Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1966 Page: 1 of 12
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Brighton' Bookbinder
Brighton.! Iowa 52540
Weather
SOUTHWEST TEXAS partly
cloudy with early morning fog
becoming cloudy with scattered
thundershowers, Sunday after*
noon. Temperatures in upper
80’s by mid* afternoon and lows
in mid-60’s.
Vol * 30-Mo. 17
Kermft, Winkler County, Texas
Sunday, Sept. 18,1966
Yellow Jackets Win Homecoming Game, 28-0
Pioneer Church Will
Receive Medallion
Recognition of the pioneer
aigljhistoric Community Church
in Kermit is forthcoming, with
a State Medallion to be placed
on the front. The medallion will
signify the church as having
the distinction of being record-
ed by the Texas Historical Land-
mark Survey Committee, ac-
cording to an announcement by
John Ben Shepperd of Odessa,
today.
Having qualified and complet-
ed the requirements for the
high official designation the
Texas Historical Building Me-
dallion with interpretive plate
will be affixed to the struc-
Reserve Seat
Tickets Go On
Sale Monday
Reserve seat tickets for the
Carlsbad*Kermit game will be
a'\jwable Monday at 5 p.m. at
th<5 southeast ticket booth at
Walton Field, according to an
announcement made Friday by
Austin Roberts, director of
bumvess services of Kermit
Scwbls.
VFW Meet
Set Monday
Regular business meeting of
Veterans of Foreign Wars is to
be held Monday, beginning at
8 p.m. in VFW Hall, Mentone
Highway.
Steve Baldwin, post com-
mander, urged that all mem-
bers be present.
Film Is Shown
Kermit Lions
The Downtown and Evening
Lions Clubs viewed a film on
the Southwest Conference Foot-
dl|ll Story of 1965, when they
^tmvened Thursday for their
initial meetings.
O. O. Whitten of Wink, Hum-
ble Oil Company District Su-
tt^rvisor, was in charge of the
Wesentation, and presented the
film to the Downtown Lions at
their luncheon meeting and the
Evening Lions at their dinner
program at 7:30 p.m.
Safety Meet
Commands Good
Attendance
Larry Clark and Marlin
Moore of the Bureau of Mines
and Willard Dunnigan of the
Mobil Safety Department, spon-
sored an hour and a half safety
program titled “Flame Propa-
gation; How It Causes Fires,”
Kermit Fire Department au-
librium Friday morning.
ture. A certificate signed by
Governor John Connally, Shep-
perd and County Chairman Ray
Kayser, will be presented at
the dedication of this marker.
The date for affixing the Me-
dallion and official dedication
will be announced later, ac-
cording to Kayser.
The aluminum medallions with
Swedish 'steel effect are not
only durable, but beautiful and
require practically no main-
tenance. More than 2,500 his-
torical markers and medallions
with plates have been awarded
throughout Texas and daily
more history is found to war-
rant such recognition, Shepperd
said.
The official inscription states: (
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH
50 YEARS OF CAMP MEET-
INGS, CIRCUIT RIDERS, SING-
INGS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS
AT RANCHES OR SCHOOL
HOUSES FILLED SETTLERS’
RELIGIOUS NEEDS. IN 1928,
WHEN THIS CHURCH WAS OR-
GANIZED, rrs SANCTUARY
WAS THE 1910 COURTHOUSE,
BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR.
PRESENT EDIFICE — FIRST
BRICK BUILDING IN KERMIT
•—IS ON SITE OF THAT FIRST
CHURCH, AND WAS BUILT BY
GENEROUS RANCHERS AFT-
ER OIL DISCOVERY. DEDI-
CATED 1938. FIRST RESIDENT
PASTOR WAS C. Y. BUTLER.
Recorded Texas Historic
Landmark, 19664
Architects
Report to
JalTrustees
Jal School Board met Tuesday
night at 7 o’clock with the
president, John Sparling, call-
ing the meeting to order. Pres-
ent were T. J. Crutchfield,
secretary; O. B. Brown and
Alton Fuller, members, and
Calvin R. Trice, superintendent
of schools.
A review of the minutes of
the Aug. 9 meeting was present-
ed and a check made of the
financial record.
Reporting on the seepage
problem on the roof of Burke
Junior High School, which oc-
curred during the recent heavy
downpour, Architect Jim Voll
and associates, Charles Noland,
J. W. Cooper, general con-
tractor, and Zane Wilburn, sub-
carpet contractor, made a num-
ber of recommendations, agree-
ing to remedy the existing prob-
lems.
The architectural consultants
agreed to report to the Board
the full extent of their propos-
als within three days and to
completely remedy the situation
within 30 days.
Elementary Principal Carl
Martin recommended a pro-
gram of help to students who
are having trouble with English
and speech and asked that a
Nearly 100 persons attended Remedial Reading program be
the presentation. The program initiated,
dealt with the spread of fires, The Board adjourned after a
and negligence, and isapreface full session at 11:40 to resume
the campaign during the their agenda Thursday night, at
nibnth of October, Fire Pre- 7 o’clock, to complete the mat-
vention Month.
ters of business at hand.
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The Kermit Yellow Jackets
parlayed two recovered fumbles
into touchdowns in the second
quarter and went on to complete-
ly outclass the Dallas Lynch
Friars 28-0 Saturday night.
points. The Jackets led 15*0 with
2:55 remaining in the second
period.
After .taking the second half
kickoff, Kermit drove to the
Friars’ 9*yard line before giv*
The game was played before a ing up the ball on downs. Billy
large and enthusiastic home-
coming crowd and many fans
had left their seats when the
Jackets scored their final touch-
down with 10 seconds left on
the scoreboard clock.
The Friars were worn down
physically by the better con-
ditioned Jackets in the -first
half and Coach Charles Jetton
emptied the bench during almost
the last half.
Kermit scored their initial
tally after taking over on a
fumble recovery at the Lynch
32. Joe Scott was the last man
up as Billy Adams was jarred
loose from the ball.
Thompson made a nice scamp-
er of 30 yards in the drive and
Juarez added a 21-yard jaunt.
Baker also tossed a 14-yard
pass to Scott who lunged to the
nine. However, the ball was
short of a first down and Lynch
took over.
Jim Rager punted when the
Friars failed to gain and Baker
made a nice return to the Lynch
31. Thompson, on a draw play,
dashed to the 17 and Baker
went to the seven. Juarez then
rocked around his right end and
went over to give the Jackets
a 21-0 lead. Burrows’ kick was
through the uprights and Ker-
HOMECOMING QUEEN CORONATION Saturday night was a
thrilling event, especially for Miss Martha Bridges who was
hailed the 1966 Homecoming Queen. She is shown at center.
Others, reading left to right, are
DeVolin, Peggy White and Kay Logan.
Vicki Evans, Debbie
Carroll Samuels carried for mit led 22-0 with 6:42 to go in
16 yards to the 16 for a Jacket the third period,
first down. Billy Thompson then Neither side was able to
picked up seven yards and again mount a serious drive the re-
he carried to the five. Carroll mainder of the game, but both
Samuels then rammed over for *he Jackets and Friars filled
the score with 3:40 to go in the air with passes,
the second period. Ronnie Bur- After the Friars had failed
rows kicked the point to give to pick up a first down late in
the Jackets a 7-0 lead. the fourth period, Kermit took
Quarterback Nicky Nichol over on the Lynch 42. David
fumbled on the Friars’ first at- Fielding lost six yards to the
tempt after the kickoff and big 48, then picked up eight to the
John Dampeer recovered on the 40. A pass to Howard Porter
Lynch 21. After a fumble lost got the first down on the 30*
to the 24, Lanny Baker fired a yard line,
pass to Joe Scott and he ram- Eddie Henderson was pulled
bled into the end zone for the down on the 33 on a drive over
Jackets’ second score. A mix- left guard. Fielding then faded
up occurred on the extra-point and found Mike Hodges open
attempt and Baker lobbed the down the middle. The 137-pound
ball to Leo Juarez who fell halfback fought off a Lynch de-
across the goal line for two See JACKETS, Page 6
Evening Lions
Sponsor Essays
“Plans For ‘“World Peace”
is the topic for the essay contest
sponsored by Lions Internation-
al with students of high school
age competing from all over
the world. Fred Skaggs, presi-
dent of Kermit Evening Lions
Club, local sponsor of the event,
made the announcement Friday
and urged local students to
contact Paul Wilmoth, speech
and dramatics instructor at
Kermit High School, if they
wish to compete in the contest.
Winner of the challenging
contest could win $25,000 edu-
cational or career assistance
grant, with total of $50,000
in total awards including the
$25,000 first prize, being of-
fered. There are eight semi-
final regional awards of $1,000
each and travel expenses will
be paid for the winners for a
trip to Chicago in July, 1967,
when the first prize winner
will be selected from among
the eight.
In addition to the major prizes,
20,000 local, district and mul-
tiple district awards will be
made. The Kermit Evening
Lions are hopeful that one of
Kermit’s students will’ be the
winner of at least one of these
awards, and strive for the pos-
sibility of attaining the top goal.
The contest is open to all youth
between the ages of 14-2 2 be fore
Jan. 15, 1967, and each appli-
cant limited to one entry, with
one winner’s essay eligible to
complete in Lions District 2T3
contest.
Winners of district contests
will be eligible to compete in
state or country contests and
each country or multiple dis-
trict winner is eligible to enter
BUREAU OF MINES safety leaders conducted a program on Flame Propagation as the
cause of fires, at the City Firemen’s auditorium Friday morning. Shown above are Larry
Clark and Marlin Moore who made the demonstrative lecture. SUN-NEWS Photo
in one of the eight world divi-
sionsi. ** **
Three judges will be appoint-,
ed from the local club to eval-
uate all entries submitted. Judg-
ing will fall in four categories,
75 per cent of the essay points
to content, 10 per cent to or-
ganization and 10 per cent to
style, with 5 per cent consid-
ered for mechanics.
“If one of our local contest-
ants could advance to the world
finals it would be a thrilling
achievement for not only the
student, but for the Evening
Lions Club and the entire city
of Kermit.”
Contestants should use their
own entry form and the essay
should not exceed 5,000 words.
Those planning to enter
should contact Paul Wilmoth at
once, and find out all the details
of the contest. “The formula
for World Peace may be sub-
mitted in one of the essays,
and certainly we know that it is
attainable,” Skaggs said.
Jal Plans
Golden
Jubilee
Celebrating their Golden Ju-
bilee in conjunction with Home-
coming events, Jal, N. M,, res-
idents have planned a gala three-
day entertainment beginning
Friday, Sept. 23; and contin-
uing through Sunday, Sept. 25.
This will mark the 50th anni-
versary of Jal.
Morris Whitworth is chair-
man of the schedule of events,
and urges all Ex-Students to
register at the Panther Gym
during the hours of 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Friday.
The Jal Chamber of Com-
merce, coordinating a program
with the American Legion Auxil-
iary, will register out-of-town
guests at the Chamber office
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jal Ex-
Students will be honored at a
barbecue at the Country Club
from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wink will
be playing Jal on the Panther
field for the Homecoming game,
which will get under way at
7 p.m.
Saturday activities will re-
sume with Chamber offices open
for registration 9 a.m. through
5 p.m. and during the day open
house will be observed at Jal
Lea General Hospital during
the hours of 9-11 a.m. and 1-4
p.m. The City Hall will re-
ceive at open house, 10 a.m. to
3 p.m.
Saturday evening the Roping
and Riding Club will host a
barbecue at 6 p.m. with a charge
of $1.25 per plate. The Jala-
manders will sponsor a Square
Dance Saturday night on the
New Mexico Bank and Trust
See JAL GOLDEN, Page 12
Frontier America Unmarked
By Strands of Barbed Wire
Texas has always been a re-
gion of great landowners, and
prior to the Civil War era,
Texas and the Western Plains
were referred to as the “Great
American Frontier.” With the
1860-65 era, The War Between
the States, ranching became the
chief livelihood of the land-
owners and in the early years
men respected the branding iron
identification of cattle. When
millions of cattle were driven
to the big markets in the fall,
it was the “brand” that desig-
nated who owned the livestock.
Following the Civil War era
when migrations westward to
The Great Frontier became
more and more numerous, there
came a need for fences. Brand-
ing had not worn itself out
wooden blocks, probably a half-
inch square, through which
spike-like brads had been driv-
en through from opposite sides.
The patent for this drawing was
issued June 25, 1867 but as
far as is known no wire fitting
the description was ever man-
ufactured.
Before a month had passed,
July 21, 1867, a blacksmith by
the name of William D. Hunt
had secured a patent for a wire
with a spur or rowel, wheel-
type attachment, which is among
the oldest wire in the Haley
collection.
Very likely, the expensive
construction hampe red the man-
ufacture of this type of wire,
and only a limited quantity was
produced. The wire was costly
Immediately after the shut- but continued an expansion plan
down on the manufacture of of elaborating on the various
this particular wire pattern, a types of wire patents already
fellow by the name of Charles issued.
Hodge modified the construc-
They developed the first suc-
cessful cattle fence type con-
struction and increased its dur-
ability for buffalo and their
manufacturing became a suc-
cessful enterprise patronized
throughout the frontier areas by
as a means of protection against and with but little capital the
cattle thieves and rustlers, but
boundaries had to be estab-
lished for the protection of the
landowner.
Some of the first fences erect-
ed were crude, and today would
appear to be a substantial barri-
cade, even against an army of
men. Within 20 years after the
C ivil War, “the great cow coun-
try” had reached the height of
its importance. Millions of dol-
lars, much of it from Great
Britain had been invested in
ranching, the greatest industry
in the United States.
For the cattleman life was
never rosy, but for the coWboy
on the range it meant rising
before daybreak, eating cold
biscuits and lukewarm coffee,
riding trailherd all day on the
alert for rustlers, or keeping
watch that no cattle strayed.
Oftentimes their duties"lasted
on through the night, and their
enemies many times were not
just merely outlaw rustlers but
warring ranchers.
Then, following the recon-
struction period, geniuses went
to work, and it is from their
creations during the period of
1867-1890 that relics of barbed
wire from frontier homesteads
and ranches have been collect-
ed and are shown as museum
attractions today. Barbed wire
has come into significance in
a realm of “power” all its own.
Preservation of these frag-
ments from the western range,
even though one may be but a
10 or 12-inch strand, has be-
come highly important. It places
strong emphasis on pioneer de-
velopment that turned the tide
in the economy of the nation.
In combing the area for items
of this nature, Gene Haley prob-
ably has one of the rarest and
most significant collections of
such items to be found any-
where in the Nation.
The first patent issued on
barbed wire was on a drawing
that was never fashioned into
being. It was a strand of wire
twisted and drawn through small
project soon faded out of ex-
istence. Less than a mile was
manufactured.
tion and it was patented as
Hodge’s Modified as coded in
the patent listing about 1868.
Within a year or so there-
after, Charles Kennedy bought
the Hunt patent for $175 and
made some improvements in the
design, designating a type of the ranchers and farmers,
barbed wire that was non-ro-
tating in design. Once frontier fencing began,
Later an Irish farmer by the the national concerns became
name of Michael Kelly produced rife with ideas and with the com-
a flat-elongated diamond-point of the St. Louis and San
barb and several varieties, be- Francisco right-of-way fence
ing granted a specific patent in across Kansas and the western
1868, with a manufacturing con- Plains in the early 1880’s, the
cern developed under the busi- “Buck Thorn Spiral” became
ness heading “Thorn-Wire- the specialty of the plains. With
Hedge Co.” situated in Chicago, it came many versions. How-
Ill. The company was void of e^er> the patent for the buck
competition for several years, See FRONTIER, Page 12
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TWENTY-THREE VARIETIES of barbed wire that were patented during the period 1867
through 1891 are Shown in the above collection preserved by Gene Haley. At left is Ann Haley
with the pet poodle, Fritz, and at right is Dawson Haley with Chito. They are the son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Haley and delight in the museum attractions as well as in
their individual pets on the ranch. SUN-NEWS Photo
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Parsons, J. Arthur. Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1966, newspaper, September 18, 1966; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910297/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.