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The Winkler County News
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Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
18 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, August 29,1963
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Council Votes Again
Break Contract
Special Meeting
Set for Budget
Kermit City Councilmen tennis and croquet courts
agreed to participate in the cost
of erecting lights in Plaza Park,
awarded a contract for traffic
control equipment to a low bid-
der, set a special meeting, to
discuss the budget and voted
to table further action on an
engineering contract after hear-
ing Kenneth E. Esmond of
Odessa.
City Manager Howard Wil-
lingham presented a request by
County Commissioner Leon Nutt
for the city to participate in the
cost of erecting lights on the
RECEIVE SERVICE PINS — These nine Kermit
schools staff members, who received service pins Tues-
day at the annual faculty breakfast, have total of 155
years service. Mrs. Leta Blundell (center, seated) re-
ceived a 25-year pin. At her left is Mrs. Joe Morris
New Teachers Introduced
while Mrs. Fred Pearson is at her right. Both were giv-
en 20-year pins. In back (left to right) are Mrs. Rubye
Bryson, Mrs. Bill Kirkpatrick, James Green, Corinne
Henry, Mrs. J. W. Mahon and Mrs. Clyde Martin.
They received 15 year pins. (News Staff Photo)
Service Pins Presented
KadujtyfMeet?
Six Are Hurt
In Trio of
€»ar Mishaps
Six persons were treated for
injuries from three auto acci-
dents Tuesday afternoon and
®rly Wednesday morning. All
^)re later released from Wink-
ler County Memorial Hospital.
Four Wink men were injured
in one accident which occurred
at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday. All sus-
tained cuts and bruises but were
not detained at the hospital.
According to officials of the
Kermit Police Department, a
car operated by Allen O.Morton,
22, went out of control'in the
600 block of North Pine Street.
Passengers in the vehicle were
Mike Ballard, 21, David De-
Prang, 21, and Dwight Dow, 21.
The car was registered to F. M.
Ballard of Wink, officers said.
(HfcThe investigator said the car,
which was heading toward Ker-
mit, crossed the highway at a
curve, rammed into posts sup-
pelting .a warehouse - porch,
scraped a transport trailer tank,
hit the corner of the Magneto
Electric Service building and
the, concrete slab steps in front
of the building before finally
coming to rest. The car was
judged a total loss.
R. E. Matlock, owner of the
electric service company, told
officers . he and his wife were
sleeping at the rear of the build-
ing when the collision occurred.
He said the building was moved
on its foundation and a portion
of the floor was buckled by the
force of the impact.
Another injured person was
Ramsey Brown of 538 South
Avenue B. He suffered injuries
to his left ankle when his car
overturned just south of Jal,
lkM„ at 4:30 a.m., Wednes-
d^. He told officers he went
to sleep at the wheel of his car.
He was brought to Kermit hos-
pital by a resident of the El
Paso camp, near where the mis-
hap occurred.
The other injury occurred
Tuesday afternoon when cars
driven by Mrs. Robert Under-
wood and Ollie Nevel collided
at Campbell and Main Streets.
Mrs. Underwood was treated
and released.
Kermit police officers also in-
vestigated a two-car accident
Sunday night., involving cars
driven by Virginia Sue Grogan
of Kermit and Bill N. Connally,
also of Kermit. The accident
occurred at the intersection of
Highway 302 and Robinson
Street. There were no injuries.
Fourteen new teachers were system,
welcomed to Kermit Tuesday
morning during the annual fac-
ulty breakfast sponsored by the
local unit of the Texas State
Teachers Association.
•At the same time, 30 school
district personnel and a School
Board member were honored
for their years of service to the
Kermit Independent School Dis-
trict.
Joe Arledge, member of the
School Board, presented the ser-
vice pins to the teachers. The
high light of the presentations
was the award to Mrs. Leta
Blundell, East Primary School
principal, for 25 years of ser-
vice.
The 31 persons have served
a total of 300 years in the school
In addition
Blundell, others receiving
awards were as follows:
20 years —Mrs. Fred W
Pearson and Mrs. Joe Morris,
15 years — James Green, Mrs
Rubye Bryson, Mrs. Clyde Mar-
tin, Mrs. J. W. Mahan, Mrs.
Bill Kirkpatrick and Corrine
Henry.
10 years — Mrs. Zelna Austin,
Mrs. L. A. Kilgore, Mrs. R. J.
Smith, Lettie Mae Thomas, Joe
Ethridge, J. V. Arnold and D.
L. Handlin, Board member.
5 years — Mrs. B. W. Brans-
cum, Mrs. Truman Bryan, Beu-
lah Bryant, Mrs. Ruth Martin,
Mrs. Joe Reynolds, Mr. and
Mrs. Hamilton Still, Mrs. Gene
Wester, Mrs. Julian Dawson,
Mrs. Johnnie Roberts, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Work, Joe Beck, Dan
Cooke, Jerry Helmer and H. W
P. Miller.
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GLENN KENLEY
. . . resigns post
Kenley Resigns
Administrator’s
Post at Hospital
Paperboys Will Get
Copies Early Monday
Copies of The News will be.
distributed to paperboys Mon-
day, Sept. 2, at the FRONT
door of The News building at
8 a.m. J. Arthur Parsons,
circulation manager, said it
is important that all carriers
pick up their papers prompt-
ly-
The papers are being dis-
tributed from the FRONT
door because of the work un-
der way at the rear of The
News by crews installing a
new press . and other support-
ing equipment. Parents are
asked to remind their chil-
dren not to go to the back
door of the building because
of the danger with the heavy
equipment around there.
Mrs.' Bill Litton, president of the
local uunit, was .master of cere-
monies and introduced the nu-
merous city and county officials
on hand. Superintendent of
Schools G. E. (Tommy) Thomp-
son introduced the new staff
members.
Following the breakfast meet-
ing, teachers continued with a
workshop which started Monday
morning for new faculty mem-
bers. It will continue through-
out the week. Out-of-town con-
sultants will attend several of
the meetings to help teachers
start off the new school term
with new ideas and up-to-date
methods.
The breakfast and workshop
are annual affairs. However,,
the workshop has been extend-
ed two days this year.
New teachers for the system
include Jerry Kight, Billy H.
Jolley, Jimmy Ray Strickland,
Bobby Moore, Sam Skipworth,
Mrs. Edna Kurtz, Mrs. Frances
Baskin, Judy Walker, Charles
Upton, Mrs. Dorothy Parker,
Jerry Knight and returning aft-
er a year’s absence, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Kirby and Mrs. Roy
Walker.
Rites Slated
For Mack Moore,
Former Officer
Funeral services for Mack
Moore, 74, a resident of Wink
since the oil boom days, are
to be today (Thursday) at 2:30
p.m. at Hixson Funeral Chapel.
Rev. C. C. Gober of Wickett
is to officiate.
Graveside services will be
conducted at Kermit Cemetery
by the Wink Masonic Lodge, j
Hixson Funeral Chapel is inPur*n&
charge of arrange^ * s.
Mr. Moore died Wednesday at
5 a.m., following a lengthy ill-
’ness.
He was a resident of Winkler
County since 1928 and two times
had served as Precinct 2 Coun-
ty Commissioner. He was first
elected in 1936 and completed
a two-year term. He was elect-
ed again in 1946 and served
as Precinct 2 Commissioner un-
til 1952. In 1954 he was elected
Precinct 2 Constable and served
in this capacity until his retire-
ment in 1961.
He had started a blacksmith
shop in Wink during early oil
boom days and continued to op-
erate it until about 1946.
A member of the Wink Ma-
sonic Lodge, he was also a 32nd
Degree Mason, and member of
the Scottish Rites Bodies of El
Paso and a member of IOOF.
He was born Jan. 12, 1889, in
Panola County, Texas.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Betty Moore of 619 Langley
Way, Wink; two step-daughters,
Mrs. Sylvia Wilber and Mrs.
Nellie Reeves, both of Hobbs,
N.M.; two step-sons, James
A. Wilson of Wink, and Ray H.
Wilson of Grove, Okla.; and a
granddaughter, Mrs. Jnonell
Reeves Forrester of Hobbs.
Pallbearers will be members
of the Wink Masonic Lodge.
Plaza Park. He said the cost
to the city will amount to $250.
The County will pay the elec-
tricity bill on the lights. All
Councilmen voted for the action.
Councilmen also voted to give
Signal Sales and Maintenance
Corp. of Dallas a contract to
erect traffic light controls on
Campbell Street. The firm’s bid
was $1,226.58. Originally the
Council voted to give the con-
tract to Signal Engineering, also
of Dallas, on the basis of the
firm’s low bid of $495. However,
the firm submitted a corrected
bid which was higher than the
other by several hundred dol-
lars. The equipment is to be in-
stalled within the next 30 days.j
A special meeting of the City
Council will be held Tuesday,
at 7 p.m., to discuss the budget.
Councilmen decided to set the
special meeting in order to al-
low more opportunity to work
on the budget before setting
a public hearing. The public
hearing will be held at a later
date, to be set by the Council
Tuesday.
Esmond, head of the Odessa
engineering firm whose con-
tract with the city was canceled
a meeting two weeks
i ago, told the Council he was
i ‘amenable to any sort of change
in contract. But, I am not
amenable to cancellation of our
contract without any notice.”
The Council two weeks ago
voted to terminate the contract,
claiming it was unenforcable in
that it had no termination date.
Esmond explained the term
of the contract was written to
coincide with the 5-year capital
improvement program at the
request of the Council serving
at that time. He said it was a
common agreement. He pointed
out that he had no objection to
limiting the term of the con-
tract to a year at a time.
“Our position is that the con-
tract is valid. We are amenable
to anything reasonable and
right. If you don’t like us any
more we will go home, but we
would like some notice so we
can shift our personnel.
“We never thought this Coun-
cil would act unfairly and cre-
ate this hardship on anyone.
And, if it happens it will be the
first time in my 17 years,” Es-
mond remarked.
The engineer said the contract
was sent to the city’s attorneys
for examination before it was
approved by the Council. He al-
so pointed out that a resolution
was adopted by the Council rati-
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EMMA SHERWOOD
. . . Gene’s Tile Shop
$10,000 Remodeling
Job Planned by CPS
A $10,000 remodeling program the office.
has been announced for the
Kermit office of Community
Public Service Company. Cal-
vin Dunlop, manager of the
local office, said the work is to
get under way immediately.
Hixson Construction Company
of Kermit won the contract to
perform the work, Dunlop said.
The firm’s bid was lowest of
four submitted.
“We plan to take the present
display area and make most
of it into a new bookkeeping
room,” Dunlop said. He explain-
ed the need for more area to
handle accounts was a fac-
tor in the decision to redesign
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Glenn Kenley, administrator
of Winkler County Memorial
Hospital, has submitted his res-
ignation to the hospital board
The administrator will leave his
duties Oct. 15.
Kenley came to Kermit in
1955 and has directed the ac-
tivities of the County facility
since.Two additions were con-
structed during Kenley’s admin-
istration, the last one completed
a few months ago.
He said his family, including
his wife and a son and daughter,
vvill move within the next few
days and he will follow next
month. Kenley said they will
move to Austin where he will
be employed in a similar job.
He said he is not at liberty to
disclose his new position at the
present time.
Dog Vaccinations Are
Set for Labor Day
A chance to have dogs vac-
cinated for rabies will be offer-
ed to Kermit dog owners Mon
day, Sept. 2.
A veterinarian will be at the
Kermit Fire Department build-
ing from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday
to administer the rabies shots.
All dog owners are urged to
have their dogs vaccinated if
they do not already have immu-
nization. A city law requires all
dogs to be vaccinated.
“School is starting and many
dogs will be coming in contact
with children. Some dogs will
follow children to school and
others will have a chance to
day with children who are
walking to school. In order to
protect Kermit children all
dogs should be vaccinated,” said
Kermit Police Chief Bill Old-
ham.
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NEW FACULTY MEMBERS — Pictured above
are persons new to the Kermit School system this year.
In front (left to right) are Mrs. Roy Walker, Mrs.
Dorothy Parker, Mrs. Edna Kurtz, Judy Walker and
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Mrs. Frances Baskin. Standing (left to right) are Sam
Skipworth, Ted Kirby, Jimmy Strickland, Bobby
Moore, Mrs. Ted Kirby, Charles Upton, Jerry Knight,
Jerry Kight and Bill Jolley. (News Staff Photo)
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When the program is com
pleted the customer counters
will be closer to the front door.
Also, practically all of the dis-
play area will be eliminated
The building is located at South
Pine and. Winkler Streets.
Dunlop pointed out that no
additions to the building are
planned. “We are simply going
to make better use of the space
we now have in our building,”
he explained. An extra office,
coffee room, and lounge and ad-
ditional storage area will also
be worked into the structure.
Hixson’s winning bid was
around $8,400, the manager
said. In addition, more than
$2,000 of other equipment is to
be purchased and installed in
the building. . • ■
Bids were opened at the com-
pany’s Kermit office last Thurs-
day and were tabulated at the
district office in Pecos. Contract
was awarded the first of the
week.
The job is expected to take
two or three months. Part of
the front of the building, which
presently is all glass, will be
bricked up.
21 Girls
Entered
In Contest
The largest field of contest-
ants ever to enter the Miss
Kermit contest has been record-
ed for the 1963 event, accord-
ing to Mrs. James E. Lipham,
chairman.
A record number of 21 Ker-
mit girls has been entered in
" the contest, to be staged Mon-
day, Labor Day, at High School
auditorium. The previous record
was 16 entries, established last
4 year.
:i' Judging will get under way
at 4 p.m., Monday, when the
contestants and the three out-
,of-town judges meet at Permian
Savings and Loan Association
building during a tea. The
judges vvill have an opportunity
at this private meeting to chat
with the girls to determine
their personality and poise.
The beauty judging, open to
the public, will start at 7:30
p.m. In addition to the contest,
several entertainment numbers
are slated.
Robert Coleman, chairman of
ticket sales, said sales are good.
He pointed out that many seats
are still available and tickets
can be obtained from any mem-
ber of the Lions Club. They are
50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for students.
Givis eitten/d in the cu'tvIW
and their sponsors are As fol-
lows :
Caren Mitchell, Vanda’s Flow-
ers; Emma Sherwood, Gene’s
Tile Shop; Judy Rogers, Simp-
son Pharmacy; Martha Law-
rence, L-B Drug; Charlene
Bridges, Kermit State Bank;
Sherry Abel, Anthony’s; Mere-
dith Lancaster, Keystone Phar-
macy; Cynthia Gregg, J. M.
McDonald Co.; Lindy Green-
wood, Nook Coffee Shop; Mary
Ann Stanley, Elizabeth’s Beauty
Shop; Kathy Arledge, Dorcas
Todd School of Dance;
Glenda Holder, Taxi Cab Ser-
vice Co.; Jane Bell, Exemplar
Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi;
Donna Williams, Kermit Phar-
macy; Jackie Gunter, Jaycees;
Phyllis Boles, Evening Lions
Club; Pattie Potter, Permian
Savings and Loan Association;
Beverly Dunn, Lady Fair Hair
Fashions; Jane Germuiller,
White Auto Store; Sharon Wyles,
First National Bank; and Pam
Ramsey, Rotary Club.
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Installed Here
This is the last time you
will see this face on The
Winkler County News. Start-
ing next week a new offset
press will be in operation and
a different appearing paper
will be the result.
Monday’s issue of The News
will be made up in our plant
but will be transported to An-
drews Sunday evening and
printed there.
Equipment to support the
new offset operation has been
flooding into our shop during
the last two weeks and the
new equipment is now being
set up and tested.
Factory men will arrive in
the city this week end to com-
mence the task of uncrating
and installing the new press.
A complete darkroom for the
huge camera required with
this type operation has al-
ready been built and will be
installed at the same time.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. [33], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1963, newspaper, August 29, 1963; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994914/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.