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IN THE SEVENTYFIFTH YEAR
NNIS
CHOES
By CASEY
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“Few men have courage to
withstand the highest bidder."
—Washington.
Chamber of Commerce Man-
ager Jack McKay hid a real
good Christmas present in the
way his mother, Mrs Bert Mc-
Kay, is recovering from two op-
erations lately, here. Mrs. Mc-
Kay is getting along fine, and
got right into the holiday spirit.
And it is likely that she will
have convalesced sufficiently
to return home from the
hospital in a very few days.
♦
TODAY’S
CHUCKLES
Teacher on the phone—“You
say that Bill has a cold and
can’t come to school? Who is
this speaking?”
Voice: “This is my father.”—
(Bruce Mag.) I
♦
We invite you to read a word
sketch of the successful career
of retiring Richard Sims, for-
mer national head (he has ser-
ved as president and board
chairman, in turn) of the Wood-
man of the World, in this issue,
an article today that doubtless
will be of interest to m a n y
thousands, as Mr. Sims, beside
being a nationally-known fra-
ternalist, also served several
years as an Ellis County official,
and previously had taught in El-
lis County schools. .•.. And he
was reared in the Ennis area.
Our warm friendship with Rich-
ard dates back to more than
thirty years—and we cherish it
greatly. .... May happiness con-
tinue to grace the lives of you
and Clara, Richard!
•
Our people deserve congrat-
ulations on traffic safety they
have been practicing in the bad
weather.
Don Meredith
Is Reported
As Retiring
DALLAS. (AP).—The work-
T. A ♦ Ve *i c
Hr 1111ttx Batlu Neury
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE
Former Nat’l WOW Head Feted
ENNIS, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1968
•
W. D. Murffs See
Wrong Club Win
At Green Bay
City Commissioner and
Mrs. W. D. Murff saw a thril-
ling football game in the pro
title contest at Green Bay—
but the wrong team won it,
they report.
The Packers defeated the
Cowboys 21-17.
Asked about the weather,
Mr. Murff said—“well, at
night it fell to 26 be-
low zero.”
They flew to Green Bay
Saturday morning and home,
Monday.
SIX PAGES—FIVE CENTS
J. RICHARD SIMS
NOW HONORARY CHAIRMAN--
Sims Retires as
CI
Woodmen
J. Richard Sims, Ennis area
native and son of the late Mayor
J. P. Sims of Ennis, this week
retired from the position of
chairman of the board of the
Woodmen of the World, after a
lengthy illustrious career with
this well-known fraternity.
Previously, Mr. Sims had serv-
ed for years as president of the
president of the Society, many
new records were established.
Insurance in force rose to a new
high.
Mr. Sims was elected to the
Society’s highest office-chairman
of the Board of Directors—in
1964. In this position, he has
helped advance the cause of fra-
IN CASE OF
FIRE PHONE
TR 5-2600
NO. 1
Pace of Vietnam War
Is Being Stepped Up
-————————— --------------------SAIGON—The pace of the war
Woodmen of the World. He has
received highest commendation
from his lodge on many occa-
sions. Mr. Sims has now been
made honorary chairman.
After residing for years at
Omaha, Nebr., headquarters of
the fraternity, Mr. and Mrs.
horse of the Eastern Division
champion Dallas Cowboys—Don
Meredith—is reported retiring.
The Dallas Times Herald, in a
copyrighted story, said today
Meredith will go to work for a
Dallas stock brokerage firm.
Meredith, however, told the
AP he will decide in the next 2
months.
Jaycee Board to
Meet This Eve
The Jaycee Board of Directors
will meet at 7:30 tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce office,
it was announced today by Presi-
dent Ronald Peel.
Sims have returned to their na-
tive Texas, bought an attractive
home at 10416 Coleridge Street,
Dallas, and, probably before
1968, is out, will have built a
lake home at Cedar Creek Lake,
where they will spend part of
their time.
During Mr. Sims term as pre-
sident of the Society, he adopted
the slogan of “Brotherhood.” His
personal practice of this slogan
plus his efforts to promote it on
a national scale made it well
known among Woodmen
throughout the nation. As a re-
sult, it has been an important
factor in a strong revival of fra-
ternalism which the Society has
been experiencing in recent
years.
During his administration as
Youth 13 Through 18 Invited - - -
Explorer Post to Hear Lt. Lontai
As to Possible Project of CAP
Explorer Post 205, sponsor-
ternalism an d brotherhood
throughout the United States.
Several weeks ago Mr. Sims
announced his retirement from
the Board, to become effective
on January 1, 1968. He and Mrs.
Sims, and his sister, Miss Emma
Sims, of Ennis, were guests of
the Society’s officers and direc-
tors at a dinner held in his hon-
or in Hollywood, Fla.
Woodmen President Nick T.
Newberry served as toastmaster
for the affair and cited some of
Mr. Sims many, many accom-
plishments on behalf of Wood-
men of the World everywhere.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Sims have
noted that they are looking for-
ward now to a new life together
at their home in Dallas. Al-
though now embarking on their
retirement years, the Simses will
not be content to remain still.
Their philosophy of life was ex-
pressed by Mrs. Sims in the fol-
lowing poem:
You are as young as your faith,
as old as your doubts.
You are as young as your con-
fidence,
as old as your fears.
You are as young as your hopes,
as old as your despairs.
The Simses, she noted, are
ed by Tabernacle Baptist Church
will meet Thursday night, Jan.
4, at 7:00 in the Scout Hut on
Baldridge Street.
1st. Lt. A. B. Lontai, of the
Civil Air Patrol, will be pres-
ent to discuss the possibility of
Post 205 becoming a special post
with the CAP program as i t s
special interest.
Lt. Lontai, and Post 205, in-
vite young men and women from
13 through 18 years of age, who
are interested in the possibility
of becoming CAIP cadets, to at-
tend this meeting. At this time
questions as to requirements,
K training, etc. will be answered.
Lt. Lontai, who has been as-
and training programs will be
conducted locally. It is pointed
out that "it is not, or will not
be, necessary to join the Explor-
er Post in order to be a part
of the CAP.”
socialterd with the CA
1952—is th e comm and
since
of the
“Ennis Composite Squadron,"
the newly formed Civil
Air Pa-
trol unit in Ennis. 1
The young men a n women
who become cadets will
of this Ennis unit, and
a part
Explorer Post 205 does wel-
come young men 14 through
18 who are interested in Scout-
ing and' its attendant camping
and advancement program.
A special interest Explorer
Post carries on the Scouting
program, and in addition, spe-
cializes in some phase of ac-
tivity such as medicine, com-
munications, data processing,
or any field of knowledge f o r
which local facilities, sponsors
and teachers are available.
Explorer Post 205 hopes to
specialize in the CAP program,
hence the meeting and the invi-
tation to young men and women
interested. Explorer advisers for
Post 205 are Wilson Andrews
etings and G. L. Snedden.
going to keep their thoughts
young.
Mr. Sims in recalling his early
experiences in the Woodman
Fraternalism: remembers Jim
Merritt as the secretary of the
Ennis Camp. Fay Hinton was
consul commander and Jake Mc-
Nabb was past consul command-
er. He was initiated along with
Walter Earles and Buck A1-
dredge in 1923 in Ennis
It was a thrill for Mr. Sims
when his close friend through
the years, R. D. Dossmann of
Omaha, formerly of San Antonio,
was unanimously elected to suc-
ceed him as the new chairman of
the board. Incidentally, hunting
and fishing are Mr. Sims hobbies,
and every autumn he and Mrs.
Sims are hosted by the Doss-
manns’ at an enjoyable deer hunt
on their fabulous Bandera-coun-
try ranch. In Mr. Sims speech in
retiring,! he stated 1 am happy
your Board of Directors has
elected R. N. Dossmann to fill
(Continued From Page 4)
Mrs. J. F. Pechal
Taken by Death;
Rites Wednesday
Mrs. Joseph F. Pechal, 52, of
1819 Ramsey St., Dallas, died at
5 p.m. Monday in Methodist
Hospital, Dallas.
Mrs. Pechal was born October
18, 1915, in Rosebud, and was
the daughter of Frank and
Johnna Sukup.
She was married to Joseph F.
Pechal of Ennis, September 15,
1941, in Rosebud. ,
They had resided in Dallas
since 1962, Mr. Pechal being
employed by Pollack Paper Co.
there.
She was a member of the
KJZT Society and the Blessed
Sacrament Catholic Church, Dal-
las.
Survivors include her hus-
band, four brothers—Frank
Sukup, Rosebud; Antone Sukup,
Fort Worth; in the Franciscan
order, Brother Jude Steve Suk-
up, Cincinnati, and Pete Sukup,
Georgetown; four sisters, Mrs.
Henry Pomykal, Lott; Mrs.
Agnes Wanich and Mrs. Clan
ence Walters, both of George-
town; Mrs. Bernard Beilmer, Dal- all
las, and a number of nephews
and nieces.
Requiem mass will be cele-
brated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at
St. John Catholic Church, with
interment to follow in St. Jo-
seph’s Cemetery.
Rosary will be recited tonight
at 7:30 in Bunch Funeral
Chapel.
QUINTS BORN,
AUSTRALIA
BRISBANE, Australia. (AP).—
Australia’s first quintuplets—
three girls and two boys—were
born early Sunday at Brisbane’s
Women’s Hospital.
The mother was Mrs. Patri-
cia Braham, 36, of Penterfield,
New South Wales .
The obstetrician, Dr. R. Drake
said the mother and babies
were in satisfactory conditions.
The pediatrician, Dr. Grantley
Stable, said' he was optimistic a-
bout the babies’ survival.
The couple already have four
other children, a boy aged 7, a
girl 5, and twins ,a boy and a
girl aged 12 months.
IMAGE, CONTROL on new radiograph intensifier permits radiologist to enhance and
masmiy critical area of X-ray film as never before. Developed by GE, system will
useful in detection of tumors, gallstones and other difficult diagnoses.
Coach Stallings Reviews
& M Triumph Over Ala
DALLAS—Coach Gene Stall-
ings of Texas A & M says the
“big plays” won gain for the
Aggies. Stallings reviewed his
team’s 20 to 16 triumph over Ala-
bama in the Cotton Bowl yester-
day.
The big plays and Alabama
mistakes led A & M to Cotton
Bowl victory and ran the Aggies’
winning string to seven.
Meanwhile, Alabama Coach
Paul “Bear Bryant, lamented
over his team’s mistakes, but not
too long.
Rather, he spent his time tell-
ing Stallings how proud he was
that he could bring Texas A & M
out of a four-game losing streak
to the Southwest Conference
championship, then the victory
in the Cotton Bowl.
Bryant, who coached Stallings
at Texas A & M, then took the
young man with him to Alabama
as his lassistant, came across the
field and carried his former
pupil around like a football team
often does a winning coach.
Alabama lost two fumbles, had
three passes intercepted and got
short kicks to set up Aggie scor-
es. The Aggies, on the other
hand, were outgained both on
the ground and in the air but off-
set that by using the breaks.
Rev. L. Duesman
Asst. Pastor at
Richardson
Noting that the Aggies had in-
tercepted 27 passes and recover-
ed a dozen fumbles, Bryant said
before the Cotton Bowl Game
that the main thing he feared
was the A & M pass defense. His
trepidation was justified.
VA Highlights
Unprecedented
Veterans Administration high- era veterans—persons serving
lights in 1967 included an un-
precedented Veterans’ Message
to Congress by President John-
son last January, the passage of
major legislation, the outlay of
an all-time high of $7 billion in
Veterans’ benefits, and, for the
first time in history, the counsel-
ing of servicemen on veterans’
benefits in a battle area.
By the end of December, VA
representatives had talked to
some 220,000 men at debarka-
tion points in Vietnam. Under a
companion program, beside voca-
tional counseling was furnished
another 15,000 servicemen—in-
cluding some wounded in Viet-
nam—in about 100 stateside mili-
tary hospitals.
As Vietnam era Soldiers, Sail-
ors, Airmen and Marines began
to receive discharges in increas-
ing numbers, the total number of
living veterans crept to a new
peak of more than 26 million. An
estimated two million Vietnam
August 4, 1964—have now been
separated from active duty with
the current monthly average
about 67,000.
Showing an intense interest in
the welfare of America's service-
men, President Johnson called
on Congress last January to
broaden wide areas of veterans’
benefits. Congress responded by
unanimously passing Public Law
90-77 which expanded educa-
tional opportunities for Vietnam
era veterans and others, and pro-
vided cost-of-living increases
averaging 5.4 percent in pen-
sions to 1.4 million needy vet-
erans and survivors.
In all, some $4.4 billion in
compensation and pension
checks went to more than 4.5
million veterans and survivors
during 1967. In addition to cost-
of-living increases, the new law
granted $100 a month to vete-
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Rev. Leon Duesman has enter-
ed up his duties at St. Paul Apos-
tle Catholic Church, Richard-
son, after having served as as-
sistant pastor of St. John Par-
ish for two and a half years.
His service here was his first
after his ordination to the priest-
hood.
The young clergyman was
served in both religious and
civic life of the community. He
was active in the Ennis Lions
Club. Rev. Duesman was reared
at Pilot Point, Tex.
He stated that it had been a
pleasure to serve St. John Par-
ish, and he enjoyed the com-
munity, also.
The Richardson church is at
715 James Dr.
Coach Stallings of the Texas
Aggies got a victor’s ride to the
dressing room yesterday, but it
didn’t come from his Coton Bowl
champions. It came from the
man who taught Stallings every-
thing he knows about football—
Alabama’s Paul “Bear” Bryant.
It was moments after under-
dog A & M had beaten the 8th
ranked Crimson Tide, that Bry-
ant met Stallings about the 25-
yard line. He grinned at his for-
mer assistant coach, then reach-
ed down and hoisted him into
in Vietnam has stepped up after
tthe end of the often-violated
New Year’s cease fire. U-S jets
streaked off in heavy strikes
this morning as the monsson
weather over North Vietnam
cleared up. Ground action has
broken out in several sections
of South Vietnam following the
cease fire, which U-S officials
have called the bloodiest of any
of the previous truce periods.
The allies reportedly are having
second thoughts about a 48-hour
truce tentatively planned for the
Lunar New Year later this
month.
U-S officials still are trying to
assemble an accurate picture of
the collapse of the cease fire
from field reports. On the basis
of incomplete reports, the truce-
breaking ground fighting cost
the allies at least 56 dead and
231 wounded. The U-S claims
there were 168 shooting inci-
dents. Calculations were compli-
cated because the Communists’
announced three-day truce end-
ed five hours before the Allied
cease fire period.
In the most serious cease fire
violation, a Viet Cong force of
2,500 men attacked an American
outpost 62 miles northwest of
Saigon and eight miles from the
Cambodian border. Twenty-three
Americans were killed and 153
wounded. The enemy lost 348
men in the attack, which U-S of-
ficials say came one hour and 20
minutes before the Communists’
truce ended.
North Vietnamese officials
have labeled as greatly distorted
western news reports, quoting
their foreign minister, Nguyen
Duy Trinh, as saying Hanoi is
willing to start peace talks. The
Czechoslovakian News Agency
says his speech last Friday con-
tained no new elements. It said
he substantially reiterated the
official Communist line on con-
ditions for such talks.
The Prague News Agency said
reports that spoke of Hanoi’s
unexpected willingness to nego-
tiate were merely based on ex-
cerpts from the speech. It said
the official version of the speech
quotes the foreign minister as
saying: as soon as the U-S uncon-
ditionally stops bombardment
and other military action against
the North, Hanoi would have
talks with the U-S on pertinent
questions.
the air for a ride.
FEW INFRACTIONS
Rev. Cardw
Speaker We
At Lie
hih
The Rev. Paul Cardwell, pas-
tor, First Methodist Church,
will be the speaker on the pro-
gram of the Ennis Lions Club at
its meeting Wednesday noon at
the Community Center, it was
announced today.
The Weather
Partly cloudy and warmer
this afternoon. Mostly
cloudy tonight and on
Wednesday. Possible light
rain and turning colder on
Wednesday. High this after-
noon in the upper 50s. Low
tonight in the lower 40s.
High Wednesday in the mid
40s. Wind light southwester-
ly becoming northerly ten
to fifteen miles per hour on
Wednesday. Probability of
rain 20% Wednesday.
The Bear lost his hat and a
photographer fell backwards
into the mud under the crush.
Bryant had been beaten, but you
could see that he was still proud
Continued From Page Two
OVER COMMUNITY
The Police Department report-
ed only five infractions of the
law over the weekend: two for
shooting airguns at street lights,
one each for speeding, drunk
and rude display of firearms.
Lt-Gov. Preston Smith to Be in
Ennis and Speak Briefly on Wed.
A special meeting in which
citizens will have opportunity to
meet and greet Lt. Gov. Pres-
ton Smith will be held at Dan’s
Town House at 2:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday, January 3.
The lieutenant-governor will
be here for about thirty minutes,
according to Chairman Denny
Tucker of the Preston Smith for
Governor Committee.
The public has been urged to
attend the meeting, arranged for
the Hospitality Room, and hear
Mr. Smith speak briefly con-
cerning state problems. There
will be free coffee.
Mrs. G. Phinnell of Ennis Loses
Her Life in Deer Hunt Accident
Mrs. George Phinnell, 35, of
205 East Decatur, lost her life
in a hunting accident at Buffalo,
Texas December 31. She had
gone with her husband, about
dawn, for the hunt on the lease.
At the time, Mr. Phinnell was
at the far end of the pasture
and, although he heard a shot,
did not know it was her gun, un-
til he returned to the area where
she had gome. He found her
lying dead under a tree and
stated that it appeared that in
climbing down from the tree-
blind with the gun—the gun
probably caught on a button on
her coat and discharged.
Mrs. Phinnell, formerly Mary
Katherine Scott, was born on
January 22, 1932, in Waco and
was reared in Corsicana. She
was married to George Plhin-
nell of Corsicana in 1949 and
they moved to Ennis in 1956.
Mrs. Phinnell was employed by
Ennis Business Forms in the sal-
es book department.
Surviving her are her hus-
band, one son, George Allen
Phinnell and one daughter, Deb-
orah Phinnell, all of Ennis.
The funeral service will be
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the
Keever Chapel with the Rev.
Joe Hixon officiating. Inter-
ment will be in Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
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Casebolt, Floyd W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 2, 1968, newspaper, January 2, 1968; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1650083/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.