The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, November 7, 1960 Page: 1 of 12
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Vote Nov. 8
It Is Your
Obligation
The Winkier County News
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Published Twice Weekly—Read Daily
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Vol. 24—No. 54
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kerm.it, Winkler County, Texas
12 Pages in Two Sections
Monday, November 7,1960
Skelly Oil Company Stakes
V2-Mile Offset In Halley
Field Southeast of Kermit
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Skelly Oil Company staked
a %-mile west offset, No. 172
S. M. Halley, to the discovery
well and sole producer of both
the Halley (Waddell) and Hal-
ley, Northeast (Ellenburger)
fields of Winkler County, nine
miles southeast of Kermit.
It also is one-half mile south-
west of Skelly’s active proj-
ect, No. 171 Halley. It spots
660 feet from north and 1,980
feet from west lines of section
24, block B-ll, psl survey. Con-
tract depth is 12,300 feet.
The discovery, Skelly’s No
167 Halley, finaled Sept. 6,
flowing 336 barrels of 50.6-
gravity oil through a %-inch
choke and Waddell perforations
at 11,612-11,760 feet. The Ellen-
burger potentialed for 1,027
barrels of oil flowing through a
one-inch choke and open hole
at 12,097-12,107 feet.
Three new well completions
were announced and sites for
two new operations were
staked.
The completions were:
Texaco Inc. No. 2-F-NCT-l
Seth Campbell has been com-
pleted as a new producer in
the Kermit (McKee) gas-dis-
tillate field of Winkler County.
It finaled for a calculated,
absolute open flow potential of
25,000 cubic feet of gas per
day from perforations at 9,914-
10,006 feet, after 750 gallon
mud-acid and 10,000 gallon
fracture treatments. Gas-liquid
ratio was 14,500-1.
Total depth is 10,628 feet,
with seven-inch casing cement-
ed at 10,623 feet.
It is 680 feet from north and
1,985 feet from east lines of
section 29, block B-3, psl sur-
vey.
Rock Island Oil & Refining
Company, Inc., completed two
projects in the Scarborough,
North (Grayburg) pool of Wink-
ler County.
No. 12-C W. F. Scarborough
flowed 63.8 barrels of 37-gravi-
ty oil through a %-inch choke
and perforations at 3,246-3,294
feet, after washing with 500
gallons of mud-acid. Gas-oil
ratio was 1,063-1. Tubing pres-
sure was 90 pounds and casing
pressure was 540 pounds.
Total depth was 3,412 feet,
with 5%-inch casing cemented
on bottom.
It is 2,310 feet from south and
K-Jackets On Road
f3eat Indians 28-23
Tn
Kermit’s unpredictable Yel-
low Jackets blew hot and cold
^Friday, but finally emerged
vvith a spine-tingling 28-23 vic-
tory over the homestanding
Seminole Indians.
The Jackets, sparked by
hard-nosed defensive play and
an explosive offense, ran up
a 20-7 half-time margin, then
fought off a desperate last-half
Seminole surge to ring up their
fourth win of the season. The
victory left Kermit with a .500
percentage for the year and a
2-2 mark in district play.
Some 2,000 spectators sat in
near-perfect weather to watch
Kermit Halfback Arthur Davis
and Seminole’s Robert Bice
turn what began as a tense
defensive battle into a spec-
tacular offensive duel,
For most of the first period
neither team could penetrate
the other’s. 40 but less than
jthree minutes deep in the sec-
ond period, the scoreboard
read: Kermit 14, Seminole 7.
The Yellow Jackets tacked on
nother touchdown for good
easure .just 15 seconds be-
fore the gun sounded, ending
the first half.
Davis led the first-half scor-
ing parade with touchdowns
on runs of. 10 and 95 yards,
the latter a scintillating kick-
off return along the west side-
line following Seminole’s initial
marker.
Davis forged ahead in the
District 2-AAA scoring race,
tallying 14 points — two TD’s
and two extra points — to
demote Norman Smith of
Monahans to second place in
the scoring race. The Lobo
quarterback, who has con-
sistently led in loop scoring,
could manage just one TD
Friday against Pecos to fali
behind 78-86.
Kermit fullback David Mc-
Guire also sparkled, talWme
the second and third quarters
p runs of one and four yards,
e powerful Jacket senior
provided Kermit w'tb the of-
fensive punch lacking since he
was sidelined Sept. 16 due to a
spine injury. He carried 13
times for 51 yards, an average
of four yards per carry, and
was a standout at his defen-
sive linebacker position.
Davis, however, led the
ground-gainers for the evening
with an average of 7.4 yards
per carry. He gained 111 yards
in 15 rushing attempts, not in-
cluding the 95-yard kickoff re-
turn.
Bice was double-dangerous
for Seminole, running and pass-
ing for a total offense of 85
yards, including four conver-
sion points and one touchdown
pass to Halfback Jimmy Hol-
ton.
Tough line play sparked both
teams’ efforts with.Mike Quim-
by, Billy Bell and Jack Evans
(Continued on Page Two)
Absentee Votes
Now Total 167
County Clerk Fred V. Adams
reported Friday afternoon that
167 ballots had been voted ab-
sentee and another 24 were
still out.
“The ballot must be voted
by Nov. 4 and notarized on
that day,” the Clerk said. “If
it is dated Nov. 4 by a notary
and arrives at this office by
1 p.m. of Election Day it will
be counted.”
“I expect that a few more
ballots will come in o.ver the
week end,” Adams added.
east lines of section 2, block
C-22, psl survey.
No. 4-E W. F. Scarborough
Estate in 24 hours flowed 49.88
barrels of 37-gravity oil
through a %-inch choke and
perforations at 2,910-3,143 feet,
after acidizing with 1,500 gal-
lons. Gas-oil ratio was 877-1.
Tubing pressure was 100
pounds and casing pressure
860 pounds.
Total depth was 3,170 feet,
with 5%-inch casing set at that
point.
George L. Buckles Company
of Monahans will drill No. 16
Colby, two miles southwest
of Kermit in the Kermit field.
It is 990 feet from south and
1,650 feet from east lines of
section 38, block 26, psl survey.
Contract depth is 3,200 feet.
Sigma Exploration Corpora-
tion of Dallas scheduled oper-
ations on No. 1-B Brown & Alt-
(Continued on Page Seven)
apn the
(Gene)
Jaycee Forum
Attended by 50
Fifty county residents turned
out last Thursday evening,
Nov. 3, to hear six representa-
tives of the three local political
parties explain their poihts of
view and answer questions.
panel were S. E.
Burnett, chairman of
the Winkler County Democratic
Party; Tom Marion, former
Democratic county chairman;
C. M. Chastain, county chair-
man of the Democrats for
Nixon-Lodge; Bill Lee of Mon-
ahans, Ward County Republi-
can campaign chairman; Dr.
Martin Boone of Midland, Dis-
trict Constitution Party chair-
man; and Lyle Bartlett of Mid-
land, also representing the Con-
stitution Party.
The program, sponsored by
the Kermit Junior Chamber of
Commerce, was a question and
answer period with questions
being directed to the panel
from the floor. Affair was
held in High School cafeteria.
Don Handlin, president of the
Jaycees, said he was extremely
pleased with the program.
“This was the first time we
had ever tried such a program
and although we had hoped for
a larger attendance, the dis-
cussion brought out and in-
foi-mation revealed were well
worth the effort. We hope to
do this again.”
eavy Local Vote
Expected Tuesday;
4,054 Are Eligible
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 8,
voters in Kermit, Winkler
County, the State of Texas and
the entire United States have
their opportunity to say who
will be the next President of
the United States.
Polls in Winkler County will
open at 8 a.m. and close at 7
p.m.
Between these hours it is es-
timated that 60 to 70 per cent
of the 4,054 eligible voters in
the county will mark their bal-
lots in one of four locations.
Polling places in Winkler
County, by precincts, are as
follows:
Precinct 1 — Old VFW build-
ing off the Jal Highway.
Precinct 2 — Wink Communi-
ty Center.
Precinct 3 — Boy Scout Hut.
Precinct 4 — Community
Center.
In addition to voting for
President and Vice President,
voters will also mark their bal-
lots for 26 other offices. Thir-
teen of the positions are for
state offices; four for district
offices; and nine are for coun-
ty positions.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT—The ballot box is more than a symbol of
freedom—it is the heart of a free world, given to us through the blood of our fore-
fathers. Your right to vote is more tharc^ right—it is a duty. Be a good citizen—
be a voting citizen. Polls open tomorrow (Tuesday), Nov. 8, at 8 a.m. and close
at 7 p.m.
Hunt Centered South of Wink
Check Search Continues
Searching for a needle in a
haystack is nothing qompared
with the search being conduct-
ed by Sheriff L. B. (Bill) Ed-
dins and his deputies.
They are searching for a
small paper sack buried some-
where along the road between
Wink and Pyote.
The bag contains checks
taken in the Sept. 28 armed
robbery of Kermit grocer Gus
Mueller and were buried by
the escaping quartet of bandits
the night of the robbery.
Sheriff Eddins said Randolph
Wilson, 23, of San Angelo, re-
cently indicted by the Winkler
County Grand Jury as one of
the four involved in the rob-
bery, is helping in the search.
“We have spent a day out
in the country looking for those
checks,” the Sheriff said. “The
DAVIS ON THE DRIVE
Kermit’s Arthur Davis is pictured as he started on
a 95-yard touchdown romp on a Seminole kick-off. Davis scored two touchdowns
and added a two point conversion to lead the Jackets to a 28-23 victory over the
Indians. (News Staff Photo)
only lead we have to go on
is that Wilson told us the burial
site was about six miles south
of Wink, in sand, beside a fair-
ly tall mesquite tree.”
Wednesday afternoon (Nov.
2) Eddins, Deputy Johnny
Stout, Wilson, County Judge
W. E. Cook and a reporter
went looking for the checks.
About 10 minutes beyond
Wink, Wilson, sitting in the
right front seat of Sheriff Ed-
dins’ car said, “Stop! This
looks like it might be the
place.”
Taking rakes and pitchfork
from the rear of the car, all
went across the bar ditch, over
the fence and started raking or
poking. After half an hour, the
group moved on.
“It is awful hard to tell,”
Wilson said. “I remember that
Rogers (R. >D. Rogers of San
Angelo, also indicted by the
Grand Jury in connection with
the holdup) got out of the car,
walked across the bar ditch,
climbed over the fence and
kneeled down and buried the
checks. I know it was by a
tall ‘skeet.’ ”
A few hundred yards down
the road another likely spot
was seen. Again the group got
their tools and started the
same tedious procedure. Again
they came up with nothing.
Tins time, fanning out a lit-
tle, the group started walking
down the fence line. In all,
;omewhere in the neighbor-
hood of three or four miles
were covered — to no avail.
“We need to find those
checks as positive proof,” the
Sheriff said None of the mon
'•y, estimated to be $3,200 was
■ecovered. The checks were
all buried and the cash divided
between Wilson, Rogers, Hollis
Eugene Boatwright and Budch
Leon Gordon. Boatwright and
Gordon were also named ;r
indictments for the armed rob
bery.
“Rogers told me he could
find those checks again if he
needed to,” Wilson said at one
time during the search. He
will probably be brought here
this week to aid in the searen,
the Sheriff said.
“I don’t think we can find
those checks the way we are
eo’ing at it now.” Eddins said.
“There is simply too much ter-
do a good job. We need to pin
the area down to within a few
hundred feet, then we might
find them.”
“They were in a hurry,
scared and at night things look
different,” Eddins added. “I
think Wilson is trying to help
but he just can’t remember
where those checks were bur-
ied.”
"'dory and too few people to]20 years
TRAVIS STOVALL
. . . visiting Rotarian
District Rotary
Governor Will
Visit Kermit
Kermit Rotary Club will host
Travis Stovall, governor of Dis-
trict 552 Rotary International
Wednesday, Nov. 9, at its noor
uncheon meeting at Commun-
ty Center.
Meeting has been set back
me day due to voting being
■onducted in the Community
Center Tuesday, regular meet-
ng day of the club.
Stovall is making an annual
visit to the 48 clubs in the New
Mexico and West Texas area
which comprises his district
Following the meeting, he will
confer with Rotary President
George Mitchell and other
members.
Stovall lives in Clovis, N M..
where he is superintendent of
schools. He has been a mem-
ber of Rotary International for
Co-Chairmen Named
For Community Chest
Community Chest President
Robert Scogin Thursday eve-
ning appointed John Fanning
and himself co-chairmen for
the annual Community Chest
Drive, Nov. 10-15.
“The drive, which will be ex-
tremely short and , intensive,”
Scogin said, “will start Thurs-
day morning with a coffee for
workers and end Nov. 15 at
6 p.m.”
The kick-off coffee will be
held at 8:30 a.m. in Communi-
ty Center. Scogin asked that
all persons contacted to work
on the drive, Chest board mem-
bers and leaders of Kermit and
Wink civic organizations at-
tend the affair.
Budget for the campaign this
year was set at $20,754.58, the
president reported.
Of the total, six organiza-
tions will receive the following
amounts:
Salvation Army — $2,400
Girl Scouts — $5,061
Red Cross — $3,549
Boy Scouts — $6,644.58
Goodfellows — $700
$2,500 Bond Set
For 4 Indicted
By Grand Jury
Three of four San Angelo wo-
men recently indicted by the
Winkler County Grand Jury
have been arrested and placed
in Winkler County jail.
The three are Claudia Muer-
er, 23, Frances Stewart, 20.
and Greta Johnson, 20. Not yet
in custody is Mrs. Juanita Wil-
son.
The quartet was indicted for
testimony given at an exam-
:ning trial held here last month
n connection with the armed
robbery of a Kermit grocery
store.
All testified they had either
seen or been with a defendant
in the case, Randolph Wilson,
23, of San Angelo, on the night
of the robbery. Sept. 28. An-
other witness at the trial later
changed her testimony and was
not indicted.
Miss Stewart and Miss John-
son were arrested at San An-
:eio last Tuesday, Nov. l, while
Hiss Muerer was picked up,
also at San Angelo, Thursday
light.
Bond was set at $2,500 each
by District Judge G. C. Olsen
Miss Muerer and Miss Johnson
ire in the county jail in lieu of
bond while ‘Miss Stewart posted
bond Thursday and was freed
Confessions from three of the
'our involved in the hijacking,
R. D. Rogers, 34. Buddy Leon
Gordon, 20, and Hollis Eugene
Boatwright, 23, all of San An-
gelo, implicated Wilson.
All but Gordon were arrested
at Runnels County in a thwart-
ed robbery of a grocery store
there. Gordon was picked up
at San Angelo last week.
Heart Association — $1,000
Operating- budget for cam-
paign expenses was set almost
$500 less than that of last year,
Scogin said. Working budget
is $1,400.
“The campaign will be
short,” he said. “Therefore it
is extremely important that
we obtain sufficient workers to
put this campaign over the
top. Workers are urgently
needed and my co-chairman
and I are calling upon every
civic-minded resident of this
county to take his fair part
in this worthwhile cause.”
Charges of Fondling
Child Lodged Here
A 48-year-old Kermit man
was released on $4,000 bond
Thursday after a charge of
fondling a minor female child
was lodged against him by the
parents of the girl.
The incident allegedly occur-
red Wednesday evening in Ker-
mit. Officials of Winkler Coun-
ty Sheriff’s office and Kermit
Police Department are contin-
uing investigation into the case.
County Judge W. E. Cook
reminded voters that in order
to split their vote they must
mark out names of all other
candidates for offices other
than that of the person for
whom they are voting. “In the
Presidential race, for in-
stance,” the Judge said, “it
is extremely important to note
that there are four candi-
dates, a Republican, Democrat,
Constitutionist and Prohibition-
ist.”
He continued, “When you
vote for one pf these candi-
dates, you must scratch the
names of the other three. If
you mark out only two, your
vote for President cannot be
counted.”
In order to vote a straight
ticket, or give your vote to
all candidates of one party,
you must draw a line through
every other party column.
“If you have any question
as to how to vote,” Cook said,
The News again will main-
tain its election night watch,
posting returns as they are
obtained from the polls on
our bulletin board window.
We will continue until com-
plete county totals are an-
nounced. In addition, we will
also man our telephones to
provide the same information
to those at home.
“ask the ballot clerk. He can
give you the information.”
In addition to the election of
officers, four constitutional
amendments are also on the
ballot.
The County Clerk’s office will
be closed all day Tuesday in
order that canvass of absentee
ballots can be conducted.
“State law requires that
there be no one entering the
room in which the official can-
vass is being conducted,”
Fred V. Adams, Clerk, said.
“Therefore this office will be
(Continued on Page Five)
M
APPLE FOR TEACHER — Six-year-old Jerry
Cade, as first-grade student at Purple Sage, is among
the many Kermit school children taking part in Amer-
ican Education Week activities. Like most first-
graders, Jerry enjoys school and is showing his appre-
ciation by giving his teacher, Mrs. W. N. Cornelius,
an apple. (News Staff Photo)
VOTE * * * Polls Open 8 a.m.—Close 7 p.m. VOTE
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, November 7, 1960, newspaper, November 7, 1960; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth895450/m1/1/?q=scrappy: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.