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iVOL. 11—NO. 32
Thursday, October 16,1947
Local Firemen
Perform Well At
District Meet
Last Rites Held
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a
Photo Contest
sored by members of the Women’s
Winners Named
their
families and guests are invited to
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that the largest group yet present
Kermit Citizens Petition Washington
For Adequate Post Office Facilities
Magnolia’s No. I-DD State-Walton
Wildcat Resumes Operations After
Shutdown for Machinery Repairs
County and City
Officials Agree
On Street Work
‘From the opening of
until the closing hour,
Lions (Lazy and Otherwise) Give City
Streets Much - Needed Clean - Up
Dunlap’s Coming
To Kermit
will
club-
Dollar Hide Highway Property Owners
Asked to Meet With Commissioners
Court for Adjudication of Rights
Yellow Jackets
Defeat Pecos 34-0,
For District Win
quirements of the regular State
Highway System, the route is still
pending approval of the design and
the alloting of additional funds.
However, the plans and specifi-
cations have now been submitted
to the Public Roads Administra-
Edwin Clapp Shoes
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of equalization for the year; and
ordered all current bills paid.
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PARTY SLATED TONIGHT
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Offer Large
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office, using the location selected
by Winkler County.
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NIMITZ SAYS HE WILL RETIRE.—Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who announced
that he would retire as Chief of Naval Operations in December, chats with six winners of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor in World War II prior to a luncheon in Dallas in honor of his visit
to the State Fair of -e as. Left to right, Cleto Rodriguez, San Antonio; Eli Whiteley, George-
town, Texas; Aude L. Murphy, Farmersville, Texas; Nimitz; Jose M. Lopez, Brownsville Texas;
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Jackets Work Hard
For Oct. 24 Game
were shopping or looking over
the new establishment.
"We are indeed grateful”, R. L.
Shoppers of Kermit and sur-
rounding territory welcomed the
formal opening Wednesday of W.
W. Virtue Mercantile Company.
kicked the extra point to
crease the lead to 27 points.
While plans and specifications
of the Kermit-Andrews highway
have been prepared to meet re-
per month; approved the
approval will be secured in time | Clure, assistant manager,
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potential of 585 barrels of
gravity oil. The gas-oil ratio
1,388-1.
This is an old shallow
He will attend a ten-day centennial celebration in Foochow,
China, beginning Nov. 15 commemorating mission work in China is expected for Thursday (tonight)
by the Methodist Church for 100 years. (AP Photo). when the street from M. H.
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for bids to be taken on Nov. 13
or Nov. 14.”
Titus also stated plans are be-
ing made to expedite the actual
construction as soon as the con-
tract is actually awarded and the
work order is issued. The usual
time necessary to begin work
after taking bids, he said, is about
thirty days.
Two lucky people will win an
all-expense trip around the world
by air as first prize in the Rexall
Drug Company’s nation-wide One,
Cent Sale contest to be held Oct.
15 through 18, according to an-
nouncement made today by Ken-
neth Burows, property of L-B
Drug Store at Kermit.
The contest for completion of
the sentence, "I prefer Rexall
products because.....in 50
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Keystone Court
Formal Opening
Set for Friday
Formal opening of Keystone
Court is to be Friday, Oct. 17,
according to owners I. D. Carlisle
and J. F. Simpson.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to visit and inspect
the new, modern court.
authorities.
This brief will contain a com-
plete and accurate report of
postal receipts since 1938, showing
the great increase during recent
years; scholastic census reports
for a number of years; water,
gas, and electric meter counts;
tax valuations, including both
tended the Permian Basin District
Firemen’s Association conventon
in Midland last Saturday, and won
a number of the contests.
The Kermit fire department,
represented by N. B. Crawford
and Alton Claiborn, took first in
the two-man hose race; and second
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thompson
had as their guests Friday Mrs.
W. H. Locke, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Locke and children, Sandy and
Eddie, from Royalty, Texas. ’
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the welcome we have received to-
day. Every effort will be made to
make the name ‘Virtue’s’ a symbol
of quality and value received.”
Officials of the company have
previously reported that the new
building and stock of merchandise
represents an investment upward
of $135,000, and is evidence of
their faith in the future of Ker-
mit.
1947 place in the six-man hose race.
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
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Golf Association, and funds
go into the organization’s
house decoration fund.
Members of the club,
Contract Letting for Kermit-Andrews Virtue’s Opening
Highway Promised November 13-14 Wednesday Draws
Huge Crowd
Members of the County Com-
missioners Court, in session Mon-
day with the City Commission,
notified city officials that the
county could no longer take part
in the upkeep and maintenance
of streets within the city limits.
Joe Johnson, City Secretary,
stated Thursday morning that the
city has secured a motor grader
and has employed an operator.
Effective this week, both city
and county officials report, all
street work within the city limits
is to be carried on by the City
of Kermit.
A cake walk and bingo party
is scheduled for Thursday (to-
night) at the Winkler County
Vernon O. Lawrence, Star Route
was today named winner in the
amateur photo contest conducted
by the Corner Service Station,
Austin and Pine Streets.
Announcement was made by M.
H. Alberts, owner, who presented
Mr. Lawrence with the prize—a
set of four B. F. Goodrich Safety
Seal-o-matic tubes. Mr. Alberts
also announced the winner of the
national contest. The winner is
Toni McConeghey, St. Louis 12,
Mo.
Both the local and national con-
tests were judged by a profes-
sional contest-judging organization
in Chicago, and, of course, the
decisions are final. As previously
announced, all entries became the
property of the B. F. Goodrich
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city and county; and much other
data to support Kermit’s claims
for enlarged post office facilities.
Congressman Regan immediately
wired an answer to Judge Hal-
ley’s telegram as follows:
“Appreciate your telegram re
Kermit post office needs and will
gladly and urgently include Ker-
mit in my itemized plea before
post office officials here Mon-
day. Kindest regards.”
A story from Washington Tues-
day stated that Walter Myers,
fourth assistant postmaster gen-
eral, had promised Representative
Regan Monday that an investiga-
tion of ways to improve postal
service in the crowded oil-boom
towns of Midland, Kermit, Mona-
hans, and Odessa would start soon.
Because of the proximity of the
four towns, Myers told Regan that
one investigator could make the
investigations and thus avoid de-
lay.
which will
department
supplement
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Tom (Tiger) Spinks scored
again on a reverse which appeared
to be stopped on the line of
scrimmage, when he began to
knock off tacklers and drove and
twisted the last 13 yards for the
touchdown. Rob Ethridge’s extra
point attempt was good.
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First steps in what is to be an
all-out drive to secure better
post office facilities for Kermit
were started this week. The move-
ment was renewed Saturday when
S. M. Halley sent a telegram to
Ken Regan, Representative of the
16th Congressional District, in
Washington, D. C. The telegram
also carried signatures of 285 other
Kermit residents.
Kermit Chamber of Commerce
additional words or less, is
nation-wide affair.
Additional prizes include
expense round trips by
American Airways to Rio
Janeiro and Hawaii, and
There is a lot of head-knocking
going on this week at Walton
Field, scene of the Kermit Yellow
Jacket practice sessions, in prep-
aration for their Oct. 24, District
7A game at Andrews.
The Jackets have faced what
is probably the three weakest
teams in the district Denver City,
Seagraves and Pecos, and, has
won all three easily. On the other
hand, Andrews has played two
district games, winning handily
from Pecos, and losing by a 32-
20 score to high-flying Wink
in a tussle that could have gone
the other way with a few breaks
in Andrews’ direction.
Monahans and Wink meet Fri-
day night in Monahans in what
is rated as one of the top Class
d games of the week. Wink is
favored by eight points at press-
time, but an injury to a key man
on either club could change the
outlook.
Seminole, one of the fastest
clubs in the district, is expected
to run away with Seagraves Fri-
day night in Seminole.
McCamey and Pecos meet in
Pecos Friday night and the Bad-
gers aren’t expected to be hard-
pressed to win.
Andrews, 6 to 0, victims of a
strong Merkel eleven last .week,
will make the Denvr City game a
tune-up for Kermit, and will
probably take it easy, guarding
Against possible injuries.
Magnolia Petroleum Company
No. 1-DD State-Walton, important
deep wildcat, about three and one
half miles north and slightly
east of Kermit, has completed
’ machinery repairs, which held up
! operations for several days, and is
: now making new hole under 9,333
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t It is slated to continue to around
10,700 feet—or possibly deeper—
to investigate the Ellenburger. It
is an old shallow producer which
■ is being deepened, and has al-
! ready shown possibilities of pro-
, ducing from the Fusselman sec-
tion of the Silurian. It is 2,310
feet from south and 990 feet from
east lines of section 7, block B-3,
psl survey.
In Central Winkler County,
about seven miles southeast of
the county seat and 660 feet from
south and east lines of section 24,
1 B-6, psl survey, No. 1 Carter fee,
of Amon Carter, is boring ahead
below 8,450 feet in lime. This pro-
ject which was originally started
to drill to 7,500 feet, is now
operating under an amended per-
mit to go to a possible bottom
of 12,500 feet.
That depth should take the pro-
ject into the Ellenburger.
Gulf Oil Corporation has com-
pleted the first producing well for
a new pay in the Keystone area.
It is that concern’s No. 48 Key-
stone, located 440 feet from north
and west lines of lease in section
10, block B-2 psl survey. It was
finished on a 24-hour flowing
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proximately 650 other prizes, such
as washing machines, Cara Nome
travel kits, cigarette lighters and
nylon hosiery. Burrows said prizes
represent a cash value of ap-
proximately $14,000.
Entry blanks will be available
at L-B Drug, Rexal Store, dur-
ing the four-day One Cent Sale
and must be postmarked on or
before midnight, October 31, 1947,
to be considered.
The Kermit Yellow Jackets got
off to a fast start against a deter-
mined but outmanned Pecos
Eagle eleven last Friday night
on Walton Field and walked off
the gridiron with a 34-0 victory.
Favored to win by 20 to 30
points, the Jackets unleashed an
80-yard drive early in the first
period that gave them a score
with the game only 4 minutes
old. Vernon Wood crossed the
double stripe from the four-yard
line. Teasley’s extra point at-
tempt was good as the Jackets
went ahead, 7 to 0.
A series of off-tackle plays and
reverses again moved the ball
deep into Eagle territory and just
before the first period ended
Jimmy Brock reached pay dirt
from the seven-yard line on an
off-tackle smash. Glenn Rhea
cracked left guard for the extra
point after touchdown, increasing
the lead to 14 points.
Rhea sparked the Jacket attack
from his left halfback slot as
the Kermit eleven drove for their
third touchdown midway in the
second period after Teasley had
recovered a Pecos fumble on the
Eagle 33-yard line. The score as
the half ended was Kermit 20
and Pecos 0.
The final tallies came in the
last stanza when Gene Madison,
little Jacket quarterback, sneaked
over the Pecos goal line from the
six-yard marker. Kenneth Rogers
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There’s been a lot of dirt dug
out, but there’s still plenty more,
was the report this week by D.
A. Lawson, chairman of the Lions
Club civic improvement com-
mittee, which is sponsoring the
current city-wide clean-up drive.
Beginning at the courthouse
square Monday night, members of
the Lions Club have worked two
hours each • night, working to-
ward the west. Lawson stated
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Members of Winkler County
Commissioners Court, in session
Monday, instructed County Judge
J. B. Salmon to ask all property
holders and leasees on the right-
of-way property of the proposed
Dollar Hide Road to meet with
the court Wednesday of next
week.
The Dollar Hide road, ap-
proximately twelve miles long, has
been surveyed and field notes
drawn.
Orders were issued for adver-
tising for bids on construction of
approximately 9.8 miles of fence
on Highway 115.
The court increased the salary
of the courthouse janitor to $250
TO MAKE ROUND-THE-WURLD FLIGHT.—George C.
Baker Jr., pastor of Laurel Heights Methodist Church in San
Antonio, Texas, waves from the steps of his plane as he left San
Antonio on a round-the-world flight to visit places of interest.
senior resident engineer. Titus
issued this information while in
Kermit Monday, following an an-
nouncement last week by County
Judge J. B. Salmon to the effect
that classification of the road had
been changed to that of a state
highway.
“Plans and specifications and
specifications have been prepared,
Titus stated, so as to provide for
the construction of a highway
which will provide adequate
facility for the heavy oilfield traf-
fic which is to be expected. They
were prepared by the State High-
way Department in the Pecos
q de amount more than the
"4l6 i an ds, there has been some
, delay in starting the project,
sey, Odessa; Mrs. Roy
Burkburnett, and Mrs.
Hughes of Galveston.
Two of 48 New
Housing Units
Are Set Up
Two of the forty-eight housing
units from Amarillo, which are
part of the Kermit Chamber of
Commerce Sandy Acres housing
project arrived late Tuesday and
were placed on foundations early
Wednesday morning.
The units have created con-
siderable attention and the
Chamber of Commerce office has
been flooded with veterans seek-
ing information as to when they
will be ready for occupancy.
Officials of the organization re-
port that as yet no definite in-
formation can be given as to when
the units will be ready. Decision
of the housing committee was to
bring in four of the houses, and
connect them with utilities, in
order that an accurate cost of
moving the entire project could
be derived. After contractors com-
plete the first units, then a fairly
definite figure can be given as
to how much money will be needed
to move the remaining 44 units.
ducer from the Keystone lime pay
at above 3,300 feet. The new
producing zone is from 4,860 feet.
It was treated with 4,000 gallons
of acid, to complete the well.
This discovery of a new pay is
on the southwest side of the Key-
stone field, about four and one-
half miles northeast of Kermit.
The new pay is from the upper
Clear Fork of the Permian.
About one mile east and one-
quarter of a mile south of No. 48
Keystone, No. 27 Keystone, -of
Gulf, will deepen to about 5,000
feet to test the same zone. This
Gulf deepener is 440 feet from
west and 2,200 feet from north
lines of section 6, block B-2, psl
survey and is an old producer from
above 3,525 feet in the Keystone
lime.
Magnolia No. 1 Wheeler, 660
feet from south and east lines of
section 13, block 40, psl survey,
in Central-East Winkler county,
and about 12 miles southeast of
Kermit, is drilling below 10,888
felst in Simpson, middle Ordo-
vician. It has not contacted the
Ellenburger yet.
In Central Winkler County,
about five miles southeast of Ker- -
mit, Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
No. 2 Seth Campbell, 1,980 feet
from south and 1,986 feet from
west lines of section 13, block B-5,
psl survey, has halted drilling at
3,508 feet in a whipstocked hole
after plugging back to 3,482 to
drill by junk basket to recover
lost tools in the sidetracked hole.
After the project is cleaned out
drilling will be resumed.
Mid-Continent Petroleum Cor-
poration staked location for No.
2-A A. E. Wheeler, 660 feet from
east and south lines of west half
of southwest quarter of section
16, block 46, T-l-S, T&P survey.
This stepout from production in
the Wheeler-Devonian field, about
15 miles east and a little south
of Kermit, in East-Central Winkler
County, will drill with a rotary
to about 8,700 feet.
Around 10 miles south of Ker-
mit, in South-Central Winkler
County, Fred T. Hogan designated
the location for No. 1-B Hendricks,
to be 330 feet from east and 990
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Albert’s Corner Service Station to
the Texhoma Hotel is to be
cleaned.
Reports Wednesday were that
the co-operation which had been
hoped for had not been given, but
indications were the closing days
of the week would be more
successful. City trucks were on
hand Tuesday night to help with
hauling away the trash.
Every effort will be made to
secure adequate truck transporta-
tion to cover the residential dis-
tricts during the week end, Law-
son stated.
O. Hunt, Earl Mills, Crawford,
Claiborn, James Sharp and G. S.
Hunt. Kermit also won fourth in
the pumper race.
Fred Pearson, secretary of the
local organization, gave the
response to the welcome address
at the opening of the meeting. The
convention ended with a barbecue
Saturday night at Cloverdale Park,
followed by a dance at the V.F.W.
Hall at Midland Air Terminal.
Kermit will host the next meet-
ing of the association, which will
be sometime next spring. Clyde
White, Wink, is president of the
district organization.
ject, as designed,” Titus stated,
" . estimated to' cost a consider-
Mrs. H.W. Moutrey
Funeral services for Mrs.
Howard W. Moutrey, 45, were
held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Community Church with
the pastor, the Rev. Ronald Hub-
bard, officiating. Burial was in
Midland, under direction of
Maples Funeral Home.
Mrs. Moutrey died at her home
Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
A corner’s inquest was held late
Saturday by Justice of the Peace
J. B. Jolley, who rendered a ver-
dict of suicide about noon Mon-
day. According to testimony at
the inquest, Mrs. Moutrey died
about thirty minutes after telling
her husband and a neighbor that
she had taken poison.
Mrs. Moutrey had been a resi-
dent of Kermit since 1937. She
was a member of the Rebeccas,
the Pythian Sisters, American
Legion Auxiliary, and was
affiliated with the First Christian
Church of Wink.
Survivors include her husband
and their 9-year-old daughter,
Zetta Anu; a son by a former
marriage; Ofen Scott sofgTj-er;
three1 brothers; Darrow Knight of
Kermit; Raymond Knight of
Wink; and T. P. Knight, Long-
view; and four sisters, Mrs. Della
Holland, Kermit; Mrs. Bob Mas-
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An Institution Promoting the Interests of Winkler County
Another department store
was assured for Kermit Thurs-
day afternoon when Mr. Dunlap
and Mr. Martin, Lubbock, offi-
cials of Dunlap’s Department
Stores, signed a lease on the build-
ing recently vacated by Kermit
Tire Store, according to J. B.
Walton, owner of the building.
Dunlap’s is operating a number
of stores in West Texas towns,
and officials of the concern have
visited Kermit several times re-
cently relative to establishing here.
Mr. Dunlap stated he hoped to
be able to open the store here
by Dec. 1.
designated - Farm ’ Highway No.
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