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Protect Your Family
With a Check-up
and a Check
In April
The Winkier County N ews
Published Twice Weekly—Head Daily
(Member Associated Press)
Weather
Monday, April 18
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Wednesday, April 20
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Vol. 24—No. 7
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit# Winkler County, Texas
20 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, April 21,1960
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I To Set Do
BY RAY MARTIN
This time of the year ever
since we have lived in this part
of the United States, Martin
Manner has never ceased to be
amazed at the profusion of
wild flowers that pop out of the
sandy acres of West Texas like
ground squirrels before a thun-
derstorm.
They run the range of colors
and are, in fact, the most vivid
splash of hues seen in this area.
There’s the little reddish flow-
er with its yellow core that
springs out of the dry sand
and waves itself in the breeze,
holding tenaciously to its place
in the sun. Mow them down,
and they come right back ,up
<jjpid put on another of their
fancy blooms, completely un-
daunted by the blade of the
mower or by the lack of ad-
equate water.
Last Sunday we went for a
drive through the area that is
broadly called the Permian Ba-
sin. There must have been
word sent to the widflowers
that the day was Easter, be-
cause they were all out in their
Sunday bests, even the simplest
of these little wild flowers of-
fering a beautiful topping un-
matched by anything that ever
topped milady’s fair head.
And there were the little wild
versions of Sweet William at
one point, thousands of them
growing snugly together and
completely blotting out all oth-
er colors. Then another area
would be given over to the or-
chid-colored flower that grows
so abundantly in these western
sands. It seemed as if the
flowers had learned something
that .jrvan has 'tever h arm'd-
co-existence. W§ talk about’ it,
but the little wild flowers prac-
tice it.
It was almost as one variety
said, “This is our territory. That
is yours. We won’t cross over
into your territory,” and the
other party had agreed. They
gloomed in their own territor-
ies, belying the old “survival of
the fit” adage.
And the mesquite had put
on its delicate loaves, since the
%Viesquite always waits until
lebout the last of the trees to
put on its summer wardrobe as
if it has more sense than the
rest of the trees and waits until
all danger of frost is over be-
fore putting away its red flan-
nels.
Seems to me that the mes-
quite is a very smart tree in
other ways, too. Its leaves are
just large enough for the neces-
sary “breathing” process which
is the function of all leaves,
but not large enough to give off
moisture that is needed for
growing purposes. Once I tried
to pull up a mere slip of a
mesquite and found that the en-
tire earth had hold of the other
end. It had laid its foundation
well, another lesson which man
seemingly has failed to learn.
jjrThere must have been a time
before man messed up things
\j|hen this part of the country
®as abundant with its wild
flowers and its own kind of
shrubbery, and I doubt serious-
ly that before man ever clear-
ed off the vegetation, there was
a sand storm ever heard of.
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To Set Docket
For May Term
Thirteen criminal cases and
seven civil cases are to be
scheduled at a docket-setting
session called by County Judge
W. E. Cook for 2 p.m. Monday,
May 2, it was announced Wed-
nesday.
Jury has not been pulled, but
first cases are expected to be
heard around May 10.
On the Criminal schedule are
these cases:
Woodrow L. Willson, charged
with aggravated assault.
Jim Turner, charged with ag-
gravated assault.
John Cates, charged with con-
tributing to the delinquency of
a minor.
J. L. Hoskins, charged with
aggravated assault.
Jessie James Caton, charged
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NAMED TO COUNCIL —
Vern Jackson, local Fire-
stone dealer, has been named
to the division dealer council
of the Firestone Company.
Covering eight States, the
council is a gr oup of independ-
ent dealers named to serve
in an advisory capacity with
the Firestone management
on continuing improvement
of the firm’s operations.
(News Staff Photo).
with operating a motor vehicle
while intoxicated.
Fred Cox, charged with ag-
gravated assault.
Clarence Alvin PearSon,
charged with operating a motor
vehicle while intoxicated.
Bennie Dee Wyatt, charged
with speeding, second offense.
Ralph Reagan, charged with
speeding.
James Wilton Brewster,
charged with operating a motor
vehicle while intoxicated.
Dewey Gilbert, charged with
operating a motor vehicle while
intoxicated.
Dewey Gilbert, charged with
aggravated assault with a mo-
tor vehicle.
Clifton T. Speed, charged
with swearing to a false state-
ment.
Civil Cases to be docketed
are:
Texas Electric Service Co.,
vs. Earl Vest, condemnation.
Texas Electric Service Co.,
vs. J. B. and Helen Walton,
condemnation.
H. V. Brinson vs. John Ward,
damages.
C. W. Wright Construction Co.
vs. Doolin Drilling Co., debt.
Jackson Tire Co., vs. Bryan
Apple, debt.
B. W. Mayo vs. Black Truck-
iijp Co. and Delmer B. Roark,
damages.
Earnest S. Gruben vs. The
American Hospital & Life In-
surance Co., debt.
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SERIOUS BUSINESS—Howard Wayne Worley, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Worley of 800 Jeffee Drive takes the weighing in process seriously as Barbara Ann
Skinner, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Booker Tee Skinner of 215 North Orange
Street, looks on. School Nurse Evelyn Alexander is conducting the pre-school check-
up. (News Staff Photo)
Increased Interest in Election
Seen as Absentee Voting Gains
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Evening Lions
Naming Officers
Kermit Evening Lions Club
will name new officers at its
meeting tonight (Thursday),
V. F. Harlan, secretary, an-
nounced. The new officers will
take their places July 1.
Seven men have been nom-
inated for the jobs of president,
first vice-president, second
vice-president, and two direct-
ors. High man in votes will
be named president, second-
high, vice-president, and so on,
Harlan explained.
Nominees are L. R. Nutt,
Larnce Flicks, Allen Fulks, Al-
bert Cade, George Elliott, P. B.
Scott and J. A. Slaughter.
Harlan is unopposed for sec-
retary-treasurer.
Tail-twister nominees are Joe
Dickerson, Burle Green and E.
D. Harrison. Lion Tamer nom-
inees are Harvey L. Wainscott
and Wayne Pittman, and Clyde
Martin is the only nominee for
song leader.
13 Senior High
Eupils Make A’s;
72 on B List
Thirteen students wound up
the fifth six-weeks’ period at
Kermit High School with
Straight A grades, Neal Dill-
man, principal, announced
Wednesday.
Senior class led the list with
seven A pupils; three juniors
made the coveted grade, one
sophomore and two freshmen.
Seventy-two pupils made the
B list for the same period.
The lists follow:
A HONOR ROLL
Seniors:
Don Alspaugh, Mattie Gil-
breath, Sharon Henrich, Judy
Horton, Hoycille Montgomery,
Renate Mueller, and June
Parks.
Juniors:
Mike Brown, Sandy Martin,
and Linda Woodard.
Sophomores:
Mary Ann Jones.
Freshmen:
Sandra Abies, and Ann Mir-
acle.
B HONOR ROLL
Seniors:
Shirley Bates, Cassondra
Blackburn, Janice Bolf, Chad
Brown, Katie Buford, Jerry
Edwards, Tommy Edwards,
Ben Gammill, Loydene Gough,
Mary Graves, Barbara Mills,
Linda Miracle,’David Northcutt,
Lettie Gene Smith, Kent Ste-
vens, Jesusa Tellez, Caroline
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If absentee voting is any in-
dication, balloting in the May 7
Democratic Primary in Winkler
County will be heavy. Fred
Adams, County Clerk, has post-
ed the names of 25 voters who
have cast their ballots in ad-
vance, and the number is ex-
pected to gain sharply before
absentee voting time ends
May 3, four days before the
election.
By advancing Texas’ primar-
ies from July and August to
May and June, however, has
cut absentee voting consider-
ably, at least for the first pri-
mary since it comes ahead of
the usual vacation period, Ad-
ams explained. A record num-
ber of absentee ballots was cast
in the July election two years
ago, but that election fell at the
peak of the vacation period and
included approximately 100
teachers in the school systems
of the county.
Absentee balloting also is get-
ting under way for the April
30 special bond election when
Winkler County citizens will
vote on a proposed $150,000
poad improvement program.
Campaigning % r offices to be
voted on at thej^Iay 7 primary
has picked up tM;am, and most
candidates nowji|re in the field,
making calls asking for
support. Oncndidate said
Wednesday in, “'uas knocked on
every door in Kermit and Wink”
during the last two weeks, and
added, “if there is time, I’ll
knock on a lot of them again
between now and May 7.” The
pickup in campaign activities
had been expected by veteran
political observers for the final
10 days of the campaign.
County Commissioners races
apparently dominated the scene
with eight seeking the Precinct
1 post and five asking for the
job in Precinct 3. Those run-
ning for Precinct 1, in order
in which their names are to
appear on the ballot are L. D.
(Cotton) Livingston, Bill Hocutt,
J. M. (Maynard) Carr, T. E.
Clark Jr., Perry (P. W.) Wil-
liams, M. W. (Bill) Sanders,
D. Leon Nutt and M. O. (Mo)
Howell. Candidates in Precinct
3 are on the ballot in this order:
T. M. (Tommy) Mills, Dan San-
del, Allen Williamson, L. L.
Gray and Harry W. Clark, all
from Kermit. Mills is the in-
cumbent.
Seeking the County Tax As-
sessor-Collector’s post are In-
cumbent Mae Barnes and J. W.
(Joe) Morris. Four are asking
for the job of Constable in
Precinct 2 — O. P. Holloway,
Mack Moore, Fred J. Barber
and U. V. Carman, all from
Wink.
Precinct 4 Constable candi-
dates are, in order of appear-
ance, J. L. Castleman Jr., W.
L. (Puny) Etheredge and Os-
car Warren. Warren is the in-
cumbent.
All other County candidates
have no opponents on the Dem-
ocratic ticket.
A final opportunity for “for-
mer minors and former non-
residents who have become eli-
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Chamber Here Seeks
50 New Members,
Budget Increase
Kermit Chamber of Com-
merce will seek 50 new mem-
bers and $6,000 in additional
Revenue in its late April and
early May membership cam
paign, Max Eckels, chairman
of the Finance and Membership
Committee, announced Wednes-
day. Eckels also is vice-presi-
dent of the Chamber for 1960.
The drive for new members,
)f successful, will bring the
memberhip up to around 250,
and the additional money will
put the Kermit Chamber on a
financial level with other
Chambers in this area, Eckels
explained.
Three Groups Sought
Eckels said efforts will be
.made by his committee to con-
tact every business man in
town who is not now a member
of the Chamber. “Some new
firms have never been contact-
ed,” he said, “and others were
formerly members who have
dropped out during the years.
Still others have never belong-
ed to the Chamber. We will
seek to get all these individu-
as into our Chamber.”
Eckels said the Kermit Cham-
ber budget is “far below” the
budget of most towns of com-
parable size in West Texas.
We have never re-evaluated
our dues program,” he added,
“and this, too, will be consid-
ered in our financial plan for
the year. Most towns have
dues which are considerably
higher than ours, but during
the 15 years that our organiza-
tion has been functioning, there
has never been a dues evalu-
ation made, and as a result, no
dues increases have been as-
signed.”
The membership chairman
said his committee will point
out that those who invest their
money in Kermit business es-
tablishments have a stake in
the community.
Stake in Kermit
“And if they have a stake in
the community,” he explained,
“they also have a stake in the
success of this community.
Their businesses will succeed
only if the community itself
succeeds.”
He pointed out that part of
the Kermit Chamber’s revenue
comes from a housing project,
Sandy Acres, which the Cham-
ber owns. Under the proposed
financial set-up for the organi-
sation the total budget will be
$19,200, of which part will come
from rentals in Sandy Acres.
-“This means that our actual
cash outlay will be less than
most Chambers in this area,”
Eckels said, “since most Cham-
bers get their revenue only
from membership fees. We feel
that we are offering the pros-
pective members a ‘bargain,’
considering all the functions
which the Chamber performs.”
Junior High
Party Planned
All Junior High students will
be guests of the Junior High
Student Council next Saturday
night at the annual spring par-
ty in the Winkler County Youth
Center, Director Burk McGreevy
has announced.
This means that the Center
will be closed all day to senior
high pupils.
McGreevy says all Junior
High students may attend
whether they hold membership
cards or not.
He pointed out that one
Chamber in a town comparable
to Kermit, has raised its bud-
get “several thousand dollars
above ours, and all of it comes
from fees. We have not raised
our dues in 15 years.”
Budgets Increased
Members of his committee
will start calling on prospec-
tive members the last of this
month, and will be armed with
a prospectus showing the pro-
gram of work outlined by the
organization for this year.
In addition, they will take
another prospectus, titled “What
is the Kermit Chamber of Com-
merce?” which lists a few of
the major accomplishments of
the organization during the 15
years of its existence.
Committee Named
Eckels’ committee is com-
posed of Ken Burrows, Sam
Cates, Ben Cowling, Bill Ed-
dins, John Gammill, Bob Gar-
ner, Johnny Garza, Harold
Grissom, W. O. Hixson, Wilbur
Jordan, J. M. Lipham, G. L,
McGuire, Ben F. Meek Sr.,
John F. Moore, R. Lee Rober-
son, Leon A. Rose, G. E.
Smead, Larry Spruill, B. M.
Stodghill, L. R. Tarver, Dr. A.
O. Thomas, R. L. Van Norman,
H. D. Westerman and Nev Wil-
liams Jr.
In addition to seeking new
members and a stepped-up bud-
get, the Committee will put on
a program designed to “en-
courage business men to be
more active in Chamber work,
and to be sure the public is well
informed on the arms, objec-
tives and policies of the Cham-
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Skelly to Seek Pay Sand Below
12,000 Feet in County Wildcat
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Skelly Oil Company No. 167
S. M. Halley is to be drilled
to a possible bottom of 12,800
fee as a wildcat in Southeast
Winkler County.
It is nine miles southeast of
Kermit and 660 feet from north
and east lines of section 24,
block B-ll, psl survey.
REGIONAL CONTEST ENTRANTS—These four girls will travel to Odessa
Saturday to take part in regional journalism contest. From left are Carolyn Wilson,
Sandy Martin, Sandra Faulk and Mattie Gilbreath. Miss Wilson and Miss Martin
will compete in the contest and the other two will he alternate contestants. (News
Two-Car Owners
Let Tags Lapse
Winkler County citizens who
own two automobiles are buy-
ing tags for only one and are
putting the other one in the
garage until later in the year.
This is the deduction of Mae
Barnes, County Tax Assessor-
Collector, who says that this
year’s automobile tag pur-
chases through April 1 totaled
only 30 more than last year.
For several years now, tag
sales have increased at the rate
of 500 a year, but this year’s
total up to April 1 was only
4,370 as compared with 4,342
at the same time a year ago.
Under Texas laws, 'automo-
biles which are not registered
by April 1 may not be operated,
but they may be stored until
ready to be driven. Then cur-
rent tags must be secured, and
owners are required to make
an affidavit, stating they have
not operated the car since
April 1.
19 Students Picked for Charter
Membership in Honor Society
Total of 19 senior and junior tion, Dillman said. A banquet
students at Kermit High School
were named charter members
of Kermit’s National Honor So-
ciety chapter according to an
announcement by High School
Principal Neal B. Dillman.
At the initial meeting of the
group Tuesday afternoon, Jer-
ry Edwards' was named presi-
dent, June Parks, vice-presi-
dent; Carolyn Wilson, . sec-
retary; and Judy Horton, treas-
urer.
Eligibility for membership in
the honor society is decided on
the basis of four items, Dill-
man explained. “A student
must have a scholastic average
of 87 as a starter. Three other
requirements are service, lead-
ership and character,” he said.
Students are nominated for
membership by faculty mem-
bers. Applications are then
screened by a seven-member
faculty committee.
Mrs. Christine Stewart is
sponsor of the new organiza-
300 Expected at Kermit Jayeee
Dinner; Investigator to Speak
Kermit Junior Chamber of
Commerce will set 300 plates
for its annual banquet at Sen-
ior High Cafeteria Friday, May
6, at 7:16 p.m., Don Handlin,
President, announced Wednes-
day.
Principal speaker will be
State Representative H. J.
Blanchard, a Lubbock attorney,
who gained fame recently for
his investigation of the county
offices at Amarillo. He will
tell of the investigation.
Serving as master of cere-
monies will be Ernie Stodghill
with Frank Knight introducing
the guests and Blanchard.
Bill Ware, program director,
s a hi eh snot of the program
will come when new officers of
the organization are inducted.
This part of the ceremony will
have Bill Ingram, Midland, new
State Vice-President, in charge.
Don Handlin will again be
installed as president of the
group. Other officers to be
presented by Ingram will be:
Jim Spradling, first vice-presi-
dent; Don Balmer, second vice-
president; Fred Swanson, sec-
retary-treasurer; Roland Van
Norman and Bob Green, mem-
bers of the board of directors,
and Vince Wesch, state director.
The affair will be a ladies
night program. Tickets are
now being offered by the mem-
bers at $2 per plate. Ware said.
and installation program is
planned for some time in May.
Dillman added that a number
of students had the necessary
scholastic average for club
membership but the other re-
quirements stopped them. Re-
quirements are established by
the national organization.
Members include:
Seniors: Don Alspaugh, Ed-
wards, Mattie Gilbreath, Katy
Gilligan, Sharon Henrich, Miss
Horton, Linda Miracle, Hoy-
cille Montgomery, Miss Parks
and Miss Wilson.
Juniors: Mike Brown, Camilla
Carr, Arthur Davis, Mary Fogle,
Kathryn Hubbard, Sandy Mar-
tin, Mike Quimby and Jean
Smith.
Texas Crude Oil Company of
Midland No. 1-25 S. B. Wight,
East Winkler County prospector
to 11,500 feet encountered
slight show of oil and gas in a
two-hour drillstem test in an
unidentified zone at 8,130-82
feet.
Recovery was 230 feet of gas
and 30 feet of slightly oil and
gas-cut drilling mud. There
were no signs of formation wa-
ter.
Flowing pressure was be-
tween 45 and 90 pounds. Shut-
in bottom hole pressure, after
30 minutes, was 220 pounds
The project is to make more
hole.
It previously had developed
signs of possible discovery pro-
duction in the Glorieta and in
the Clear Fork.
Carter Foundation Producing
Company No. 24 Pure-Walton
is a new project in the Key-
stone-Colby field in Winkler
County, seven miles northeast
of Kermit.
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Slated for a 4,000-foot bottom,
it is 2,300 feet from north and
west lines of section 9, block
B-3, psl survey.
The same operator will drill
No. 5 Pure-Walton in the Key-
stone-Colby field. Scheduled
for a 4,000-foot depth, the test
is 1,320 feet from south and
330 feet from west lines of sec-
tion 9, block B-3, psl survey.
Vests, Dorbandt & Ross No.
1-B Magnolia-Brown & Altman
has been completed as a gas
well from the Yates zone in
the Emperor (Deep) field.
The well finaled for a cal-
culated, absolute open flow po-
tential of 252,000 cubic feet of
gas per day, through perfor-
ations from 2,498 to 2,600 feet.
Wellsite is in section 15, block
B-5, psl survey.
Pan American Petroleum
Corporation No. 13 Hendrick
T-89-J is a new oiler in the
Hendrick field.
On 24-hour potential test it
flowed 98 barrels of 31.4-gravi-
ty oil, plus two per cent water,
through a 14-64-inch choke and
perforations from 2,772 to 2,894
feet, after a 30,000-gallon frac-
ture treatment.
Wellsite is 330 feet from west
and 1,650 feet from south lines
of section 9, block B-12, psl
survey.
METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS—The Kenmit High School K Band appears
to be hopelessly confused in this photograph taken during a practice before they
left for San Antonio to compete in the 23rd Battle of Flowers Band Contest. Ac-
tually band was practicing one of their formations when picture was taken. (News
Staff Photo]
Auto Hubcaps’
Owners Sought
County Probation Officer H.
Jack Roe has three hubcaps
which he believes came off
automobiles in Winkler County.
The three hubcaps are all
that remain unidentified after
three 16-year-old youths earlier
this month pleaded guilty be-
fore County Judge W. E. Cook
to taking 20 hubcaps, three fen-
der skirts and a camera.
Roe says two of the hubcaps
are from Chevrolet automobiles
and the other from an Olds
Starliner. Owners may have
them by coming to his office
on the top floor of the court-
house and identifying them.
The camera was claimed re-
cently after its owner read in
The News that the camera was
unidentified.
The boys are required by
Judge Cook to make full resti-
tution for any losses. A cur-
few also was established after
Judge Cook gave them stern
warning that any . further in-
fractions would result in their
being sent to the Gatesville
State School for Boys.
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