The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1971 Page: 1 of 34
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Vol.35-No.3
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745
Thursday, April 1,1971
City, School, Special Elections Are Slated
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J. L. SLAUGHTER
JAMES McKAY
County Well
Flows Gas
Humble Oil & Refining Co;
No. 1-B John Haley Jr., one
mile southeast of die opener'
and lone producer in the Evetts
(Silurian and Ellenburger) gas
field of Winkler County,
flowed gas at the daily rate of
2.5 down to .5 million cubic
feet ' for 26 hours, on a
drillstem test in an unidentified,
zone, probably Fusselman.
The flow developed through
a /4-inch choke on the test
Today |
Is The Day! j
Today is the day that !
1971 license plates must V
be affixed to all Texas f
motor vehicles, according '
to Winkler County Tax f
Assessor-Collector Mae f
Barnes. "
Deadline for purchasing |
1971 tags was Wednesday, 1
March 31, and all motor f
vehicles must display the I
new license plates April 1 J
(today). I
taken from 16,910-17,184
feet.
The project was bottomed at
It 17,338 feet, circulating to run
I logs.
I Slated to 21,300 feet to test
Ithe Ellenburger, it spots 1,867
feet from north and east lines
of section 18, block B-27, PSL
survey, .13. miles west of
Kermit.
The Evetts opener, the
firm’s No. 1-1 Haley, finaled
June 15, 1970, from the
Ellenburger, for a calculated,
absolute open flow of 35.5
million cubic feet of gas daily,
through perforations at
20,330-20,638 feet, and May
18 from the Silurian, for 28.5
million cubic feet per day,
through perforations at
17,008-18,007 feet.
Humble was drilling below
18,418 feet at No. 1 John
Haley Jr., offset in the same
field, 1,980 feet from south
and east lines of section 6,
block B-27, PSL survey.
Humble No. 15 Waddell
Brothers, 11,500-foot
Ellenburger explorer, 13 miles
(See COUNTY, Page 4)
Students Register
At East Primary
Pre-registration for
kindergarten students is under
way at East Primary School
and will continue through
Friday, April 9. All children, 5
years old by Sept. 1, are
eligible to register for the
1971-72 school year.
Parents are asked to bring
their children to the school
nurse’s office located in East
Primary School between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Birth certificates and
immunization records of the
child will be needed.
Even if immunization
records, which include
smallpox, diphtheria, polio and
both measles vaccines, are
incomplete, a child may be
registered and records can be
brought to the nurse’s office
before the end of this school
year.
Classes for kindergarten
students will begin the same
day as all regular school classes,
Aug. 23.
Initially, all students will
attend school for one-half day.
At the end of a two-week
period, students who are
eligible under the state
regulations will attend all-day
sessions. Students are eligible,
as stated in the law, who are at
least five years and two months
of age as of Sept. 1,1971, and
who are educationally
handicapped. The law
prescribes educationally
handicapped as “those students
who cannot speak, read and
comprehend the English
language or if he is from a
family whose income,
according to standards
promulgated by the State
Board of Education, is at or
below a subsistence level.”
When feasible, consideration
will be given to parental
preference as to attending
morning or afternoon sessions.
This request will be made and
considered at the regular
registration time which will be
during the week of Aug. 16-20.
Morning students will attend
classes from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Students attending afternoon
classes will meet from 12:30 to
3 p.m. Students attending
full-day sessions will be on the
same schedule as first grade
students, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kindergarten students who
qualify as bus students may
ride the bus both to and from
school if they attend all-day
classes. Morning session bus
students may ride the bus to
school, if on a regular bus
route, but parents provide
transportation from school.
Afternoon session bus students
may ride the bus home, if on a
regular bus route, but parents
provide transportation for the
students to school.
All kindergarten classes will
meet in East Primary School.
FRED W. PEARSON
BOB PHILLIPS
C. W. WEAVER
L. K. STEWARD
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ROBERT L. MORRIS
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Jaycees Thank
Coupon Donors
Members of Kermit Jaycees
have requested The News to
express their thanks to those
who donated Betty Crocker
Coupons to be used in securing
necessary treatment equipment
for the Nancy Wall Fund.
A total of 1,972 coupons
were donated.
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I HEAR IT NOW — Kenneth Roberts, 5, indicates with a;
wave of the hand that he hears something during a hearing
screening test given by school nurse Mrs. Steve (Nancy)
Johnson. Kenneth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Roberts, is one of
many youngsters who have pre-registered for 1971-72
kindergarten classes at East Primary School. The hearing test
will be given to all kindergarten students after school starts.
(Staff Photo)
Members of State Line Gem
and Artifacts Club are
completing plans for a Rock
Show to be held Sunday in
Kermit Community Center
from 1 until 6 p.m.
The public is invited to see
the exhibits, there will be no
admission charges and door
prizes will be awarded hourly.
The club is composed of
“Rock Hounds” from Winkler
County and the Jal, N.M. area.
One of the exhibits to be
shown includes the
prize-winning display by club
members shown at a recent
area Rock Show in Odessa.
The club was organized in
April of 1970. H. F. Swannack
of Kermit is president, Jack
Ketchum is vice-president; Mrs.
Swannack is secretary and Mrs.
Ketchum is treasurer.
Meetings are held the first
Thursday in the month and are
alternated between Jal and
Kermit. Jal sessions are held
there in Community Center
and starting time is 7 p.m.
CST, and 6 p.m. MST.
Each visitor will be given a
Tumbling Rock.
Among showings will be
outstanding ones by W. H.
(Bill) Caudle of Wink, He has
won numerous awards,
including a gold trophy for
Best of Show in the Lapidary
division of the Rocky
Property Loss
Is Reported
Two reports of missing
property were made to Kermit
Police Department recently.
Saturday a car stereo was
reported stolen from Zane
Nutt’s auto while parked in
front of his home. A tape was
taken at the same time.
B. A. Tabor also reported
Saturday, the loss of a credit
card and identification from
his wallet.
Mountain Federation of Gem
and Mineral Societies held in
February in Tucson, Ariz. He is
currently serving as director of
the New Mexico-Texas Division
of RMFGMS.
He also has won trophies in
Corpus Christi, San Antonio,
Fort Worth, Houston, Midland,
Hobbs, Albuquerque and many
other shows.
Since his retirement, he
devotes full time to Rock
Shows and is also
vice-president of New Mexico
Association of Gem and
Mineral Societies.
Interesting exhibits also will
be displayed by Kermit club
members.
Kermit voters will cast
ballots in three separate
elections Saturday to elect
three city councilmen, two
members of the Board of
Trustees of the Kermit
Independent School District
and a special county election
to decide whether to retain a
separate county tax
assessor-collector.
Voting in the city and
county elections will take place
at the Fire Station, and patrons
of the school district will cast
ballots in the junior high
school library.
Polls will be open at 8 a.m.
and will close at 7 p.m. For the
first time, voters in both the
city and school elections will
cast ballots for candidates
running by places. Under this
system, candidates run for the
“place” they desire, but voters
still have the opportunity to
vote for all candidates on the
ballot.
J. L. (Heavy) Slaughtet, the
incumbent, is unopposed for
Place 1 on the city council.
Councilmen Fred Pearson is
Council
Elects
Officers
i E'er* ion of officers was he-H:
vmen Vl'err^it ^Community}#
Council met Tuesday in the
Action Room of Kermit
Chamber of Commerce.
New officers are P. B. Scott,
president; Mrs. Monte LaFon,
first vice-president; Mrs. A. W.
(Mary) Scott, second
vice-president; Father John
Burkus, third vice-president;
and' Mrs, J. L. Godfrey,
secretary-treasurer.
In other action, plans were
discussed for a city-wide
clean-up campaign to be
spearheaded by the Council.
Announcement was made
that the Drug Abuse pamphlet,
sponsored by the Council, will
be delivered to homes in the
community sometime during
April and that “Operation
Kick-It” will be presented in
Kermit High School and
Kermit Junior High School
Friday, April 30. The program
is sponsored by the student
council and is presented by
drug addicts who are serving
sentences in the penitentiary.
Announcement was also
made that the Jaycee Carnival
is scheduled April 12-17 and
Kermit Garden Club Annual
Flower Show will be held
Thursday, April 22.
opposed by James W. McKay
for Place 2 on the council.
Place 3 Councilman L. K.
(Lon) Steward drew opposition
from three candidates. They
are Bob Phillips, C. W. Weaver
and William A. Garratt.
In the school trustee
election, incumbent Board
Member Robert L. (Bob)
Morris is opposed by Dean
Gregory, and Oscar W. Theisen
is unopposed for Place 7.
The special county election
will allow the voters of Winkler
County to decide whether to
allow the County Tax
Assessor-Collector’s office to
continue to operate separate
from the sheriff’s office as it is
at the present time.
The special election was
made necessary by Winkler
County’s drop below 10,000 in
population in the 1970 census.
According to the Texas
Constitution, the offices of the
Sheriff and the Tax
Assessor-Collector will be
combined at the next general
election unless the voters of
Winkler County vote for the
proposition of adding an
Assessor-Collector of Texas to
the list of authorized county
officials.
Based on the number of
absentee ballots cast in all
three elections, a light turnout
of voters is forecast for
Saturday. Only 26 persons
voted absentee in the City
election, 22 in the school
election and 53 in the special
■ county ei ctiOnr '
Ketn.it Chamber of
(See CITY, SCHOOL, Page 4)
Cantata
Scheduled
Sunday
An Easter Cantata,
sponsored by the Winkler
County Ministerial Alliance,
will be presented Sunday
evening, April 4, at 7:30 p.m.
in Kermit First Baptist Church
Sanctuary.
Choir members from Kermit
and Wink churches, under
direction of Tom Williams, will
present the Cantata: No
Greater Love, by John W.
Peterson.
The Alliance is also
sponsoring Holy Week Services
to be held in the Sanctuary of
Kermit Community Church at
12:10 p.m., Monday, April 5,
through Friday, April 9.
Following the brief noon
service, a light lunch will be
served in the Fellowship Hall
of the Community Church for
those attending the services.
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A FEW OF HUNDREDS — Mrs. Autry Reed shows only a few of the approximately 400
arrowheads she and her husband have collected during almost 30 years. Reed, an ardent rock
collector, is an active member of State Line Gem and'Artifacts Club which will hold a Rock,
Show Sunday afternoon in Community Center. Included in the picture is a Yuma arrowhead,
estimated to be between 6,000 and 8,000 years old. (Staff Photo)v
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1971, newspaper, April 1, 1971; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995020/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.