The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1945 Page: 1 of 16
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The Winkler County N
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Friday, Dec. 14, 1945
Winkler County Over
The Top In Victory
Loan Subscriptions
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quota, Halley reported.
LETA BLUNDELL
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according to
recovery,
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Twenty-Thirties Take On World War II
Veterans in Football Classic Saturday
Night at Walton Field in Benefit Game
3 Local Youths
Apprehended
In Car Theft
100 Business Firms
Invited to Join
C. of C. This Week
certifying the petitions
the required number of
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Vol. 9—No. 40_____________________
Tentative Sketch of Proposed Winkler County Hospital
ing on
ruary.
After
carried
However, the condition of the
opposing teams means little to the
Lee Johnson of Wink acted as
cochairman with Halley in the
drive.
KEYSTONE FIELD EXTENDED
ON SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST
BOUNDARIES; OTHER OIL DATA
An Institution Promoting The Interests of Winkler County
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas_____________
The
Kermit
Mury Alberts, president of‘the
Kermit Chamber of Commerce,
and A. C. Aikin of Cameron Lum-
ber Company, conducted the auc-
tion.
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BY NEV WILLIAMS.
More than 100 business firms
and individuals were invited by
letter this week to become mem-
bers of the Chamber of Com-
merce in time to take part in the
December election of directors.
Directors recently voted that
the names of all members whose"
current dues are paid by Dec. 20
shall be on the ballot. Ballots are
to be mailed to the membership
immediately after Dec. 20, and a
special canvassing committee will
as soon as arrangements
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Mrs. Tom Moorehead headed
a committee of women workers
who contacted merchants for ar-
ticles to be sold to the highest
bidder in bonds.
of Kermit, who has served twen-
ty-five months as airplane me-
chanic with the 15th AAF in the
European theater of war, has
been separated from the Army
Ah' Forces at the San Antonio
AAF personnel distribution com-
mand.
at 9,270-9,452 feet after treating
that formation with a total of
9,000 gallons of acid.
The oil was accompanied by a
15 per cent cut of water and a
trace of basic sediment. Gravity
was 31 degrees.
This project drilled to a total
depth of 11,813 feet, in the El-
lenburger, and had no oil in that
section, but developed sulphur
water.
Gulf Oil Corporation No. 8-E
Keystone, in section 13, block
B-2, psl survey, and about two
miles southeast of the nearest
Ellenburger production on the
east side of the Keystone field,
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.,
Dec. 14.—Fire early today de-
stroyed old Glenwood Hotel, and
officers feared several lives were
lost in the flames.
Police Chief Charles Wells said
there may be possibly ten to fif-
teen bodies found in the ruins.
that , Josef Kramer, the “beast I
of Belsen," and ten others of
the Belsen gang, including blonde
Irman Grese, were hanged yes-
terday for committing crimes at
the notorious concentration camp.
players who have had previous
football experience—that is, yes-
teryear, please.
The two clubs have been work-
ing out each night in an endeavor
to get in shape, but according to
latest reports, .the boys expect
plenty Charlie horses and et
cetra.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Delay
in the arrival of the first large
unit of Texas’ Thirty-Sixth Divi-
sion was announcced today.
ne Aamral tapps, nearing
5,000 men of the division, was
scheduled to dock in Newport
News, Va., today, but this was
changed until Saturday afternoon
or Sunday morning.
HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 14.
— Field arsnal Montgomerys
headquarters announced today
can be made we will give the
people a store for men com-
parable to any in West Texas.”
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 14.
—Matt Kimes, 39, Oklahoma bad-
man held by federal authorities
for a Morton (Texas) bank rob-
bery, died in a local hospital here
today.
Kimes had been in the hospital
since Dec. 1 when he was struck
down on a North Little Rock
st ey be a poultry , trunk, ending
a threc*month manhunt over a
four-state area.
The overall Victory Loan drive
netted $245,997.25 in Winkler
County, 223 per cent of the set
r. Mrs. Olsen is at the
C. of C. Moves
Temporary Offices
Temporary offices of the Ker-
mit Chamber of Commerce were
moved this week from the West-
ern Union Building to the Coun-
ty Commissioners Court room on
the first floor mf the courthouse.
The Commisioners, in session
Monday, granted use of the court-
room to the Chamber of Com-
merce after the organization had
volunteered a few weeks ago to
vacate the Western Union office
in order to make that space avail-
able to Dr. J. R. Graves, dentist,
who is opening an office there.
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Pvt. and Mrs. S. A. Bradham
and their two daughters, Sandra
and Lindy, were visitors in the
home of Private Bradham’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Brad-
ham. Private Bradham is sta-
tioned at Camp Hood, Texas.
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(By the Associated Press.)
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec.
14.—Gen. George Patton’s condi-
tion is excellent, an early morn-
ing medical bulletin stated today.
Wheeler district, pumped 166 bar- .
rels of oil in 24 hours from pay (
bedside of her daughter.
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signatures of qualified voters, the
Commissioners made the decision
to wait until after the first of
• the year to order, theeslection so,
that residents oh the county wi
have the opportunity to pay taxes
during the month of January.
The election must be held within
thirty days after it is ordered,
officials stated.
Plans adopted earlier call for
te building o a general hospital
in Kermit and a smaller unit in
Wink.
NEWS OF OUR
MENWOMEN
LONDON, Dec. 14.—The House
of Commons today gave final
ratification to the Bretton Woods
monetary stabilization pact, ap-
proval of which was one of the
conditions laid down by the
United States for a loan of
$4,400,000,000 to Britain.
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Winkler County again goes
over the top!
Judge S. M. Halley, chairman
for the Kermit area in the Vic-
tory Loan drive, announced late
Thursday the county’s quota of
$75,000 in E Series Bonds had
been oversubscribed by several
thousands of dollars, with com-
plete reports yet to be compiled.
Staging a gigantic auction last
Friday night at the Kermit The-
ater, workers, in co-operation
with Kermit merchants and busi-
nessmen, pushed the sale of E
Bonds over the top, selling more
than $20,000 worth of bonds.
with 540 shots at 9,790-9,970 feet.
It was kicked off and flowed
326.42 barrels of oil in five and
one-half hours, flowing through
a 1 1-16-inch tubig choke with
tubing pressure of 1,460-1.
On a l.ter test the well made
96.20 barrels of oil in one hour,
flowing through a 3-8-inch tubing
choke. Gas-oil ratio was 753-1.
The first Silurian producer in
the Wheeler area of East Winkler
was completed during last week
when Stanolind Oil & Gas Com-
pany and Shell Oil Company No.
1 Waddell, located in the east
half of the northeast quarter of
section 8, block B-7, psl survey,
and about three quarters of a
mile northwest of the nearest
production from the Ellenburger
on the northwest side of the
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to build the hospital sometime in February, officials stated.______________________________________________________________________________=--
“Well, folks, I’m still in love
with everybody,” stated Judge
Halley after he received the final
reports of the bond drive. “With
your fine help and co-operation,
Winkler County has continued
its record—always on top!5’
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J. A. Jaynes underwent ma-
jor surgery at the local hospital
this week. He is reported to be
resting well.
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BY JAMES C. WATSON,
News Staff Oil Writer.
Company No. 8-H J. B. Walton,
555 feet from south and east lines
of section 2, block B-3, psl sur-
vey, and one quarter of a mile
south of the nearest well making
oil from the Holt section, on the
southwest side of the Keystone
field, m.de a 24-hour flowing po-
tential of 141.08 barrels of 39.7
gravity oil after treating the pay
section at 4,720-47 feet with 3,500)
gallons of acid. Gas-oil ratio was
500-1.
Carter and Pure No. 9-H Wal-
ton, 555 feet from north and
2,085 feet from east lines of sec-
tion 5, block B-2, psl survey, and
one loc.tion from the nearest Holt
oil well on the northeast side of
the Keystone field, pumped 68.17
barrels of 38.8 gravity oil in 24
hours, plus 3.59 barrels of water
in 24 hours.
The pay at 4,737-75 feet was
treated with a total of 8,000 gal-
lons of acid.
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany No. 1-B McCutchen, at cen-
ter of northeast quarter of south-
west quarter of section 15, block
B-2, psl survey, .nd one quarter
of a mile south of the nearest
Ellenburger producer on the
southeast side of the Keystone
field, was in course of comple-
tion.
It drilled out cement in the
casing to 10,036 feet, in the El-
lenburger, one foot off bottom.
The casing was perforated with
480 shots at 9,590-9,740 feet and
We believed their story.
Who should be called before
the Bar of Justice to answer for
juvenile delinquency? Brother,
there’s only one answer: you and
me!
i Whatever monetay compensa-
tion Judge . B. Simon receives,
it isn’t enough! Not for all the
gold in the world would your
editor have exchanged places with
the Judge! What to do with the
boys? Truly and admittedly they
had committed a serious crime.
Where to place the'blame? The
parents, the youths—or you and
me?
We’ve been in the news report-
in business many years, but
never have we heard a more
soul-touching, fact-stating lecture
। than Judge Salmon gave the par-
■ ents of those youths.
i He had the choice of two de-
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grouped according to what sep-
aration center they will report to
for their final papers. They are
placed aboard ships headed for
the States as soon as shipping
space is available.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 13.
—Pvt. Corin A. Conner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Conner
open and count the votes Jan. 2.
Nine directors will be elected.
Chamber of Commerce officials
pointed out that it has been im-
possible for the membership com-
mittee to contact all firms and
individuals with a personal solici-
tation to become active in the
organization. It is hoped, officials
stated, that the letters mailed this
week will be given serious con-
sideration, and that replies will
be returned in time for the new
members to take part in the
December election.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—CIO
electric workers voted almost 5 to
1 in favor of a strike, incomplete
returns showed today.
The vote authorized a walkout
of 200,000 workers after Jan. 1
in the plants of General Electric,
Westinghouse and the electrical
division of General Motors.
The workers are seeking a $2
a day wage increase.
Have you ever been on a jury
to decide the innocence or guilt
of a fellow citizen? If you have,
you’ll surely recall the feeling of
. responsibility it gave you.
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Three local youths were ar-
rested in Eastland last Thurs-
day afternoon in a stolen 1946
Chevrolet pickup truck.
The youths admitted they stole
the automobile on the streets of
Kermit and were tried in Juve-
nile Court Tuesday. They were
paroled in the care of their par-
ents with certain restrictions.
The car was wrecked south
of Eastland when the driver sup-
posedly fell asleep after several
hundred miles of driving. The
youths were on their way back
to Kermit after having driven
the car to Abilene and DeLeon.
the crime, they didn’t
They merely wanted a
Juvenile delinquency!
Have you ever attended a trial
in juvenile court where Ameri-
can youths were being called
upon to answer for their crimes
against society? The chances are
you haven’t, for the usual pro-
cedure in such cases is closed to
the public, as is proper.
This week, your editor at-
tended the trial of three local
youths, age 14, 15, and 16. They
were charged with the theft of
an automobile. They admitted
their guilt. Why they committed
Parkland Hospital in Dallas, has! but we assure our friends and
passed the crisis of her illness j former customers of the Men’s
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NAVAL STAGING CENTER,
Pearl Harbor, T. H., Dec. 12.—
Robert E. Wallace, baker, third
class, of Kermit, Texas, is get-
ting ready to rejoin the ranks
of civilians, together with thou-
sands of others going through this
naval demobilization center.
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Wink Youth
Held On Car Theft
Charges
Thereal Eugene Dummitt, 17,
recently employed in Wink, was
arrested in Pacos Monday night
in possession of a car belonging
to B. L. White of Wink.
The youth is being held in the
Winkler County jail pending in-
vestigation.
Men’s Store Sold
By Jack Shirley
Ralph Seale, employed for sev-
eral years by Mays & Sons and
more recently by Meek Motor
Company as parts superintend-
ent, last Saturday purchased
the stock, fixtures and building
of The Men’s- Store, Jack Shirley,
former owner, announced this
week.
Mr. Seale and associates took
over the operation of the busi-
ness Monday:
“It is our intention to expand
the present store, as soon as
merchandise is available, to equal
any men’s store in the whole West
Texas area,” Seale stated in an
interview. “We believe the peo-
ple of Kermit and this area are
entitled to be served with the
best merchandise available any-
where. That we intend to do,”
Seale said. “At present, we are
handicapped by lack of room and
! a sufficient flow of merchandise,
Mrs. Leta Blundell, acting prin-
cipal of the Kermit High School,
was chosen Basketball Queen last
Friday and was presented with
two cut-glass vases filled with
carnations Friday night when she
was called into the gym by the
basketball coach, Burton Adams.
Elmer Six and M. E. Thomp-
son, co-captains, were in charge
of the ceremonies which dedi-
cated the basketball season to
Mrs. Blundell as a means of their
appreciation for her co-operation
in both football and basketball.
What promises to be the most
entertaining football game ever
staged in Kermit will be un-
reeled Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock at Walton Field.
The Kermit 20-30 Club will
meet the American Legion World
War II Vets in this, a benefit
game. All proceeds are to be di-
vided between the to organiza-
tions (and your scribe under-
stands the tallies will be divided
also!)
Both teams are studded with
and is now on thej Store,
successfuWy
road to tec
fans. They are assured an evening her fa
W. J. McMurray arrived in
Kermit last week after having
served in the United States Navy
as a lieutenant, junior grade. Mc-
Murray received his honorable
discharge Dec. 11, and will make
his home in Kermit, where he
will be associated with his father-
in-law, W. M. Walker, in the
trucking business.
McMurray spent most of his
time while in the Navy in
the domestic transportation serv-
ice in San Diego, Calif.
Several months ago, while on
leave, McMurray gave a talk
at- the Lions Club, mentioning
several interesting incidents con-
cerning the manufacture of our
“secret” weapon, the atomic bomb.
At that time, the Army and Navy
had released the details of the
bomb.
At this staging center,
prospective dischargees
Kenneth Shelley, SM 3-c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Shelley
of Kermit, veteran of twenty-
two months in the Pacific on the
U.S.S. Lunga-Point, is home on
a thirty-day leave.
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Cpl. Delos Alvis is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Tony Wilburn, in
Kermit. Corporal Alvis was lib-
erated from a Japanese prison
camp Sept. 2 after spending thir-
ty-nine months as a prisoner of
the Japs. He was attached to the
Coast Artillery unit on Corrige-
dor at the beginning of the war
and was captured May 6, 1942
at the fall of Corregidor. Corporal
Alvis holds the Presidential Unit
Citation with two clusters, three
Good Conduct Medals, Philippine
Defense Ribbon with one Battle
Star, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with
two Battle Stars, the Victory
Medal, American Defense Rib-
bon. His parents live in Roby,
Texas.
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County to Vote
On Hospital Bonds
In February
The County Commissioners
Court this week received and
certified petitions asking for a
$375,000 bond election for the
construction of hospital facilities
in Winkler County, and voted to
order the election early in Jan-
uary and to set the date for vot-
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Postponed Due
To Illness in Cast
Mrs. Leta Blundell, principal
of Kermit High School, an-
nounced late Friday the post-
ponement of the Junior Class
play, “Miss Jimmy,” scheduled
tonight, due to illness of mem-
bers of the cast.
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The play has been -rescheduled
for Jan. 17, Mr. Blundell stated.
Those Who have purchased
tickets fof the perfo mance are
requested to hold , hem until
Jan 17 ■___
Mrs. Feggy Sanders, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. G. C. Olsen,
who has been seriously ill at!
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1945, newspaper, December 14, 1945; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1457692/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.