The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 28, 1960 Page: 9 of 12
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Sunday, Frabrwary IS, I960 THI LIVfLLANO DAILY SUN NEWS, LfVILLAND TIXAS
Section B — PAOI THRU
A&M graduate directs activities
of 110 area Pan American workers
By DALE JOHNSON
SOMETIMES, students graduat-
ing Crum high school have a clear
Idea of what they want to take in
college. More often, they do not.
In the latter situation, fate seem-
ingly has a frequent hand in help-
ing the student pick his ultimate
course of study. Then too, many
times a little common sense may
be mixed in with the decision.
That combination of factors guid-
ed Pat Caruthers, area superinten-
dent for Pan - American Petroleum
Corp. in Levelland, into the field
some statistics, and there entered
the common sense element.
The superintendent, who has
been with the same company since
his graduation from college, dis-
covered that only “four or five"
degrees in petroleum engineering
had been awarded by Texas AAM
during its history up to that time.
Caruthers — who had lived meat
erf his life in the oil fields, but had
never worked in them — decided
on the basis of that information
that the petroleum engineering field
might not be too crowded, and a
Engineers of various *ypes, who
normally would not be associated
with oil production, are needed
throughout the industry for various
jobs. There is a (dace for the chem-
ical, mechanical, electrical, civil,
and geological engineer, along
with cither types.
"There’s room for improvement
and opportunity all the way down
the line for young people who want
to get into the (petroleum) field,”
declares Caruthers.
"It’s a good profession,” he
asserts, and adds "I’ve been very
FLATLANDS EMPIRE PROFILE
PAT CARUTHERS: He has a ph ilosophy about successful work
ef petroleum engineering. There,
be has stayed since early days in
college, and he has no plans to
forsake the field.
WHEN CARUTHERS, who has
been in his present position for
■lightly over a year, first started
to Texas A&M he knew in a gen-
eral way that he wanted to study
engineering.
He didn’t have a definite con-
ception of what area he desired to
enter, but finally decided to go into
electrical engineering. Caruthers
signed up for that course cf study
In his initial freshman semester,
but he got to digging around in
good one to enter. So he did.
THE CHOICE came at an ap-
parently opportune time, for the
ell industry was beginning to de-
velop into a young giant at that
time. From the time of Caruthers’
graduation down through die pre-
sent, A&M and other colleges over
the state and nation have award-
ed degrees in petroleum engineer-
ing and allied fieri in ever - in-
creasing numbers.
Now, the demand for petroleum
and other types of engineers fluc-
tuates in the oil industry, but there
still is room and possibility far ad-
vancement in the field.
fortunate in working for the comp-
any I do.”
CARUTHERS, the son of a
schoolteacher couple, joined the
company in 1936 after graduation
from A&M. It was Stanolind Oil
and Gas Co., then, the predeces-
sor of Pan - American. The name
was changed early in 1957.
As a Stanolind - Pan - American
employee, Caruthers has worked In
many of the top oil - production
fields in Texas. He also was in Tul-
sa for 13 years.
He has held various engineering
positions, all in production capa-
cities, with the company until 1947,
when he worked as an assistant
unitization and unitization super-
intendent for about three years.
Then, he moved back into the en-
gineering field and has remained
there.
Caruthers started working for the
company as a roustabout.
In his jobs, Caruthers has lived
at Ira an, Hobbs, Fort Worth, No-
cona, Grandfalls and Tulsa. Some
of the cities and towns he has liv-
ed In, moved away from, and then
moved back.
HE WAS MADE a field superin-
tendent in 1957 in Iraan. The posi-
tion is snynonomous with the one
he now fills as area superinten-
dent, but the title was changed
early in 1960.
As area superintendent. Caruth-
ers is responsible for drilling and
production in the Levelland area,
plus the gasoline plant. The Level-
land area takes in approximately
20 counties, ranging east, west and
north of Hocldey County in an area
which goes north approximately to
Amarillo, east to Childress and
west to the New Mexico state line.
The veteran oilman has approxi-
mately 110 people who work in var-
ious capacities under his supervi-
sion.
IN EACH of his moves, Caruth-
ers has adapted to the particular
place where he might be, and has
called it home. Although be lived
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in Tulsa for 13 years, longer than
anywhere — except for Somerset,
where he went to school — Caruth-
ers says he prefers to call Texas
home rather than Oklahoma, be-
cause he was born in the Lone
Star State.
He is quite satisfied in Levelland,
and feels that the town offers many
things that some others he has
lived in did not. It is large enough
to have adequate shopping facili-
ties, services and medical facili-
ties — not just the "bare mini-
mum” — while on the other hand
it is small enough that people can
live close to their work, and don’t
have to worry about the parking
situation.
CARUTHERS, who will be 44 in
April, says he has developed a
specific philosophy about work dur-
ing his life time. He has observed
time and again that "you can’t
worry about work, and do it at the
same time.”
The superintendent says that he
has found this to be true from
personal experience and from wat-
ching other people.
"I can’t see where there’s any
advantage to worrying about a job
or working,” he declare*. Rather,
he advises people should just go
ahead and do what is at hand,
rather than fretting about it.
Carorthers says that many time*
it takes much more effort and time
to worry about something, than it
does to actually get it done.
In addition, "many things work
themselves out, and never become
the problems that you think they’re
going to be.”
CARUTHERS was born April 29,
1916, at Poteet, near San Antonio.
He was named Carlton B., but in
high school, he picked up the nick-
name of Pat which was to stick.
Caruthers declares that he doesn’t
know how he happed to get the
name, but he has used it ever
since.
Although Caruthers was born in
Poteet, the family soon moved. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Caru-
thers, were teachers, and they
moved from school to school in the
South Texas area.
After a few years, his father
quit teaching and the'Caruthers set-
tled in Somerset, in the edge of
San Antonio. There the superinten-
dent lived until he finished school
and started college.
Although Somerset was in the
midst of an oil production area,
Caruthers did not work any in the
fields, but helped his father oper-
ate a retail csl and gas business.
Caruthers, the oldest child in his
family, has one brother and one
sister. His brother, Ken, still lives
in Somerset, while his sister, Mrs.
S. J. Barker, is in San Antonio.
His mother also stMI is living in
Somerset.
CARUTHERS himself has two
children, Lee Anne, 5, and Patty
Lynn, four.
His wife is the former Vondal
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diet a hit in advance,
els* connected with the theater,
being completely unable to pre-
"My wife can tell a hit, but I
can’t. I though ‘Juno’ would go
big, but it didn’t. I knew ’My Fair
Lady’ would be big, but only be-
cause my wife thought it was the
best thing I ever worked on. ‘The
Sound of Music’ is the only show
that I’ve ever gone back to see
again and again because the kids
in it are so darned good and be-
cause Mary Martin is so much
better in it than she ever has
been. For once, she's not play-
ing Mary Martin.”
Bennett speaks of Rodgers as
"a genius.” but he regards Vin-
cent Youmans as the greatest of
all musical comedy writers, Irv-
ing Berlin as the best at doing
both words and music and Jerome
Kern as “the most interesting, at
times the most talented and at
times the most exasperating.”
Plains Pilgrim-
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same tradition of all pioneers. The
conflicts, the struggles, the obsta-
cle* may all be inside the mind
and heart of the person, but the
effort to overcome all obstacles
can be as great as the effort of
genuiaes to over come their prob-
lems. All of Christ's first disciples
were men of great pioneering
spirit.
Once again Christ calls for men
to pioneer after him. Some one has
said, "Only Christianity can solve
our problems, but it will take a
new brand of Christianity; not this
formal, faint - hearted, self-indul-
gent, dress parade Christianity,
but one that can stand bad smells
and endure foul sights and go down
to the gates of hell to save a lost
aoul, that has enough of Christ in
it to live iniquity into goodness
and hospitality into brotherhood.
When we are drawn into this per-
fect union with Christ, the fires of
an infinite love for mankind will
begin to bum in our hearts.”
Dittrich of Jonesboro. Caruthers
met her in Fort Worth the first
time he was working there, and
they were married in 1938.
CARUTHERS IS A MEMBER
of the First Baptist Church here.
He also is a member of the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute and other
professional organizations.
He holds membership in the Lev-
elland Country Club and belongs to
a square dance club in the city.
He also is on the budget commit-
tee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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C. B. (PAT) CARUTHEBS
YOUR. INCOME TAX-VI
Youngsters-
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uje, just as the breadwinner in most
families goes to office cr factory
on a regular schedule. He starts
in the morning, five days a week.
He works as much as five hours
if he’s putting down the first draft,
maybe longer if he is revising.
For Deal the evening is for th*
family — conversation, television,
playing with the children, or read-
me-
“A man wrttir* a novel is like
a fighter going 15 rounds,” Deal
says. “He has to pact himself.”
For Bab*, gone are the days of
turning out the srordage at night
while the children sleep.
"I’m Just too tired to write
Unusually high medical cost
rated as tax deductible item
When it’s a question of health,
very few people will skimp on
cost. Here on the South Plains,
where the most modem and com-
plete medical • surgical care is
readily available, it is relatively
easy to spend mare for medical-
surgical treatment than the fami-
ly budget can actually spare.
Taxpayers can get tome relief
from unusually high medical ex-
penses by taking advantage of the
liberal deduction provisions con-
tained in the Internal Revenue
Code. National and state certified
public accountant organizations
point out.
Most medical expenses above
three per cent of your adjusted
gross income for 1959 are deducti-
ble. However, there are certain
celling limitations. There is s de-
ductible limit of *2,500 for each
personal exemption claimed, with
an overall limit of $5,000 on a sep-
arate return and $10,000 on a joint
return or for those filing as head
of household.
People over 65 enjoy some addi-
tional benefits on medical deduc-
tions. The lower limit of 3 per cent
does not apply, and if the taxpayer
is over 65 and disahled, then the
ceiling is raised to $15,000. If both
husband and wife are over 65 and
disabled, the limit tor their expen-
ses on a joint return is $30,000.
Medical Expeases
The most obvious medical ex-
pense is doctor bills. Among the
less obvious expenses are hospital-
ization insurance premiums, cost
of eye examination and glasses, and
nurses’ fees for nursing services.
Drugs and medicines are another
source of medical deduction. You
can deduct as medical expenses
the coat of drug* and medicines in
excess of 1 per cent of your ad-
justed gross income. This 1 per
cent rode applies to all taxpayers
regardless of age. You can deduct
any drugs you buy whether they
are ordered by a prescription from
your doctor or not. Headache and
edd remedies are just as deducti-
ble as penicillin, but such things
as tooth paste, cosmetics, shaving
cream, and so on • are not drugs
and therefore are not deductible.
Hospitalisation Insurance
Many taxpayers are confused
about their tax liability for pay-
ments received from hospitaliza-
tion (dans. These payments are
not income, and do not have to be
reported on your return. For ex-
ample, say you were hospitalized
in 1959. The total bill for the fam-
ily doctor, the hospital and surgeon
came to $420. Your hospitalization
paid $300 toward these expenses.
You subtract the amount you were
reimbursed from the amount you
paid, and claim the difference
($120) aa a medical expense de-
duction.
Timing is very important
in claiming medical deductions.
When you go to see the doctor
you hove incurred a medical ex-
pense but you can’t get a medical
deduction until you actually pay
the doctor’s bill. You may ran into
a situation like paying a hospital
faith-in December,- and not being
reimbursed by your hospitalization
plan until January. You can do one
of two things. If you deduct your
medical expenses and then the fol-
lowing year your hospitalization in-
surance reimburses you, the re-
imbursement must be reported as
income. However, if your original
deduction didn't reduce your taxes,
then to that extent the reimburse-
ment will be tax free. If, at the
time you prepare your return, you
know the amount of your reim-
bursement, then to that extent you
could treat your payment as an
advance and deduct only the med-
ical expenses above the* amount of
the reimbursement on your 1959
return.
As you can see, you are prob-
ably better off to have your hos-
pitalization plan payments made
directly to the hospital whenever
possible. In this way, you pay only
the net amount you owe, which is
the amount you are entitled to
deduct from your income on your
tax return. *
Hie important tiling you must
nef overlook fa that your hospitali-
zation insurance premiums are al-
so medical expenses, and as such
are deductible.
You never make a profit or loss
on hospitalization insurance. Some
people will always pay in more
than they get out, others will get
back more than they pay. The fact
that you paid $134 for a year’s
hospitalization insurance for your-
self and your family has no bear-
ing on the amount you receive.
In other words, if you had medi-
cal bills totaling $400 which were
paid by your insurance, the a-
mount in excess of $134 Is. not
taxable as income.
Yoar Health Check up
Most medical expenses result
from injury or sickness, but you
don’t have to be sick to incur a
medical expense. If you go to the
doctor for a check-up or consulta-
tion about your health, you have
incurred a deductible medical ex-
pense. . so long as your expense
is for preventing, detecting, or
treating a physical or mentel ail-
ment, you can consider the expense
medical.
Harm Fees
Major sickness or surgery ie
usually followed fay a long period
of recovery. If you hire a nurse
during this period or at any time,
you can deduct the oast of the
nursing services performed.
This does not necessarily mean
that you can deduct the full salary
of the nurse during the period she
works for you. Very often, a prac-
tical nurse will be required to per-
form many normal household du-
ties during her two or three week
stay at your home. You can only
deduct her salary for the portion
of her time actually spent perforin-
ing nursing services.
If your doctor “orders” you to
take a long trip agound the world.
With or without a nurse, for health
reasons, don’t start dreaming of a
large income tax deduction. The ex-
pense of the trip is not deductible.
Sick Benefits
Sick benefits are not counted aa
income. Here is what you can re-
ceive tree of tax from your em-
ployer or his insurance company i
L Payment for medical avpimsse.
2. Payment for permanent
(not baaed on tkne
work).
3. Damages tor faijuey or
ness.
4. Payments s
Compensation Act
5. Payment up to $100 per m
for loss of wages whfia you
absent due to injury or
except that the first week's pay fo
taxable unless yon are
to an injury or art i
at least one day.
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GOOD HEALTH COSTLY.. * DEDUCTIBLE
Good health may be a costly thing these
days, but moat of the expense, as detailed
in this tax feature, are deductible from
your groea adjusted income. In the photo
above, Tom Sappington, a registered
pharmacist at Ellis Pharmacy, counts out
deductions (... pills) for a customer. '
(Staff Photo)
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 28, 1960, newspaper, February 28, 1960; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1130417/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.