The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 104, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1962 Page: 1 of 23
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VOTE Saturday... Polls Open 8 a. m. -7 p. m.... VOTE
TO SAVE MORE,
GIVE MORE!
CANCER CRUSADE
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1962!
The Winkier County News
Published Twice Weekly—Read Daily
(Member Associated Press)
Vol. 26—No. 104
Classified Ads on Page 4
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
24 Pages in Three Sections
Weather
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Thursday, May 3
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SWEARING IN — Frank Williams is shown as he takes the oath of office as
new county auditor from County Clerk Fred V. Adams. Williams was appointed to
the post by Jttd *e G. C. Olsen and was sworn in Tuesc ay. (News Staff Photo)
Heavy County Vote Forecast
In May 5 Primary Election
Polls open Saturday at 8
a.m. in the Democratic and
Republican primary elections.
Voters in both elections will
be faced with huge ballots,
containing names of candi-
dates from Governor through
Constable and party precinct
officers.
In Winkler County, approxi-
Where to Vote Saturday
Do you know where you must vote in Saturday’s
Democratic and Republican primary elections? Listed
below are the polling places for both parties, listed by
precincts.
Precinct 1—Democrats vote in the old VFW build-
ing located just off the J al Highway.
Republicans will vote in the Iverson Supply Build-
ing, also located on the J al Highway.
Precinct 2—Democrats will vote in the Wink Com-
munity Center building.
Republicans will not hold primary elections in
Wink
Precinct 3—Democrats will vote in the Boy Scout
hut, located at Avenue A and Rosemont Streets in
Boy Scout Park.
Republicans will hold their election in this pre-
cinct at 108 North Avenue A.
Precinct 4—Democrats will utilize the Kermit
Community Center for a polling place.
Republicans have scheduled their voting at the
Junior High School library.
Voting places were reported to The News by offi-
cials of the two parties. »
To Be Explained in Series Starting Monday
Art of Keeping Husband Alive
What is it that keeps a hus-
band healthy, happy — and
alive?
Many a wife would give
most anything for simple an-
swers to that one.
EVERY wife would be wise
to read sound advice on such
matters. And, incidentally,
husbands, too.
Now you can get the cream
of one doctor’s conclusions in
series called “How to Keep
Your Husband Alive,” start-
ing Monday in this newspaper.
It consists of 12 short, clev-
erly illustrated installments
condensed from the new book
by Dr. Kenneth C. Hutchin,
an English family doctor who
has made his reputation
through writing books and
Amagazine articles, lecturing
^and appearing on TV.
His book stemmed from an
English magazine article of
the same title. That issue of
the magazine1 sold out and at-
tracted the attention of an
American book publisher.
Now the book is being serial-
ized in the United States,
Canada and other countries,
and will appear in condensed
versions in the largest maga-
zines in France and Germany,
among .others. .
It’s not just a collection of
generalized health hints, but
is advice aimed directly at
wives.
As Dr. Hutchin says, “When
it comes to looking after their
health, many men are im-
beciles. The lucky ones are
those who have wives to do
it for them.”
What then can a wife do?
Cut down on his weight
(but never say diet).
See that he exercises (you
can’t force him to, but you
can encourage him).
Watch his blood pressure
but don’t worry him about
it).
See that he rests in the
evening instead of doing
chores (he’s not as durable
as you may think).
Find out what he:s up to
(he may stop it if he knows
you know).
Try to understand him (but
don’t blow your top if an ‘un-
derstanding woman’ gets
there first).
These are just a handful of
hints from the fact-packed,
idea-packed series. You won’t
want to miss a single issue.
DR. KENNETH C. HUTCHIN
Foreman Speaks
To Residents
Ed Foreman of Odessa, Re-
publican Party candidate for
U. S. Representative from the
kl6th Congressional District,
®spoke to a number of Winkler
County residents Wednesday
evening in the meeting room of
the KERB, Inc. building.
Foreman also visited in Ker-
mit and Wink throughout Wed-
nesday and made a radio ad-
dress during the morning. He
was a guest at a luncheon meet-
ing at noon.
In his talk Wednesday eve-
ning, Foreman said the Ameri-
can people “need to awaken to
the fact that big government is
paid for by little people. Over
75 per cent of the government
income from income taxes
comes from the folks in the 20
per cent bracket,” he said.
The Republican candidate is
unopposed on his party’s slate
for the House seat. He added
that he is continuing his stren-
uous campaigning throughout
the district, however.
KHS Musical
Now Entering
Final Practices
Kermit High School dramatic
and music departments are en-
tering into the final practice
stages of their Broadway musi-
cal Carousel, which is to be
presented May 11 in the audi-
torium.
Jonathan Lancaster, Kermit
High School choral director,
and Paul Wilmoth, dramatics
instructor, said full rehearsals
of the show got under way Tues-
day night and they will continue
until the day of the production.
Tickets for' the show, which
are 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for children, can be pur-
chased at the door the night
of the production, and also from
many students of the High
School.
“This is the first time we
have tried a show of this scope,”
Lancaster said. “We have a
large cast and the students are
working hard on it. I think it is
going to be one of the best pro-
ductions ever staged at the
High School.”
Scenery for the musical has
been constructed and prepared
by the students mainly, with
help from the art and shop
groups. Only one presentation
will be made, officials said, and
it will be at 8:15 p.m.
Dump Ground to Be Moved
From Wink Highway Site
Kermit’s municipal dump,
long the center of a controver-
sy between Wink residents and
Kermit city officials, will be
moved this week end to a new
. . . but temporary site . . . ac-
cording to word from Howard
Willingham, city1 manager.
Willingham told The News
late Wednesday that a new site
has been obtained for use as
a dump ground on a temporary
basis. He disclosed that the
site was located about 10 miles
from the city. It will be oper-
ated as a sanitary land fill and
there will be no burning, he
added.
“At. the present time,” the
city manager said, “we have
area and so I would rather not lingham said. He estimated that
reveal the exact location of it.
He added that an agreement
is to be signed today (Thurs-
day) and the public will be
notified of the new site no later
than Monday.
The old dump ground, located
on the Wink Highway, will be
dosed to the public Monday.
However, city crews will prob-
ably continue dumping street
sweepings into the pit in an at-
tempt to fill it and improve the
appearance of the site some-
what.
The City of Kermit has been
searching for a new dump site
fo^1 a considerable length of
time. “Distance from the city
not signed the papers for this is an important fabtor,” Wil-
Teenage Road-E-0 Set
For Kermit Saturday
Five boys and one girl took
the written portion of the Ker-
mit Jaycees safe-driving teen
road-e-o Wednesday afternoon
at High School and the youths
are scheduled to compete in
the driving part of the contest
Saturday.
Bill Litton, chairman of the
project for the Jaycees, said
he is pleased with the number
of entrants in the affair. “It
has been some years since the
club has held a road-e-o,” Litton
said, “so it takes a while to
get a large group of partici-
pants interested.”
Plaques will be awarded top
winners in the local contest and
they will go on to regional com-
petition, which is to be held in
Monahans late this month. Win-
ners of that round will take
part in the state-wide contest
and the youths who come out
on top in the state meet will
receive all-expense paid trips
to Washington, D. C., and the
right to participate in the na-
tional finals.
Taking part in Kermit are the
following youhs:
Leonard Robinson, Fred Wil-
son, Judy Compton, Dale Banks,
Skippy McKinney and Tim Ar-
rant.
The written test includes 50
multiple choice questions based
on driving rules and common
sense of operating a vehicle
safely. The driving portion of
the test includes backing in a
straight line, parking, stopping
at a predesignated spot and
numerous other points utilized
in everyday driving.
The public is invited to watch
the driving tests, which will be
held on the Chamber of Com-
merce parking lot on West Aus-
tin Street Saturday morning.
the extra travel time will neces-
sitate putting on an additional
crew in orer to maintain the
present level of service.
“I expect the overall cost of
the added distance, extra men
and deterioration of equipment
will cost the city $1,500 each
month,” he added. The new site,
which will be available for pub-
lic dumping, will probably be
utilized for a 30 to 60 day period.
Willingham explained that in
vestigation into other sites,
closer to the city, is still going
on. '
Members of the Wink Study
Club had given the City of Ker-
mit until the first of May in
which to secure a different site
for dumping operations before
they asked that an injunction
be filed against the city pro-
hibiting them from using the
old area.
Complaints stemmed from
burning operations and the
debris falling off trucks on the
way to the dump site. The
women met with members of
the Kermit City Council on two
occasions and also discussed the
legal aspects of the situation
with County Attorney John H.
Banks.
Willingham said he expects
to start moving dump oper-
ations Friday and be in full
action at the new site Monday.
He said the city’s front-end
loader will be used at the new
pit to fill after dumping. There
will be no salvaging of materi-
als or burning of any kind at
the new location. It will also
be fenced.
“What we are still looking
for, and hope to find in the
very near future, is an area
which will allow us to carry
on a sanitary land fill dump
for at least 5 to 10 years,” Wil-
lingham said.
mately 3,700 voters will be
eligible to mark the ballots,
according to Mrs. Mae
Barnes, County Tax Assessor-
Collector. She said 3,653 per-
sons either paid their poll
tax or obtained an exemption
certificate plus approximate-
ly 50 others who have moved
into the County and are now
eligible to vote.
Polls in all four precincts of,
the County will remain open
until 7 p.m. Officials of the
two parties have indicated
they, expect a large turnout
of voters for the contest.
County Clerk Fred V. Ad-
ams said 125 persons who ex-
, pect to be out of town or are
confined to their homes be-
cause of illness took advan-
tage of the advance voting
period to cast their ballots.
He reported that 120 Dem-
ocrats voted absentee and
five Republicans. The pre-
cinct breakdown showed 11
Democrats and one Republi-
can voted in Precinct 1; 12
Democrats voted in Precinct
2; 46 Democrats and two Re-
publicans voted in Precinct
3; and 51 Democrats and two
Republicans cast their bal-
lots ahead of time in Pre-
cinct 4.
Races of prime interest to
Winkler County residents in-
clude the 109 th District
Judgeship, State Representa-
tive from the 73rd District,
State Senator of the 29th Dis-
trict, U. S. Representative of
the 16th District, plus con-
tests for County Commission-
ers for Precincts 2 and 4 and
Constable of Precincts 1, 3
and 4.
There are no Republican
candidates in the county con-
tests and the only one direct-
ly touching this area is Ed
Foreman of Odessa, running
for the U. S. House of Rep-
resentatives.
In that contest on the Dem-
ocratic side, J. T. Ruther-
ford, the incumbent, is being
opposed for the nomination
for another term by Dr. W.
D. Kelley of Midland, Rob-
ert Frias of Odessa, and Tom
Diamond of El Paso.
Don L. Handlin of Kermit
is contesting Richard C. Slack
of Pecos for the Texas House
seat. Slack is currently hold-
er of the post.
In the judicial race, Rob-
ert G. Guthrie of Kermit is
opposed by Ken Spencer of
Crane and Russell D. Austin
of Andrews. The three are vy-
ing for the judicial post being
vacated through the retire-
ment of Judge G. C. Olsen
of Kermit.
The State Senate contest
has shaped into a race among
the incumbent Frank Owen
III of El Paso and Louis
(Andy) Anderson of Midland
and W. E. (Pete) Snelson,
also of Midland.
In the County contests, Pre-
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News to Provide
Voting Coverage
The News will maintain its
usual election night vigil Sat-
urday in an attempt to give
residents the most acurate,
up-to-date account of local
and state elections possible.
As a public service, results
of the primaries, both Demo-
crat and Republican, will be
posted in the front window as
they are made available and
telephones will also be man-
ned as an extra convenience.
Persons wishing telephone
reports should call 6-2561.
“We anticipate that our tele-
phones will be kept busy
throughout the evening,” Dave
Sclair, editor, said, “so if you
get a busy signal the first
time* please try again in a
few minutes.”
Partial reports of the elec-
tion results should be avail-
able within 15 minutes after
the polls close.
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Bid Opening
Thursday on
County Work
Bids on $450,000 in building
and remodeling work for Wink-
ler County are scheduled to be
opened today (Thursday) at 2
p.m. in County Courtroom. The
bids originally were to have
been read Tuesday afternoon
but a last-minute discovery
caused a postponement.
Winkler County Judge W; E.
Cook said the delay in the bid
opening on the additions and
renovations to Winkler County
Memorial Hospital and Winkler
County Public Library was ne-
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NEW BAND OFFICIALS—Joan Graves (bottom)
was named drum major of the Kermit High School
K Band last week. Named as twirlers were (from bot-
tom) Sharon Wyles and Pat Davis, (left) Frohna Arm-
strong and Amelia Harris. (News Staff Photo)
Cancer Crusade Chairman Says
$2,300 Goal Could Be Topped
Judge Released
From Hospital
Judge G. C. Olsen of Ker-
mit was released from Wink-
ler County Memorial Hospial
earlier this week and taken
to his home. Doctors said he
is to continue resting there
and still cannot see any visi-
tors.
Mrs. Olsen, contacted Tues-
day afternoon, said the Judge
has shown some improve-
ment but his physician said
he still needs additional rest.
He has been in the hospital
for a number of weeks re-
cuperating from complete ex-
haustion, his doctors said.
‘The doctor said he could
go home for a time, provided
he continues to rest and re-
ceives absolutely no visitors,”
Mrs. Olsen said.
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“I am very optimistic con-
cerning the ultimate results of
the current cancer crusade,
George Reich, Kermit chair-
man for the drive, reported
earlier this week. The crusade
started last week with a house-
to-house canvass plus contacts
in the business area.
Reich said over $1,000 is pres-
ently on deposit in a local bank
and a considerable amount of
the residential area and a good
part of the business section is
yet to be contacted.
“I am extremely pleased
with the number of workers
who are taking part in this cru-
sade,” the Kermit chairman
said. He estimated that approx-
imately 200 volunteers have
been canvassing the communi-
ty in the fund-raising effort and
distribution of educational ma-
terial about cancer.
“It is not completely impos-
sible that the drive may go
over our $2,300 goal,” Reich
said. “With the number of vol-
unteers out working and with
the manner in which the cru-
sade is being received, it ‘is en-
tirely possible that we may sur-
pass the goal.”
The spokesman added that
every house in the county will
be contacted or already has
been contacted by a volunteer.
“Not only are these volunteers
asking for contributions to the
cancer crusade, but they are
also delivering life saving facts
about the danger signals of
cancer.”
O. O. Whitten, county crusade
chairman, said the crusade in
Wink is also making good prog-
ress. Approximately $400 has
already been taken in, he ex-
plained, and additional canvas-
sing is yet to be accomplished.
The officials said a number
of concerns contacted indicated
they will contribute to the
local crusade, but approval of
the amount must be forthcom-
ing from headquarters in a dif-
ferent city. “When these checks
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cessitated when a bidder called
attention to the fact that the
low bidder on the electrical
work had not broken down his
figures on the two different
jobs.
Commissioners last week
opened bids on the electrical
and mechanical portions of the
two projects. Judge Cook said
no contract was awarded tout
the low bids were to be utilized
by general contractors in de-
termining their final prices.
The two projects, funds for
which were approved by voters
in a special bond election some
months ago, include construct-
ing new wings on the hospital
and library plus extensive re-
modeling to the interior of the
buildings. New air conditioning
and heating units are also to be
installed in the structures.
Homer Pace of Pierce, Norris,
Pace and Associates of Midland
is architect on the work.
Judge Cook said he expects
a large number of firms to be
represented in the bidding for
the two projects. Firms can
submit bids, he explained, ont
either of the building jobs or
the two as a whole.
Construction on the structures
is expected to get under way
shortly after the contracts for
the projects are let, Judge Cook
said. W. B. McCargo has been
employed by the Midland firm
to act as a fulltime local con-
struction supervisor.
Court Session
Is Postponed
For One Week
A call for a panel of pros-
pective petit jurors for duty in
109th District Court at Kermit
Tuesday has been postponed for
one week, according to word
from Sheriff L. B. (Bill) Ed-
dins.
A conflict in schedules has
caused the one-week delay, the
officer said.
Presiding over court actions
in 109th District Court when it
convenes for a docket call of
criminal matters on May 14
will be Judge C. V. Millburn,
presiding judge of the 70th Dis-
trict Court at Odessa.
G. C. Olsen of Kermit, who Is
Judge of the 109th District, has
been recuperating at Winkler
County Memorial Hospital and
at his home from what doctors
termed complete exhaustion.
Judge Steve Presslar, who
was named recently to fill in
for Judge Olsen, will be con-
ducting a court session in his
own district at Fort Stockton
May 14 and the following two
weeks he has planned court
business at Crane.
“We are attempting to con-
tact all the jurors in time,’*
Sheriff Eddins said. ‘Their ser-
vice will simply start a week
later than had been originally
announced.” A criminal docket
call will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Monday, May 14 and the jury
is being instructed to report the
following day at 9:30 a.m.
Citizens Committee
Will Meet Sunday
Citizens Committee will hold
a meeting Sunday afternoon in
the Council chamber at City
Hall, George Reich, chairman
of the committee, reported.
A report on the progress of
the naming of a Literary Board
of Review for Kermit will be
given and a discussion on the
present status of a local option
election will also be held, of-
ficials said.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 104, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1962, newspaper, May 3, 1962; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920768/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.