The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1971 Page: 1 of 24
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Vol. 35 - No. 81 & 82
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745
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DAMAGED VEHICLES — The two automobiles shown here were damaged last Thursday
night when they were in collision on Texas Highway 18 south of Kermit. The 1971 Mercury
(shown above), driven by William Earl Vest, 63, of Monahans, struck the rear of the 1963
Plymouth (below), which was operated by Mrs. Virgie Jackson Beavers, 42, also of Monahans,
according to Texas Highway Patrolman Gary White of Kermit, who investigated the collision. (S
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Two Tried
In County
Court
In recent action in Winkler
County Court one Kermit man
was found guilty of aggravated
assault and the probation of
another was revoked.
Robert E. Martin, 38, of
Kermit entered a plea of guilty
in Winkler County Court Dec.
20 to a charge of aggravated
issault.
Martin was tried on the
misdemeanor charge before
Judge E. C. Locklear.
He was assessed a fine of
$25 plus court cost of $47.30,
for a total of $72.30.
Probation of Bobby Gleen
Smith, 19, for swindling with a
worthless check, was revoked
Dec. 27, and he was remanded
to the county jail for 90 days.
( Smith is also in jail pending
' the posting of $2,500 bond on
a burglary charge.
NEW SCOUT EXECUTIVE
— Richard Lee Mauldin has
been named tlie new District
Scout Executive of the Sand
Hills District, according to
Scout Executive Steve Odom.
Mauldin has been serving since
Aug. 1 as the Assistant District
Scout Executive of the
Chaparral District, and assumes
his Sand Hills post Jan. 1. A
graduate of Baylor, Dick was
active in Scouting as a boy in
the Circle Ten Council in
Dallas.
Humble Oil Test ^p^p^To
Continues Drilling
Humble Oil & Refining Co.
No. 1 Humble-ARCO, a
scheduled 12,200-foot
exploratory test in Winkler
County, is drilling below 5,101
feet.
Located one mile south of
Kermit townsite, it is four
miles southwest of Ellenburger
oil and three miles southwest
of Ellenburger gas production
in the Kermit field and spots
1,900 feet from north and'
1,650 feet from east lines of
section 5, block B-5, PSL
survey, and is scheduled as a
searcher for gas.
Chevron Oil Co. No. 4
White Fund
Set Up At
Two Banks
Rev. J. Robert Hawkins,
pastor of Community Church
and retiring president of
Winkler County Ministerial
Alliance, issued a reminder to
the public today about the
Appreciation Fund for Rev. B.
O. White.
Rev. White, pastor of Faith
Baptist Church, is retiring from
the ministry at the end of
January and the fund has been
established as an appreciation
to him for -his long service.
Rev. Hawkins said
contributions can be made at
both First National Bank and
at Kermit State Bank, where
accounts are set up for this
purpose.
Contributions can be made
until Jan. 28, when the
accounts will be closed at the
two banks.
Two Cars
Damaged
In Wreck
Three Monahans residents
escaped apparent injury in a
two-car collision south of
Kermit last Thursday night.
Texas Highway Patrolman
Gary White of Kermit, who
investigated the accident, said
the collision occurred when a
1971 Mercury, driven by
William Earl Vest, 63, of
Manahans, struck the rear of a
1963 Plymouth, operated by
Mrs. Virgie Jackson Beavers,
also of Monahans.
The accident occurred on
Texas Highway 18, 3.2 miles
south of Kermit at 6:15 p.m.
last Thursday.
Patrolman White said both
cars were traveling south
toward Monahans when the
collision occurred.
Neither driver nor a young
child, who was riding in the car
with Mrs. Beavers, suffered any
apparent injuries, the officer
said, but both automobiles
sustained major damages.
Three To Be
Honored At
Coffee Today
The public has been
invited to a coffee,
honoring Fred Adams,
Glen Williamson and Kay
Chance. The event will be
held today (Thursday)
from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
in the County Courtroom.
Adams is retiring Jan. 1
as County Clerk and
Williamson, at present
County Attorney, will go
into private law practice.
Mrs. Chance, secretary to
1 Williamson, will assume
i the same duties in his
practice of law.
Hutchings-Sealy, a 7/8-mile
•southwest offset to dual
M dn t o y a - E11 e nburger
Production in the Wink, South
field of Winkler County, is at a
total depth of 4,953 feet,
waiting on cement, after
setting 13-3/8-inch casing at
4,952 feet.
Location is 1,320 feet from
south and east lines of section
91, block F, G&MMB&A
survey, six miles south of
Wink, with a contract depth of
20,000 feet.
Hunt Oil Co., operating
from Dallas, has plugged and
bandoned No. 1
Hutchings-Sealy, an
exploratory test in Winkler
County, at a total depth of
3,600 feet.
Scheduled as a 3,500-foot
test, location is 660 feet from
south and east lines of section
69, block F, G&MMB&A
survey, seven miles south of
Wink townsite, 1*4 miles west
of the Magnolia-Sealy field and
three miles north of the
one-well Magnolia-Sealy,
Northwest (3,400 Yates) field
in Ward County.
Chevron Oil Co. in
November filed application for
a 3,600-foot venture at the
same location; however, the
location was abandoned.
Burglary Suspects
To Be Returned
Winkler County Sheriff s
* *t2pufies Roy Wilhelm and
*£)usty #ogard left Monday for
Carlisle, Ark., to return to
Kermit two suspects in the
Dec. 14 burglary of the C. L.
Holder Trucking Company
office.
The deputies are expected to
return to Kermit today
(Thursday) with Janet Kay
Svoboda and James R. Prior in
custody.
A third suspect in the
burglary remains at large.
The three suspects allegedly
entered the trucking firm
offices and took a .38 revolver,
a briefcase and other articles.
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DATE
Dec. 22
Dec. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28
There was no precipitation
recorded during this period.
These figures were recorded
at the Federal Flight Service
Station at Winkler County
.Airport and are official at 5:15
p.m. Wednesday.
Be Combined
The Thursday (today)
issue of The Winkler
County News will be
combined with the
Monday, Jan. 3, issue into
a single edition, with no
paper to be printed
Monday.
With^ New Year’s Day
falling Saturday, the
combining of the two
papers will give News
employees a long
weekend. Advertisers and
those with news are
advised to keep this in
mind when preparing their
ads or sending in news
items.
Council
Has Meet
Tuesday
Kermit City Council met in
regular session at 12 noon
Tuesday with Mayor G. L.
(Jerry) McGuire presiding.
After approval of minutes of
the Dec. 14 meeting, City
Manager W. G. Haynes
reported to the Council that
the street sweeper was in need
of repair in order to continue
operation and that city
employees would do the
necessary repairs.
Haynes also displayed a
drawing of the new city decal
to Councilmen. The design was
approved by members.
Police Chief Melvin Bartley
reported that a narcotics
school will be held in Kermit
Jan. 13 and 14 with a
Department of Public Safety
officer as instructor.
Meeting adjourned with
Councilmen Fred Pearson,
Glen Funkey, C. W. Weaver
and J. L. Slaughter; Mayor
McGuire, City Manager
Haynes, Police Chief Bartley
and Mildred Lipham, secretary,
present.
Commissioners
Court To Hold
For Candidates
Deadlines
Approach
l Meet Saturday
43 The Winkler County
34 Commissioners Court will meet
34 in special session at 10 a.m.
48 Saturday to formally accept
the resignations of County
41 Attorney Glen Williamson and
41 County Clerk Fred V. Adams.
The oath of office will be
administered to the new
appointees to the offices.
Michael L. Fostel will be sworn
in as county attorney, and Mrs.
Ruth Godwin will take the
oath of office as county clerk.
By BILL BECKHAM
As 1971 draws to a close,
potential political candidates
on all levels of governement are
appraising the 1972 political
situation.
On the Winkler County
political scene, three local races
have already started the
political pot to boiling. The
county commissioners of
Precincts 1 and 3 have already
drawn opposition, and two
candidates have announced
that they are candidates for the
office of sheriff of Winkler
County, which is being vacated
by veteran Sheriff L. B. (Bill)
Eddins.
On December 2, City
Councilman J. L. (Heavy)
Slaughter announced that he
will challenge Precinct 3
Commissioner T. M. (Tommy)
Mills, a long-time Winkler
County official. A week later,
on December 9, E. A. (Ernie)
Fielding stated that he will
o p pose Precinct 1
Commissioner D. Leon Nutt.
Although neither of the
incumbents have formally
announced their intentions,
both Commissioners Mills and
Nutt are expected to seek
re-election.
The sheriffs race moved
into the limelight on December
16, when Chief Deputy W. H.
Charged
In Theft
Of Tools
Two men have been arrested
in Midland and charged with
breaking and entering a motor
vehicle in Winkler County.
Winkler County Sheriff L. B.
(Bill) Eddins said that Mimz
Crawford Herrin, Jr., 23, of
McAdonville, N. C., and Coke
C. Clark, 19, of Fort Worth,
were arrested and charged in
connection with the theft of a
box of tools from a pick-up
truck, owned by J. D. Ford of
Kermit.
The pick-up was parked on
Highway 302 east of Kermit,
when the tools were allegedly
stolen.
The two men were arrested
Tuesday by Midland officers.
Clark was released from
custody after he posted $3,500
bond in Midland County, and
Herring remained in Winkler
County Jail late Wednesday in
lieu of $3,000 bond set by
Justice of the Peace C. O.
Jones of Kermit.
(Bill) Sage announced that he
will seek election as sheriff.
Last week, Winkler County
Juvenile and Probation Officer
E. B. (Buck) Haggard stated his
intentions to also run for
sheriff, bringing the field of
announced local candidates to
four.
More announcements for
local offices are expected
shortly after the first of the
year.
The resignations of County
Attorney Glen Williamson and
County Clerk Fred V. Adams
early in December have
brought their offices into the
spotlight. The Commissioners
Court appointed Michael L.
Fostel, a member of the
Kermit law firm of Finley and
Scogin, to the county
attorney’s office, and named
Mrs. Ruth Godwin, deputy
county clerk, to succeed
Adams. They will serve by
appointment until the General
Election on November 7,1972.
Both are expected by most
political observers to seek
election to the offices.
Other potential^ candidates
(See DEADLINE Page 8)
Two Minor
Accidents
Investigated
Texas Highway Patrolman
John Smither investigated two
minor accidents within the
county this week.
The first mishap occurred
13.2 miles east of Kermit on
Texas Highway 115 at
approximately 1:30 p.m-
Monday. A 1971 Ford pickup,
driven by John M. Kinsey of
Goldsmith, ran off the right
shoulder of the road, he lost
control of the vehicle, it slid
back across the roadway, ran
off the left side of the highway
and turned over one time,
according to Smither.
Neither Kinsey nor his
passenger suffered any
apparent injuries.
According to the
’ investigating officer, at noon
Tuesday in Wink, Jerry Don
Payne attempted to back from
a parked position at the curb
and struck a 1970 Rambler
driving by James R. Mclver.
This second accident
resulted in minor damages to
the 1968 Chevrolet pickup
driven by Payne and the
Mclver Rambler.
News Highlights Of 1971 In Review
JANUARY 4
Nine new city and county
'officials received the oath of
office in ceremonies in Winkler
County Courtroom New Year’s
Day after being elected in
General Election in November,
1970.
Secretary of State Martin
Dies Jr. notified all county tax
assessor-collectors that voter
registration certificates should
be issued to all applicants who
are 18 years and over, or who
will be 18 before March 1,
1972.
JANUARY 7
Ground-breaking
ceremonies for Leisure Lodge,
Kermit’s 100-bed nursing home
valued at $350,000, were held
Tuesday, Jan. 5, by a number
of community leaders.
Death passed within a hair’s
breadth of the Jay and Jane
(Jlnskeep family early Tuesday
morning when a faulty central
heating system almost
asphyxiated the six members
of the family. After awakening
at 4 a.m., Inskeep rushed his
family to Memorial Hospital
and tragedy was avoided.
JANUARY 11
Twelve persons, including
four juveniles, were arrested
and charged with possession of
narcotics after city, county and
state law enforcement officers
raided a private residence in
Kermit Saturday night.
Winkler County Auditor
Frank Williams announced that
he had decided to continue
serving as auditor rather than
resign the post as he had
previously announced.
JANUARY 14
Winkler County
Commissioners Court, in its
first meeting of the new year,
approved the recommendation
of newly elected County Judge
E. C. Locklear to apppoint E.
B. (Buck) Haggard as new
juvenile and probation officer
for the county.
Robert Jeff Harrell was
named director of Winkler
County Youth Center after
members of Kermit School
Board accepted the resignation
of Fred Hudson.
A large number of people
from Wink and Kermit met
Tuesday, Jan. 12, in Extension
Service conference room and
voted unanimously to hold a
Winkler County Fair in the fall
of 1971.
Service awards were
presented at Kermit Volunteer
F ire Department annual
banquet Saturday, Jan. 9, at
Community Center.
JANUARY 18
Statistical report for 1970
and proposed improvements to
Memorial Hospital were on the
agenda at the annual meeting
of the hospital’s board of
control, medical staff
representatives and Winkler
County Commissioners Court
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members.
Dr. Frank B. Conselman,
director of the International
center for Arid and Semi-Arid
Land Studies at Texas Tech,
and three associates met
Thursday, Jan. 14, at Kermit
Fire Hall with Winkler County
residents concerning a
proposed artificial lake in the
county.
Officers and directors of
Permian Savings and Loan
Association were named at the
association’s annual meeting of
stockholders and shareholders,
held at the financial
institution’s office at 202
South Poplar in Kermit
Thursday, Jan. 14.
JANUARY 21
Members of the school
board of Kermit Independent
School District unanimously
voted to offer the post of
athletic director and head
coach of Kermit Schools to
Greg Sherwood, former head
coach and athletic director at
Liberal, Kansas.
H. E. Diller, president of
Kermit Industrial Foundation,
announced plans for a major
fund-raising campaign, in
which donations from present
membership, merchants,
professional services and
aggressive citizens were to be
solicited.
JANUARY 25
County Judge E. C.
Locklear proclaimed the week
of Jan. 25-29 as “3.76 in ’76
Week” in Winkler County. This
proclamation launched the
Winkler County portion of the
statewide program to increase
agricultural income in Texas by
more than a billion dollars by
1976.
Lyndon F. Webb, Winkler
County Service Officer, was
informed of the fact that the
Veteran’s Land Program had
renewed its operation, from a
letter from J. D. Cannon,
veteran’s consultant.
Winkler County Citizens
United for Law and Order met
Wednesday, Jan. 20, with Rev.
Gene Jorgenson, president, in
charge. Several topics were
discussed, among them the lack
of jobs for young people.
JANUARY 28
A plan to require
mandatory retirement at the
age of 70 was adopted by
Winkler County Commissioners
Court at a meeting Tuesday,
Jan. 26. Under this plan, all
permanent county employees
and appointed county officials
covered by the county
retirement plan will be
required to retire at the age of
70.
Contracts for gas and oil
and a city depository were
awarded when Kermit City
Council met Tuesday night in
regular session.
FEBRUARY 1
License plates for 1971
went on sale today at the
Winkler County tax office and
will be on sale during February
and March.
The annual George
Washington’s Birthday
Sellabration was planned for
Feb. 15.
Dalton Haines, president of
First National Bank of Kermit,
will head the 1971 Easter Seal
Appeal in Winkler County.
FEBRUARY 4
A total of 3,762 persons
registered to vote in Winkler
County prior to the Jan. 30
deadline, 198 of which are in
the 18-to-21 age group.
Kermit’s final census figure
was set at 7,884, according to
an announcement from the
office of Congressman Richard
C. White.
FEBRUARY 8
A fund-raising goal of
$30,000 was set by members
of the Board of Directors of
Kermit Industrial Foundation.
FEBRUARY 11
Saturday, April 3, was
approved by City Council as
the date for election of city
officers.
Members of Winkler County
Commissioners Court voted a
pay increase for all elected
county officials over the
opposition of County Judge E.
C. Locklear.
FEBRUARY 15
Congressman Richard C.
White will be in Kermit and
Wink Tuesday, with speaking
engagements in both cities.
Officials of Kermit
Industrial Foundation today
urged local business firms and
individuals to join forces and
make Tuesday’s fund-raising
drive for the foundation a
tremendous success.
FEBRUARY 18
Two Kermit men were
arrested and charged with
possession of narcotics and
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