The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1939 Page: 6 of 6
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The Winkler County News
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Friday, April 14,1939
City Dads Urge Payments of 1938 Taxes
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THE DEPENDABLE NEPTUNE
FERRY’S
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OUTBOARD MOTORS
KERMIT
Tru Test Ball Bearing
Lawn Mowers .....$8.1 Oto $10.90
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Wink, Texas
P. O. Box 2157
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C. C. C. Accepts
Four Local Boys
Blue. Bonnet Cafe
Changes Managers
Patrolman Warns
Of Poor Lights
50 ft. Hose . .$3.50
25 ft. Hose .. 1.75
Garden Rakes 69c
Garden Sets . .29c
FOR RENT—2-room strictly modern
apartment. Adults. Apply G. C. Ol-
Mrs. Riley Host To
Friday Bridge Club
FOR RENT—Store building on Aus-
tin (Main) Street adjoining Texas
Service Station. 25x50. Stucco out-
side, sealed inside. See Howard Fin-
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Garden and Flower Seed 5'10c
Twins & Singles—Prices Range From
$35.50 to $54.50 on Singles
$74.50 to $164.50 on Twins
A. F. GREEN, DEALER
Final plans for the first general meeting of the Permian Basin Game &
Fish Protective Association were completed at a meeting of directors
and members held in Monahans Tuesday night. The meeting,54 which
will be preceded by a barbecue for members and guests, will be held
Saturday night, April 15, in Monahans. .
The barbecue, which will be served at 7 o’clock, will be held on the
Monahans high school athletic field. The business meeting afterward
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Stephen J. Seaybold, Secretary
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To Give Barbecue In Monahans Saturday Pave New Road
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Sara Slaughter, Worthy Matron
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Mrs. E. Frances Evers has moved
from Kermit to Goldsmith, where
she will be in charge of the man-
agement of a hotel.
road being constructed in Winkler
County is progressing rapidly and
it is hoped to have the entire route
ready for paving within a short
time.
Swimming and boating unexcelled
at Balmorhea State Park.
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London’s 8,078 taxicabs cost about
$2,000 each and must be able to
turn completely around in a road
25 feet wide without reversing.
FOR SALE—3-room house and 3
lots. Underwood Sub-division. Call
at Kermit Dairy. 3-4tp
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Meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in
each month at Masonic Hall.
Visitors welcome
Lawn Sprinklers
39c to $1.25
Bermuda Grass
Seed, 1b, 60c
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FOR SALE—House, 2 rooms and
bath. 1 block east of Community
Church. R. D. Walker, clo Bethle-
Four Winkler County boys were en-
rolled in the CCC in April and were
sent to the camp in Balmorhea. Se-
lected for enrollment were Harold
James Aldridge and Joe DeLeon of
Wink and Alton V. Overcash and
Ransom Burdette Pearce of Kermit.
The next CCC enrollment will
probably be in July. Boys who want
to enroll at that time are asked
to see Mrs. Elizabeth Kayser at the
city hall in Wink or at tre court-
house in Kermit between now and
July.
FOR SALE—Power' driven Singer
sewing machine with cabinet. Cost
$125 new, used very little. First
class condition. Sacrifice for $35
cash. Mrs. Jones at Texhoma Cafe.
4-ltc
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Plan Formulated
To Retain
Night Watchman
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Rogers of San
Antonio, are visiting Mrs. H. H.
Hancock of the Kermit-hotel. They
plain to remain in Kermit for sev-
eral weeks.
The state highway department is
ready to pave the first 12.5 miles of
the Odessa-Kermit road, according
to G. W. Artcherberg, assistant
state highway engineer, who made
the announcement Wednesday in
Odessa. The money is available for
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auditorium. Plans are being made
to care for an attendance of sev-
eral hundred members and pros-
pective members.
Principal speaker at the meeting
which will follow the barbecue will
be Judge E. B. Elfers of El Paso,
one of the most widely known
sportsmen in the Southwest. Judge
Elfers will bring to Association
members an outline of his experi-
ence in working with game and fish
protective associations. He is ex-
pected to give the meeting a great
many valuable pointers on opera-
tion as well as wild life conserva-
tion and sportsmansnip in general.
Another important speaker sched-
uled to address the meeting is Dr.
Lee Fisher of Alpine, head of the
research division of the Game, Fish
and Oyster Commission. Dr. Fisher
is at present engaged in a study of
' wild life conservation in West Tex-
as and is considered an outstanding
authority on the subject.
While the barbecue and meeting
is for members in good standing of
the Permian Basin Game and Fish
Protective Association only, any in-
terested person may attend both by
joining the Association. The initia-
tion fee is $1.00 and the annual dues
are $1.00, making a total of $2.00
for membership. The secretary of
the Association will be on duty at
the entrance to the ahletic field
and will accept memberships from
all persons interested in the Asso-
ciation or the b’arbecue and meet-
ings. .
A special membership fee has
been fixed for ladies and children
of 50c for the former and 25c for
boys and girls between the ages of
7 to 17. All children under the age
of 7 years will be admitted to the
barbecue free if accompanied by
their parents.
At the business meeting Tuesday
night in Monahans, director Fritz
Estill of the Winkler County chap-
ter revealed that he recently made
a trip to Austin in the interest of
certain projects the Association will
sponsor. He reported that State
Game, Fish and Oyster Commis-
sioner William J. Tucker appeared
to be in sympathy with the aims
and endeavors of the Association
and promised the support and co-
operation of the State Department
in furthering their projects.
Patrolman Royse Blackman of the
Pecos Division, State Highway Pa-
trol, this week issued a warning to
all Winkler County motorists to
check the condition of their auto-
mobile lights.
“We’ve noticed a great many mo-
tor vehicles in Winkler County with
improper lights,” Blackman said.
“Heretofore, we’ve warned a num-
ber, but unless the situation: is cor-
rected, we're going to begin making
arrests.”
Blackman suggested that every
motor vehicle owner or operator
make an immediate check of the
head and tail lights of his vehicle
and make sure they were in work-
ing order.
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YOU SUCCESS DEPENDS IN A LARGE MEASURE UPON
• THE QUALITY OF THE SEEDS YOU USE AND THE COM-
PLETENESS OF YOUR EQUIPMENT. OUR SEEDS ARE
DEPENDABLE. . . .
Funeral services for the stillborn
infant of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Hall of
Wink were conducted in Kermit
Thursday afternoon by the Rev. W.
E. Ferrell of Wink, with, burial fol-
lowing in the Kermit cemetery.
Mrs. Hall is reported in a criti-
cal condition in a local hospital.
At a special meeting of the City
Commission Wednesday, Mayor Ray
Clapp and Commissioner W. H. Wil-
son issued a joint plea to all citi-
zens of Kermit, who owe taxes for
1938, to pay up in order that the
government might continue to func-
tion on a cash basis and not have
to borrow money and pay interest
in order to meet expenses.
“We’re trying to carry out the
wishes of the people in the matter
of administering the city’s affairs,”
the Mayor and Mr. Wilson said,
“but we are going to be seriously
hampered unless those who owe
taxes for 1938 pay up.
“There is a payment coming due
on the fire truck this summer, we
owe a balance on the firehose and
on the material bills for the fire
station and we’ve got to make some
arrangements to keep night watch-
man Leo Campbell on the job. These
things take money—and the only
way we have of getting the neces-
sary funds is through collecting
taxes.”
The Commission tentatively agreed
to keep Officer Campbell on for a
trial period of thirty days. He will
be paid $50 per month salary from
city funds, furnished with an auto-
mobile and paid the usual fees on
fines collected. Campbell has made
arrangements with a number of
business men to collect enough ad-
ditional money to pay him a decent
wage for his services. If the taxes
due for 1938 come in with reason-
able speed, Campbell will be kept on
the force on this basis until a new
budget can be adopted to provide
for his full time services.
Publication in local newspapers
of a delinquent tax list after April
30, was discussed by the Commis-
sion. A decision in this matter will
be reached when it is seen how
collections are after the final grace
period, which ends April 30th at
midnight.
A stunning group of over
100 of the latest cotton
styles! You’ll wear them
smartly for every activity.
Eyelet batistes! Chiffon
voiles! Organdies! Dotted
Swisses! Sail Cloth! And
they come in a veritable
rainbow of colors. You’d
be wise to buy several at
this price!
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Crime Data
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crime education, Judge Frasier re-
vealed that one-third of the crim-
mail population is composed of boys
under the age of twenty-five.
In Texas, he said, 37.5 per cent
of the prison population are under
25 years of age and that figure does
not include the youths sent to the
reformatories by Juvenile Courts.
“The tragic aspect of this situa-
tion,” the judge declared, “is that
we dont know definitely what can
be done about it..
“We know, definitely, that disease
prevention has been successfully
taught and practiced. We know,
definitely, that fire prevention has
been successfully taught and prac-
ticed and we know, definitely, that
accident prevention has been suc-
cessfully taught and practiced. But
what have we done about crime pre-
vention? What can we do with a
system of jurisprudence that ranks
about on a par with the status of
medical scienre as it was 150 years
ago?”
Crime Is A Disease
Judge Frasier then drew a par-
allel between medicine and juris-
prudence, pointing out that in med-
icine, doctors not only use means to
cure the patient of his sickness, but
probe to the source of the disease
and determine the cause. Steps are
then taken, in the case of contag-
ious diseases, to eradicate the cause,
he said.
“In dealing with a person who
has committed a crime, however,
we are concerned only with getting
him out of the way of society once
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The Blue Bonnet Cafe, one of Ker-
mit’s oldest eating places, changed
managers this week with the trans-
fer of ownership from George Dem-
plas to Gus Pappas.
Mr. F’appas, who has had twenty-
six years experience in the cafe and
restaurant business, announced a
number of changes in methods of
operation and said it would be his
aim and endeavor to serve the fin-
est meals to be had-in West Texas.
Demplas, who has been a resident
of Kermit for several years, left
Wednesday for San Francisco to at-
tend the World’s Fair, but will re-
turn to Pecos in a few weeks.
H. L. LOCKHART CO.
Hardware and Building Material
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The Friday Bridge Club met on
Friday afternoon, April 7, in the
home of Mrs. Lincoln Riley of Wink.
Mrs. C. O. Connolly won the prize
for the highest score, and Mrs. J. L.
Potts placed second.
A refreshment ■ course, consisting
of crab salad, cheese straws, dough-
nuts and coffee, was served to the
following: Mmes. D. S. Biggers, Lee
Johnson, C. O. Connally, J. L. Potts,
Clyde Sciance, S. A. Parker, the
hostess, and a guest, Mrs. J. C.
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his guilt is established. If he is
guilty, we send him to the peniten-
tiary for two or more years and
keep him there, no matter if he is
cured thirty days after being locked
up. When we do get him back, after
his sentence is served, we usually
have a tougher boy, or man, to deal
with because he has been associat-
ing with experts in the pen and
has picked up all of the tricks of
the various criminal trades.”
Judge Frasier then pointed out
how his famous “Crime Clinics” aie
educating school children - in his
district in anti-crime knowledge.
“We go into each school in the
district once each month. We point
out, in the first two lectures of the
series, the facts that I have given
you here; how many crimes are
committed, how much it costs and
how many children are deprived of
education because of the cost of
crime. Then, we begin a series of
case history examples, using the
record of some well-known criminal
to demonstrate that crime does not
pay and to show the youngsters how
easy it is to drift into a life of crime
from an apparently innocent begin-
ning.”
Children Like Clinics
The crime clinics conducted by
Judge Frasier are enthusiastically
received by the school children, he
said. He finds they become inter-
ested when he lets them take part,
by the question and answer meth-
od.
In conclusion, Judge Frasier
charged that adult society is mainly
responsible for the increase in ju-
venile crimes today, by neglect of
youth and by affirmative contribu-
tion.
“When a youth gets drunk on
beer or liquor, does he buy it from
a youth? When a youth smokes a
marihuana cigarette, does he get
it from a youth or an adult? When
a youth visits questionable places
and gets into trouble, is he patron-
izing another' youth, or an adult?
The solution, Judge Frasier point-
ed out, lies in the adult population
taking a greater interest in the
youth of the land. Eighty-seven per
cent of the criminals whose records
are available showed definite crim-
inal tendencies before they were
fourteen years of age, he said. This
means but one thing — that the
adults charged with forming the
character of those youths were der-
elict in their duty.
Urges Play Grounds
“You cannot have too many rec-
reation and play grounds,” he said.
“Your Lions clubs and other organ-
izations cannot devote too much
time and study to the problems of
youth. You cannot expect to curb
the increasing criminal tendencies
of youth as long as you neglect them
and continue to abet their actions
by affirmative contribution.”
Following his talk before the
Lions Club, Judge Frasier conducted
one of his clinics in the Kermit
schools. He was highly pleased at
the response obtained from the as-
sembled students and predicted that
a beginning had been made in anti-
crime education that would produce
wonderful results in time to come
if the program was continued.
Thursday night, Judge Frasier
spoke to a meeting of the Kermit
Parent-Teachers Association.
In order that Judge Frasier’s
message might be delivered to those
who are in position to benefit most
from his knowledge and advice, the
Lions Club had as its guests the
following law enforcement officers
and members of the Winkler Coun-
ty bar:
Sheriff F. Ellis Summers, Chief
Deputy Bill Eddins and Deputy
Clint Sharp; Wink Chief of Police
Perce Nottingham; Kermit city of-
ficer Leo Campbell; Judge G. E.
Gilliam; County Attorney H. L.
Roberson; Judge G. C. Olsen; Judge
A. T. Folsom and City Attorney J.
B. Ogden of Kermit. Other visitors
were Roy Hazelwood, Charlie Con-
dit and Judge S. M. Halley of the
Wink Lions Club and Wayne Wal-
lace of Ponca City, Oklahoma, a
former member of the Kermit club
who is visiting in Kermit this week.
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Bills, Jack. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1939, newspaper, April 14, 1939; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1457574/m1/6/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.