The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1965 Page: 3 of 8
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Friday, July 2,1965
Winkler County News, Kermlt, Texas
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Vacation
Cold, rain, sleet and snow* as
usual, were part of vacation fare
for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Elling-
wood and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Casey and Casey's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Casey of Decatur.
They stayed in cabins at Pla-
toro, Colo., and report the lake
was rising one and one-half feet
each day. Snow falls have been
unusually heavy in that area and
only passageway above the lake
was a single plowed lane with
snow banked higher than the cars.
__The Texas group, caught plenty
of fish, eating as much as they
wanted, giving away cooked and
raw fish and bringing home 40
nice keepers.
This is the fifth consecutive
vacation for the Caseys to spend
at Platoro. They expect and enjoy
the cold.
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AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY — Jeanine Ruhl, seated, will
long remember her eighth birthday which was celebrated
Monday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Ruhl, 712 South Avenue D. A group of little friends suddenly
appeared at the Ruhl home about 6 p.m., bringing gifts and
ready for a wiener roast and slumber party. Enjoying the
party were (left to right) Lynn Ruhl, sister of the honoree;
Regena Maxwell, Rebecca Boyett, Debbie Hawthorne, Brenda
McCalib, Mary Martin, Becky Jackson, Donna Lynn Clem,
Brenda Pierce and Janet Maxwell. (Staff Photo)
Vacation Becomes A Pleasant Memory
BY MAUD GREEN
Like a soft whisper in a silent
breeze, where did the past two
weeks slip away to?
Suddenly it was Saturday noon,
June 12, time to begin vacation.
More suddenly it was Monday at
7:20 a.m., June 28, time to re-
port back on the job.
This old Royal typewriter
seems a total stranger, even if
it does still skip and hump in the
same places . . . it's not a friend-
ly instrument, as yet. «
Then, there's the matter of
changing desks. Going into eight
years it now is, that my partic-
ular spot has been the first desk
at the left as one entered the of-
fice.
For various reasons, last pre-
vacation duty was to move all
those assorted accumulations of
this and that (things most any
girl is apt to stick away in a
telsk drawer). New station is still
™n the entry-left but about 10 feet
from the old desk. (Closer, too,
to that chattering AP machine.)
sibly be ... took good care of -Well, the experts were guess-
me, they did. ing its weight. Scales actually
But, Steve Baldwin and Shine went over four pounds and that's
Allen had latched on to a couple when Mr. Hamilton came up with
of gallons of white paint from some fish information I'd never
somewhere . , . complete with heard of.
paint brushes and all. He said his fish was a mama;
They probably didn't really in- cat, which is why it didn't weigh
tend to paint that dirty pink of more. Had it been a papa cat,
the inside of their cabin until Hamilton vows, it would have
some later date, but the project weighed at least a pound more
got well started. You know,
wherever that sparkling white . ------
was put on including the; cabinets
and windows, it sure looked
pretty.
Fishing at Red Bluff? You know,
to really fish in that lake one;
needs a man and an outboard.
. . . maybe more'n a pound more,
He says that's true of all fish
. . . menfolks have the advantage
. .. as usual.
Vacation
On Ranch
Mr. and Mrs. E, W. Rust and
children, Randy, 10, and Elaine,
6, have returned home from va-
cation spent on a ranch they
recently bought between Cisco
and Eastland.
The place has two modern
homes, one five rooms, which
is rented out. The other, a six-
room house, is where the family
plans eventually to live. They
spent vacation working on this
place.
They had a meal of fish caught
from their own stock tank and
fished at Lake Cisco, which they
report is still beautiful, but failed
to yield many fish.
The big house is atop a hill,
giving a pretty view in all direc-
tions. The Rust children are as
delighted as their parents over
the place and they know where
each vacation will be spent from
now on.
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TIRED WRANGLER — Mrs. Sue Jones of Odessa beds down her son, Rusty, on a soft pile of
hay. Rusty was one of the many tired little wranglers on the Headin' West Trail Ride which
camped overnight in Winkler County Park. (Staff Photo by Lee Sneath)
Expresses
Thanks for
Assistance
Time has come to store away
what's happened and look toward
another year. An ENTIRE year?
Sounds awful. But if this year
becomes yesterday as quickly as
the one just past . . it won't
be any time at all. !
Have almost walked myself to
l^ath. Talk about creatures of
habit. There's not been one single
trip to the back shop (and there
are many each day) that I have-
n't walked right past the new sta-
tion and almost reached the old
one before coming awake.
Oh well, maybe in another
eight years I'll grow accustomed
to the change.
Other changes were made, too,
during those two weeks. Rachel
(Mrs. Bob) Leeman is no longer
helping with back shop chores.
She's working for Tommy Smead.
As the gang waved good-bye to
Hachel, they extended the other
«and in welcome to Gene Mont-
gomery, who's taking Rachel's
place.
^ Facts are facts ... vacation
H now only a pleasant memory.
Four long, quiet days were
spent in the cabin at Red Bluff
where Mr. and Mrs. John Cor-
rell were as nice as could pos-
Fifty-two of the 82 mountain
peaks over 14,000 feet elevation
in the United States are located
in Colorado.
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The first vacation Thursday
morning found Mister Nickel
heading toward Brown wood Lake
where acquaintance had already
been made with fancy fishing
dock.
Somehow, Brown wood was lone-
some and six solid hours of
fishing resulted in not even a
nibble. Everybody else was hav-
ing the same luck.
We hadn't the faintest idea
Friday that Next-Door-to-the-
North Neighbors, the J. N. Man-
gums were coming to that lake
when he got home that afternoon.
It would have been fun to go
with them to their fishing house,
but the little Chevy and I al-
ready had started where we want-
ed most to go . . , in the first
place.
It was a pleasant drive from
Brownwood to the pretty little
yellow house which sits on a hill
overlooking Lake Proctor. If you,
ever go see Nev and Marguerite
Williams and have trouble decid-
ing which is their place, check
the TV antenna. That's the lit-
tle st house with the tallest an-
tenna you ever saw. (TV recep-
tion still is poor arid the Boss
says the antenna isn't put in
right, anyway.)
From Friday afternoon until
Tuesday morning . . . that was
the real vacation.
Nev has become an expert hot-
rodder with his fishing boat . . .
scoots in and out of brush like
an old timer and knows the dif-
ference between anAppaloosac&t
(which he caught one) and a blue
channel cat.
Since the lake is high and good
still-fishing spots haven't been
spotted, most of our fishing was
with trotlines.
We never did draw a blank
and, funny thing, there was at
least one black bass on a line
each time we worked it. They
went from about 2 to 2% pounds
(we weighed that one). There were
channel cats from fillet size to
nice pan size. We cleaned and
froze fish at least three times
a day. If those two will stop
giving so many fish away, they .
will soon have a deep freezer
full of 'em.
But, as usual, the biggest fish
went elsewhere. Wished for a
camera.
The folks who live right across
the road from Nev and Marguerite
are Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hamil-
ton. He's a building contractor,
owns some lake lots and built
the little yellow house with the
big antenna.
Well, Double L and his pals
also went over yonder some-
where with a trotline. Late in
the afternoon here they came,
showing off a catfish which was
at least a yard (three feet)
long. Pretty thing.
Nortons
Fish For
Big Ones
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Norton
and family, 210 North Ave.
Son Johnny also had a big one
which was given up.
spending; a week at Port Aransas.
Theirs is an unusual fish story
. . . they caught such big fish
they couldn't land them. Norton
fished for tarpon, latched on to
some, but couldn't get them in.
Johnny also had a big one which
was given up.
They caught salt water trout
and red fish.
The group traveled through
Sanderson and report damage
there “is terrible.''
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LONNIE HAYTER
Youth
Service
Planned
A special Youth Service is to
be held Wednesday, beginning at
7:45 p.m. at Belvue Baptist
Church with Lonnie Hayter de-
livering preaching services. Rog-
er Michael is to serve as song
leader.
All young people of the area
are cordially invited to attend.
Plans also are under way for
a Youth Revival, beginning July
7 and continuing through July 11.
Paige Patterson, well known
youth revival preacher, will be
holding these services and Bart
Neal will be song director.
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Remember when somebody de-
cided to make the Fourth of
July “safe and sane'' by banning
fireworks inside the city limits?
.Either the sale or shooting off
of said explosives were declared
dangerous if not deadly, a pos-
sible cause of maiming, fire and
explosion. Well, fireworks were
eliminated, except for public dis-
plays and in the edge of town
or out in a meadow or pasture
somewhere.
Undoubtedly, this is sensible.
Giant firecrackers thrown from
a passing car used to terrify
little girls; or placed under a
tin can would blow the tin in all
directions; or held seconds too
long between inexperienced fin-
gers would cause severe powder
burns and numbness. Roman can-
dles and sky rockets, though
beautiful to see, could hurt little
fellows or endanger the neigh-
bor’s dog. Sparklers, those de-
lightful fairy Wands, and pin-
wheels could cause burns and
damage eyes.
Still, we kind of wonder if
these once-a-year thrills weren't
safer than some that children*
are now subjected to all year
long—on television and radio,
in comic books, movies and real
life.
hi an effort to keep the Fourth
safe, many communities sponsor
rodeos, old fiddlers* contests,
reunions, parades and picnics.
Good idea; but how do people
get to these celebrations and
where are they held? City or-
dinances can hardly eliminate
cars, bikes, boats and rivers,
where most holiday fatalities oc-
cur. Nor can they decree that
people stay home over holiday
weekends.
Looks as if it about boils
down to what it did in the old
days when fireworks were the
main threat: Those who are care-
less and thoughtless may hurt
themselves or others; those who
are cartful and considerate have
a safe and sane Fourth.
Former Kermit
Man Dies
James (Jay) Mooring, 47, for-
mer Kermit resident, died June
22 in Glenview Hospital, Fort
Worth, after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held
June 24 at First Baptist Church
in Hurst and burial was in Blue
Bonnet Haven, Hurst.
• The family lived at 809 South
Avenue D while in Kermit.
Survivors include his wife, two
daughters, one son, three grand-
children, .three brothers and
three sisters.
Mrs. Mooring and Mrs. R. A.
Graham, 829 South Avenue A,
are sisters.
Ralph Lennon, chairman of
Winkler County Salvation Army,
expressed thanks in behalf of the
organization for the financial as-
sistance area residents gave for
burial expenses of the A1 Briones
family.
Three members of the family,
victims of the Sanderson disas-
ter, were buried in Kermit Cem-
etery.
“Enough money has been do-
nated," Lennon reported, “to
handle the larger portion of these <
expenses. Thanks to all who as-
sisted in this community proj-
ect."
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Real Estate
Robert B. Barnard et ux to
Foy O. Chambers et ux, warran-
ty deed, lot 3 and south half of
lot 2, block 3, Vest Place, Ker-
mit.
Minnie J. Crossto Oasis Build-
ers, Inc., warranty deed, lots 7
and 8, block 8, Cross Place, Ker-
mit.
H. M. Carr et ux to Windell
R. McFarland et ux, warranty
deed, north 35 feet of lot 14, all
of lot 15, block 36, Kermit Plaza.
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Windeil R. McFarland et ux to
H. M. Carr, warranty deed, lot
17, block 4, Walton Place, Ker-
mit.
Scientific good will transcends
the Cold War. American chemists
named a newly discovered element
after Russian scientist Dimitri
Mendelyeev; Soviet astronomers
gave Thomas A. Edison's name Texas Savings & Loan Asso-
to a prominent feature discovered elation to Joe C. Shockey et ux,
by Lunik in on the far side of warranty deed, lots 29,30 and 31,
the moon. block 18, Underwood, Kermit.
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EASY NOW — Bill Shockey of Kermit, official “horse-
shoer" for the Headin' West Trail Ride, gets ready to shoe
a mule at the ride's campsite in County Park. (Staff Photo)
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EASED HER CONSCIENCE
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - JoAnn
Jarzemba walked into Mayor Fred
B. Sanford’s office and said,
“I’ve got to pay the city $1 to
clear my conscience.’’
She explained that several
years ago she had taken some
loose change — “I think it was
about $-1”— from a pond in a city
park.
“I want to pay the city back,”
she said. City-Auditor-Edwin
Haywood accepted her payment,
gave her a receipt — and added
! the dollar to the city’s general
' fund.
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HARD WORK — Kenneth Kennedy of Wickett grimaces
as he swings his hammer down on a horse shoe for one of
the horses in the Headin' West Trail Ride. Waiting for the
shoe to be finished is Bill Shockey, a 3T.year resident of
permit, and the official trail ride “horse-shoer " ('Staff
Photo by Lee Sneath) ‘ ^
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Sclair, Dave. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1965, newspaper, July 2, 1965; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910330/m1/3/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.