The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 104, Ed. 1 Monday, March 18, 1968 Page: 1 of 8
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. 31- No. 104_____ Remit, Winkler County, Texas__- Monday, March 18, 1968
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Reason
by maud green
It’s good to have two of our
old-timers side by side . . . and
they make a pleasing picture and
will do so much more when time
for beautification passes.
The housemovers gathered
last week at 3Q2 South Mulberry,
placed skids under the house and
trucked it across town, putting it
down gently on a new foundation.
The house is known as the
Mosley Home. It’s a Medallion
house and worthy of preserva-
tion.
The house is now sitting be-
side Moorhead Derrick . . .
another relic to be cherished
and saved.
The Mosley House was the first
residence ever built in Kermit.
Fellow by^the name of W. H.
Seastrunk,f who was Winkler
County’s tfirst Justice of the
Peace, precinct 1, built it and
it was a vllry elegant home, con-
sidering Kermit at that time.
Plans to make the building into
a museum are worthy pf com-
munity-wide support. Not'every
city has a Moorhead Derrick
and the first home ever built
in the town for keepsakes.
’ + + 4* .
Congratulations to Boy Scout
Troop 66. This troop celebrated
its 30 anniversary a short time
ago and Bob Morris, Scoutmas-
ter, reports there are very few
troops in the entire Boy Scout-
ing program that have been regis-
tered for that long.
+ + +
Dear me . . , never dreamed
that more’ n maybe three people
read this column thing. There
must be more.
That bit about wanting one
old time mantle clock which
strikes and is wound with a key
sure wasn’t written as clearly
as it should’ve been, but am
sorta glad.
Have had a lot of calls from
folks who have such timepieces
. . . but it’s the only one in the
family and they weren’t interest-
ed in selling.
That’s what was wanted . . .
to find somebody who had such
a clock they wanted to sell.
It was nice meeting and hear-
ing from these folks and be-
sides . • . I found what was
wanted. V
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Morrow,
1045 Bellaire, have two old
clocks. ,
One te^jot so big, she thinks
it’s made of cherry wood, and is
a beauty. They bought it in Mis-
souri. It’s an old fellow but
in perfect working order.
The other is a big oak clock,
which came from one of Mor-
row's uncles. It was delapidat-
ed when it was given to them.
Mrs.Morrow refinished it and put
the frame back together and it’s
beautiful. It also keeps perfect
time.
Mrs. Morrow prefers the old-
(See WITHOUT, page 8)
Dr. Heath
Presented
Award
Dr. Joe D. Heath was pre-
sented a plaque in recognition
of * ’Meritorious Service In Viet-
nam” when members of the Six
County Medical Society met
Thursday night in Winkler Coun-
ty Country Club. Presentation
was made by Dr. Bruce Hay of
Pecos, president of the Society.
The citation mentioned' meri-
torious service to the Vietna-
mese people, his own country
and his profession”
The award was given by Ameri-
can Medical Association in ap-
preciation of the service Dr.
Heath gave under the AM A volun-
teer pro-am in Vietnam. Heath
has als<? received certificates
from the Ministry of Health in
Vietnam and from the United
States State Department.
Dr. William Luper, internal
medicine specialist of Andrews,
was guest speaker at the dinner
meeting. His subject centered
around coronary heart diseases.
He stressed the procedure of
setting up an intensive heart
care unit, equipment which is
needed and at plans for more
hospitals in the area to provide
such units.
The Society,is comprised of
physicians in . Winkler, Ward,
Loving, Beeves, Hudspeth and
Culberson Counties; Wives of the
doctors met with them for the
program and then each group
met separately for brief business
sessions.
Hospital Board Approves Construction
Of Modern Intensive Heart Care Unit
OLD-TIMERS MEET — Pictured are two relics from early days of this area which are now
part of the Moorhead Park site. The Mosley Home, the first residence built in Kermit was
(Staff Photo)
moved to the park site last week. It is to be preserved as a museum.
Construction of a new and
completely equipped intensive
heart care unit was approved
by the board of control of Me-
morial Hospital when the group
met Wednesday night in regular
session.
The unit is to be constructed
and equipped with the $50,000
which recently was set aside
from the permanent improve-
ment fund by County Com-
missioners of Winkler County
to be used for improvement of
the hospital.
Decision to build a heart care
center was made after the Medi-
cal Staff recommended this as
the No. 1 priority need of the
institution. If funds are avail-
able, next improvement is to be
expansion of emergency room
facilities.
The new center will be ad-
jacent to the present nurses’
station and will take in a small
part of the patio. It will include
approximately four rooms and all
necessary equipment for heart
monitoring and life resuscitation
as well as areas for serious
surgery and other intensive care
cases.
Construction is to begin as
soon as the funds are available.
After studying statistical re-
ports for January and Febru-
ary of this year as compared
with the same period last year,
a decrease in number of patients
for this year was noted.
The report showed 233 admis-
sions had been recorded for Feb-
ruary, 72 surgeries were per-
formed, 23 babies were born,
132 visits had been made to the
emergency room and 107 out-
patients were noted.
Patient billings for February
totaled $77,631.62, salaries
came to $35,459.38 and other
expenses were $25,787.71.
The board instructed Hospital
Administrator Ralph Lennon to
fine out the cost inincreasing the
air conditioning volume of th<
present surgical suite.
Announcement was made that
Harold H. Cochran, supervisor
of Zone 2, with the Medicare
program for Texas State Depart-
ment of Health, had made a sur-
vey of Memorial Hospital regard-
ing utilization of Medicare
patients and had recommended
certain controls be set up by
doctors in the use of the hos-
pitals aad that reports be made
periodically to the State Depart-
ment.
All members of theboard were
present, including President H.
D. Westerman, Frank Barton,
Haskell Alspaugh, Glenn Clai-
borne, Leon Rose and Oscar
Theisen.
Teenagers
Escape
Injury
Four Kermit teenagers nar-
rowly escaped possible serious
injury Thursday night when the
automobile in which they were
riding overturned on Highway
302 west of Kermit.
The accident occurred short-
ly before 10:30 p.m. when a
1957 Chevrolet, driven by 17-
year-old Mike Leroy Batchelor,
108 South Avenue A, went out
of control at the intersection of
Highways 302 and 115 west of
Kermit. Texas Highway Patrol-
man Ken Mani.iger, who investi-
gated the mishap, said Batche-
lor was driving northeast on
Highway 115 when he attempted
to negotiate a turn onto Highway
302, and lost control of the ve-
hicle.
The car struck five reflector
posts and skidded 228 feet be-
fore overturning on the south side
of the highway, Patrolman Man-
(See TEENAGERS, page 8)
Commissioners
Approve
County Bills
The Winkler County Commis-
sioners Court met last Monday
morning in routine session with
payment of county bills the chief
item of business.
Payment was authorized for
trees and fertilizer purchased by
bid from Kermit Feed Store on
Feb. 26. Price of the trees to-
taled $300 and fertilizer was pur-
chased for $1,381.27.
The bill of Main Lafrentz &
Co. for auditing the records of
Winkler County was also approv-
ed for payment by the court.
Amount of the bill was $2,863.77.
Treanor Equipment Co. was
paid $15,746.27 for the purchase
of a Hyster grid roller and pneu-
matic compactor.
Civil DefenseLists
Tornado Rules
Tornado safety rules and early
warning in case of severe weather
or national emergency were the
most important items discussed
at a meeting of the Winkler Coun-
ty Civil Defense Organization,
held in the Commissioners Court-
room last Wednesday morning.
County Judge W. E. Cook, Civil
Defense Co-ordinator for Winkler
County, presided over the ses-
sion.
It was pointed out at the meet-
ing that since “tornado season”
is rapidly approaching, residents
of Winkler County should famil-
iarize themselves with tornado
safety rules.
“The most important factor
in any emergency such as an ap-
proaching tornado is early warn-
ing,” Judge Cook stated.
He added that three blasts on
the warning alarm indicate a
fire, and more than three blasts
are a warning of severe weather.
The local civil defense plan is
scheduled to provide com ty re-
sidents with from 15 to 45 min-
utes warning of an approaching
emergency.
“After hearing this warning,
county residents should then
monitor their radios and tele-
vision sets,” the judge declared.
He also pointed out that as
soon as severe weather or other
such emergencies are indicated,
observation posts will be set up
throughout the county. A law en-
forcemeat officer in a car equip-
ped with a two-way radio will be
assigned to such a post as soon
as an emergency is indicated,
Judge Cook said.
During the meeting, the fol-
lowing tornado safety rules were
listed for study by the people
of Winkler County:
If you are near a tornado
cellar: When time permits, to
to a tornado cellar, cave or
underground excavation which
should have an air outlet to help
equalize the air pressure. It
should be kept fit for use, free
from water, gas or debris; and
preferably equipped with pick
and shovel. There is no .uni-
versal protection against torna-
does except underground exca-
vations.
If you are in open country:
1. Move at right angles to the
tornado’s path. Tornadoes us-
ually move ahead at about 25 tc
40 miles per hour.
_(See CIVIL, nage 8)_
Clyde Allen
Seeking
City Post
Clyde Allen, district sales
manager for Sears, Roebuck and
Co., today authorized The Wink-
ler County News to announce
his candidacy for the Kermit
City Council, subject to the action
of the April 6 city election.
Allen served as manager of the
local Sears store until his re-
cent promotion to district sales
manager. Since moving to Ker-
mit, he has been active in com-
munity affairs.
A member of Kermit Chamber
of Commerce, Allen is current-
ly serving as chairman of the
Retail Division of the Chamber.
(See CLYDE ALLEN, page 8)
.
CLYDE ALLEN
CAR DEMOLISHED — This 1957 Chevrolet, driven by Mike Batchelor of Kermit, was
listed as a total loss by Highway Patrolman Ken Maninger after it went out of control and
overturned on Highway 302 west of Kermit Thursday night. Batchelor and three teenage com-
panions escaped serious injury in the mishap. (Staff Photo)
Government Day Officials
Named In General Election
Officials to serve during Coun-
ty Government Day were elected
Wednesday when general elec-
tion was held in Kermit High
School. The officers will take
over Monday morning, March 25,
at the Courthouse when they will
work with real officials and learn
how matters of various offices
are handled.
The afternoon will be devoted
to a mock trial which will be
handled like that of a for-keeps
one.
Purpose of the event is to help
students become better acquaint-
ed with pre-election procedures
and almost-real courtroom ac-
tivities.
A ( crime” will be staged be-
fore the Big Day and first duties
of the newly named officers will
be to track down the’ criminals”
and bring them to trial.
Kenneth Mays, social studies
director, is supervising activi-
ties.
Primary elections were held
y‘ (Staff Photo)
by the Nationalist and Federalist
Parties and members from both
parties were selected in the gen-
eral election.
Elected to serve during Gov-
ernment Day were the following:
From the Nationalists, Jack
Dunlop, County Judge; Don Mc-
Gill, Sheriff; Mike Batchelor,
County Clerk; Mary Graham,
County Treasurer; Jim McKay,
County Surveyor; Zane Nutt,
Commissioner Precinct 1; Steve
Mills, Commissioner Precinct 3;
Don Justice, Justice of the Peace,
(See GOVERNMENT, page 8)
Juvenile
Council
Meets Here
Approximately 45 persons at-
tended the Permian Basin Juven-
ile Council, held in Community
Center, Thursday.
W. E. Cook, Judge of Winkler
County, presided and was in
charge of the program.
Roy D. Bennett, Judge of An-
drews County and president of
the Council, also was present.
The first part of the pro-
gram featured talks by Counselor
Jack R. Stovall of the Midland
Office of Vocational Rehabilita-
tion Division of the TEA, ad-
dressed the group. He was in-
troduced by Grover Green.
Julian Dawson, principal of
Kermit High School, spoke of the
functions of the Youth Leaders
Groups of Winkler County.
After a coffee break, Jack
Roe, Winkler County Juvenile
and Probation officer, Seageant
Don Aldridge and Bocho Mendez,
both members of the Police De-
partment, served as panel for
a discussion of Jan. 25 vandal-
ism cases which occurred in
Kermit.
RECEIVE BADGES — Pictured are five members of Boy Scout Troop 66 who received
badges at a meeting Wenesday. Twenty-seven Scouts and 40 members of Methodist Men and
parents of the Scouts, enjoyed the evening’s program. Shown front row (left to right) are:
Ken Williams, second class; Steve Skaggs, five Meter Badges; Larry Green, Meter Badges;
and Russel McDonald, Meter Badges. Back row: Carl Tillery, Meter Badges; Dick Cobb,
assistant scoutmaster; and Bob Morris, scoutmaster. (Staff Photo)
ATTEND JUVENILE COUNCIL
Basin Juvenile Council meet here
of Kermit High School; Jack Roe,
D. Bennett of Andrews County; and
Pictured are four leaders who helped hold the Permian
Thursday. Left to right, they are Julian Dawson, principal
Winkler County Juvenile and Probation Officer; Judge Roy
Judge W. E. Cook, Winkler County. (Staff Photo)
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Green, Maud. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 104, Ed. 1 Monday, March 18, 1968, newspaper, March 18, 1968; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905191/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.