The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 6, 1969 Page: 1 of 16
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Winkler County Area Newspapers and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Winkler County Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Weather
Clear to partly
cloudy and con-
tinued hot through
Sunday.
The Winkler County News io<
Vol. 35 - No. 28
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Thursday, July 6, 1969
Without
Rhyme Or
Reason
by maud green
Is everybody In town walking?
Friday morning, for the first
time since that beautiful county
park was completed, I walked
around it. Guess you could call
it walking ... kinda hippty-
hopped around the entire thing.
Idea is to try and get this
contrary right ankle back in
correct operation. It insists
on acting up all day long.
Must admit my journey wasn't
like other walkers.
Did a repeat performance
Saturday morning. There were
other customers.
Around one corner came a lit-
tle woman, dressed in red and
white print, and she was pickin’
’em up and puttin’ ’em down.
An expert walker if there ever
was one. She was Janette Bar-
ton. When one walks one doesn’t
stop and chat. She smiled,
never missed an arm swing,
and said:
“If you walk long enough
you’ll meet everybody in town.”
Further around the walk was
that man across the street.
He was moving right along with
his transister radio keeping
him posted on what was hap-
pening in the outside world.
Guess who he was . .. John
Nuckols.
It would be nice to swing along
with the swingers, but, after all,
going kinda slow beats not going
at all.
Another puzzle:
A general sent a messenger
“A” traveling 30 miles an hour
to a distant post.
An hour later he sent another
messenger “B” who traveled
twie as fast.,
HoW soon did “B” overtake
“A”?
Space fillers:
The middle class is that group
of people who live in public
like the rich do — and in
private like the poor do.
+ + +
Adult education is what goes
on in a household containing
teenage children.
4- + 4-
Note in employee’s pay en-
velope: Your increase in sa-
lary will become effective as
soon as you do.
4-4-4-
In bygone days, when asking,
“Is it a boy or a girl?” you
were looking at a baby!
+ + 4-
A raisin is a grape that’s
had too many worries.
Another thoughts A teacher
effects eternity; he can never
tell where his influence stops.
Burglars Hit
Auto Supply
Second Time
For the second time in less
than two weeks, Slick’s Auto
Supply, 107 South Tornillo,was
burglarized. The second break
in occured some time Thursday
night and was discovered Fri-
day morning when Ralph Em-
merson, owner, and Earl Ad-
ams, who works with the com-
pany, opened the store.
Reported missing was a $169
auto-home stereo and less than
$2 in small change from the
cash register.
Entry was made in the same
manner as was the June 18
burglary, prying loose a hasp
and lock on the back door.
Approximately $350 worth
of merchandise was taken in
the first burglary, Emmerson
reported.
Police were continuing inves-
tigation Saturday morning.
m
Where’s the Fire?
Wednesday — 4:45 p.m.
Area South of Winkler Co.
Park — Grass fire.
INSPECT ENTRY — Ralph Emmerson (left) owner of Slick’s
Auto Supply, and Earl Adams, who works with the company, in-
spect the broken hasp and lock after a Thursday night bur-
glary of the store. Emmerson reported a $169 auto-home
stereo and some change was taken. (Staff Photo)
Burton Carleys Doing
Research in La Paz
Just for some folks:
If you find a mistake in The
News, please consider it was
put there for a purpose. We
try to publish something for
everyone and some people are
always looking for mistakes.
Council
To Meet
Tuesday
Members of Kermit City
Council are to meet Tuesday
night in regular session in
Council Chambers of City Hall.
T he following agenda had been
relaeased:
Meeting called to order.
Invocation.
Approve minutes of Regular
Council Meeting, June 24.
Receive bids for traffic sig-
nals for intersection of High-
way 302 and 18.
Consider-mergering Cable TV
Franchises of Bernard Karlen
and Joe Chastain, to be known
as Communicable of Texas, Inc.
Consider appointment of
James Burns and Jack Purcell
to Electrical Board.
Consider Resolution support-
ing application of KMID-TV to
Federal Communications Com-
mission seeking authorization
for a television translator sta-
tion at Kermit.
Consider expense account for
City Manager.
Approve monthly bills.
Discuss 1969-70 budget.
Receive petitions on matters
of business from the audience.
Burton Carley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gail Carley, and his
wife, Suzanne, are spending the
summer at La Paz, at the ex-
treme southern end of the pen-
insula of Baja, California.
Both students of Texas
Christian University, the cou-
ple will work with TCU’s Dr.
William C. Massey, who Is
recognized by fellow scientists
as an expert in anthropology,
particularly in the cultural
study of North American In-
dians south of the border ofthe
United States.
Dr. Massey has spent 20
years of research in Baja and
has found many rare artifacts.
Last summer he discovered a
Spanish Mission at Santa Anna.
Young Carley has told his
parents they will be digging
Monthly Report
Given by Jack Roe
The following work report
for the month of June in Wink-
ler County Probation Depart-
ment has been issued by Jack
Roe, probation officer:
JUVENILES
Unofficial cases, 25; steal-
ing, 2; disobedience, 4; im-
moral conduct, 2; malicious
mischief, 10; liquor law vio-
lations, 7; detention, 5; official
probation, 13; unofficial pro-
bation, 12; dismissals, 7 and
in state school, 6.
ADULTS
Felony probation, 20; mis-
demeanor probation, 27; dis-
missals, 3 and revocations
(pending) 6.
Written by a man named John
Kendrick Bangs:
Some folks in looks take so
much pride
They don’t think much or.
what’s inside.
Well, as for me, I know my
face
Can ne’er be made a tiling
of grace,
And so I rather think Fll
see
How I can fix th’ inside o’
me
So folks’ll say, “He looks like
sin,
But ain’t he beautiful within!”
Marine Deserter
Arrested Friday
Richard John Rock Jr., was
arrested at 2:05 p.m. Friday
by Kermit Police Department
for vagrancy and being AWOL
from Marine Air Station in
Yuma, Ariz.
Officers reported he is being
held until Marine authorities
arrive from the base to take him
into custody.
Kermit Man
Free on Bond
Steven Barton Jr«, 35, of Ker-
mit was arrested early Tues-
day morning by Kermit Police
Department and was trans-
ferred to county Jail, He was
charged with driving while in-
toxicated and also driving with
a suspended operator’s license.
Barton was released after
posting bond.
in the field a week at a time
and will live with a Priest in
that area and will go into town
once a week for supplies and
a bath.
Neither understand the native
language.
The following is a letter,
June 15, to Carley’s parents
while Burton and Suzanne were
traveling in Mexico toward
their destination:
“Here we are in beautiful
Mazatlan. The Pacific Ocear
is about 100 feet from our
hotel. But there was a time
when I actually didn’t think
Suzanne and I would be en-
joying this wonderfl city.
“Enclosed is a cross sec-
tion of our journey so far. Af-
ter our first leg to Laredo
from Fort Worth, we next tra-
veled to Monterrey where I
mailed the post card.
“The next afternoon we tra-
veled to Terr eon, which I dear-
ly liked. On our last so-
journ from Terreon to Mazat-
lan came my doubt of arrival
here in Mazatlan. This is only
368 miles but it took 12 long
hours to travel. You’ll no-
tice that during our entire trip
we have steadily gone up un-
til we finally reached approxi-
mately 9,100 feet high. Start-
ing down the Sierra Madres our
brakes all but went out and it
got dark and you have no idea
about the road. We traveled
down in low gear 9,100 feet
to sea level at 20 miles per
hour.
“The road was cut right
out of sheer cliffs, with 1,000
feet straight drops on each side.
And these are narrow roads
with few, rail guards. And you
have no idea how Mexicans
drive. Even at one spot we
could see clouds below us on the
road, lower down in the next
cliffs. Anyway, for six hours
we wound at 20 mphfrom curve
to curve. It really Avas a har-
rowing experience but some of
the most spectacular scenery in
the world.
“Today Suzanne and I rode
a carriage around, swam,
shopped and generally relaxed.
Tomorrow we see about the
ferry boat across to La Paz.
“Please take care and I’ll
write you from La Paz.”
Burton and Suzanne will re-
turn this fall to TCU.
TODAY'S TOMORROW — The fourth of July for the Ditto
sisters, Lettia, 10, (left) and Janice, 11, was spent in Winkler
County Swimming Pool which was probably the coolest place
in town. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Ditto.
(Staff Photo)
School Board
Schedules
Regular Meet
Regular meeting of Kermit
Independent School Board is
scheduled for Tuesday night,
beginning at 8 p.m. in the
Administration Building.
The following tentative agen-
da has been announced for the
session:
Call to order.
Prayer,
Reading of the minutes.
Resignations.
Approve new personnel.
Consider bids for micro-
scopes, shop equipment, du-
plicating paper and Venetian
blinds.
Approve student insurance
plan for 1969-70.
Consider accepting property
(See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 4)
Texaco Plans Stepout;
J. D. Cole Stakes Site
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Texaco Inc. plans No, 1-AL
Loving Fee as a Vk-mile west
stepout to the three-well MAJ
(3,370-foot 01ds*Delaware)pool
of Loving County, 22 miles
northwest of Mentone.
Drillsite for the 3,750-foot
project is 1,320 feet from north
and east lines of section 33,
block 56, T-l, T&P survey.
J. D. Cole of Kermit staked
site for No. 3 Sealy-Smith as a
south outpost to the six-well
Darmer (Queen sand) area of
the multipay field in Winkler
C ounty.
Location for the 3,250-foot
test is 15 miles southeast of
Kermit and 660 feet from south
and 1,980 feet from west lines
of section 75, block A, G&M-
MB&A survey.
Humble Oil & Refining Co.
No. 1-1 South Ward Deep Gas
Unit was bottomed at 17,594
feet preparing to perforate and
attempt completion as a dis-
covery, 15 miles southwest of
Monahans in Ward County.
It Is 2,582 feet from north-
east and 1,357 feet from north-
west lines of section 19, block
32, H&TC survey, 9V2 miles
east of the Lockridge (18,600-
foot Ellenburger gas) area and
surrounded by shallow oil wells
in the Ward, South region.
Humble set a 5-inch casing at
17,590 feet in the prospect,
originally slated as a 16,000-
foot Ellenburger probe. There
Mrs. Mullinax
Dies Thursday;
Rites Friday
Mrs. Willie Daniel Mullinax,
63, died at her home Thursday
at 3:40 a.m., after a long ill-
ness.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 10 a.m. in First
Baptist Church with Rev, Gene
Jorgenson, pastor, officiating.
Graveside services were held
Saturday at 10 a.m. in Clark
Cemetery, Weatherford.
Cooper Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs, Mullinax was born Feb.
12, 1906, in Batson and had
lived here 23 years. She was
a member ofthe Baptist Church
and had taught in Kermit
Schools for 16 years. She came
to Kermit from Longview and
had lived one year in Weather-
ford.
Survivors include her hus-
band, C. O. Mullinax; two sons,
Rev. George Mullinax of
Grundy, Va., and Gordan Mul-
linax of Fort Worth; a daughter,
Una Clyde Forgy of Belton;
her mother, Mrs. Clyde Wil-
liams of Norman, Okla.; one
sister, Mrs. Una Magee of
Norman, Okla,; three grand-
children and five great-grand-
children.
Pallbearers were Stanley
Mulsow, G. E. Thompson, J.A.
Slaughter, H. E. Odom, Doyle
Nutt and Leo Brock.
Dr. Robinson s
Sister Killed In
Thursday Crash
Mrs, A. R, (Pete) Ezell,
long time resident of Lyford
and a sister of Dr. Cecil Rob-
inson of Kermit, was killed
late Thursday afternoon in a
truck-car crash near Kings-
ville. Mr, and Mrs. Ezell
were enroute to Corpus Chrlsti
to spend the July 4th weekend
with their son, A. R. Ezell
Jr.
Ezell Is reported in fair
condition in a Corpus Chrlsti
hospital.
Funeral arrangements were
pending Saturday at a Raymond-
ville funeral home.
Mrs. Ezell was a school tea-
cher in Lyford and her husband
is superintendent of Lyford
schools.
Survivors include her hus-
band; the son in Corpus Chrlsti;
two daughter, Mrs. Charles
Horton of Little Rock and Mrs.
C. R, Sawmsun of San Antonio;
another brother, Carol Robin-
son of Fort Stockton; a sister,
M rs. Leonard Holland of Golden
and several grandchildren.
have been no reports of any
shows encountered in the El-
lenburger.
While being drilled it yield-
ed gas at the rate of 340,000
cubic feet per day, on a 3A-
inch choke, and 807 feet of
39.2-gravity crude plus 60 feet
of unidentified water on a 1-hour
drillstem test conducted be-
tween 8,842 and 8,888 feet.
Humble was running dual
packers in No, 1-7 Pyote Gas
Unit, to perforate the Ellen-
burger and attempt completion
tries from the Devonian and
the Ellenburger, three miles
south of Pyote in Ward.
It is IV4 miles southeast of
the lone Ellenburger gasser
in the Block 16 (Devonian gas)
reservoir and % mile south of
Devonian production in the
field.
The Devonian has already
shown it would make a well with
the flowing of gas at the rate
of six million cubic feet per
day from shot holes at 12,729-
12,971 feet after a 5,000-gal-
lon acid stimulation.
It is 1,980 feet from north-
west and northeast lines of sec-
tion 83, block 34, H&TC survey.
Roden Oil Co. of Midland was
boring ahead below 12,485 feet
toward a proposed depth of
18,000 feet and the Ellenburger
in No. 1-99 Caprito, a mile north
of Pyote in Ward.
Drillsite is 1,320 feet from
north and west lines of section
99, block F, G&MMB&A sur-
vey, a mile northwest of the
discovery and lone producer in
the ROC (Devonian and Mon-
toya-Ellenburger gas) region.
The Superior Oil Co. No. 1
Richburg Unit, slated for 21,-
000 feet to test the Ellenbur-
ger in Reeves County, is fishing
at total depth 18,408 feet in
dolomite.
Located six miles north of
Pecos, it is 50 feet from north
and 11,000 feet from west lines
of section 25, block 4, H&GN
survey, % mile west of the
opener and lone producer in
the MiVida (Fusselman and El-
lenburger) region of Ward, and
61/2 miles southeast of the one-
well Greasewood (Silurio-De-
vonian) pool of Reeves.
Superior was waiting on ce-
ment in No. 1 LeCroy Unit,
five miles northwest of Bar-
stow in Ward, after setting a
95/8-inch intermediate liner
from 11,771 to the bottom of
16,230 feet, before drilling
ahead to a possible 20,000 feet
toward a Fusselman and El-
lenburger goal.
Drillsite Is 7,260 feet from
the most northerly northwest
and 660 feet from the most
southerly northeast line of sec-
tion 26, S. B. Gibbs survey,
scrap file 7454, two miles
southeast of Superior’s No. 1
U. S. National, the dual dis-
covery of the MiVida (Fussel-
(See TEXACO, Page 4)
HAL BURNETT
. o. state officer
JUDGE W. E. COOK
.. . Kermit
Kermit, Wink Masons
To Install New Officers
Joint officer installation of
Kermit Masonic Lodge No. 1258
and Wink Masonic Lodge No.
1302 is to be held Thursday
night, beginning at 8 p.m. in
Kermit Masonic Hall.
County Judge W. E. Cook
will be installed as worshipful
master of Kermit Lodge and
Johnney Whiteaker will be wor-
shipful master of the Wink
Lodge.
Installing officer is to be
Hal Burnett, deputy grand mas-
ter, Grand Lodge of Texas,
Truman Bryan, who will re-
tire as worshipful master of
Kermit Lodge, will serve as
master of ceremonies and will
introduce installing officers.
Bryan said the public is in-
vited to attend the installation
and social hour which will fol-
low when refreshments will be
served.
E. E, Brackens of Wink will
be installing marshall and K.
E. Pierce will give closing
prayer.
Other officers to assume
duties are:
Kermit — Ellis McCawley,
senior warden; Bill Dorsey,
junior warden; Leslie Black,
treasurer; Frank Horn, sec-
retary: E. R. Austin, tiler;
J. B. Woods, chaplain; Wil-
liam Mitchell, senior deacon;
David Sumpter, junior deacon;
Malcolm Kingston, senior ste-
ward; and J. L. Godfrey, jun-
ior steward.
Wink — John Thomas West,
senior warden; L. V. Gillis,
junior warden; C. J. Bisang,
treasurer; Charlie Ogle, sec-
retary; Clarence Reese, tiler;
K. A, Pierce, chaplain; Odie
Thompson, senior deacon; Pete
High, junior deacon; Bob
Pierce, senior steward and
Martin Hammer, junior
steward.
Two Charged With
Road Sign Thefts
Two young Kermit adults
were arrested Wednesday by
city police and charged with
theft of road signs.
They were transferred Thurs-
day to county jail and hearing
was held by County Judge W.
E. Cook.
Bond in each case was set
at $2 50 by Judge Cook.
Arrested and charged with
theft under $50 were Phil Au-
vis Hicks, 18, and Gregory
Neal Munn, 18,
Bonds had not been posted
at noon Saturday.
THURSDAY ACCIDENT — The 1962 Rambler pictured above and a city owned 1968
Ford police patrol car were in collision Thursday about 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of
South Spruce and Bryan. The driver of the Rambler, Mrs. Eva Urias Oroyco, 47, 236 Walnut,
was taken to Memorial Hospital by ambulance for treatment but she was not admitted. The
Rambler substained approximately $250 damage while damage to the 1968 Ford was esti-
mated to be $300 by Patrolman Wayne Smith, who investigated the accident. A citation for
failure to yield right of way was Issued to Patrolman Richard Grainey who was the driver
of the patrol car. (Staff Photo)
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Green, Maud. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 6, 1969, newspaper, July 6, 1969; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974042/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.