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The Winkler County News
Published Twice Weekly—Head Daily
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Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
10 Pages in Two Sections
Monday, November 6, 1961
Thursday Car-Truck Wreck
Claims Life of Kermit Man
WINNING TALLY Randy Hicks of Seminole (31) clutches ball as he com-
pleted bulling his way across Kermit goal line in encounter at Walton Field Fri-
day night. Seminole won the defensive battle 7-0. In photo are Cecil Cantrell (41)
arid Alton Cox (60). (News Staff Photo)
Open Mouse Set
At Junior Hiyh
An open house will be held
at Kermit Junior High School
Tuesday, Nov. 7, starting at
7:30 p.m., Irvin Clayton, prin-
cipal, announced. The open
house is being held in con-
nection with the annual ob-
servance of National Educa-
tion Week.
In addition to the open
house at the Junior High
School, special activities have
been slated at all the schools,
on a class-by-class arrange-
ment except for the High
School.
A mixed choral group will
provide entertainment at the
Junior High School auditori-
um, Clayton said. Following
the entertainment, and intro-
duction of teachers, which
will be held in the auditorium,
there will be a period for
visitation.
National Education Week,
Nov. 5-11 is a period during
which school people encour-
age patrons to visit the schools
and become acquainted with
the faculty and the facilities.
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Sales Tax Deduction
.Plan Told By IRS
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced a
table whereby taxpayers in Kermit and throughout the
Hi ate of Texas can deduct their new sales taxes without
the difficulty of J^eemn .,.dcViiJ.edv, records.
(B*. Frank White, IRS regional commissioner an-
nounced the plan.
Many taxpayers have questioned how they can de-
duct the multitude of state sales'-
tax payments from their feder-
al income tax.
“Texas taxpayers making
state sales tax payments in ex-
cess of the amounts shown on
the table may take deductions
to which [ they are lawfully en-
titled,” White said.
However, these taxpayers
must keep sales tax records and
be able to prove their deduc-
tions in Ithe same way as they
would be required to verify any
other deductions on their tax
return. ,
“Taxpayers • using the stan-
dard 10 . per cent deduction
would ncft be entitled to deduct
the Texas sales tax payment,”
White said.
A.The tax table gives average
Amounts { spent by Texas resi-
dents for: sales taxes and is ar-
ranged according to various ad-
justed gross income brackets.
a Since the Texas sales tax law
Hd not go into effect until
Sept. 1 of this year, the IRS
tax table covers the period be-
tween Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 1961.
A new table will be published
for 1962.
White explained that estimates
of average Texas general sales
tax payments are based on two
kinds of information — state
sales tax laws and a statistical
analysis of consumer spending.
The table does not include
such deductible items as the
Texas state tax on gasoline,
which is five cents a gallon, or
the state tax on cigarettes, eight
cents a pack, which was effect-
ive Aug. 28, 1961.
The following table shows the
adjusted gross income (Form
1040, line 9, page one) in the
first column and the sales tax
deductible in the second col-
umn:
Officers Capture
Auto Thief After
Lengthy Chase
A high-speed auto chase that
started in Jal, N. M„ was
brought to a conclusion just
north of Kermit Sunday morn-
ing when Ira Refell King, 51,
was captured in a stolen car.
The capture came as a Jal
police officer, a Winkler County
Deputy Sheriff and two Kermit
Police Department officers es-
tablished road blocks and join-
ed in the chase.
According to officials, King
allegedly stole a .car in Carls-
H)d. N. M. At Jal, Officer Don
Roberts spotted him and made
chase but was out-distanced by
King as he sped toward Kermit
at speeds which the officer re-
ported were in excess of 100
miles per hour. King’s last resi-
dence was in Phoenix, Ariz.
Deputy Sheriff Hobart White
and Police Officers Bill Sage
and C. A. McCabe answered
Roberts call for assistance and
cut off the road into Kermit.
King turned off the highway
however, before reaching the
roadblock.
Sage finally stopped the cul-
prit on the butane route north
of Kermit as the other officers
closed in. He offered no re-
sistance. A two-state al^rm for
the car had been sounded by
Carlsbad officials.
In Kermit, officials said
Carlsbad authorities and Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation
agents had been
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Body Pinned As Car
Overturns, Burns
A car-gas transport crash north of Kermit Thursday
afternoon instantly claimed the life of a Kermit resident.
Killed in the 2:30 p.m. mishap was Clyde Ervin Wil-
liamson, 47, of English Trailer Park.
The accident occurred at the intersection of a paved
County road and Farm to Market Road 847, situated 5.2
miles northwest of Kermit. The roads meet just west of
the Mobil Plant and about half
MENIS HONORED—Kermit High K Band hon-
ored Greek exchange student Kleomenis Paraskevas
during halftime ceremonies of Kermit-Seminole game
Friday night. Helping Menis put on the jacket which
was presented him is band twirler Jeanette Lowrey.
(News Staff Photo);
a mile north of the Cabot Wal-
ton gas plant.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Dunkel-Carmichael
Funeral Chapel at Pampa. Bur-
ial was in Pampa Cemetery.
Maples Funeral Home in Her-
mits was in charge of local ar-
rangements.
According to Texas Highway
Patrolman Tommy Brown, who
investigated the accident, Mr.
Williamson’s 1955 model Chev-
rolet station wagon was travel-
ing south on the County road,
while the transport, which was
operated by Steven Levy Wil-
liamson, 57, of Artesia, N. M
was headed east on the Farm
to Market Road. He was not
injured.
The two men are not related.
The truck was owned by the
Steere Truck Lines. Mr. Wil-
liamson was employed as gen-
eral superintendent in this area
for the oil interests of Dr. Sam
G. Dunn of Lubbock. He report-
edly was returning to Kermit
after having visited a lease in
Cheyenne Dr".w, a few miles
north of the site of the fatal
accident.
The car struck the left side
of the truck and was thrown
clear rolling once and landing
upside down. Williamson was
pinned to the wreckage, half in
and half dut of the car.
The car immediately caught
fire. Brown said the truck driv
er attempted to keep the flames
from the pinned body with a
fire extinguisher from his truck.
Shortly after the accident some
passers-by came along and help-
ed remove the body while the
flames were held back with the
fire extinguisher.
Firemen from Kermit were
also called to the scene to put
out the blaze.
The gas transport truck ap-
parently was empty! officials
at the scene reported.
Mr. Williamson had lived in
Kermit for the" last three years,
having moved here from An-
drews. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Hilda Williamson of
Kermit; a daughter, Clydene
Williamson, who is attending
school at Fort Worth; his moth-
er, Mrs. Matilda Williamson of
Pampa; and two half-sisters
He was born Nov. 4, 1913, at
Dewey, Okla., to Mr. and Mrs
W. A. Williamson. He married
at Russell, Kans., April 14, 1937.
Patrolman Brown said the
Steere truck suffered an esti-
mated $1,000 damage while the
auto was a total wreck. It was
Three New Ventures, Re-completions
Are Reported By County Oil Operators
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Three new ventures, a com-
pletion of one and continued
drilling on a number of other
projects has been reported by
oil operators in Winkler County
during the last week.
In addition, one operator in-
dicated he re-entered and deep-
ened two projects, finaling them
as new producers from a deep-
er section of the same reservoir.
The Theiss Drilling Company,
Inc. of Fort Worth will drill
No. 5-B Morton-14, a 3,300-foot
project in Winkler County’s Em-
peror field.
Location is 3y2 miles south-
east of Wink and 1,980 feet
from north and 1,965 feet from
west lines of section 14, block
B-12, PSL survey.
Nine miles soulh of Kermit
in the Halley (Glo'rieta) and
South Halley (Queen) fields,
Skelly Oil Company plans No.
183 S. M. Halley, a 5,400-foot
test.
Site is 600 feet from north and
east lines of section 24, block
summoned. B-ll, PSL survey.
In the Kermit field, Sunray No. 10-F T. G. Hendrick, a 3,100-
Mid-Continent Oil Company has
finaled two new producers, both
being re-entries and deepening
operations to a. deeper section
of the same reservoir.
The No. 13 J. B. Walton, spot-
ting 990 feet from north and
1,650 feet from west lines of
section 24, block 26, PSL sur-
vey, was completed to pump
69 barrels of oil daily from an
unidentified pay interval.
Total depth is 3,350 feet, with
seven-inch casing set at 2,727
feet.
The No. 9 Walton, 990 feet
from north and 330 feet from
west lines of section 24, block
26, PSL survey, pumped 110
barrels of oil daily from an un-
identified pay section. Total
depth at this project is 3,272
feet, with seven-inch casing set
at 2,722 feet.
Shell Oil Company abandon-
ed at 3,400 feet its No. 104 Sealy-
Smith, project in the Monahans
(Queen) field. Site is in section
56, block A, G&MMB&A survey.
Four miles west of Kermit in
the Hendrick field, Azajet Oil
Company of Odessa will drill
foot test.
Chambers & Kennedy of Mid-
land are drilling below 2,983 feet
at No. 1-A Sealy & Smith, a
Juvenile Council
Elects Officers
Virgil Lassiter of Andrews
was elected president of the
Permian Basin Juvenile Council
during a meeting at Odessa
Thursday afternoon. He suc-
ceeds Winkler County Judge
W. E. Cook as head of the or-
ganization.
The one-year-old group also
elected Clint Dodson of Odessa
as vice-president, and Marshall
Cooper of Andrews as secre-
tary-treasurer. Jack Roe of
Kermit was secretary-treasur-
er for the last year.
The group organized at Ker-
mit a year ago and has met
every other month in a different
community. Members include
County Judges, Juvenile Offi-
cers and other interested indi-
viduals.
wildcat seven miles north of
Monahans.
Site is 1% miles southwest of
the North Monahans (multipay)
field and 1,980 feet from south
and west lines of section 69,
block A) G&MMB&A survey.
Thirteen miles east of Ker-
mit, Humble Oil & Refining
Company is deepening its No. 7
Waddell Brothers and Company
below 9,325 feet toward a con-
tract of 11,800 feet to test the
Ellenburger.
Only drillstem test recovery
reported to date was 35 feet of
drilling mud after a one-hour
test at 4,630-4,710 feet.
It is % mile southwest of the
Circle 2 (Fusselman and De-
vonian) field and 660 feet from
south and 1,980 feet from east
lines of section 3, block 40, PSL
survey.
David Fasken of Midland is
preparing to put the No. 1 Ida
Hendrick on pump for potential
test after perforating casing at
2,889-92 feet.
The project, in the Hendrick
field, is five miles southwest of
Kermit and 440 feet from north
(Continued On Page Five)
registered to Dr. Dunn. The
Highway Patrolman said Mr.
Williamson’s vehicle left 163.6
feet of skid marks from the spot
where the brakes were applied
to the point of impact, the cen-
ter of the intersection.
There were no marks left by
the truck, indicating he prob-
ably did not attempt any
evasive action to avoid the ac-
cident until perhaps almost the
moment of impact, Brown re-
ported.
The fatality is the second in
Winkler County this year. The
first occurred a few months ago
when a Seminole truck driver
lost control of his vehicle east
of Kermit and was killed when
it overturned as it left the high-
way.
Brown was assisted in the
investigation by Deputy Sheriff
Hobart White of Kermit.
WRECKAGE AND VICTIM—Photo, above shows destroyed car of Clyde
Ervin Williamson, 47, who was killed when his car and a gas transport collided
north of Kermit Thursday afternoon. Inset shows Mr. Williamson. (News Staff
Photo)
Congressman Rutherford Tells Lions
Faith in Country Needed
“All I am asking is that you
have faith in your country,
U. S. Congressman J. T. Ruth-
erford of Odessa told members
of the Kermit Downtown Lions
Club during a talk at the lunch-
eon meeting at Community Cen-
ter Thursday noon.
Four Odessans
Charged With
Area Burglaries
Four Odessans were charged
with burglary before Winkler
County Justice of the Peace
Jeff Worley and are being held
in Winkler County jail in lieu
of $3,000 bond set for each.
The quartet, two men and
two women, is being held in
connection with burglaries of
three Kermit and Wink taverns
in recent weeks.
Being held in Winkler County
jail, according to Sheriff L. B.
(Bill) Eddins, are James Ray
Parkey 26, Marilyn Tollison,
24, Thomas Fred Jessen, and
Roberta Shuford.
Officers said all but Parker
have signed statements admit-
ting their parts in the robbery
of The Grill and Wolf’s Den at
Wink and the Elbow Room in
Kermit. The Elbow Room was
burglarized twice within a two-
week period, officials said.
Parker and Miss Tollison
were taken into custody first,
with the other two being picked
up a day or so later.
According to information con-
tained in the statements, ac-
cess to the buildings was gained
by the two men by entering
from the roofs of the buildings.
All four had been in the taverns
earlier in the evening and also
at numerous other times.
Approximately $400 was gain-
ed by Parker and Jessen in the
burglaries of the three places
last week, while in the earlier
burglary of the Elbow Room a
little more than $100 was taken,
one of the statements revealed.
Officers in the Sheriff’s De-
partment said Jessen was to
show them where his part of
the stolen money was hidden
as soon as they could take him
to his home in Odessa.
“These people were picked up
for routine questioning at first,”
Sheriff Eddins said. “They had
been seen in the places earlier
and we thought it might be a
good idea to check them out.
When discrepencies appeared
in their stories we immediately
gave more careful study to their
alibis.”
Parker and MissTollison lived
in Kermit at one time and have
been here frequently in the
past, officers said.
The Congressman is visiting
in West Texas during the recess
of Congress. During the morn-
ing he presented a flag to Ker-
mit High School. The flag, Con-
gressman Rutherford reported,
has flown over the U. S. Capitol
building. He is presenting flags
to all high schools in his 16th
Congressional district as an in-
centive toward a revival of
Americanism.
Rutherford said the manner
in which stories of Russian nu-
clear blasts are being handled world, can prowl anywhere they
by “some of the daily papers
who rely on sensationalism for
circulation,” has caused fear in
our country.
“Recently, while the head-
lines of papers all across the na-
tion were screaming about the
50-megaton blast by the Rus-
sians, I searched and search-
ed for some information about
the test firing of a missile from
a U. S. atomic submarine,” he
told the Lions. “Finally, I found
a brief story saying the testing
of an A2 Polaris missile from
the ocean bottom had been at-
tempted and was completely
successful.”
He explained that bases of the
Strategic Air Command, Atlas
missile sites and other such of-
fensive weapon sites are not
hidden. They can be pinpointed
from any newspaper story at
any time.
“But, these atomic submar-
ines of ours, six >of them, each
carrying 16 of these missiles
which can hit any target in the
want. We cannot be criticized
for them. Their location is
known to but a very few indi-
viduals.
“These missiles and submar-
ines are the greatest deterrent
force against . World War III
presently inexistence,” Ruther-
ford said. “But, while the head-
lines spoke of Khrushchev’s big
blasts, news of this highly im-
portant development was bur-
ied on the back pages of most
of our newspapers.”
Rutherford said the same sit-
uation is true of the recent an-
nouncement ,by the Russians of
their development of an anti-
missile missile. “We already
have one in operation,” Ruther-
ford exclaimed. “At Fort Blis§
in El Paso the Public Informa-
tion Officer will tell you that
our Nike-Hercules anti-missile
missile can knock down, another
missile at speeds of 2,000 mph
and at fantastic heights. It has
a range of about 75 miles.
“But again, while the head-
lines proclaimed the Russians'
developments, only vague ac-
counts of our own anti-missile
missile was carried.”
The Congressman said some
of our newspapers are giving
Khrushchev better publicity and
arousing more scares in this
country than his 50-megaton
bomb could have possibly done.
“I wonder if we aren’t trying
to scare ourselves,” he added.
“Khrushchev couldn’t possi-
bly do a better job of scaring
us than we are doing to our-
(Continued on Page Three)
INSPECTS SHELTER—U. S. Congressman J. T. Rutherford of Odessa is pic-
tured as he carefully picks his way across boards lying on uncompleted fallout
shelter which is being built by Kermit Jaycees. Looking on is County Commissioner
Bob Leese of Kermit. Rutherford inspected the model shelter while visiting in
Kermit Thursday, (News Staff Photo)
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, November 6, 1961, newspaper, November 6, 1961; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905156/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.