The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, September 25, 1972 Page: 3 of 12
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Monday, September 25,1972
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Page Three
Miss West Texas, Golden Girl
To Appear At Queen Contest
•" Two West Texas beauties
will be among those appearing
at the Winkler County Fair
Queen Contest next
Wednesday night, Sept. 27.
; Donna Gatlin, “Miss West
Texas,” will be one of the
entertainers at the Queen
Contest, which will be held in
i the Lena Laughlin Auditorium
in Wink on Wednesday, Sept.
27, at 8 p.m.
- Miss Gatlin will sing several
songs and will be accompanied
by Suzanne Medlen at the
piano.
Donna is 18 years old and is
a freshman at Odessa College,
where she is majoring in
secondary education. She and
her three brothers sing together
and have recently cut a record
for Monument Records in
Nashville, Tenn. The record
was released Sept. 12 and it is
expected to be on the air in a
matter of weeks. Their group is
called “The Gatlins.”
On Aug. 12, the Gatlins
sang on the Johnny Cash Show
in Pocono, Penn., and are
booked to sing on the Cash
show again on Oct. 28 in Fort
Worth.
Donna is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gatlin of
Odessa.
Becky Rogers, “Miss Golden
Girl of the Old West,” will also
appear at the Fair Queen
Contest.
Becky’s talent is a dialogue
of American Music and is
followed by a piano medley of
five songs, by American
composers.
Becky is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Rogers and is a
senior at Pecos High School.
She is a majorette with the
Pecos High School Band, a
band sweetheart nominee for
the past two years, a two-year
member of the tennis team, a
two-year member of the
all-region band, a two-year
member of the Latin Club and
will serve as editor of the
1972-73 Pecos High School
annual. She has been named to
“Who’s Who in Typing” and
has gone to both district and
regional in typing competition.
Miss Rogers is a member of
the First United Methodist
Church, where she serves as
church organist.
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BECKY ROGERS DONNA GATLIN
. . . Golden Girl ... Miss West Texas
*** Area Business Personalities ***
To Judge Fair Queen Contest
Three area business
personalities will serve as
judges of the “Miss Winkler
County Fair Queen” contest
Wednesday night.
Included on the judging
panel are Mrs. Tylene Osborn
of Odessa and A. Neil
McDonald and Miss Sara
‘Williamson, both of Midland.
I Mrs. Osborn has lived in
^Odessa since 1938. She and her
^husband, Buck, are co-owners
-and operators of a secretarial
Icollege where she serves as
jttean.' Shd* has two children, a
'boy 20 and. a girl 18.
• She has worked as an
^executive secretary 15 years in
^banking, legal and educational
“areas. She also received training
•in the charm methods of
-Whitcomb and Lang, John
^Robert Powers, Anita Colby
*and Milady Charm Courses, as
•well as courses in Applied
-Psychology and Graphonalysis.
Z Mrs. Osborn teaches a
^Sunday school class of college
•and professional students. She
•has taught this class for 12
years and served as church
organist for eight years. She is
past-president of the Altrusa
Club of Odessa and is a
member of the Ladies of the
Globe of the Southwest. She
serves on the Board of
Governors for the Globe and is
publicity director. She also
serves as talent advisor for the
Miss West Texas Pageant and
for five years acted as official
chaperone for Miss West Texas
to the Miss Texas Pageant in
Fort Worth. She is an
experienced pageant judge and
Mistress of Ceremony. She has
worked with the Miss Wool of
Texas Pageant, judged the Miss
Mohair of the Universe Pageant
and Miss Texas Universe
Pageant and many other
pageants on the state and local
levels.
For the past six years she
has conducted Ty’s Tips on the
High Noon Show, KOSA-TV,
Odessa. She also serves as
fashion designer-advisor for
Dorcia Originals and is a
well-known style show
commentator and public
speaker.
Mrs. Osborn is listed in the
1970 edition of Who’s Who of
American Women, 1970
edition of Personalities of the
South, Who’s Who of the
South and Southwest, the
1971 edition of Two Thousand
Women of Achievement, Who’s
Who in Finance & Industry and
is advisor for Marquis
Biographical Library.
A. Neil McDonald Jr.,
Western Division Lighting
Specialist for Texas Electric
Service Company, has been
associated with the company
for eight years in various sales
positions in Odessa and
Andrews before moving into
the Division office in Midland.
He is a native Texan,
graduating from Odessa
College. He has been active in
civic affairs of each of the
communities where he has
lived through participation ih
the Chamber of Commerce,
Kiwanis International and
Optimist Club. His sales ability
has been recognized as
outstanding by TESCO, and he
has been awarded the
company’s annual President’s
Award twice while working in
Andrews.
As TESCO’s Western
Division Lighting Specialist,
McDonald has completed
specialized study at the
General Electric Lighting
Institute at Cleveland, Ohio,
and is an active member of the
Illuminating Engineering
Society. He is 34 years old,
married and has three children.
Sara Williamson is Division
Home' Economist for Texas
Electric Service Company and
has been employed there for
four years. She graduated with
a B.S. degree in home econmics
education from North Texas
State University.
She works in Midland,
Odessa and surrounding area,
helping TESCO customers with
electric appliances, kitchen
planning and consumer
information.
She is chairman of West
Texas Home Economists in
Business and a member of
American Association of
University Women.
Winkler County Fair Queen
Contest Schedule
6:45 No Name Band arrives.
7:15 Fair Queen contestants and Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority members will meet at the Lena Laughlin
Auditorium in Wink.
7:30 Band begins playing.
7:50 Contestants will prepare to go on stage.
8:00 Contest begins.
8:10 Mrs. S. F. Harding will introduce guests and visitors.
8:15 Mrs. Jim Wilson, sorority chapter president, will
introduce Bill Rea, master of ceremonies.
8:25 Contestants line up, ready to start their walk to
stage. All girls will remain standing on stage.
9:00 MC will announce “Miss Congeniality” winner.
After she has been awarded her trophy, all
contestants will sit in designated seats in the
auditorium.
9:10 Entertainment by Becky Rogers, “Golden Girl of
the Old West.”
9:15 Mrs. Wilson will present check to president or
member of Fair Association. Donations will also be
Z accepted at door.
9:20 Ten finalists will be chosen.
9:30 Ten finalists will answer surprise question. After
answer, they will leave stage and sit in designated
seats.
9:45 MC will introduce Miss West Texas.
10:00 All contestants return to stage.
10:05 Gifts will be presented.
10:15 MC will announce first and second runners-up and
Miss County Fair Queen. Last year’s winner, Miss
Leanna Williams, will crown new Fair Queen;
CALIFORNIA VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lytle
of Pico Rivia, Calif., spent a
weekend recently visiting in
the home of her brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Bohmfalk. While in Kermit
they also visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Gring.
HAVE VISITORS
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Beeman were
their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Standefer
and son Ralph, of Midland.
Mrs. Beeman also reports they
are planning two weeks
vacation, fishing and relaxing
at Lake Hubbard.
Motorists Aided
By Mile Markers
A high-brow is a guy
whose education exceeds his
intelligence. —A nonym oils
AUSTIN — Have you ever
wondered if you can “get there
from here” while whizzing
down the Interstate and trying
to decide where to get off?
The Texas Highway
Department is making it easier
for motorists by improving
milepost markers and exit signs
along the State’s Interstate
Highway facilities.
The familiar little green
Smog,
Why Industry Should
Move To Winkler County
HOUSTON — Residents got
a glimpse of blue sky
Wednesday for the first time in
four days. The wind, which
had died during the weekend
and caused a brown-colored
haze to descend on the city,
began to stir and flush away
part of the smog.
But a layer of scum
remained today on everything
exposed to the outside.
“I don’t see how trees stay
alive in it,” said Tony Mayne,
30, an engineer.
Air stagnation warnings
alerting respiratory patients to
stay indoors were lifted
Wednesday. Health authorities
said they did not know what
physical harm the severe smog
had caused, but they were
more worried about the
psychological effect on the
city’s 2 million persons from
looking up and seeing a brown
sky.
“It is a health problem, but
more so now because it affects
the mental state of the people
more than the physical,” said
Dr. Albert G. Randal, director
of the Houston Health
Department. “When the air
stagnates, we get a little better
view of the garbage we’re
dumping into the air.”
During the heavy pollution,
airplanes had to make
instrument landings because of
poor visibility; cars, windows,
trees and houses were left
covered with scum, and
citizens talked of moving away.
“I have to get away from
it,” said Robert F. Rupley, 21,
a salesman at a fur store his
father owns, and a junior in
college. “As soon as I graduate
I’m going to move to another
state. Pollution is one of my
main considerations.
Downtown, the main thing
that gets me are the bus
fumes.”
Mike Salick, 45, who fixes
refrigerators, said he lived in
New York City until two
weeks ago, when the pollution
there became too much for
him.
“I planned to open a small
business here,” Salick said.
“But I got this kind of asthma
problem. I came down here to
get away from the pollution in
New York, but you can’t
breathe down here either.
“I may move to Phoenix.”
Randal said the problem is
going to get worse before it
gets better.
“The long-range problem
will be more serious than the
present.” He said Houston
spends more than $500,000 a
year fighting pollution.
signs with the white numbers
can help a driver if his car
breaks down or runs out of gas.
The motorist can report the
nearest milepost to a service
station or garage. The Highway
Patrol use the markers to
pinpoint accidents and to
describe accident locations —
and the Department uses the
reports to analyze highway
hazards.
Mileposts are numbered in
increasing order from the
southern and western ends of
Interstate highways in Texas.
For example, milepost “o” on
IH 35 is at the center of the
Rio Grande at Laredo. The last
milepost on IH 35 would be
near the south end of the Red
River Bridge north of
Gainsville on the
Texas-Oklahoma line, 504.23
miles from the Rio Grande.
IH 10 mileposts are
numbered from the Texas-New
Mexico state line near
Anthony, north of El Paso.
Mile 880.52 is in the center of
the Sabine River Bridge near
Orange at the Texas-Louisiana
state line.
New markers will have
“mile” written at the top with
mileage numbers placed
horizontally below. Current
markers have only numbers. It
is hoped that the addition of
the word mile will ease the
confusion as to what those
“little green signs” mean.
Milepost markers will be
coordinated with the new exit
signs. New exit signs for the
first time will carry exit
numbers based on milepost
numbers.
All the three types of exit
signs will carry exit numbers:
The advance guide sign that
tells how far to the exit and
bears the route and
destination, the exit direction
sign that repeats the route and
destination, and the exit sign
near the off ramp.
In a strange city it should be
easier for a motorist to watch
for the number of an exit than
to look for the name of a street
or interchange. Also, it should
be easier for motorists to
follow exit numbers.
The improved milepost and
exit signs gradually are going
up on a new construction and
replacement basis. They
currently are being installed
only on Interstate Highway
facilities.
AUCTION
REAL ESTATE
October 3
12:00 Noon
Kermit, Texas
The following real estate will
be offered in conjunction with
the complete liquidation of C.
L. Holder Trucking Company.
Auction to be conducted on
Holder's yard south of Kermit
on the Monahans Highway.
Approximately 8 acres of
land, fenced with chain link &
hog wire. Office building of
concrete block construction,
32'x61', 4 offices, 2 storage
rooms & 2 bathrooms. Bunk
building of concrete block
construction, 47'x15', lounge
area, storage area & bathroom:
Shop building of Star Steel
construction, 70'x82'x12', 4
stalls, compressor pump
lean-to room, canopied work
For Free Brochure with
photos & complete description
of real estate write auctioneer.
MILLER & MILLER
AUCTIONEERS, INC.
6100 Camp Bowie
Ft. Worth, Texas
817-738-5406
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, September 25, 1972, newspaper, September 25, 1972; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980487/m1/3/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.