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Vol. 24—No. 84
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
10 Pages in Two Sections
Monday, February 20, 1961
Child Starts Car, Backs Over Young Wink Girl
Much Improved,
Is Hospital Report
Jaycee Petition
Gaining Support,
Chairman Reports
A petition being circulated by members of the Kermit
Junior Chamber of Commerce has more than 200 names
affixed upon it, according to Don Handlin, chairman of the
petition committee.
“The response to our circulation of this petition has
been marvelous,” Handlin said. “Although we were not
able to get out much over the week end with the papers,,
numerous indi-
we have had
viduals contact us wanting to
sign.”
Nineteen copies of the peti-
tion are presently in circula-
tion, Handlin added. The peti-
tion calls for the City Council
of Kermit to call another elec-
tion for the purpose of voting
on bonds to finance improve-
ments to the water and sewer
systems in the city.
Water and sewer bonds, is-
sues which were included in a
bond election Feb. 7, were de-
feated by close votes in the
heavy balloting. Members of
Kermit City Council certified
results of the election last
Tuesday and Jaycees an-
noigcced Wednesday they in-
tended to start circulating the
papers as soon as they can
be prepared.
“We hope to be. able to con-
tact every eligible voter in the
city of Kermit,” Handlin said,
“and give him the opportunity
to sign this petition. If it is
possible, we would like to have
500 signers.
The community service club
representative added that Jay-
cees will be happy to explain
any aspects of the plan. “Of, k,er c Judge w E as
course," Handlm saifl, we can- a ,witness at a meet-
not know all of the __ answe ^
to all the questions you might
ask, but if we don’t know the
answer, we will get it for you.”
The petitions are to be pre-
sented to the City Council at
its next regular meeting, Feb.
28. Another election can be
called by the Council for some
time in March.
“This is extremely important
failed in the first election.”
The Board of Directors of
the local club unanimously ap-
proved the circulation of the
petitions.
The water and sewer bonds
and the city hall renovation
bonds failed in the $1,300,000
election. “We felt that the wa-
ter and sewer improvements
are so important that we
could not stand by and wait
until another election might
possible be called at a future
date.” The city hall bonds are
not included in the Jaycee’s
petition.
The two projects call for is-
suing a total of $635,480 in
bonds to finance improvements
and expansion of the water and
sewer systems. Water system
improvements will cost $484,080
while sewer improvements are
scheduled to cost $151,40.
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SIGNING PETITION—Three members of Kermit Junior Chamber of Com-
merce are pictured sighing copies of a petition which the club is circulating asking
the City Council to call another bond election for voting on water and sewer bonds.
Signing from left are Don Balmer, Fred Swanson and Bill Ware. (News Staff Photo)
Annexation Limits Being Studied
Cook Testifies at Hearing
tqjfcthe growth of Kermit,” the
J*cee club spokesman said.
“In addition, without these im-
provements the city’s capacity
to^, serve its present customers
\\Hl be seriously impaired in
the very near future.”
“We are not in this cam-
paign for ourselves,” Handlin
said. “We sincerely believe
that Kermit needs these im-
provements and we were sore-
ly disappointed when the issues
Two Winkler Pools
To Be Consolidated
AUSTIN — The Railroad
Commission has ordered the
consolidation of the Scarbor-
ough and Leek Yates sand
pools of Winkler County, effec-
tive April 1.
The area, which will be
known as the Scarborough pool,
will be placed on an exemptlMrs. W. R. Minter of Sherman;
sj^tus effective April 1. land five granddaughters.
mg’ of a'* committee of the Tex-
W. S. Minter
Rites Pending
Funeral services for William
Smith Minter, 58, long-time
Kermit resident, are pending
at Hixson Funeral Chapel.
Mr. Minter died Sunday at
4:30 p.m., at Simmons Memori-
al Hospital at Sweetwater.
He had lived in Kermit the
last 12 years., Born at Shelby,
N. C., July 2, 1902, he was the
son of John Minter and Harriot
M. Smith. While in Kermit he
was office manager of the Ker-
mit firm of Vests, Dorbandt
and Ross.
Mr. Minter is survived by
his wife, Mrs. W. S. Minter
of Kermit; three sons, W. S.
Minter Jr. of Big Spring; John
C. Minter of San Tone, Vene-
zuela; and Charles H. Minter
of Pittsburg, Pa.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. T. E. Edward of
Waukesha, Wis., and Alice
Quay Minter of Lubbock; two
brothers, Dr. David R. Minter
of Tucson, Ariz.; Rev. John
P. Minter of Sherman; a sister,
Mrs. Tinsely Smith of Muto-
to Congo, Africa; his mother,
House of Representatives they are located
Thursday at Austin.
Judge C&ok and John R. Lee,
special counsel for the county,
attended the hearing conducted
by the House Committee
on Annexation for Municipal
and Private Corporations.
Cook, who was one of more
than 50 witnesses in the hear-
ing, testified on a proposed
amendment to a bill introduced
into the House recently limit-
ing the annexation powers of
home-rule communities.
“I told the committee of the
problem presently being liti
gated here,” Judge Cook told
The News Friday. Cook added
that he explained the annex-
ation problems which had aris-
en locally and the possible loss
of tax revenue which might
arise from the annexation and
subsequent control of drilling
of oil and gas wells in Winkler
County by the City of Mona-
hans.
The original bill calls for
limitations on the annex-
ation rights of communities in
the state. The ammendment
upon which Cook testified will
restrict communities presently
in one county to annexation of
land only within that county.
Communities presently lying
within two or more counties
will be able to annex land
within the counties in which
Lee reported six witnesses
testified in favor of the amend-
ment while an additional 50
persons appeared in favor of
the annexation limitation bill
itself. Representative W. T.
Dungan of McKinney, author
of the bill, indicated he is in
favor of the amendment.
“Dungan told me he will go
along with the amendment,
Lee said. “I also spoke with
a number of other members of
both the House and the Senate
while in Austin and received
much favorable comment both
to the House bill and a Senate
bill which provides for like lim-
its.”
Winkler County Commission-
ers Court has been encourag-
ing legislation limiting the an-
nexation rights of home-rule
communities siu.ee Monahans
announced its intention to an-
nex a 4,000-acre tract in Wink-
ler County into its city limits.
The controversy between the
Commissioners Court and the
Monahans City Council pres-
ently is awaiting further legal
action.
Cook reported ms testimony
covered the local problems in-
cluding a discussion on present
Monahans drilling regulations
and also proposed additional
regulations.
“The Judge also told the
Representatives that a num-
ber of oil company officials
had indicated they would not
be pleased with the strict reg-
ulations to be adopted by the
Ward County city,” Lee said
An 18-montli-old Wink girl is in critical condition at
Winkler County Memorial Hospital after an automobile,
which was accidently started hy a child playing inside it,
ran over her body.
Thq girl is Carla Jo Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Haynes of 500 Langley Way in Wink.
Officials at Winkler County Memorial Hospital re-
ported today (Monday) that the girl’s condition was
‘slightly improved,’ but she re-
mained in critical condition.
Winkler County Deputy Sher-
iff A1 Smith of Wink reported
the acident occurred shortly
before noon, Friday, at the
Haynes residence. The girl
was rushed to the hospital
here immediately. She was ad-
mitted before 12:15 p.m., hos-
pital officials said.
According to officials, Carla
Jo was playing in the drive-
way at her home dirdctly be-
hind the family car, which was
parked in the drive. Two other
Haynes children and two neigh-
borhood friends, children of
jMr; and Mrs. Dick Rowe of
Wink, were inside the car.
Apparently one of the chil-
dren turned on the ignition and
started the motor, Smith re-
ported. The machine, a man-
ual-shift car, was parked in
reverse. When the engine start-
ed the car moved backward
and rolled over the girl’s body,
the officer said.
As the car rolled, one of the
youngsters told Deputy Smith,
one of the children tried to
stop the car by placing his foot
on the brake — but instead
managed to strike the gas ped-
al causing the car to lurch
backward at a rapidly in-
creasing rate of speed.
Smith added that as the car
was going backward, one of
the children grabbed the wheel
in an attempt to steer the
R.R.Flattley
Enters School
Board Contest
car. The child managed to turn
the wheel causing the car to
swerve and start turning in a
circle.
The ride finally ended with
the car around the corner from
where it had been parked, rest-
ing against a fence.
The four children in the car,
the oldest seven years old,
were not injured and the car
received only minor scratches.
Assisting Smith with the in-
vestigation was Constable U. V.
Carman of Wink.
Haynes is employed by a
Kermit construction firm.
Contacted Saturday morning,
an official at the hospital re-
ported Carla Jo suffered a
head injury, multiple bruises
over her body and abrasions
Her condition appears to be
better this morning (Satur
day),”the hospital official said.
We have high hopes for her
recovery now.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE—Commemorat-
ing the 229th anniversary of the birth of George Wash-
ington, Gary Yeary and Francene Nix, are placing a sil-
houette of the nation’s first president on their class-
,room bulletin board. Washington, born Feb. 22, 1732,
served as president from 1789-97. Gary is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Yeary, 500 N. Oak and Francene is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hix, 309 N. Avenue
D. Both are fourth grade students at Purple Sage.
(News Staff Photo)
Socony-Mobil Oil Schedules
10,700-Foot County Test
1,000 Persons Monthly
Make Use o Facilities
At Community
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News Oil Writer
Socony - Mobil Oil Company,
Inc., will drill a 10,700-foot
project in the Kermit (Ellen-
burger) field three miles' north
of Kermit.
It is the No. 32-E State-Wal-
ton, 660 feet from north and
east lines of section 14, block
B-3, psl survey.
Perry R. Bass has recom-
pleted No. 4-M Ben Jenkins
and others as a McKee pro-
ducer in the Keystone field of
Winkler County. It rated a cal-
culated, absolute open flow of
6,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily
from perforations at 9,474-9,585
feet. Gas-liquid ratio was 46.9-
1. Total depth is 10,054 feet,
with seven-inch casing set at
10,037 feet!
In the Emperor (Deep) field,
Phillips Petroleum Company Queen discovery, No. 1-PE
plans No. 30 McCabe, 990 feet
from north and east lines of
section 1, block B-12, psl sur-
vey. Contract depth is 3.050.
State.
Its calculated, absolute open
flow potential was 1,500,000 cu-
bic feet of gas per day., .from
Wink.
Also in the same field, Mid-
hurst Oil Corporation complet-
ed No. 4-A Brown-Altman, 690
feet from south and 850 feet
from east lines of section 25,
block B-5, psl survey.
It flowed 67.85 barrels of 28.2-
gravity oil daily, 37 per cent
water, through half-inch choke
and perforations at 2,892-3,022
feet. Gas-oil ratio was 1,800-1.
Top of pay was picked at 2,892
feet.
NEW MEXICO
John M. Kelly
has completed a
of Roswell
Lea County
Accident Increase
Draws Attention
Of Chief of Police
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CHECKING BOOKINGS—Lyndon F. Webb, Community Center manager,
checks file for club bookings with secretary Mrs. A. V. Morgan. Community Center
officials estimate approximately 1,000 persons use the facilities of the building each
month. (News Staff Photo)
BY DAVE SCLAIR
The busiest public building in
the City of Kermit is probably
the Kermit Community Center.
A rough estimate places the
number of persons who use
the facilities of the structure,
in one way or another, at ap-
proximately 1,000 every month
of the year.
“This is just an estimate,”
Lyndon F. Webb, Veterans
County Service Officer and
manager of the Center said.
“We have no way of counting
the exact number, but judging
from attendance at the regular
groups meeting here, taking in-
to consideration the member-
ships of other groups enjoying
use of the Center and count-
ing the number of these groups,
we have been able to arrive
at this figure.”
There are three regular clubs
which use the # building every
week for dinner meetings, Webb
reported. They include Down-
town and Evening Lions which
meet each Thursday, and the
Kermit Rotary Club which
meets every Tuesday.
In addition, Webb said, there
is a representative of the SO'
cial Security Administration
and another from the Texas
Employment Commission here
at least twice a month. Both
agents use the facilities of the
Center for consulting with Ker-
mit and Winkler County resi-
dents.
“There are always four or
five birthday celebrations or
receptions here monthly, too,”
Webb continued. Only other
regular employe at the Center
is a secretary, Mrs. A. V. Mor-
gan.
The main hall of the Center
will seat 300 persons and the
kitchen is fully equipped to fa-
cilitate the serving of at least
that many diners, the manager
reported. There is no charge
of any sort for using the Cen-
ter and the maintenance is paid
for by Winkler County.
‘We are always happy to
give a group the use of the
building,” Webb remarked.
“That is what it is operated
for. Of course,” he added,
“there are always problems in
scheduling the use of the hall.
As many as three or four
groups have used the building
in one day.
“It is nothing unusual for
three groups to use the build-
ing in one day,” he said, “in-
cluding two dinner groups.”
Representatives of all branch
es of the military service use
the building for recruiting and
the Salvation Army maintains
a clothing distribution center
in the hall. Salvation Army
food parcels are also distrib
uted through Webb. ■
“In a single week we often
will have two different kinds
of dances in the hall; we will
have our regular luncheon or
dinner meeting clubs and there
will be two or three big ban-
quets,” Webb said.
Public pancake or chili sup-
pers are also frequently held
at the Center. “As long as we
have an opening in the sched-
ule,” Webb said, “we will fit
in any organization or individ
ual wishing to use the place
All we ask is that groups using
the building put it back in the
order in which they found
and turn off the lights and lock
the doors.”
R. R. (Dick) FLATTLEY
. . . wants Board seat
Announcing his candidacy for
a position on the Board of Edu-
cation of Kermit Independent
School District is R. R. (Dick)
Flattley, a Kermit resident for
the last 13 years.
Flattley, in a statement pre-
pared for The Winkler County
News, said, “In my opinion,
Kermit has a good and pro-
gressive school system and I
would like to see it continue
the same way. I know that it
will be physically impossible
for me to see each of you per-
sonally so at this time I would
like to solicit your vote and
support.”
Flattley is an employe of
Sid Richardson Gasoline Com-
pany. Pie is married and is
father of two children, a boy
in High School, and a girl in
Intermediate School.
Highway Closed
After Blowout
Highway 18 north from Ker-
mit was blocked to auto traffic
for a short time Wednesday
evening when a gas line just
west of the highway blew out.
Winkler County Sheriff L; B.
(Bill) Eddins reported El Paso
Natural Gas Company officials
told him of the blowout at 5:30
p.m. and asked him to block
traffic since wind was blowing
the gas across the highway,
causing danger of explosion.
The trouble, which occurred
at Cheyenne Draw, just west
of the railroad tracks, was
cleared up about half an hour
later and with a shift in the
wind, danger from travel
the highway was removed, the
I road was once again opened.
Kermit Police Chief W. A.
(Bill) Pence Friday ordered
his officers into a full-scale
safety campaign in an effort
to stem the rapidly mounting
number of minor accidents
within the city limits.
“Since the first of the year
our accident rate has increased
drastically,” Pence said. “We
have had new ‘stop’ and
‘yield’ signs placed in an effort
to eliminate dangerous inter-
section problems, but even that
has not helped.”
The chief said his officers
will renew their driver’slicense
checking stations in various
parts of the city. “In addi-
tion,” he said, “we will also
post officers at intersections
which have been the sites of
numerous accidents lately. The
officers will be instructed to
observe traffic carefully and
cite stop and yield sign vio-
lators far more closely than
in the past.”
The police official said his
department had been investi-
gating as many as 10 acci-
dents weekly since the first of
the year. “That is far too
many for Kermit,” Pence said.
“Last year, especially in the
late months of the year, our
accident rate dropped tremen
dously.
“Even when we had snow on
the ground and the streets
were slick,” he continued, “we
did not have as many accidents
as we are having now.
“So far, we have had only
one or two accidents in which
persons have suffered any in
juries at all, and those were
minor injuries, However,” he
said, “if the driving in the city
does not improve it will not
be long before we have a'seri
ous injury or death due to
carelessnes.”
Location is five miles east of perforations at 4,686-4,706 feet.
which had been washed with
500 gallons of mud-acid and
fractured with 31,000 gallons.
Gas-liquid ratio was unreport-
ed.
Total depth is 5,300 feet, with
4%-inch Casing set at 5,252 feet.
The gasser is % mile south-
east of Cactus Drilling Com-
pany’s No. 1 Catron, a recent-
ly completed Queen oil discov-
ery, 12 miles south of Loving-!
ton and 1,980 feet from south
and west lines of section ll-18s-
36e.
Continental Oil Company an-
nounced plans to drill two wild-
cats in Southeast New Mexico.
The No. 1-CC State was stak-
ed 25 miles northwest of Jal in
Lea County. It is a 5,400-foot
Delaware test.
Site is three miles northeast
of Paducah (Delaware) pool
and 660 feet from north and
east lines of section 2-23s-31e.
The No. 1-CC State was
staked 25 miles northwest of
Jal in Lea County. It is a
5,400-foot Delaware test.
Site is three miles northeast
of the Paducah (Delaware)
pool and 660 feet from north
and east lines of section 30-
24s-33e.
Texaco, Inc. plans a %-mile
southeast offset, Lea County,
No. 1-CM State, to its No, 1-
CH State, a recent Morrow and
Atoka discovery.
The 13,850-foot operation is
660 feet from south and 1,980
feet from east lines of section
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Pence asked for full co-op-
eration from motorists in an
effort to stem the tide of acci
dents and protect both life
and property. “I want the co-
operation of every resident of
Kermit,” Pence said, “but my
officers and I will work with-
out it if need be, trying to
cut down the rate of accidents.
One driver’s license check
was conducted over the week
end with more than 100 cars
and the licenses of the oper-
ators checked.
Doctor Seeks Post
On Education Board
Dr John O. Dampeer an-|Dr. Dampeer is married and
nounced last week he will seek has tour children, three boys
and a girl.
a seat on the Board of Edu-l
cation of Kermit Independent
School District. The doctor will
seek a position on the board in
an election called by the School
Board for April 1 in the Junior
High School library.
“I decided to enter this con-
test,” Dr. Dampeer said in a
statement to The News, “be-
cause I am interested in main-
taining and improving the qual-
ity of secondary education in
Kermit.”
The doctor moved to Kermit
in 1952, and with the excep-
tion of a short residence out-
side the city, has lived here
since. He is a member of the
medical staff of Winkler Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital.
He is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Mississippi and Har-
vard University Medical School.
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