The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1964 Page: 5 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 23 x 17 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
300 PAGES OF
LIVING
HISTORY
AS YOU LIVED
IT THIS YEAR!
This handsome, king-size, lav-
ishly illustrated volume brings to
life again what happened in a
memorable news year.
IT CAN BE ORDERED
THROUGH THIS NEWSPA-
PER ONLY.
Crammed with dramatic stories
by the top writers of The Associ-
ated Press, world’s largest news
agency, plus hundreds of news and
feature pictures in black and white
and color. Also maps and a cur-
rent almanac of basic information.
IT WILL BE A BOOK TO READ
A BOOK TO TREASURE
A BOOK TO GIVE
A BOOK FOR REFERENCE
COHGO
,t cQdt4Cl1
THEWORLD IN
HiSTORv AS WE LIVED IT
Ihe Jissocmkd 2
Adults Meet for
Salad Supper
Members of Adult Department
of Grace Temple Baptist Church
met in Fellowship Hall Thurs-
day night for salad supper and
a social hour.
Christmas theme was used in
decorations. Leslie Black gave
the invocation. Rev. Bill Rhymes,
pastor, brought the devotional on
Wisdom, reading Matthew 2:1*2.
He also led closing prayer. Sup*
per was followed by group sing-
ing of Christmas hymns.
^ Those present included M r. and
^Mrs. Roy McCandless, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Crump, Mr. and Mrs.
John Dubose, Mr. and Mrs. Cotton
Livingston and Sandra and Mike,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Woods and
Skipper and Joy Lynne, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Simpson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mangum,
Mrs. Rhymes and Sheila and
Kathy, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lis*
enbee, Mr. andMrs. M. H. Bonds,
Mrs. Robbie Brooks, Mrs. Anis
Starr, Mrs. W. L. Etheredge,
Mrs. Kleita Mae Godfrey, Mrs.
Wanda Terry, Mrs. Billie Stovall,
Mrs. J. G. Briggs, Mrs. Bill
Erwin and daughters, Mrs. Joe
Slaughter and Joy Lee, Mrs. C. B.
Smith, Mrs. J. D. Harrell and
Mrs. George Wyles.
Sally Ferrell Completes 20 Years
In Home Demonstration Service
Winkler County News, Kermit, Tt
Friday, Dec. 18,1964 Page FK
Womans Auxiliary
Plans Yule Party
Plans for a Christmas party
with their husbands as guests,
were made when members of
Woman’s Auxiliary of Free Will
Baptist Church met Thursday.
The event is scheduled for Dec.
18 beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the
David Sumpter home.
Mrs. E. A. Fielding, presi-
dent, opened the meeting. Open*
ing hymn was It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear. Scripture read-
ings were Acts 5:32 and Matthew
9:10-13.
Mrs. Homer Tumbleson gave
an interesting report on a dis-
trict meeting held recently.
Mrs. Cleve Nelson was in
charge of the program which
was on The Heavenly Clinic. A
large blue placard, lettered in
white was interest center while
an open Bible wasplaced in front.
Others assisting with the pro-
gram were Mrs. E. C. Westfall
and Mrs. Sumpter.
Mrs. Talmadge Minton gave
closing prayer.
Mrs. W. E. Johnson gave open-
ing prayer.
BRIDE-TO-BE — Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Boyd, El Paso Key-
stone Plant, are announcing the engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Cecilia Boyd, to Lt. Raymond W.
Ashely of Saint Jo. The lieutenant is stationed at Biloxi AFB
in Mississippi and is being transferred to Ellsworth AFB,
Rapid City, S. D. Wedding vows are to be exchanged Dec. 19
in St. Cecilia’s Church in Dallas. Miss Boyd is a 1959 graduate
of Kermit High School, was graduated in 1963 from North
Texas State University and is teaching art at Duncanville
Junior High School. Her fiance is a graduate of Saint Jo High
School and of NTSU.
BY MAUD GREEN
Sally Jones Ferrell, Winkler
County’s beloved home demon-
stration agent, received a pretty
pin at the annual 4-H Clubs
Awards banquet Monday night
when the event was held in Ker-
mit High School cafeteria.
The pin marked completion of
20 years of service as a home
demonstration agent.
Sally, daughter of Womack
Jones, an active 92-year old
fellow, and the late Mrs. Jones,
was born in Como. Sally was in
the middle of seven children,
four girls and three boys.
Her love of the things which
naturally equipped for her life-
time career were shown at an
early age. Sally Jones loved to
cook. But, her mother was a
busy woman and discouraged
having a little girl disturbing
things in the kitchen. The little
girl would slip in the kitchen
and try her hand at some favorite
dish . . when no one was around.
Came the time when her mother
gave up and tried to teach, rather
than discourage.
Same way with sewing. Mrs.
Jones, an expert and exacting
seamstress, made all the clothes
for her four daughters.
Dress materials were at a
premium in those days. The first
thing Sally ever cut out and
sewed upwasa little pairof under
panties . . made of paper. (She
didn’t wear them.)
Some things she learned the
hard way. Her mother gave her
a nightie of soft batiste, one
which had a lot of delicate em-
broidery across the top front.
Sally embroidered and em-
broidered and the pretty thing
was about half done when she
discovered the tragedy . . she’d
embroidered the front and back
together. Stitching was taken out
as cafefully as it had been put
in and the garment finally be-
came a cherished item.
With nine in the family, plus
a grandmother who lived with
and another thirty... j
ky d&ud green..... |
and, another thing is, it’s watching the fishermen and then
Christmas Time all over the helped themselves. Folks are
place and it’s also time for shown standing in ankle • deep
writing letters to Santa Claus, water, picking out their fish . .
Children busy getting in their taking some 3,000 to 5,000 home
requests to the beloved Santa ^or their own use.
and believe you me, if that Gentle- --—
man eats all the goodies which Nev and Marguerite Williams
are going to be left for him under bave received a most welcome,
the Christmas trees, he’s going and unusual, Christmas greet-
to feel mighty poorly the next
day.
But, among all the children’s
letters, one shows which cer-
tainly wasn’t written by a child.
It may not be original and it
has no named signed, but you
might enjoy:
At sweet sixteen I first began
to ask you, Santa, for a man.
At seventeen, you will recall,
I wanted some one strong and
tall.
The Christmas when I reached
eighteen I fancied some one hard
and lean.
And, then at nineteen I was
sure, I’d fall for some one more
mature.
At twenty I still thought I’d
find Romance in some one with
a mind.
I retrogressed at twenty-one,
and found the college boys most
fun.
My viewpoint changed at
twenty-two, I longed for some
one who’d be true.
I broke my heart at twenty-
three, and asked for some one
kind to me.
Then begged, at blase twenty-
four, for any one who wouldn’t
bore.
Now, Santa, that I’m twenty-
five,
Just send me someone who’s
alive!
Theta Gamma Makes Tray Favors
Members of Theta Gamma freshments to Mrs. Jack Akin,
Chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Mrs. Don Hyman, Mrs. John Hall, them WiU1
meeting recently in First Na- Mrs. Dennis Collins, Mrs. Huston
tional Room, made favors to be McMillen, Mrs. Ivan White, Mrs. of whatThey^ ^d wattil pISof
used on serving trays at Me- Ralph Huggins and Mrs. Monte y n d s a11 p rt 01
morial Hospital. The Christmas LaFon. a y me*
RECEIVES RECOGNITION—Sally J. Ferrell, Winkler County
Home Demonstration agent, has completed 20 years of ser-
vice with the Extension Service of A&M College. She was
presented a 20-year pin at the annual 4-H Clubs Awards
banquet last week. (Staff Photo)
theme was featured in the favors. --
Mrs. Glenn Pursell was hon- . When you roll out pie dough
ored with a surprise layette show- into a round, pretend that the
er during the meeting. rolling pin is following the
Mrs. George Boring served re- sP°kes of a wheel.
Sally Jones was graduated from
Como High School in 1921 but did
not begin her college studies until
1925. During those years she
baked angelfood cakes for parties
and other events and worked in a
Great-Day-In-The-Morning . .
here’s a picture sure wish we
could print . . but, since print-
ing is printing, it can’t be re-
produced.
It was brought in by Rev.
Robert Davisson, pastor of
Association and is an honorary Nazarene. It was sent to
The one 4-H Club in the county member of Kermit Garden Club. ^lm.by hls Mrs. W. B.
in 1947, with a membership of Sally’s also a member of the ?Vavlsson> who llves in Largo,
20, including both boys and girls local chapter of American Asso- a'
ing . . from a couple they admire
and respect very much.
The card, in shades of blue,
has an airplane flying in the sky
and inside is the greeting, with a
man and woman parachuting to-
ward a snow-covered earth.
Those of you who know them
already know who they are . .
Wes and Helen Stoddard, now
living in Anchorage, Alaska. Wes
and Helen are both expert pilots
and have had many thrilling ex-
periences in Alaska . . like
getting stranded in remote moun-
tain country and going through the
earthquake.
Helen types this note:
"Hi, You Good people:
"Come up and get cooled off.
Sure has been cold here the last
two weeks. Had over 15 inches
of snow in a 24 hour period
awhile back and sure had some
shoveling to do. Everyone doing
OK this way. More work than we
Enow what to do with. Have lots
of recovering to do.
"Had another quake shock
Thanksgiving night. I was half
way out the door before it stopped.
I just haven’t gotten used to them
yet and I don’t think I ever will.
Was in the states for two months
this summer and got warmed up.
Didn’t get over Texas way.
"Come see us when you can.
Merry Christmas
It’s always good to hear from
these Alaskans.
Merry Christmas from all of
us to you.
moving out oil camps had changed member of American Home Eco-
a lot of this picture. There are nomics Association, TexasHDA
now five active clubs.
has now grown to a total 4-H ciation of University Women
This is a fish picture
membership of 172 girls and but. she missed being a charter one which far °ut does what those
100 boys. Adult leadership has member and that surely upset fays. caugh off the coast of
been one of the greatest needs her. Mexico.
________ ________ _______ in this program but the situa- She and Mrs. Clyde Barton , ,Thl®. picture is in St. Peters-
drug store where her salary was tion improved this were among those who worked ,ofrg ^llet run Seems’ ^corm
a juicy $25 per month. She also y®ar* 01der 4-11 memhers, faithfully to get a chapter of the mercial fisherman at Johns Pass
taught kindergarten which she ho hav® lea^ned the program national organization set up in B -d we readv and waiting-
says was really a baby sitting P£0Vlng °f great assistance Winkler County. The effort was Bridge’ ^let run when Ss of
job. the new clubs* successful and then the powers ,. , malle* run, whea tons of
to ms entered Com. work In that be in higher up places did flsh head out lhe Pass 10 sPawn
merce^East TeL^cLscZ noT include ‘graduates ^oTsally’s in than was
leg (now known as East Texas } fer. dlfferent to college as eligible for member- t d and tL commerSi
State College.) She attended two ,what it was in rural areas. Wink- ship. That was changed years ago b t with nets filled with
consecutive years and then began er County women, in general, and Sally has continued a faithful
have more money to spend on member.
extras in a week than those farm The Ferrells have two sons,
women had to spend in a year. Freddie, who was born in 1941
a program of teaching during the
winter and attending college in
the summer. Her first school was
a 4-teacher institution and the
salary was $75 per month.
Miss Jones received her col-
lege degree in 1935 and soon
afterward was appointed home ...... .. —> --------------------~----
demonstration agent in Hamilton faJnUy well and happy and finding handled so Sally has some time
interests to broaden their own to enjoy her special hobbies,
lives and those of their loved
ones.”
mullet were stranded.
Listen . . there were at least
150,000 pounds of fish around that
Here’s a chance just in time for
Christmas. There’s a family . .
mighty nice family . . and they
have a real good Chihuahua dog
. . male . . has had all his shots
and makes a fine pet. Only trouble
is, mother and father both work
and the little ones are busy else
where and they don’t feel they can
really give him the care he de-
serves.
They, Mama and Papa, that is,
want to give the pet to some one
who will make him a real good
home.
Instructions are:
Call 6-5131. If a child answers,
don’t mention the dog . . ask to
speak to the father.
Parents think the children
won’t miss the dog after he is
gone, but they might object at the
idea . . see?
But,” she continued, "home- and is now working in Dalhart, place' Nets so heavy they couldn’t
homemakers the and Buddy, born in 1945, now be hauled in aS,.afuaI so work-
They .face .the attending Texas Western Colley MtaSMSSS.
makers are
world over.
challenge of providing food, build- El Paso,
ing better homes, keeping a gut, even all these things are ^ng ahoard.
County, the first one the county
had ever had.
Home demonstration agent
work was different in those days
and especially so in Hamilton
County. Most county residents
were farmers, money was a
First of all, she’s an avid worker
of the crossword puzzle , . . she
Meeting her regular schedules loves ’em. Quiz TV programs are
is enough to exhaust most other her favorites and, now that the
women, but Sally finds time to boys are grown up and away from
take part in other things. She is home most of the time, she has
scarce commodity and HD* was a member of the Evening Circle more time for another hobby,
real work. The women planted Woman’s Christian Society of reading. Lately she’s read books
preserved canned made founda- Community Church and teaches she had never before had time
tion patterns and home furnish- the Women’s Bible Class two
ings were improved by making do Sun ays a month* She also is a
of things most women ignore to-
day.
Sally was agent in Hamilton
County for two and one half years.
She met a young man who was
there with his father drilling a
wildcat well. Young man was
Clinton Ferrell and his father
was Fred Ferrell. Clinton and
Sally were soon considering ten-
tative matrimonal plans.
But, she was transferred to
Limestone County, as county
agent. Sally, to put it mildly,
was unhappy in Limestone County
Ladies Council
Has Yule Parly
Christmas party for Ladies
Council of First Christian Church
was held Tuesday in Kermit State
Bank Blue Room.
Secret Pal names tvere reveal-
ed and new ones were drawn.
Plans were discussed for the
church party.
... . Mrs. Hugh Harris brought de-
. . to this day she remembers how yotional on the Birth of Christ,
she "despised” being there. Refreshments were served aft-
for,
"I am proud of my 20 years
with the Extension Service,”
Mrs. Ferrell said. "I am also
humble and thankful for these
wonderful years in Winkler Coun-
ty.”
Sally can well be proud. She
can look back on what she already
has accomplished and see her
work resembling a pond in which
a pebble is dropped and the
ripples expand and keep spread-
ing, Each act she performs to
help for a better way of living
keeps spreading and spreading,
finally influencing the lives of
far more than the one person first
involved.
Winkler County can well be
You never saw such a picture..
or so many pretty fish . . big fel-
lows.
Oh yes, folks passing by got to
Juniors Make
Bird Feeders
By Emmy Dampeer
Club Reporter
The Junior Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. J. O. Dam-
peer, Dec. 10.
Each girl brought half of a
coconut shell. These were filled
with birdseed and suet and are
to be hung from trees in the
homes.
Karen Reid gave definition of
Pruning. Benita Peddicord, pres-
ident, appointed Emmy Dampeer
and Susan Beatty on the nominat-
ing committee.
Mrs. Jim Crossno furnished
refreshments. Mrs. H, C. Murrie
talked to us about birds. She
talked about quail, roadrunners,
bald eagles and mockingbirds.
Present were Katherine Dunn,
Benita Peddicord, Jean Graves,
Coming of winter has put the
wraps on the Gardens are for
Growing column . . otherwise
this tid bit would be there.
But, if you want to see some-
thing you’ve probably never seen
before, drive out East Austin
until you come to the intersec-
tion with Avenue H. Look at the
yard to your left , . the pretty
one with a water fountain in
front.
Did you ever see greener or
prettier grass?
This is the home of Mr, and
Mrs. John B. Crawford and the
yard is to remain green all win-
ter . , without mowing.
The grass has been sprayed
with green paint the nursery re-
ceived in November,
It’s quite interesting . . and
it’s pretty.
It was a county of black, sticky er a social hour and singing of „Pni,7nViu nwn7*ii72 rVJiavyB»
mud, no roads and she spent more favorite Christmas carols. Mrs. °f , S ^_y.^‘^lndy Matthews, Lynn Lovelace,
% lluutl4ft
COPY TODAy’AT [
SPECIAL $3 PRICE! j
Fill out the coupon and I
mail it with, your check j
or money order remit- I
tance for $3 to the ad- J
dress indicated on the I
coupon. The book will be J
mailed in February. u.
THE WORLD IN 1964
The Kermit Daily Sun
Drawer A, Kermit, Texas
time getting stuck and paying Robert R. Brown led the sing-
farmers to pull her out than song.
she did in her regular work. She Hostesses were officers of the
was supposed to stay on the job Council. Each one present was
at least two years but she told presented a Christmas corsage,
her district agent she was quit- Mrs. Harris, wife of First
ting. The agent insisted at least Christian pastor, was given a sur-
six months service be completed, prise birthday party with each
Her resignation was effective 0ne present bringing a gift.
June 15, 1938 and she and Clint others present were Mrs. Ken
Ferrell was married in Pecos two wittie, Mrs. Marris Bradley,
days later, Mrs. Walter Kimbrough, Mrs.
The newlyweds came to Kermit Robert Foster, Mrs. Bernard
the day of their wedding and this Butts, Mrs. jack Walker, Mrs.
has been their home since. jack Hill, Mrs. Charles Dick,
Mrs. Ferrell served as sub- Mrs. Ralph Wildman, Mrs.
stitute teacher in Kermit schools, Harold Baird, Mrs. B. J. Dunn,
teaching homemaking and Mrs. Milt Ruhl> Mrs. RodHamil‘.
Science. The Winkler County Mrs. Steve Johnson, Mrs. Gene
home demonstration program Taylor, Mrs. Jan Justice, Mrs.
was set up in early 1946 and the Sam o’Bannon, Mrs. Roy Best
newly appointed agent stayed and Mrs> Ed Courville.
about a year. After her resig- ____
county
agent.
home demonstration
Susan Beatty, Karen Reid and
Emmy Dampeer.
and, another thing . . was
going through old files, getting
together Through The Years
and in the 15-year-ago book a
certain column, and, another
thing, spoke at length about a
woman named Evelyn Reagan.
She’s since become Mrs. W. G.
Alexander but she still is a
nurse in Kermit Schools.
That Christmas of 15 years
ago marked the 20th one Evelyn
had spent in Kermit.
So . . this Christmas of 1964
. . 15 years later . . makes
this Evelyn’s 35th one here.
Merry Christmas, Evelyn.
uiiderwood
for home or office!
Enclosed is $__for__
Send 'The World in 1964' book to:
copies.
NAME-
ADDRESS.
CITY & STATE.
Make out checks to newspaper. If you want gift certifi-
cate forwarded in advance to recipient, note name of donor:
(Books will be mailed in February)
nation Mrs. Ferrell was named
acting county agent by County
Commissioners. She wanted the
job but wasn’t sure county of-
ficials would approve of her. Two
years later she was appointed to
the position.
When February of 1965 arrives,
Mrs. Ferrell will complete 18
years of service in Winkler
County, years which have brought
feelings of satisfaction and some
times frustration. Busy years de-
voted to helping build better
homes and develop better cit-
izens.
There were two clubs in the
county in 1947. There have been
as many as 10 active clubs but
GRANDMA MOSES
ON CARDS AGAIN
KANSAS CITY (AP)— Grandma
Moses* recollections of rural
Christmases nearly a century
ago are appearing on Christmas
cards again, for the first time
in seven years.
The little old lady of Eagle
Bridge, N.Y., who started paint-
ing in her 70s and soared to
world-wide fame, died at 101 in
1961.
Hallmark first reproduced her
paintings on cards in 1947 and
used some 50 of her pjaintings
during the following 10 years.
The present series of cards
are different paintings.
Kermit Office Supply
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Sclair, Dave. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1964, newspaper, December 18, 1964; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810029/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.