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Vol. 23—No. 83
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
20 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, January 14, 1960
BY RAY MARTIN
Letter from a reader com-
ments about a recent Manner
column concerning the need for
an education. Says the letter:
“I read your column . . .
with much interest. Personally
I’m glad you mentioned only
the ‘money earning’ needs of
an education rather than the
aesthetic.
“And this is why: I don’t be-
lieve the modern education sys-
tem has much to offer in the
way of the aesthetic. I can
recall when young ladies went
to ‘finishing schools’ to learn
how to be ‘ladies.’ They lit-
erally were taught how to hold
a fork, how to make introduc-
tions, what to wear — the
works. Men, too, were taught
polite behavior.
“But that day seems to be
over. Maybe it’s because we
have put so much emphasis
on an education to earn a liv-
ing. We have commercialized
. an education to the point where
^everything else is forgotten
“I have seen too many grad-
uates, during the last 10 years,
who had all the aesthetic vir-
tues of a well-trained donkey
Their Master’s Degrees have
taught them how to earn a liv-
ing, but they have come out as
crude and unrefined as when
they first left Podunk to go to
college.
“To my old-fashioned way of
thinking, this is deplorable.
There once was a time when
you could tell a college grad-
uate by his manners, his
speech, his finesse. But today,
—well, you would have to see
his degree for yourself; other
wise you wouldn’t believe he
had one.
“The thought has occurred to
me that maybe it is impossible
to teach one how to earn a liv-
ing and be a gentleman at
same time, bat,,!
accept that idea. I cannot be-
lieve that, the professional train-
ing and the aesthetic can’t be
taught at the same time. May-
Jbe what the schools need is a
bit more of the fine arts courses
along with the professional as
‘musts’ for graduation.”
And then she made this state-
ment, in a boom-lowering fin-
ifl^ale:
“If I send my daughter to
college (which I plan to do)
and she comes back as crude
as some of the college grad-
uates whom I know, then I
will feel that my money has
been wasted, even if she learns
a profession so well that she
can make $5,000 a month. That
is how strongly I feel about
this matter of a so-called ‘high-
er education.’ Higher in what?”
The writer’s charges are, you
will have to admit, a bit letter.
When I was young we used to
talk about such things as
cated fools,” “A per:
freshman,” and other sui
kindnesses to describe
who, although they madi
grades in college, were n<
^ture, and for whom c]
Wseemed to do little or ni
I think the writer’s par:
suggesting a dual edi
program — one that wo
both aesthetic and profe:
in its aims — would
ideal curriculum.
But the fact that so jftuch
emphasis has been plac<
the professional or money-mak-
ing angle of education is due
entirely to the public’s demand
for such training. The charge
was made that men and women
capne out of college with a
knowledge of Shakespeare, the
way to hold a fork and how to
appear in public who had no
education at all toward earning
a living.
Perhaps the pendulum has
(^swung too far in that direction.
' Art for art’s sake was shallow;
but professional training for its
own sake also is shallow. The
purpose of an education should
be to make one learn how to
enjoy life more fully, and the
aesthetic is a part of that full
life.
Of course one of the ttjjngs
that the writer of the letter
above has overlooked -A at
least in her letter — is the fact
that a college can’t create cul-
ture. There’s that old saw
about the sow’s ear and the
silk purse. If Willie was crude
when he went to college, the
chances are he still will be
crude when he comes out. A
master’s degree or even a doc-
torate won’t make him a gentle-
man.
By the same token, if Willie
had charm and finesse when
he went to college, an education
in professional training won’t
hurt that charm and finesse. I
Schools’ $1.3 Million
Expansion Completed
Architect ‘Ready’
To Accept Plants
NEW FIRE OFFICERS—These are the top new officers of the Kermit Volunteer
Fire Department, elected last weekend. Shown congratulating Fred W. Pearson, left,
the new chief, is Joe Marlett, assistant chief, while O. M. Work, new president, looks
on. (News Staff Photo)
'Good.
Buying Car
Insurance
Automobile owners who have
a “perfect” driving record, are
flocking to their Kermit insur-
ance agencies to take out in-
surance, but those who have
gathered a few tickets during
the past three years are con-
spicious for their absence.
This is the condition that ex-
ists as a result of Texas’ new
driver “point” system of insur-
ance rates, a check made Wed-
nesday by The News reveals, j
One dealer said: “We ai T‘
having any touble at all wAn
Fire Plans Studied;
New Officers Named
Kermit Volunteer Fire De-
partment, numbering some 40
members, has named its 1960
officers with O. M. Work as
president and Fred W. Pearson
as Chief. Both are long-time
members of the Department.
The annual business' meeting
and election of officers was held
last weekend when plans for
1960 were discussed. Needs of
the Department were discussed
and plans for an expanded pro-
gram. The City is preparing
to buy land for a second station
near Winkler County Park.
the fellows who are entitled to
a 20 per cent reduction in their
automobile insurance rate, but
the fellows who have one or
more points — well, that’s a
different matter.”
All who seek insurance now
must fill out an application
first. This asks if any “moving
violation” tickets have been
given during the past three
years. The rate is based on
the number of these tickets is-
sued against the owner of the
automobile or a member of his
family.
But the insurance companies
don’t have to take the owner’s
word for it; they can check the
records at Austin (see picture
below) for a 50-cent fee.
Some of the insurance com-
panies check every application
with the Austin records. Others
“spot check,” dealers here say.
This means, one agent said,
that applications must be made
considerably in advance of the
date the policy expires, since
the Austin check takes time.
“Where we used to check our
March expirations in February
and send notices, now we have
to check these expirations in
January in order to get the ap-
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20-30 President
Names Chairmen
President Bill Terry of the
20-30 Club, who took office re-
cently as the new chief for that
organization in Kermit, Thurs-
day announced chairmen for
the standing committees.
He said he had named Tom-
my Furstenbergj Al Winters and
Charles Teasley to the perma-
nent committee on finance.
Bob Gage will head the com-
mittee on fellowship with oth-
ers to be announced later.
Jimmy Carr is chairman of
the projects’ committee. Others
on that committee include How-
ard Wall, and Jerrald Ran-
dolph.
George Seales and Chick Hol-
bart make up the membership
committee. Durwood Haddock
heads the publicity committee
with Johnnie Blackwelder and
Howard Wall as members.
The program committee will
be headed by Chick Holbart
with Kenneth McEnturff and
Charles Teasley. as members.
Tommy Furstenberg is to
head the flowers’ committee.
New members of the 20-30
board of directors are Jerrald
Randolph and Jimmy Carr.
The long-range program in
eludes moving the No. 1 station
from the City Hall into another
location somewhere in the same
area, and additional fire-fight-
ing equipment.
The Department here has
been praised throughout the
state for its outstanding work
in holding fires to minimum
losses. Despite a growing pop-
ulation and an increased area
to cover, fire losses here have
been exceptionally low, result-
ing in a 5 per cent credit in
insurance rates for its 1958
work tand possibly another re-
duction for 1959 record.
Other officers named last
week were:
Joe Marlett, assistant chief;
Bill Erwin, engine captain; H.
L. Almond, treasurer; Jim Tye,
sheriff;
L. V. Lewis, chaplain; J. W.
Brumlow, second assistant
chief; B. J. Logan, hose cap-
tain; J. C. Hill, secretary, and
Gene Crutcher, fire marshal.
Barring last-minute changes
made during final inspection,
Kermit’s $1,314,310 school build-
ing program, started in 1958,
is all over, Kermit Board of
Education was told at its Tues-
day night meeting.
The architect said his office
is ready to accept all six proj-
ects, including the brand-new
Purple Sage schools and the
administration building.
A detailed report showed that
the architect is ready to accept
the administration building
from the contractor, and that
Purple Sage is all completed
except the gymnasium which
will be wound up on Feb. 1. Of-
fices at Purple Sage were be
ing moved in Wednesday. Car-
pets yet are to be laid at the
administration building.
Junior High Ready
Junior High School, which
had extensive remodeling, is
ready to accept, and all work
has been completed at Senior
High School except additional
electrical service to be added to
the auditorium.
Dunbar School expansion is
complete.
Meantime, a number of per-
sonnel changes were made by
the board at its Tuesday night
meeting. Three resignations
were accepted: Backfield Coach
(Lloyd Lowe is leaving Friday
for Dallas to accept a job with
Lowe & Campbell Sporting
Goods Company. Annie Belle
Tate, third-g^de teacher at
Purple Sag^ilfsAnool, is
r ......... getting
married and leaving Kermit.
Lara Harbin, Spanish and Eng-
lish teacher in the High School
is resigning because her hus-
band is being transferred from
Kermit to Odessa.
New Teachers Named
To replace teachers, the
board has employed the follow-
ing:
Miss ' Debie Petillo will re-
place Miss Moss as second
grade teacher in East Primary.
She holds a B. S. degree from
Texas Tech at Lubbock.
In the third grade at Purple
Sage, Miss Julia Amason is a
new teacher, replacing Miss
Tate.' She holds a B. S. degree
from Mary Hardin-Baylor Col-
lege.
Miss LaDonna Burrow is a
new teacher of science in Junior
High, taking Ed Robertson’s
place who is being transferred
to another department. She is
a West Texas State graduate.
Mrs. Beverly Brown, who
holds a B. A. degree from the
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Scottish Rite
Groups to Hear
El Paso Leader
Masons of this area will hear
one of the outstanding Masonic
Readers of this area when he
speaks at the annual Scottish
Rite dinner at Community Cen-
ter Saturday night.
W. L. Dorsey, president of
,the Winkler County group, says
Wayne L. Slaughter, 33-degree
Mason from El Paso, will be
the speaker. He is secretary
,of Scottish Rites bodies there.
Tickets to the dinner are be-
ing offered by all 32-degree
Masons who belong to the local
organization, Dorsey explained.
Price is $1.50 per plate.
Wives of members, as well
as members of Blue Lodges are
invited. Guests also will in-
clude members of the DeMolay
and Order of the Rainbow.
The dinner will be served by
members of the Order of East-
ern Star of Wink.
DIMES FOR FOUNDATION — Many people in Kermit and Winkler County
are co-operating in the 1960 March of Dimes program, including members of the
DeMolay organization here. The lads had charge of putting out dime banks at most
business houses in Kermit. Here Otto Kitsinger “primes” one of the banks while
Terry Rogers, his arms loaded with additional banks, looks on, as the two go about
town distributing the banks. (News Staff Photo)
Candidates Scarce
As Deadline Nears
With only 16 days left in
which to file, candidates who
want their names to appear on
the May 7, Democratic first
primary are not too plentiful, a
check of the records of Eddie
Mae Mosley Wednesday reveal-
Re-Worked Well Hits New Pay Dirt
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
Phillips Petroleum Company
No. 2 Waddell, re-entered proj-
ect in the Northwest Wheeler
(multipay) area in East Wink-
ler County, has been re-com-
pleted as a Wolfcamp discov-
ery.
On 24-hour potential test, the
new pay opener flowed 139 bar-
rels of 36.3-gravity oil, plus sev-
en per cent water, through a
20-64-inch choke and perfora-
tions from 7,656 to 7,800
feet. Gas-oil ratio was" 212-1.
Location is 1,980 feet from
south and 658 feet from west
lines of the southeast quarter
of section 5, block B-7, psl sur-
vey, 14 miles east of Kermit.
No. 2 Waddell originally was
completed as a Fusselman gas
well. That zone has been plug-
ged off. The Northwest Wad-
dell pool has oil production
from the Ellenburger and Fus-
selman zones.
Two and seven-eighths-inch
casing has been perforated from
10,562 to 10,563 feet; 10,568 to
10,594 feet in Humble Oil &
Refining Company No. 1 Cow-
den, Northeast Winkler County
wildcat.
Plans are to acidize the De-
vonian through the above shot
holes and test. Location is
1,980 feet from north and 660
feet from west lines of section
24, block A-55, psl survey.
Bottomed at 12,873 feet in
barren Ellenburger, the project
is two miles south of the Dollar-
hide (multipay) pool in South-
west Andrews County.
Vests & Dorbandt of Kermit
spotted location for a 6,200-foot
project in the two-well Mona-
hans, North (Glorieta) pool in
Southeast Winkler County.
It is No. 1 Hogg, 660 feet
from south and 1,980 feet from
east lines of section 17, block
B-10, psl survey, 11 miles south-
east of Kermit.
One and one-half miles south-
east of the Block 18 (Delaware
sand) pool in North Ward Coun-
ty, Texaco, Inc., No. 1-DP State
of Texas has been completed.
On 24-hour potential test, the
well pumped 19 barrels of 35.7-
gravity oil, plus 144 barrels of
water through perforations
from 5,120 to 5,130 feet.
Location is 660 feet from'
north and east lines of section
30, block 18, University Lands
survey, eight miles northwest
of Pyote.
Diversa, Inc., of Midland and
others No. 1-A J. D. Amburgey,
scheduled 8,900-foot wildcat sev-
en miles southwest of Notrees
in West Ector County, was mak-
ing hole after finding oil in the
lower Tubb.
The fluid developed on a one-
hour and 45-minute drillstem
test from 6,375 to 6,404 feet.
Recovery was 10 feet of oil and
gas-cut mud and 20 feet of free
oil.
Another lower Tubb test,
from 6,404 to 6,459 feet, open
one hour, recovered 20 feet of
oil, 20 feet of mud and 1,450
feet of gas in drill pipe.
Location is 660 feet from
north and west lines of section
3, block B-8, psl survey.
Texaco, ’ Inc. No. 1-DO State
Patched-up Salazar
Out, But in Again
Hale and hearty again, thanks
to nimble doctors at Winkler
County Memorial Hospital, Do-
mingo Salazar walked out of
the hospital Tuesday — and
SMITH, SMITH & SMITH—The Department of ni y ,
Public Safety in Austin is being swamped by requests OlSGll llUprOVCCl
for copies of drivers’ accident records. This is pretty
Mrs. Barbara Jones, looking for a driver named Smith.
She is surrounded by files containing the records of
94,000 Smith among Texas’ 4,357,000 licensed drivers.
Since the new insurance law went into effect, requests
for such record checks have soared from 4,000 a
month to that many in a single day. (AP Photo)
Slight improvement was noted
by his physician late Wednes-
day in the condition of District
Judge G. C. Olsen.
He has been a patient in
Winkler County Memorial Hos-
pital for several weeks.
CHARGED — Driver of the
automobile which collided
with the one above faces
charges in justice court No.
4 of driving while intoxicated,
third offense. He is Arthur
Neal Bryson. Driver of the
automobile above, owned by
Universal Construction Co.,
Midland, was Lewis Tipton
Page. Neither driver was
injured in the accident, which
occurred on the Wink highway
just south of West Austin.
(News Staff Photo)
smack into the arms of waiting
sheriff’s deputies.
Thirty minutes later he was
in the county jail atop the court-
house, puzzling (in Spanish)
over the charges that had been
filed against him in Justice
Court No. 4. The charge: As-
sault with intent to murder.
So far as anyone could tell,
Salazar was as good as new,
and there was little to indicate
that on Dec. 30 he was only
a few minutes at most from
death with his thyroid cut and
his jugular vein punctured. Of-
ficers said he was “barely
alive” when they reached him,
lying in a pool of blood on the
floor of his one-room apartment
on North Spruce.
A short distance away his
companion, Juliana Galindo,
was crouched on a neighbor’s
back porch, bleeding from
wounds about the throat and
face which officers charge were
inflicted by Salazar. The floor
of the apartment was littered
with bits from broken beer
bottles.
When officers reached the
scene they found the door bolt-
ed from inside with a small
wooden “button” which the of-
ficers forced off to enter the
room.
The knife, which officers
charge was the one used to
slash his companion, was lying
under Salazar. Officers claim
he slashed Juliana and then at-
tempted to cut his own throat.
has been completed as a small
pumping potential in the Block
17, Southeast (Delaware sand)
arra in North Ward County.
On 24-hour potential test, the
well pumped 8.3 barrels of 35.4-
gravity oil, plus 102.3 barrels
of water, through perforations
from 5,058 to 5,064 feet.
The well is one location south-
west of a link producer in an
undeveloped portion of the field
and 660 feet from north and
west lines of section 36, block
17, University Lands survey, six
miles northwest of Pyote.
P*-
Banks to Seek
Attorney’s Post
John H. Banks has author-
ized The News to announce his
candidacy for a second term as
County Attorney of Winkler
County, Texas subject to action
of the Democratic primaries.
Banks, in making the an-
nouncement made the following
statement:
“It has been a pleasure' to
serve you during my first term
as County Attorney. Your co-
operation has made the work of
this office much more effective.
“I promise, if re-elected, to
devote myself fully to the prop-
er performance of the duties of
this office.
“At a later date, I will make
a formal statement but at this
time I would like to solicit your
vote and support.”
ed. Miss Mosley is secretary
of the Democratic Party for
Winkler County.
Deadline is Monday, Feb. 1,
and for the benefit of those who
may be a bit late in tossing
their political hats into the ring,
Miss Mosley plans to stick
around her office in the court-
house until late that day.
Those who have filed here so
far include:
Dan Sullivan, Andrews, seek-
ing the district attorney’s place.
Jim C. Langdon, El Paso, who
would be chief justice of the
Civil Court of Appeals;
Frank Owen III, El Paso,
seeking to be state senator from
the 29th district;
L. B. (Bill) Eddins, asking
for re-election as sheriff of
Winkler County;
Mae Batnes, seeking Election
as County Assessor-Collector
Puny Etheredge, also seeking
the County Assessor-Collector’s
job, withdrew Wednesday.
Etheredge . told The News
Wednesday he was withdraiw-
ing from the race, “due to cir-
cumstances beyond my con-
trol.”
Joe Morris, another’candidate
for the place of County Tax
Assessor-Collector;
T. M. (Tommy) Mills,-• for
commissioner, precinct No. 3;
Bill Hocutt, who, seeks county
commissioner’s post, precinct
No. 1;
Oscar Warren,' constable from
precincts 1, 3,' and' 4..........
Since primary elections have
been advanced this “ear from
June A) May, • filing, deadlines
also come earlier .on. the .calen-
dar.
The first primary on May 7
is believed to be the earliest
date for an election in Texas.
Run-off primary also has been
advanced. .......
Meantime, Mae Barnes, Coun-
ty Tax Assessor-Collector, said
poll tax payments “still have a
long way to go.” A check Wed-
nesday showed 1,327 have paid
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M any to Aid
Campaign*
For Polio
March of Dimes program in
Winkler County, > which seeks
$5,500 for the 1960 goal, is off
to a good start with several
projects yet to be staged, Coun-
ty Director Max Eckels says.
DeMolay boys and Rainbow
girls have distributed coin
banks to virtually all business
houses here, and tomorrow and
Saturday, Kermit’s 20-30 Club
takes over for another phase of
the program: “Tie club will sell
March of Dimes balloons as
their part of the 1960 campaign.
They will be aided by Boy
Scout members.
The sale is planned for Fri-
day afternoon from 4 to 6 and
all day Saturday, Jimmy Carr,
chairman of this part ..of, the
program, says. Assisting ;is
Jerrald Randolph, co-chairman.
Plans for the Mothers’ March
are also' being furthered with
Mrs. Jack McDonnald as chair-,
man. - The Mothers’ March- is
always one of the big fund-
raising features of the January
program.
The Junior Chamber of Com-
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T. M. Mills Asks
For County Post
Schools to Host
300 Schoolmen
Kermit schools will be hosts
Monday,‘Feb. 1, to 250 to 300
school men from 15 West Texas
schools, it was announced
Thursday.
The meeting will be for the
Permian School Board and
School Men’s Association, G. E.
Thompson, Kermit School Su-
perintendent says.
Schools to be represented, in
addition to Kermit, will be Den-
ver City, Seminole, Andrews,
Crane, McCamey, Rankin, Big
Lake, Fort Stockton, Imperial,
Grandfalls, Monahans, Pecos,
Barstow and Wink.
T. M. (Tommy) Mills of Ker-
mit ’has' authorized The News to
announce • -his candidacy for
Winkler County Commissioner
from Precinct 3.
. .He says: “I will continue';to
serve the best interests of Wink-
ler County in the future as in
the past, if elected.”
He said he is standing on his
record, and that he will do his
utmost to see that “we keep up
with the progress that has been
made ever since I have been
in office.”
He added: “We are making
great strides in Winkler County,
and I want to see that progress
continue.”
Mills is a long-time resident
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