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Vol. 29 —
The Winkler County News
Published Weekly—Read Roily
(Member Associated Pfess)
_5 Cents per Copy ______Kermit, Winkler County, Texas Friday, October 16, 1964
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OIL SHOW BOOTH WORKERS—Progress on Kermit Chamber’s booth for the Oil Show in
Odessa later this month is beginning to show rapidly now. Pictured working on the background of
the booth, which is a large map of West Texas showing the new highway to El Paso, are (left to
right) Billie Hard, Cleon Denison and Mrs. Dick Milstead. Members of the Courtesy Corps and
Roughneck Club of the Chamber will man the booth. (Staff Photo)
Rally, Bonfire to Open
Wink Homecoming
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and high school students immedi-
ately began gathering and piling
materials around it.
WINK — Bonfire building ac-
tivities for the annual Wink Home-
coming began Thursday morn-
ing, signaling start of the celebra-
tion that is to continue through
F riday night, being climaxed by After a ceremonial flourish
the Wink • Seagraves football at 6:45 p.m. Thursday the torch
game. ignited the gigantic bonfire. A
The bonfire center pole was Wink B team football game with
County Bright Spot
In FHA’s Loan Plan
set in the old baseball field Hobbs Highland followed the rally
at 7:30 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.
Friday, 2:45 p.m. — Pep rally
A Monahans woman, Mrs. Wes-
ley Box, died in Winkler County
Memorial Hospital at 7:05 a,m.
Wednesday, victim of a traffic
accident Tuesday at noon.
She was one of six persons
taken to the hospital following
the collision of a station wagon
and an oilfield truck six and
a half miles north of Kermit on
the Jal Highway.
Her death brings the number
of traffic fatalities in Winkler
County during the year to five.
Mrs. Box suffered internal in-
juries when her body was hurled
into the dashboard of an auto
driven by another Monahans
woman, Shirley Wilson, 25.
Final rites were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday in Monahans Christian
Church with burial in Resthaven,
Cemetery in Midland. Barnes
Funeral Home in Monahans will
be in charge of arrangements.
" Remaining in fair condition
Wednesday night at Winkler
County Memorial Hospital were
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wanda
Williams, 20, also of Monahans.
All the children, Tamara Box,
4, Tracey Box, 21 months, and
Kathy Williams, 2, were treated
and released from the hospital.
The driver of the truck, 43-
year-old Adair M. Alexander of
Odessa, was not injured.
Mrs. Box was born Sept. 25,
1939 in Houma, La. She was a
member of Monahans Crhistian
Church an dSigma Delta Phi.
Her husband Wesley Box was
owner of A. & B. Tank Rental
Servie in Monahans.
Surviving are her husband;
two daughters, Tamara Ann Box
and Tracey Denise Box; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Je Melson of Nash-
ville; and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Mills of Midland.
Investigating officers said
Mrs. Box, a passenger in the
station wagon, was apparently
thrown from the vehicle. A jag-
ged section of the station wagon- s
windshield indicated she received
severe cuts from the glass.
Officers were continuing their
investigation.
The truck, its alignment
twisted several degrees by the
impact, was turning west off the
highway at a Walton lease road
when the accident occurred, of-
ficers said. The car struck the
left rear tire and back of the
CAUSES DEATH — This wrecked and twisted automobile caused the death of one woman, Mrs.
Wesley Box of Monahans, Texas and resulted in the injury offiveother persons. The accident
occurred Tuesday morning on Jal-Kermit Highway (18) four miles south of the state line when the
car was in collision with an oilfield truck. The group in the car was on the way to Eunice to attend
a church convention. The accident occurred about 10:30 a.m. (MST).
Haines to Speak
At Historical
Society Meeting
Dalton Haines of Kermit,
president of the Chambers of
Commerce of the Permian Ba-
sin, will be a speaker at the
first statewide historical-tourist
workshop being held by the Tex-
as State Historical Survey Com-
mittee in Austin, Oct. 23-24,
Haines will speak on financ-
ing of a regional tourist map.
He will base his talk on a recent
project of the Basin Chambers
in preparing and distributing a
map of the Permian Basin.
John Ben Shepperd of Odessa,
former Attorney General of Tex-
as, who is president of the state
committee, said the workshop is
designed to acquaint proponents
of tourism with the various his-
torical resources available to
accomplish progress in this di-
rection on both state and local
levels.
Shepperd said the workshop
will draw over 500 Texas busi-
nessmen, chambers of com-
merce executives, county judges,
members of county historical so-
cieties and experts from state
agencies and corporation coun-
cils.
Council Buys Cars, Sweeper*
Gives OK to 3% Pay increase
Kermit City Council accepted for it at a cost of $92 and an
low bids from Cowling Buick- extra sweeping broom for $105.
Rambler Co. of Kermit and Also submitting bids were
Brown and Ferris Machinery of Plains Machinery, $10,570; and
Lubbock for purchase of two Patton Equipment Co., $10,051.
police cars and a new street Ray Kayser of Kermit appear-
sweeper. The action came during ed before the Council and asked
a meeting of the Council Tues- that the city purchase a histori-
day night at the City Hall.
Cowling submitted a bid price
of $1,780 for a pair of new
truck and stopped 82 feet from the
at High School gymnasium, qxes p0int 0f impact said E. B. (Buck) Rambler Ambassador police
welcome. A ceremony in which Haggard of the Winkler County. cars* This included a trade-in of uouncHmen an
exes are to participate will call sheriff’s Deoartment investiaa- the two present police cars. 1U °e jk/.du. L,ouncumen ap-
attention to a paper, What the ting officer. goth vehicles were Other bidders and their prices ^ii^other business Councilmen
Orange and Black Means to Me.” traveling north the officer said < were as follows: ln otnfr business, Councilmen
4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Eating The LTinnwJL ,3* Stodghill Chevrolet - 2 Chev- a?P!°yed a 3 ??r "ent Sala,ry in
cal marker to be erected on the
Mosley home, which he described
as the oldest residence still
standing in the County.
He said cost of the plaque
will be $27.50. Councilmen ap-
After a short discussion, Coun- city and a 2-ton cab and chassis,
oilmen asked Hawkins and acting Bids wil] be , u the first
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ther and then report back to the J. H. Strain and Son of Tye,
Council at a later date. contractor on the new water res-
Haynes was given permission ervoir, was awarded payment of
during the meeting to seek bids the first estimate on the proj-
on a V2-ton pickup truck for the ect, $11,775.
Hospital Board Discusses
Delinquent Account Woes
Problems of delinquent and 52 per cent. Lennon said 329
The station wagon its front , T ~cheveli.es $2 350 "differ- crease for all city employes.
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Biscaynes at $2,550 difference Clty bud£et- _ trol of Winkler County Memorial hospital care came to 1,766.
for the pair. Bob Hawkins asked Council- Hospital met Thursday night in Approval of the hospital’s bills
aKS&s# pass :«r
Th. T ,, thF tW0, Flth trade‘ bls company> H&0 Trucking of patient accounts and the group Other board members present
The Lubbock machinery com- Kermit, would not interfere with agreed to press collections of de-
Fuany„qU° aT $9’870. price on dumping by the city or individ- linquent accounts.
There is a difference,”
association for $1
7:15 — Wildcat Band moves on-
to the field.
7:20 — Coronation of Home-
coming queen by Dan Austin,
president of Wink School Board.
Arthur Kelly and Jay Herring
are to present appropriate
awards to the runners up. Can-
Absentee Voting
Now Under Way
Winkler County is one of the few years. A short time ago a ^ ^
few bright spots in Texas and the mistake in judgment as to value ‘^s football game
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toWiteh torectolwes running at FHA and VA officials agreed Club and one for Wink High ^ .........
record-high levels throughoufthe ‘hat foreclosures are up or down School students is slated at the readied <or raaillng to persons
country there are only 10 FHA- wlth the ec0b0mic pulse of a School Cafeteria. ............
owned houses in Winkler County community or area and the indi- A business session is to be held
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Adams. Early voting will con-
tinue until Oct. 30.
Adams said one person appear-
ed in person to vote Wednesday
and more than 50 ballots were
at the present time, and only vhluals affected-
tWF.n°f those are in Kermit- When a man is out of a job, the Martin
Other area towns of Kermit s he may have to let his house go. Andrews
size count their federally owned The next leading reason, from -—
houses in the tens and larger the individuals’ standpoint, is
area towns have houses by the death of a husband or wife, di-
hundreds with the familiar red, vorce or costly illness in the
white and blue sign of the FHA. family,
A local real estate agent re-
ports that builders in Kermit With Winkler County leading
have not been restricted by FHA the list in the area, Andrews is
officials with respect to building probably at the other extreme,
speculation houses . . . struc- FHA officials indicate there are
tures which are not sold before 80 federally-owned homes in that
they are started. community. Pecos has 20 re*
The FHA has notified builders possessed houses and Monahans,
in most area communities they at the present time, has only 4.
will not insure mortgages on _ . .. hn1f . ...a
houses built for speculation. During the first half of this
“One reason the FHAhaslook- *far lhere were,.2l.«3 fore,
ed so favorably at Kermit,” the dl°!fu*'es a™°ng ®e3644'000
real estate man said, “isbecanse fHA-insured homes. Thi.was up
In the entire hlstoryofFHAthere \ per cent ?ve, *ha }8>g46 t0Te'
have only been about 25 re. closurfs oul °f 3-551>000 m°rt-
possessions required here.” He flasur?di^yJhfc,B?enCy dUr’
explained that builders in most ^ng the *ast half of *963,
cases had been able to sell houses While the housing supply and
either before starting them or as demand ratio was given as a
they finished them, thus keeping basic reason for the current
rate of foreclosures — a rate
which appears to have leveled
off — another reason cited at
the FHA and on Capitol Hill has
been the easing or liberalizing
of credit requirements to fi-
nance purchase of a home.
at the exes dance.
The exes dance will feature
Epps Combo of
who had submitted applications
in advance
The clerk said voting must stop
FAA Transfers Engineer
To Winkler County Site
Chairman H. D. Westerman said.
‘ ‘between delinquent and indigent
accounts. We will always have a
percentage of patients who are
not able to pay hospital bills.
The troublesome accounts are
those which could be paid.”
Ralph Lennon, hospital admin-
istrator, reported the physical
therapist, Glen Funkey, who has
been working in the hospital for
about a month, is giving another
were Frank Barton, W. B. Me-
Cargo, Leon Rose, Oscar
Theisen and Glenn Claiborne.
. „ . . . The Federal Aviation Agency, office of the assistant area main-
three full days prior to the elec- jn a move to reorganize its main- tenance engineer to the F AA sta- needed service to the institution
tion, according to state law. tenance division, has moved the tion at Winkler County Airport. He also reported occupancy for
In the change, assistant main- the month of September averaged
Democrats Meet
In District Court
tenance engineer JohnD. Greene,
has moved from Fort Stockton
to Kermit to supervise the area
operations.
Included in his territory are Members of the Winkler Coun-
facilities of the FAA at the Wink- ty Democrat Club met in the
ler County Airport, Fort Stock- District Courtroom Tuesday
ton, Pecos, Alpine and Marfa. night and then broke up into
The change was in keeping with precinct groups to make plans
more personnel under one super- for the November election drive,
visor and to centralize the main- Mrs. Grover Swift, publicity
tenance division. The main- chairman, said another meeting
tenance division is charged with of the club will be held next
even with the de-
the supply
mand.
A recent survey by The Asso-
ciated Press revealed the num-
ber of foreclosures of FHA or
Veterans Administration - in-
sured mortgages has jumped
drastically in recent years.
But, the situation is not cause
for alarm, say spokesmen for
both the VA and the FHA. They
call it an adjustment toward
normalcy, from shortly after
World War II when realtors
eagerly looked for houses to sell
up to recent years when supply
more nearly met demand.
The VA spokesman put it this
way: “A big factor is absence
of price appreciation in the past
This was by action of Con-
gress in 1957, 1959 and in 1961,
intended to help the little fellow
buy his own home.
At present a loan of up to
$15,000 can be financed through
the FHA with only a 3 per cent
down payment. On a $15,000
house a buyer would have to put
up only $450 of his own money
and could stretch payments out
over 35 years.
keeping the agency’s radio com-
munications, teletype and direc-
tional finding equipment in re-
pair.
Greene is a native of North
Carolina, he was graduated from
the University of North Carolina.
He was in the Air Force for 12
years prior to becoming associ-
ated with the Federal Aviation
Agency.
He and his wife, Bonnie, have
a 10-year-old daughter, Gloria
Dawn, who is in the fifth grade.
They are residing at 1537 Harri-
son Drive.
Greene was a member of the
Lions Club at Fort Stockton,
where they lived before the trans-
fer.
Although the change in super-
vision of the area was made after
the new building was built for the
Tuesday in the same courtroom.
JAMES C. MORGAN
. . . new city manager
Council Appoints
New City Manager
James C. Morgan, 31, of
Canadian has been appointed to
the post of Kermit city man-
ager, Mayor G. L. (Jerry) Mc-
Guire announced Saturday.
the new city administrator
ment. He is a graduate of Texas
Tech with a Bachelor of Science
degree in public administration.
He is married and has two'
children, a son Brad, 3, and a
RECEIVES AWARD — Jack Roe (center) was honored during a breakfast meeting of Salvation
Army campaign workers Tuesday morning. Jessie L. Sharkey (left), service unit supervisor
from Dallas, presented the award for Roe’s years of service to the county. Ralph Lennon, county
chairman, is at right. (Staff Photo)
was made after Councilmen in
Winkler County Airport, Greene terviewed a number of appli-
said the building is well planned cants both at Kermit and dur-
for his office to be located in ing the recent meeting of the
Winkler County. Texas Municipal League.
Three maintenance engineers Morgan has been at Canadian
work at the Winkler County F AA almost three years and prior to
flight service station, one at that was administrative analyst
Alpine and one at Fort Stockton, with the Fort Worth city govern-
was named during a special meet- n6f Tvff
ing of the Kermit City Council ge^ born and ?Lred at Roby
Thursday night. His selection been born ancl reared at KoDy*
The new city employe, who said
he will be able to report for
work no later than Nov. 1, is a
member of Lions International,
president of the Canadian Junior
Chamber of Commerce and a di-
rector of that city’s Chamber
of Commerce. He is a member
of the Baptist Church.
Wreck Victim Dies Wednesday
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Sclair, Dave. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1964, newspaper, October 16, 1964; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth809949/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.