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Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
20 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, April 12,1962
McGuire, Adams, Deaton Given Oaths
As Mayor, Councilmen At Tuesday Meet
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Melton Re-Named
Board President
D. R. (Slim) Melton was re-elected president of the
Kermit Independent School District Board of Education
Tuesday night during a meeting of the Board in the Ad-
ministration Building.
The election of officers of the Board came after a can-
vass of results of the April 7 school election was approvec
and the re-election of Walter Anderson and R. L. (Bob)
Clark i
Hi
s affirmed. The two
were sworn into their posts by
Melton.
Dr. John O. Dampeer was
chosen as vice-president of the
Ml
administers oath of office to Walter
meeting Tuesday
Saturday. (News
• SWEARING IN—D. R. Melton (right)
Anderson (left) and R. L. (Bob) Clark during School Board
night. Clark and Anderson were re-elected to the Board last
Staff Photo)
Thompson Texas Co-ordinator for Project
Gifted (Student Program
Studied in City
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Kermit High 'School will par-
ticipate- next year as a pilot
school in the Southern Associ-
^ ation Project for the Talented
and Gifted Students, according
^ to word from Superintendent of
^ Schools G. E. (Tommy) Thomp-
son.
Approval for participation in
the program was granted by
members of the Board of Edu
cation of Kermit Independent
School District' during a meet
ing Tuesday night.
In addition to the co-operation
by the school, Thompson was
appointed by the Texas Com-
mission on Secondary Schools
to serve as liaison person for
the Southern Association’s pro-
gram.
At the present time, Thomp-
son explained, there are 89
schools in the 10-state region
of the Southern Association
region working on this pilot pro-
Thompson will represent Tex-
as at a conference at Atlanta,
Ga., in May. In addition, his
duties as'representative and co-
ordinator for the program will
include preparing a workshop
for representatives of the vari-
ous pilot schools in the State
sometime during the summer.
“I feel this is an honor for
Kermit and for Thompson,”
Board President D. R. Melton
said in discussing the matter
Tuesday. ‘‘Since it is directly in
line with school activities and
progress in education I feel we
gram designed to adopt methods should encourage him to parti-
of recognizing and fostering cipate in this program and ap-
the talents and abilities of gift- prove the High School’s par-
ed youngsters. Iticipation in the project.”
2 Kermit Women
Suffer Injuries
In Auto Mishap
Two young Kermit women
were injured Tuesday afternoon
when the car in which they
were traveling went out of con-
trol and overturned east of Ker-
mit on the Andrews Highway.
Admitted to Winkler County
Memorial Hospital with severe
lacerations were Cassondra
Blackburn Gist, 19, and Juanita
Cramer, also 19. Kara Dawn
Gist, 1-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Gist, suffered a minor
bruise in the mishap.
According to Texas Highway
Patrolman E. C. Locklear, who
investigated the accident, the
car was heading toward An-
drews and was almost 15 miles
from the city when the acci-
dent occurred:'The officer said
an eye witness reported the car
apparently struck a guard post
as it was making a curve, skid-
ded broadside across the road
and rolled over once into the
bar ditch. The vehicle came to
rest in an upright position head
ing toward Kermit. The women
were partially thrown from the
vehicle.
Tommy Hixson of Andrews,
who happened upon the scene
of the wreck moments after the
accident brought the three into
Kermit in his pickup truck.
Hospital officials Wednesday
said condition of the two vic-
tims is good. Locklear said
Wednesday he had not deter-
mined who was driving the car.
Bundle Day Campaign to Start
With House-to-House Canvass
HAROLD R. JOHNSON
. . . new manager
Phone Company
Names Johnson
Kermit Manager
Harold R. Johnson, Lubbock,
has been named manager for
the telephone company in Ker-
mit, succeeding Mac Hudgins
who has announced he will re-
sign to become manager of the
Texas Savings & Loan Company
in Monahans. Johnson’s appoint-
ment is effective immediately.
Announcement of the change
was made by Fred Kester, dis-
trict manager of Midland.
Hudgins has been manager
here since February, 1960.
Johnson, the new telephone
company executive, began his
career in 1948 as a cable
splicer’s helper in Longview.
He later transferred to the
company’s commercial depart-
ment and served at Marshall
and Longview until 1957 when
he was sent to Tyler. The fol-
lowing year he was transferred
to Dallas and served there until
1961 when he was appointed to
the division headquarters staff
in Lubbock.
An active civic worker, John-
son has served with the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Chamber of Commerce. He has
also been active in Little League
work and the Boy Scouts. He is
married and has two children,
a boy, 6 years old, and a girl, 4.
Kermit High School Student having clothing which they wish
Council will stage a door-to-door
campaign for old clothing Sat-
urday as part of the school’s
annual Bundle Day campaign.
Richard Brinkley, president
of the Student Council, said the
door-to-door campaign will pre-
cede the regular drive in Ker-
mit schools and will be conduct-
ed by the 28 officers and mem-
bers of the Student Council. He
added that most of the collect-
ing will be at homes with stu-
dents.
The clothing collection is part
of the Save the Children Feder-
ation’s 20th Annual Bundle
Days used clothing collection on
behalf of the needy children and
adults of the American south-
ern mountains area and else-
where.
The clothing project is con-
ducted by the Save the Chil-
dren Federation, 33-year-old in-
ternational organization in Nor-
walk, Conn., which serves the
interests of children around the
world in co-operation with lead-
ing United States educators and
more than 6 million students.
The drive in the Kermit
schools will be conducted April
16-20, according to school offi-
cials.
‘‘This is an important com-
munity operation,” G. E. (Tom-
my) Thompson, superintendent
of schools, said. ‘‘Children and
their parents in the southern
mountains and in depressed and
disaster areas elsewhere are in
serious need of this donated
clothing, which comes from
communities all over the coun-
try. Both summer and winter
shoes and garments are desired
coats, shoes, dresses, suits,
blue jeans, dungarees, under-
wear and gloves. We strongly
urge our citizens to respond
generously to the call.”
Thompson asked that parents
I
annual drive for a number of
years,” Thompson said, ‘‘and
we have always collected a
large amount of clothing for
this worthwhile purpose. I am
sure we will do the same this
We have taken part in this year.”
to donate to Bundle Days should
either send it to the schools
with their children or take it
by one of the buildings them-
selves.
Board for another year and D.
L. Hgndlin was renamed sec-
retary
During the regular monthly
meeting, the Board approved
the purchase of new uniforms
for the Kermit High School band
and awarded a contract for the
new suits to the Fruhauf Com-
pany.
The new suits, which will be
the same color as the present
ones, have a removable breast
plate-type front which will have
a Yellow Jacket printed on it.
Contract for the new uniforms
called for a price of $74.97 each.
Approximately 140 of the uni-
forms will be ordered, Superin-
tendent of Schools G. E. (Tom-
my) Thompson said.
Other bidders, including two
manufacturers who bid through
local firms, included Sol Frank,
$77.95; Stanbury (whose bid was
entered by McDonald’s), $86.74;
Fiecheimer (bid submitted by
Elmo Glass Men’s Wear),
$94.90; Ostwald, $85,56; and
Craddock, $88.17.
The superintendent said the
resignations of two teachers
were accepted during the ses-
sion and a* 'eave of absence
was granted to a third.
The one-year leave, for ma-
ternity reasons, was granted
Mrs. Dorothy Parker, East Pri-
mary first grade teacher, while
resignations of Mrs. Mary M.
Love and Mrs. Carolyn Bald-
win were approved. Mrs.
Love’s husband is being trans-
ferred from the city and Mrs.
Baldwin’s letter said she intends
to devote full time to her pre-
school child. Mrs. Love teaches
at High School and Junior High
while Mrs. Baldwin is assigned
to East Primary. j
A request by Kermit Jaycees
for the use of the parking lot
at Walton Field for the purpose
of holding a carnival was ap-
proved by the Board.
The carnival, to be held in
mid-July, is an annual affair
conducted by .the club. Board
members stipulated the approv-
al was granted but no other fa-
cilities of the football stadium
were ■ to be used at any time
and any damage done to the
parking area is to be repaired
by the organization.
Dick Rikii, chairman of the
Jaycee carnival committee, and
Frank Knight, past chairman,
(Continued on Page Three)
NEW CITY OFFICIALS—City Manager Howard Willingham (right) confronts
(left to right) new Kermit Mayor G. L. (Jerry) McGuire and Councilmen Earl
Adams and L. L. (Strawberry) Deaton. Newly elected officials took over their
duties during meeting Tuesday night. (News Staff Photo)
Cancer Crusade Plans Will
Be Discussed During Meet
search and treatment, but we
bring to residents throughout
the County the lifesaving facts
of cancer.
Cancer crusades are normal-
ly conducted in April through-
out the country, the crusade
Crusade workers and mem-
bers of Winkler County Cancer
Society will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock in
the board room of the Chamber
of Commerce office, according
to a notice from Mrs. Melba
Carr, secretary of the associ-
ation.
Plans call for Bob Mosley,
field representative for the
American Cancer Society, to be
on hand during the meeting to
help in organizing the annual
cancer crusade.
A. B. Johnson, presidentof the
County organization, said many
more workers are needed to
help out on the campaign. O. O.
Whitten of Wink is general
chairman for the crusade and 61 s were reported
Water, Sewer
Connections Up
During Month
Total number of water and
sewer customers listed with the
city continued its record-set-
ting climb last month as 3,821
water and 2,495 sewer custom-
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sill
%
George Reich has been named
chairman for Kermit.
We urgently need workers
for this crusade,” Whitten said.
He explained that although the
Wink Study Club has agreed to
canvass Wink for the crusade,
the number of workers secured
for Kermit is small.
‘‘This is a . two-pronged ef-
fort,” Whitten explained. ‘‘Not
only do we attempt to raise the
funds so sorely needed for re-
MRSr AH) (ARDS—Bobby Boudreaux holds one of the Red Cros Advance
First Aid cards which he recently presented to 25 members of the Remit Volun-
teer Fire Department. Pictured with Boudreaux (left to right) are Bill Irwin, who
assisted Boudreaux in the instruction, Fire Chief J. W. Brumlow and Bo)by Logan.
(News Staff Photo)
Reynolds, Nix
Are Appointed
Pool Managers
Winkler County Commission
ers have appointed two Winkler
County residents to manage the
Kermit and Wink swimming
pools.
County Judge W. E. Cook
said Charles Reynolds, Kermit
High School teacher, has been
employed as manager of the
Kermit pool located in County
Park, and Truman Nix, football
coach at Wink High School, will
supervise activities of the Wink
pool.
In past years, Judge Cook
explained, the operation of both
pools has been under the super-
vision of Frank Williams. How-
ever, Williams recently was ap-
pointed county auditor and
therefore will not be able to
take charge of the pools.
The County official said that
with two men, each working
one pool, he feels the oper-
ations will be controlled very
well this year. The two pool
managers are presently com-
pleting their staffs for the sum-
mer and most of the life guards
will complete water 1 safety in-
structor courses before the sea-
son begins.
Tentative plans call for the
pools to open in late May and
close around Labor Day.
The listing was prepared for
the City Council by City Man-
ager Howard Willingham. The
report showed there were three
new water and four new sewer
hook ups added to the city’s
connections during April.
One year ago there were 3,691
water customers and 2,429 on
the sewer rolls. Five years ago
there were only 2,822 water and
2,093 on the sewer lists.
The amount of water metered
during April dropped more than
5,000,000 gallons, from the pre-
ceding month, but the amount
of water pumped increased by
almost 2.5 million gallons.
Total water metered was 30
553,000 gallons, and the vol-
ume pumped was 41,194,000 gal-
lons. Total receipts for April
were $23,583.65, including $14,-
310.50 for water.
chairman said. ‘‘In past years
the residents of Kermit have
turned out to work on this proj-
ect enthusiastically and they
have also given generously.
Whitten asked that any indi-
vidual or group wishing to take
part in the project please make
it a point to attend the meet-
ing. “We must get our educa-
tional and financial campaign
instigated at once,” he said.
Through the cancer crusade,
thousands of pieces of material,
explaining the danger signals
of cancer, methods of treatment
of cancer and the truth of can-
cer are distributed each year.
“Only one out of
sons who developed cancer 25
years" ago was saved. Today,
one out of every three persons
struck with cancer can be
cured,” Whitten said. “This re-
markable progress has been
made by millions of Americans
fighting cancer with ‘A checkup
and a check,’ the slogan of the
cancer crusade,” Whitten said
He explained that a new slo-
gan has also been adopted for
this year’s drive . . . “To save
more, give more.
Council
Praises
Stevens
Kermit City Council Tuesday
night canvassed results of last
week’s municipal election andi
declared G. L. (Jerry) McGuire
elected as Mayor and Earl Ad-
ams and L. L. (Strawberry)
Deaton as Councilmen.
The action came during the]
regular meeting of the Council!
at the City Hall. McGuire, Dea-
ton and Adams were given their
oath of office by out-going May-
or Bert L. Stevens* It was his
final official act as Mayor.
The Council also adopted a
resolution commending Stevens,
and the members of his admin-1*
istration for their service to the
community during the last four
years. Ira Barrett, retiring
Council member, was also on
hand for the opening of the
meeting.
A discussion of plans for anl
extensive street repair and
maintenance program was ex- j
plained to Councilmen by engi-
neers from the Odessa firm of
Kenneth E. Esmond and Asi|
sociates. The engineers said1
they have estimated that a pro-
gram of work, excluding cor-
rection of intersection drainage
problems, will cost somewhat
over $80,000. *
Largest single project in the
street work was replacing a
number of blocks of paving in
Walton Addition. Wade How-
ell, Odessa engineer, said that
the streets throughout the area
are in extremely bad condition
and it will be necessary to re-
move the base and rebuild the
streets completely.
He told Councilmen that a
number of other streets need
overlays or seal and penetra-
tion coats. No decision on the
street projects was adopted by
the Council.
City Manager Howard Wil-
lingham said the program is
being co-ordinated with Winkler
County.
Howell added that work on
the intersection drainage prob-
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KHS Students in
Literary Meet
Fire Credit Dips
To 10 Per Cent
A higher insurance loss was
recorded in Kermit during 1961.
This results in a decrease in
the good fire record credit for
this year, according to Fred W.
Pearson, president of Kermit
Volunteer Fire Department. The
credit is adjusted each year by
officials of the State Board of
Fire Insurance Commissioners.
Pearson said the department
received notice that the credit
was being cut from 15 per cent
to 10 per cent. It had been at
15 per cent for a number of
years, he said'.
The fire department official
said the change in the credit
for Kermit fire insurance rates
will mean an increase in the
rates paid this year. Fire in-
surance rates are figured ac-
cording to the key rate appli-
cable to the city and then ac-
cording to the good fire record
credit, that percentage of the
premium is deducted, he ex-
plained. ■-
Commissioners Buy
Front-End Loader
Winkler County Commission-
ers recently approved purchase
of a new front-end loader with
the trade-in of an old similar
piece of equipment.
Treanor Company of Abilene
was low bidder on the machine
with a base bid of $7,000, in-
cluding trade. However, an al-
ternate to the various acces-
sories available dropped the
final price of the machine to
$6,900.
p- w“ “grt r&M
erary contests Saturday at
Odessa. Three of the students
last week won first or second
places at a district meet at
Pecos.
Scheduled to compete in the
shorthand competition is Roi
Sue Fisher. Miss Fisher was
first-place winner at the district
meet last week. Don James and
Jeff Patterson finished first and
second, respectively, in the dis-
trict science competition and
will take part in the Odessa
contest.
In addition, Mary Cline, Pat-
sy Taylor and Linda Lisenbee,
as an alternate, will compete
in the regional journalism con-
test Saturday. Charles Rey-
nolds, Kermit High journalism
teacher, said there are no dis-
trict journalism contests but
students go directly to the re-
gional competition.
Alice Bobo placed third in
district ready-writing contest
and Carol Hunter and George
Ann Davis placed in the spell-
ing contest at Pecos last week
end.
Herring Case Will
Be Argued April 25
The Supreme Court of Texas
is scheduled to hear arguments
on a motion for a writ of man-
damus relative to the John
Mack Herring sanity trial in
less than two weeks.
Winkler County Attorney John
H. Banks, who, with District
Attorney Dan D. Sullivan of An-
drews, prosecuted the case, said
hearing date of April 25 has
been set.
The local attorneys indicated
they will file another brief with
the Court before the arguments
are heard.
Herring, Odessa school boy
charged with murdering his for-
mer sweetheart and classmate
by shooting her with a shotgun,
was tried in 109th District Court
earlier this year and found to
have been insane at the time
he pulled the trigger on the
gun.
State attorneys argued that
Judge G. C. Olsen, who pre-
sided over the sensational,
week-long trial, had no right to
grant a separate trial to de-
termine the youth’s sanity at
the time of the offense without
also deciding the question of
the boy’s state of mind at the
time of the trial.
The motion for the sanity
trial was granted Defense At-
torney Warren Burnett of Odes-
sa after a series of arguments
behind the closed doors of the
Judge’s chamber.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1962, newspaper, April 12, 1962; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920669/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.