The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1960 Page: 1 of 23
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Oct. 15-21
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Vol. 24—No. 49
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
24 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, October 20, 1960
Absent Voters
14Can Obtain
Ballots Now
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More than 20 absentee ballots
were placed in the mail Wed-
nesday morning for voting in
the Nov. 8 general election, ac
cording to Winkler County
Clerk Fred V. Adams.
Ballots may be applied for,
and will be mailed by Adams,
anytime between now and
Nov. 4.
“To date we have had 23
persons either come in and ap-
ply for an absentee . ballot or
write in for- one. We have also
had some people come in and
vote absentee,” the County
Clerk said.
According to state law, any
person eligible to vote and
knowing he will not be in the
city on the date of the election
,may apply for an absentee bal
•got.
Adams said if someone writes
in for a ballot he must include
his poll tax receipt or exemp-
tion certificate along with his
request. The receipt will be
returned 30 days after the elec-
tion, the time required by law.
“After we receive a request
Oil Show
Opening
Set Today
The 1960 Permian Basin Oil
Show will be dedicated to J. P.
(Bum) Gibbins of Midland, pio-
neer West Texas oil man, ac-
cording to an announcement
from the show’s board of di-
rectors.
Gibbins’ oil well servicing
company, one of \ce, largest
in the world, maintains an of-
fice at Kermit.
Dedication ceremonies will
he held at 1 p.m. today (Thurs-
day) at the Odessa Coliseum.
A mile-long parade featuring
bands from throughout Texas,
including the Kermit High
School K Band, will precede
the dedication ceremonies. Pa-
rade will wind its way through
downtown Odessa starting at
11 a.m. Show will continue
through Sunday,
A native Texan, Gibbins be-
gan his oil career at the bot-
tom in 1919, when he bought a
team of mules and went into
business for himself at Burk-
burnett.
He later came to West Tex-
as’ Yates field and in 1935 was
co-founder of Gibbins andHeas-
ley. In 1938 he bought out his
partner to form the company
which is now known as. J. P.
(Bum) Gibbins, Inc. It em-
ploys more than 500 people.
Ticket books for the enter-
tainment portions of the oil
show are available from the
ijftrmit Chamber of Commerce
office. Entrance to exhibits is
free and entertainment sched-
uled includes a stage show,
^inces and a Chuck Wagon
Gang barbecue. Books cost
$2.50.
we check to make sure the
person is an eligible voter and
if he is, we send out the bal-;
lot,” Adams said.
“The prospective voter musti
then mark his ballot before a
notary public and then return
it to the County Clerk,” he:
said. “The ballots are placed
in a box and held, unopened,
until election day. After the
polls close an official canvass
board comes in and opens the.
envefopes and counts the bal-
lots.”
Adams said ballots must be
voted by Nov. 4 and must be in
the Clerk’s office .by 1 p.m
of the day of the election,
Nov. 8.
The Clerk said he had re-
ceived requests for ballots:
some time ago but could not.
mail them out until yesterday, j
“The law requires County J
Clerks to send out absentee ,
ballots not earlier than 20 days
prior to the election nor later
than four days before an elec-
tion,” he said.
In addition to voting absentee
by mail, anyone desiring to
vote ahead of time by absentee
ballot, and has valid reason
for doing so, may apply for
the ballot at the Clerk’s office.
During the last general elec-
tion including a presidential
race, in 1956, -tota-l of 122 ab-
sentee ballots were returned to
the Clerk’s office. “There are
always between four and five
ballots which are. not re-
turned,” Adams added.
T-P Coal & Oil
County Venture
h Stabilized
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
The gas, distillate and water
flow has stabilized in Texas
Pacific Coal & Oil Company
No. 8-2 Brown & Altman, Wink-
ler County venture.
It is flowing at the daily rate
of 9,800,000 cubic feet of gas,
accompanied by 7.6 barrels of
distillate and 1.7 barrels of
water per million cubic feet
per day. This flow comes
from Devonian perforations at
9,230-9,284 feet and 9,324-9,340
feet, after 500-gallon mud-acid
treatment. Choke size was un-
reported. Tubing pressure was
1,675 pounds.
The venture is 3/4-mile north-
west and southwest of Devon-
ian production in the Emperor
(multipay) field, six miles
south of Kermit and 660 feet
from south and west lines of
section 5, block B-ll, psl sur-
vey.
Richardson Oils, Inc., of
Monahans has completed No.
12-5 M. J. Hill Estate as the
fourth well and a location north
extension to production in the
Halley, South (Queen sand)
pool of Winkler County.
It finaled for a daily poten-
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ACCREDITATION VISITORS—D. M. Mayer (left) of Kermit Schools looks
at record being examined by members of accreditation team which examined Ker-
mit schools this week. In photo (left to right) are Mayer, Norris Young, Julian
Riggers and Ken Clover. The team said it was highly impressed with Kermit’s
youth facilities. (News Staff Photo)
Accreditation Team Impressed
With. Youth Facilities In Kermit
Three members of a state
agency conducting an exam-
ination of Kermit schools this
week reported they were high-
ly impressed with facilities for
youth in the community.
Ken Clover of Austin, con-
sultant with the State Depart-
ment of Education said “I and
mv associates are tremendous-
ly; ihTnr'o-’s-v. with facilities the
people -of this community have
made available for their chil-
dren.”
With Clover on the two-day
accreditation visit were Julian
Biggers and Norris Young. The
trip was in Kermit for a visi-
tation and from here went to
Andrews.
Young is with the Distrib-
utive Education Department
of the State Education Agency
while Biggers is a consultant
on guidance and supervision.
“Everyone in the agency goes
out on an accreditation visit
at one time or another,” Big-
gers said.
Accreditation visits are made
on a regular schedule to most
of the schools in Texas. “Since
there are so many school dis-
tricts in the state,” Clover
said, “it is a long time be-
tween visits unless the district
has been below par or on the
borderline.”
Clover said the team checks
physical items, equipment for
teaching, curriculum and “ev-
erything except auditing the
books.” It is on the recom-
mendation of this committee
and the action of the State
Commission on Accreditation,
of which Kermit Superinten-
dent G. E. (Tommy) Thomp-
son is chairman, that state and
federal aid to a district is
maintained, reduced or elim-
inated.
“We were all highly pleased
with Kermit,” Clover said. It
was the first visit to Wes*
Texas for the Austin trio. “The
County Park, youth center and
community center for adults,
show that the people of this
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Fourth Petit Jury
Summoned for Duty
The fourth panel of Petit
Jurors of 109th District Court
at Kermit has been requested
to appear in district courtroom
at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1,
according to an announcement
from the office of District
Judge G. C. Olsen.
The panel lists a total of 44
people, 37 from Kermit and
seven from Wink. The third
announced venire of jurors was
ordered to report to the court-
room for service at 9 a.m.,
Tuesday, Oct. 25, for the sec-
ond week of criminal actions.
Included on the fourth venire
are the following:
Kermit — James W. Satter-
field, Cabot Walton Camp; A.
H. Sharpnack, Box 906; Mil-
lard W. Sanders, 432 North
Cedar; Mrs. Mary Sallese, 447
North Pine; D. H. Sales; Gay-
lord Smith, Star Route; Mrs.
Paul F. Brucks, 748 South Ave-
nue A; W. E. Smith, 275 East
Van; J. B. Cooper, 530 North
Avenue B; Joe W. Stuard, Cab-
ot Walton Camp; W. L. Ether-
edge,816 South Pine; Barbara
J. Cook, 732 North Cedar; J. R.
Stephen, 526 North Tornillo;
Earl G. Smith, 434 North Pine;
H. E. Odom, Cabot Walton
Camp; N. B. Crawford, 831
Madison;
Leon Nutt, 426 North Ash;
J. W. Medcalf, 112 Jefferson;
Joe D. Dickens, 101 West Wa-
co; M. M. Cox, Richardson
Oil Camp; Leon Blakeney, 712
North Avenue A; C. T. Orozco,
236% North Walnut; D. R.
Copeland, 720 North Ash; Bil-
ly J. Fugate, 942 East Bryan;
Tommy Vail, 716 North Ash;
Mildred E. Marlett, Box 937;
Caterino Jaquez, 119 North
Spruce; David Sumpter, 400
North Ash; H. P. Barry, 721
South Avenue B; Elbert Clem-
ents, 412 North Ash; Don Stid-
ham, 218 South Cedar; Leo
Edwards, 837 Robinson; Lloyd
Ellingwood, 926 Bellaire; Troy
Warren, 723 North Oak; P. W.
Williams, 419 North Oak; Law
rence Mills, 727 North Cedar;
and O. F. Conner, 200 West
Sweetwater.
Wink — W. L. Brown, Box
356; Max R.Carman, 321 Wink-
ler; M. D. Barnes, Box 221;
S. D. Brown, Pasotex Camp;
E. J. Bishop, Box 123; Mar-
lene L. Blackburn, 305 South
Cansler; and Raymond Walker,
Box 291.
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Cold Snap Strikes
After Heavy Rains
Over Four Inches
Of Rain Recorded
The cold front from the
Rocky Mountains which push-
ed rain, hail, wind, dust and
tornadoes into West Texas over
the week end, sent tempera-
tures plunging Wednesday.
According to the Federal
Aviation Agency weather sta-
tion at Wink, a low of 48 de-
grees was reached in Kermit
at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, while
the high for the day was
60 degrees. Temperatures last
week were in the 80’s during
the day and high 50’s at night.
The weather station reported
the four days of rain dumped
a total of 3.5 inches on Wink
but unofficial reports in Ker-
mit placed the rain measure-
ment at more than four inches
in some locales.
Streets throughout Kermit
were flooded and city crews
were busy all day Monday
erecting and then taking down
“street closed” signs. A four-
block area around the drainage
pit in the northwest part of
Kermit was completely inun-
dated.
Streets surrounding the hos-
pital were flooded out as were
roads and intersections on East
Austin Street, South Poplar
Street and Campbell Street.
The storm moved into the
area Saturday afternoon bring-
ing strong winds and blowing
dust to Winkler County. Al-
though the dust stopped flying
early in the evening, the heavy
winds blew until about 10 p.m
when the rain started.
From Saturday night until
Monday the rains continued in
termittently with only brief
rest periods. Monday after-
noon the skies cleared for a
short time, only to see heavy
overcast return to the scene.
The rains started with new
vigor late in the afternoon and
continued well into Tuesday
morning. At various times
Tuesday morning the sky be-
came overcast but by noon
the sun was shining.
One rain gauge near down-
town Kermit recorded one inch
of moisture over the week end
and from Monday morning un-
til Tuesday morning it logged
an additional 3.05 inches.
On Hejupe Drive a rain
gauge showed 2.2 inches of
precipitation over the week
end and 1.3 inches Monday
night and Tuesday morning.
On the Odessa Highway, at
Seth Campbell’s ranch, a gauge
measured a total of 2.90 inches
of moisture from Saturday
through Tuesday morning. On
South Avenue D, L. R. Tarver
reported his gauge showed 3.61
inches.
Boy Scouts Will
Name Officers
Five prospective officers will
be named by a nominating
committee headed by O. O.
Whitten of Wink during an elec-
tion meeting of Buffalo Trail
Council, Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca, to be held Tuesday, Oct.
25, at Odessa.
Also on the nominating com-
mittee' are E. M. Schur of
Odessa, Emil Rassman of Mid
land, Champ Rainwater of Big
Spring and M. O. Woolem of
Andrews.
The meeting is scheduled to
get under way at the Lincoln
Hotel at 7 p.m. Officers to
be elected for 1961 include
president, four vice-presidents,
a commissioner, treasurer and
assistant treasurer.
STREET CLOSED—Such signs were common around Kermit Monday as city
crews blocked off streets flooded by rains which started Saturday and continued
through Tuesday. Rain in Kermit was measured, unofficially, at more than 4
inches. (News Staff Photo)
FLOODED INTERSECTION — Monday’s rain
placed numerous streets in Kermit under water. In
photo above, intersection of East Austin and Avenue
C is completely under water.
Kermit-Andrews Game
Movies at JC Meeting
Films of the Kermit-Andrews
football game will be shown
tonight <Thursday) at the reg-
ular weekly meeting of the
Kermit Junior Chamber of
Commerce at the Permian Sav-
ings and Loan Associat'on
Board Room. Meeting starts
at 8 o’clock.
The movie, which is the first
in a series of programs to be
held during Jaycee meetings,
will be shown after a short
business meeting.
At one time Sunday night
the weather knocked out lights
over a wide range of streets
in the north and northwest part
of the city. Orville Work, man-
ager of Community Public
Service Company here, report-
ed lightning knocked out a re-
lay causing the blackout.
“That was the only serious
trouble we had,” Work report-
ed. “Everything was back to
normal however by Monday
morning.”
The four-day rain brought
the precipitation total for the
year, according to figures com-
piled by the FAA station at
Wink, to 16.32 inches.
Through the end of Septem-
ber the station recorded a
total of 12.95 inches of mois-
ture. On Saturday, Oct. 15,
gauges there showed .16 of an
inch; Sunday, Oct. 16, an ad-
ditional .13; Monday, Oct. 171
the gauge indicated 1.50 inch-
es; and Tuesday, Oct. 18 an
additional .50.
Also during the month there
were two days when traces of
moisture, , measuring .05 and!
.03, were recorded.
Water in many parts of the
city was still standing on the
roads Wednesday afternoon andj
much of the area around the
drainage pit was also still
flooded.
Some residents reported their
garages flooded although gen-
erally damage throughout the
city was considered very light
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ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN MAIL—County Clerk
Fred V. Adams mailed about 20 absentee ballots Wed-
nesday for voting in Nov. 8 general elections. Applica-
tions for absentee ballots may be made until Nov. 4.
(News Staff Photo)
Making Annual Service Calls
Rutherford Stumping Here
Continuing his annual service
calls throughout the 19-county
16th Congressional District,
U. S. Rep. J. T. Rutherford
was a Kermit visitor Tuesday.
Rutherford made no formal
appearance here, but spent
several hours calling on friends
and talking with people on the
streets.
His schedule called for later
visits to Mentone and Wink.
Late in the week Rutherford
was to go to El Paso for
several days, and he has just
completed a swing through
eight counties in the Big Bend
region.
While in Kermit, Rutherford
said that the biggest issue to
face Congress when it con-
venes in January is “the state
of our national defense forces,
and the expulsion of Commu-
nism from the Western hemi-
sphere.”
He. was critical of our gov-
ernment’s being indifferent to
the rise of Communism in the
Western hemisphere “until the
Reds had a foothold 90 miles
off the coast of Florida.” The
Congressman said he believes
our government must work
hand-in-hand with Mexico and
its sister republics in Latin
America “something along the
lines of our old Good Neighbor
policy” to make our free, dem-
ocratic way of life more ap-
pealing to our Latin neighbors
than Communism.
The Congressman said that
House, Truck
Broken Into
Over Week End
A house being moved and the
truck moving it were broken
;nto and ransacked last week
end according to a report from
Kermit Police Department.
The house, which was being
moved by Johnson House Mov
’ng Company, was parked or
the Kermit truck by-pass, near
the County swimming pool
when the vandal Pm occurred.
According to Mns. V. W
lohnson, a window of the
house was broken and the
house itself was entered. The
hoiwo was empty. A window
of the locked truck was also
broken and the cab was ran-
sacked.
Mrs. Johnson said the truck
oapers were missing along with
some tools, a length of chain
and a breather off the carbu-
retor.
while .national defense costs
some $40 billion annually, it is
“a necessary insurance policy
on the nation’s survival” and
said he saw no hope for re-
duction of military expendi-
tures so long as we live in
the tense climate now present
among the world’s community
of nations.
Rutherford said such spend-
ing makes it imperative that
non-essential spending be cut,
and pointed out for that reason
he has voted eight consecutive
times -against increasing the
national debt ceiling and each
year voted for considerably
less money than asked by the
President and approved by
Congress.
He said that with the nation-
al debt at an all-time peace-
time high “and some $20 bil-
lion higher than it was eight
years ago,” it is unrealistic to
talk of tax reductions.
“While such talk is political-
ly appealing,” he said, “it is
not fiscally responsible.” He
believes the national debt
should be reduced before any
major tax revision is consid-
ered.
Nominations Wanted
For Citizen of Year
Nominations for the annual
Citizen of the Year award are
now being accepted at the
Chamber of Commerce office,
according to an announcement
by Fred W. Pearson, Chamber
manager.
Nominations for the award,
presented by the Chamber of
Commerce, may be made by
any club or individual.
“Only requirement is that the
nomination be made in writ-
ing,” Pearson said. “The nom-
ination should be either mailed
to. the Chamber of Commerce
office or brought here.”
A secret committee of three
will choose the Citizen of the
Year from the nominations
submitted.
“Some of the pre-requisites
for this award, and things
which should be taken into con-
sideration when making a nomi-
nation, have been listed by
the Chamber of Commerce,”
Pearson said. They include:
1. Interest in national proj-
ects.
2. Service rendered to youth
groups.
3. Service to fund-raising
■ampaigns.
4. Interest in Americanism,
Citizenship projects.
5. Interest and participation
'n local, state and national
government.
6. Interest and activities and
enthusiasm in his own chosen
business or profession.
7. Service to the needy in
the community.
8. Interest in promoting wel-
fare of community through
membership and interest in
civic, fraternal and church or-
ganizations.
The award, fourth in the
series, will be presented dur-
ing the Chamber of Commerce
annual meeting sometime in
early 1961. Nominations are
open to any Kermit resident,
man or woman, Pearson said.
Nominations for the award
will be accepted until Nov. 15.
Officers Check
Minor Accidents
Kermit Police officers are
investigating two minor auto
mishaps within the city limits
which occurred early this
week.
In one accident, cars oper-
ated by Nancy Jo Kirkpatrick
of 854 Jeffee Drive and War-
ren David Hastings of Mona-
hans Highway collided at Aus-
tin and Avenue D, police said.
Damage to the Kirkpatrick
vehicle was about $75. Officers
did not list damage to the
other vehicle. Accident occur-
red Monday.
Tuesday morning cars oper-
ated by Grace Lemastei* Wittie
of 308 North Avenue B and
Arthur Bruce Scudday of 620
Robinson Street were involved
:n a minor collision in front of
the Post Office. Damage to
the cars was slight, officers
reported.
Grand Jury to Meet
Winkler County Grand Jury
will reconvene at 2 p.m. today
i Thursday) to hear additional
cases. The Grand Jury met
earlier this month and return-
ed a number of indictments.
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