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Band Honored In
National Magazine
A brand new national
magazine has given recognition
to Kermit’s K Band, labeling it
as one of the best in the
Southwest and also ran a
picture of the band.
The book, Ruffles and
Flourishes National Band
Magazine, featured the band,
along with four others from
the Southwest, in a story titled
Best of the Southwest, Texas
Titans. With a picture of the
1972 band at the top of the
page, Kermit K Band Was
described as having performed
over CBS network television
five times at various half-time
shows and noted that their
concert band ranks high in the
state for excellence.
The magazine added that
more information will be
secured from LaWana Arnold,
who is the drum major. Other
bands given recognition in the
article were Vidor High School,
Franklin D. Roosevelt High in
Dallas, Orchard ISD and Notre
Dame of the Texas Catholic
Interscholastic League. f
The Kermit K Band, under
direction of G. T. Gilligan, has
taken sweepstakes awards 22
of the 27 years he has been at
the helm, including 18 years in
a row at one time. Prior to
coming to Kermit he was at
Ballinger High School for five
years. Richard Thomas is
assistant band director, a post
he has held for the past 17
years.
Gilligan announced that the
band has been measured for
new uniforms which should
arrive by Sept. 1. He said the
uniforms are of a new style.
The band in 1972-73 will be
about the same size as in the
past with some 115 members.
Twirlers Pam Baucom, Lisa
Stuart, Susan Harvard and
Shellye Emmerson, along with
LaWana Arnold, drum major
and combination twirler, will
attend a twirling school at
SMU, beginning the week of
Jun;25.
Band officers are Wes
Williamson, president; Mark
Theisen, vice-president; Teresa
Shepard, secretary-treasurer;
and Linda Dowling, band
sweetheat.
Gilligan also announced that
any new band student moving
to Kermit should contact him
at 586-2886.
In other announcements he
said some band students will be
attending band camp at West
Texas State University for two
weeks, beginning July 16; the
junior high school band will
not meet until school starts;
beginner band is to be
organized Aug. 1; and high
school band students will be
notified by letter in August
about their rehearsals.
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Vol. 36— No. 26 . . _Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745 Monday, June 19, 1972
Youth Is Killed In
ONE KILLED — One person was killed when this 1960
Chevrolet overturned early Sunday on rain-slick Highway 302,
17.6 miles west of Kermit. Dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital
was John Frank Karnes, 19. Two other youths in the car, David
Wayne Cantwell, 18, and Austin Leon Cook, 17, were not,
injured. In charge of the investigation was Highway Patrolman
Gary White, assisted by Kermit City Policemen Sgt. Dee Turner
and Patrolman Charlie Kemp. (Staff Photo)
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Like Holidays On Mondays?
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The
following was asked of Winkler
County residents, “Many
holidays have been changed to
Monday in order to give some
employees a longer weekend.
What is your opinion of this
change?”)
Mrs. Jerry Purcell was
definite in her opinion of the
change. She said, “I think it’s
When the Board of Control
of Memorial Hospital met
Wednesday night, in addition
to regular business, members
toured the completed portions
of the hospital rennovation and
gave approval.
The Board reviewed hospital
statistics for the month of
May, when 250 admissions
were made. During the month
65 surgeries were performed,
16 babies were born and there
were 723 emergency room,
x-ray, lab and out-patient
visits.
Also during May, charges
amounted to $119,050.60;
salaries paid to employees were
$50,033.88, other expenses
were $42,193.37 and
collections of $99,447.70 were
made. Profit for the month
amounted to $7,134.03 and
charity to $4,378.95.
A progress report on the
kijphen, laundry and
emergency room remodeling
was studied. An approximate
cost of the, project was
estimated to be $53,750 for
Oasis Builders, Inc.; $15,000
for 30 beds and accessories;
great. Like most housewives, I
don’t go anywhere all week.
With a good long weekend, we
can leave on Friday and stay
until Monday, which makes it
nicer. We dcjn’t have to come
home on Sunday. You get a
rest.
“I guess I’m just thinking of
myself with this opinion.
Changing holidays isn’t exactly
$12,233 for architect fees;
$9,454 for kitchen and laundry
equipment; and $800 for
miscellaneous items. This
leaves approximately $9,000
for rennovation and up-dating
of the emergency room.
The Board directed Oasis
Builders to proceed with the
emergency room project.
It was announced that the
Women’s Auxiliary to
Memorial Hospital has
designated $1,500 for purchase
of dividers for semi-private
rooms, a surgical lamp tor the
emergency room, tables and
suction pump to be used in the
emergency room.
Also announced was that the
current licensed vocational
nursing students will be
graduated August 4 and a new
class will begin August 28.
Accounts payable were
reviewed and presented to the
Commissioners Court for
payment.
All members of the Board
were present. They are H. D.
Westerman, Frank. Barton,
Haskell Alspaugh, Larry
Langston, Glenn Claiborne and
Leon Rose.
right. It could be wrong in
some ways, but everything is
changing,” she concluded.
Mrs. John Fogle had a
favorable opinion of the
change to an extent. Her reply
was,” It is real nice for the
employees to have a longer
holiday, but I do hope they
don’t change some of the
holidays. Christmas, Easter and
the Fourth of July just
wouldn’t be the same if the
days were changed. They
would lose their meaning.”
J. A. Keith, assistant
postmaster, said it made little
difference to him personally,
since that was fris day off, but
felt it would affect some
people. “It’s the law of the
land and we can’t do anything
about it,” he commented. “Of
course, it makes our work pile
up and takes a couple of days
to catch up,” he added.
Mrs. K. W. Norton, who is
from England, felt it had its
good and bad points. “Of
Funeral services for Ronnie
Lee Morgan, 22, of Parker,
Ariz., will be held Monday
(today) at 2 p.m. in
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel
in Odessa. Interment will be in
Sunset Memorial Gardens in
Odessa.
Morgan, the husband of the
former Pam Lennon and
son-in-law of Ralph Lennon of
Kermit, was killed late
Wednesday night in a one-car
accident near Blythe, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were
married in Kermit Jan. 1,
1971.
course, there will be more
people on the highways and
there is a chance more people
will be killed or injured, but on
the other hand, they will have
longer to visit and should be
more rested when they start
back home.” Mrs. Norton said
in England they have two
c o n s e cutive holidays at
Christmas. There is Christmas
and another day following
called Boxing Day. Then they
have Armistice Day on Nov.
11, Easter, and a holiday called
Whitsun Day.
Mrs. Talma Lightfoot wasn’t
positive whether she liked the
change or not. She answered,
“I think there should be one
rule for everyone to go by.
Either change all of them or
make one rule and everyone
abide by it. It is getting
confusing.
“I think it is kind of sad that
they changed George’s
birthday, without asking him,”
Mrs. Lightfoot concluded.
He was born June 14, 1950,
in Hobbs, N. M., and resided in
Odessa from 1969 to 1970,
moving there from
Farmington, N. M.
He is survived by his wife,
Pam; two daughters, Raquel
Dawn and Shelia Rae, both of
Farmington; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Morgan of
Odessa; a sister, Mrs. Ann
Marshall of Santa Barbara,
Calif.; the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Pauline
Morgan of Mangum, Okla.; and
the maternal grandfather, Earl
Murrell of Hobbs.
Hospital Board
Tours Facility
Ron Morgan Killed
In Auto Wreck
One-Car Accident
A Kermit resident was killed
in a one-car accident early
Sunday, 17.6 miles west of
Kermit on Highway 302 in
Loving County.
Dead on arrival at Memorial
Hospital was 19-year-old John
Frank Karnes, a passenger in a
1960 Chevrolet driven by
David Wayne Cantwell, 18.
Cantwell and another
passenger, Austin Leon Cook,
17, were not injured in the
accident.
According to the
investigating officer,
Department of Public Safety
Special
Meeting
Scheduled
Kermit City Council will
meet in special session
Monday, June 19, at 3 p.m.
The regular Council meeting
was scheduled for June 13 was
not held due to lack of quorum
of Councilmen and law
requires that two meetings per
month be held.
Agenda for the special
meeting includes these items.
Meeting called to order.
Patrolman Gary White, the
driver of the car lost control on
the rain-slick highway, the car
went off the right side of the
road, swerved back onto the
highway and overturned once,
coming to rest on its wheels.
Karnes was thrown clear and
was found under the car.
Karnes was rushed to
Memorial Hospital by Cooper
Funeral Chapel ambulance
while Cook and Cantwell were
brought to the hospital by
Kermit City Police officers.
They were treated at the
JOHN FRANK KARNES
hospital and released. Cantwell
was suffering from shock.
Assisting Patrolman White
with the investigation were
City Police Officers Sgt. Dee
Turner and Patrolman Charlie
Kemp.
Karnes was a 1971 graduate
of Kermit High School and
resided at 713 North Avenue A
with a brother.
Services are pending at
Wilkins Funeral Home at
Goldthwaite, with Cooper
Funeral Chapel of Kermit
handling local arrangements.
He was born March 8, 1953
in Brownwood and was an
employee of H. G. Mills
Rain, no longer a stranger to
the Kermit area, fell again
Saturday and early Sunday,
adding from 1.40 to 1.60 over
the weekend.
The storm Saturday rolled in
about 4 a.m., with a brilliant
display of lightning and an
ominous roar of thunder.
Reports over the city ranged
from .50 to .70 and the rain
was still coming down shortly
before 8 a.m. The Federal
Flight Service Station at
W inkier County Airport
reported .40 at 6 a.m., with a
small amount registered after
that.
The Sunday storm came in
from the northeast about
midnight Saturday and left
about an inch of rain.
The Flight Station had
registered 1.04 on June 11;
2.39 on June 12; and .47 on
June 17, for a total of 3.90
during the month of June.
Officials at the Station said
Roustabout Service. He was
affiliated with the Assembly of
God Church.
Karnes had lived here two
years, coming to Kermit from
Goldthwaite.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Karnes of
Goldthwaite; five brothers,
Charles of Kermit, Robert,
Michael, Leo and Leslie, all or
Goldthwaite; five sisters,
Dorothy, Linda, Penny e,
Cynthia arid Kitty, of
Goldthwaite; his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown,
Goldthwaite; and his
grandmother, Mrs. C. A.
Karnes of Goldthwaite.
there was no measureable
precipitation during the
Sunday storm at the airport.
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Invocation.
Public notice of this meeting
as posted presented to the
Council and noted in the
minutes.
Approve minutes of regular
Council Meeting, May 23,
1972.
Receive bids on police car.
Approve Firemen’s expenses
to convention.
Discuss property apprasial
proposal.
Approve monthly bills.
Receive petitions on matters
of business from the audience.
Adjourn.
Where’s Ths Fire?
Wednesday, June 14,
2:02 p.m., car fire.
Rains Pound
Kermit Area
FISHING’S NOT SO GOOD — The fishing didn’t seem to
be as good as expected for little Neil (Bo) Reynolds when he got
out his fishing rod and went down to the nearest puddle to get
in a little fishing time. Puddles and ponds were left throughout
Kermit early Saturday morning that were deposited by recent
rains in the area. Neil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Reynolds.
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, June 19, 1972, newspaper, June 19, 1972; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1058271/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.