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Weather
SOUTHWEST TEXAS: Fair
this afternoon, partly cloudy
through Monday. Highs in upper
80s, low mid-50s.
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Vol. 30-No. 18
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Sunday, Sept. 25,1966
Yellow Jackets Rally to Tie Carlsbad, 14-14
Carr Sets Pace For
Senatorial Campaign
The Legislative Leader, the
man born 47 years ago in Fair-
lie, Hunt County, Texas, who
earned spending money chop-
ping and picking cotton, is cam-
paigning for a position of lea-
dership in the U. S. Senate.
Carr moved to Lubbock in
1932, when the depression bank-
rupted the small family busi-
ness. He graduated from the
Lubbock High School, and work-
ed as an usher and projection-
ist in a local movie theater.
Continuing his education he
graduated from Texas Tech Col-
lege, where he and his brother,
Warlick, had won the Debate
Team Championship for South-
ern United States. He began
his law schooling at the Uni-
versity of Texas, married the
former Ernestine Story of Ta-
hoka, and left school to serve
in Military Intelligence on his
first assignment; then as a
pilot in the U. S. Army Air
Costps, World War II. After
w^pld War II, he returned to
graduate from Law School in
1947 and began a law prac-
tice in Lubbock.
He served as District At-
tdj^ey, then was elected as
C^rnty Attorney where he set
a precedent by trying more
cases than any man who had
ever preceded him. He was
promoted to the State Legis-
lature as the ‘'people's choice”
in 1950 and served in that
capacity ten years. He was
elected Attorney General in
1962. ,
Back to his Legislative ca-
reer, Carr served six years in
the House of Representatives,
and was elected Speaker of the
House by his fellow represen-
tatives in 1956. It was his sense
of fair play that led to his
re-election as Speaker in 1958,
the third man in Texas his-
tory to have been so honored.
His record' of^leadership as
Speaker, is substantial; im-
provements in the quality of
public schools, junior colleges,
and our institutions of higher
i^pducation; improvement of and
’^.dded new facilities at our State
Hospitals, for both the mentally
and physically ill. His greatest
Dride; providing better care for
Art|enior citizens, the adult, blind,
wd homeless children . . . and,
the creation of Texas Youth
Council. Waggoner Carr be-
lieved that the State should
take care of state matters and
that fiscal responsibility was
part of that and proved it by
his record.
Texas Chief Legal Officer
is your Attorney General, who
made one pledge in 1962 that
he would run the Attorney Gen-
eral’s office for all the people
with equal justice to all. He
organized the Attorney Gene-
ral’s office to provide sound
administration and efficient
work. The proof of his success
in this and in adding top at-
torneys is shown in the more
than 11,850 lawsuits closed in
just three years, winning 9,-
outright, an all-time rec-
“d‘
Waggoner handled the State’s,
legal work at a profit of over
$5,500,000 for the taxpayer’s
.of the state, as the office col-
4jjp&cted — in three years, over
$9,702,000 for the people of
Texas.
Waggoner Carr recognized
■that his office also had a moral
duty to provide leadership in
the fight against crime. He set
up educational seminars on the
law for officials all over Texas.
Carr also founded the first
Attorney General’s Youth Con-
ference on crime ... the
first effort in the United States
to challenge Youth to provide
answers and solutions to the
growing Youth Crime problem;
over 75,000 teenager Texans
are now actively fighting this
disturbing increase in crime
in this generation.
Increased stature for Texas
has been gained through Carr’s
work to protect State and Local
governments from Federal en-
croachment.
His many appearances before
the U. S. Supreme Court as well
as the. Department of Labor,
Federal Power Commission and
many other Federal bodies have
worked for Texas’ benefit. He
has protected Texas in con-
gressional and legislative law-
suits . . . and it was under
his directidn that an unparral-
eled statewide effort was made
to see that all Texans who
wanted to vote this year had
the full opportunity to register
to vote free.
Today, Texas, the nation and
the free world put their fate
in the hands of the strong lea-
dership of the United States.
There are only 100 men in the
United States Senate, and their
votes affect your daily life from
the mimimum wages to be paid,
to the conflict in Viet Nam;
votes and decisions made in
the Senate vitally affect your
and your childrens future.
It is important that you elect
a man with a proven record of
accomplishment, a man that
has shown he knows and under-
stands the needs of Texas and
Texans, and will work in the
United States Senate.
With the Democratic party
being the majority party, it
is important to Texas that we
elect a Democratic Senator,
who will exert his influence
among those as members of the
majority party hold positions
of decision-making. It is im-
portant for the future of Texas
that your Senator b’S a strong
and effective man to add Texas’
prestige to that body. Your vote
in the General Election Nov.
8 is important to you and your
family.
Station Wagon
Burns Friday
Kermit Volunteer Fire De-
partment was summoned to a
point nine miles west of Ker-
mit on Mentone Highway to ex-
tinguish a fire in a 1964 Chev-
rolet station wagon. The vehicle
was parked on the righthand
side of the highway, partially
in the ditch, when firemen ar-
rived about 2:10 a.m., Friday.
A check on the license plates
revealed the station wagon was
the property of a Pecos Span-
ish resident, who evidently had
left the vehicle after it caught
on fire, in search of help.
The interior was completely
gutted by the flames by the time
the fire department arrived.
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TOO MANY HOBBIES — In the opinion of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cole, 300 North Poplar,
Kermit,* hobbies are something they have over-done. Here they are looking over a part
of their stone and rock Collections and the fine jewelry which they have made, displayed
in the show-cases. Although at one time they operated a store, they were forced to close
the business and use it only as a hobby, for reasons of their health.
Rocks, Rills, And Frills
Make Antiquarian Fans
SENATOR WAGGONER CARR
Very rare and lovely items
wrought by craft designers of
old are among the antiques
found in the J. D. Cole home
at 300 North Poplar. Mr. and :
Mrs. Cole are both collectors
and their items include beauti-
ful furniture hundreds of years
old, which provides one spare
room in their spacious home
with antique appeal, as well
as seating capacity for hun-
dreds and hundreds of the mem-
bers of Mrs. Cole’s doll col-
lection.
Dainty china, miniature pitch-
ers by the hundreds, and silver
trays found their way in con-
Evening Lions
Receive Good
Essay Response
Nancy Roberts gave an inter-
esting and detailed account of
the Texas Youth Conference
in Austin which she attended
in July along with four other
Winkler County youths, as the
Evening Lions program Thurs-
day night. The Texas Law En-
forcement. - Youth Foundation
supported the YouthConference
with W. W. Heath, president of
the Board of Regents of the
University of Texas, coordinat-
ing the venture as the Founda-
tion president for 1966.
Ed Stuart reported that out-
standing response has been
given to the Essay Contest for
the youth, sponsored by the
Evening Lions, and that it had
been necessary to secure ad-
ditional application blanks. All
applications are being turned
over to Paul Wilmoth, speech
instructor in Kermit High
School, who will direct the en-
tries.
The Evening Lions plan a
Pancake Supper for Oct. 20,
and arrangements for its suc-
cessful conclusion are being
programmed at this time.
On Oct. 27, the District Gov-
ernor of the Lions, Jerry Miller
of El Paso, will be present
visiting both clubs during the
day.
November 2, Pete Snelson,
State Senator from Midland,
will visit the Lions when he will
discuss the amendments to be
voted on Election Day, Nov. 8.
One new member was voted
into the Evening Lions Club,
Don Paris, who is a newcomer
to the Kermit School system.
He serves 'as Distributive Ed-
ucation director.
spicuous shelving areas as
decor about their home.
The storeroom once used for
fashioning jewelry and other
choice items of rock into ring
sets and lockets, now referred
to as their “hobby house”,
contains shelves of old books
and antiquities of this sort.
Many and varied are the col-
lectors’ items which they are
preserving for their “one-day-
pro jected-museum.” They have
within their collections some
very rare old coins, which they
consider priceless.
The Coles, often referred to
as “treasure hunters”, have
been forced to take it com-
paratively easy, since Cole suf-
fered a coronary attack in No-
vember, 1965. She has continued
cutting rocks, making fine jew-
elry on special order, taking as
much as six to nine weeks to
finish. First, rocks have to be
cut, and the Coles have all the
machinery to create all manner
Bank Call Issued
For September 20
Combined assets in Winkler
County Banks show the 1966
total as of September 20, at
$13,289,993.59 as compared
to $13,509,949.43 on the Sept.
30 call, 1965. The figures were
released following a call by
Federal and State Banking of-
ficials for conditions as the
close of business Sept. 20.
Banks concerned in Winkler
Specialist To
Conduct Water
Meeting Tuesday
Bob Winslow, geologist with
the U. S. Geological Survey De-
partment in Austin, will conduct
a meeting in the Council Room
at Kermit City Hall, at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Facilities will be made avail-
able for all interested persons
to attend the meeting. Import-
ant items pertinent to the po-
tential and availability of water
in West Texas, the various
basins and their proportion-
ate supply will be discussed,
Future planning for the re-
serve water supplies is im-
portant to the well-planned
economy of West Texas.
Last Minute Pass
Deadlocks Rough Tilt
GAME AT A GLANCE
Kermit Carlsbad
First Downs 13 6
Yards Rushing 227 121
Passes Attempted 13 11
Passes Completed 4 3
Yards Passing 17 34
Passes Intercepted By 1 0
Fumbles Lost 4 1
Pen., No. Yds. 1 for 5 5for 65
Punts, Avg. 5 for 39 8 for 35
of jewelry. After the cutting
and shaping, a long process is
involved in the polishing. Skill-
fully, the stones are processed
through briny solutions for as
much as two weeks. Finally they
are run through a tumblingpro-
cess for 24 to 36 hours to
achieve the fine polish and re-
move all coarse outer scales.
Final process for brighten-
ing the polished stones is a Tide
solution in which they wash 36
hours.
Some of their rocks produce
very fine and expensive jewels.
There is the Fire Opal, deli-
cate pastel blue stones with
colorful intelay in duo-tones
blending with most any color,
for ring sets, lockets and ear
bobs; the Brazilian agate, for
signet rings, and mostly de-
signed for men’s wear such as
cuff links and tie pins; plus
rocks from all countries in the
World. Their collection is high-
See ROCKS, RILLS page nine
County include Kermit State,
First National, in Kermit and
Winkler County State Bank,
Wink.
In broken down figures the
Kermit State Bank assets Sept.
20, 1966 are$8,070,397.70 com-
pared to $8,384,164.61. The
First National assets are $3,-
873,977.92 compared to$3,720,-
684.18 in 1965 a year ago; and
Winkler County State Bank,
Wink, $1,345,617.97 compared
to the 1965 call, $1,405,100.64.
The Deposits overall for Sept.
20, 1966 are $11,835,791.26
compared to $12,140,294.85 on
the 1965 call, and Loans are
$7,910,597.37 compared to $7,-
787,072.77 in 1965 a year ago.
In broken down figures the
Kermit State Deposits are $7,-
300,825.02 compared to $7,659,•
334.95; First National Bank $3,-
458,594.49 compared to $3,325,-
975.09 in 1965; and Winkler
County State Bank, $1,076,371.-
75 compared to $1,154,984.81
in 1965.
Loans show an increase coun-
ty, wide, with Kermit State Bank,
$4,764,019.54 compared to $4,-
802,454.94 on the 1965 call;
First National, $2,391,241.97
Sept. 20 compared to $2,250,-
948.42 a year ago; and Wink-
ler County State Bank, $755,-
335.86 compared to$733,669.41
a year ago.
Kermit’s Yellow Jackets,
trailing 7-14 going into the fad-
ing moments of the final quart-
er, staged a 71 yard drive
that paid off with Lanny Balter
tossing to Joe Scott 11 yards
to a touchdown. Ronnie Bur-
rows kick, although low, clear-
ed the uprights, to give Ker-
mit the tie. In New Mexico
play, a kick or run is worth
only one point on the extra
point attempt. There were only
53 seconds left on the clock.
The Jackets almost won the
game after that. Carlsbad took
the kickoff and ran three plays.
With the ball on their own
17, the Cavemen’s quarterback,
Kenny Ross, took the ball, turn-
ed and threw it out of bounds.
Kermit then took over at the
17 with nine seconds left.
Ronnie Burrows came in for
a field goal try, but his kick
was hurried and off to the left.
The Cavemen ran out the clock
to end the game.
Kermit fans who had made
the long trek to Carlsbad were
treated to one of the roughest
games...seen in some time. The
officiating left a lot to be
desired. However, the Jackets
gave the ball away four times
on fumbles and presented an
ineffective passing attack.
Billy Thompson, hard driv-
ing fullback and Carroll Sam-
uels, 129 speedster were de-
vastating on offense. Thomp-
son ripped the Carlsbad defense
to shreds with 95 yards rush-
ing, while Samuels was right
behind with 91 yards. The lit-
tle halfback made one sensa-
tional 40 yard run in the sec-
ond period to set up the Jack-
et’s first touchdown.
Carlsbad scored their first
tally on the first play of the
T & C Supply
Opens in Kermit
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Met-
calfe, owners, announce the
opening of West Texas Teacher
& Church Supply, located at 115
South Pine Street. The new
business specializes in teach-
ing aids, handicraft materials,
Bibles, books and all types of
office supplies.
Store hours are from 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. until
5 p.m., weekdays, and 9 until
12 noon on Saturdays.
Mrs. Metcalfe will manage
the supply store.
Mr. and Mrs. Metcalfe, who
moved to Kermit from Weslaco,
live at 925 East Waco with their
four children, Donna Kay, 13;
Mike, 8; Beth, 6; and Joanne, 5.
second period. They had taken
over on the Kermit 46 after
recovering a fumble. Three run-
ning plays reached the Jacket
12. A pass from quarterback
Lucky Mason was batted into
the air on the goal line and
after several players had each
had his turn bouncing it up,
the ball fell into the arms
of Mike Bailey and he stepped
into the end zone. Billy Hen-
son kicked the extra point to
give the Cavemen a 7-0 lead.
Kermit traveled 60 yards to
their first score. On the kick-
Rock, Pipe
Throwing Injures
Kermit Player
A rock and pipe throwing
incident following theCarlsbad-
Kermit game Friday night sent
one Jacket player to the hospi-
tal in Carlsbad.
John Samuels was injured
when a group of boys at a drive
in at Carlsbad threw rocks and
a piece of pipe through the win-
dows of the bus bringing the
Kermit players home.
Samuels received a cut above
the eye and received medical
attention at the hospital in
Carlsbad. Five stitches were
required to close the cut.
Several of the windows in the
bus were shattered and glass
showered several players.
Samuel’s mother said Sat-
urday morning that he was rest-
ing well, but still had a head-
ache and had some pain in
his eye.
The infcident was the after-
math of a rough game the Ker-
mit and Carlsbad teams engaged
in at Carlsbad.
Attends C of C
Manager’s Meet
Roy Davis, manager of the
Kermit Chamber of Commerce
was a participant in the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce
sponsored Manager’s Workshop
in Brownwood, Wednesday. In
his remarks to the group he
stressed the important role the
WTCC plays in the develop-
ment program for West Texas,
and its effect on the overall
program.
More than 50 managers and
presidents attended the Cham-
ber of Commerce Executive
Association of West Texas
workship. Clinical sessions
were devoted to discussion of
local and regional Chamber
groups.
Among other prominent West
Texans at the all-day workshop
were John Ben Shepperd, Odes-
sa, president of WTCC; Dr.
Joe T. Nelson, Weatherford,
vice-president of WTCC and
Nolan Conner, Fort Stockton,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce Executives Associa-
tion of West Texas.
Retail Committee
Plans Gusher Days
The Retail Merchants Com-
mittee of the Chamber of Corn-,
merce met in the Committee
room at 10 o’clock Thursday
morning for a discussion of
plans, primarily concerning the
development exclusively for re-
tail merchants heralding in
“Gusher Days” Oct. 29 and
Oil Field
Accident
Injures Man
An oil field accident occur-
ring near Jal, N. M., early
Friday morning critically in-
jured Bill King, who suffered
multiple facial lacerations and
head injuries.
A ccording to hospital attend-
ants at Winkler County Me-
morial Hospital, King, 26, was
given emergency treatment and
transferred to Midland for
Neuro-Surgical care.
31, the latter being Oil and
Gas Appreciation Day.
Red, White, and Blue bunting
has been suggested to be dis-
played on business fronts,,4nd
in the streets, during the gi-
gantic celebration, and the Re-
tail Merchants went on record
as heartily endorsing the decor
to create a festive spirit at
that time.
Some discussion prevailed re-
lative to Governor Connally’s
visit Oct. 31, and what part
he will play in the day’s pro-
gramming. He has assurred
Chamber president Bill Jones
that he will be on hand to as-
sist in the dedicatory pro-
gram when the Oil and Gas
Industries and their contribu-
tion to the West Texas, State
and National economy will be
heralded. The Governor will
be here for the barbecue feed
at which time he will make an
address in keeping with the
commemorative events being
cited at that time.
off following Carlsbad’s first
touchdown the ball sailed out
of bounds and the Jackets took
over on their 40.
Thompson picked up six, Bak-
er added nine and then Car-
roll Samuels put on his daz-
zling run to the five yard line.
Thompson went to the one and
then Baker went to his right,
evaded one man and walked
over the goal. Burrow’s kick
made the score 7-7 with 9:40
to go in the second period.
A questionable play gave
Carlsbad possession in the third
quarter. The Cavemen punted
from their own 18 and a Carls-
bad player touched the ball on
the 50. Two opposing players
scrambled for the ball and the
officials gave the ball to the
Cavemen. However, they fail-
ed to gain a first down and
had to punt.
Carlsbad tallied their final
marker late in the final per-
iod. A fumble was recovered
by the Cavemen on the Kermit
29 and four plays later Kenny
Ross passed to Don Galbraith
23 yards to the touchdown. Hen-
son’ s kick was good and with
3:40 to play the Cavemen had
a 14-7 lead. That set the stage
for Kermit’s long drive to tie
in the final seconds.
First Baptist
Will Meet
At Junior High
Sunday School classes and *-
morning worship service of
First Baptist Church are being
held today at Kermit Junior High
School on West Campbell. Time
set for the Sunday School is
9:45 a.m. with vforship service
scheduled at 10:50.
Evening worship service will
continue to be held at Fellow-
ship Hall on South Ash at Bryan.
All classes from Beginners
up will meet at the school Sun-
day morning, with Nursery
classes remaining at Fellow-
ship Hall.
Sunday classes and morning
worship service will be held
at the school until further notice
from church officials.
Men from the church will be
stationed at the school to give
directions to the classrooms.
Downtown Lions
Hear 4th Plans
A. B. Johnson, president of the
Downtown Lions Club announ-
ces the appointment of a com-
mittee to be chairmaned by
Jerald Randolph, to spearhead
the Downtown Lions portion of
the July 4th,1967 Independence
Day program.
Paul Wilmoth, who is chair*
iaan of the project underwrit-
ten by the Evening Lions Club,
presented a program of the
various events at the Downtown
Lions’ luncheon Thursday. The
program was heartily received,
and Wilmoth cited the various
parts of the program which
have not been accepted by oth-
er clubs to date. There are
three or four angles for par-
ticipation that appealed strongly
to the Downtown Lions as a
group. The committee will se-
lect the part they feel best suit-
ed to their service club.
Other business coming be-
fore the club was passed to the
board of directors* agenda. A
report on the Zone meeting
held Tuesday evening was made
and announcement of the visi-
tations by District Governor
Jerry Miller of El Paso on
Oct. 20 and Senator Pete Snel-
son of Midland on Nov. 2 were
made.
Budget Hearing
Will Precede
Council Business
The City Budget will be re-
viewed at 7 p.m. Tuesday in
the Council Room of Kermit
City Hall, the first item to be
heard on the City Council
agenda.
Those concerned with the
Budget hearing are invited to
participate in the meeting.
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