interest-
ing events, prophecies, parables
miracles, allegories and perhaps
touch upon the other six great
religions.
31 Cases
Scheduled
For Court
Second session of the current
term of 109th District Court will
convene Monday, July 25, with
total of 31 criminal cases sched-
uled on the docket. Civil cases
haye been heard for the last
week.
Judge G. C. Olsen reported
court will be called for an-
nouncements in the cases at 9
a.m. on July 25. A jury panel
will report the following day.
Cases listed on the docket
for the term include:
D u t c h i e Ray Pitchford,
charged with murder with a
motor vehicle; Buddy Church,
charged with swindling; Ollie
Nevels, under charge of as-
sault with intent to murder;
Roy Williams, abandonment of
children;Paul L. Gaines, remov-
ing mortgaged property out of
County; Sid Torbett, theft; Roy
Williams, theft; W. C. -Alexan-
der, two charges of forgery.
Howard N. Hoover, two
charges of swindling; Paul Ed-
ward Lance, murder with a mo-
tor vehicle; Johnnie Pool, as-
sault with intent to murder;
Bobby J. Elliott, receiving and
concealing stolen property; V.
J. Willis, two charges of theft;
Nathan Ritchie, driving while
intoxicated, second offense; Jo-
seph Wendell Hoskins, driving
while intoxicated, second offense
Ira Dirden Jr., removing mort-
gaged property out of County.
J. W. Hardin, removing mort-
gaged property out of County;
Richard M. Friese, driving
while intoxicated, second of-
fense; Wesley Qualls, swindling;
Carl Barcomb, two charges of
swindling; E. G. Hawthorne,
two charges of theft; Elbert L.
Mayes, burglary; Fred A. Da-
vis, removing mortgaged prop-
erty out of County; James May-
nard Johnson, conversion by
bailee; and David E. Swaf-
ford, driving while intoxicated.
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