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Otis M. Davis’
Last Rites Are
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Otis M.
Davis, 75, who died in a Den-
ver, Colo., Veterans Hospital,
were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday
at Bunch Funeral Chapel. The
The Rev. James A. Fuller of To-
losa, former pastor of Ennis
Fairview Baptist Church, offi-
ciated.
Interment was in Bethel Cem-
v etery near Cayuaga, Tex.
* Pallbearers were Richard
Clay, Arlington; J. Davis, Gar-
land; Bobby Clay and Chester
Clay, both of Corsicana; Billy
Clay, Grand Prairie; C. L. Gib-
son, Ennis.
Mr. Davis was born March 19,
1891, in Noble, Okla., and had
been a resident of Ennis 26
years.
He was a retired carpenter
and painter.
Surviving are his wife, three
sons, William B. Davis, Dallas;
Otis M. Davis Jr., Houston;
Daniel M. Davis, San Antonio;
three step-sons, Delma High-
tower, Bacliff, Tex.; Darrell
Hightower, Ennis; Clay High-
tower, Galveston; one step-
daughter, Mrs. S. W. Baucom,
LaMarque, Tex.; 18 grandchil-
dren; 2 great-grandchildren; 2
brothers, Joe Davis, Noble, Ok-
lahoma; Alvie Davis, Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis had gone
» to Colorado this summer to sup-
ervise their tourist property at
Woodland Park.
Are Conducted
Wayne Blakey’s
Funeral Services
The funeral service for Wayne
Blakey, 72, who died in Tyler on
Thursday afternoon, was held at
10 a.m. Saturday in the Keever
Chapel with the Rev. W. E.
Nunn, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, officiating.
Interment was in the Myrtle
Cemetery with the following
serving as pallbearers: Marion
Keele, Buster Floyd, D. D. Day,
Jack Lightsey, Chester Lewis and
, Charlie Novy.
Br. Blakey was born on Dec-
ember 31, 1893 in Auburn, Geor-
gia, the son of William Thomas
and Susan Betts Blakey. He was
reared in Ennis and served with
the Ennis Fire Department for
many years, moving to Tyler two
years ago to make his home with
his sister. He was a veteran of
World War I, serving in Europe.
Surviving him are two sisters
Mrs. J. D. Simmons and Mrs. J.
C. Davlin, both of Tyler, and
several nieces and nephews.
CUSTOM MADE
RUBBER STAMPS
UPCO PRINT SHOP
Temple V. Holt
Is Chosen For
Tech Training
TEMPLE V. HOLT
Airman Temple V. Holt, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas V. Holt
of 704 E. Brown, Ennis, has been
selected for technical training
at Amarillo AFB, Tex., as a U. S.
Air Force aircraft maintenance
specialist.
The airman recently complet-
ed basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. His new school is part
of the Air Training Command
which conducts hundreds of spe-
cialized courses to provide tech-
nically trained personnel for the
nation’s aerospace force.
Airman Holt was graduated
from St. John’s High School in
1965 and attended' Draughon’s
Business School, Dallas.
ENNIS ^
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A PATTERN OF FIERY DEATH is traced in the night
sky by tracers from North Vietnamese antiaircraft posi-
tions. This is how it looked from a U.S. reconnaissance
jet dropping flares over a staging area south of Dong Hoi,
North Viet Nam.
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXTS—THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1966
Ennis LVN Graduation
Friday is Programmed
Programming of graduation
exercises Friday night at First
Christian Church of the 1966
Licensed Vocational Nursing
Class was announced today.
The program which is to open
at 7:30 p.m. follows:
0. M. Davis Dies
At Denver, Colo.,
Sun. Afternoon
O. M .Davis, 701 SW Main,
who had been ill for several
days, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday
at Veterans Hospital, Denver,
Colo.
Word from members of his
family was that he underwent
surgery nine hours Friday.
His wife was with him. They
have been to Colorado Springs
every summer to look after
their tourist resort in that area.
The body will arrive in Dallas
by train at 7:35 a.m. tomorrow
and will be accompanied by Mrs.
Davis.
Service time is pending with
Bunch Funeral Home.
Processional, Mrs. Ella Fern
Sparks.
Master-of-ceremonies, Hospi-
tal Administrator Mrs. Aline
Prestidge.
Invocation, Mayor Charles R.
Fallen.
Welcome, Mrs. Prestidge.
Special Music, Roger Cope-
land.
Guest Speaker, Rod Bell.
Introduction of Students, Mrs.
Margaret Friberg.
Presentation of Diplomas, Hos-
pital Board Chairman, Harold
Borland.
Presentation of Pins, Director
Mrs. Mary Trojacek.
Benediction, Rev. C. Edward
Fraim.
Recessional, Mrs. Sparks.
VOL. NO. 33
Paul Muirhead,
Ennis-Ex, Dies
At Dallas Sun.
Paul Muirhead, formerly of
Ennis, died Sunday in a Dallas
hospital, following a brief ill-
ness. He was the son of Mrs. Os-
car Muirhead and the late Mr.
Muirhead and was reared in En-
nis and attended Ennis Public
Schools.
Besides his wife and small
daughter, he is survived by one
brother, Vernon, of Oklahoma,
his mother and one sister, Mrs.
William B. Mitchell, both of Dal-
las.
Services are pending with
Restland Funeral Home, Dallas.
Ennis survivors include two
cousins, Mrs. Inez Harcrow and
M. G. Muirhead.
G. W. Mageors
Burial Today
Funeral services for G. W.
Mageors, 64, retired farmer, who
only a month ago moved from
Bardwell to Corsicana, were
held at 2 p.m. today at the First
Baptist Church of Bardwell, with
interment following in Elm
Branch Cemetery, near Bardwell.
He died in Memorial Hospital
Sunday night.
He was a native of Ellis coun-
ty, and a member of the Bard-
well Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife of Cor-
sicana; two sons, Willie L. Mag-
eors, Euless, and George B. Mag-
eors, Arlington; two daughters,
Mrs. Margaret Watts, Corsica-
na, and Mrs. Ruby Ballard,
Kaufman; 10 grandchildren,
three brothers, Elsie and Jim-
Mageors, both of Dallas, and
Bill Mageors, Corsicana; two
sisters, Mrs. Katie Moore, New
Mexico, and Mrs. Gracie Elders,
Carrollton; step-mother, Mrs.
Lillie Mageors, Dallas, and oth-
er relatives.
SISTER HAS SURGERY
Mrs. Estelle Sims has returned
from Dallas where she has been
with her sister, Mrs. Zelma Con-
way, who underwent major sur-
gery Aug. 4 in the Methodist
Hospital. She is in room 221.
Mobile Unit X-Ray Volunteers In
Ennis Operation Are Announced
Eight volunteer workers to
serve when the Christmas Sea"
mobile X-ray unit comes to Ennis
for a two days’ operation this
weekend were announced today
They are:
Friday
12-3 Mrs. Joe Colkin, Mrs. Sam
Keever.
4-7 Mrs. Juanita Roberts, Mrs.
Doyle Watson.
Saturday
10-1 Mrs. G. K. Dale, Mrs. L. J.
Tohnson.
2-5 Mrs. Walter Gunn, Mrs. R.
0. Bohall.
The unit will be located on
either Keever’s or the Safeway
lot.
The free chest X-rays are re-
commended for all adults 15
years old and older.
County Mishap
Takes 2 Lives,
Injures Six
Occuring on a rain-slick pave-
ment, a Saturday 2-car accident
claimed the lives of two persons
and injured six others, one criti-
cally, on Highway 287, two miles
east of Midlothian. Four were in
each auto.
The dead are: Mrs. Carl E.
Durman, 61, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Thomas R. Ellis, 27, 2909 E.
Mitchell, Arlington.
Critically injured in the colli-
sion was Mr. Durham, 63, who
had chest and head injuries.
Others injured in the accident
include the Durman’s’ grandchil-
dren, Melinda and Belinda Dur-
man, 11-year-old twins of Neder-
land, Mrs. Ellis and the Ellis’
daughters, Deanna, 3, and
Terry, 7.
Deanna Ellis suffered a brok-
en left leg and back injuries and
her sister suffered a broken
collar bone and a mild head in-
jury. Mrs. Ellis had bruises and
shock, investigating highway
patrolman stated.
The investigating patrolman
stated that one, auto, a Pontiac,
went out of control on the rain-
slicked, highway and slammed
into the side of the other vehicle,
a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Mr.
Ellis, according to information
released by the investigating of-
ficer.
Patrolman Davis said “the
hood of the Pontiac was em-
bedded in the side of the other
car.”
1967 Lake
elebration
Shaping as RE
A “PICTURE” OF HIS VOICE is traced in dancing lights as young Mike Burridge Jr.
speaks into the microphone of a device developed by Stanford University engineering
student Toby Hayes, left, to aid deaf children with their speech problems. Mike has
normal hearing himself, but aided in testing the device designed to help deaf children
discover and control their voices through seeing the effects of their speech efforts on a
lighted screen.
Ellis County Groups Are Invited to
Museum Institute to Be Held in Fall
Ellis Countians who have been
interested in a museum for this
county and discussed it in meet-
ings of the Ellis County Histori-
cal Survey Unit will be interest-
Saturdays traffic deaths raise ed also in the Texas State His-
to 18 the number of fatalities for torical
Survey Committee’s
Ellis County this year. At the' sponsoring its first Official Tex-
as Museum Institute Sept. 30 -
same time last year the county
had registered seven fatalities.
Richard Roye’s
Funeral Service
Held; Ennis-Ex
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Niday
Chapel, Houston, for Richard
Thomas Roye, 76, of that city,
formerly of Ennis. Ronald Hill
officiated and interment was in
Forest Park East.
Mr. Roye served his trade as
a machinist at the old H&TC
shops in Ennis, about 1906, ac-
cording to his brother, W. C.
Roye of Houston.
He is survived by his wife,
Olive Elizabeth Roye; sons, Guy
Roye of Magnolia, Texas; L. E.
Roye of New York; daughters,
Mrs. W. J. Nemeth, Mrs. F. R.
Gilbert, Mrs. L. B. Wright, Miss
Beth Roye, all of Houston, Mrs.
E. E. White of Austin, Mrs.
E. G. Nichols of Snyder, Mrs.
H. D. Shepherd, Mrs. John New-
man, both of Houston; his bro-
ther, William Calvin Roye, Hous-
ton, 26 grandchildren, 31 great-
grandchildren.
Oct. 1 at Woodville. The insti-
tute was announced by John Ben
Shepperd of Odessa, TSHSC pres-
ident.
Key faculty members will be:
Frank A. Taylor, director of the
U.S. National Museums of the
Smithsonian Institution of Wash-
ington, D. C.; John E. Anglim,
director of exhibits for the
Smithsonian’s U.S. National Mu-
seum; Helmuth J. Naumer, di-
rector of the Fort Worth Chil-
dren’s Museum, largest children’s
museum in the world; Mrs. Hel-
en Boyd, accession registrar at
Children’s Museum; Dr. Joe B.
Frantz, director of the Texas
State Historical Assn, and the
University of Texas’ Research in
Texas History Dept.
A museum boom is in full
swing across the nation, and Tex-
as leads in the trend. In 1964.
Texas had 82 museums; today
it has about 240. There are 5.-
000 museums in the U.S., with
a new one established every 3.4
days. Texas has at least two doz-
en in the planning stage.
Small museums are hampered
in establishment and operation
because they have no organized
Wayne Blakey
Dies at Age 72
Wayne Blakey, 72, former
source of professional guidance
and virtually no publications to
refer to for information.
This is the reason the State
Survey Committee is sponsoring
the institute, which will deal with
small museums’ needs.
The institute will be conduct-
ed on a workshop basis, with
sessions on financing, exhibits,
collections, housing, acquisition,
classification, cataloguing, filing,
preparation of objects, exhibi-
tion, rotating displays, visiting
hours, personnel, legal technicali-
ties, research, publications, ex-
tention and participation. The
importance of small museums
will be emphasized.
Invitations have been sent to
County Historical Survey Com-
mittees, all museums and cham-
ber of commerce, various state
agencies and other groups in-
terested in museum work.
Rites Are Held
Funeral services for Miss Mag-
gie Mayfield, 76, who died at
Ferris Tuesday night, were held
at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Metho-
dist Church at Bristol, with the
Rev. Joe Fagg of Palmer officiat-
ing.
Interment followed in Bristol
Cemetery, under the direction
of Bunch Funeral Home.
Pallbearers included J. W.
Childers and Raymond Spark-
man, both of Bristol; 0. H.
Mrs. Champion
Taken by Death
This Afternoon
Mrs. R. N. Champion died this
afternoon in the Renfro Rest
Home in Ferris after an extend-
ed illness.
Surviving her are four daugh-
ters Mrs. T. J. Sanders, Mrs. Nor-
vell Lindell, both of Ennis, Mrs.
While other colorful features
will be added, a number of
events are shaping up this early
for next summer’s celebration of
the completion of Lake Bard-
well, it was learned today from
the Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber Manager Jack Mc-
Kay said that the occasion will
be held probably on either
Memorial Day, May 30, or the
Fourth of July, when great num-
bers of people will have oppor-
tunity to attend.
"Therell be fireworks, boat
racing, skiing events and, of
course, picnics and reunions ga-
lore. We’re fortunate to have six
parks at our lake, of course, and
they’ll certainly come in fine
for this big event,” he said.
“As now planned, it will be in
the Visitors Overlook area,
where there should be ample
space for it. State and National
personages will be invited and,
of course also will be watershed
and US Corps of Engineers dig-
nitaries among the honored
guests.
It was pointed out that the
parks and roads and other faci-
lities will be completed and ship-
shape by time for the 1967
summer gala, making the reser-
voir territory both attractive and
more convenient functionally as
well.
“Definite date and arrange-
ments will be announced far in
advance, giving the citizenry a
chance to invite friends and kin
from distances to come to the
affair, which thus can be made
Ernest Allen or Waxahachie and into something of a reunion
Mrs. E. M. Rogers of Dallas, and well ” it was explained.
3 grandchildren and 5 great-
as
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are
pending with the J. E. Keever
Mortuary. a
Mr. McKay stated that Pro-
jects Engineer Al Boggus and
staff at the lake have assured
und Approved
or E. Garrett
their co-operation and added
that he has been in contact with
Bob Craft, head of technical
laison for the corps’ district of-
fice at Fort Worth, and he will
be glad to help.
“Looks like a big event com-
ing up, for community and
area,” declared Mr. McKay.
Water Supply
Cong. Olin E. Teague this aft-
ernoon wired that the FHA has
just advised final approval has
been made of a $65,000 loan and
$11,000 grant to the East Gar-
rett Water Supply Corp.
The funds are to be used to
develop a rural water system
consisting of a pump station,
storage tanks and pipeline.
John Barto of Palmer is
president of the corporation.
Mrs. McFadin Is
Taken by Death
In San Diego
Mrs. E. H. McFadin of San
Diego, Calif., formerly of Ennis,
sister of Dudley Gatewood of
Ennis, died in San Diego yester-
day.
Mrs. McFadin leaves her bro-
ther, Mr. Gatewood, Ennis, and
a niece ,Mrs. George W. Ledbet-
ter of Dallas, and a great-niece,
Nancy Ledbetter, also of Dallas.
Funeral services will be in
San Diego at 10 a.m. Wednes-
day.
Mark Busby
In Top 10 Pct,
Etex Seniors
Mark B. Busby ranks 49 from
the top in a class of 882 senior
male students at East Texas
State University. This places him
in the top ten per cent of his
class, according to an announce-
ment received from Harold D.
Murphy, Dean of Men, at ETSU.
He was graduated from EHS in
1963 and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter McNutt.
Bentley and Jimmy Birdwell,
both of Ferris; Lee Ray, Dallas,
and Carl O’Briant, Farmers Bran-
ch.
She was a retired school teach-
resident of Ennis, died Thurs-
day evening at the home of his er and nurse. Miss Mayfield took
sister, Mrs. J. D. Simmons, in nursing training in the Waxaha-
chie hospital and nursed in Wax-
Tyler.
Mr. Blakey was born Decem- ahachie, Corsicana and Waco, re
tiring in 1961. She is a former
resident of Waco and had lived
ber 31, 1893, in Auburn, Geor-
gia, the son of William Thomas
and Susan Betts Blakey. He was
reared in Ennis and served with
the Ennis Fire Department for
many years, moving to Tyler two
years ago to make his home
with his sister. He was a veteran
of World War I, serving in
Europe.
Surviving him are two sisters
Mrs. J. D. Simmons and Mrs. J.
C. Davlin, both of Tyler, and
several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be
held at 10 a.m. on Saturday in
the Keever Chapel with the Rev.
W. E. Nunn, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, officiating. Inter-
ment will be in the Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
in Ferris 3-years.
Surviving are a brother, Tom
Mayfield, San Juan, Tex.; sever-
al nephews and nieces. Nephews
include E. E. Ray of Bristol.
She was a member of the
Christian Church.
Dallas Girl Takes
Title Miss Waxa
Miss Cheryl Kay Butler of
Dallas was crowned “Miss
Waxahachie” in the Waxahachie
Jaycees’ Beauty Contest held
Saturday night at Brookside
Inn. Due to the rain, the event
was held indoors.
Miss Diane Allison of Waxa-
hachie was the first runer - up
while Miss Diann Jones of that
city was the second runer-up.
The ten contestants selected
Miss Jones as Miss Congeniality.
EC First Bale
Is Produced by
Avalon Farmer
The first bale of 1966 cotton
is on the Courthouse square at
Waxahachie.
C. L. Choate of Avalon pro-
duced the first bale. He grew
the cotton on the C. B. Roberson
farm at Avalon and the bale was
ginned at the Avalon Coop Gin
Co. Frank Griffith is gin man-
ager.
The first bale weighed 515
pounds and was ginned late
Tuesday.
Ennis Ginner George Trojacek
said today that while he could
not be sure, he had an idea that
it might be a week or ten days
before Ennis gets a first bale.
Johnny L. Wood
To Be Air Force
Fuel Specialist
Fred Allen Lummus Gives Pics,
Story, Asian Trip, IOOF Hall
Colored slides of scenes in
MICHAEL MOORHEAD
HERE FROM TEMPLE
Michael Moorhead, 7, is visit-
ing his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmie Dodd, who spent
the weekend with him and his
parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Studtmann of Temple,
bringing Michael home with
them. They will take him home
Saturday,
Saigon, Hongkong and Tokyo,
viewed by Fred Allen Lummus
of Greenville, formerly of En-
nis, were projected by him Fri-
day night when he was present-
ed by the local branches of the
Odd Fellow, Rebekah and En-
campment Lodges, IOOF of Tex-
as, at the IOOF Hall, S. Hwy. 75.
Mr. Lummus was a technical
representative of LTV Electro-
system of Greenville and was
stationed in Saigon, where he
was working with the Air Force
and a half months and enroute
home he toured Hong Kong,
Tokyo and Honolulu. Mr. Lum-
mus was graduated several years
ago in electrical engineering
from SMU where he is now
working toward his Master’s de-
gree at night school.
Mr. Lummus also did the nar-
riation for the interesting slides
he showed, most of which he took
while on his trip, buying only
a few of some of the places he
visited.
Following the films the Re-
Testing Unit. Their project was bekahs served homemade cake
the “Airborn General Illuminat- and freezer-turned ice cream to
ing Lamps.” He was gone two the sizable crowd attending.
JOHNNY L. WOOD
Airman Johnny L. Wood, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Travis L. Wood
of 904 S. Chatfield, Ennis, Tex.,
has been selected for training at
Amarillo ABF, Tex., as an Air
Force fuel specialist.
The airman, a 1961 graduate
of Ennis High School, recently
completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex.
He attended Navarro Junior
College, Corsicana.
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