The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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Weather
Cloudy to partly
cloudy. Chance of
late afternoon
shower.
The Winkier County N
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Sunday, June 15, 1969
Northern Port of County
Vicious, threatening storm
clouds roared across the north-
ern section of Winkler County
late Friday afternoon, dumm
ing more than one inch of rain
in some areas, covering the
ground with as much as four
inches of hail and stripping
trees and much fruit and cover-
ing the ground with beat off
leaves.
Members of Kermit police
department reported two tor-
nado sightings, north and east
of Kermit. One was said to be
about four miles north and the
other about half a mile further
to the east, about 7:15 p.m.
Many Kermit residents stood
in their yards and watched the
turbulence which roared to the
northern city limits and came
no further into town. Only slight
sprinkles were reported in
other sections.
Carter Magendie of Carter
Foundation Production Camp,
a few miles north, gauged l.io
of an inch during the storm,
bringing the year’s total in that
section to 8.2 inches.
High winds and hail pounded
fruit off the trees and co/ered
the ground with leaves. Hail,
which covered the ground, was
jagged rather than the usual
round hailstones. Some pieces
were two inches long, some
flat, and the company office
lots stood more than four inches
deep in water.
Ed Crow, another Carter
employe, was driving from town
to camp and hit the rains at the
northern city limits.
No major damage was noted to
buildings or equipment.
Officials at Federal Flight
Service Station, Winkler County
Air Port, had barely enough
moisture to measure, only .01
of an inch. No unusual high winds
were reported. Rainfall was
said to be heavier in Wink than
at the air port.
Mrs. Jewel Beckham, who
was driving from her Curios-
ity Shop in Kermit to her ranch
home, 16 miles northwest of
town, ran into heavy rain and
hail which made it impossible
to see to drive for several
minutes.
Some hail damage was re-
ported to her automobile and
Mrs. Beckham waded almost
knee-deep running water to get
the ranch gate open. She said
that more than one inch of rain
fell at the ranch.
Reports from the Cambell
Ranch, about five miles east,
was only a slight sprinkle with
no measurable amount of moist-
ure.
Heaviest rainfall hit from
Kermit city limits to about
eight miles north and three
miles to the east.
Cool north winds covered the
County Saturday morning.
Clouds threatened one minute
to get together for another per-
formance and then seemed to
be ready to disband and try
again another day.
It was cloudy and cool in Wink-
ler County Saturday morning.
Corp.Silliman’s
Rifes To Be
Held Monday
Sixteenth District Divided
On Cigarette Advertising
Congressman Richard C.
White reports a sharp division
among his constituents on the
subject of whether the Federal
Communications Commission
should be permitted to ban
cigarette advertising on tele-
vision and radio.
The question submitted to
some 25,000 West Texans on the
Congressman’s fast growing
mailing list asked: "SHOULD
CONGRESS PERMIT THE FCC
TO BAN ALL CIGARETTE
ADVERTISING ON TELE-
VISION AND RADIO?"
With answers still coming in,
the preliminary tabulation of
results shows 57.8 percent
answering “Yes" and 42.2 per-
cent answering "No." The
questionnaire was mailed in late
May to all counties of White’s
West Texas District. Although
many more replies will un-
doubtedly be received, the Con-
gressmen decided to release
the preliminary results this
week, in view of the fact that
the question is scheduled to
come before the House this
week.
A bill reported by the House
interstate and Foreign Com-
merce Committee would re-
quire a stronger warning than
the one now printed on cigar-
ette packages, but would extend
for another six years the cur-
rent prohibition which makes it
impossible for such agencies
as the Federal Trade Commis-
sion and the Federal Commun-
icantions Commission to place
restrictions on the advertising
of cigarettes.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Hunter
received official notice
Friday that the body of
their grandson, Lance Cor-
poral Jack SHliman, ar-
rived June 13 in Chicago
aboard U. S. Flight 495.
Services are to be held
Monday in Valparaiso, Ind.
where the Corporal’s wife
and baby are living. Wet-
more Funeral Home is in
charge of funeral arrange-
ments.
Corporal Silliman died
June 3 from injuries re-
ceived in an accident at
DeNang Air Force Base.
He had been stationed with
the Marines in Vietnam
since January.
Members of his immedi-
ate family are flying to
Indiana to attend services.
Downtown Lions
Club To Hold
Annual Banquet
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY — Father’s Day just wouldn’t
be Father’s Day without a few fancy neckties included in the
gifting. Waymon Griggs receives his share of remembrances
for the special day. Extending gifts and greetings are the
two Griggs sons, Mark, 6, (at left) who will enter the first
grade this fall, and Mike, 11, a fifth grader. Father Griggs
coaches football in Kermit High School and is head track
coach. During summer months he is in charge of the or
recreation track and teaches Driver Education. (Staff ' j)
The Annual Officer Install-
ation Banquet of Kermit Down-
town Lions Club will be held
Monday, June 16, according to
Ben E. Cowling, president of
the club.
The banquet will get under-
way at 7:30 p.m. in the Com-
munity Center.
All members of the club and
their wives are urged to attend.
Wanted... A
Scoutmaster
Kermit Evening Lions
Club is trying to find a
Scoutmaster.
The club sponsors Boy
Scout Troop 566.
Fred Skaggs, chairman
of the committee in charge
of handling the troop, and
Leon Nutt, a committee
member, report thay have
been looking for a Scout-
master for several weeks.
They have assistants,
bookkeepers and all the
other help needed.
Any man interested in
serving as Scoutmaster is
asked to contact either of
the committee members.
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Standard Oil Co. of Texas
continues testing No. 1 Hutch-
ings - Sealy, Winkler County
prospect, to clean up and com-
plete as an Ellenburger gas-
condensate discovery, 12 miles
southwest of Kermit.
From perforations between
18,239 and 19,166 feet it flowed
gas at the daily rate of 6.2 mil-
lion cubic feet through a 24-
64-inch choke accompanied by
53 barrels of condensate and
185 barrels of load water for
15 hours with surface pressure
at 2,850 pounds.
The gas volume increased to
7.6 million cubic feet per day
for the next 9V2 hours flowing
on a 28-64-inch choke with the
surface pressure from 2,850to
2.450 pounds and stabilizing at
2.450 pounds after 5V2 hours.
There were 44 barrels of
condensate and 110 barrels of
the acid water recovered dur-
ing that period with 1,472 bar-
rels of the last 80,000 gallons
of acid yet to be recovered.
Earlier No. 1 Hutchings-Sealy
had been stimulated with atotal
of 25,000 gallons of acid.
The prospective strike is 1,*
980 feet from north and east
lines of section 90, block F,
G&MMB&A survey, % mile
southeast of the opener and lone
producer in the Wink, South
(Montoya gas) pool and 8V2
miles north of the only well
in the ROC (Devonian and Mon-
toya-Ellenburger gas) reser-
voir of Ward County.
It Is also six miles south-
east of Pennzoil United Inc.
No. 1-UL-DU Warwink, an El-
lenburger explorer, bottomed
at 20,853 feet, testing that hori-
zon with no reports on its prog-
ress being released.
The Superior Oil Co. was
pulling the test tool in No. 1
Richburg Unit, Reeves County
21,000-foot Ellenburger ven-
ture, after flowing gas at the
rate of 12 million cubic feet
per day on a drillstem test tak-
en in an unidentified horizon.
The interval between 15,827
and 16,158 feet was opened for
six hours with the 8,000-foot
water blanket coming to the
top in two hours and 35 min-
utes followed by gas in four
hours and 10 minutes at the
above volume.
Located six miles north of
Pecos and 50 feet from north
and 11,000 feet from west lines
of section 25, block 4, H&GN
survey, it is %-mile west of
Superior’s No. 1 U. S.National,
the dual discovery and lone pro-
ducer in the MiVida (Fussel-
man and Ellenburger gas) area
of Ward County.
The MiVida opener was fin-
ished in April for a calculated,
absolute open flow of 148,830,-
000 cubic feet of dry gas daily
from Ellenburger perforations
between 18,438 and 19,052 feet
and from the Fusselman for a
calculated, absolute open flow
of 43,420,000 cubic feet of dry
gas per day from shot holes at
16,100-16,204 feet.
No. 1 Richburg Unit also is
6V2 miles southeast of the one-
well Greasewood (Silurio-De-
vonian) pool and 3% miles
southeast of the Ambler (Dela-
ware gas) region.
Locations for two deep ex-
plorers have been staked in
Reeves.
Texaco Inc. No. 1-C-NCT-l
J. M, Rape is scheduled as a
21,350-foot probe In Reeves, 19
miles southeast of Pecos, 1,320
feet from south and west lines
of section 24, block C-l, PSL
survey.
The location is one mile east
(See STANDARD, Page 8)
Memorial Shows
Profit During
Month of May
Members of the board of
control of Memorial Hospital,
meeting briefly Wednesday
night, reviewed a financial
statement for the month of
May which showed the hospital
was operated at a profit of
$6,174.55 for the period.
Charges to patients during
the month totaled $91,651.68,
salaries came to $42,488.77
and other expenses were $32,-
991.35.
The monthly report showed
that 262 patients were admit-
ted in May; 17 babies were
born; 148 visits to the emer-
gency room were recorded and
149 out-patients in X-ray and
laboratory were recorded.
The board noted the newly
completed Intensive coronary
care unit is now ready for
patient admission.
Administrator Ralph Lennon
reported to the board that rep-
resentatives of Electrodyne
Corporation, suppliers of the
heart equipment, have given
special instructions in using
the apparatus to nursing per-
sonnel who will staff the unit.
Board members present
were President H, D. Wester-
man, Oscar Theisen, Leon
Rose, Haskell Alspaugh and
Glenn Claiborne. Frank Barton
was unable to be present.
Governor
Invites
Residents
First National
Bank Increases
Dividend Payments
Dr. Robinson's
Mother Dies
Governor Preston Smith has
invited Winkler County res-
idents, along with other persons
from the 29th Senatorial Dis-
trict to a reception at the Gov-
ernor’s Mansion on Thursday,
June 19.
The reception is open to all
residents of the district. The
event will get underway at 5
p.m. and will continue until 7
p.m.
Smith is holding a series of
"Open-Mansion” get-togethers
which will extend to July 3 and
will eventually include all sen-
atorial districts.
"It is my firm belief that
when people know they can talk
to their governor, they can be
much more responsive to their
duties as citizens in a dem-
ocracy," said Smith
Directors of First National
Bank at their June meeting,
held last Wednesday, voted a
50 per cent increase in div-
idends.
Dalton Haines, president of
the financial institution, said
the board of directors voted a
dividend payment of $75,000
compared to $50,000 in pre-
vious years. Dividend payment
will be made June 30.
All directors of the bank were
present at the meeting. They
included W. P. Jackson, L. V.
Gills, Joe Arledge, E. E. Hix-
son, Johnny Garza, Leroy
Spinks, L. R. (Red) Nutt and
Haines.
Mrs. Pearl Robinson, 87,
mother of Dr. C. A. Robinson
of Kermit, died Saturday at
about 8 a.m. in Wood Memorial
Hospital, Mineola, after a long
illness.
Funeral services were pend-
ing late Saturday at English
Funeral Home in Mineola.
Drs. Cecil and Rose Robin-
son left Kermit Saturday for
Mineola.
Survivors include another
son, Carl Robinson of Fort
Stockton, two daughters, two
sisters and a number of grand-
children.
TODAY’S TOMORROW — This young fellow TODAY is
one of the busiest young men in Kermit. He Is at work each
morning selling doughnuts around town, making himself a
nest egg for TOMORROW. The salesman is Mark Hollinshead.
10-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Hollinshead. (Staff Photo)
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Green, Maud. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1969, newspaper, June 15, 1969; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973930/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.