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Vol. 26—No. 89
The Winkler County News
Published Twice Weekly—Read Daily
(Member Associated Press)
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Sunday, March 11....60 36
Monday, March 12
(7 a. m.) ..................38 35
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
10 Pages in Two Sections
Monday, March 12, 1962
New Downtown Business Building Planned
12,000-Foot Wildcat Test
Is Slated By Superior Oil
REV. A. F. TUCKER
... to speak here
Citizens Croup
To Hear Talk By
TANE Officer
Rev. Albert F. Tucker,1
ecutive secretary - treasurer
of Texas Alcohol-Narcotics Edu-
cation, lnc.; will speak at i
n^eting of the Citizens Com
mittee Sunday afternoon in the
Junior High • School library,
•torge Reich, committee chair-
man reported.
He will also speak at the
First Methodist Church at 10:50
a.m., Rev. Carl Lawson, pastor,
reported. The Citizens Commit-
tee meeting will be held at
p.m. v
Rev. Lawson, who is in charge
of the program for the Citizens
Committee, said the meeting
will be open to the public and
those persons interested in tem-
perance are especially urged
to attend.
In addition to hearing Rev.
Tucker during the Citizens Com-
mittee meeting, Reich said,
election of new officers for the
organization will be held.
The TANE organization has
fcadquarters in Dallas from
lere it directs a statewide
program seeking to alert, in-
f^cm and organize groups for
abstinence and effective action
against the liquor and narcotic
traffic. A staff of full-timework
ers presents the program
through Texas schools, colleges
and churches.
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Dangers in Kite
Flying Are Told
By CPS Official
Dangers of kite-flying were
outlined to parents and young-
sters late last week by Calvin
Dunlop, manager of Community
Public Service Company in Ker-
mit.
“In days gone by, kite-flyers
had nothing to worry about ex-
cept wind, trees and proper
ballast,’’ Dunlop said. “Today,
they have another important
thing to look for . . . electric
j^wer lines.”
Dunlop said the most import-
ant rule for safe kite-flying is
to never fly kites where there
is a possibility of getting tan-
gled in power lines.
“Never use a metallic-type
cord or wire for your kite,” he
said, “and you should never use
metal in the frame. Also, don’t
pull on string or clirrib power
poles to loosen a kite snagged
in electric wires,” he added.
The CPS official also said
there had been one reported in-
cident this year where a me-
tallic-type cord had come in
contact with a power line and
burned the string and base that
it was wound around. “For-
tunately this person was not in-
jured,” Dunlop said, “but it was
only through an extremely lucky
break that serious burns were
not the result of this accident.”!
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Increases in drilling oper-
ations in Winkler County were
indicated in a report from oil
operators of plans to drill a
number of new holes in the
area.
A 12,000-foot wildcat southeast
of Kermit leads the list of new
ventures. In addition, plans call
for at least' five other produc
tion wells, a water injection
hole and a salt water disposal
well.
Operators also reported drill-
ing operations on two County
projects are continuing and
completions were made on two
others.
The Superior Oil Company of
Midland will drill a Winkler
County wildcat, No. 1-D Sealy
& Smith, a 12,000-foot test 20
miles southeast of Kermit.
Location is two miles north-
east of the Monahans field and
1,980 feet from east and 2,280
feet from south lines of section
16, block A, G&MMB&A survey.
Gulf Oil Corporation has com-
pleted its No. 3-1 Sealy Smith
j?.qu.
Halley (Clear Fork) field. Site
is 2,160 feet from south and
540 feet from east lines of sec-
tion 90t block A, G&MMB&A
survey.
From perforations at 5,218
5,488 feet, it flowed 56 barrels
of 35.4-gavity oil, plus 71.6 per
cent water, daily through a 28
64-inch choke. Gas-oil ratio was
4,741-1.
In the Keystone (Colby sand)
field, Socony Mobil Oil Com-
pany finaled its No. 264-T J. B.
Walton, 1,650 feet from east and
2,310 feet from north lines of
section 6, block B-3, psl survey.
The well flowed 38.46 barrels
of 37.5-gravity oil, plus 24 per
cent water, daily through a 22-
64-inch choke and perforations
at 3,093-3,288 feet, after being
acidized with 600 gallons. Gas-
oil ratio was 1,743-1.
Kermit Oil Company will drill
three 3,600-foot projects in the
Keystone (Colby sand) field,
seven miles northeast of Kermit
in Winkler County.
The locationsj all spotting in
section 15, block B-2, psl sur-
vey, are No. 4 W. A. McCutch-
en, 330 feet from north and
west lines of section; No. 5 Mc-
Cutchen, 330 feet from north
and west lines of section, 1,320
feet from north and 660 feet
from west lines of section and
No. 6 McCutchen, 2,310 feet
from north and 700 feet from
west lines of same section.
Standard Oil Company of
Texas will drill No. 15-W Sun-
Walton, a 3,500-foot water-in-
jection well in Winkler County’s
Keystone (“Colby) sand field.
Site is 25 feet from north and
1,950 feet from west lines of
the southwest quarter of sec-
tion 8, block B-3, psl survey.
Three miles northwest of Ker-
mit in the Kermit field, Atlan-
tic Refining Company will re-
enter and deepen to 3,350 feet
its No. 6-X-jB Lum Daugherty.
Location is 1,040 feet from
north and 990 feet from east
lines of the southeast quarter
of section 11, block 26, psl sur-
vey.
Skelly Oil Company is plan-
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Internal Revenue
Service Agents
To Give Course
Two representatives of the
Internal Revenue Service will
conduct a special course on the
iation, in Winkler County’,-*'; :u .#•*£.ration of income tax re-
turns in Kermit, Monday,
March 19.
Preston McCleskey and John
Billingsley, agents working in
the Midland Internal Revenue
Service office, will conduct the
course at Kermit High School.
The meeting will be held in the
choral room at the High School
and will get under way at 7:30
p.m.
McCleskey said any person
interested is welcome to attend
the session. He added that the
session will include the prep-
aration of Form 1040 and the
answering of individual ques-
tions.
Assistance to taxpayers in
preparing their personal income
tax returns will also be given
during the one-night session.
The Internal Revenue Service
annually provides training ma-
terial for millions of high school
and college students. The tax
course to be presented locally
is one given thousands of teach'
ers in high schools and colleges
throughout the United States
from material prepared by the
Internal Revenue Service.
The special adult tax train-
ing course to be given is offer-
ed in co-operation with the Ker-
mit Independent School District
and is an attempt to provide
taxpayers with first-hand infor-
mation and assistance) officials
said.
A long-term lease calling
for construction of a two-
story building in downtown
Kermit for use as a variety
store was recorded in the
Winkler County Clerk’s office
Friday.
The agreements, between
the Maylar Corporation of
Dallas and City Products Cor-
poration, Butler Brothers Di-
vision of Des Plaines, 111., re-
quire construction of either a
60 or 90 by 100-foot building
Ruling Expected
By Supreme Court
In Herring Case
The Supreme Court of Texas is expected to hand down
a ruling sometime this week as to whether the case of John
Mack Herring, 18-year-old Odessa youth found insane in
the slaying of Elizabeth Jean (Betty) Williams, also of
Odessa, will be reopened.
The Court took under advisement late Friday a re-
quest by Dan D. Sullivan of Andrews, District Attorney
for the 109th Judicial District, and John H. Banks, Wink-
ler County Attorney, for leave
EXPLAINING PROCEDURE — Kermit High School students are voting to-
day (Monday) in primary elections for county Government Day. While instructor
Jerry Helmer (left) looks on, Alice Bobo and Menis Paraskevas (from left to
right) explain election procedures to Jo Ann Lepley and Dale Banks.
Primary Voting Already Under Way
to file a motion for a writ of
mandamus.
The request by Sullivan and
Banks in effect asks the high
court to hand down an order
reopening the case.
It asks the high court to
“command” District Judge G.
C, Olsen of Kermit to “vacate
and set aside a judgment de-
claring John Mack Herring in-
sane at the time of the offense
alleged in the indictment pend-
ing against him in such court.”
Banks reported Saturday
morning that the Justices de-
cided to take the matter under
advisement and have the entire
Court study the matter. He add-
County Government Day Election
Is Set Wednesday At High School
A general election to deter- tion, Judge Cook sees to setting
Lions Plan Minstrel
Show for April 6-7
Kermit Downtown Lions Club
minstrel show will be presented
on two nights in April, accord-
ing to Rev. R. E. (Red) Flor-
ence, chairman of the program.
The show is the first to be at-
tempted by the local club in a
number of years.
Rev. Florence said it will be
presented in the Junior High
School auditorium April 6 and 7,
starting at 8 p.m.
“This show will be known as
the ‘Step-N-Fetch-It Fun Mak-
ers Whack-A-Patti Minstrel,’ ”
Rev. Florence said. Present
plans call for an all-male cast
selected solely from the ranks
of the Downtown Lions Club.
‘First organizational meeting
and casting session will be held
at First Christian Church to-
night (Monday),” he said. It
will get under way at 7:30. “It
is vitally important that every
Lion Club member who is inter-
ested in this community enter-
taihment program and money-
raising endeavor be at this
initial meeting.”
Don Handlin is chairman of
the publicity committee for the
production and Charles Jetton
is in charge of ticket and pro-
gram sales. Roy Peden will
head the concession committee
for the production and Joe Shep-
ard is talent chairman. The
entire program comes under the
direction of the special activi-
ties committee of the club,
which is under the chairman-
ship of A. B. Johnson.
“We have had numerous re-
quests to present a minstrel
show,” Rev. Florence said, “so
the Board of Directors of the
club decided to undertake it.
The show, as we have it
planned right now, will include
all the features normally asso-
ciated with this type of produc-
tion.”
A one-act play, barber shop
singing, a team of high-stepping
dancers, entertainment acts,
talent and the like will highlight
the performance, Rev. Florence
explained.
“It looks like participation
among members of the club is
going to be very high,” he
added, “and I think this pro-
duction should prove to be high-
ly interesting, extremely amus-
ing and fun to watch and take
part in.” .....
Admission fee for the per-
formances has not been estab-
lished yet, the club spokesman
said.
mine who will fill Kermit High
School County Government Day
positions will be held Wednes-
day as the final event of
whirlwind three-day series of
party balloting and runoff elec-
tions.
Jerry Helmerf KHS instructor
in charge of the annual pro-
gram, said persons eleqted to
County Government Day offices
will be sworn in to their posts
and assume their duties
March 26. He added that
mock trial will also be held dur-
ing the day and a dinner, host-
ed by the American Legion
Auxiliary, will close the pro-
gram,
“This entire program is an
effort to give students as close
a look at the actual operation
of the county and elections as
can possibly be done,” Helmer
said. “The students run their
parties, select their candidates,
conduct the elections and do
everything by themselves that
is possible for them to do.”
Students spend the day in the
offices of their real-life counter-
parts.
County Judge W. E. Cook is
co-ordinator of the program be-
tween the High School and the
County, Helmer said. In addi-
up a mock 'trial with the co
operation of members of the
Winkler County Bar Association
and Kermit High School stu-
dents.
Party primary elections, open
to party members (seniors) are
being held at the High School
today (Monday) and runoff
elections, where needed, are
slated Tuesday. All qualified
voters (any KHS student who
has paid his “poll tax”) can
Kermit Schoolmen Are
Named to Area Posts
Johnny Roberts, assistant
principal of Kermit High School,
was elected treasurer of the
West Texas Teachers Associ-
ation for the 1962-63 year. In
addition, H. W. P. Miller, di-
rector of business services
for Kermit Independent School
District, was named to an
auditing committee of the
group.
The action came Friday dur-
ing the annual meeting of the
more than 3,000-member associ-
ation at Odessa. Meeting was
held in Odessa’s Permian High
School auditorium. The school
was again chosen for next year’s probably be submitted in the
convention, officials said. Inear future.
Foreign Student
Fund Is Making
Slow Progress
Fund-raising campaign for
the annual foreign exchange
student program is moving
ahead slowly, a spokesman for
the Downtpwn Lions Club re-
ported recently. The Lions Club
is acting as a central collection
agency for the fund.
James Lipham, secretary-
treasurer of the club, said $600
is needed to finance another
student for the 1962-63 school
year. He added that the fund
is presently at something over
$100.
Donations for the fund are
being solicited from other civic
organizations, businesses and
individuals. “This fund must be
on hand in the near future if
our- application for another for-
eign student is to be approved,”
Lipham said. The next student
will be the fifth in as many
years to visit in Kermit. Menis
Paraskevas of Greece is the
current exchange student.
Mrs. F. C. Hudson, home rep-
resentative for the current year
for the local exchange student
organization, said investigation
into obtaining a home for an-
other exchange student is well
under way, and application
forms for a local family will'
vote in the general election.
Voting booths will be set up in
the school Wednesday.
In order to obtain a place
on the primary ballots, students
were required to file with the
executive committees of the
two parties, prove citizenship
and produce a valid poll tax
receipt and submit a sworn
statement of campaign ex-
penses.
Members of the two execu-
tive committees include the fol-
lowing:
Nationalist Party — Alice
Bobo, Richard Etheredge, Shir-
ley Williams, Linda Callich and
Sharon Crawford.
Federalist Party — Larry
Burrows, Jeff Patterson, Larry
Anderson, Betty Francis and
Leslie Mills.
Roy Geske was appointed
Tax Assessor - Collector, and,
along with Bobby Manning,
Carmen Dominguez and Joe
Compton, has been in charge
of handling payments of poll
taxes.
Vying for the party nomina-
tions for the offices of County
Judge, Commissioners, Sheriff,
County Attorney, County Clerk,
Treasurer, Tax Assessor-Col-
lector, Justices of the Peace,
County Surveyor and Constables
are the following:
Federalist Party — Commis-
sioner Precinct 1, Pauline Mc-
Carthy and Phyllis Boles; Com-
missioner Precinct 2, Carole
Nelson; Commissioner Precinct
3, Joe Dixon and Fred Max-
well; Commisioner Precinct 4,
Ronnie Lewis; County Judge,
Billy Funderburk and Jeff Pat-
terson; Sheriff, Cecil Cantrell
and Larry Burows; County At-
torney, Billy Frankfather and
Larry Anderson;
County Clerk, Billie Francis;
County Treasurer, Joe Compton
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ed that a ruling is expected
sometime this week. If permis-
sion to file a motion for a. writ
of mandamus is approved, a
hearing on the writ application
will probably be scheduled
sometime in April or early
May, observers at the Cburt
said.
A Kermit jury recently de-
clared the 18-year-old youth in-
sane when he allegedly pulled
the trigger} killing Miss Wil-
liams.
In the arguments to the Su-
preme Court, Sullivan explained
that the jury, in his opinion,
should have ruled on whether
Herring was insane at the time
of the trial, instead of whether
he was insane at the time of
the killing.
The Court Justices met with
attorneys for both sides, includ-
ing Warren Burnett of Odessa,
chief defense counsel in the
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on the lot at the corner of
Austin and Oak Streets.
According to lease agree-
ments filed with County Clerk
Fred V. Adams, construction
of the building is to get under
way on or before April 1 and
it is to be completed some-
time between Aug. 1 and Oct.
1, 1962.
The main portion of the
first floor of the building, the
lease agreement explained,
will be utilized for a mercan-
tile store. A storeroom area
will also be constructed into
the structure in the back and
a part of the second floor will
also be available for storage
space of the main lease hold-
er.
The agreement calls for
rental to begin Aug. 1 or up-
on the completion of the
structure. The lease is for 20
years and six months with a
15-year renewal option.
The entire space available
on the downtown lot is 90 by
100 feet. No details of the
type of structure to be erect-
ed by the Maylar Corporation
were set out in the lease
agreement.
While the contracts were
recorded in Winkler County
only last Friday, Maylar Cor-
poration President M. Helf-
gott of Dallas had signed the
papers Dec. 8, 1961 at Dallas,
the papers revealed, and a
representative of the City
Products Corporation had af-
fixed his name to the agree-
ments at Chicago Jan. 26,
1962. Edwin O. Wack repre-
sented City Products Cor-
poration, the company which
will operate the store, in
signing the agreements.
Site of the proposed store
has been utilized through the
years by a number of con-
cerns, including The Winkler
County News, local officials
said. A structure located there
was razed just a few years
ago.
The lease spelled out that
the store area of the new
building will be used as a
retail store but the name
under which the new business
will operate was not listed in
the agreements filed in the
County Clerk’s office.
KHS Girl Is Chosen
For Exchange Plan
Marie Alexander, daughter of Kermit to go to a foreign coun-
Mr. and Mrs, G. L. Alexan-
der of Kermit, has been select-
ed by the American Field Ser-
vice as a foreign exchange stu-
dent from Kermit, according to
word from Johnny Roberts,
school co-ordinator for the local
AFS chapter.
Roberts explained that Miss
Alexander has been selected as
a semi-finalist from a number
of applications submitted by
Kermit High School students.
“If a suitable home in a for-
eign country can be obtained
by the AFS for Miss Alexan-
der,” Roberts said, “she will
travel to that country for
about a three-month stay.”
He added that word should
be forthcoming from AFS in
the near future as to the avail-
ability of a place for Miss Al-
exander. The Kermit girl will
be only the second student from
try under the exchange pro-
gram. The other student who
participated in the program was
Carolyn Wilson, who stayed in
Germany, during the summer of
1959.
Roberts reported that Mrs.
J. M. Waddell, outgoing presi-
dent of the local AFS chapter,
will co-ordinate activities of
local students going abroad un-
der the program.
“We are working with the
AFS in attempting to secure a
home and country for Miss Al-
exander to visit,” Roberts said.
“We certainly hope it comes
through without any trouble.”
Americans abroad under the
exchange program spend the
summer months with a family.
The extent of their travels in
the country they visit rests sole-
ly with the family the student
is staying with, Roberts added.
C. W. (Weldon) WRIGHT
IN KISD CONTEST — En-
tering for the third time the
contest for a seat on the
School Board is C. W. (Wel-
don) Wright. Election is set
April 7.
E. R. (BOB) MANNING
WANTS BOARD SEAT —
E. R. (Bob) Manning was the
fourth person to enter the
race for two seats on the
KISD Board of Education.
Canine
Poisoning
Reported
Bill Oldham, Kermit Police
Chief, and B. H. Martin, City
Humane Officer, reported late
last week that a number of dog
poisoning cases have been re-
vealed to the department.
“In the last few weeks there
have been at least three dog
poisonings,” Martin said. “The
latest animal was taken to a
veterinarian who said the dog
died as the result of strychnine
poisoning.”
The Police Chief said he has
contacted County Attorney John
H. Banks concerning the mat-
ter and the County Attorney re-
ported the offense is punish-
able by both jail sentence and
fine.
“In addition to killing dogs,”
Oldham said, “there is an even
greater threat ... to children.
We do not know how this poison
is being administered, but prob-
ably it is being placed on some
scraps of food and left where
a dog might find it.
‘Children might also find it,”
the official said. “I don’t think
anyone wants a child to be hurt,
even if he is killing dogs. There
is a definite danger involved
here and we intend to stop it.”
The Police Department officer
said any person apprehended
for dog poisoning will be pros-
ecuted to the full extent of the
law.
He added that the problem
is serious and he has asked all
officers to be on the lookout
for the person who is putting
out the poison and is also call-
ing for the help of Kermit resi-
dents.
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