The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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Kermit's Oldest Newspaper
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
BY: JACK BILLS ,
Vol. 4, No. 5
Suggestions
State Health Trailer Exhibit
Iron Lung
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high school auditorium.
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Milking Contest?
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Band Contests
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Judge Gilliam
Assesses Fine
150 Attend Game,
Fish Association
Barbecue And Meet
Mother Charges
Desecration Of
Child’s Grave
Kermit Lions To
Assist In Child
Health Program
New Commission
For Wink Takes
Office Saturday
Hardin-Simmons
Cowgirl Band
Gives Concert
Kermit Hospital
Installs New
X-Ray Equipment
Gas Explosion
Bums Smith
Bros. Employee
Two Locations,
3 Completions,
Made During Week
Funeral For
Miss Stansbury
Held In Cisco
Game-Fish Ass’n
Meets Tonight
The colorful Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity Cowgirl Band gave a concert
in Kermit Thursday night in the
high school auditorium, one of a ser-
ies being given in West Texas in the
unit’s annual Spring tour. Thursday
afternoon, the organization present-
ed its musical wares to an apprecia-
tive audience which filled the Wink
KERMIT -ANDREWS
ROAD SURVEY BIDS
ADVERTISED FOR
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jones and daugh-
ters, Iola and Luella, spent the week
end in Electra visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. H. Shindler, who has been vis-
iting in Wink for several days, re-
turned to her home in Crowell, Mon-
day, accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. T. V. Elliott, and Mrs. Irving
Fisch.
man find something to milk in that
list?”
Two new locations and three com-
pletions were announced for Wink-
ler County through the week ending
April 19, raising the total number
of new tests since January 1 to 45
and the completions to 41.
New tests were staked as follows:
Magnolia No. 228 Walton in section
36, block 74 and W. K. Royalty No.
6-B Walton in section 10, block 26.
Siosi Oil Company announced they
would drill deeper in their No. 7 J.
C. Lovett in section 36, block 26,
PSL.
Completions during the week end-
ing April 19 were as follows: Mag-
nolia No. 224 Walton in section 36,
block 74, Magnolia No. 225 Walton
in section 17, block 77 and Magnolia
No. 227 Walton in section 17, block
77.
There are 19 rigs drilling in Wink-
ler County on wells in various stag-
es of completion.
The 1939 Mobile Health Education Trailer will be in Winkler County, April 21 to 25, according to Dr.
E. W. Prothro, Director of the Winkler County Health Unit, who is assisting with arrangements.
The exhibit is particularly arranged for high school students. Students are to visit the exhibit in
groups. Miss Bernadine Brunnier, a public health nurse, will explain pertinent information relative to
the exhibits and answer inquiries the students may have on related health topics. The exhibit will be
opened early Friday morning, April 21, at the Kermit High School and finish there by Monday noon.
It will open at the Wink High School at 12:30 o’clock, Monday, April 24, and be on display through
Tuesday. Adults wishing to visit the exhibit, are asked to come to Kermit at 3:30 p. m., Friday 21st
and to Wink at-3:30 p. m., Monday 24th.
The streamlined white trailer, modern as the Twentieth Century, makes use of photographic tech-
niques in presenting desirable information on nutrition and dental health. Particular emphasis has been
placed on the development of a well-rounded personality, with photographs showing high school students
in every day situations.
Kermit this week became the twentieth town in the State of Texas
where mechanical respirators, commonly called Iron Lungs, are available
for the treatment of diseases where prolonged artificial respiration is
indicated.
This distinction, which is considered in medical circles one of the
most important events ever to occur in this section of West Texas, came
about through the generosity and public spiritedness of Mr. and Mrs.
--J. B Walton of Kermit, who bought
Fate Of Project
Now Rests With
Washington Hqrs.
There will be an important meeting
of the Winkler County chapter of
the Permian Basin Game and Fish
Protective Association in the Amer-
ican Legion Hall in Wink tonight.
President Jim Blackburn urges all
members, as well as prospective
members and those persons inter-
ested in the organization, to attend.
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Rodeo Committee
Approves Deal
For Rodeo Stock
For once, we’re in accord with
Sports Sparks Betsy Ross of the
Pecos Enterprise.
Miss Ross, in her column last
week, announced to the world, and
to Mr. Tony Slaughter of the Odes-
sa Bulletin in particular, that some-
thing was screwy about the reports
that went out on the Odessa band
contests. Miss Ross went so far as
to charge that Mr. Slaughter twist-
ed the facts to make Odessa’s band
look better in the news accounts—
a serious charge among newspaper
folk.
We’re not adding anything to
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Judge G. E. Gilliam Thursday in
county court sentenced Charles Mc-
Cook of Wink, formerly of Weath-
erford, to a fine of $10 and costs
and thirty days in jail on the lat-
ter’s plea of guilty to a charge of
swindling with worthless check.
McCook formerly was a used car
salesman for a Wink automobile
concern.
With only nine days remaining in
April until the dead-line for 1938
tax payments arrives, the City Com-
mission issued another appeal this
week for payments before penalties
go into effect.
Only about 50 percent of the 1938
tax roll has been collected, it was
revealed. The Commission will be
seriously hampered in carrying on
city activities unless more payments
are received, it was said.
Officials expressed the hope that
voluntary payments would be made,
precluding the necessity of incur-
ring court costs by the filing of tax
suits.
Seeking $2,900 damages for alleged!
desecration of the grave of a de-
ceased daughter, Mrs. Anna Mae
Leigh of Wink has filed suits in
District Court against the Shell Pe-
troleum Company, Lion Oil Refin-
ing Company, Gulf Oil Corporation,
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company and
the Humble Oil & Refining Com-
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Latham left
Wink Sunday morning for Oklaho-
ma City where they will visit Mr.
Latham’s mother. From there they
will go to New Orleans for a short
visit.
One hundred and fifty members of
the Permian Basin Game and Fish
Protective Association attended the
general meeting and barbecue held
in Monahans last Saturday night.
The meeting was held in the high
school auditorium and the barbecue
was served on the athletic field.
The principal speakers at the
meeting were Judge E. B. Elfers of
El Paso, .Mr. Ed. Oliver of El Paso
and Dr. Lee Fisher of Alpine, re-
gional game manager for the State
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission.
All three spoke on game conserva-
tion and preservation.
Plans were adopted calling for the
organization of new chapters in the
association at Hobbs and Jal in New
Mexico and at Crane.
Members of the association at-
tended the meeting ' from Kermit,
Wink, Pecos, Mentone, Monahans,
Wickett, Odessa, Crane, Midland,
and Carlsbad, Jal and Hobbs, New
Mexico.
Indicating that actual construction
of a new highway from Kermit to
Andrews is in the immediate offing,
the County Auditor of Winkler
County has advertised for bids for a
preliminary survey for a road from
Kermit to the Kermit-Andrews
Winkler County line.
The advertisement, which appears
elsewhere in this issue of The News,
also calls for bids on surveying for
a road from the NE corner of Sec-
tion 10, block B-3 to the NE corner
of Section 6, block B-2, • Public
School Lands in Winkler County.
The bids will be received by the
County Auditor and opened at 10
o’clock a. m., May 8.
Although no word has been re-
ceived defining the status of the
County’s application to the Federal
Government through Works Pro-
gress Administration for $51,000 aid
in the construction of the road, the
advertisement indicates that prelim-
inary work is to be done in antici-
pation of approval.
The latest information on the
status of the application indicates
that it is being considered favor-
ably. It seems that engineers in the
Washington Offices of PWA are not
familiar with caliche and are wait-
ing for more definite information
on the material before taking final
action. The information requested
by WPA on caliche as a road build-
ing material has been forwarded,
County Judge G. E. Gilliam said
The new Wink City Commission,
who were elected in the April 1
elections, took office last Saturday.
Old members re-elected were Dr. F.
F. Breazeale, mayor and Commis-
sioner Ed. Terrell. The new commis-
sioner who went in was L. L. Ford.
At their first meeting Monday,
the Commission . failed to re-elect
Chief of Police Perce Nottingham,
whose term of office expired April
7. No successor to Mr. Nottingham
was’ named, but city officer Mark
Benton who has been working a day
shift, was placed on night duty in
the former chief’s place.
For the time being, Wink will be
without a day officer. The Commis-
sion will depend upon the Sheriff’s
and Constable’s departments to take
care of law enforcement during the
day.
IRON LUNG GIVEN TO WEST TEXAS
BY MR. AND MRS. J. B. WALTON
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friend of her four minor children,
Mrs. Leigh charges that the grave
of her daughter, Geraldine, who
died on December 25, 1937 and who
was buried in the graveyard north-
west of Wink, had been covered by
The Kermit Lions Club will join in
the national movement to promote
Child Health Week with a program
in which child health problems will
be stressed, as a result of action
taken at the Thursday luncheon. Dr.
Cecil Robinson was appointed chair-
man of a committee to prepare the
program, which will be presented
at the meeting held on May 5 dur-
ing National Child Health Week.
The Club also voted to arrange a
special program for next month
honoring new members of the local
club who have affiliated during the
past twelve months. Lion James
Slaughter was placed in charge of
arrangements for this event by Pres-
ident Ben Meek.
The local club received an invita-
tion from the Pecos Lions Club to
be present at the Group meeting to
be held there next Tuesday night.
Twenty members pledged attend-
ance at the Group meeting.
Visitors at the luncheon Thursday
were Lion Billy Winkleman of Odes-
sa, Dan P. English of the Wink
Club and Dan Duke of Pecos.
from evidence discernible in
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Funeral services for Miss Mary
Frances Stansbury, 19, of Cisco, who
died Monday morning from self in-
flicted gun shot wounds, were held
in Cisco Wednesday with burial fol-
lowing in a cemetery there.
Miss Stansbury, who was a niece
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dowdy, own-
ers of the Oasis Hotel in Kermit,
had been visiting them for two
weeks. She came to Kermit with her
Uncle and Aunt to regain her health
following a nervous breakdown suf-
fered while she was a student in the
University of Texas last fall. The
only motive ascribed for her tragic
act was despondency over her phys-
ical condition, which forced her to
leave the University.
Local officers who investigated
the shooting were amazed by the
tenacity of purpose displayed by the
young girl, which was apparent
Men and women who honestly es-
chew publicity are so rare as to ac-
tually be looked upon in amazement
by newspapermen in general. As a
rule, newspapermen will respect the
wishes of those making such re-
quests in good faith.
We’re going to ignore the request
of a local citizen this week. We’ll
probably get a dressing down for it,
but we’ll take it because we feel like
this man, and his good wife, have
done something for the people of
West Texas that deserves the widest
publicity and praise our poor efforts
might bring about. We refer to Mr.
and Mrs. J .B. Walton and their gift'
to the people of this area of an
Artificial Respirator — commonly
called Iron Lung.
In recent years, scads of publicity
have been given to Iron Lungs. They
have become ultra-important to the
medical profession in the treatment
of certain types of diseases. Scores
of lives have been saved by their
mechanical genius and scores more
will live and walk and run and play
because they are becoming more
common in hospitals and medical
centers throughout the nation.
As nosey as we are, we had no
inkling of Mr. and Mrs. Walton’s
plan to purchase an Iron Lung and
donate it to the service of the peo-
ple. We learned of it when Dr. Cecil
invited us over Wednesday night to
look at it. It was the first one we
ever saw.
We like that. We like the idea of
J. B. and Mrs. Walton quietly talk-
ing the matter over, deciding to
make the gift, then doing it without
letting a soul know until the ma-
chine was here and ready for ser-
vice. But for the fact that publicity
is necessary in order that the people
and members of the medical profes-
sion in West Texas might know of
the wonderful contrivance, they nev-
er would have consented to having
the story that appears elsewhere in
this issue to be published.
We consider the act one of the
finest gestures we’ve ever seen by
anybody. And when we see some-
thing like that, we’ve just naturally
got to write about it and share our
views with everyone.
The general committee in charge of
arrangements for the second annual
Winkler County Rodeo and Live-
stock Exhibition Wednesday night
approved a contract entered into be-
tween chairman Malcolm Everett
Sanders of the stock committee and
Harris Brothers of O’Donnell, for
the latter to supply fifty head of
bucking animals for the rodeo.
The meeting was attended by Ma-
yor Ray Clapp, General Chairman
County Judge G. E. Gilliam, Fat
Sanderg, Cooper D. Davis and Ben
Cooper.
Harris Brothers, who furnished
the stock for last year’s rodeo,
agreed to supply fifteen head of
bucking horses, twenty wild calves
for the roping contests and fifteen
Brahma steers.
At the suggestion of Judge Gil-
liam, the committee tentatively
agreed to stage a wild cow milking
contest as part of each show and
directed Chairman Sanders of the
stock committee to see what ar-
rangements could be made for wild
milking cows, since none of the Har-
ris Brothers stock would be appro-
pos for that purpose.
The committee also approved an
order for 2,750 pieces of advertising
material placed with a specialty
house by Chairman Dwight Sey-
mour of the publicity committee.
The order calls for 2,000 automobile
bumper strips, 250 large placards
and 500 windshield stickers adver-
tising the rodeo and exhibition.
Dates for the rodeo and exhibi-
tion definitely were settled upon at
the meeting. It will be a three-day
show and will be held on June 16,
17 and 18.
Word was received in Kermit Wed-
nesday by City Clerk Jack Bills to
the effect that the City’s applica-
tion to the Federal Government,
through PWA, for a loan to pur-
chase the waterworks and sewer
revenue bonds has been approved by
the regional office in Fort Worth
and is now in the Washington head-
quarters of PWA for final action.
The amended application, which
calls for a reduction in the size of
the system and a proportionate re-
duction in cost from $203,000 to
$181,000, was acted upon by the Re-
gional Office late last week.
Word also was received by Bills
ir licating that the application is
being supported for approval in
Washington by Senators Morris
Sheppard and Tom Connally and
Representative R. Ewing Thomason.
When Mr. J. R. Singleton, Region-
al Finance Examiner out of the Fort
Worth PWA office was in Kermit
making his investigations several
weeks'ago, he said about thirty days
would be required for final action
once the application was received in
Washington. On this basis, the City
Commission should learn of the ac-
tion that will be taken by not later
than April 11.
According to City Engineer Joe E.
Ward, if the application is approved
and the loan, and grant authorized,
work can begin on both projects
within ten days from the date offi-
cial notification is received.
hereinell would a
The Winkler County News
Marvin Marshall, loading rack man
and assistant chemist for the Smith
Bros. Refining Company, was pain-
fully burned about the face and
hands this morning at 9:30 when
free gas from a batch of gasoline
he was running a vapor test on ex-
ploded.
The explosion occurred outside the
laboratory in the company plant
north of Kermit.
After receiving first ai treatment
at the plant, Marshall was rushed
to a local hospital. His injuries are
not considered serious.
Thursday.
District Administrator J. Paul
Henderson of the El Paso WPA of-
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Mayor Clapp, Judge Red Gilliam,
Dwight Seymour, Cooper Davis, Ben
Cooper and Malcolm Everett San-
ders were meeting Wednesday night
to discuss arrangements for stock
for the coming Rodeo.
Malcolm Everett rattled off to the
assembled committeemen a list of
the stock.
“Fifteen head of bucking horses,
twenty wild calves and fifteen
Brahma steers,” he read.
“Say, Fat,” piped up Judge Gil-,
liam, “are you, going to have a wild
cow milking contest in that rodeo?”
Eyeballs of the other five clicked
in his direction at the judge’s re-
mark.
• Malcolm Everett glanced again
at his list of stock.
“Fifteen horses, twenty calves and
fifteen steers,” he muttered. He
looked at Judge Gilliam again and
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City Commission
Again Appeals
For Tax Payments
Regional PWA Office Approves Bond Loan
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A great many interested persons, in
Kermit and Wink, also camp and
field residents, have assured us they
are heartily in favor of the sugges-
tion that the Commissioners Court
construct a county swimming pool
and pave the square. These com-
ments have come to us as a result
of the suggestions appearing in this
and our editorial column in recent
weeks.
We’re glad to know our sugges-
tions were favorably received by the
people. However, we suggest that,
instead of telling us how much you
favor the projects, each one who has
mentioned the matters to us tell his
County Commissioner and the
County Judge.
Our position is merely that of a
citizen suggesting worthwhile im-
provements. The Commissioners
. Court is the yes or no tribunal.
companies named in the suit.
The petition alleges that construc-
tion of a dam across a drainage ca-
nal that carries water from pump-
ing wells in the Hendricks field
backed the water up and covered
the graveyard.
The suit is scheduled to be heard
during the June term of district
court.
The installation of additional, new
X-Ray equipment for the Robinson-
McClure hospital-clinic was com-
pleted this week by Mr. Charles
Dorkin of Dallas.
The new equipment has a full
length device for full length fluro-
scopic examination of the human
body as well as being able to take
all types of X-Ray pictures. It can
also be used for X-Ray treatments.
One of the outstanding features
of the new equipment is its ability
to create three-dimensional pic-
tures. A view box enables the doc-
tors to examine the finished pic-
tures in the minutest detail.
The new equipment has a capac-
ity of 100 milliamperes at 100,000
volts. It is considered a valuable
addition to Kermit’s medical ser-
vice.
Sweetwater and El Paso and, due
to Kermit’s central location in this
area, can serve a wide territory in
which thousands of West Texans
reside.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Walton,
who bought and donated the Iron
Lung to the service of the people,
eschew any personal publicity in
connection with the gift, they do
want all members of the medical water impounded by the canals and
profession in this area, and in the i water storage tanks created by the
pany.
Suing for herself and as next
asked, “Red,
the respirator and donated it to the
service of the. people of West Texas.
The only other cities and towns
in Texas where Iron Lungs are
available are Abilene, Beaumont,
Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Gal-
veston, Goose Creek, Henderson,
Houston, Jacksonville, Longview,
Palestine, Port Arthur, San Angelo,
San Antonio, Santa Anna, Sweet-
water, Victoria and Wichita Falls.
The Iron Lung has been placed
in the Robinson-McClure hospital
clinic in Kermit where it will be
available to any recognized member
of the medical profession for treat-
ment of cases where it is required.
The machine is a Drinker-Collins
respirator, manufactured by the
Warren E. Collins Company of Bos-
ton. It contains all of the latest im-
provements in design and is consid-
ered the safest and most effective
mechanical respirator on the mar-
ket.
The Respirator has been found
helpful and effective in the follow-
ing types of cases:
Infantile paralysis, carbon monox-
ide poisoning, drowning, tetanus
(lockjaw), botulism (food poisoning
from improperly preserved foods),
gas poisoning (all types), alcoholic
coma, drug poisoning, electric shock,
smoke suffocation, diphtheria par-
alysis, spinal anasthesia, brain tu-
mors, cerebral hemorrhage, heat
prostration.
Acquisition of the Iron Lung add-
ed impetus to the development in
Kermit of medical facilities second
to none in the state. It is the only
mechanical respirator between
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adjoining State of New Mexico, to
know that the machine is in Ker-
mit and is available to persons in
all yalks of life. They quietly
reached a decision to make the gift,
then bought the machine and no
one but members of the Robinson-
McClure hospital clinic knew of |
their plans until it arrived and was
ready for use. Neither would make
any comment for publication except
to say they had bought it for the
people and that anyone, no matter
who or where, may avail himself of
its services if it can be employed
to restore health or aid in the treat-
ment of disease.
Directed by Mr. Harry H. Hayes, ■
the Cowgirl Band is rapidly winning 1
honors as an outstanding musical ;
organization, despite the fact that ;
it is forced to buck the over-shad-
owing effect of the older and more
widely renowned Hardin-Simmons |
Cowboy Band. 1
The all-girl organization in its .
flashy uniforms of purple and gold, i
cowboy hats and cowboy boots, ere- J
ated a sensation in Winkler County [
both from appearance as well as [
musical ability. Both concerts were
enthusiastically received by the f
Wink and Kermit audiences.
The Kermit concert was sponsored s
by the staff of Th Sandstorm, Ker-
mit high school annual. £
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