The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 90, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1978 Page: 1 of 21
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. The Winkler County News
Vol. 42, No. 90
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FIFTEEN CENTS
(Tax Included)
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745
Monday, July 31, 1978
EARLY BEGINNERS
G. T. Gilligan works with beginning band students some of beginners begin Tuesday, Aug. 8. In photo below, Gilligan
whom are going to be out of town when regular classes for shows a student how to make it work. (Staff Photo)
Beginners Band
Meeting Set Aug. 7
A beginning band students (and parents) meeting is
scheduled Aug. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Junior High
School Band Hall. ,
Classes for beginners will begin Tuesday, Aug. 8, ana
will run for two weeks.
Beginning band is for sixth graders who have passed
their academic work satisfactorily.
Students planning on being in band activities, but who
will not be in town during the first beginning band
sessions should call G. T. Gilligan at 6-2886.
Used instruments are available and will be on display
at the Aug. 7 meeting. The band has several left from
graduating seniors. Beginning band will be taught by
Gilligan and Kirke McKenzie.
Band Uniforms To Be
Issued Aug. 2-3
Kermit High School Band uniforms will be issued on
Aug. 2 and 3, according to director Kirke McKenzie.
Juniors and seniors may get uniforms on Aug. 2, from
10 a.m. until noon and from 2 until 4 p.m.
Freshmen and sophomores may pick up uniforms
Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. until noon and from 2 until 4 p.m.
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Registration Activities
To Begin Aug. 21
East Primary, Purple Sage, and Intermediate Schools
will not have registration for students prior to the
opening of school for the coming school year. Sufficient
information is available so that the students currently in
school will be registered without having to come to the
school in August for registration.
All students who are new to Kermit and will be
attending the Kermit Public Schools for the first time
are asked to contact the building principal where student
will attend during the week of August 7-11 or August
14-18.
This is especially important for students who will be
in kindergarten or grades one through five, since there
will not be a registration for them prior to the starting of
regular classes on August 28.
All new students will be asked for immunization
records. These records are required by the Texas State
Department of Health. Tne school nurse, Mrs. E N.
Flattley, will assist in checking records and give
information regarding commencing the required
immunizations to parents whose students have not
started the immunizations. Mrs. Flattley will be in her
office which is located in the East Primary building after
August 15. She may be reached by telephone No.
586-5145.
Birth certificates are required of all entering
kindergarten students and all first grade students who
. re entering the Kermit Public Schools for the first time.
A o scholastic records from previous school attended
sho Id be taken to the initial visit to the school.
Attendance areas are the same as in previous years. All
kindergarten students will attend East Primary. Students
in grades one through five living east of Pine Street and
north of Austin Street will attend Purple Sage School.
All other first and second grade students will enroll in
East Primary School, and all other third, fourth, and
fifth grade students will attend Intermediate School.
Bus students in grades one through five will enroll in
Purple Sage School.
Parental cooperation will be appreciated in helping
the schools to get students properly enrolled.
The schedule for Junior and Senior High School
students for registration is as indicated below:
KERMIT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Monday, August 21 — Grade 8 (8:30 a.m.-12 noon;
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, August 22 — Grade 6 (9:30 a.m. -12 noon);
Grade 7 (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
KERMIT HIGH SCHOOL
Monday, August 21 — Seniors (8:30 a.m. -12 noon);
Juniors (1:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.)
(See REGISTRATION, Page 10)
Trustees Okay Plans
For Tax Rate Hike
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Intent to increase the
current tax rate and a
discussion of the size of that
increase was the sole subject
of consideration at a special
meeting of the Kermit
Independent School District
Board of Trustees held
Thursday night, July 27 in
the board room of the
Administration Building.
Members voted
unanimously to approve a
motion stating the board’s
intention to adopt a tax rate
in excess of $1.34. The rate
of $1.34 is the amount
permitted by law to be
adopted without public
hearing.
The board then held a
30-minute discussion of its
plans to adopt a rate of $ 1.38
for the year 1978 tax roll.
Supt. Darrell Mayer stated
that the adoption will be
necessary to meet the
operational needs for the
1978-79 school year budget.
KiSD Tax Assessor-
Collector Don Smith
OC Extension
Registration
Here Aug. 7
Registration for the Odessa
College extension center in
Kermit is scheduled Aug. 14
at 7 p.m. in room 120 of
Kermit High School.
Any regular course taught
by OC that doesn’t require
special laboratory equipment
can be offered on an
extension basis, according to
Dr. Roy Hart, director of
special services at OC.
He noted that if a qualified
instructor can be found, a
location for the class can be
established, and a minimum
of 15 persons want to enroll,
then a course can be taught
through extension.
Courses taught through the
OC extension program in
Kermit in past years include
economics, law enforcement,
real estate, government,
history, math, English,
speech, psychology and
sociology.
Tuition is payable at the
time of registration at a
charge of $48.50 for three
semester hours or $65 for
two three-semester hour
courses. Any laboratory fees
are additional to regular
tuition.
Prospective students
seeking further information
about the extension program
in Kermit can contact Dr.
Hart at OC.
Qualifying high school
seniors also can enroll in the
extension courses through the
early admissions program at
explained that in 1977 a
$20,000 house had been
assessed at $12,000 with the
current rate making the tax
$181.20. The proposed new
rate with the assessment set
earlier this spring would make
a $20,000 house be assessed
at $14,000, and with the
$1.38 planned rate the tax
would be $193.20. This
would constitute a $12 per
year increase.
The planned increase is
scheduled to be officially
adopted along with the 1978
budget at the next regular
meeting of the board on Aug.
8.
Although this meeting was
a public hearing on the tax
rate, only school board
members, administrative
personnel and this News
reporter were in attendance.
Trustees present were:
Calvin W. Workmen, Jan
Cates, Frances Knight,
Vernon O. Wood, Jr., and
Gerald Speed. Elmo Glass and
A. C. (Chuck) Williams were
absent.
Administrative staff
attending were: Supt. Mayer,
Asst. Supt. Johnnie Roberts,
Business Director Gene Coker
and Tax Assessor-Collector
Smith.
WINKLER HISTORY AT TECH
Winkler County history comes alive for Texas Tech University students. Craig Autrey of
Kermit discusses The Winkler County News and The Kermit Sun with Audrey Helwig of
Robert Lee and Christine Valdez of Pampa. The students view the bound issues, which are
being microfilmed at the Southwest Collection, a regional reseaich center located on the
Tech campus in Lubbock. The archives is microfilming issues from as early as 1938 in an
effort to preserve perhaps the only records of the history of the community. Autiey is the
son of Mr and Mrs. Boye Autrey of328 James in Kermit. Autrey is a business major taking
classes at Tech this summer.
Winkler County History
Part Of Files At Tech
Thirty seven years of
Winkler County history
are being preserved at
Texas Tech University.
The Southwest
Collection, located on
the Tech campus in
Lubbock, has
microfilmed past issues
of Winkler County
newspapers.
A regional archives,
the Southwest Collection
is a center for research
devoted to perpetuating
the heritage of the
American Southwest. In
addition to newspapers,
the repository houses
books, periodicals, tape
recorded interviews,
maps, photographs, and
personal and business
papers from throughout
the region.
Because of the rapid
deterioration of
newsprint, the Southwest
Collection is filming
papers from West Texas
in an effort to preserve
perhaps the only records
of the histories of the
communities they serve,
according to David
Mur rah, head of the
repository.
“These issues are
especially valuable for
historical worth as each
contains many stories
pertaining to the history
of the community or
region,” Murrah said.
The repository now
holds more than 400
Texas newspaper titles,
including 66 microfilmed
collections.
Loaned for copy by
The Winkler County
News, courtesy of Bill
Beckham, The Kermit
Sun (weekly),' The
Winkler County
News-The Kermit Sun,
The Kermit Daily Sun,
The Kermit Sun
(semi-weekly), and The
Winkler County News
range in date from 1938
to 1975.
Along with thousands
of facts or figures of
historical worth, the
papers record such things
as a page of advertise-
ments listing prizes for
the first baby bom in
Winkler County in 1938.
Two weeks after January
1, The Kermit Sun
reported the birth of the
(See WINKLER, Page 10)
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New Pipe Organ
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Rev. Raymond Riley of the First United Methodist Church is
shown anticipating the installation of their new $53,000
Harvey and Zimmer pipe organ. The organ is of Spanish
design and will weigh about 6,000 pounds when completed.
The organ, the only one of its kind in Texas, was made in
Germany. The organ is now scattered in the fellowship hall
of the church. It will take about four weeks to install and
Elizabeth Horner will play it during the services. ^ ffp^ ^ )
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Brewer, Bert. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 90, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1978, newspaper, July 31, 1978; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024943/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.