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ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL — Thursday, December 31, 1964 - A V. : SP.
—-----—-_— -— Here for f ule
Flintkote Manager, Staff ers Honored
With Dinner By Men in the Plant
party, which was held at the
White Sands Restaurant.
At quitting time one day, each
of the men honored was given a
Christmas card on which the
The men of the plant at Flint-
kote Co. here honored their
plant manager, Fred s White;
their assistant plant manager,
Charles Warren; superintendent,
Homer Livingston, and assistant
superintendent, Sam Zabbia,
with a surprise Christmas dinner
during the pre-Yule season.
Other guests were wives of
the men honored and wives of
the hosts, making about 50 in the:
dinner invitation was written.
The White Sands was decorat-
ed in the Christmas theme and
the invocation was given by
Charlie Warren. Speeches fol-
lowing the dinner included
reminiscing about the year gone
by.
Miss Patsy Ruth Griffin To Become
Bride of Larry Dale Jones Jan.
Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin of ;
1902 N. Main have announced
.the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Patsy Ruth, to Larry Dale
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wel-
don Jones, 305 E. Crockett.
The wedding is calendared for
Jan. 1. The bride-elect was grad-
uated from Ennis High School
in 1962 and is employed at En-
nis Business Forms. Her fiance
attended Ennis High School and
was graduated from Wilmer-
Hutchins High School. He is em-
ployed by the Owens-Corning
Fiber Glass Company in Waxa-
hachie.
After their marriage the coup-
le will live in a nome the bride-
groom-to-be has purchased on
Edgewood Street here.
Mr. and Mrs. Whatley to Be Honored
On Their 60th Wedding Anniversary
the bride’s aunt. The bride was
the former Nellie Rushing.
They have lived on the same
farm and in the same house
during the entire .60 years. He
will be 81 years old January
2; she will be 76 January 9.
Mr. Whatley farms each year on
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. What-
ley of the Rankin Community,
near Ennis, will be honored by
their children at a reception at
the Ennis Community Center,,
from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday:
The occasion is their 60th wed-
ding anniversary.
. ......:
Friends and acquaintances
are invited to stop by for a visit.
The Whatleys were married
about two miles from their pres-
ent home on December 29, 1904,
by Justice-of-the-Peace H. R.
Stovall. The ceremony took
place as the couple stood before
the judge in the "middle of the
road” in front of the home of
a limited basis. '
- The family includes one son,
Bob Whatley of Irving, and
three daughters, Mrs. R. C.
Owen , and Mrs. W. J. Baisden,
both of Killeen, and Miss Fan-
nien Whatley of Ennis; two
grandsons, Leo Whatley of Irv-
ing and Joe Baisden of Austin
and four great-grandchildren.
Sam Houston Principal and Mrs. Walker
Host Houston Faculty at Dinner-Party
The faculty members of Sam home for exchange of gifts, nam-
es having awn, and for
Canasta,- Forty-two and : Domi-
no games.
Houston Elementary School
were treated to a Yule dinner
in the Bluebonnet Room of Dan’s
Town House, hosted by Sam
Houston Principal and Mrs. Don
Walker.
Mrs. Walker gave the invoca-.
tion and, following the dinner;
they all went to the Walker
Williams & Gibson
Red and green Christmas
decorations were used through-
out the Walker home, along with
teartivel Yule Tig Ate which beam-
inside lighting ‘une holly and
other Yule greenery there and
at other points. The gifts were
exchanged from the Walkers’
Firm Holds Annual aluminum tree, sparkling in red
Yule Dinner Party
Williams & Gibson Furniture
and Appliance Store held their
annual Christmas dinner-party
last Monday night at Ye Olde
Inn.
The party was attended by
Randall, Elaine and Connie Wil-
liams, Virgil B., Ruth and Don-
ald Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Smith, Gerald Ray Pruitt, Bren-
da Murray, Thomas Ray, Bever-
ly, Steve, Sharon and Scarlett
Steele.
The game Password was play-
ed and Randall Williams and
Beverly Steele were declared
the champion players.
ornaments lighted by a color
wheel.
A fringed-Yule cloth, imprint-
ed in Christmas symbols, cover-
ed the round dining table, which
was ’centered with an arrange-
ment of fresh holly and red
candles. Silver containers here
held cookies and candies, made
by the hostess, nuts, mints, cof-
fee and punch, which were serv-
ed throughout the evening.
Twenty-six members of the
faculty were present. James W.
McCoy, superintendent of the
Ennis Public School System, was
a special guest.
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THE ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL
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matter under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879.
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Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputa-
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ing brought to the publisher’s attention.
And Family
Reunions
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Moore and
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore, have re-
turned to their homes in Whit-
tier, Calif., after a week’s visit
with their families and friends
here.
Mrs. Moore’s relatives gather-
ed at the Community Center
Christmas Day with 52 present.
All of Mrs. Moore’s sisters and
brothers were there except one.
brother who was unable to at-
tend.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clark and
daughters, Kay, Linda and De-
nice; Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Pace,
Mona, Randy, Christ and Christy,
twins, all of Dallas, were present.
Also Mrs. Lillian Tolleson of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tol-
leson and baby, Kathleene, En-
nis; the Rev. and Mrs. J. L.
Snowden and daughters, Kathy
and Sandra, Arlington; Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Stidger and daughter,
Becky; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lew-
is Stidger and children, Robert
Wayne and Danna, Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Wolfe and
sons, Larry and David, and Tru-
dy Budai, Ennis;; Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Wolfe and son, Mark, of
Lorena; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Wolfe, Ennis; Mr. and Mrs.
James Webster, Debbie, Sharon,
Jimmy and Joe of Irving, and
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harp, Tamye,
Shane and Shanna, Dallas.
Later in the afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Moore visited with all of
Mr. Moore’s relatives at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Moore.
Former Ennisite
And Husband Host
Family Reunion
Members of the family of the
late W. T. Crouch of Denton
attended a family reunion De-
cember 22 in Albany at t h e
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Sharrock.
Mrs. Sharrock, one of the
three Crouch daughters, was
the widow of the late George
Smith -of Alma.
Other daughters attending
the reunion were Mrs. Walter E.
Burch of Abilene and Miss Oli-
via Crouch, Texarkana.
All six sons were also pres-
ent. They are William B.
Crouch, Austin; David O.
Crouch, Houston, Doug Crouch,
Fort Worth; Thomas E.
Crouch of Strasburg, Colo.; Bob
Crouch, El Paso; John P.
Crouch, Dallas.
In all—31 persons were pres-
ent at the reunion:
Mr. and Mrs. Sharrock, host
and hostess, of Albany; Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Smith and daughter,
Sharon Kay, Crane; Mr. and
Mrs. John P. Crouch and
daughter, Connie, of Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Crouch and chil-
dren ,Gene, Billy, John and
Becky, El Paso; ,Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Crouch and children,
Carolyn and Paul, Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs: Walter E.
Burch and children, Karen;
Kathy, Virginia, Walter and
Adam, Abilene; Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Crouch, Strasburg,
Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. David 0.
Crouch, Houston; Miss Olivia
Crouch, Texarkana, and Wil-
liam B. Crouch, Austin.
The reunion marked the first
time all of the Crouch children
had been together since their
father’s funeral in 1947.
HERE FROM DE SOTO
AND ARLINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cribbs
and sons of Arlington and Mr.
and Mrs. John Snipes of DeSoto
visited in the home of Mrs. Lou-
ise Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. C.
S. Barker, Saturday.
YULE GUESTS OF
MRS. C. E. WILLIS
Christmas Day guests of Mrs.
C. E. Willis were Randall Willis
of Rosenburg, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Lisenby and children, Forrest
and Sandra Jane, of Farmers
Branch, and D. E. Willis of Bris-
tol.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Parks
have announced the arrival of a
daughter, Paige Michelle, born
at 1:23 p.m. December 27, at En-
nis Municipal Hospital. Paige
weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces at
birth. She has a 13-month-old
brother, Stephen Todd. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Fleetwood and Mr. and Mrs.
Modene Parks. Great - grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Stephens.
MRS. JAMES W. CHILDERS JR.
Kay Yowell Weds J. W. Childers Jr. In
Baylor Baptist Church Rites Dec. 26
Miss Linda Kay Yowell and
James W. Childers Jr. exchanged
wedding vows Dec. 26 in the
sanctuary of Baylor Baptist
Church with Thomas Compton,
minister of Avenue Church of
monizing accessories while the
bridegroom’s mother chose a
navy blue silk suit which she
wore with a white hat and both
Cynthia Schoeps
Wins Party In Ye
Olde Inn Contest
Cynthia Schoeps, 7-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Schoeps Jr., was winner in her
age group in the drawing eon-
test at Ye Olde Inn receiving as
a reward a party for six of her
friends at a time she chose.
She elected to honor a friend;
Sara Fanning on Sara’s 8th birth-
day Sunday, by entertaining her
there Sunday afternoon, when
the girls were served hambur-
gers, drink of their choice and
ice cream. Then the Billy Munns,
proprietors, gave each of the
seven present a gift-wrapped
prize and gave another prize to
Hillsboro Girl To Wed Richard Thomas
Hosek in Church Rites There Jan. 22
Mr. and Mrs. Ney F. Watson
of Route 1, Hillsboro, have an-
nounced the engagement of
their daughter, Sharon Ann, to
Richard Thomas Hosek, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hosek of
Route 3, Ennis.
Miss Watson is a graduate of
Hillsboro High School and at-
tended Hill Junior College. Mr.
Hosek is a graduate of Ennis
High School and is attending
Arlington State College. Miss
Watson is employed at Cooper-
Stanley Company, Arlington.
The wedding will take place
January 22 at the First Baptist •
Church, Hillsboro.
Cynthia, the winner. Those pre-
sent were Cynthia, ,her honoree,
Sara, and the guests she invited:
Kathie Storey, Melanie Wash-
burn, Georgia Lynn Gibson,
Clarissa Wagner and Kathy Pru-
itt.
Winners in the four other age
brackets are making plans for
their free parties there, as fol-
low: Ronald Haskovec, 6-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Haskovec; Dawn Martin, 5-year- - .
old of Arlington, Who was there Co-hosts were their son-in-law
with her parents; Roger Gentry, 4WA
4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Gentry, “and Kathie
Storey, 8-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Storey.
Each of the children of those
five age-brackets was given an
uncolored drawing of the same
scene, Santa, a little boy and a
MISS SHARON WATSON
The C. F. Farrars Are Honored With
Diner On 60th Wedding Annivesay
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Farrar of
Palmer were honored at a re-
cent 50th wedding anniversary
dinner at the home of their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs.Randall Farrar of Palmer.
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Evans of Dallas.
Mr. Farrar was born at Pal-
mer and Mrs.Farrar, a native
of Russellville, Ark., was rear-
ed in Ellis County. Mr. Farrar
is a retired farmer and was
formerly” associated with the
Citizens National Bank in Waxa-
hachie. The couple was married 3
Dec. 23, 1904, in Retrop, Okla.
For the anniversary dinner,
the . table was covered with
white damask and centered
with an arrangement of red
and white candles in brass can-
delabra eniircled with red poin-
settias and holly. 1.
Guests included Mrs. Yancy,
Barron of Palmer; Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Farrar and Mrs.
Mazie Evans, all of Dallas, and
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Farrar of
Fort Worth.
Christ, officiating at the double
ring ceremony at 8 p.m.
Parents of the couple are Mr.
and Mrs. Travis Yowell, 703 Casa
Linda Drive, and Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Childers, Route 2.
The altar of the church was
encircled with greenery, long
tapered white candles in candel-
abra and arrangements of white
gladioli. Miss Mary Ann Gore
played at the organ Wagner’s
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
for the processional and Men-
delssohn’s Wedding March for
the recessional. She accompani-
ed Billy Ables who sang “0,
Perfect Love” prior to the cere-
mony and "The Lord’s Prayer”
following the pledging of the
vows.
Bride Wears Gown of
Lace-trimmed Taffeta
The bride was given in mar-
riage by her father. She wore a
floor-length gown of gardenia
white Bouquet taffeta, fashioned
with a Bateau neckline, fitted
bodice accented by Alencon lace !
appliques, and long sleeves end-
ing in points over the hands.
Lace motifs also enhanced the
beauty of the bell-shaped skirt,
which extended into a chapel-
length train. Her white illusion
veil was caught to a crown of
pearls and she carried a cascade
bouquet of white Japhet orchids
and glamellias over a white
Bible.
Bride’s Attendants
Gowned in Red
Mrs. Mike Perry was the
bride’s matron of honor while
bridesmaids were Mrs. Wayne
Wolfe of Dallas, Miss Janis Chil-
ders, sister of the bridegroom,
and Miss Jo Nell Knize, cousin
of the bride. Cathy Prachyl,, also
a cousin of the bride, was flow-
er girl.
The matron of honor and
bridesmaids were gowned alike
in red velveteen street-length
dresses, designed with rounded
necklines, below-the-elbow sleev-
es and flared skirts with slippers
to match. Each wore a single
strand of white pearls, white
gloves and headdress of red vel-
veteen bows with a circular veil
of red illusion. They carried
colonial bouquets of red Bacarra
roses. The flower girl also wore
a street-length red velveteen
dress, similar to the other at-
tendants’ dresses, and her head-
dress of red velveteen bows
also held a circular veil of red
illusion. She carried a white bas-
ket festooned with white stream-
ers and filled with red rose pet-
als.
Donald Lampier of Wilmer
was Mr. Childers’ best man,
while Scott Sills, of Bristol, nep-
hew of the bridegroom, was ring-
bearer, carrying a white satin
pillow on which the rings were
held with white streamers.
Groomsmen were Wayne Wolfe
of Dallas, Weldon Caldwell and
Charles Lee Yowell, brother of
the bride. Ushers and candle-
lighters were Ernie Boon and
Lawrence Slovacek, cousin of
the bride.
The bride’s mother wore a
modish royal blue three-piece
knit ensemble with small white
hat, white gloves and other har-
mothers wore corsages fashion-
ed of yellow throated white
phalaenopsis orchids.
Reception Follows
In Fellowship Hall
The reception which followed
the ceremony was held in fellow-
ship hall of the church with the
bride’s aunt, Mrs. J. H. Dillon of
Dallas, at the guest book. Miss
Betsy Schreiber of South La-
guna, Calif., cousin of the bride,
presided at the ornate silver
punch bowl while Miss Lynn Bell
of Dallas, also a cousin of the
bride, and Miss Judy Collard
served the elaborately-decorated
tiered white wedding cake top-
ped with a traditional bride and
bridegroom figurine arrange-
ment.
The serving tables were richly
draped in white satin and white
tulle, lighted by white tapers in
silver candelabra, with all sil-
ver appointments.
Rice bags of red and white
rice in white tulle tied with red
ribbons were distributed from a
large silver tray and, as the
couple left for their wedding
trip, the bride was wearing a
red woolen suit accented with a
little girl, to color upon being EUC Fgruly Christmas Dinner Followed
seated at the restaurant, during 10OCHY 000 2 T
November and until shortly be-
fore Christmas.
VISIT MRS. GREGORY
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fuston
and children, Tim, Laura and
Andy, of Hereford, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Hefner and
children, Stephanie and Step-
hen, of Dallas, visited in t h e
home of Mrs. P. J. Gregory
during the holidays. Other chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hefner
and daughters, Barbara a n d
Patricia, of Atlanta, .Ga., - also
visited in her home last week.
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VISITS MRS. SPARKS
WHILE IN TEXARKANA
Mrs. Evelyn Goble returned
Sunday from a holiday visit with
her brother and sister-in-law,
Col. and Mrs.Kenneth- Sims in
Texarkana. While there she
visited Mrs. Ella Fern Sparks,
who is in Wadley Hospital there
with a broken left leg suffered
in automobile accident Wednes-
day. 107 1
HERE FROM AUSTIN
AND CLIFTON :
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tennison
single strand of pearls, whitekid 1 of Clifton, Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
gloves, black velvet hat, other
accessories of black alligator
and the detachable orchid cor-
sage from the center of her wed-
ding bouquet.
The young Mrs. Childers is a
graduate of Ennis High School
and is employed in the treasury
department of Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company in Dal-
las. Her husband, a graduate of
Ferris High School, is serving
in the U. S. Army 49th Division
National Guard at Fort Polk, La.,
after which he will return in
March to his work for L. T. In-
dustries in Garland.
Rehearsal Buffet
Held Fri. Night
Following the wedding rehear-
sal Friday night, the betrothed
couple and other members of
the wedding party were hosted
at a buffet supper by Mr. and
Mrs. Childers Sr. at their home.
A red and white Christmas ar-
rangement, carrying out the
bride-elect’s chosen colors, cen-
tered the lace-laid serving table
which was decked with sand-
wiches, dips, chips, Christmas
pie, cake and candies. Coffee
was served by Mrs. Jackie Sills
of Bristol and Mrs. Jackie
Odiorne of Dallas, sisters of the
bridegroom to-be.
On this occasion the bride-
elect and her fiance each pre-
sented their attendants with
gifts.
CADET DAVID MULKEY
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
Cadet David Mulkey, who is
in his first year at the Air Force
Academy, Colorado, was among
the Texans in the academy
flown there to the James Con-
nally Air Force Base for the
Christmas holidays, two planes
of the first year and upper class-
men landing there, while the
Air Force flew others to various
other air bases near their homes
in Texas and other states. He
was met there by his parents
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Mulkey and Jo Beth. He will re-
turn to Waco Jan. 3 to board a
plane at Connally air field to re-
turn to the academy.
Ford of Austin and Mr. and Mrs-
Ford Curry of Grand Prairie
were Christmas guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Curry and Mr.
and Mrs. A. Q. Williams and
children. Mrs. Tennison is Mrs.
Curry’s sister while Mr. Ford is
their brother.
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By Games, Held at LaDart's Restaurant
The Ennis High School facul-
ty met for a Christmas turkey
dinner with all the trimmings at
LaDart’s, which was festively
decorated in Christmas symbols.
EHS Principal Lonnie Renfro
gave the invocation. About 44
members of the EHS faculty
were present and each brought
a gift. .
The gifts were awarded in
games, conducted by Mrs. Earl
Norton and Mrs. Sam Coley, fol-
lowing the dinner.
Supt. and Mrs. James McCoy ’
were special guests. #
Yuletide Party Given Pupils And
Parents, Lad-Lassie Kindergarten
studded red felt Christmas bells:
Mrs. O. W. Parker and daugh-
The centerpiece was of red car-
ter, Mrs. Randy Jones, teachers nations, candles and Yule green-
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of the Lad and Lassie Kinder-
garten, entertained the pupils,
their parents and grandparents
with a pre-Christmas program-
party.
Mrs. Parker’s home, setting
for the party, held the night of
the last day of school before the
holidays was festively decorated
in red. and green. The children
sat around the large green tree
during the program, standing
for some of their numbers which
included Carols, readings and
Christmas skits.
Santa called and presented
each of the children with a can-
dy cane and sugar Yule tree. The
pupils exchanged gifts from the
tree. 3
Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Jones
served sandwiches, punch, cook-
ies arid homemade candy from
a table, laid with a white net
cloth appliqued with sequin-
School resumes Monday, Jan.
4, Mrs. Parker said. :
Mrs. Hammer,
Retiring, Is |
Party Honoree
Mrs. Mary Hammer was honor-
ed with a surprise retirement
party Monday afternoon in the
school lunchroom. Mrs. Ham-
mer has worked in the lunch-
room, and served desserts for
10 years. She will be missed by
students, teachers and co-work-
ers, it was pointed out, -
Supt. James W. McCoy, prin-
cipals Lonnie Renfro and John
Byers and the lunchroom work- /
ers and friends presented her
with gifts. -
Home made cookies and candy
were served with coffee and
Cokes. <
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