The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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* DOLLARS PER ANUM
Horse Clinic to B
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Conducted in
Ennis; Dr. Anderson Instructor
There will be two days of gen- strate and explain
eral instruction on hoof main- maintenance, diseases, founder
tenance and horse shoer’s clin- and generalities horse
ic in Ennis', March 19-20, 1965.
' Individual owners spend up to
$165 a year on a single horse and
large breeding operations spend
as much as $2,500 yearly on hoof
care and shoeing. Valuable hor-
ses have been rendered useless
due to bad feet and improper
maintenance of the hooves. All
adds up to a big business in
shoeing, trimming, and every-
day hoof care-.
Thus, two days’ instructions
are being carefully planned for
interested horsemen and horse-
women. Some phases will deal
in technical aspects of corrective
shoeing, etc. Dr. W. L (Dub)
Anderson of Dallas will demon-
Sgt. Trojacek's
Rites Conducted
Requiem Mass was celebrated
at 4 p.m. Sunday in St. John's
.Catholic Church for T-Sgt. Emil
J. Trojacek with the Rev. Wil-
liam Botik as the celebrant. The
Rosary was recited at 7 p.m.
Saturday in the Keever Chapel.
‘ Interment was in the St. Joseph’s
Cemetery with military rites per-
formed by Connally Air Force
Base, Waco, at the graveside.
Pallbearers were Billy Joe Kris-
ka, Leon Prachyl, Emil Marti-
nek, Wesley Valek, all of Ennis,
Raymond Langer of Commerce
and Richard Miller of Dallas.
The Honor Guard were from
Hensley Field as follows: M/Sgt.
James Eubanks, T/Sgt. Amos
Cross, T/Sgt. Milford Simmons,
T/Sgt. Joe Dugger, Staff Sgt.
Marvin Crabb, Staff Sgt. David
Hyde, T/Sgt. Herman Brown,
and M/Sgt. N. M. Yazzo.
Sgt. Trojacek, who died in the
crash of a huge K. C. tanker
at Fort Worth, was born in El-
lis County near Ennis November
and
preventive
owners
trainers should know.
George Garner of Hillsboro,
known over Texas, Louisiana,
and Oklohoma ,will dwell on
technicalities of horse shoeing.
Whether a full-time horseshoer
or just a one horse owner, this
clinic will be practical instruc-
tion to everyone interested in
the well being, of the horse, it
was explained.
The clinic is to be held in-
doors rain or shine.
For further information write
or call Lucky C. Parks, Route 1,
Ennis, it was suggested.
Helps on Equipment —
Rescue Unit Is
Recipient of
Contribution
The Ennis Fire Department
Rescue Unit stated today that it
is deeply grateful to Manager
Center of the Trinity Valley
Ranch and Kaufman County for
a generous contribution received
this month.
The donation was presented
for the unit’s work on the Trin-
ity River flood gates while under
20 feet of flood water.
President Joe Fisher of the
Rescue Unit said that the money
will go toward much-needed
equipment.
The unit s services are avail-
able by contacting the Ennis
Fire Department.
Mrs. Richardson
Taken by Death
Mrs. Ida Richardson, 86, died
Saturday morning in Ennis Mu-
21 ,1935, the son of Mr. and nicipal Hospital after a
Mrs. Jerry Trojacek. He attend- illness.
illness.
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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1964
VOL. XXXIX NO. 52
UNITED STATES
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THIRTY-ONE DEAD—At least 31 persons were killed when
a freight train slammed into a passenger train in Tacotalpa,
Mexico. Four U.S. tourists were aboard the passenger train.
One was reported to have lost both arms in the crash and
was in critical condition. Officials said the death toll might
climb to 60.
Motor Bank of Ennis State Bank
Is to Open for Business Monday
was announced today by Presi-
dent W. B. (Bill) Rider Jr.
The attractive and efficient
Motor Bank of the Ennis State
Bank will be officially opened
for business Monday morning, it
The Motor Bank is located at
the corner of McKinney and
Last Man Taken
In Burglary of
Benton Store
— Knox, with McKinney Street en-
trance, a handsome structure
of masonry and glass, in latest
design for convenience of the
ed St. John’s School and w a S
graduated from Ennis High
(School in 1953, after which he
served four years in the U. S.
Air Force. He has been serving
with the Texas Air National
Guard as a tech-sergeant flight
engineer, stationed at Hensley
Field, Dallas. In 1958 he was
married to Miss Lydia Supak of
Crandall.
Surviving him are his w if e.
one daughter, Pamela Trojacek,
son, Michael Trojacek, all o f
Dallas, parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Trojacek of Route 3, En-
nis; and two sisters, Mrs. Ray-
ford Novy, Ennis; Miss Lorene
Trojacek, Dallas.
Mr. Trojacek was a member of
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Dallas and the K.J.T. Society.
Mrs. Richardson, formerly Ida
Alice Shook, was born in Geor-
gia and came to Texas when a
child with her parents settling
in Bell County. She was married
in Milam County on March 16,
1894 to D. H. Richardson. They
moved to the Ennis community
in 1903 and Mr. Richardson died
in 1957.
Surviving her are three sons,
Albert, H. Richardson, Griffen
Richardson, both of Ennis, Ray-
mond Richardson, Houston; one
daughter, Mrs. R. A. Garrett of
Ennis; twenty-one grandchildren
and a number of great grand-
children.
The funeral service will be
held at 10 a.m. Monday in the
J. E. Keever Chapel.
Nathaniel Toliver, probably in
the mid-thirties, the man who
fled when his alleged accomplice
in the Worth Benton Store Burg-
lary at Alma Wednesday night
was captured, was arrested by
Constable Bobby Nash yesterday.
Toliver came to Ennis, from
Dallas, and went to Constable
Nash with this story:
"I came here for my car, which
was stolen.”
“I have a warrant for you for
burglary,” Constable Nash jolt-
ed him with.
Officer Nash turned him over
to Sheriff Wayne McCollum, who
later phoned Mr. Nash that the
man had admitted his participa-
tion in the Alma burglary. For
that offense, Charlie Junior Ter-
ry, also a Dallas negro, was ap-
prehended in the store, and is
held on burglary charges.
The constable said both men
had done time in the penitenti-
ary.
customers.
There is an ornamental out-
side clock-thermometer, for giv-
ing time and temperature, day
or night, that has attracted much
interest.
The Motor Bank has a walkup
lobby in the west building for
the convenience of pedestrian
customers.
It was announced that the
drive-in window on the alley of
the bank property facing on Dal-
ias will be closed, as it is replac-
ed by the Motor Bank.
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SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE SUICIDE—Firemen use a grappling
pole as they search for the body of a possible suicide in one
of the famous LaBrea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, Calif. A wit-
ness told police he saw a woman climbing the fence and later
partially in the gooey asphalt pond as he went to call author-
ities. Rescuers found a woman’s purse on the surface, but the
woman was gone. Statues in background are ones of many
types of pre-historic animals which have been recovered from
the pits.
Claude 0. Hefley
Services Held
Funeral services for Claude 0.
Hefley, 86, life-long resident of
Bristol, were held at 3 p.m.
Thursday at the Church of
Christ in Bristol, with Minister
John Paul Edwards of Dallas
conducting.
Interment followed in Bristol
Cemetery, with arrangements by
Bunch Funeral Home.
Grandsons were pallbearers:
Vaughn Hefley, Farmers Branch;
Kenneth Hurst, Irving; Charles
Wilson, Waxahachie; Morris
Shaw, Ennis; Wendell E. Jeter,
Cooper; Luther H. Hall, Choyse
Hall and Chuby Schuler, Dallas.
Mr. Hefley was a member of
the Bristol Church of Christ.
Survivors are his wife, three
sons, Shannon Hefley, Sulphur
Springs:; Ulric Hefley, Bristol;
C. F. Hefley, Ferris; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ray McCrary, Dallas;
Mrs. Dennis Jeter, Cooper, Tex.;
9 grandchildren, 14 great-grand-
children; 3 sisters, Mrs. C. D.
Hamm, Clarksville; Mrs. S. B.
Sims, Dallas; Mrs. M. 0. Crowd-
er, Bristol. One grandson, Von
Hefley, Farmers Branch, was
also reared in his home. He also
leaves a daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Bruce Hefley of Ferris. , .
Offstreet Parking
May Be Ready by
First of Year
The considerable offstreet
parking space that is being pre-
pared on the NW Main side of
the Southern Pacific right-of-
way, downtown, is expected ot
be ready for use by Jan. 1, ac-
cording to the sponsoring Trade
Development Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Severe winter weather that
prevailed recently slowed the
preparation somewhat.
ENNIS MAN'S
MOTHER DEAD
Mrs. Annie St. Clair, 78, of
Aransas Pass, mother of A. B.
St. Clair of Ennis, died Dec. 16
at a hospital in Corpus Christi.
She had just undergone surgery
for hernia.
Mrs. St. Clair was born in
Thornton, Tex.
Surviving are two sons, Mr.
St. Clair of Ennis and Ray St.
Clair, Aransas Pass, and two
daughters, Mrs. M. L. Hudson,
Houston, and Mrs. A. M. Bushan,
Aransas Pass. Her husband died
in 1916.
Funeral services will be held
at the Aransas Pass Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. Bur-
ial also will be at Aransas Pass.
POWERFUL BLOW
BOULDER, Colorado — One
One-hundred-mile winds blew
down a wall of the building hous-
ing the cyclotron at the Univer-
sity of Colorado in Boulder.
Bruce Brown Is
Well Pleased by
Chevrolet School
Bruce Brown, president of
Bruce Brown Chevrolet-Olds
dealership here, chosen as the
dealer from the. Dallas area to
attend the third Chevrolet Deal-
ers Executive Forum at Detroit.
Mich., has .arrived home after
successfully completing the
course offered and describes it
as extremely valuable.
Sponsored by the Chevrolet
Motors Division of General Mot-
ors, it was a school for. special
preparation of selected dealers
for future advantages of their
dealerships. Among those taking
part in the instructions were top
educators, including a professor
from Wayne State University;
heads of 49 departments of
Chevrolet, out of the Central Of-
fice.
Both lectures and demonstra-
tions were given, and there was
offered a wide variety of train-
ing as to the most effective
methods of dealership operation,
in all its phases.
It was a 9-hours-a-day course,
with three days offering even
lengthier instruction, in the two-
week period. Among instructive*
tours it was Mr. Brown’s priv-
ilege to take were those to the
Fisher Body plant and to the
Corvair plant.
“Director, Ralph Martin of the
Chevrolet School did a truly
masterful job,” the Ennis dealer
stated.
Mr. Brown was graduated
from the two weeks’ school and
received his diploma.
“All the way through, it was.
a wonderful institute," said Mr.
Brown, "andas those attending
have sizable dealerships, we
were especially impressed by the
training for relying more strong-
ly on, department heads in the
operation of our business.”
Hurst Man Who
Died in Mishap
Known in Ennis
Roy R. Sypert of Hurst, one of
the four men killed in the plane
crash at Greater Southwest Aair-
port Thursday night, had visited
here several times in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bo Lisman. In
their home at parties he had met
a number of Ennisites. Mr. Lis-
man was planning this morning
to attend the funeral services
for Mr. Sypert to be held at 2
p.m. today, at
Funeral home, Grand Prairie,
FIRST FAMLY’S CHRISTMAS CARD—The 1964 Christmas card from President and Mrs. John-
son shows a view of the White House painted by Robert Laessig in water color. Two oak trees
planted by the Johnsons are in the foreground.
Churches Give Theme
lativity Emphasis
Ennis, Sunday evening es- “Love Transcending,” by John
pecially, was the scene of numer-”
ous dramatic—and in some cas-
W. Peterson, presented by the
es, musical-—presentations of the
story of the birth of the Christ
child and related hallowed
events.
Two churches, Baylor Baptist
and Tabernacle Baptist, gave
elaborate Christmas cantatas, the
programs having been published
previously.
At Baylor, the cantata was
MRS. WAGNER'S
FATHER DIES
Harmon L. Poe, 88, formerly
of McKinney, Texas, died i n
Phoenix, Arizona, Wednesday.
He was a pioneer resident of
Phoenix.
He was a retired locomotive
engineer. Mr. Poe leaves three
daughters, Mrs. Fay Pee Logs-
don, Kingman, Ariz.; Mrs. Inez
Poe Pierce, Kannapolis, N. C.:
Mrs. Ted H. Wagner, Ennis. His
wife died 10 years ago.
Mr. Poe was a member of the
Methodist Church.
The funeral services will be
Adult Choir, directed by Dwight
Forderhase and with Rev. Carl
‘ held at A. L. Moore and
Moore-Brawn Funeral Chapel in Phoenix
Monday.
CHRISTMAS SMILES—Lt. William S. Miles of Tacoma,
Wash., is spending Christmas a long way from home, as he
is st.ationed in Stuttgart, Germany. To make matters worse
he has two broken legs and a broken arm. He helps Lora
Reapples of Benton Harbor, Mich., prepare for the hospital’s
Christmas party. Smiles are for Rudolph the Reindeer
which is made of gunny sacks, wire coat hangers and cotton’
Famous red nose is fashioned from a tree ornament
Son
on
E. Bilderback, Mrs. Buddie Davis,
Mrs. Dwight Forderhase and
Troy Dungan as soloists, narra-
tion by Jack Wells, and with
other choral groups featured
having been a duet, Miss Linda
Harrison : nd Dwight House, and
the Ladies Chorus.
At Tabernacle, “Night of Mir-
acles,” also by John W. Peter-
son, was presented. Soloists for
this production included Roger
Copeland, Bill Huffstetler, Mrs.
Rich Hamil, Billy Ables and
E. P. Watkins, with Clois Smith,
music and education director, as
the director of the cantata, and
with Rich Hamil as narrator.
The cantata had also been pre-
sented as a dress-rehearsal event
Saturday evening.
In both instances, church-wide
fellowships followed in the pres-
entations of the cantatas.
The Cherub and Carol Choirs
of First Methodist Church gave
their Christmas program of songs
and Scripture Sunday evening,
Mrs. Ola Long
Rites Are Held
The funeral service for Mrs.
Ola Long, 85, who died Friday,
was held at 2 p.m. on Sunday
in the Keever Chapel with the
Rev. Hiram Reeves, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church
officiating. Interment was in the
Myrtle Cemetery with the fol-
lowing serving as pallbearers:
Garner Dunkerley Jr., W. B.
Rider Jr., Charles Gentry, Carlos
Fitzgerald, J. W. Nabors, and
John Arden of Waxahachie. Hon-
orary pallbearers were Grant
Matthews, Zack Belcher, Dr. R.
N. McLean, all of Waxahachie,
Dr. A. L. Thomas, Dr. F. L.
Story, Harlan Noel, Chester Lew-
is, Joe Baldridge, R. W. Hesser,
Joe Hawkins, Bert Dunkerley,
Grover Bruner, F. L. Roorback
and Dr. Crawford McMurray, all
of Ennis.
Mrs. Long was born in Ennis
at 300 W. Belknap, the old fam-
ily homeplace on December 4.
1879, the daughter of Hugh and
Aletha Wallace Henry. She was
reared and educated here and
on July 24, 1900 was married to
Oswin E. Long of Ennis. He died
in 1923. She was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church.
under the direction of Mrs. Jer-
ry Weaver. Dennis Watts was
narrator. The pastor and assist-
ant pastor, the Revs. Lively
Brown and Jerry Weaver, and
their wives hosted members of
the church to an open house at
the parsonage.
Anthony Drive Baptist Chur-
ch’s Christmas program was
held Sunday night, the events
including the Nativity Scene by
Primary children, with a choral
group of Junior and Primary
children singing the appropriate
Christmas carols; the altar offer-
ing going to the Texas Baptist
Home for Children at Waxaha-
chie.
At 6 p.m. children of the First
Christian Church pantomimed
the birth of the Christ Child
scene and carols were sung by
the congregation to furnish the
verbalization of the ages-old
story. An annual offering was
taken for Juliette Fowler Hom-
es in Dallas. To the delight of
the youngsters Old Santa presid-
ed at the Christmas tree during
the Fellowship hour.
Sacred songs of the Christmas-
tide were sung at the First Bap-
tist Church Sunday night, as the
combination choir, as well as
special quartet and trio ensem-
bles, shared their appropriate-
to-the-season songs with the con-
gregation.
Music of the hallowed season
was featured at wider Methodist
Church on Sunday evening. Com-
munion services also will be held
at midnight on New Year’s Eve
at Rider Methodist.
The First Presbyterian Chur-
ch has held Christmas carol sings
the last three Sunday nights and
there was a Joy Gift program
for retired Presbyterian mini-
sters Wednesday night. A Christ-
mas day 30-minute service, 9:30
a.m. to 10 a.m., will be held at
the church.
Slightly later in the season,
other appropriate special re-
ligious events, of other churches,
will be held.
At both morning and evening
worship hours, as well as at Sun-
day School, the Nativity theme
was emphasized yesterday by
most of the numerous churches
of the community; some of
which, however, have not ar-
ranged any special sizable pro-
grams for the occasion.
Surviving her are two sisters, THING CAR USED
Miss Susie Henry and Mrs. Jes-
sie Mote, both of Ennis; a niece
Mrs. Ola Sue Mangan of Waxa-
hachie; two nephews, Terry B.
Henry and George Phillip Hen-
ry both of Dallas; three great
IN BIG HOLDUP
PATERSON, New Jersey A
stolen car found in Paterson,
New Jersey, is believed to have
been used in yesterday’s half
million dollar holdup of a bank
nieces and one great-great niece. ‘ truck.
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The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1964, newspaper, December 24, 1964; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632512/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.