The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 102, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1962 Page: 1 of 18
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The Winkier County News
Published Twice Weekly—Read Daily
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Thursday, April 26
Vol. 26—No. 102
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
20 Pages in Three Sections
Thursday, April 26, 1962
Supreme Court Hears Arguments
•In John Mack Herring Appeal
Multipay
Wildcat
Flows Oil
A Winkler County multipay
prospect .flowed oil early this
week on a drillstem test plus
gas from a Devonian forma-
tion.
Superior Oil Co., No. 1 G. P.
Mitchell, in- 4-B-10-psl, Winkler
County unidentified multipay
™ prospect eight miles southeast
of Kermit, three miles south-
east of Waddell gas-distillate
production in the Kermit multi-
j^pay field, flowed 18 barrels of
*oil in one hour, plus gas at the
daily rate of 168,000 cubic feet
daily, on a drillstem test in the
Devonian.
On the two-hour and 25-min-
ute drillstem test between 9,989-
10,028 feet, gas surfaced in 10
minutes, flowing the above
gauge, and oil in 67 minutes.
Cleaned to pits 18 minutes, it
then flowed 18 barrels of new
oil in one hour through a 14-
inch choke. Reversed out was
15% barrels of oil and 44 bar-
rels of salt water. Recovery be-
low the sub was 110 feet of salt
water.
Flowing pressure was 974-
3,§274pounds;' 45-minute initial
shpt-in. pressure, 4,157 pounds;
and 60-minute final shut-in pres-
sure . 4;039 pounds.
Cored, from 10,003-28 feet, re-
covery was 17% feet of dolomite
and chert, which was dense with
some' fractures, fluorescense,
odor and stain and with a
sulphur odor.
Production was indicated
earlier with the flowing of 52
.barrels of 33.3-gravity oil in one
f^hou.r, plus §as at the daily rate
of 792-000 cubic feet daily, and
PLANNING CRUSADE—George Reich shows Mrs. Jack Carter {left) and Mrs.
F. C. Hudson areas which they will work during cancer crusade canvass which is pre-
sently under way. Drive will be completed before end of April. (News Staff Photo)
A Kermit truck driver mir-
aculously escaped serious -injury
Tuesday afternoon when he ap-
the reversing out of 33 barrels parently lost control of the
Driver Is Hurt Tuesday
As Huge Truck Overturns
A of oil on a drillstem test be-
vtwPen 9,950-85 feet.
•Permian production was indi-
cated still earlier with the re-
covery of 230 feet of heavily oil-
and-gas-cut mud on a test be-
tween 6,590-92 feet.
(Continued on Page Three)
Judge G. C. Olsen
Reported Improving
Mrs. G. C. Olsen report-
ed to the News Wednesday
morning the condition of
Judge Olsen is improved but
he is still in the hospital and
his physician has continued
his order that Judge Olsen
see no visitors.
Judge Olsen has been in
g| Winkler County Memorial
t Hospital for the last two
weeks recuperating from what
x his doctors describe as com-
^plete exhaustion.
huge frac-master truck which
he was operating west of Ker-
mit and it overturned, pinning
him in the wreckage.
Reported in good condition at
Winkler County Memorial Hos-
pital as a result of the. accident
is W. L. Medcalf, 26, of 715
Underwood Street. Officials at
the hospital said he is-in “good
condition and apparently suffer-
ed a head injury, bruises and
abrasions.”
Texas Highway Patrolman E.
C. Locklear, who investigated
the accident, said the truck,
owned by The Western Com-
pany, was returning to Kermit
after a job when the accident
occurred, 17.7 miles west of the
city on Highway 302 in Loving
County.
According to the officer the
truck went off the north side
of the highway, clipping off two
guard posts, swerved back onto
the highway and went into a'
broadside • skid. It continued
partially across the highway in
the skid and then turned three-
quarters over, pinning the driv-
er in the cab.
The huge truck came to rest
partially in the south bar ditch,
extending onto the highway.
Assisting Locklear in the inves-
tigation and traffic control were
Winkler County Chief Deputy
Sheriff Johnny Stout and Dep-
uty Hobart White, both of Ker-
mit; Loving County Sheriff
Thornton Hopper of Mentone;
and Texas Highway Patrolman
John Lancaster of Pecos.
Damage to the truck was es-
timated at more than $25,000.
Medcalf was pulled from the
wreckage of his machine by
workers at a nearby telephone
company construction site and
a passerby. He was rushed to
the Kermit hospital by ambu-
lance a short time after the
3:15 p.m. accident was report-
ed.
Locklear said the machine
traveled 360 feet from the time
it initially left the highway to
(Continued on Page Three)
No Ruling
Is Given
By Court
AUSTIN (Special to The
News) — The Supreme Court
of Texas Wednesday morning
heard almost two hours of ar-
guments relative to a motion
by the State in the John Mack
Herring sanity trail
Winkler County Attorney John
H. Banks of Kermit told The
News shortly after noon Wed-
nesday that the full court, head-
ed by Chief Justice Robert W
Calvert, heard the arguments
from 10 a.m. until just before
noon.
Banks and 109th Judicial Dis-
trict Attorney Dan D. Sullivan
of Andrews, who prosecuted the
sensational trial a few months
ago, appealed a jury verdict
finding Herring insane at the
time he shot his former sweet
heart and classmate, Elizabeth
Jean (Betty) Williams. The two
State attorneys filed for a writ
of mandamus, which, if grant-
ed, could order District Judge
G. C. Olsen to vacate his judg-
ment and hold a new trial.
The State’s arguments hinge
around the theory that Judge
Olsen did not have authority to
grant a separate trial delving
only into the question of the
boy’s sanity at the time of the
crime, and not also at the time
of the trial.
The Judges certainly, asked
us a lot of questions,” Banks
said. “Most of them, in my
opinion, seemed to point toward
our argument concerning the
Judge’s authority to grant the
separate trial.” Warren Burnett
of Odessa, chief defense attor
ney, also argued the case be
fore the high court. Richard
Milstead of Kermit and Luther
Jones of Corpus CKristi, who
assisted Burnett, were also in
the courtroom, Banks said.
The Court gave absolutely
indication of how long
might be before they hand
down a ruling,” the Winkler
County Attorney added. He ex-
plained that it could come any-
time, but a good guess probably
would be about 2 or 3 weeks.
Council Accepts Remodeled
Structure and Pays Final Costs
Finals costs on the remodel-
ing of the administrative por-
tion of the Kermit City Hall
were paid by the City Council
Tuesday night during a regular
meeting and a discussion of
plans for modernizing the re-
mainder of the building was
also held.
Councilmen approved pay-
ment of $2,483.70 to E. E. Hix-
son Construction Company as
final and complete payment on
the improvements made to the
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Total cost of the construction
was listed at $26,671.47.
Architect Frank Crockett of
Odessa told Counoilmen he had
inspected the building and rec-
ommended that payment be
PLANT GOING UP—The new Perry R. Bass
Company gas processing plant is now well under con-
struction and company officials said it should be in
operation by late summer. The $1.5 million plant is lo-
cated south of Kermit. It is a co-operative venture
among a number of concerns with Bass handling the
operations. (News Staff Photo)
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8 Firms Vying for Two Jobs
Bids on County Projects
Taken Under Advisement
Winkler County Commis-
sioners Tuesday afternoon
opened bids on the electrical
and mechanical work for im-
provements to two county fa-
cilities. The action came dur-
ing a special meeting of the
Commissioners Court.
County Judge W. E, Cook
said the bids were taken un-
der advisement by the Court
in order to allow additional
time to study the various
bids. Because of the large
number of bidders and rep-
resentatives of bidding firms,
the meeting was held in the
County courtroom rather
than the Commissioners
courtroom, he added.
In all eight different com
corns submitted bids on the
projects. Bids for the general
construction of additions and
improvements to Winkler
County Memorial Hospital
and Winkler County Public
Library, the two county facil-
ities upon which the other bids
were opened, are to be exam-
ined early next month. Offi-
cials said the electrical and
mechanical contracts Pad to
be awarded beforehand so
that general contractors could
include the figures in their
bids. Total cost of the two
projects is expected to be
$450,000.
Concerns entering bids for
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DRIVER INJURED—W. L. Medcalf of Kermit es-
caped serious injury when this truck which he was
operating overturned 17 miles west of Kermit Tuesday
afternoon. I he huge truck went out of control, skidded
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broadside and overturned, pinning the driver in the
cah. A construction crew and passerby pried him from
the wreckage. Damage to the truck was estimated at
$25,000. (News Staff Photo)
made to the contractor.
Crockett and the Councilmen
also discussed briefly plans for
refinishihg the interior of the
southern part of the City Hall
into offices for the Police De-
partment.
Present plans call for moving
the dispatching area to the east
side of the building and cre-
ating offices for the Chief and
Captain, preparing another
room for officers to complete
reports and also finishing an
additional area as a ready
room for the men. The jail
facilities of the building will
also be expanded to give space
for female and juvenile prison-
ers, Crockett explained.
The Odessa architect said he
estimated the cost of the pro-
gram will be approximately the
same as for the other half of
the building, $30,000. “However,
I think there is a good chance
we can get the job done for
less than that now,” he added.
Councilmen elected Frank
Horn as Mayor pro tern during
the meeting. He succeeds Joe
Marlett to the post.
A contract for the construc-
tion of a Council table and plat-
form for the Council chamber
was awarded to Clark’s Cabinet
Shop during the meeting.
Clark’s bid of $720 was lowest
of four bidders. Others submit-
ting bids were E. E. Hixson
Construction Company, $786,
I. L. Anderson, $769.60, and
Oasis Builders, $900.
The table will be a semi-cir-
cular affair, situated on the
platform at one end of the Coun-
cil chamber. The new table
arrangement will allow allCoun-
cilmen to face the audience dur-
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^ans to Start
Toastmasters
Club Announced
Credit Cards Stolen
From Parked Auto
Eleven credit cards were re-
ported stolen from a car owned
by Baker Oil Tools in Kermit
sometime Sunday night or early
Monday morning, according to
a report at Kermit Police De-
partment,
The car, which was parked
at 756 North Avenue H when
the cards were stolen, was be-
ing used by Bob Morris.
Officials indicated the credit
cards were on the following
companies: Gulf, El Paso, Stan-
dard of Texas, Phillips 66,
Shell, Mobil, Texaco, Humble,
Skelly, Conoco and Sinclair oil
companies.
the electrical work included
the following:
West Texas Electric of
Odessa, $49,900 for the two
projects; John C. Pickett of
Lubbock, $66,000 for life two
jobs' or $54,708 for the • hos-
pital and $9,442 for the li-
brary; C & D Electric Com-
pany of Big Spring, $62,434
for the combined jobs, or
$53,763 for the hospital alone;
Voss Electric of Big Spring,
$56,400 for the two jobs, $48,-
986 for the hospital alone
and $7,863 for the library
alone.
Bidders on the mechanical
work, including air condition-
ing, heating and plumbing,
were as follows:
Plains Plumbing of Ama-
rillo, $106,800 for the joint
project or $94,775 for the hos-
pital and $17,902 for the li-
brary; A. P. Kasch & Sons
of Big Spring, $105,500 for
.the two jobs together; Neill’s
& Company, Inc. of Midland,
$95,414 on the two buildings,
.'or $84,292 for the hospital.
H & W Heating and Cooling
of Kermit submitted a hid on
air conditioning and heating
of the library building only.
Cook said bidders were in-
vited to bid on the projects
combined or individually. He
said the. architect for the
f lurry, Homer Pace of Pace,
Norris, Pierce and Associates
of Midland is studying the
various submitted bids and
the court will probably make
a decision in the near future.
Officers Investigating
Another Dog Poisoning
Bill Hocutt, Highway 302
West, reported to Kermit Po-
lice Department Sunday night
that another of his dogs had
died over the week- end from
poisoning.
In his report, Hocutt said
the animal apparently was
poisoned sometime during the
week end’ with strychnine.
The animal was a small Ter-
rier, he sa;id.
Approximately a month
ago, another dog owned by
Hocutt was also poisoned. At
that time, a few balls of ham-
burger loaded with the poison
were found in the yard. Offi-
cers are investigating the two
poisonings.
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Plans to organize a new club
in Kermit were announced here
this week by Dick Rikli. The
new organization will be a
Toastmasters Club.
Working with Rikli on organ-
izing the new group is Don Han-
dlin. “Any man over 21 years
is eligible to join,” Rikli said.
He added that at the present
time about 12 persons have in-
dicated an interest to join.
Rikli said that Toastmasters
Club is an organized group of
men who seek to increase their
self - confidence through im-
provement of their speaking
ability. In order to charter a lo-
cal chapter of the nationwide
club, a spokesman said, a min-
imum of 20 members is need-
ed. Maximum of 40 in a chapter
is also established.
“We hope to set up an initial
meeting sometime in mid-May,”
Rikli said. “If you are interest-
ed, contact either Handlin or
me.” Also signed up to become
members of the new group when
it organizes are Dr. Fred Bu-
canek, Glenn Kenley and Bill
Armstrong.
The club will probably meet
weekly or twice monthly for a
dinner meeting. During each
meeting, four to six members
usually present short speeches
prepared in advance and based
on principles set forth in a train-
ing manual distributed by the
club.
Membership fees include a $5
to $10 initiation fee and month-
ly dues from which a modest
portion is sent to the national
office headquarters. The balance
is kept in the club treasury
for various activities.
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ROAD-E-O ENTRANTS—Bill Litton (left) shows Kermit High students Fred
Wilson (center) and Leonard Robinson winner’s trophy for the Kermit Jaycee road-
e-o to be held May 2. Entry blanks may be obtained from Johnny Roberts at KHS. >
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 102, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1962, newspaper, April 26, 1962; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920696/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.