The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1969 Page: 1 of 20
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Vol. 33 - No. 49
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Thursday, Sept. 11, 1969
Jackets Invade Hobbs For 1969 Season Opener
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THE LITTLEST BOOSTER-All ready to do her share to
boost, Kermit Yellow Jackets on to victory is Little Miss Terri
Ripps. Terri will be one year old Sunday, Sept. 14, a short time
after she, has cheered the Jackets to victory over the Hobbs
Eagles. She waves her chosen Colors of maroon and gold and has
the megaphone close by, just in case. Terri is the daughter of
Mrs. Lelia Ripps and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
BairH. (Phil PaVks Photo)
Kermit Man
Charged
A 19-year-old Kermit man
faces a variety of charges
following an incident at the
Yellow Jacket Drive In Theater
Sunday night.
Doyle Murrell Slaughter, 19,
was arrested by Sheriff’s
Deputies Roy Wilhelm and
Jerry Bell after he allegedly
created a disturbance in the
drive-in theater.
Witnesses said he drove his
car in and through the drive-in
in a reckless manner. His car
allegedly struck another car
and damaged it, and flying
gravel reportedly broke the
windshield of another vehicle.
Charges of disturbing the
peace, unlawful conduct,
committing acts to create a
disturbance in a public place
and driving while intoxicated
were filed against Slaughter.
He entered a plea of guilty
to the disturbance charge and
was fined $200 plus court costs
of $7.30.
The following bonds were
set on the remaining charges,
unlawful conduct, bond $400;
committing acts of disturbance
in a public place, $750; and
driving while intoxicated,
$500. Slaughter was released
from jail after posting bonds
on all the charges.
Commissioners Court
Approves Budget
Legislature
To Investigate
UIL Ruling
The “no transfer” rule of
the University Inter scholastic
League will be the subject of
an interim study by the Texas
House of Representatives.
During the first special session
of the Legislature, Rep. Bill
Swanson of Houston gained
passage of a resolution calling
for the study.
Swanson said the UIL also
thinks there should be some
appeal of the one-year bar for
athletes who change schools, so
the committee will look for an
acceptable means.
County budget totaling
$1,976,895.68 was approved
Monday morning by the
Winkler County Commissioners
Court.
Tax rate for the 1970 fiscal
year, which begins January 1,
was set at $1.25 per $100
valuation, the same as it was
for 1969.’ County property
valuations were listed at $69
million, with $400,000
outstanding in bonds.
Collections on county taxes
were reported at 99.35 per
cent.__■ _
Chamber
Discusses
Projects
Board of directors of
Kermit Chamber of Commerce,
meeting Monday night,
discussed proposed projects
which will require future study
and planning and handled a
number of routine matters.
Calvin Dunlop, president,
presided. After considering a
recommendation from C. B.
Leatherwood, the board voted
that the 1969 Oil and Gas
Appreciation Day will not be
held this year because of
conflicts and shortage of time.
President Dunlop reported
that the Community Public
Service cabin at Possum
Kingdom Lake is to be
available Sept. 28-30, for a
fishing trip to the Lake for
members of the winning team
in a membership drive held
earlier in the year. Grand prize
for the contest was a trip to
Possum Kingdom with CPS
making the accommodations
available.
Lloyd Gilley, chamber
manager, informed the board
(See CHAMBER, Page 10)
In other action, Lydic
Roofing Company of Midland
was awarded the contract to
repair hail-damaged roof on
county-owned buildings in
Wink. The Midland firm
submitted a low bid of
$3,082.90.
The court also authorized
John R. Lee
Reappointed
City Attorney
Kermit City Council,
meeting briefly in a regular
Tuesday meeting, reappointed
John R. Lee as city attorney
by a unanimous vote.
Councilman H. L. (Heavy)
Slaughter, mayor pro-tem,
conducted the business of the
council in the absence. of
Mayor G. L. McGuire.
In other business, the
council approved payment of
monthly bills, j
The Council discussed with
Gene Burnett, city sanitarian,
the procedures necessary to
enforce a city ordinance which
concerns grading and
registering food handling
establishments. Burnett told
the Council that he would
make a survey of the
establishments and check into
the possibility of starting a
food-handling school and
putting such establishments on
a permit system. The survey
will be put before the Council
for consideration at the next
regular meeting.
Others present at the
meeting were Councilmen Lon
Steward, Charles Shadowens
and Glen Funkey, John R. Lee,
Melvin Bartley, chief of police;
M. L. (Pete) Gildon, city
manager; Jerry Haynes, utilities
superintendent and Mrs. James
E. Lipham, secretary.
the county auditor to pay the
following invoices:
Precision Machine and
Supply of Odessa, $724.81;
and
Goldthwaites of Texas, Inc.,
$737.20.
Interest coupons Nos. 151
and 550 on Winkler County
General Obligation Bonds,
Series 1962 were approved for
cancellation.
Monthly reports of fees
earned and collected by county
officials were heard as the final
order of business.
Present at Monday
morning’s meeting were
County Judge W. E. Cook,
Commissioners D, Leon Nutt,
Max Carman, T. M. (Tommy)
Mills and R. E. (Bob) Leese,
and County Clerk Fred V.
Adams. ,
BY MIKE MAIKELL
Kermit’s opening game at
Hobbs Friday night will pit
Coach Don Kaye Brown’s
Yellow Jacket defense against a
highly potent Eagle running
and passing attack. It will also
mark Brown’s debut as head
coach, after taking over the
post following Charles Jetton’s
resignation last spring.
Even though Hobbs fell to
the Artesia Bulldogs, 31-8, last
week, Brown has a lot of
respect for the Eagles. He was
on hand for that game and
came away impressed with
Hobbs’ passing and running.
He stressed that the Eagle
quarterback, Jackie Denton,
121-pounder, can run with the
ball and is a fine passer. His
favorite receiver is speedster
Kenny Williams, who plays
split end. Williams is light at
Grand Jury
Returns
Indictments
Winkler County Grand Jury
returned 12 indictments
against eight individuals
Monday.
Jerrell C. Sullivan was
indicted on a charge of
indecent exposure, He
remained in Winkler County
Jail late Wednesday, pending
iie *posting of $10,000 bond.
William Ray Compton and
William Chester Neveis were
each indicted on two charges
of burglary and one charge of
theft. Bond was set at $1,500
on each charge, and they were
released on bond.
George Stanley Cates and
Micheal Edward Schoenfeld
were each indicted for
burglary. Bond was set at
$2,000 each, and they
remained in the county jail,
pending the posting of bond.
Teddy Joe Frie was indicted
for burglary, and he was
released on $3,00 bond.
Indictments for driving
while intoxicated were
returned against Roy Oliver
Lewis and Ellen Blake Jobert
Reese. Bond for Lewis was set
at $3,000, and $1,000 bond
was set for Mrs. Reese. Both
were released after, posting
their bonds. |
Members of the Grand Jury
include E. A. Fielding,
foreman; F. M. Roark, George
Coffee, Mrs. Martha Jackson,
Troy Warren, J. A. Garza and
George Reich, all of Kermit;
and James A. Bigham, L. V.
Gills, James V. Ogle, Eileen C.
Triplett and A. C. Morton, all
of Wink.
119, but is a 9.7 sprinter.
The running game is sparked
by Roger Scheller, 175, and
Greg Edwards, 165, with
Thomas Ratliff, 170, at the
wingback slot.
Brown said his Jackets must
be ready for the Eagles or they
can be blown off the field. All
hands are free of injuries, and
should be in good physical
shape for the game.
The Jacket coach said some
of the starters will be seeing
varsity action for the first time
and it will be difficult to
foresee how they will react
under fire.
In the two scrimmages held
by the Jackets, they looked
different in each. Against the
Lamesa Tornadoes, the defense
performed well, but the
offense couldn’t move the ball.
At Crane, in the second
session, the offense scored
eight times, but the defense
also gave up eight touchdowns.
Brown feels if the entire team
can jell at the same time, then
they should show up better.
The offensive lineup is
pretty well set., with Max
Swafford at tight end, Bucky
Thompson at split end, Larry
Brown and Gaza Seabolt at
tackles and Bob Neely and
Roger Lofton at guard.
Mike Light will man the
center spot; Mike Whitehead
will start at quarterback;
Bobby Upton at halfback; Jim
Williams at wingback and John
Bounds at fullback.
Randy Davis will be at an
end slot on defense, with
Swafford at the other end;
Neely and Lofton will share
guard duties and the linebacker
posts will be undecided until
game time. Trey Williams or
Whitehead will be at left
linebacker; David Nash or Bob
Dunham at middle linebacker
and either Nash or Light at the
right linebacker spot.
Four proven performers will
make up the secondary.
Thompson and Upton will be
the corner backs and Jim
Williams and Bounds will be at
the safety positions.
Game time at Hobbs is 8:30
p.m. CDT.
Probable Starting Lineups
70
60
50
73
75
85
11
21
42
40
WB
FB
184
161
165
200
195
188
162
155
168
181
KERMIT YELLOW JACKETS
OFFENSE
No. Name Pos. Wt,
83 Bucky Thompson SE 150
Larry Brown LT
Roger Lofton LG
Mike Light C
Bob Neely RG
Gaza Seabolt RT
Max Swafford TE
Mike Whitehead QB
Bobby Upton HB
Jim Williams
Jojrn Bounds
DEFENSE
No. Name
72 Randy Davis
Bob Neely
Roger Lofton
Max Swafford
Trey Williams LLB
Mike Whitehead LLB
David Nash MLB
Bob Dunham
Mike Light
David Nash
B, Thompson
Bobby Upton
Jim Williams
John Bounds
HOBBS EAGLES
OFFENSE
No. Name
80 Kenny Williams LE
75 Ralph Mitchell LT
64 Edwin Johnson
61 Mike Elmore
62 Mike Cooper
77 Mike Murphy
88 Monty Bice
10 Jackie Denton
25 Roger Scheller
44 Thomas Ratliff WB
31 Greg Edwards FB
Pos. Wt.
119
182
180
180
170
188 ■
204
121
175
170
165
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
QB
HB
Pos. Wt*
LE 181
73
60
85
30
11
20
81
50
20
83
21
42
40
LG
RG
RE
200
161
188
157
162
134
MLB 205
RLB 165
RLB 134
LCB 150
RCB 155
LS 168
RS 181
DEFENSE
No. Name
Pos.Wt.
70 Gavino Carrillo LE 187
76 Andy Anderson LT 233
64 Erwin Johnson MG 180
55 Jim Jeffers RT 187
63 David Parker RE 176
.25 Roger Scheller LB 175
42 Danny Burleson LB 173
41 Lynn Webber CB 145
21 Steve Gamble CB 141
20 Ladd Webber LS 140
22 Raymond Johnson RS 180
3 School Board Members
Presented Service Pins
Three members of Kermit
School Board were presented
five-year service-pihs when the
Board met Tuesday night in
regular session.
Receiving the service awards
were Curtis Simpson, Wilbur
Jordan and Beekie Ezell.
Oscar Theisen, president of
the board, presented the pins.
Resignations of four
teachers from the school
system were accepted.
Sam Skipworth is resigning
to leave the teaching field.
Previously; he taught in the
High School level.
Miss Bobbie McDonald
taught in Junior High and is
getting married and will live in
Whiteface.
Charles Upton taught at the
Intermediate level in the
Kermit Schools. He has been
on sick leave and is not to
teach this year.
Mrs. Eleanor Roberts taught
at Purple Sage and resigned for
personal reasons.
After considering bids on
classroom storage equipment
for Intermediate School, the
Jorgenson, pastor of First
Baptist Church, presented the
request in behalf of all Baptist
churches in Kermit.
Bids for roof repairs on
various school buildings were
studied. Lydick Roofing of
Midland received two’
contracts, $15,980 for Kermit
High School building and
$7,205 for Junior High School
building.
C&M Roofing of Odessa
took the roofing repair job at.
the Third Grade building with
a bid of $5,196.
The Board approved a
request from Band Director G.
T. Gilligan that K Band be
permitted to accept an
invitation to the State Fair
Music Festival in the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas, Monday, Oct.
6.
Regular annual approval of
various items on the tax roll
for cancellation was made.
A report was made on
delinquent taxes which
reflected that 99.5 per cent of
the total tax roll has been
collected. If delinquent taxes,
it was pointed out, which were
collected during the year, were
added, over 100 per cent of the
taxes have actually been
collected.
The entire amount of
delinquent on the tax roll of
$1,636,363.85 now stands at
$8,062.54. Much of this will be
collected later as delinquent
taxes.
The Board heard a report
that total enrollment in the
school system on Sept. 2, first
day of school after Labor Day,;
stood at 2,324.
Austin Roberts, business
Harold R. Grissom, Gene manager of the school,
Haley, Mrs. Lofton Bragg, C. P. reported season football ticket
Hager, Mrs. E. E. Hawthorne, sales are running ahead of last
low bid of $1,248 from
Foremost Equipment
Company was accepted with
the provision that quality of
the equipment be subject to
approval.
A tentative request for use
of the football stadium in April
was approved. Rev. Gene
Jury Panel
Notified
To Appear
A 55-member panel of
prospective jurors has been
notified to appear for possible
jury duty in 109th District
Court at Kermit next week,
according to the Winkler
County Sheriffs Office.
The prospective jurors have
been notified to appear at 10
a.m. Tuesday, September 16,
in the District Courtroom.
Included on the panel are 10
persons from Wink and 45
residents of Kermit.
Winkites listed include C. P.
Hoskins, Mildred Howard, W.
M. Hurst, Mrs. C. F. Jiminez,
Henry A. Jones, Jim Tom
Kelton, Jack Knox, Clarence E.
Landry, Boyce E. Langford
and R. B. Leek.
Kermit residents listed on
the panel include Mrs. Vivian
Bollinger, L. W. Fox, Bernice
Bobo, Mrs. Jim Gotcher, Wilma
Geurin, M. H. Bonds, Bob G.
Green, Mrs. R. Gerald Green,
B. W. Griffin,
Douglas N. Bounds, Mrs.
RECEIVE SERVICE AWARDS-Oscar Theisen (left), president of Kermit School Board,
presents five-year service awards to three members of the Board. Receiving recognition for their
service (left to right) are Wilbur Jordan, Beekie Ezell and Curtis Simpson. (Photo Courtesy
KHS)
Mrs. Robert J. Hall, James T.
Brown, Joyce Hill,
J. L. Hancock, Harold A.
Hix, Mrs. W. D. Cameron,
Johnnie Mae Phillips, Sweet
Coffee, Mrs. Leo Hobson, Mrs.
E. W. Stenson, Mrs. C. W.
Holmans, Frank M. Norn,
Mrs. Joe P. Costello, George
E. Holmans, Mrs. Williard
House, Richard W. Clemmer, J.
V. Holt, Ralph R. Homberger,
Freda Charlesworth, F. C.
(See JURY PANEL, Page 10)
year and that ticket sales are'
brisk for the Hobbs game.
Five members of the Board
indicated they plan to attend
the Texas Association of
School Boards convention, to
be held Sept. 21-22 in Austin. *
These are President Theisen,
Jordan, Ezell, Bob Morris and
Bob Drennon.
All members of the Board
were present, including those
mentioned and Dr. John O.
Dampeer.
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Green, Maud. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1969, newspaper, September 11, 1969; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995036/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.