The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1963 Page: 1 of 19
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The Winkler County News
Published Twice Weekly—Read Daily
(Member Associated Press)
WEATHER
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Monday, Sept. 16 92 65
Tuesday, Sept. 17 89 68
Wednesday, Sept. 18 88 65
Thursday, Sept. 19
( 6 a. m. ) 71 62
Total 1964 Rainfall 10.73
Vol. 28—tyo. 39
Classified Ads on Page Four
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
20 Pages in Two Sections
Thursday, September 19,1963
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BANK REMODELING PROGRESSING—Frame-
work for a rounded glass window can be seen as work-
ers push it to completion at Kermit State Bank. A new
community room is being constructed at the bank and
a walk-up window is to be added. A circular staircase
will be inside the window area. (News Staff Photo)
Record Now 2,869 Students
Enrollment Continues
New Record
Chamber Will Ask Court
To Construct Coliseum
County Park Is
Suggested Site
Enrollment figures at
Schools continue to mount with
the addition of six students to
the enrollment report issued
Monday of this week.
Number of students enrolled
the first day of school was with-
in six of the all-time record of
students on Sept. 18, 1961.
UTe next week’s report showed
enrollment at 2,869, which sur-
passed the record by 15 stu-
dents.
a The latest enrollment figure
Annual Fire
Prevention Week
Set In October
Every week is fire prevention
week for 36 Kermit firemen, but
the week of Oct. 6-12 has been
designated for special emphasis
on preventing fires.
Kermit Fire Department will
carry out several activities em-
jghasizing fire prevention during
Tne week, according to Fred
Pearson, finance director. They
plan to place posters at stra-
|||jic locations in the Kermit
^Isiness district and will mail
to Kermit citizens a packet of
fire prevention stamps.
A letter to be included with
the stamps requests those who
receive them to use them and
make a contribution to the
fire department fund. The fire-
men plan to contact business
houses, offer to provide a fire
inspection of the premises and
receive donations during the
week of Sept. 30-Oct. 5.
The fire department uses its
funds for preparing baskets of
food near Christmas time, re-
pairing toys, supporting two
scout troops and a Little League
baseball team.
Under the theme “Make our
community safe from fire,” the
jp&’emen will furnish rides on
the fire truck to scout groups
and grades one and two at the
schools during the week.
Kermit compiled from a count of stu-
dents in classes Monday, Sept.
16, was 2,875, 21 students more
than on the record enrollment
of two years ago.
High school enrollment ac-
counts for the increase, school
officials say.
There are 28 more students in
the ninth grade this year, one
in the tenth, 36 more in the
eleventh grade and 38 more stu-
dents in the twelfth grade than
last year at the same time.
These figures account for an in-
crease of 103 in the total attend-
ing high school, as compared to
the corresponding week
Hankins Returns
To Police Force
James Wiley Hankins, after
a nine-month absence, has re-
turned to the Kermit Police De-
partment as patrolman, an-
nounces Police Chief Bill Old-
ham.
Hankins returned to his native
town, Lufkin, in December, 1962,
and entered the auto business.
The officer was hired to fill
a vacancy in the police depart-
ment.
year.
Only Intermediate school in
the other classifications in-
creased its enrollment over last
year. Other schools, including
East Primary, Purple Sage and
Junior High School, have regis-
tered slight drops in enrollment.
School district officials said
they had predicted an enroll-
ment this year of approximately
the same as a year ago. How-
ever, the increase in students,
above the record of two years
ago, was not anticipated.
One high school class is again
being taught in the adjoining
last East Primary School building,
officials reported. The same
class was taught in the building
a year ago because of lack of
space in the high school.
Construction is now under way
at the school, adding a number
of new rooms, including labora-
tories and regular classrooms.
However, the new facilities are
not expected to be ready for
occupancy during the current
school year.
The building program has also
encompassed the Junior High
School where crowded condi-
tions have forced an enlarge-
ment and modernization of the
cafeteria at that building.
HAMMER DOWN TAX RATE — A Burroughs Corporation repairman works
on a panel from a City of Kermit calculator, changing the machine to handle the
$1.70 tax rate, set with the adoption of the new city budget. The hammer “is the
pltimate tool” says the repairman, Kenneth Clark. (News Staff Photo)
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors Mon-
day night voted to ask Winkler County Commissioners to
take steps to secure a coliseum-type building for the com
munity.
Maxie Davie, manager of the Chamber, said the direc-
tors agreed to appear before the Court at its next meeting
to discuss the matter. The proposed building has been a
project of the Chamber’s Con
'ported he plans to complete the
building in about a month
Davie said reports were also
heard from Billy Jones, chair
man of the membership com-
mittee, Jim Reinders, chairman
of the oil committee and John
Gammill, industrial committee.
Jones told directors member-
ship has grown to 207 and sev
eral other prospects are still to
be contacted. Reinders reported
that visits have been made by
Chamber members to two oil
company installations and of-
fices in the County and a third
was scheduled for Wednesday.
That was to the Dowell, Inc.,
plant here. He said several per-
sons have participated in each
visitation.
Gammill’s report indicated
the Chamber has been working
with an oil field supply firm
which is planning a move to
Kermit.
A’ so discussed during the
-*£-«: Jng were plans for a course
in practical politics. The course,
open to all residents of the city,
will start Tuesday, Oct. 1, at
the Chamber office. It is being
sponsored by the Congressional
Action Committee of the Cham-
ber.
The Transportation Committee
was given approval of its plan
to prepare a brochure describ-
ing the now completed road
through Kermit to El Paso. The
brochure, when completed, will
show mileage and other perti-
nent data. It will be sent to
trucking firms, automobile
clubs and oil companies.
Plans were also discussed to
organize a caravan of cars from
Kermit, Midland and Odessa to
travel to El Paso over the new
road. At El Paso they will spend
the day touring the city and
meeting with city officials. The
idea of the trip is to give extra
publicity to the recently open-
ed road.
Davie was given permission
to attend a meeting of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce
at Abilene, Thursday, Sept. 26.
Calvin Dunlop, Community Pub-
lic Service Company manager
at Kermit, will also attend the
session.
vention and Tourist Committee.
Several proposals for such a
building have been advanced,
including the possibility of lo-
cating it in County Park. The
structure would be of such size
to handle the large affairs which
are held in the city and would
have facilities for other types
of community affairs.
Expected to appear before
the Court are Chamber Presi-
dent Dalton Haines and Com-
mittee Chairman Jim King.
Several other members of the
committee and Chamber are
also expected to be on hand for
the meeting.
County Judge W. E. Cook said
the next meeting of the Court is
slated Monday, Sept. 23.
In other Chamber of Com-
merce board action, a report
on the remodeling of the
Chamber’s new office building
on North Poplar Street was
heard and the first construction
estimate paid. Contractor re-
Enrollment Opea
For Course in
Letter Writing
How to make business letters
clear, concise, convincing and
courteous — how to give them
the human touch — how to em-
phasize the reader’s interest
these are just a few of the
points to be covered by W. H.
Butterfield during the Business
Letter Clinic set for Kermit
Tuesday evening, Sept. 24.
Scheduled to run from 7:30
to 10 p.m., the clinic will be
conducted in the Junior High
School Library. It is being spon-
sored by the Kermit Chamber
of Commerce. The $4 registra-
tion fee includes a set of 12
letter-improvement charts that
cover the fundamentals of good
business correspondence.
A widely known authority on
letter writing, Butterfield has
written 16 books and more than
100 magazine articles on this
subject. He is also the author
of the section on “Letter Writ-
ing” in World Book Encyclo
pedia, and formerly edited the
Better Letters Service of the
National Credit Association. His
letter writing programs have
been conducted for business and
professional groups in more
than 100 cities in the United
States and Canada. In review-
ing one of his books, Printers’
Ink magazine called him “the
most expert of the authorities.
Registration for the clinic
can be made with the Chamber
of Commerce. The program is
open to all who want to improve
their business letters.
$367,350 Damage
Suit is Settled
Out of Court
A $367,350 damage‘suit filed
by Henry C. Woolsey against
Skelly Oil Company and Roy
Wilson was reportedly settled
out of court earlier this week
for a reputed $50,000.
According to a report from
the District Clerk’s office, the
case was settled by attorneys
and the case removed from the
Court docket.
The suit stemmed from an
accident Oct. 22, 1960, when cars
operated by Woolsey and Wil-
son, a Skelly Oil Company em-
ploye, collided on Highway 302,
10 miles east of Kermit. Wool-
sey’s wife, a passenger in his
vehicle, was injured.
The cars collided head-on and
Mrs. Woolsey was hospitalized
for several weeks.
MOVING STREET — One of the streets in Wink opening onto Hendrick
Boulevard is being redesigned so traffic will not enter the highway on an angle. Pic-
tured above, the new curbing for the strest can be seen turning toward the high-
way. New pavement will be constructed in the final project of the Wink Urban
Renewal Program. (News Staff Photo)
Panel Called for
County Jury Duty
5 Plead
Guilty in
Court Here
Five pleas of guilty were
heard by District Judge Russell
D. Austin of Andrews Monday
and Tuesday in action in 109th
District Court.
Buddy Leon Gordon of San
Angelo was found guilty of rob-
bery after entering a guilty
plea. He was sentenced to five
years in the State Penitentiary
at Huntsville.
Richard Henry, who pleaded
guilty to a burglary charge, was
sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary, after Judge Austin
found him guilty.
Entering a guilty plea to a
charge of theft was Gaylon C.
Allen. After being found guilty
he was given a two-year pro-
bated sentence.
Harold Thompson was found
guilty of burglary of a coin-op-
erated machine. He entered a
plea of guilty. Judge Austin sen-
tenced him to 90 days
county jail.
Artice Thomas Bazemore re-
ceived a two-year suspended
prison sentence after being
found guilty of driving while in-
toxicated, second offense. He
entered a guilty plea.
A panel of 36 Winkler County
residents has been summoned
for duty as prospective petit
jurors in Winkler County Court
next week, according to word
from the Sheriff’s office.
The prospective jurors are to
report to the County Courtroom
on the second floor of the
Courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, at
10 a.m., officials said.
The panel includes 22 persons
listed as living in Kermit or in
camps surrounding the city. An
additional 14 persons are listed
as living in Wink.
Those on the panel from Ker-
mit include the following:
Carl Abron, 116 North Maple
Street; Mrs. Don Baremore,
1040 South Poplar Street; O. D.
Brooks, 1050 Washington Street;
Vaughn Brinson, 1401 Shannon
Drive; Ralph A. Brown, 536
South Avenue D; Paul Brucks,
748 South Avenue C;
J. P. Bryan, 513 South Avenue
C; Mrs. Bill Cameron, 813 South
Avenue C; Sam Cates, 1037
South Poplar Street; Ralph
Douglass, moved from Kermit;
Calvin Dunlop, 239 Van Street;
Mrs. Clyde Dunn, 525 South Ce-
dar Street; Marjorie Evans, 707
North Oak Street; A. L. Frank?
lin, 117 Amelia Street; John R.
Fogle, 721 South Pine Street;
A. E. Fulks, 309 North Avenue
A; Mrs. G. T. Gilligan, 541 South
Ash Street; Pat Hay good, 730
North Avenue A; Patrick H.
Hickman, star route; Calvin
Workman, El Paso Mainline
Camp; and Walter Dickie, 1040
Washington Street.
Those on the list of prospec-
tive petit jurors from Wink in-
clude:
Mrs. J. W. Bradberry, F. M.
Ballard, Howard Carr, Charles
Dennis, Billy DePrang, James
L. Goodson, Mrs. A. J. Herring,
Mrs. Charles Hubbard, Lane
Newbert, Hugh Sasser, C. B.
Smith, Rex Wellington, Joe
West and James Norman.
Jack Akin Wins
$25 Prize in
Football Contest
Annual Lions
Broom Sale Set
Here Sept. 28
Members of Kermit Downtown
Lions Club will stage the an-
nual broom sale Saturday, Sept.
28. An advance sale will get
under way today (Thursday).
Proceeds from the broom sale
go into the local club’s welfare
fund and also to the Lighthouse
for the Blind. The club has sold
the brooms and allied articles
for the last few years.
Club officials said members
will call on business houses dur-
ing the next week taking orders
for the items. Included in thefseason.
sale will be household and ware-
house brooms, floormats, whisk
brooms, mops, dusters and nu-
merous other items.
Orders taken by club mem-
bers during the week will be
delivered on the day of the sale.
Persons wishing to order items
in advance and not contacted
in the by a club member should call
6-3261 during the day.
Sales on Sept. 28 will be at
several points around the com-
munity and it is hoped to have
at least two mobile stations
cruising the city for the con-
venience of residents.
JACK AKIN
. . football winner
Jack Akin of Kermit was the
first winner in the 1963 News
Football Contest. He won the
$25 first prize by correctly
guessing the results of nine out
of 10 games plus the Kermit-
Hobbs, N. M., game.
A total of 250 entries was
checked in the first of the 10
contests. Entries came from
Kermit, Wink, Seminole, An-
drews and Jal, N. M.
The winner, who has lived in
Kermit since 1956, is employed
by Perry R. Bass. He is father
of four children.
Akin said he had entered the
contest several times last year
but this is the first time he
has ever won. He added that he
plans to continue entering this
Buffalo Trail
Scouts’ Chapel
To Be Dedicated
A. new chapel a t Buffalo ’trail
Scout nanch in the Davis Moun-
tains is to be dedicated in cere-
monies Oct. 12. Representatives
of Protestant, Catholic and Jew-
ish organizations will participate
in the non-denominational ser-
vices, according to G. N.
Hughes, chairman of the Buffalo
Trail Council committee on pro-
gram and arrangements.
Scouters, friends of scouting
and others interested in attend-
ing are asked to contact ranch
representatives in various
towns. John Fanning of Kermit
;may be contacted by Winkler
Countians.
The chapel is modernistic in
design, built of native stone and
cedar in an ‘A” style. Seating
capacity is about 150 persons.
Barbecue dinner will be served
from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
preceding the dedication cere-
monies. The council’s executive
board will meet at 6 p.m. to
elect officers of the council for
1964.
Dedication ceremony is ex-
pected to end by 8:30 p.m.
Historical Unit
Meets At Library
A meeting of the Winkler
County Historical Survey Com-
mittee has been called for today
(Thursday) at 8 p.m. at Winkler
County Public Library, an-
nounces Ray Kayser.
All committee members are
requested to attend, and every-
one else who is interested is
invited, since the meeting is to
be an open session.
S. J. Lovell is scheduled to
give a report on the “Boom
Town Cemetery’ at Wink. Other
program topics will include dis-
cussion of plans for the coming
calendar year, Kayser said. ’
The football contest, co-spon-
sored by Bells Groceries, Kent
Oil Company, Reich Shoes,
Pik-Pak, Inc., and Jackson Tire
Company, will run for another
nine weeks. The second contest
is now under way.
Entry blanks were printed in
Monday’s News and persons
may use them or reasonable
facsimiles. The completed entry
blanks can be deposited at any
of the above-named stores prior
to 4 p.m., Friday. No entries
will be accepted at The News
office. Winner will be announced
in Monday’s New§,
Cars Pictured
in The News
New cars for 1964 are soon
to be filling showrooms of
automobile dealers through-
out Kermit and the Nation.
Showings of the new vehicles
are slated to get upder way
within the next few weeks.
Since new cars are of inter-
est to many people of the com-
munity, The News will print
photographs of as many of
them as possible during the
next few issues. The pictures,
supplied by the car manufac-
turers, will be accompanied
by information about the vari-
ous vehicles, body designs and
engineering advancements^
Several new cars are pic-
tured inside this issue of The
News.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1963, newspaper, September 19, 1963; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994970/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.