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Snyder Is Taken
To Penitentiary
To Serve Term
Robert Paul Snyder who this
week was found guilty in 40th
District Court of robbery by
assault has been transferred
from the Ellis County jail to the
state penitentiary at Huntsville.
Snyder pleaded guilty to
charges of robbing the First
National Bank of Milford of ap-
proximately $7,500 May 11. He
was sentenced to 25 years in the
penitentiary.
VOL. XXXIX NO. 52
T. A. VINES
T. A. (Tip) Vines
Dies Tues. Morn
T. A. (Tip) Vines, longtime
resident of Ennis, died Tuesday
morning at his residence, 3114
Pickwick Lane in Houston.
Mr. Vines, son of Rev. F. M.
and Leah Vines was born in
Shelby County, Alabama. At an
early age, he moved with his
parents, four brothers and seven
sisters to Mississippi. Several
years later in 1900 they moved
to Texas, settling in the Ennis
area, where Mr. Vines remained
until he and Mrs. Vines moved
to Houston in May 1963. His
home in Ennis has been at 200
West Decatur.
One of his greatest contribu-
tions to this community and one
of the greatest joys of his life
* was his music. He began singing
at the age of three, a song call-
ed “The Good Old Way” for a
Swedish lady who rewarded him
with a box of sweet popcorn. He
was prominent in song groups
for many years, serving as choir
director for about thirty years
in the First Baptist Church, con-
ducted the singing once a month
for 19 years at the I O.O.F:
Home, Ennis, served as Presi-
dent of both the East Ellis Sing-
ing Convention and the County
Singing Convention and had
sung at hundreds of funerals,
quartets, duets and choirs. Sing-
ing was one of the greatest joys
of his life. He was a member of
the First Baptist Church, Ennis
and the Ennis Kiwanis Club.
For several years he farmed
between Ennis and Bardwell,
then for twenty years was an
employee of the Kuchar Men’s
Store, later for a number of
years was in the real estate
business.
Surviving him are his wife,
the former Miss Nannie Jenkins
a native of Avalon, two daugh-
ters Mrs. Charles E, Shofner and
Mrs. Gilbert Owen ,all of Hous-
ton; one son James Ralph Vines
of Pasadena, Texas; a sister Mrs.
Piettie Livingston of Dallas and
several grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
The funeral service will be
held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in . ..
the Keever Chapel with the Rev. San of Waxahachie. One sister
Luther Jenkins and the Rev. W. Mrs. Ola Long died one week
ago.
E. Nunn officiating. Interment
will be in Myrtle Cemetery.
JAMES LIGHTSEY ILL
James Lightsey is seriously
ill at his home here.
Gas "Swiping"
Racket Receives
Jolt In Ennis
The gasoline swiping racket
practiced here from time to
time got a jolt yesterday.
Bryant’s Texaco Station re-
ported to the Police Station
that an El Paso youth had got-
ten a tank of gas and took off
without paying.
He was traveling south and
the Corsicana police were
alerted. Soon they picked him
up.
Brought back to Ennis, the
offender pleaded guilty to mis-
demeanor theft and was fined
$100 plus court costs of $24.40,
by Peace Justice Paul Graf-
ton and was taken to the
county jail by Sheriff’s Depu-
ties Padgett and Johnson.
Prospects of his paying the
fine were dim.
Rather expensive gas.
F. A. Newton III
Is Promoted To
Cadet Corps Maj.
Fred Ancel Newton, III, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Newton,
408 West Decatur, Ennis, has
been promoted from rank of cap-
tain to that of major in the
Schreiner Institute cadet corps
and has been assigned to the
position of Battalion Command-
er.
A sixth year student at
Schreiner and 1963 graduate of
the High School Department,
Newton is a college sophomore
and candidate for graduation
from the Junior College in May,
1965.
Before his promotion, he had
served as commanding officer of
the Band Company.
Hiss Henry Is
Taken By Death
The funeral., service for Miss
Susie Henry, 96, who died Fri-
day .afternoon in Waxahachie,
was held Sunday at 2 p.m. in
the Keever Chapel with the Rev.
Carl Bilderback officiating. In-
terment was in the Myrtle Ceme-
tery with.the following serving
as pallbearers: Joe Hawkins,
Dr. C. A. McMurray, Hubert
Rogers, C. D. Lewis, Bill Nabors,
and John Arden of Waxahachie.
Miss Henry' was born on Dec-
ember 27, 1867 near Bryan, the
daughter of Hugh and Aletha
Wallace Henry. She moved with
her parents to Ennis in 1875,
living on the same location at
300 West Belknap for eighty-
eightyears. She was manager of
the first Long Distance Tele-
phone Service in Ennis for five
years and a saleslady in the mil-
linary business and was with the
old Rushing and Murdoch Dry
Goods Store for thirty six years.
She Was a member of the Bay-
lor Baptist Church.
Surviving her are one sister
Mrs. Jessie Mote of Ennis, a pa-
tient in the Renfro Rest Home
in Waxahachie; two nephews
George Phillip Henry and Ter-
ry Henry, both of Dallas; and
one niece Mrs. Ola Sue Man-
HERE FROM GARLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dunn and
children of Garland visited
Christmas Day with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Toth.
ITALIAN PRESIDENT—Guiseppe Saragat, Italy’s frist Socialist president, walks past
the colorful Corazzieri, presidential guards, as he arrives at Quirinale Palace in
Rome after being sworn in at Parliament. It took a joint session of Parliament a rec-
ord 21 ballots in 13 days to elect the new President.
CAPTURED WEAPONS—South Vietnamese troops in Soctrang, South Viet Nam, ex-
amine weapons captured from Communist Viet Cong rebels in a two-day battle
ending December 28. The South Vietnamese victory over the Communist was hail-
ed as a major break in the war because government troops overran a Viet Cong
general’s headquarters for Western Viet Nam, captured a record cache of enemy
arms and important documents.
M. J. Pace Rites
Are Conducted
The funeral service for M. J.
Pace, 50. of 703 West Baldridge
St., who died Tuesday night, was
held on Thursday at 4 p.m. in
the Keever Chapel with the Rev.
C. Douglas White officiating. In-
terment was in the Myrtle Ceme-
tery with the following serving
as pallbearers: Homer Martin,
A. L. Mynatt, Shirley Simpson,
John Percival, Stanley Hutche-
son, and Estes Huff.
Mr. Pace was born in Denison
on June 4, 1914, the son of John
and Georgia Scales Pace. He
attended the Denison public
schools and on May 22, 1937 was
married to Miss Olga Whitaker
of Denison. After their marriage
they moved to Sherman and Mr.
Pace entered the employ of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. They
moved to Ennis on April 20.
1941 and Mr. Pace was a locomo-
tive engineer for the S. P. Rail-
road. He was a member of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
Surviving him are his wife,
two daughters, Mrs. Ronald Dil-
lon of Garland and Mrs. Lester
Story of Fort Meade, Maryland;
six grandchildren; three broth-
ers John Pace of Denison,
Francis Pace of Snider, and
Goldsby Pace of Fort Worth; and
four sisters Mrs. George Murrah
of Brady, Mrs. Bert Browning
of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Mrs.
A. J. Anthony of Texarkana,,
and Mrs. John Darrough of Fon-
tana, California.
W. T. MUNN IS
SURGICAL PATIENT
W. T. Munn, who is seriously
ill, is slowly improving in Memo-
rial Hospital, Corsicana, where
he underwent surgery last week.
He is in need of several more
blood donors. His sons are
among several who are giving
blood for transfusions. Mr. Munn
is unable to have company.
GUESTS HERE
OF THE DODDS
Guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Dodd for
Christmas were their daughter-
in-law and grandson, Mrs. James
Moorhead and Michael James of
Giddings, Mrs. Joe Witty of
Waco and her brother, Joe Ros-
son of Houston. Mr. Rosson also
visited in the home of his broth-
er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
George Burchfield.
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1964
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Those Who Need
File Tax Returns
Noted By Official
A Federal income tax return
must be filed by every citizen or
resident of the United States, in-
cluding minor children, who
had a gross income of $600 or
more in 1964, Ellis Campbell Jr.,
director of Internal Revenue for
the Dallas district, reminded
taxpayers today.
A calendar year taxpayer,
who is 65 or over, is not requir-
ed to file unless his gross in-
come in 1964 was at least $1,200
J. Trudgeon Sr.
Dies Sun. Morn
Joseph Trudgeon, 86,. father
of Joseph H. Trudgeon,1106 N.
McKinney, died Sunday morning
at the home of his son, with
whom he made his home.
HOMER McELROY
a g9r-# I
M Elroy Named
Outstanding in
Civic Service
Ennis-reared Homer McElroy
of Chatham, Va., vice-president
of Ennis Business Forms, is the
recipient of a plaque from the
Chatham Jaycees making him an
honorary member. Ira Shelton,
made the presentation. The pre-
sentation was made to Mr. McEl-
roy because of his outstanding
help in community, work. The
award, given for the first time
this year, will be given each year
by the Jaycees to a man who is
above the age limit to become
a Jaycee but who, by his actions
and willingness to help, shares
the ideals and goals of the Jay-
cees.
Mr. Trudgeon was born in
Cornwall, England, July 10,
1878 and came to the United
States with his parents at the'
age of three years, settling in
Iron Wood, Michigan. He had
also lived in Alaska and Califor-
nia before coming to Texas in
1917. He operated a filling sta-
tion in Dallas and concession
at Fair Park, for a number of 11 Aauaiia and sveu, "
vears before retiring. He had his parents, to Bristol in 1879.
lived in Ennis for the past
eighteen years. His wife, the
former Bertha Pauline Zenger,
passed away several years ago.
Surviving him are a sonJos-
eph H. Trudgeon of Ennis, two
daughters, Mrs.Claude K.
French and Mrs. 'Johrinie E.
Honza, both of Dallas: four
grandchildren, Joseph H. Trud- ,
geon, Jr.. Judith Trudgeon, both
of Ennis; AlfredH. Honza and
Carolyn M. Honza, both of Dal-
las; two great, grandchildren;
one sister Mrs. Foster M. Sayles
of Boyne City,. Michigan; and
two brothers Rev. Archie Trud- mer, a member of the Women In
geon, a Methodist minister in ’ - ee "
Welso Washington and William
Trudgeon of Ironwood,Michi-
^ 200
The funeral service will be
held at 3:30 p.m. Monday in
Restland Funeral Chapel, Dallas,
with interment in Restland
Memorial Park.
Seaman Huff Is
Busy With Basic
Instruction
Seaman Recruit William 0. Loy ..... - .s -
S bool Ennis Tpy
Huff, USN, son of Mr. and. Mrs PC00 at Ennis, Tex.
John W. Huff of 1907 N. Breck-
enridge, Ennis, has begun nine
weeks of basic training at the
Recruit Training Command.
Naval Training Center, San Die-
go, Calif.
During his early days of train-
ing he will receive a series of
aptitude examinations to deter-
mine which of the Navy’s 65
speciality fields he will enter on
completion of recruit training.
Physical fitness training, drill,
naval customs and courtesies,
water survival, first aid, person-
al hygiene, marlin-spike sea-
manship and general naval or-
ientation will highlight the first
three weeks of his transition
Mrs. Ed Crumley, Dallas, and
to military life. Kathy Brown of Houston, a stu-
from civilian
The large-scale instruction pro-
gram at Recruit Training Com-
mand features both live instruc-
tors and closed circuit television.
MRS. SPARKS
IS INJURED
Mrs. Ella Fern Sparks of En-
nis suffered a broken leg in a
car accident at Texarkana last
night while visiting her mother
and other relatives. She is in
Room 508, Wadley Hospital, Tex-
arkana, Tex. She is church secre-
tary and organist for Tabernacle
Baptist Church here.
Mr, Campbell said.
Document No. 5107 which fur-
nishes more detailed informa-
tion on this subject is available
upon request from the Internal
Revenue Service
This, however, would be an
ideal situation, and the fill-up
period is actually expected to
be somewhat longer.
Jesse White Is
Buried, Bristol
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Monday at Bunch Funeral
Chapel for Jesse White, 88, of
Bristol, with Minister Fred
Wayne Rankin of Ennis officiat-
ing: Interment followed in Bris-
tol Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: T. J. Prit-
chett, Ennis;. Thomas Gordon
Pritchett, Denton; R. H. Ed-
wards, Ferris; E R. Grady, Dal-
las; A. M. Sims Jr. and Randall
Willis, Bristol
Mr. White, a pharmacist, re-
tired in 1918. Then he was a
salesman on the road, until 1954.
He was born January 27, 1876
in Alabama and moved, w i t h
He was a member of the
Bristol Church of Christ.
Surviving are 3 daughters,
Mrs. Grady Pritchett and Mrs.
E. M. Moore, both of Bristol;
Mrs. C. A. Luther, Miami, Fla.;
4 grandchildren; 4 great-grand-
children, and a twin sister, Mrs.
Bessie Truitt, Bristol.
Airman Rolen
Finishes Basic
At Lackland
Airman R°sa L. Rolen of Pal-
the Air Force, has completed
Air Force basic military training
at Lackland AFB, Tex. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rolen of Route 1, Palmer.
Airman Rolen has been select-
ed for technical training as a
medical specialist at Gunter
AFB, Ala. The school she will
attend is part of the vast Air
Training Command system for
educating enlisted and officer
personnel in the diverse skills
required by the nation’s aero-
space force.
The airman is a 1964 graduate
of George Washington Carver
ENNIS WOMAN'S
GRANDSON DIES
George Durham Brown, 31, a
professor in Baylor University
law school and grandson of Mrs.
M. D. Glaspy of Ennis, died at
mid-morning today in a Waco
hospital.
He was a member of the Bap-
tist Church and a graduate of
the Baylor University law school.
Surviving him are his wife and
their daughter, Suzanne, Waco;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
E. Brown, Houston; two sisters,
dent at Baylor U., and his grand-
mother, Mrs. Glaspy of Ennis.
His mother, Mrs. Brown, is the
former Miss Emeline Glaspy of
Ennis.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wilker-
son & Hatch Funeral Chapel,
Waco, followed by burial in
Waco.
VISIT IN
LUBBOCK
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bourland
spent the Christmas holidays in
Lubbock with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and M r‘s.
Fred Bourland and children.
J. CARROLL HINSLEY
Ennis Masons Will Attend Watch
Night Service Of Dist. At Waxa
grand Master of the Grand
’ A sizable contingent of Ennis
Masons is expected to be among
the large gathering of the fra-
ternalists to assemble for the
Masonic Dist. 18 Annual Watch
Night service that is to be held
at the Masonic Temple of Waxa-
hachie Lodge No. 90 Thursday
might
J. Carroll Hinsley of Austin,
Coy L. Pritchett
Rites Are Held
Funeral. services for Coy Lee
Pritchett, 64, of Fort Worth,
formerly, of the Rankin com-
munity, were held at 3 p.m. on
Thursday at Bunch Funeral!
Chapel, with interment follow-
ing in Elm Branch Cemetery,
Bardwell. The officiating mini-
ster was Rev. A. H. Roever, Fort
Worth.
The pallbearers were: W. V.
Pritchett, Wilmer; L. W. Bell,
Ennis; E. C. Willingham, Mes-
quite; Guy Morrison, Jimmy
Pritchett and Mr. Campbell, all
of Fort Worth.
Mr. Pritchett was a member
of the Baptist Church in Red Oak
and a retired employee of Gen-
eral Dynamics, Fort Worth.
Surviving are three sons.
James K., C. A. and S. N. Prit-
chett, all of Fort Worth; 6 grand-
children, five brothers; Luther
Pritchett, Amarillo; Frank Prit
chett, Camesa; Caron Pritchett,
Los Angeles; Vernon A. and L.
E. Pritchett, Ennis.
ENNIS WOMAN'S
MOTHER BURIED
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Lamar & Smith
Funeral Home, Dallas, for Mrs.
Pearl Lee Hathaway, 416 E.
Jefferson, Dallas, mother of
Mrs. Harold (Willie Mae) Cle-
ments. She is survived by daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mary A. Herring, Mrs.
Pauline Money, Mrs. Nadine
McDaniel, all of Dallas, Mrs. Cle-
ments, Ennis; sons, Arnold T.
Hathaway and Joe B. Hathaway,
both of Dallas; sisters, Mrs. Jew-
el Gambrell, Dallas; brothers,
Marvin Thompson, Silverton,
Texas, Temple Thompson, Sher-
man; eight grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren.
Jordan, Ex-Ennis Editor, Named
To Honors Court,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.-
Lester Jordan, former editor of
The Ennis Daily News, has been
appointed a member of the Hon-
ors Court of the National Foot-
ball Foundation and Hall of
Fame, Harvey Harman, execu-
tive director, has announced.
Jordan will attend his first meet-
ing of the Court in the Conrad
Hilton Hotel in Chicago Jan. 9,
when the group will vote upon
the former grid stars who will
be initiated into the Hall of
Fame in 1965.
Jordan, who is now assistant
director of athletics at Southern
Methodist University, became of-
Lodge of Texas, will be guest
speaker. The reception is to start
at 6 p.m.; lodge, at 8:00. The
Garland Lodge will confer a Mas-
ter’s Degree.
Mr. Hinsley has had a distin-
guished career in Masonry. He is
a law graduate of the University
of Texas and was employed by
the Texas Supreme Court for
two years, and has subsequently
practiced law in Austin, except
for the time he spent in mili-
tary service.
He is editor and publisher of
Texas School Law News. He has
been quite active in the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Hinsley has served in
many high positions of Masonry.
Ennis-Ex Moise
Cerf Has Acreage
Near Big Strike
Moise Cerf of Dallas, former-
ly of Ennis, has 2,400 acres near
the Pecos Ellenburger gas strike.
Says the San Angelo Standard-
Times:
“Pecos County gained a dis-
covery; a confirmation was as-
sured in one field and an ex-
tender in another.
“Superior Oil Co. No. 1A
Blackstone-Slaughter, Ellenbur-
ger dry gas discovery, 32 miles
southeast of Fort Stockton and
9% miles south-southeast of the
Puckett (Ellenburger, Pennsyl-
vanian and Devonian gas) field,
has been completed for a calcu-
lated, absolute open flow of 15,-
800,000 cubic feet of gas per
day.
“Production was natural from
open hole between 14,129-700
feet.
“Operator does not plan multi-
ple completion at this time.
"Fusselman production was in-
dicated with the flowing of gas
at the daily rate of 2,010,000
cubic feet and the recovery of
803 feet of gas-cut mud on a test
between 12,100-231 feet.
Devonian production was indi-
cated with the flowing of gas at
the maximum daily rate of 426,-
000 cubic feet on three tests of
the Devonian at 11,930-12,071
feet.
“Location is 2,030 feet from
the south and 1,980 feet from
the west lines of 5-129-T&StL."
Grid Hall Fame
ficially connected with intercol-
legiate athletics in 1922 when he
was named sports information
director of Trinity University,
then located at Waxahachie,
Texas. Later he served as sports
information director at SMU for
more than 20 years before ac-
cepting his present job. He was
the first person to receive the
distinguished service award pre-
sented by the College Sports In-
formation Directors of America
for unselfish service to inter-
collegiate athletics. He is a for-
mer president of the College
Athletics Business Managers As-
sociation.
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