The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. [66], No. [28], Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1957 Page: 1 of 4
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light drizzle Sunday morn-
ing High temperature thia
afternoon near 50 Low
tonight in the middle 4t’s.
High Sunday in the middlo
50’s. Light variable winds
becoming southerly 10 to
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Boyd Paces
Athens Hornets
To 79-29 Win
Sorts killed and Injured in ( t«bhe*
At Home and Abroad W <1 htn 1S Hom
John Hoggard of Waxahachie ‘
night The Hornet star poured in captured the individual scoring
torid 38 points to lead his honors
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will
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Galveston County SheriH
*a»di Kemah Gambling Spot
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ehrtt-d Sheriff Paul Hopl
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the gam. ’
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facing i
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raided Kemah
town
Hopkin*
With .. I'OtVtH
photographer*
Hu Boneta ( tub
famed "strip
dice rolling.
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a salesman for If B Meyer and
Company. He was. for many
years, a power salesman for the
Texas Power and Light Com-
pany. After leaving the light
company, while managing it*
Midland office. Ryan was an oil
well contractor in West Texas.
1 son
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t i.eburne
McElroy
I Faris
Glenn
i Yeary
Jones
Crosier
I Cleveland
Mrs L C Gillihand. 89. rest- Morgan
dent of Ellis County for more
th in So years died at her home TOTALS
here Friday night She had been
ill for a long time
Mrs Gillihand was bom in
Cleburne. October 22. 1887 She (onnell
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Jury's Verdict
Favors Defendant
In Damage Suit
A jury in Hw Fortieth fhs-
r triii ' .ini in Waxahachie this
w* • k f"turned a verdict in favor
of f I. Gl»*py of Enms. defan-
lint in i 115 509 00 damage
»uit it.Aing out of a traffic ac-
lofent on > S Highway 75,
Jun*' 24 1955.
A traitor ow ned by Gfaapy
and driven by an employee, was
involved in the accident whi< h
<i|mi involved Kenneth A. Pil-
kington the plaintiff in the enit
The eaiM* wan transferred
Dann;
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b.i< k* durim
Paul H. Ryan
To Be Buried Here
Graveside rites in Myrtle
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one . pot because he didn't have
enough funds to stake more un-
dercover men in chibs He said
two of his men gambled in the
Boneta. with Hopkins own mo-
ney. two hours before the raid.
The raid was the first major
one along Kemah’s famed gambl-
ing ‘ strip” in years. State Attor-
ney General Will Wilson recent-
ly said *lf Galveston authorities
didn't ‘cleanup' the county by
spring he would.
rum of Ennis
Hartal under the direition of
the J. E Keever Mortuary was
, in Myrtle Cemetery
Pallbearers were Basil Hart.
Jack Hart, Jes* Byars. J. T
l>odd. A H Newberry and Sid-
ney Cave.
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CAR RADIOS -
MILWAUKEE—-<UPi—A Mar- SHINE
quette University poll indicates
that 59 per celt of Milwaukee
drivers who have radios in their
can listen u> them on their way
to and from work.
a second place tie with Athens
with a
night
The high-scoring
dominated by the
(the wav
in Hu S' John Holy
s< Inulin gavt- 177 38
i on 111 tn 111 * hi * at Ennis
IkhiI tol ilrd 125 I rt
< ont riiml ion* .0 I 'aiver High
S.ho.il toi.ilud SHIM) whih* an
oihi't Si. <i. A4>. contributed by
th. liiiuri- Huniemakers of
Arm 11> i < h.ipu t at Ennis High
S« bool
Girl >oui' from Ennis Troop
I wet*' today collecting "iron
luii' < ontuiii'Ts they earlier
pl,,. t .| around town in various
ii. t .lablishinenfs to re
i. M in I of Ihnw t contribu-
tion
Rescue,
Two Bad Plane Crashes
New City Commission
Takes Office Monday
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Funeral M-rvg< s for Mrs
A Merritt of Garrett.
This morning police still were
examining the wreckage to de-
children and 2 great grandchil- the 500 person- from Texas ok ,t”rmine the cause of the era* i
dren lahoma Ixiuisiana. ,.—
Mrs Gillihand wax a member end New Mexico who will attend f^e < ivil Aeronautics fPiard id
of the Church of Christ. i
Funeral services will be held Christian education and homi
at 2 pm. Sunday, at the Keever letlcs at the Austin Pre-bytenan
Seminary'
will
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held at the Emus Avenue Chur- from Navarro < ounty April 20,
ch of Christ Friday afternoon
Mrs, Merritt died in a Cor-icana
hospital Thur-day
Officiating num .ters for the
rites were Harry Law Groves of
services at the
Brewer Chapel in
and his deputies
of newsmen and
swarmed into
on Ke mail *
f* fa«t they caught
roulette wheels
spinning and housemen dealing
cards.
Bartenders were doing a boom
business when the raiders enter
cl al the stroke of midnight
'I he Boneta Club tn its adver-
tising. calls itself the hottest
spot in town."
Hopkins and his men arrested
seven persons, confiscated 1(F
thousand dollars worth of gamb
ling equipment and eases of
whiskey, and ran nearly 1<Ki pat-
rons off into the night
The club operator. 42-ycar-|
old W E Ed' Nelson was
charged before Justice of the
Peace I) C Richards with op-
erating a gambling house and
violating liquor laws
Six of Nelson's employes were
charged with vagrancy
Hopkins said he hit only the I
ron is survived bv a son Bill
Gerron of Austin; his mother
Mrs Walter Gerron of .Austin
three sisters. Mrs Clyde Rice of
Amarillo Mrs Clyde Dodson of
Austin and Miss Christine Ger
ron of Austin
Mrs. George C. Woodard of
Fort Worth the former Miss
Jewel Gerrnn of Bardwell, aunt
of the dead man. was in Ennis
I today, enroute to Houston, to
I be with the family.
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Highway Bridge
Between Wortham,
Mexia Washed Out
AUSTIN. Tex. <UP>—An es^ Graveside rites in
timated five inches of rain wash-1 Cemetery for Paul Heywood
cd out a bridge on State Higb-i Ryan, a fortper resident of En-
way 14 between Mexia and nis. were tn be conducted by
Wortham late yesterday. The Ennis Masons this afternoon
State Highway Department made ** ~
II... i.f» pv « fv»-<l a* toihair
me> c. > n-.ol p.»r*w ipation
hi the M ir.h <>i Dino**
>i. la« into Si hool students
< otitr ihip. .1 *1/1 o', to this war s
M ir< Ii . i I >oii«-
< ..ini .i.ui mu ■ in the Alamo
.ind J: .. >’ hool lotaied 1)07
I) uxh.li' I1../11I • r.xkell School
xtiiiferit» gave 1101 IO
Doi’ Miliii Hrhool xtiidrnts
t .infr bulril Sit.''Mt to the March
of Dlini'S
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while
High
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Gerron had Jtved in Mexico
City for appruxinia'* Iv <>n« it
He was born in Barilwdl ami
attended t h e Enn.* Public
Schools Before going to Mexico
Gerrvi practiced law in Au >hn t
Previoualy he had practiced in
Brady
Mrs Gerron SO. had just en-
tered a restaurant on the name the new
ground floor of the Houston ho
tel and heard her husband -
body strike the sidewalk out
side.
Mrs Gerron said she and her
husband had returned from
Mexico to obtain capital for a
mining venture in Mexico She
said they were married in Cor-
pus Christi in 19.55
Deputy Coroner Frank Mur
, ray says he will withhold an in-
quest verdict in Gerron's death
until an autopsy report is com
! pleted. probably next week
In addition to his wife. Ger-
drunkenness charges had a com- linear yards of cloth in 1955. the mg their planes to get the last
bined record of 514 arrests One state s commerce department re two cents out of a piam buid and
had been arrested 235 times. I ported. j in bad weather to boot ’
Ryan a resident of Dallas for
the report today. 15 ve.ars. died at hl's home. 5424
Repairs to the structure, be- Miller. Thursday
ing worked on at the time rains Funeral
hit yesterday, arc expected to, George A
Dallas, were scheduled for 1 30
1 p m todav The Rev. Clark San- (
ner of the Greenville Avenue
Christian Church, was to offi-1
date i well, prominent Ellis
Ryan is survived by a sister. | farmer and rancher died Fri-lFalh. Mrs Milton Tutt of Den-
I in Waxahachie Sani-jton. Mrs Ollie Walker of Al-
ler. Dallas, also a former resi-itarium Hr had made his home varado. Mrs G. B McElroy of
dent of Ennis. I in Forreston for 1« years. nehurae and Mrs John Thoma* Jr pastor of the First Presby
Ryan was bom in Green””’-’ Survivors include his wife.
At the time of his death, he wa one son. Bill Lewis of Forres-
tor’ one daughter. Mrs. Al By-
nuin of Waxahachie: three bro-
thers. Joe Lewis. W. D. Lewis
and Ed Lewie, all of Bardwell,
and one grandson
Lewis was a member of the
Old Bethel Church.
Funeral service at the Boze
Mitchell Funeral Home in Wa-
, xahachie will be at 2 30 p m
BOSTON. — <UP» — At 93 ■ Sunday The Bev H B Prather
! Peter Conomos still shines shoes of Dallas and tbe Rev E C. Car-
! in his Park Square shop Some ’ gile of Italy will conduct the
days he is assisted by his 97-j rites.
i year old brother, James.
mid-winter lectures on theology.,*1 hunched an investigation
— ■ - . .. . . Republican Representative
1 Steven DerouniMi of New York
Theological Seminary, next demanded a congressional in- Grand Prairie j Eddie Weems
week Mrs Brannon will ac- quiry He said he want* to kn>rw of Fort Worth and I.on O Good-
company her husband to Austin *ny tbe takeoff was cleared in
- ■ the snowstorm after several
hours of delay
— _______ Derouman also asked as-ur
who appeared in court here on setts mills finished I IW 14.5 00b Mce that airlines are not load
Early Spring
Forecast Here
By Mr. Groundhog
tl Mhl|<MI4l
40.f it Ml
\ reg
rent « H
• ailed It
it ha*
ter a bus
affair* |
commix'
C W Brown and Comim
W II. ri.ld < len ent
Shnkiitii an oflui.,
tiallot'- < .<-t in li.v
l<> wind up
th* < in r»*nl
. Waxahachie
«kh*uln»n to
commission will
Im* made and oath* <>t office ad-
ministered to the n<* officials
HI
■red
will
5nd
cad
Attorney Gerron
Once Resident
‘ Of Ennis Area
**' Witham J Gerrnn a '*1 veal
13j One-hundred and two pir .on.
13 were on the four-engined l>< \
|f> aiii'n it look off from l .i Guo
4; dia FieW (or Miami in a blind
tipng snow xtorin hixl night Offi
4 rials said the big plane could stage
4 have legally carried two inon
— persons
tfa A spokesman f : ** - ‘
I Aeronautics Admtnibtraf ion said •>' "I '
visibility wm- three fourths of a
mile and the
5(g) and 8<M) feet According to
IDf'AA minimums Hurt apparent
ly w.c good enough for t^keotf
About one minute after leav
mg the ground eyewitnesses
-aid. the airliner banked sharp
i ly to th<- left and smashed ta lly
first onto ftiker* Island, which
house* a city prison
The plane broke up and
caught fire Prisoners rushed to
the wreckage and carried away zs • •
survivors in thru «rrn I |?||pc \,||n
j Throughout the ni/tu the vi< k-w3l llltv^j *JU1v
ttnu* were taxen arro., tie I .*-.t >- .. ...
To Attend Lectures River in ferryboats to ho-pitah J MfS IVICrrill
The Rev Robert B Brannon
Sears *ud Ifarrts
two <>|»|M<Miig quarH-t
football sea-on
ea< Ii led Iheit respective learn
storing effort
< nnnell fut Enni* anti 5'eary
tm ' leburne e.i< h had it. point'
The Lum* were without thi
services of lx»sd Msriatt in Hi.
a torid 38 points to lead his honors with 28 points while
teammates to a 79-29 victory Palestine’s .fames Saxion was
over the stunned Corsicana Ti- secund high in the game with
gers. 22
The victory was Waxahachie s
Boyd scored on It. field ”'>als sixth straight district win in as
and added six front the free, starts,
throw line in the District 8-AAA
contest
So one sided was Hie tilt that
Bobby Trice. Corsicana high-.
point man. managed but seven
points.
So individualized was the Hor-
net's scoring that runner-up
scorer Curler fur Athens dipped
but two field goals in scoring
fen (mints.
A rare thing took place in the
game. Corsicana failed to dent
the scoreboard for the entire _ .TO,
first quarter as Athens raced io i was reBr<»d in Cleburne and liv-
a 24-0 lead I he Hornet- out- nt.ar B<,yce Garrett and oth Walker
scored the Tigers in every quar er E!hfe Countv towns before Wilhoite
ter and held a lopsided 35*111 coming to Ennis Glaspy
Survivors include her hus- McClendon
band; two sons. J. C- Gillihand Tewes
1 Dallas and Weldon Gjllihand of*
Oklahoma City; three daugh- TffTALS
lers.. Mrs. Boyd Mitchell of
Lockport. Ill Mrs T C Heard < hburnr
of Palmer, and Miss Vera Gilli- Ennfa
! hand of Ennis one brother, W .
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liiui profit a .
|.,rm«‘*l to
<>f Ennis
April
ri'ui profit hu
x Muir
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‘I* ...I eight injured .«u<t fix*
i<«i>unied fut Hui .. ..fhj.ii >'
of Hie i .tr .tn- rt |wn' >,di> i1
t I of th*- iw < l ew m* n |H o t..
Itt-t u k dletl
*1 MID 1X1 It 1 It \XH
wateiImine heat-e m<n
* Xew Wk
ni.ii nin
bodiO* oi
ti.i*t X >e- would k*x*p
.idttum.il w eat tier fore
from M-eing h i *
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lox lat Met v
lit point* d
ilw |j<m wrr
Takes Palestine
By 86-69 Margin
WAXAHACHIE Tex Di*
trict 8 AAA leading Waxahur hie
jolted runner-up Palestine into game due to an injury
Ch burne jumped <>ff to a 12-9
in the first quarter and
gradually ••xtend*‘d th*- lead un
game was i,| taking a big margin in the
Indians al) Hurd quarter
The Lions managed i»ut six
points to Cleburne's 22 in the
tlitrd frame
B TE\M
The Ennis B team was a bit urvivors
off its usual pace in the prelim,
but managed to take a 42 38 win
lx hind the play of George Wat
Anniversary
Association
Receives Charter
I'liA < barter of fh< I unit Tex
Hath SnhiVf i irv 3 .-.ociti
h.i tier n approved an<| f, |
in th*' offu •• of I he Swere
,• *»f Stale of lex
Ixo'o r n<‘d io re
The voluntary
■.H’lSlIon his be«-r>
a celebration
tthth aniwv*f»ary hi
Directors of the
for tlw Civil!'orp'ir.dion >• Briber
J Muirhrad
Mr * *> II Lumpkin and
reiling fan ween i J* •• M< Kay
r< no capital lock
>rporati<m and any »nd all
and profi‘>. left after
payment of <’Xp»-n *•. hall Ire
doruiH'd to rtiariti*-- m Eih*
County .< * ording ’<* jmrvision-
of the chatter the term f o
whe h i-i tri exist one year
Organization of rrummitters
to stage th" festival will begin
in the n*-ar fufurr'
A «*i.-ili!iirn- hear
artox* New Vuk (It* I . I
River tin* morntn, linn,n
l.ttr k tile Ixxiiek oi JO |M r .*i<>-
killeii in an airlinei crash
They were tn row . of cant
bag* guaiderl bv emergen'v p<»
lice on the ferryboat A nor ,<
Official* still are < he. king the
various casualty rrjiotl* The
latest figure i' 2ti desd and
The aurvivm irn lud
nd all five crewmen rm I tie ill
fated Northeast Airhn»'t whirh
r rushed on Rikers I Jaii'l at ope
Bill Tewes and Sonny But , end of the Ea*f Hiver last ruglit
Al least 17 of the survivor.
tp were reported in critn al condl >-
4 turn m hospital* ipm
One hundred and two pi t .on* , .1 i
t a r y
on Manhattan
of Chino. Calif ; four grand terian Church, will hr- among
Arkansas1^1 agent* alm were on hand
Jim Lewis Dies;
Farmer, Rancher
Jim l^wis. 78. native of Bard T Rogers of Houston; five xia- D n n D
HI. prominent Ellis County' ters Mr* Brad Jones of Wichita KSV. K. D. DranriOn
----- - ------ Hvan is survived nv a sister, farmer at
.Tack McKay, manager of the Mim Marcl> Rvan of M24 Mil. d#v njjjht
Ennis Chamber of Commerce.' - - -
attended a conference on ur-
ban renewal and rehabilitation
sponsored by the Waco Chamber
of Commerce Friday.
Some 100 Central Texas per- j
sons attended the conference at
the Raleigh Hotel in Waco.
Provisions of the new federal
program for urban renewal were
explained.
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Bus, Daniel W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. [66], No. [28], Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1957, newspaper, February 2, 1957; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1297616/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Ellis+County+-+Ennis%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.