The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, May 15, 1961 Page: 2 of 8
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rare
Special Force
"Strong, just.. and fearless.
Texans in the late 1870’s were not surprised when Captain Jesse Lee Hall, of the Ranger
Special Force, handed over the notorious bandit, King Fisher. Nor when he broke up the
destructive Sutton-Taylor Feud, and settled the hash of a lot of fence cutters. Most Texans
already knew about Ranger Hall and a certain one-man clean-up operation. Only 27 years
old, shortly after he joined the Force, Hall was placed on detached service.. meaning, as
usual, one job, one Ranger. The job was Goliad, then a lawless stronghold of escaped con-
victs, outlaws and murderers. The situation called for strong treatment, which the lone
Ranger evidently knew how to apply. The undesirable population got the word. Soon
Goliad was once again quiet as a sleeping mouse... Later, after his Ranger days, Captain
Hall distinguished himself as the leader of the famous Macabebe Scouts in the Philippine
campaigns.
Just as we have always needed the fearless courage and integrity of our
lawmen, so do we need industry and commerce. When an industry provides
a whole community with payrolls and revenue, relaxation and the pleasure
of moderation . . it "belongs.” In Texas, "Beer Belongs.” The United
States Brewers Association is constantly working with brewers, wholesalers,
retailers and local authorities to assure the sale of beer and ale under
'a pleasant, orderly conditions.
UNITED STATES
No Easy Solution
For Council^ Problem
Kermit City Council has a problem on its hands.
It is not a unique problem. It is something which at
one time or another practically every community in
in the country faces.
It is the problem of disposing of waste, rubbish
and refuse in such a manner as to inconvenience and
offend the least number of persons possible.
At the present time ICermit’s dump grounds are
located on the Kermit-Wink highway, adjacent to the
road.
There is no question that the location of the dump
creates an unpleasant area. The smoke from the burn-
ing does create a hazard at various times and the blow-
ing paper, which no amount of fencing can possibly
hold in, also adds to the problems.
A State law requires that any dump ground be lo-
cated not less than 300 yards from a public highway.
Kermit’s present dumping area is in violation of the
law.
A group of Wink residents recently appeared at a .
meeting of the Kermit City Council and insisted that
something be done about the problem by the city . . .
or they will ask the County Attorney (who has juris-
diction over the violation) to do something.
There were no harsh feelings exhibited at the
meeting. Wink people and Kermit Councilmen ex-
plained their respective positions in fair, open discus-
sion.
Mayor Bert L. Stevens ordered the City Secretary
to look into possible solutions and report back as soon
as possible.
There are many good arguments on both sides of
the fence.
First the dump is unsightly and it does constitute
a hazard.
Wink people don’t want it where it is ... neither
do most Kermit residents . . . nor does the Kermit
City Council.
Therefore, everyone is in agreement on the prob-
lem.
The only hard part remaining is to find an equit-
able solution. We do not have one. We do feel that as
a minimum, the law on the location of the dump
grounds should not be violated.
Moving the dump grounds back from the highway
will make it comply with the law, but it won’t really
solve the main problem. And, to make matters worse,
because of the high cost of relocating gas and oil lines
lying across the area, it is impractical to dig new pits,
thereby creating an even worse situation as far as
trash blowing.
Moving the dump from near the highway of course
is the best solution. The problem is acquiring the land.
There is a question as to whether or not the city can,
if necessary, condemn land for the public use outside
the city limits. Regardless, the cost of doing so will
make it another prohibitive factor.
Hauling to locations more than ten miles away
also puts the cost into a prohibitive area.
There are many problems, but they should be re-
solved.
If both Kermit and Wink officials continue dis-
cussing the problem in the same manner in which it
was talked during the Council meeting last week,
there is little question that a solution will be reached,
with little or no animosity or any lasting hard feelings.
THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS, Kermit, Texas
Published Every Monday and Thursday in Kermit
The County Seat of Winkler County, Texas
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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Kermit,
Texas under the Act of March 2, 1879.
BY VERN SMITH
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN — From here on
the Legislature must make
every minute count if it is to
wind up essential business be-
fore the regular session ends
on May 29.
Despite the dwindling time
filibusters, postponements and
disagreements have slowed
progress on tax-raising and
other “must” legislation.
The House-passed two per
cent sales tax faces two ulti-
matums. Gov. Price Daniel
said he could not allow it to
become law unless the total
money-raising program puts
more of the tax burden on
business and less on individu-
uals. Sen. Henry B. Gonzalez
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Today in National Affairs
T hrough
The Years
20 YEARS AGO
Possibility that Kermit may
get even more paving than
the 30 blocks already under
way developed Monday when
the Commissioners Court sig-
nified its willingness to co-
sponsor additional paving.
Construction of a new build-
ing to house the L-B Drug is
expected to commence this
week Kenneth Burrows, part-
ner ✓in the firm, said. The
nev/ building will be one block
from the one which was de-
stroyed by fire several weeks
ago.
Miss Evelyn Adams, Girl’s
Auxiliary counselor, related
the story of The King’s High-
way Monday afternoon at a
meeting of the Royal Ambas-
sadors.
Dedicated to the spirit of civic progress; to the unifi-
cation of the townspeople in a common purpose *or
the betterment of our community; to our churches,
schools and homes, that Kermit shall ever be a good
place in which to live and rear our children. And,
above all, honesty, decency, justice, tolerance, faith in
Almighty God—These shall be our citadel.
N.H.W.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON — Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia,
Democrat — one of the ablest
and most respected men in
Congress — has just made a
speech in the Senate severely
criticizing the Department of
Justice for attempting to co-
erce the legislature of the
State of Virginia by trying to
tell its members how they
must vote and what money
they must appropriate if they
are not to incur the wrath
of the Federal government.
No such power can be found
written in the Federal con-
stitution by implication or
otherwise. Senator Byrd
says;
“It is even more offensive
for a non-elected Federal of-
ficer, without the benefit of
law, through a Federal court,
to tell a state under what
conditions it cannot spend its
own money for the public
education of its own children.
“Such a decree would be
unprecedented in American
history. It would do violence
to millions of school children.
It would do violence to the
rights of 50 states and the lo-
calities within them. And it
would do violence to the foun-
dations on which our system
of government is built.
“I am amazed that the
Attorney General of the
United States seeks to close
every public school in Vir-
ginia to 847,000 white and ne-
gro students unless the little
Prince Edward County sur-
renders its position on a prin-
ciple it believes to be right.
“The Federal proposal to
withhold state funds legally
appropriated by the General
Assembly of Virginia for pub-
lic school operation necessari-
ly v/ould close public schools
all through the state. The at-
tempt to punish an entire
state because the action of
one county displeases the
U. S. Attorney General is fan-
tastic and completely un-
realistic, and, I believe, un-
constitutional.”
The real issue is not wheth-
er racial discrimination shall
or shall not be practiced in
the public schools. It is wheth-
er the state may make tui-
tion grants to all parents,
irrespective of race, creed or
color, so that they may send
their children to private
schools if they wish. At pres-
ent, these private schools, un-
der Virginia laws, may be in-
tegrated or non-integrated as
the private schools themselves
may determine. The state
funds now being made avail-
able to parents give the in-
dividuals ■’ freedom of choice
just as the Congress of the
United States did when it ap-
propriated money for GIs to
get an education, and many
thousands of them have used
their tuition money in private
or parochial as well as public
educational institutions.
But the U. S. Department
of Justice now is claiming
that a Federal court decree
on school integration is being
violated unless the State of
Virginia closes all its public
schools in every county or
somehow coerces a single
county to reopen its public
schools. To accomplish this
end, the petition to the Fed-
eral court requests that the
parents in the county in ques-
tion be denied tuition grants
by the state government.
This action is not based on
any court decision or other
precedent. Merely to claim
that present decrees on de-
segregation issued by the
Federal courts are being vio-
lated is not to establish a
case under the Constitution.
Indeed, the Federal judiciary
may in due time throw this
case out. But it is being said
that injustice is being done to
the parents of the negro chil-
dren, and hence “the end jus-
tifies the means.”
State after state admitted
to the Union in the last cen-
tury has been given a written
guarantee by Congress that
education would remain in
the “exclusive control” of the
states.
Why, then, is Virginia being
coerced? The answer is poli-
tics. It is considered good pol-
itics to win votes in those
populous states of the North
which gave the decisive ma-
jority to President Kennedy
in 1960 and could conceivably
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do so again in 1964.
Argument is being made
that the Department of Jus-
tice must seek court decrees'
and let the courts decide what
is constitutional. But it is to
be noted that, when the paro-
chial-school issue came up a
few weeks ago, President
Kennedy said it would be un-
constitutional to permit Con-
gress to vote funds for paro-
chial schools. He wouldn’t
even favor passage of the
bill and let the courts decide
that one. In fact, his Depart-
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare set forth in a
lengthy brief declaring any
such aid unconstitutional.
So it’s good politics to avoid
a constitutional test iff one
case and good politics to so-
licit such a test in another.
The truth is the aphorism
that “the end justifies, the
means” 'is given sanction to-
day in high places in our own
republic, just as it is in a
totalitarian government over-
seas.
Nearly a hundred years ago
Federal troops sat in state
legislatures in the South —
three years after the Civil
War — and compelled them
to “ratify” the Fourteenth
Amendment. Yet this is the
very amendment which is the
alleged basis today for de-
manding that the Virginia
State Legislature abide by
a decree of the Federal gov-
ernment or be compelled to
deprive all its children of a
public-school education. And
in those days, too, it was as-
serted that “the end justifies
the means.”
15 YEARS AGO
H. L. (Button) Roberson,
serving in the United States
Air Corps as a Flight Officer,
is in Kermit on terminal leave
until June 8.
An order for three-way al-
ternate bids for construction
of a county library was issued
by Commissioners Court Mon-
day. Since all bids heretofore
received for the building,
which includes a wing for a
county health unit and a wing
for agricultural agents, have
been more than the county
has in the permanent im-
provement fund, commission-
ers are asking for bids in
three phases.
The Home Demonstration
Club met in the home of Mrs.
George Mitchell. The ladies
placed orders for satin, used
in making down comforts.
Anyone wishing to buy satin
see Mrs. H. B. Houston.
10 YEARS AGO
Several hundred people
from Winkler County visited
the Wink Airport over the
week end to view a damaged
helicopter being repaired in
the Wes Stoddard hangar.
Sharon Thorp was honored
last Tuesday on her eleventh
birthday anniversary with a
party given by her mother,
Mrs. E. H. Thorp.
The Yellow Jacket, Kermit
High School newspaper, re-
ceived a Distinguished Merit
certificate, the highest rating
given to Texas high school
papers, for publication during
1950-51 terms.
Don Kaye Brown, the Yel-
low Jacket’s 1950 All - state
center, announced this week
he had decided to attend Tex-
as Tech in Lubbock this fall.
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THE WINKEER COUNTY NEWS, Kermit, Texas
FAGE TWO Monday^ May 15, 1961
State Capital News
of San Antonio said he would
filibuster against the sales
tax if it came up in the Sen-
ate.
State Comptroller Robert S.
Calvert estimated the House
sales tax bill would raise in
excess of $150,000,000 a year.
This is higher than other esti-
mates and would provide
enough ~ or nearly enough to
meet estimated revenue de-
mands. Calvert, by law, has
the final and official say-so
on tax yield estimates.
Governor Daniel’s veto
threat chilled earlier opti-
mism about an early wrap-up
of money problems and turn-
ed House members to think-
ing again in terms of com-
promise and “package bills.”
SPENDING CONFEREES—
A ten-man conference com-
mittee is at work ironing out
the differences between House
and Senate versions of the
general appropriations bill.
House bill would cost about
$16,000,000 more than the
Senate’s. Committee’s task of
striking a balance between
the two is expected to take
three weeks.
Senate members of this im-
portant committee are Sen-
ators Ray Roberts of McKin-
ney, A. M. Aikin Jr. of Paris,
Crawford Martin of Hillsboro,
Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo
and Wardlow Lane of Center.
House members are Repre-
sentatives James Cotton of
Weatherford, Bill Hollowell of
Grand Saline, B. H. Dewey
of Bryan, J. W. Buchanan of
Dumas and Malcolm Mc-
Gregor of El Paso.
TEACHER PAY PUSHED
—Advocates of higher teach-
er salaries are pushing to get
their bill in position for quick
final action once the money-
raising and general appropri-
ations measures are out of the
way.
House Appropriations Com-
mittee approved and sent to
the floor a bill that would
provide the full $800 a year
salary increase sought by
teachers.
Goal is to get a pay raise
bill passed in both houses,
then send it to a conference
committee to work out dif-
ferences. Then at the stra-
tegic moment, it would be
ready for final adoption by
both houses.
METHODS SCORED — The
House members are pressing
for speedy action for a meas-
ure that would require less
emphasis on “how” and more
emphasis on “what” in public
school teacher training.
Rep. Henry C. Grover of
Houston, a teacher on leave,
is sponsor of the bill that
would reduce required edu-'
cation (teaching method)
courses from 24 semester
hours to 12 for junior and
senior high teachers. For
grade school teachers the
niaximum would be reduced
from a possible 60 to 24 se-
mester hours.
One supporter observed
that the late Albert Einstein
wouldn’t have been eligible to
teach mathematics in a Texas
high school. House voted to
instruct the Education Com-
mittee to report on the bill
immediately.
RE-DISTRICTING — Senate
efforts to pass a senatorial
re-districting bill were post-
poned by Sen. Jep Fuller’s fil-
ibustering opposition.
Senator Fuller of Port Ar-
thur opposes the proposed
measure because it would
continue to combine Orange
County with Jefferson (Beau-
mont Port Arthur) to form
his district. Jefferson County
alone has more than enough
voters to be a one-county dis-
trict, says Fuller, and Orange
would rather be in another
district with counties of the
same size.
Pressure to force agree-
ment on a re-districting bill
will be very strong since, if
the Legislature fails to act, a
non - Legislative Board will
take over.
GLOOMY REPORTS—While
lawmakers struggled to find
new taxes, the news about
present taxes was bad all
over.
State Treasurer Jesse
James reported that Texans
apparently are not smoking
and drinking like they used
to, causing a million dollar
slump in tobacco and liquor
taxes in April. Revenue drop-
ped from $8,689,855 in March
to $7,362,176 in April.
Motor fuel tax revenue was
also off, according to State
Highway Engineer DeWitt
Greer. A 3% per cent drop
during the past eight months
cost the state $3,000,000.
Meanwhile, in the Third
Court of Civil Appeals, the
state lost in an effort to col-
lect a state sales tax on com-
ponent parts of radio sets,
such as hi-fi tuners. Court
said the law is not clear.
LOAN DISPUTE FLARES
—Words were hot, but the is-
sues unclear, as Senate com-
mittee hearings on a small
loan bill stretched out.
Critics of the House-passed
bill fell into at least two fac-
tions: (1) those who felt the
interest rates (up to 40 per
cent on the smallest loans)
were too high and (2) those
who felt over-all charges
should be higher for loans of
$100 or less.
Meanwhile, Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson issued a statement
blasting “powerful out-of-state
loan sharks” trying to “bottle
up” regulation.
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How working couple saves
time and steps, gets more
done with extension phones
By DON DAVIS,
Telephone News Writer
“My favorite phone, is the
Princess,” says Ted Tread- p
way. “The light-up dial’s
great. Also, the phone's
handy for emergency calls.”
“My green kitchen phone comes
in real handy v/hile dinner is cook-
ing,” says Norma Treadway.
“I can make and receive calls
while keeping an eye on things.”
iat can extension telephones do for you?
Perhaps you can get some ideas from
d and Norma Treadway. A working
iple, they both take part in a large
mber of outside activities.
They have three colorful extension
ones in their five-room home. These
ones save them time and effort and
e them more privacy. And the Tread-
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^ grader, likes the phone in an al-
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floor and talk with friends.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, May 15, 1961, newspaper, May 15, 1961; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth848686/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.