The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 104, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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WELCOME HOME, KERMIT EXES
5* The Winkier County N ews
PER COPY Published Weekly—Read Roily
(Member Associated Pfess)
Vo|. 28 —No. 104 ~~~ Kermit, Winkler County, Texas Friday,
October 2, 1964
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Council Adopts New Budget,
Service Center Plan Dropped
HOMECOMING QUEEN HOPEFULS — This week is to be a busy one for the
five Kermit High School students pictured above, who are candidates for the
Homecoming Queen’s crown. They are (left to right) Charlene Bridges, Carol Ann
White, Sue Ann Moore, Vicki Ray and Kandy Mullen. The winner will be announced
at the Kermit-Snyder football game Friday night. (Staff Photo)
2 Injured in
Highway Wreck
Kermit Policeman Quinton
Crow heard a crashing noise out-
side his house at 804 South
Avenue C Sunday at 5:50 p.m.
and went to investigate.
A seismograph truck parked
there had been side-swiped and
a car with a damaged right fen-
der was stopped a short distance
down the street, Crow said.
But when the officer started
toward the car, the driver sped
away.
Some 20 minutes later the
driver and a passenger in the
car were being returned to Wink-
ler County Memorial Hospital
for treatment of injuries from a
grinding accident on the Odessa
Highway.
Identified as driver of the car
was Carl Lee Whittington, 21, of
104 South Avenue B, who re-
mained in the hospital Monday for
observation.
The passenger, Lloyd Lan-
caster Jr., 22, of Monahans, was
hospitalized Sunday night and re-
leased Monday.
Texas Highway Patrolman
Tommy Brown said the car
driven by Whittington was de-
molished in the accident on the
Odessa Highway, 9 miles east of
Kermit.
He said the car went into the
bar ditch on the wrong side of the
road, went down the ditch a hun-
dred yards and flipped to its top
when it started back across the
pavement. It skidded on its top
168 feet and went into the bar
ditch
Bonfire to Kick Off Homecoming Events
Kermit High School ex-students
have been invited to participate
in at least seven homecoming
week activities Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday.
A bonfire to be prepared by
Kermit High School students
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. is to
kick off activities for the week.
Other events include the fol-
lowing:
Friday, 3:10 p.m. — Peprally.
Ex-students are invited to par-
1954 KHS Grads
To Hold Reunion
Tenth year since graduation
from Kermit High School is to
be celebrated by members of the
class of 1954 with a reunion
and buffet Saturday, Oct. 3.
The event will be held in First
National Room from 7 until 9
p.m., and is part of Homecoming
activities.
ticipate in the rally at the High
School.
Friday, 6 p.m. — Parade. To
form at the intersection of Olive
and West Austin Streets, school
band, candidates for homecom-
ing queen and exes cars are to
participate in the event, as well
as floats, fire trucks and com-
mercial floats.
Friday, 7-8 p.m. — Registra-
tion of exes at Walton Field.
Friday, 7:35 p.m. — Coro-
nation ceremonies for homecom-
ing queen.
Friday, 8 p.m. — Football
game, Kermit vs. Snyder.
Friday (after game) — Coffee
at Community Center, dance to
juke box.
Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. — Re-
ception at First National Room,
voting on officers for next year.
Saturday, 9 p.m. — Dance at
Community Center, music by the
B29ers from Midland. $3 per
couple.
This year’s observance will
mark the 18th annual KHS home-
coming, according to Pat Hay-
good, ex - student association
president.
Democrats Vote
To Meet Weekly
Winkler County Democratic
Club members voted Tuesday to
hold meetings every Tuesday at
8 p.m., according to Jim Marks,
president.
The club will meet in the Dis-
trict Courtroom at Kermit.
Marks said Democratic Party
candidates will speak to the mem-
bers at future meetings and other
educational and information pro-
grams will be presented.
Anyone interested in the party
is invited to attend the meetings,
Marks said.
Already elected by the Kermit
High School students, the Home-
coming Queen will be presented
a bouquet of roses by the ex-
students. However, which one of
five candidates will be named
queen will not be announced until
the Friday night ceremonies.
The candidates are Charlene
Bridges, Carol Ann White, Kan-
dy Mullen, Sue Ann Moore and
Vicki Ray. Escorts for the can-
didates during the coronation
ceremonies are to be Bubba Van
Deman, Lonnie Hay ter, Andy
Mullen, Ricky Buford and Andy
Buffington.
Homecoming queens from past
year’s celebrations are the fol-
lowing:
Charlene Bridges, 1963; Joan
Graves, 1962; Carol Probst,
1961; Bertha Seales, 1960; Linda
Miracle, 1959; Marilyn Haley,
1958; Linda Earnest, 1957; Jo
Lynn Allen, 1956; Mary Tom
Rainwater, 1955; Sue Howard,
1954; Dixie Gates, 1953; Imo-
gene Haygood, 1952; Gerry Wil-
son, 1951; Barbara Giles, 1950;
Sylvia Holmes, 1949; Wanda
Spruill, 1948; and Rosalie Hill,
1947.
The bonfire is to be built on
City of Kermit property at the
intersection of East Avenue and
School Street. Kermit High
School students are to be dis-
missed Thursday at 3 p.m. to
build the fire, and have been
keeping their eyes open for ma-
terials to use. Persons having
materials to contribute may
leave their address at the High
School principal’s office, phone
6-4487.
All exes and their friends are
invited to the dance Saturday
night, and Haygood expressed
hope for a large crowd.
“Attendance at dances the past
two or three years has been fall-
ing off, so unless we have a good
turnout this year, we might have
to call off the dance during com-
ing years,” Haygood said.
Kermit City Councilmen
Thursday night approved a budget
for the City of Kermit which calls
Highway Agency
Approves Plans
For County Work
The Texas Highway Commis-
sion has approved expenditures
of $33,600 for highway safety
and betterment in Winkler Coun-
ty during 1965, according to Dis-
trict Highway Engineer Archie
J. Sherrod of Odessa.
He said a total of 24.3 high-
way miles in the county will be
involved. Work will be under the
supervision of Russell Neal,
maintenance engineer, of Odes-
sa.
The work is part of the com-
mission’s statewide war on traf-
fic accidents. Statewide the com-
mission has approved more than
$20 million to make Texas high-
ways safer and better.
The work in Winkler County is
all on State Highway 18. Accord-
ing to the engineer, plans call
for the road from the New Mex-.
ico line to the city limits of
Kermit and the Ward County
line to the city to be given a
seal coat treatment.
The northern project includes
9.8 miles at a cost of $13,600
while the other part of the pro-
gram involves 14.5 miles at a
cost of $20,000.
for a total appropriation of
$608,918.
However, before adopting the
proposed budget, Councilmen
discarded a suggested city ser-
vice center plan and placed the
$48,718 budgeted for its con-
struction and operation into a
reserve fund.
The budget for the police de-
partment was increased by $1,-
212 to provide for a fourth ser-
geant for the department.
In other business during the
special meeting, Councilmen
heard a request by Rev. Hal Up-
church that the Council consider
an ordinance prohibiting funer-
als on Sunday. Speaking on be-
half of the local ministerial al-
liance, Rev. Upchurch pointed
out that the Sunday funerals work
problems in the churches. He
said all the members of the al-
liance, local funeral homes and
flower shops were in agreement.
Mayor G. L. (Jerry) McGuire
also pointed out that Sunday
funerals are costly to the city
since three employes must be
called out to work on an over-
time basis.
The matter was tabled after a
brief discussion so that Council-
men can study the matter. A de-
cision will be made during the
next regular meeting.
Council discussed and then ap-
proved specifications for new
police cars. Bids for two new
vehicles will be taken until Oct.
13 when they will be opened dur-
ing a Council meeting.
Kermit High School was given
permission to build a bonfire on
the city-owned land just north of
County Park. The fire will be
prepared for homecoming.
Clark Files
$42,000 Suit
A $42,000 damage suit has
been filed in 109th District Court
at Kermit by T. E. Clark Jr., on
behalf of his minor son, Johnnie
Lee Clark.
The suit, naming Ronald C.
Riccio as defendant, stems from
an auto accident Aug. 29 in which
a car allegedly operated by Ric-
cio struck a parked car in which
the young Clark was sitting. The
accident, according to informa-
tion filed with the suit, occurred
at 12:15 a.m. on Robinson Street.
Clark seeks $30,000 for dam-
ages to the youth and future loss
of wages; $10,000 for losses suf-
fered by the family as result of
the boy’s injuries, plus a total of
$2,000 medical expenses.
Kermit High to Install
Council Members Monday
Oil Banquet
Tickets Now
Available
Tickets for Kermit’s second
annual Oil Appreciation Day,
scheduled Oct. 6, are now avail-
able at the Kermit Chamber of
Commerce office and through a
number of Chamber members,
Calvin Dunlop, ticket sales chair-
man, said.
The banquet tickets sell for
$2.50 each. Only 250 tickets are
being sold for the affair, Dunlop
said.
“There probably are a number
of persons who desire tickets to
this affair but will be missed by
one of the ticket salesmen. If
you desire tickets, please con-
tact the Chamber office or one
of the salesmen listed below and
they will make sure to get tickets
to von.
Officers and representatives
of Kermit High' School Student
Council are to be installed in
a ceremony Monday, Oct. 3, at
3 p.m.
Parents are invited to attend
the ceremonies, to be in Kermit
High School auditorium. Mrs.
Joyce Brown, assistant execu-
tive officer of Texas Associa-
tion of Student Councils of Abi-
lene, is to be speaker.
Officers of the organization
are Lonnie Hay ter, president;
Leo Brooks, vice-president;
Marc King, parliamentarian, and
Johmre Martin, secretary. They
were elected during the spring
before close of school.
The: led the Kermit Student
Counci in securing election to
preside ncy of Texas Association
of Stuuent Councils this year.
Room representatives and al-
ternates to the student council
are as follows:
Lanny Baker and Linda Sparks,
Teddy Baremore and Melvin
Bartley, Debbie Bishop and Ken-
ny Jones, Michelle Brown and
Brenda Hines, D. V. Edwards
and Judv Maver. Glenda Craw-
ford and Ann Bartley, Dennis
Elam and Connie McDonald,
David Fielding and Mike Petty,
Judy Flattley and Nancy Rob-
erts, Marvin Floyd and Butch
Edwards, Patricia Gilbreath
and Ricky Buford, Richard
Goertz and Sherry Cominsky,
Mary Graham and Linda Moore,
Judd Graves and Beverly
Strauser, Ralph Green and Jane
Germuiller, Janice Hadley and
Diana Grogan, Glynn Harbin and
Gibby Dean, Lynn Harbin and
Randy Huff, Mickie Horn and
Mike Schmidt, Dana Kirk and
Doris Worley, Meredith Lan-
caster and Butch Baker, Karen
Lee and Arthur McAnally, Karen
Majors and Steve Mills* Marilyn
Maples and Sherrilyn Odom, Lin-
da Mulsow and Rickey Ray, Toni
Parker and Cindy Coulter, Pam
Peden and Betsy Burnett, Judy
Rogers and Lindy Greenwood,
Joe Scott and Donnie Wyles, Tom-
my Shillingburg and Lelia Baird.
Martha Spinks and Sharyn
Moore, Peggy White and Karen
VanDeman, Randy Whorton and
.Tndv Rpauchamn.
JAX M COWDEN m
. . . new attorney
Cowden Joins
Local Law Firm
Jax M Cowden in has recently
been named as a member of the
Kermit law firm of Finley and
Scogin.
The new attorney was born in
San Angelo and attended school
in Culberson County and in San
Angelo. He received his law de-
gree from Southern Methodist
University Law School at Dallas
and recently was licensed by the
state bar to practice law in the
State of Texas.
Cowden is married to the for-
mer Kay Bonner of Abilene. They
reside at 900 East Winkler
Street.
GETTING CHILI READY — Members of the Kermit Downtown Lions Club started getting
ready for Friday night’s chili supper early. The supper will be held at the community center
from 5-7 p.m. Getting the food ready are (left to right) Oscar Theisen, president, J. M. Lipham,
project chairman, and Earl Adams, past president. Tickets will be available at the door. (Staff
Photo)
Building to be Razed
Kermit Hotel Is Sold
The Kermit Hotel and Coffee
Shop has been purchased by Dual
Investment Co., it was announced
today. The old wooden structure
will be razed shortly.
Tommy Smead, president of
the investment company, said
no definite plans have been made
for the site in the future. How-
ever, he pointed out that plans
call for the entire building to be
removed as soon as possible and
the lot cleared.
The hotel is situated on a
100x115-foot lot on the corner
of Poplar and Winkler Streets.
It has not been operated for the
last couple of years.
Smead did not disclose the pur-
chase price for the property.
The purchase was made with
ill fixtures and furnishings intact
Smead said the cafe fixtures and
equipment have already been sold
and he is presently negotiating to
dispose of the hotel equipment.
The hotel was originally con-
structed in 1927 by two men,
H. H. Hancock and Joe T. De-
Grazier. Through the years it
was changed and wings built on.
Several fires struck the building
since it was erected, causing ad-
ditional work on it to be done.
The Kermit Fire Department
has agreed to dismantel the build-
ing, Smead said.
Smead purchased the building
from the present owner, Mrs.
Callie Routt of Meridian. She
had owned the property for a
number of years.
Young Democrats
Organize Club
A Young Democrats Club has
been organized in Winkler County
with Penny Hawkins of Wink and
Jack Coker of Kermit acting as
temporary chairmen of the
group.
The new organization, for all
young people through age 20, was
started Tuesday night during a
meeting of the Winkler County
Democrats Club. Meeting was in
District Courtroom.
First meeting of the youth
group will be Oct. 13. Officers
will be selected at that time.
Officials of the club said an
educational program will be con-
ducted for the club members
and political activity and cam-
paigning will be decided on at
a later date.
Jim Marks of Wink, president
of the Winkler County Demo-
crats, said that although the
adult organization has pledged its
full support, the club will be op-
erated strictly by the young peo-
ple themselves.
CAMPAIGNS IN COUNTY — Richard C. (Dick) White (left) is in Winkler County today cam-
paigning for election to the House of Representatives from the 16th District. White attended the
Downtown Lions meeting at noon, Scheduled a public coffee at the community center from 2-3
p.m. and plans to attend the Evening Lions Club tonight. He will visit in Wink from 5-6:30 p.m.
at the football game. (Staff Photo)
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