The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 57, Ed. 1 Monday, October 2, 1967 Page: 1 of 18
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Weather
Fair and contin-
ued mild through
Tuesday.
The Winkler County News io*
Vol • 31-No. 57
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Monday, October 2,1967
This you gotta know but don’t
tell another soul and you and I
will become the world’s champ-
ion trotline catfish catcher-up-
pers.
Alton Eason, who writes that
sporting column in The Athens
Daily Review came up last week
with a honey.
He vows it’s older’n using a
bar of laundry soap cut up in
little hunks and more effective.
Lean close and let’s whisper
. . . this new bait is jelly beans.
Good, tasty, multi ■ colored
jelly beans.
Like A1 said, if this works
fine it won't be long until cat-
fishermen will be aruging among
themselves as to whether the
green, rgS. black or orange jelly
beans aSpy the best ... for
catching catfish, that is.
Be that as it may, it wasn’t
15 minutes after reading that
until a bag of jelly beans was
on you-know-who’s desk, just in
case. -
Why nW1- . . they’re easy to
come by, nice and clean and,
besides, one can not catch just
as many with ’em as they can’t
with some high-powered, smelly
mixture.
Another besides . . . if the
fish won’t eat ’em, you can.
No waste.
BARBECUE SPEAKER — Former Congressman Ed Fore-
man, who represented the 16th Congressional District in the
House of Representatives from 1963 until 1965, was guest
speaker Saturday night at a barbecue sponsored by the Winkler
County Republican Party. More than 300 persons were on hand
to hear Foreman speak at Winkler County Park. Shown visiting
with the former congressman are (1 to r) Mrs. Ed Smead,
Roy Carter, Ed Smead and Ellis Summers. (Staff Photo)
At Kermit Barbecue
Girls in the back shop were
kinda giggling about anyone sim-
ple enough to buy jelly beans in
hopes of catching fish.
One asked: “What kind of fish
does she think she can catch with
candy?”
Linda Valdez (one of the quar-
tet) came up with the pat answer:
“Jelly Fish.”
Foimer Congressman Ed Foreman
Calls For Quick Victory In Viet Nam
Ed Foreman, former West
Texas congressman, speaking
before a crowd of more than 300
persons at Winkler County Park
Bill Cameron told an interest-
ing little story a while back. Don't
know when it happened . .. guess
it doesn't matter.
His brother-in-law (Saretta's
brother) is quite a dealer in gold
coins. Think he and Johnny Gar-
za may^ kinda work together,
sometime.
Anyway, Brother-In-Law had
gone tOiSome big numismatic
conventi®1 . . . maybe in Chi-
cago.
He stopped in Sidney, Ohio,
to talk with the advertising de-
partment of Coin World about
an advertising program he was
planning. He and these two fel-
lows talked business for more
than an hour.
Finally, Brother-In-Law says,
“Well, I must go. Am planning
to go to Texas to see some rel-
atives.”
“Texas?”, one of the fellows
asked. “Where in Texas?”
“Kermit,” was the answer.
“KERMIT!” the two guys al-
most shouted, “we're both from
Kermit.”
And, that's how Frank Knight,
advertising manager of the mag.
azine, an^Fred Green, assistant
advertising manager, met Saret-
ta’s broker.
The i^versation ended some
time later.
Saturday night, denounced “the
Great Socialistic Society” and
called for Victory oyer commu-
nism in Viet Nam.
Foreman, now a resident of
Las Cruces, N. M., represent-
ed the 16th Congressional Dis-
trict of Texas in the House of
Representatives from 1963 until
1965. He was guest of honor and
speaker at the barbecue, spon-
sored by the Winkler County Re-
publican Party.
G. E. (Ed) Smead, prominent
Kermit businessman, introduced
Foreman the gather-2 ig. in his
introduction, Smead praised
Foreman's outstanding record of
patriotism both in and out of
Congress and pointed out that
“your friends in Winkler County
look forward to seeing you seek
Restless Ones’
Showing In Kermit
The most successful motion
picture yet produced by Evan-
gelist Billy Graham — “The
Restless Ones” — will be shown
tonight (Monday) and Tuesday
at the Oasis Theatre in down-
town Kermit. The feature-length
film will be shown at 6:15 and
8:30 each evening.
Tickets for the movie, which
deals with the problems of Amer-
ican teenagers are on sale at
the Kermit Chamber of Com-
merce office, Kermit Sate Bank
and First National Bank in Ker-
mit and at the Wink Chamber of
Commerce and Winkler County
State Bank in Wink.
Admission charge is $1 per
person. Keith Vaughn, Manager
of the Kermit Chamber of Com-
merce is director of ticket sales.
Cleon Denison is premier
chairman for “The Restless
Ones”, and others in charge of
Car Wreck Victim
Funeral Services
Held For Mrs.Briggs
arranging for the showing of the
motion picture in Winkler County
include Paul Wilmoth, civic
clubs director; Johnny Roberts
student groups director; Gus Bo-
gan, counseling and prayer chair-
man; L. R. Gentry, arrangements
director; Ed Stuart, treasurer;
and Bill Beckham, publicity dir-
ector.
The Winkler County Minister-
ial Alliance is coordinating
plans for the showing of the
movie. Rev. Kenneth Ford and
Rev. J. Robert Hawkins are in
charge of activities in Kermit,
and Rev. Mert Lampson is handl-
ing plans in Wink.
“The Restless Ones” is a film
with the accent on youth. The
motion picture deals imagin-
atively and dramatically with the
teenage crisis. With the back-
ground setting provided by the
1963 Billy Graham Los Angeles
Crusade, “The Restless Ones”
is a hard-hitting, bold approach
to the social problems of the
1960’s.
Persons who saw the film last
month at a preview showing in
Kermit said the movie provides
(See THE RESTLESS, Page 10)
high public office in New Mex-
ico.”
Criticizing the Johnson Admin-
istration’s policy of advocating
trade with communist nations,
Foreman declared: “It '
coas&fent for tiAiK adminis-
tration to propose increased for-
eign aid and trade with the com-
munists when at the same time,
we are at war with them in
Southeast Asia.”
Calling for victory over com-
munism in Viet Nam, theformer
congressman stated: “There is
no mood in America for a con-
tinued long, drawn-out stalemate
in the Viet Nam war. We should
move to win ... or get out . . .
now.
“We should stop fighting this
war on terms set forth by Hanoi
... or the U. N. ... or by
so-called world opinion. Instead
Downtown Lions
To Host Broom
Sale Thursday
Members of the Kermit Down-
town Lions Club will stage their
annual “Broom Sale”, Tnursday,
Oct. 5, according to G. L. (Jerry)
McGuire, president of the club.
Members of the club, armed
with brooms, mops, dish cloths,
door mats and dozens of other
household items will sweep across
Kermit all Thursday. The public
is urged to support the broom
sale and to purchase any needed
household items from the Lions.
Funds raised by the Lions Club
will be used by the organization’s
welfare fund.
A complete list of items which
will be sold by the Lions and the
prices of each is published inside
today’s issue of THE NEWS.
Large Crowd Attends
Kermit Garage Sale
Kermit’s first giant city-wide
garage sale was termed a tre-
mendous success Saturday night
by officials of the local Cham-
ber of Commerce after they re-
viewed a day of fun-filled buying,
selling and trading in downtown
Kermit.
Clyde Allen, chairman of the
event, expressed his apprecia-
tion to Winkler County residents
who turned out in full force to
support the garage sale. He said
he believed this promotion to be
one of the most successful ever
staged by the Kermit Chamber
of Commerce and the people of
the community.
Chamber President Gail Car-
ley added his thanks to the indi-
viduals and merchants of the
community for their efforts to
make the promotion a success.
“Through the co-operation of
all concerned, the garage sale
was a tremendous success,” the
chamber president said.
The day’s activities featured
buying, selling and trading of
items of every description. The
courthouse lawn was divided into
separate booths to allow Individ-
uals and various clubs and civic
groups to display their trade
goods. In addition to the wares
displayed on the courthouse lawn,
many Kermit merchants display-
ed merchandise on tables in front
of their stores for the con-
venience of shoppers.
A festive atmosphere prevail-
ed throughout the day’s activities
which got underway at 9 a.m.
and continued until 7 p.m.
Three bands, composed of
young musicians from Kermit,
provided live music throughout
the day.
The bands presented their per-
formances from a bandstand on
a flatbed truck, which was made|
available by C. L. Holder Truck-
ing Company. Alternating in one-
hour sessions during the entire
day, the bands provided constant
music for shoppers at the garage
sale.
Arrangements for the day’s
activities were handled by the
Retail Committee of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, and many in-
dividual shoppers who came to
town “to look around” returned
home, gathered up their trade
goods and returned to the court-
house lawn to set up shop.
No restrictions were placed
on the items which could be sold
during the day, and countless
different items were bought, sold
and traded. Many attractively
priced items were made avail-
able to the public by individuals,
organizations and the merchants
of Kermit, who all agreed the
event was a smashing success.
of continuing the buildup of Amer-
ican men in guerrilla ground
war, we should do as General
Earle Wheeler, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff has recom-
mended ... we should utilize
on. ’ aii superiority arid bit the
Viet Cong . . . HARD . . . in
their bread basket ... by bomb-
ing their vital supply and manu-
facturing centers and supply
depots and routes and their stor-
age docks and logistics support
center at Haiphong.
“Instead of a politically orient-
ed strategy directed from the
White House, we should be work-
ing through the trained experi-
ence, advice and direction of our
military leaders to WIN this war,
(See FORMER, Page 10)
Pecos Tickets
Now On Sale
Reserved seat tickets to
the Kermit-Pecos football
game, to be played in Pecos
Friday, are now on sale
at the administration build-
ing on South Poplar. The
tickets can be purchased
each day, 8 to 5 p.m. until
Friday.
Austin Roberts,business
manager of the schools,
urged all fans to get their
tickets early, since the
Pecos stadium is smaller
than most and some will
be disappointed. In the
game two years ago, many
Kermit fans had to sit on
the Pecos side of the field.
He added that good seats
are still available for those
who want ticket books for
the remaining Jacket home
games. These will be on
sale daily, Monday through
Friday, from 8 to 5 p.m.
GARAGE SALE PARTICIPANTS — Three members of the Kermit Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club are shown proudly displaying merchandise in their booth at Saturday’s
Garage Sale held on the courthouse lawn. Pictured (1 to r) are Mae Barnes, Mary Ellen
Green and Oleta Blanton. An unidentified customer looks over the group’s merchandise in
the background. (Staff Photo)
Roden Tests Ellenburger Explorer
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Testing continues at Roden
Oil Co. of Midland No. 1 Cyn-
thia Monroe while Shell Oil Co.
No. 1-A G. T. Reuss will begin
tests after setting casing. Both
projects are prospective addi-
tions to the Lockridge (18,600-
foot Ellenburger) reservoir in
Ward County.
No. 1 Monroe perforated in
the Ellenburger between 20,916
and 20,986 feet and that zone was
treated with 3,000 gallons of
acid. Checking was on a ‘/8-inch
choke with no gauges reported.
A bridge plug was set at
20,895 feet and perforations
made between 19,872 and 20,729
feet — still in the Ellenburger.
This horizon is being tested
naturally and is making between
one and three million cubic feet
of gas per day and approximate-
ly 800 barrels of unidentified
water, flowing by heads. Surface
pressure varies from 490 down
to 475 pounds.
Last rites for Mrs. Florence
Ray Briggs, 56-year-old resident
of Kermit, were held Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock at Grace
Temple Baptist Church.
Rev. L. R. Gentry, pastor or
the chjutch, officiated at the ser-
vices.^lirial was in Kermit Cem-
etery under the direction of
Cooper Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Briggs was killed in a
two-car collision about 10 o’ clock
Thursday morning at the inter-
section of U. S. Highway 385
and State Highway 158, 10 miles
north of Odessa. She was a pas-
senger in an automobile driven
by Mrs. Christine Mills, 50, wife
of Winkler County Commissioner
T. M. (Tommy) Mills. Mrs. Mills
and Mrs. Thelma Pendleton, 60,
of Amarillo, who was riding in
the other car with her husband,
were injured In the crash. Mrs.
Mills was taken to Medical Cen-
ter Hospital where she received
treatment; Mrs. Pendleton was
not hospitalized. Hall p. Pendle-
ton, 65, of Amarillo, driver of
the second vehicle was not in-
jured.
Mrs. Briggs was dead on ar-
rival at Medical Center Hospital
in Odessa. She sustained fatal
injuries when she was thrown
from the car in which she anu
Mrs. Mills were riding. The
vehicle was traveling east on the
state highway when the mishap
occurred. Mrs. Briggs was hurl-
ed into the westbound traffic lane.
Investigating officers said the
brakes on Mrs. Mills’ car ap-
parently failed to hold when she
tried to stop to avoid the col-
lision. Their car was struck on
the right rear by the car driven
by the Amarillo man, as his ve-
hicle was traveling north on U.
S. 385.
The women’s car was knocked
150 feet from the point of im-
pact, officers said. The crash
occurred near the center of the
intersection.
Born Dec. 2, 1910 in Marlin,
Mrs. Briggs was married to John
(See FUNERAL, Page 10)
vr=rr,~!'.,
It is four miles southwest of
Pyote, 1,320 feet from north-
west and southwest lines of sec-
tion 118, block 34, H&TC sur-
vey, 4V2 miles north of the Lock-
ridge area.
Shell's No. 1-A Reuss, eight
miles south of Pyote and a mile
southwest.of the Lockridge pool,
has set 5-inch casing at 21,156
feet on total depth of 21,161
feet for completion attempts.
Location is 1,100 feet from
northeast and 1,650 feet from
southeast lines of section 90,
block 34, H&TC survey.
Signal Oil and Gas Co. No.
Special Services
Being Held
Methodist Men began a series
of services Sunday night which
will continue through the month
of October.
A church layman will take
charge of an evening service
each Sunday, and will deliver
the sermon. Other members of
the organization will take their
turn in assisting with the ser-
vices.
C. E. Henderson brought the
sermon Sunday night; Rodney
Knight was in charge of music
and hymns with Fred Pearson
giving the prayer. Benediction
was by Bob Morris.
1-60 City of Monahans, located
inside the city limits of Mona-
hans in Ward, has logged shows
of possible production in the El-
lenburger.
A drillstem test between 10..
(See RODEN, Page 10)
Cars Damaged
In Collision
Saturday Night
A two-car collision at the in-
tersection of Austin and Poplar
Saturday night resulted in minor
damage to the vehicles involved,
but no one was injured in the
mishap.
The accident occurred when a
1964 Ford, driven by Harvey
Mark Rainwater, 17, was in col-
lision with a 1963 Chevrolet,
driven by Ernest Cortez. Cor-
tez was driving east on Austin
when the vehicle driven by Rain-
water turned into the left side
of the Cortez car, according to
Kermit city police officers, who
investigated the incident.
The mishap occurred at 10:28
p.m., investigators said. Damage
was estimated at $300 to each
vehicle.
Police officers issued Rain-
water a citation for failure to
yield right-of-way.
School Officials
To State Meeting
EL PASO BOUND — Members of the Yellow Jacket grid
squad are shown just before they boarded the bus for El Paso
Friday morning. The Jackets
team by a 27-6 margin.
G. E. Thompson, superinten-
dent of Kermit Schools, and six
members of the school board
were in Austin Sept. 24 and 25
attending an annual convention
of Texas Association of School
Administrators and Texas Asso-
elation of School Boards.
Board members attending were
D. R. Melton, board president;
Beekie Ezell, Dr. Joe Heath,
Wilbur Jordan, James Lipham
and Oscar Theisen.
Thompson served on a panel
workshop for new school board
members who are serving in this
capacity for the first time.
Senator John G. Tower was
main speaker at a 3:30 p.m.
meeting Sunday in Austin's Mu-
nicipal Auditorium where all
events were held.
Dr. A. Ruben Gornitzka, noted
author, lecturer and preacher
spoke to delegates at 7:30 p.m.*
Sunday and Wendell H. Pierce*
executive director of the Educa!
tion Commission of the States
addressed thegroupat 12:15p.m!
Monday.
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Green, Maud. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 57, Ed. 1 Monday, October 2, 1967, newspaper, October 2, 1967; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995081/m1/1/?q=green+energy: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.