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The Winkler County News
Vol. 37 - No. 61
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745
Thursday, October 18, 1973
Rev. Covington
To Be Installed
Installation of Rev. Foster L. Covington, Jr.,
pastor-elect of Faith Missionary Baptist Church, will be
held Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2:30 p.m.
Welcome addresses will be given by G. L. (Jerry)
McGuire, Mayor of Kermit; the local Ministerial Alliance;
and the Permian Basin Ministerial Alliance and
Association.
Sermon will be by Rev. Leon Bailey, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church in Pecos and Rev. R. N.
Montgomery, pastor of St. James Baptist Church in Pecos,
will be in charge of the program.
Rev. Covington was called to pastor the church on
Aug. 30 and took his place in the pulpit, Sunday, Sept. 2.
He pastored Union Hill Baptist Church in Texarkana,
Texas for 17 years and retired from that post in June,
1973, He moved to Pecos to be near some of his children
and accepted the call of the local church.
Ector Eagles To
Fly Into Kermit
BY MIKE MAIKELL
“We didn’t do anything
different in the last half, we
just executed better,” said
Coach Charles Topinka
Tuesday, in explaining the
Yellow Jackets’ complete turn
around in the final two
quarters against the Ft.
Stockton Panthers.
In that game, the Panthers
dominated the first half and
led 14-0 at intermission. The
Jackets could not get anything
going and were having their
troubles on defense.
Kermit Schools
Set Observances
Kermit Schools will be
observing American Education
Week all next week and will
celebrate Veterans Day
Monday, Oct. 22, in
conjunction with the special
observance.
Assembly programs, choral
concerts, visitations and a play
will be presented during the
week. Parents have also been
invited to eat with their
MS Campaign
Nears Close
The Kermit 1973 Multiple
Sclerosis campaign is drawing
to a close. Jim Williamson,
Campaign Chairman this year
said “Contributions to the
-Multiple Sclerosis Hope Chest
this year represents a truly
outstanding achievement by
the citizens of Kermit.
Contributions have exceeded
$900.00 and this means added
hope to MS patients through
the increased Society Research;
even more, it means extended
and expanded services to the
patients here at home.”
Mrs. C. R. Wooldridge,
Executive Director of the
Permian Basin Chapter of
Oasis
Receives
Contract
Oasis Builders, Inc. of
Kermit has been awarded the
contract for construction of a
swimming pool and restroom
facility at Barstow.
The $84,000 contract was
awarded last Tuesday by the
Ward County Commissioners
Court at Monahans.
Construction on the project
is scheduled to get underway
October 22, according to S. V.
(Shirley) Smith of Kermit,
owner of Oasis Builders. The
job is expected to be
completed within 150 days.
** Included in the plans for the
pool are a wading pool,
bathhouse facilities, a
concession stand and fencing
of the pool area.
Base bid for the pool was
listed at $58,950, and the
remaining items will cost
$25,050.
The Oasis bid was the lower
of two submitted on the
project. Hacor, Inc. of Odessa
turned in a bid of $ 107,000.
Jamboree
Scheduled
Saturday
The monthly Jamboree will
be hosted by Winkler County
Country Music Association
Saturday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in
Kermit Community Center.
The Square Dance Club will
perform, along with many out
of town bands. Many local
people will be on hand to
promote country and gospel
music. All local talent is urged
to participate.
There is no admission
charge and everyone is invited
to attend.
Multiple Sclerosis, expressed
appreciation for the
contributors generosity, and
commented on the wonderful
ESA Chapters who organized
this drive. She thanks the many
hard-working volunteers who
have given of their time to
make this effort a success. The
support of the news media is
not to be overlooked - their
help is vital to any success we
have.
“This is the one and only
fund raising effort Multiple
Sclerosis has each year in
Kermit. Some people get MS
and MD confused. Muscular
Dystrophy sponsors the Jerry
Lewis Telethone and is in the
process of having another drive
now. Multiple Sclerosis and
Muscular Dystrophy are both
hard names to pronounce and
they are both diseases but that
is the only connection between
the two. When you are
contacted to help with or
contribute to a campaign,
please ask to see identification
of whoever is contacting you.
We will see you next year”,
said Mrs. Wooldridge.
Montoya
Arrested
Wednesday
Police Detective A. R.
Mendez and Patrolman Larry
Macomber arrested Gilberto
Montoya, 25, 814 Bellaire,
Wednesday morning on charges
of negligent collision, leaving
the scene of an accident and
driving without a valid
operator’s license.
Early Tuesday morning,
Montoya allegedly drove a
1969 Chevrolet pickup down
an alleyway behind
Intermediate School, struck a
water meter box and then left
the scene of the accident.
Montoya remained in city
jail late Wednesday in lieu of
$107.50 bond.
Investigating officer
Patrolman Jim White estimated
damage to the water meter box
at $13.39.
Past Masters
Night Slated
By Masons
Kermit Masonic Lodge
1258 will hold their
annual Past Masters night,
Saturday, Oct. 20, at 6:30
p.m. in the Masonic
Lodge.
This will be an open
meeting to honor all past
masters of the lodge.
children in the cafeteria during
their visits to the various
schools.
Following are some of the
tributes and programs
scheduled in honor of
American Education Week and
Veterans Day:
EAST PRIMARY
Monday, October 22 -
Veteran’s Day will be
commemorated by a
devotional honoring veterans
of past wars.
Friday, October 26 — An
assembly program will be
presented on October 26 at
9:00 a.m. in the East Primary
Auditorium. All parents and
interested citizens are invited
to visit classes and attend the
assembly program during
American Education Week.
PURPLE SAGE
Veteran’s Day - The
classroom in charge of morning
Devotional for this week will
talk about, review and pay
tribute to all American
Veterans on Monday, October
22,1973.
Visitors will be welcome at
any time during the week.
Parents are welcome to have
lunch with their child or visit
in the classroom at a time that
is convenient to them.
INTERMEDIATE
Intermediate School will
have a special Veterans Day
program, Monday, October 22,
at 9:00 a.m., under the
direction of Mrs. Joan Helmer.
Parents are invited to attend
the assembly program, visit
classrooms, and eat with their
children anytime during the
week.
JUNIOR HIGH
During the activity period
October 22, the seventh and
eighth grade speech students
will present a play, “Keep to
Peace,” over the public address
system to the junior high
student body to commemorate
Veteran’s Day.
HIGH SCHOOL
There will be a choral
presentation in honor of
Veterans’ Day presented by the
high school choral department
in the high school auditoruim
Monday, October 22, at 3:15
p.m.
When they took the field
for second half action they
were a different ball club and
proceeded to completely rout
the Panthers for a 21-14
victory.
“It was pleasing to win a
game and we were happy with
the outcome,” added the Jacket
coach. “We were pleased with
the play of our kids the second
half. We felt we beat a sound
football team and it will help
us in future games.”
Topinka said it was hard to
pick out an outstanding
individual, it was simply a team
effort. He named John
Shephard, 160-pound middle
linebacker as Headhunter of
the Week for his sterling
performance on defense.
The Jackets will still be
hurting as far as injuries are
concerned. Tackle L. D. Green,
who missed the Ft. Stockton
game after being injured in a
shop accident at school, is
possible, but may not be ready
yet. Lynn King subbed for
Green on kickoffs and extra
points and did a fine job. He
went three-for-three on points
after.
Randy Segars, 175-pound
tackle, who played with an
infected leg, is definitely out,
with the infection worse. Billy
Mercer suffered a torn ligament
trying to cover a pass receiver
and is out for the year. He
underwent surgery in Midland
Tuesday and is confined to the
hospital there.
Robert Eubanks, 191-pound
guard, sprained an ankle in
practice this week and his
status is not known.
To alleviate the problem at
tackle, Topinka has moved
Larry Harbin, 175-pound
sophomore, from the junior
varsity to the varisty squad. He
will start at left tackle. Mark
Ethridge, 130-pound junior,
has also been elevated from the
JV to the varsity and will aid
the depleted secondary and can
run from the tailback spot.
The Jackets face probably
the quickest team they will see
all year Friday when they host
the Ector Eagles at Walton
Field. The Eagles, unbeaten
until last week, dropped a close
21-20 decision to the Pecos
Eagles.
“They have good size and
have good team speed, both
offensively and defensively.”
said Topinka. “They are
primarily a throwing ball club,
and they will try to run wide.”
The Jacket coach and his
staff are trying to work out an
offense to combat the varied
Ector defense. Topinka said in
the two games his staff has
scouted, the Eagles have had
10 different defensive
alignments.
“They will blow the
linebackers almost every
down,” he commented. “It
makes it difficult to pick up
blocking assignments. They are
a top ball club and we must
(See JACKETS, Page 12)
Outreach Program
Takes In School
Li m Crews, Outreach
Coordinator, and Hobson
Collins, Special Education
Supervisor, at the Abilene
State School, were in Kermit
recently visiting at
Opportunity'School and with
the board of directors of the
Winkler County Council for
Retarded Children,
investigating the possibility of
making the Opportunity
School a part of the Abilene
school’s Outreach Program.
The Outreach Program of
Abilene State School was
begun to provide assistance to
those de velopmentally
disadvantaged individuals
within a community who may
be excluded from any other
educational or day care
activities due to the lack of*
Weather
DATE HI LO
Oct. 11 77 41
Oct. 12 81 43
Oct. 13 82 55
Oct. 14 78 58
Oct. 15 81 43
Oct. 16 80 46
Oct. 17 77 42
These figures were recorded
at Federal Flight Service at
Winkler County Airport and
were official at 6 p.m.
Wednesday.
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BLOOD DONOR - Darrel Mayer, Director of Instructional Services for Kermit
Independent Schools is shown participating in the blood drive held Tuesday in Kermit
Community Center. Preparing Mayer for donating blood is Mrs. Robert Gampe, RN, of Blood
Services of El Paso. The blood drive was held in Keimit under sponsorship of the Downtown
Lions Club. (Staff Photo)
Thirty Families Move
To Area In September
specialized services within the
community.
With today’s changing
concepts and attutides to
education and those persons
who are developmentally
disabled, it was thought that
some program was needed to
provide opportunities to those
individuals who may suffer
from some disabling defect.
Also it was thought that the
best place to provide this help
was in the person’s own home
town environment rather than
have the State bear the costly
expense of institutionalization.
It was with these ideas in mind
that the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation began the
Outreach Program.
Outreach programs now are
in existence throughout the
State serving those persons
who otherwise might have to
look forward only to a life of
seclusion or institutionaliza-
tion. The program is designed
primarily to help those
individuals within a
community who are mentally
retarded, suffer from cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, and/or related
disabilities. Helping these
people to a better life is the
goal of Outreach.
The Outreach Program of
Abilene State School has been
in operation for two and
(See OUTREACH, Page 12)
A total of 30 families,
representing 80 persons, moved
to the Kermit area during
September, according to a
report from Kermit Greeter
Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Julio Acosta
moved here from Monahans
and he is employed by Earl
Smith.
Larry Dale Allison has been
here as a coach in Kermit High
School, but married and
brought his wife to Kermit.
She is from Abilene and
Comanche.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Bramblett came from
Monahans and are retired.
Ivan L. Bullard and James
Pete Watson came to Kermit
from Tulsa, Okla., and are
employed by Petty Ray
Geophysical.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Medley
Burton are from El Paso. He is
a coach and she teaches in
Wink Schools.
The four-member Larence
W. Conn family is from
Seminole and his employer is
Republic Supply.
Thurman F. Cox and family
of three moved here from
Gallup, N.M. He is employed
by El Paso Natural Gas Co.
The four-member Ricky M.
Ditto family came to Kermit
from Odessa. He is employed
by Buster’s Well Service.
Moving here from Tucson,
Ariz., are Cruby Esery and two
sons. He is employed by El
Paso Natural Gas Co.
The three-member Steve C.
Flowers family came to Kermit
from Waco and his employer is
Perry Gas.
Teddie Joe Frie and family
of three are from Abilene. His
employer is Loffland Bros.
Mrs. Lena Gilstrap moved
here from Lovelady, Colo. She
is a substitute teacher in
Kermit Schools.
The four-member Hisidro
Hernandez family came to
Kermit from Dallas and his
employer is Ezell Paint and
Tank Co.
Paula Hill, a former
resident, moved here from
Canyon and is employed by
Kermit Schools as a teacher.
The four-member Thomas
Roy Hunter family moved to
Kermit from Austin. He is
employed by Dual Oil Co.
The two-member Lige I.
Midkiff family is from
(See THIRTY, Page 12)
Jury Panel To
Report Tuesday
Sixty-five Winkler County
residents have been notified to
appear for possible jury duty in
Winkler County Court next
week, according to the office
of Sheriff Jerry D. Bell.
The prospective jurors have
been called to appear Tuesday,
October 23, at 9:30 a.m. in the
County Courtroom.
Included on the panel are
eight Wink residents and 57
persons from Kermit.
Persons with Wink addresses
list include: Roy L. Davis,
Mrs. Christine Ogle, Beverly J.
Johnson, C. P. Hoskins, Robert
Louis Hill, Douglas W.
Spurrier, James R. Walker and
Tommy Kenneth Adams.
Kermit residents named on
the panel are: Carol Ann
Adams, Marie Adams, Darrell
Glenn Benton, Loretta Faye
Brinkley, Edmundo V. Briones,
'Barbara K. Burton, Eva Mae
Burton, Cecil E. Carlisle,
Randy Clary,
Mrs. C. E. Compton, Mrs.
Shirley Copenhaver, Florence
Deaton, Joe Dickens, Jr., M. Jo
Dorsey, Robert M. Dunlap, D.
V. Edwards, Jerry Fullen,
Jackie P. Griffis,
Miss Kathy Hawkins, Cecil
Harridge, Mrs. James R.
Harrison, Martha Louis Hillery,
Joe C. Howell, Mrs. Margaret S.
Kayser, Flora Bell Knight,
Cynthia O. Lattion, Juanita
Leard,
Walter L. McDonald, Mrs.
Hugh Miracle, Claude Moore,
Mrs. Hugh Moore, Bill D.
Nelson, Zenita J. Nolen, Joyce
Naomi Oliver, Troylene Pace,
Gene C. Paschall, Alvoree
Penn,
Victor W. Preston, Mrs.
Lewis E. Redwine, Jane
Roberts, Rube M. Evans Ross,
Loren R. Rush, Bonnie L.
Scott, Joe Lynn Scott, Violet
Sheffield, C. N. Shipley,
David E. Short, Mrs. Odis L.
Skinner, Doris M. Slaughter,
Eland R. Stearns, Nestor C.
Vigil, D. L. Watson, Alan C.
Williams, Donna Kay Williams,
Johnie Williams, Howard
Wayne Worley and Miss
Carolyn E. Wright.
County Court Jury
Policy Is Changed
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BUSINESS DRIVE KICK-OFF - The Winkler County
United Way officially kicked off its Business Division Fund
Raising Drive with a breakfast at Kermit Community Center
Wednesday morning. Shown here preparing to launch their fund
raising efforts are (left to right): Calvin Dunlop, Lyndon Webb,
Dr. Paul Hollinshead, L. B. (Bill) Eddins, and J. A. (Johnny)
Garza. Dunlop is chairman of the Business Division of the
Winkler County United Way. (Staff Photo)
A motion filed by a defense
attorney to quash a jury panel
in Winkler County Tuesday
morning has resulted in a major
change in the prevailing policy
for prospective jurors being
excused from possible jury
duty in county court.
The change was announced
by County Judge E. C.
Locklear after he granted the
defense motion filed by Kermit
attorney John R. Lee.
Lee filed the motion after
contending that one of his
clients, A. L. Barnes, charged
with driving while intoxicated,
could not receive a fair trial in
county court after “a number
of members of a jury panel had
been improperly excused” by
Judge Locklear, leaving an
insufficient number of
prospective jurors to allow the
defense to select a fair and
impartial jury.
In granting the defense
attorney’s motion, Judge
Locklear said that in keeping
with a long-standing policy in
Winkler County Court, he had
been personally excusing
prospective jurors from duty
when they had “valid reasons.”
Judge Locklear dismissed
the jury panel and re-set
Barnes’ trial for January.
He pointed out that these
(See POLICY, Page 12)
Lions Set
Broom Sale
October 25
Kermit Downtown Lions
Club will conduct its annual
Broom Sale next Thursday.
Oct. 25, according to Ed
Logan, the club’s broom sale
chairman.
Prior to the actual sale next
Thursday, advance sales teams
are now taking orders for
brooms, mops and other
similar items, which will be
sold by the Lions.
Individuals or business firms
can place advance orders by
contacting Logan or any other
member of Kermit Downtown
Lions Club.
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