The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 94, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1968 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 31-No« 94
The Winkler County News io*
Kermit:, Winkler County, Texas Monday, February 12, 1968
Time to Honor a Great American, and
to Remember the Ideals He Cherished
Abraham Lincoln is s
and ideals which Americans hold dear. He
personifies the spirit of our country, with
unswerving honesty and with steadfast pur-
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pose. On this birthday, we honor and remem-
ber his dedication to the principles of freedom.
To him, we owe much that has helped to make
our nation great
Editorial
p Where There
Is A Will
Tyler is now developing a 600-acre Industrial Park. That
town grew into a large city by taking full advantage of the wealth
created since oil was discovered in 1930 in Smith County and
surrounding area.
According to the latest Texas Almanac, Smith County’s
mineral value is estimated at $9 million as compared with Winkler
County’s estimated mineral value of $88 million dollars. True,
there are several wealthy oil counties surrounding Smith County,
but Kermit and Winkler County, too, have several wealthy oil and
gas counties with probably greater aggregate wealth than in those
counties surrounding Tyler and Smith County.
It is estimated that Tyler is within two hours driving
time for three million people in Texas and Louisiana. It is the
guess of this writer that Kermit is within three and one-half hours
driving time for well over a million people in Texas, New Mexico
and Mexico. (Get a highway map and a Texas Almanac and check
on the mileage and population for the area mentioned.)
Tyler has grown to a population of 103,000 people. In the
opinion of this writer, Kermit should have grown to a population
of 25,000 to 30,000.
The land owners, the city and county officials of Tyler
and Smith County, the business leaders and other citizens worked
together in providing everything necessary to attract industry.
They saw to it that a substantial part of the newly created min-
eral wealth was made available for the development of many civic
projects, including a Medical Center. They have a Rose Festival
which brings thousands of people to Tyler, also a large September
fair. Thgy have a Junior College and many new industries. Evi-
dently, Me civic leaders and elected city and county officials
were not complacent. They went into action and the job was
done — with very little, if any, “buckpassing,”
CosJPrted action on the part of the business leaders, county
and city officials, land owners and all citizens can bring about the
development of Kermit and Winkler County with a diversified
economy of oil, farming, agriculture and industry. Winkler County
has fine churches and schools, but no Junior College. Winkler
County, with its wonderful climate and outstanding doctors, can
develop a Medical Center of which there should be no finer
in the United States — many citizens have wondered why Winkler
County has not moved faster in this field.
Winkler County has many wonderful citizens among ranchers
and other land owners, business men, doctors, church leaders
and others. They can make greater use of the God-given wealth
of Winkler County and build for the future of their children and
grandchildren. Tyler and Smith County, as well as many other ‘'live-
wire” cities and counties, have done it in areas where they found
oil and gas that the Good Lord had placed there. Kermit and
Winkler County can do what those “live-wire” cities and counties
have done if they have the will to do it. TALK ALONE WILL NOT
DO IT. IT TAKES ACTION.
If there be no progress, there will be decay — action will
prevent decay and will make for progress.
—M. M, Donosky
Chamber Committee
Chairmen Are Named
Ed Stu&srt, president of the or
Eight chairmen of committees
of the Kermit Chamber of Com-
merce were announced today by
U^rt,
ganizatgjn.
Chairmen of committees on
Tourism, Organizational Devel-
opment, Business Development,
CominoAi(y Betterment, Public
Affairs JILegislative Action, Con-
vention Promotion and New Mem-
ber Orientation were listed by
Stuart. Other chamber commit-
Without
Rhyme
or
Reason
by maud green
Myer Donosky and his wife
Jeffee vLkr,e in Kermit the latter
part of uSt week.
He went down early Saturday
morning El Rancho for a bite
to eat an|jrsaw something which
pleased him very much.
Saturday was the day so many
high school students from a large
West Texas area were here for
the Invitational Speech Tourna-
ment.
“That was one of the most
refreshing sights I’ve seen,”
Myer said. “In these days of
so many Hippies and other odd
balls, it was a delight to see
those clean-cut, wide awake, in-
tellegent youngsters.”
We all join with you, Mister
D. We’re proud of the young
folks in West Texas.
Oh yes . . . since the tourna-
ment exiled so late Saturday,
there iCn;o be more about it
in Thursday’s issue of The
Newsy.
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Here’s another one of those
silly puzzles.
It is a test used by Bethlehem
Steel Company, with two and a
half hours allowed for its
solution.
There is positively no catch
to it. It can be worked in five
to 10 minutes ... so they say.
First one reporting the solu-
tion should have a prize . . .
maybe a cup of hot tea?
A train is operated by three
men — Smith, Jones and Robin-
son. They are fireman, engineer
and brakeman, but not re-
spectively. Oh the same train are
three passengers of the same
names — Mr. Smith, Mr. Robin-
(See WITHOUT, page 8)
tee chairmen will be announced
in the near future.
One of the most important
committees of the Chamber of
Commerce is the Tourism Com-
mittee. County Commissioner
Leon Nutt is chairman of the
group, and committee members
are G, L. McGuire, JerroldRan-
dolph, Jack Healy, Ray Kayser
and Mrs. John Gammill.
Two priority projects will be
handled by this committee: com-
pletion of the Moorhead Derrick
site and placing tourist signs at
highway entrances to Kermit.
In connection with the Moor-
head Derrick site, four chief
goals will be accomplished. They
include: fencing and landscap-
ing, moving the Mosely House to
the site, making water available
at the site and preparing pro-
motional brochures and other
material to advertise the site
as a tourist attraction.
A secondary project of the
tourist committee will be the
promotion of Highways 302 and 18
for tourist travel.
Thomas F. (Tommy) Smead
will head the Organizational De-
velopment Committee. Duties of
this group will include member-
ship expansion, membership re-
lations, income evaluation and
public relations.
Chairman of the Business De*
(See CHAMBER, page 8)
Maury H. Alberts, Prominent Civic
Leader, Dies; Rites Set For Monday
Maury H. Alberts, 66, who
devoted most of his lifetime in
Winkler County to civic affairs
and community development,
died Sunday at 2:30 a.m. in
Memorial Hospital. He had been
in failing health for a number
of years.
Funeral services are to be
held today (Monday) at 4 p.m. in
First Methodist Church. Rev.
Kenneth Ford, pastor, will of-
ficiate and burial is to be in
Kermit Cemetery under direc-
tion of Cooper Funeral Chapel.
Mr. Alberts, who came to
Winkler County in 1928, was
born Aug. 9, 1901, in New York
City. He was a veteran of World
War I and held membership in
Masonic Lodge No. 1131, Scot-
tish Rite No. 3 and El Mada
Shrine, all of El Paso.
He and Elise Johnston were
married May 15, 1921, in El
Paso.
Survivors include his wife;
two brothers, Julius Alberts of
Ventura, Calif., and William Al-
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BEAUTY CONTESTANT Ken
Burrows Jr., is co-owner of L-
B Drug. He’s hopeful of being
Mr. Kermit Beauty for Leap
Year. He tapes out at 39-34-39,
same measurements as Cassius
Clay . . . except the mouth, he
reminds. He’s 6 feet 2 inches
high, is topped with blonde hair
and has “one sickly yellow eye
and one is maltese.”
BEAUTY CONTESTANT Ken-
neth Yates is manager of TG&Y
Stores. Seems the fellow is en-
tering the Male Beauty Contest,
Leap Year Day, under a bit of
pressure, He is 5 feet 7 inches
tall, measures 34V2- 321/? - 38^.
His sandy hair accents his blue-
blue eyes. The Beauty Contest is
part of the goings-on being plan-
ned in connection with the Feb.
29 Leap Year Sale.
MAURY H. ALBERTS
berts, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and
one sister, Mrs. Henrietta Col-
lier of Ventura, Calif.
Pallbearers are to be Joe
Boudreaux, S. C„ Callaway, J. A.
Garza, Bill Eddins, J. B. Cof-
fey and C. P. Laughlin.
Mr. Alberts was a past com-
mander of Rex Baird American
Legion Post in Wink, serving in
Cancer Society
Meeting Set
Tuesday Night
Members of the Winkler Coun-
ty Cancer Society have scheduled
a meeting for Tuesday night,
Feb. 13, according to Dale
Christian, secretary of the
group.
The meeting will be held at
8 p.m. at the Kermit Chamber
of Commerce office.
All members of the society
and any prospective membds
are urged to be present at Tues-
day night’s meeting.
1930. He also was a past com-
mander of Clarence Cavett
American Legion Post, Kermit,
serving for the years 1940-41-
49 and was a past commander
of the 16th District of Texas,
American Legion, for the term
of 1952-53. He held a Golden
Membership card, representing
50 years of continuous member,
ship, in the American Legion.
He helped organize Kermit’s
first Chamber of Commerce in
1942 and served as its president
until 1945 when the present
Chamber of Commerce was or-
ganized. He was one of 30 char,
ter members in the new or-
ganization and served as its
first president.
He was a past president of
Kermit Downtown Lions Club,
1939-40, and was a past presi-
dent of the Memorial Hospital
Board of Control; a past pres-
ident of Winkler.Ward Coun-
ties Shrine Club; and served
as a director of West Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Alberts had served as
(See ALBERT’S, Page 8)
Jack Roe
Issues
Report
Jack Roe, Winkler County
juvenile and probation officer,
has issued his report for the
month of December.
Cases handled in this office
during the month include:
Juveniles: official cases, 3;
unofficial cases, 26; stealing, 5;
disobedience, 9; immoral con-
duct, 1; violence, 3; malicious
mischief, 7; liquor law viola-
tions, 2; other delinquent be-
havior, 2;
Detention, 3; official proba-
tion, 13; unofficial probation, 18;
dismissals, 5; and in state
school, 2.
Adults: felony probation, 25;
misdemeanor probation, 23; dis-
missals, 4; revocations (pend-
ing), 2.
No. 1 Wolfe Completed As
Significant Gas Discovery
BY JAMES C. WATSON
News Oil Writer
A significant gas-condensate
discovery from the Atoka has
been completed in Winkler Coun-
ty by Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.
at No. 1 Wolfe Unit, 14 miles
northwest of Kermit.
It rated a calculated, absolute
open flow of 150 million cubic
feet of gas daily naturally from
perforations opposite the Atoka
at 14,492-14,514 feet (previous-
ly reported as Strawn) with a
gas-condensate ratio of 44.9bar-
rels per million cubic feet of gas.
Gravity of the petroleum was 50
degrees.
The absolute open flow was
based on the following four-point
tests, the first three being for
two hours and 15 minutes and
the final check for 11 hours.
Flowing through a 12-64-inch
choke gas volume measured 8,-
611,000 cubic feet per day with
surface pressure at 8,494 pounds
and 16.56 barrels of condensate.
Gas rate was 8,413,000 cubic
feet dally on a 14-64-inch open-
ing plus 25.19 barrels of conden-
sate with tubing pressure at 8,413
pounds.
With flowing pressure at 8,238
pounds on an 18-64-inch choke the
24-hour gas volume was 16,686,-
000 cubic feet accompanied by
34.88 barrels of condensate.
Condensate measured 248.48
barrels with gas flow at 24,s
707,000 cubic feet daily through
a 24-64-inch opening and surface
pressure at 7,721 pounds.
No. 1 Wolfe Unit is 1,980 feet
from north and west lines of sec-
tion 24, block C-23, PSL survey,
3V2 miles southwest of theLeck,
West (Bone Springs lime) pool
and V2 mile south of Sinclair’s
No. 1 Tubb Estate, in section25,
prospective Ellenburger gas
strike currently testing through
perforations extending from 21,-
466 to 21,673 feet which had been
treated with 37,000 gallons of
acid and 125,000 cubic feet of
nitrogen and on the latest gauge
reported flowed gas at the daily
rate of 15.25 million cubic feet
daily plus 148 barrels of load
water in 22 hours on a 28-64-
inch choke with flowing pressure
at 4,600 pounds, testing to com-
plete continues.
No. 1 Wolfe Unit, originally
drilled by Roden Oil Co. of Mid-
land to 14,519 feet, blew out on
July 15, 1966, caught fire and
burned for six days. During that
period an estimated 195 million
cubic feet of gas and condensate
were consumed per day. That
petroleum came from a section
between 14,516 and 14,519 feet.
It later was taken over bj
Sinclair and abandoned Nov. 5,
1966, and then re-entered late
in 1967 and deepened to 15,473
feet by that concern.
A 7%-inch liner was set from
12,669 to 15,454 feet for the
completion. It tested lower Atoka
shot holes between 15,374 and
15,391 feet which responded with
a flow of 8.12 million cubic feet
of gas daily accompanied by 1.62
barrels of 48-gravity condensate
on a lk -inch opening. Thai hori-
zon will not be produced at this
time.
Forest Oil Corp. No. 1 Dug-
gan, scheduled 21,500-footEllen-
burger wildcat in Ward, three
miles southeast of theLockridge
(18,600 - foot Ellenburger gas)
(See NO.l WOLFE, page 8)
Officers Investigate
Six Traffic Mishaps
Six traffic accidents were in-
vestigated Friday, Saturday and
early Sunday by law enforce-
ment officers in Winkler County.
The two most serious mishaps
occurred about midnight Satur-
day.
Shortly before midnight, a 1965
C hovrojes. 4-door, dr)yen by Ray-
mond Robert Montoya, 25, of
Mentone, overturned near the
west city limits of Kermit where
West Austin Street intersects
an oil field road. Montoya’s auto-
mobile went out of control on the
rain-slick oil road, crashed
through a five-strand barb-wire
fence and came to rest on its
top on the west side of the
roadway, according to Texas
Highway Patrolmen E. C. Lock-
lear, who led the investigation
of the mishap.
Both Montoya and his brother,
Eustacio Montoya Jr., 28, also
of Mentone, who was riding with
him, escaped injury. Locklear
said the two men left the scene
of the accident and were appre-
hended in Kermit by Patrolmen
Jerry Bell and Mark Lindsey
of the city police department.
Charges of failure to report
an accident were filed against
Raymond Montoya by the offi-
cers.
Locklear and Highway Patrol-
man Ken Maninger, who assisted
him in the investigation, esti-
mated damage to the Chevrolet
at $1,500.
Shortly after midnight, Patrol-
men Maninger and Locklear in-
vestigated another one-car acci-
dent on the Jal highway north
of Kermit. A 1968 Chevrolet
2-door, driven by John D. Smith,
19, of Tioga, went out of control
on a curve P/2 miles north of
Kermit, careened across the bar
ditch and railroad, tracks and
came to rest on its wheels on
the west side of the railroad.
Patrolman Maninger said the
car, which did not overturn, trav-
eled approximately 800 feet be-
fore it finally came to rest.
The car hit a guard rail and
Valentine
Mailings
Cost 6 Cents
Postage for all valentines one
ounce or lighter is six cents,
Assistant Postmaster Ed Logan
reminds mailers.
The first-class postage rate
will provide jet flight service for
valentines destined to service-
men in Vietnam and other over-
seas locations as well as air-
lift treatment for most domes-
tic addresses more than 250
miles from the mailing point.
Legislation which went into
effect Jan. 7, eliminated the
four-cent rate for greeting cards.
knocked it down as it left the
highway. Damage to the car was
estimated at $500 by the offi-
cers.
The highway patrolmen said
Smith is employed in Jal, N, M.,
and he and a female companion,
(See OFFICERS, Page 8)
Clean tip
Committee
To Mee
Sherwood Edwards and Dr.
A. R. Howard, co-chairmen of
the 1968 Kermit Clean-Up Cam-
paign have announced a meet-
ing of the Clean-Up Committee
on Thursday, Feb. 15.
Meeting will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce office,
beginning at 1 p.m.
“There are many serious eye
sores in our city that are both
health hazards and fire traps,”
the co-chairmen pointed out. “In
short, there is a very serious
need to clean Kermit up. We
are asking all organizations and
clubs to help dispose of theater-
rible conditions of some of the
buildings and lots in Kermit,
and we urge all the citizens of
the community to do their part
in this campaign.”
READY FOR AUCTION — Members of Kermit Downtown Lions Club are busy preparing
for the organization’s annual Auction, which is scheduled for tonight (Monday) at 7:30 p.m.
Here, District Governor Walter Buenger (left) of Fort Stockton and a group of local Lions
look over a small part of the merchandise that will be sold at the auction at Kermit Community
Center, Shown with the District Governor are Downtown Lions Club President G. L. (Jerry)
McGuire, Ken Burrows, Jr., and James Lipham. (Staff Photo)
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