The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1976 Page: 4 of 21
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I
To Hold Annual Track Meet
; Kermit’s annual sixth grade included are Keith Boring,
' inter-squad track meet is Raymond Lopez, Mike Clark
[ scheduled Saturday at Walton and Ramon Lopez.
Field.
, Coaching the sixth graders is
; John Stuart.
! There will be seven teams in
the 440 relay. In lane one
will be Mrs. Turnbo’s class
with challengers Donnie
■Forest, David Armstrong,
Toby Clark and John Dingier.
Mrs. McGuire’s team will be
represented in lane two by
Tyrome Collum, Willie
Towns, Johnny Brownlee and
Mark Flowers.
In lane three will be Jerry
Wright, Scott Allison,
Richard Simpson and Oliver
Taylor of Mrs. Price’s room.
Mr. Price will enter Eugene
Muniz, Donald Willis,
Raymond Urquide and
Bimbo Bermea in lane four
In lane six will be Quent
Gilbert, Mairo Vejil, Flyn
Williams and Mike Cooper
representing Mrs. Beshers’
class.
Mr. Partin’s team will run in
lane seven. Runners are Todd
King, Robert Galindo, Fesse
Cardona and Gary Estep.
The seven members running
in the 100 dash will be
Donnie Forest, Mark Flowers,
Owen Taylor, Raymond
Urquidi, Mike Clark, Mike
Cooper and Jaime Bonilla.
The 220 dash will be run by
John Dingier, Johnny
Brownlee, Jerry Wright,
Bimbo Bermea, Ramon
Lopez, Mario Vejil and Todd
King.
The 440 relay will begin at
1:55 p.m. followed by the
100 dash at 2:40 p.m. At
3:25 the 220 dash will get
underway.
The Kermit Racquets hosted
the Ector Eagles Tuesday
Running in lane five will be night in their fifth district
Mr. Reed’s class. Members match of the season
Kermit Racquets
Fall To Eagles
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Page 4, Sec. 1 Thursday, March 18,1976
Hobbs Eagles Nip
Yellow Jackets
The Kermit' Yellow Jacket Pap Roark on a walk, Joe
varsity baseball squad Haygood on a single, Larry
journeyed to Hobbs, New Langston on a single and
Mexico Tuesday. Steve Isaacs on a single. The
The game proved to be third inning ended with the
unsuccessful for the Kermit Kermit squad trailing the
tearp as theHobbs Eagles flew Hobbs crew 6-4.
past them 13 to 11. jn the fifth inning, the
Things looked ripe for the Eagles gained two additional
Eagles as the second inning runs, but were unable to keep
closed. The Hobbs squad pace with the Kermit squad
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Cynthia Dick, Kermit’s top
seeded girls single, won her
first set by a score of 64. Her
Ector opponent won the
second set by 64. In the
third and final, Miss Dick was ^
hampered by darkness and I |
was defeated by a score of | 0Q|jyUNG RESULTS |
totaled six runs holding the
Yellow Jackets down to no
runs.
The Kermit team revived in
the third inning and claimed
four runs and allowed none.
Scoring for the Jackets were
W
89
69
L
23
43
6-3.
Joe Dell Velasquez, the top
boys seed, won the first set of Marve, Mach w
his singles match 6-2, but was Wor]d p]astics
stopped by his opponent in Clary’s
the final two sets by scores of Kermit Pharmacy
6-1 and 6-3. Kermit State
After the match, Coach Bob’s Superette
Debbie Becker commented, Spanglers
“The match with Ector was Jerry’s Drive In
overall a disappointing one. Hi Team Game
They weren’t that strong. Superette, 831
They just had more depth Hi Team Series, Bob’s
and by depth, I mean Superette, 2347
bodies.” Hi Individual Game, Alice
Coach Becker added, “ We vaden, Kermit State Bank
had to forfeit matches again 207 scratch- Sharon
because of injuries.” McMillan, Bob’s Superette,
The Kermit tennis team will 237 handicap
meet the Monahans Loboes Hi Individual Series, Alice
March 23 in Monahans. * * * —
42 70
34 78
Bob’s
go
JACKETS!
- Vaden, 523 scratch; Sharon
McMillan, 659 handicap
Split Conversions
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In Monahans Tourney
The defending champions, Bowie team.
the Kermit Yellow Jackets,
got off to an unfortunate
start in the 1976 version of
the annual Monahans Baseball
Tourney last week.
KERMIT
VS
SNYDER
The Kermit Yellow Jacket
as they added several runs.
Scoring for the Jackets were
Langston on a single,
Fulbright on a single, Isaacs
on a error, Greene on a walk,
Berzoza on a double by Joe
Haygood, Roark on a double
and Haygood on a double.
The fifth period closed with
the Kermit Yellow Jackets
leading by a score of 11-8.
It looked like the Kermit
Jackets had it wrapped up
when they took the lead, but
6\y2 501/, the Eagles managed to score
56 56 " Hye runs *n tbe s*xtb inn*nS
49^ 6214 and gave UP none- The sixtil
47 " inning ended with the Eagles
regaining the lead 13-11.
The Jackets scored no runs
in the seventh inning, losing
to the Hobbs Eagles by a final
score of 13-11.
The Kermit Yellow Jackets
were at bat 38 times and they
had nine hits, 'While the
Eagles went to bat 38 times
and managed 14 hits.
The Kermit varsity baseball
team will participate in the
Andrews Tournament March
18-20.
Haygood in the first inning
on a hit by Eddie Gregory.
In the second inning, the
Jackets totaled six runs.
u i I] , „ . Scoring those runs were
*, * *, as, :;/criD?:
fpsi” "‘fx1'.....L>
j 1 t * and Joel Greene on a single
the Ector Eagles and the Tournament. bv L T anpstnn and
Odessa crew won the The Snyder team scored
encounter 11 to 1. only one run during the sixth
Bowie High School of El jnnjn„
Paso was the second Scoring for the Kermit
opponent for the Jackets and YelIow Jackets was Joe
the El Paso crew nipped the
Kermit squad 3 to 10 in
Saturday action.
In the final match of the
tournament, the Kermit
baseball squad downed the
Snyder crew 8 to 1.
KERMIT
VS
ECTOR
Langston on a single by Pap
Roark.
Roark also managed to score
in the sixth inning on a walk.
L-B Drug, The News
(Continued from Page 1) my bargain and ran an ad
“My partner, Robert E. Lea, wdi wcdc on page 1 until
of Odessa, owner of the L-H The News changed its policy
Drug there, and I decided to last October
open another store in this ^ar,cb\ 1941, fire
In the first game, the Ector area. We looked around and completely destroyed L-B
Eagles managed to rip the decided on Pecos provided Drug and most of the store’s
Jackets by a score of 11-1. we could get the location we contents, and Burrows and
In the second inning, the wanted there. We went ahead bis w^e’ wbo worked fulltime
Eagles took an early lead, with our plans, thinking we at the store,
scoring one run, but were couid get the location, and were forced to start over .
matched by Kermit s Les bought flxtures Something Undaunted by the
Baucom, who scored after happened and we didn’t get catastrophe, they selected
reaching first base on a walk, the spot we wanted in Pecos another location - 123 West
The Kermit team remained and we found ourselves with ” and bui]l an1°ntj}fr
a set of expensive fixtures on dune 30’ 194 ,
our hands, and no place to L-B Drug re-opened in Kermit
use them at its new location and has
We looked Monahans over, remained there since that
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Chicago uses a dog sled to
help in gathering research
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thesis.
*
Roger Powell studies fishers,
members of the weasel
family, in Western Michigan
and uses the sled to get
around.
He has a grant from the
United States Forest Service
to conduct his study.
SMITH HERE;
CHANG THERE
The surname Chang is the
most common name in the
world. It is estimated that
more than 75.000 Chinese
people beat this name.
Smith is the surname used
the most in the
English-speaking countries of
the world.
scoreless during the rest of
the game, losing ten runs to
the Ector Eagles in the third
inning.
No runs where made after
the third inning.
KERMIT
VS
BOWIE
The Bowie baseball team
nipped the Yellow Jacket
Saturday by a near margin of
13-10.
In the first inning, the
Kermit squad took the lead
by a score of 3-2. Scoring for
the Jackets were Larry
Langston and Daryle
Fulbright on a triple by
Danny Haygood. Haygood
then went on to score on a
double by Eddy Gregory.
It was in the third inning
that the Bowie team added
four points to their total,
but couldn’t find
time. Over the years, the
attractive location there. store has expanded and has
More jokingly that seriously. been remodeled several times.
I suggested to Lea that we The most recent remodeling
put then in Kermit. Kermit at took Pla* “V1,97,1 ’ making *
that time had about two one ot Kermit s largest retail
supply stores and very little stores-
e!steT Burrows notes that many,
To my surprise, Lea many changes have occurred
accepted my suggestion jn Kermit during his 40years
seriously. We came over and as owner-operator of a drug
looked into the matter. After store witb a S0(ja fountain,
much consultation and gjft sbop and even at one
m!tStJ?atl0c’ ^euma(ie 3 ^eaJ Ume - its own furniture
with Dan English and moved department
Ken, Jr., “cut his teeth” on
our fixtures in.
The first day he oppned for L-B Drug and remembers that
business, Burrows said, even bjs fjrst job jn tbe store was
before he had his stock “sweepingout”,
arranged or the fountain “When I was promoted to
installed, he took in six the soda fountain,” he recalls,
while the Kermit squad was dollars. When the fountain “j thought I was really
unable to score. was installed about March 15, somebody.”
Pap Roark managed to add 1936, it ran over $50 the first
one point to the Jackets score day and on the Saturday ) The elder Burrows points
in the fourth inning on a before Easter, the store had a ou* that “Kermit has really
single by Haygood. 'J. $90 day. been good to me.”
Haygood went on to score on Burrows remembers that he He adds that when he and
a sacrafice by Langston. The was the first Kermit Mrs- Burrows moved from
Jackets trailed the Bowie businessman to purchase an Odessa to Kermit, “it was like
team 6-5 as the fourth period advertisement in The News. a second honeymoon. We
ended. James L. Dow founded The loved the town and the
The Bowie baseball squad News about the same time people, and we enjoyed
added two more runs to their Burrows opened his store. working together to build up
score in the fifth period as The 1939 newspaper article °ur store.”
they held the Yellow Jackets continues: Burrows has a record as a
scoreless. After the fifth “Jim Dow came in and said community leader to match
inning closed, the Bowie he was starting a new paper his career as a businessman,
team lead by a score of 8-5. for Kermit, I didn’t know Jim He helped organize and was
In the sixth inning, the at that time and didn’t think the first president of Kermit
Bowie squad claimed one much of his proposition. He Downtown Lions Club. He
more run, but Kermit’s Joe kept insisting that I buy an has served on the school
Haygood scored on a single ad, however, and because I board, is active in the
by Langston. The sixth inning was busy, I made him a Methodist Church and is a
closed with Bowie holding proposition I was sure he member of the board of
the lead 9-6. would turn down. I said I directors of Kermit State
In the final inning, both would take a $2.00 ad every Bank and Permian Savings
teams managed to pull in four week if he would let me pick & Loan Association,
more runs. Scoring for the the location for it. „. . . a ,
Kermit Yellow Jackets were “Jim agreed and I selected ^
Joe Haygood on a single, the middle of his front page, ’ af , 1S Proud he
Steve Isaacs on a single, Joel thinking sure he would turn J3 T. , community s
Greene on a single and Roark me down. Imagine my ^s dedsfon t^ove to
on a walk. The final score was astonishment when he took £ - c. ?S J
13-10, a victory for the me up. Needless to say, I kept ™n 1936 was a wise
Ken Burrows, Jr., looks
forward to helping L-B Drug
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continue to grow as it serves
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young man who has acquired
a business older than he is,
and after he and his wife,
Joli, have taken some time
out to live and work in other
places, including the big city
of Houston, he has decided to
come home, “where the
action is”.
UT Professors
Receive Honors
Three University of Texas
professors who excel as
teachers and scholars have
been appointed to endowed
faculty positions.
Professors Stanley M.
Johanson and Russell
Weintraub have been named
first co-holders of the James
R- Dougherty Chair i for
Faculty Excellence in the
Law School. Mr. Johanson is
a preeminent authority in
estate planning. Mr.
Weintraub is a foremost
expert in the U. S. on conflict
of laws.
Geologist Stephen
Clabaugh is first recipient of
the Fred M. Bullard
Professorship, named for a
retired UT professor who is a
world authority on volcanoes.
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Parks, Phil. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1976, newspaper, March 18, 1976; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1009307/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.