The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, July 10, 1972 Page: 1 of 10
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I Weather
Fair to partly
cloudy today
through Tuesday.
Vol. 36 - No. 32
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The Winkler County News io«
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745 Monday, JulyJO, 1972
Basansky Speaker
At Gospel Meeting
WILLIAM BASANSKY
. .. speaker
Country
Jamboree
Saturday
The monthly Winkler
County Country Jamboree will
be held Saturday, July 15, at
the Kermit Community Center,
beginning at 8 p.m.
The Jamborees are
sponsored by the Kermit
Wranglers. Six out of town
bands have been invited for
this month’s event. Prizes will
be awarded at 10 p.m. and at
11 p.m.
The concession stand will be
operated by the Kermit
Jaycees and there will be no
admission charge.
The Jamboree is a family
entertainment, for the young
and old alike, and is held the
third Saturday of each month.
Anyone with talent in the area
is invited to participate.
Water Use
Increases
In June
Kermit residents, plagued by
a consecutive string of days of
100-plus degrees, used over 12
million more gallons of water
in June than in May, according
to a report from the City of
Kermit.
In June, 63,341,000 gallons
were metered, while May usage
was recorded as 51,028,000
gallons.
Water receipts were up
during June, from $20,507.23
in May to $24,698.32 last
month. The number of
customers declined slightly,
with 2,855 on the rolls in May
and 2,842 in June.
Total receipts were also
higher in June, with
$36,919.62, compared to
$32,780.08 in May. Sewer and
garbage receipts were
substantially the same for the
two months.
William Basansky, presently
on the staff at Oral Roberts
University, will be the featured
speaker at the Full Gospel
Businessmen’s Fellowship
meeting today (Monday) at the
Kermit Community Center.
The session will get underway
at 8 p.m.
Basansky was born in the
Soviet Union and spent some
time in a German detention'
camp during World War II,
after the Germans captured
their village in the Ukraine.
The family was marched, along
with hundreds of others to
Germany.
After the war, the Basansky
family was sponsored by an
American and worked in North
Carolina until they were able
to support themselves. In
1953, Basansky joined the
USAF and served four years.
He spent six years on the
Oxnard police force in
California as a patrolman and
detective, working in narcotics.
In 1963 he decided to go back
to college and became a high
school teacher, teaching
Russian and German at
Camarillo High School in
Camarillo, Calif.
Jh January, 1969, Basansky
said God healed him of a severe
back ailment, which had
caused paralysis of his legs and
delivered, him from an
addiction to dope and alcohol.
He realized that God is live and
accepted Jesus as his personal
Savior and Lord and later
received baptism in the Holy
Spirit. Basansky said since
then, God has worked many
miracles in his life and in the
lives of his family.
He has recently joined the
staff at Oral Roberts University
and faces the new and
challenging experience of
ministering to the. students at
ORU.
| Council :
Session ;
; Tuesday ;
Kermit City Council will
meet in regular session
Tuesday, July 11.
Included on the agenda are
the following items:
Meeting called to order.
Invocation.
Public Notice of this
meeting as posted presented to
he Council and noted in the
minutes.
Approve minutes of regular
Council meeting, June 27.
D iscuss contract with
Southwestern Appraisal Co.,
Inc.
Discuss 1972-73 budget.
Approve monthly bills.
Reports.
Receive petitions on matters
of business from the audience.
Adjourn.
WH5RPERS - When W. T. Byrd, 710 Robinson, set out tomatoe plants he hoped for
success, but little dreamed of results like this. These two beauties tipped the scales at 3
pounds ... some tomatoes. (Staff Photo)
Rotary Has Review,
Hosts Rotary-Anns
In Regular Session
Board Discusses
Joint Tax Office
Kermit Rotary Club held a
special Ladies Night meeting
Wednesday evening, 'July 5, 'in
Community Center, in lieu of
its regular Tuesday noon
meeting, with Jimmie McKay,
president, presiding.
Julian Dawson reviewed the
activities of Kermit Rotary
over the past 10 years for
benefit of Rotary-Anns and
newer members of the club
who have not had the privilege
of participating in the
programs.
Dawson commented on the
organization and development
of the Kermit Opportunity
School for the mentally
retarded at 212 North
Mulberry. The school was paid
for by Kermit Rotary
Foundation from dues paid by
Rotary members and is owned
and maintained by the Kermit
Rotary Club with the
assistance and cooperation of
Kermit citizens and
organizations. The Kermit
Junior Chamber of Commerce
assisted greatly in the past year
in painting and refurbishing the
school so that presently it is in
first class shape, he said.
Dawson then showed a
number of colored slides
depicting the hands-across-the-
border program of Kermit
Rotary, which has assisted the'
Mexican communities of
Ojinaga, Loma De Juarez and
Palumbos. Thousands of
dollars worth of school desks
and supplies collected from
Kermit, Wink, Eunice and
Andrews have been transported
to the Mexican communities.
This has assisted in upgrading
their schools substantially.
Many tons of clothing and
food stuffs have also been
supplied to them by Kermit
Rotary through the generosity
of Kermit citizens. A
Meeting Set ;
For Fair
• Association :
J A meeting of the 1
i Winkler County Fair ]
1 Association will be held i
I Tuesday, July 11, at 7:30 |
i p.m., in Extension Center.
1 Anyone interested in 1
, the Fair is invited to
i attend.
substantial improvement of the
; living conditions in these
4 ;tom muni ties has bee® observed
as a result of these Rotary
programs.
At the present time Kermit
Rotary is attempting to
develop a progfam in
cooperation with 4-H Clubs
and other interested and
cooperating Winkler County
jJersons and officials to
promote a 4-H program of
. feeding and care for small
animals. This program has been
made possible by the
gpnerosity of Mrs. J. B. Walton
who has made a tract of land
available for this project just
north of the Kermit city limits,
* where it will be easily
accessible to the young people
who wish to participate in this
program.
Dawson called attention to
the fact that these programs
were made possible by the
generous cooperation of many
citizens, officials and residents
of Kermit and Winkler County
and extended his thanks and
the gratitude of Kermit Rotary
Club for the past and
continued cooperation of the
many interested persons in
Winkler County.
Board members of Kermit
Independent School District,
meeting in regular session
Thursday night, discussed the
possibility of a jointly operated
tax office for the schools and
the City of Kermit.
Considerable interest
resulted in naming of a
committee to discuss the
matter further. This group will
meet with a similiar committee
representing the City to
explore advantages and
disadvantages of such an
operation. Committee
members are Don Smith,
school tax assessor-collector;
Austin Roberts, director of
business services; and Bob
Morris, vice-president of the
board.
Employment of two new
faculty members for Kermit
High School was approved.
Juan Hernandez will teach
Biology. He is a graduate of
Lyford High School and holds
a BS Degree from Southwest
Texas State University, San
Marcos, with a major in
Biology and Physical
Education. He is 24 years old,
single and is a beginning
teacher.
Michael Glen Grant is to
teach Chemistry. Grant is a
graduate of Odessa High
School and has a BS Degree
from Sul Ross State University.
He taught one year in L. G.
Pinkston High School, Dallas.
Bill McMahon and Gus
Butterow, representatives of
Thos. Y. Picket & Co., Inc.,
were present to answer
questions regarding procedure
used in assessing mineral
properties in the District. They
pointed out that values of
minerals lit th& District are
declining with a resulting loss
of tax revenue. Contract with
the company, valuation
engineers, was extended for
two years.
Contract was approved with
Southwest Appraisal Company,
Break-In Is
Investigated
Officers of Kermit Police
Department are investigating
the breaking and entering of
the Pik-Pak store located on
Highway 302.
According to officers, Mrs.
M. E. Coker, a store employee,
reported the break-in at 6:44
a.m. Friday.
Upon investigation officers
found a back door of the
building had been forced open.
Apparently the only items
taken in the incident were
postal stamps and
approximately $8 to $10
change.
Investigation into the
break-in is continuing at this
time.
Inc., for providing appraisal
services on local properties.
This will be done in
cooperation with other
participating governmental
units in the country.
Southwestern States General
Agency was given the nod for
student and athletic insurance
for the 1972-73 school year.
Towel fee in physical
education was set at 80 cents,
an increase of 30 cents. The 50
cent fee was set several years
ago and an increase is necessary
because of rising costs.
D. M. Mayer, director of
instructional services,
presented a recommendation
to remove Data Processing I
and II from the curriculum of
KHS. Chief reasons for this
recommendation, the Board
was informed, is because of
declining student interest to
the point of it not being
reasonable to offer the courses
and because of the
overabundance of qualified
potential employes in the field
of data processing at this time.
After a discussion, the
recommendation was approved
by the Board.
Roberts gave reports on
cafeteria operations and the
athletic fund for the 1971-72
school year.
After reviewing bids in four
different areas for various
equipment and supplies, the
following bids were accepted.
Broadhead-Garrett
Company, power hacksaw with
guard, $265; one each air
compressor with guns and
pressure regulator, $217.80;
and tap and die set, $108.90.
Angelo Refrigeration &
Supply received contract on a
total bid of $2,418.60 for
various cafeteria equipment
and supplies, with a trade-in of
other items, totaling $504,
leaving a balance of $1,914.60.
Hoover Brothers School
Supply got the contract for
2,200 reams of 8*^x11
duplicator paper at 86 cents
per ream and 100 reams 8Hxl4
duplicator paper at $1.08 per
ream.
Faulkner Typewriter
Company was low bidder,
$1.35 per gallon, for 210
gallons of duplicator fluid.
Broadhead-Garrett’s low bid
of $830 on specified
equipment for high school
industrial arts welding classes
did not meet specifications and
the next low, Welding Supply
and Tool, $939.60, was
accepted.
The Board also adopted the
dress code, as recommended by
High School Prinicpal Julian
Dawson and his staff. The code
is published each year in the
student handbook.
After approving payment of
bills, the meeting was
adjourned.
Board members present were
Oscar Theisen, Wilbur Jordan,
Rev. J. Robert Hawkins, Walter
Anderson, Dean Gregory,
Morris, and Gerald Speed.
GENE BURNETT
. . . to direct program
Burnett
To Direct
Program
S. E. Burnett, City of
Kermit sanitarian, has been
named to direct the water
pollution control and
abatement program required
by S.B. 835 which orders cities
of 5,000 population or more.to
establish such programs on %
local basis.
Administered by the Texas
Water Quality Board, local
programs have been established
in the 217 Texas cities to
which the law applies. Meetings
with city officials were held by
TWQB officials earlier in the
year and additional
conferences are being
scheduled during July and
August to answer questions
and provide whatever help the
cities need in handling their
programs. Tom Kelly of the
TWQB will conduct the
meetings for which dates will
be announced.
Cooperating in scheduling
the conferences will be 24
Councils of Government within
which all of the 217 cities are
represented.
S.B. 835 directs cities within
the specified population range
to perform pollution control
functions, develop an
inventory of waste dischargers,
monitor all significant
discharges, collect samples and
conduct periodic inspections,
and to use legal enforcement
when necessary.
At McCamey
Red Sox In Tourney
After Beating Cubs
By Gene Burnett
The Red Sox won their
second straight over the Cubs
and took the league title with a
16-1 win oh Friday night. The
next stop for the winners is the
District tournament in
McCamey starting July 25.
Monte Egger pitched a
strong four hitter, fanned five
and walked a like number in
notching the wins. Scott
Edwards blasted a two run
homer and drove in another
run with a first inning single to
lead the Red Sox batters.
Terry Bryant was the victim
of the Red Sox onslaught as he
gave up a total of eleven hits,
walked nine, hit two batters
and garnered four strikeouts.
The Red Sox left no doubt of
their intention as they scored
five runs in the first on five
base hits and three walks,
added a single run in the
second scored six more in the
third and closed out their
scoring with four runs in the
fourth. The game was called
after four because of the ten
run rule.
In addition to Edward’s
clouting, Egger, Alfred
McGilbra, and Mike Wright had
two base hits each for the Red
Sox. Joe Dominguez, Randy
Walker and Tony Moore also
hit safely.
The four Cub hits were
divided among Leslie Baucom,
Dale McCombs, Terry Bryant
and Doug Fields.
RED SOX WIN FIRST
GAME OF PLAYOFFS
Joe Dominguez hit a
two-run homer in the first
inning and the Red Sox were
never headed as the Cubs
couldn’t solve the slants of
Scott Edwards. The Red Sox
romped to an 11-2 win in
Thursday’s opening game of
the Freshman open base
playoffs. The Red Sox won the
North Division in regular
season play while the Cubs
took the South Division.
The Red Sox broke the
game open in the second inning
as the Cubs’ inner defenses fell
apart and five runs poured
across the plate. The Cubs did
their only scoring in the third
as they got two runs on a pair
of base hits and a wild pitch.
The Red Sox completed
their scoring in the fourth as
they added their final four
runs. Terry Bryant relieved
starter Dale McCombs at this
point and shut out the Red
Sox the rest of the way.
Scott Edwards allowed five
hits, two runs, struck out eight
and walked one in chalking up
the win.
Dale McCombs, who started
for the Cubs, was touched for
all 11 runs, seven hits, walked
five and had no strikeouts.
Bryant, who pitched the last
inning and two-thirds, gave up
a single base hit, struck out
three and walked none.
For the Cubs, Bryant got
three hits in three at-bats.
Leslie Baucom and McCombs
had the other two Cub hits.
Cole Mitchell, Joe
Dominguez and Mike Wright
had two hits each for the Red
Sox. Randy Walker and Monte
Egger also had a base hit for
the winners.
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LITTLE LEAGUE WINNERS - The Red Sox, shown
above, are the winners of the Kermit Little League, after
defeating the Cubs in two straight games in a playoff. Front
row, left to right Bobby Turner, Ross Smead, Bobby Williams,
Cole Mitchell, Randy Walker and Steve Jenkins. Kneeling on the
second row are (left to right) bat boy Timmy Moore, Terry
Widner, Dub Dietrich, Oliver Brown, Tony Moore and Joe
Dominguez. Standing on the third row are (left to right) Coach
Red Turner, Alfred McGilbra, Scott Edwards, Monty Egger,
Coach Charles Wright, Kent Smead, Mike Wright and Coach
Bobby Egger.
(Staff Photo)
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, July 10, 1972, newspaper, July 10, 1972; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980509/m1/1/?q=%22Texas+Normal+College%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.