The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1968 Page: 1 of 6
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IN THE SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE
ENNIS, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1968
THOROUGH COVERAGE AND MODERN EQUIPMENT
C. E. Gentry Pres., Dr. Gene Nowlin Chm. of
Board of United Publishing Company, Ennis;
Publish Daily News, Palmer Rustler, Weekly Local
Charles E. Gentry, general 1
manager of United Publishing
Co. for 17 years and throughout i
that time active in civic life of
the Community, and Ennis-rear-
ed Dr. Gene Nowlin, prominent
research chemist of Princeton,
N. J., who “grew up in the En-
nis Daily News office,” have
been elected president and
chairman of the board of the
company. I
Heading the long-established
papers — Ennis Daily News,
Weekly Local and Palmer Rust-
ler—they succeed the late Mrs.
Chester A. Nowlin, who held
both positions, after the deaths
of her husband and their son,
Publisher Weldon Nowlin. (Sket- : |
ches concerning the executives
appear further along in the ar-
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SIX PAGES—FIVE CENTS
IN CASE OF
FIRE PHONE
TH 5-2600
NO. 36
Tom Slama, 83,
Dies Sun.; Rites
Tuesday Morn
Tom Slama, 83, retired farm-
er, died suddenly while enroute
to St. John’s Catholic Church
Sunday morning.
Mr. Slama was born on Aug-
ust 30, 1884 in Czechoslovakia.
In 1909 he was married to Miss
Hary Sablik of Czechoslovakia
and in 1913 they came to the
U.S. settling in the Bardwell
community where Mr. Slama
farmed for a number of years.
Mrs. Slama passed away in 1917
and in 1919 he was married to
Mrs. Frances Jaska of Ennis
res. Thieu Asks
More US Troops
South Vietnamese President
Thieu has called for additional
American troops. He says his
forces can hold the Communists
but more U-S servicemen are
needed to end the Vietnam war
sooner. The U-S now has more
than one-half million men in
Vietnam. Thieu made the re-
marks during a helicopter tour
of four Mekong Delta cities hit
by recent Communist attacks.
Ennis No. 210 Features Exhibit:
Scouting 58th Anniv. Is Celebrated
Bill Cox of the Ennis High
School faculty is on the sports
staff of the papers.
Stanley Vlk is manager of
UPCO, the commercial printing
establishment of the firm, and
has had extensive experience in
this department, and is assisted
by Randall McCollum, who also
makes the photo-engravings on
the newspaper side.
Office personnel includes
Mrs. Gentry, director of circula-
tion; Mrs. E. M. (Mary) Doyle,
accounting, and Mrs. Truth Hin-
ton, classified advertising and
bookkeeping; Mrs. Truth Hin-
try. Jr., who assists with cir-
culation. Mechanical department
personnel includes W. G. (Buck)
Hodge, Byron Pinson and Pat
Hendricks, compositors; Frank
who passed away in 1955. After
his wife’s death he made his
home with his son, Tom Slama,
Jr. and family of Oak Grove
community. He was a member of
the K.J.T. Society.
Surviving him are two sons
Willie Slama of Dallas and Tom
Slama, Jr. of Ennis; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. C. C. Dandridge of
Bristol and Mrs. Alvin Houser
of Carrollton; one step-daugh-
ter Mrs. Joe F. Patak of Ennis;
three step-sons Louis Jaska, Joe
Jaska, both of Ennis and Frank
Jaska of San Bruno, California:
one half-brother Joseph Slama
of Czechoslovakia: twenty-eight
grandchildren; thirty seven
great grandchildren and two
great, great grandchildren.
The Rosary will be recited in
the Keever Chapel at 7:30 p.m.
on Monday and Requiem Mass
will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday in St. John’s Catholic
Church. Interment will be in St.
Joseph’s Cemetery.
SAIGON — Vietnamese war-
planes strafed and bombed
Communist forces inside the Hue
Citadel in South Vietnam today.
It is the first time in ten days
planes have attacked the target.
The planes were able to make
the raid when the cloud cover
lifted to about 4,000 feet Com-
munist North Vietnamese regu-
lars and Viet Cong guerrillas put
up a hail of anti-aircraft fire
from the southeast third of the
walled fortress.
U-S Marine forces sent inside
the Citadel in preparation for
an all out effort to root the Com-
munist from the area they took
January 31st. Two companies of
Marines entered the fortress
from landing craft on the Per-
fume River. Two other compani-
es went to the Citadel’s north
wall.
A militant Buddhist faction in
Saigon has accused the U-S to-
day of slandering the Buddhist
church and taking advantage of
the recent Viet Cong attacks in
Saigon to retaliate against it. The
accusations came after Ameri-
can and South Vietnamese offici-
als said the militant Buddhist’s
an Quang Pagoda served as
headquarters of the Viet Cong
in the recent Saigon attacks.
DR. GENE NOWLIN
Chm. of Board
CHARLES E. GENTRY
President
Trojacek, makeup and Ludlow
operator; Ernest Lee Skrivanek,
personnel remain the same SMU, is assistant athletics direc- two newspapers, the Eastland pressman-stereotyper. _______
with the exception of the addi- tor for the latter school. Miss Telegram and the Whitesboro EXTENSIVE'BACKGROUNDS
tion of Mrs. Charles E. Gentry, Sims has been with the papers News-Record, formerly was edi- President Gentry, actively in
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ches- for many years and is active in tor and manager of the Waxa- charge of the business—which
ter Nowlin, to the Board of Di- civic circles. hachie Daily Light, and has been employs regularly around sev-
rectors. Mrs. Gentry also is ac- “Newspapering is a tradition a college journalism chairman, enteen, in addition to furnishing
tive in community life, especial- with the family, dating back after graduating from the Uni- after-school jobs for fifteen car-
ly in church endeavors, and she, many years,” said President versity of Missouri School of riers, for the daily—has been
too, has been identified with the Gentry,” and, rather sentiment- Journalism. His associate editor in the publishing business since
papers for some years. Direc- ally, we consider it a privilege is Fay (Mrs. Floyd) Casebolt, 1950, has been a member of the
tors re-elected were all officials to provide this fine area, Ennis also a college trained journalist, Texas Press Association through-
and Mrs. George P. Gibson of and Ellis County, through news- who has been associated with out that time, and presently is
Ennis and Dist. Judge A. R. paper coverage by their long es- him in all his newspaper pio- on the TPA Board of Directors.
Stout. tablished papers. Community duction. . He is active both in business
Lester Jordan, former editor and county have been good to C. W. Tilley, in charge of ad- and civic life. In community life
of the publication here, is vice- us—and we want to serve them vertising, is experienced not here he is a deacon in the Tab-
president and Miss Emma Sims in the best possible manner, only in advertising but in typo- ernacle Baptist Church; camping
is secretary-treasurer. Mr. Jor- always." graphy, formerly having been and activities chairman Bluebon-
dan, formerly journalism chair- Floyd Casebolt, who continues engaged in the latter depart -----------------------------
man in Trinity University and as editor, has edited and owned ment of this company. Continued on age 4
ticle.).
Otherwise, the positions and
2d Hearing on
Streets Tonight
At /0 clock
The second hearing for inter-
ested owners of adjoining
property, in the street improve-
ment program, will be at 7 to-
night at the Municipal Building.
or
OPERATING THE LUDLOW
FRANK TROJACEK, operating one of United Publishing
Company’s newest pieces of equipment, the Ludlow—for
always new display type.
OPERATING THE PHOTO-LATHE
RANDALL McCOLLUM, photo-engraving at one of United
Publishing Company’s newest pieces of equipment—the Photo-
Lathe.
NNIS
W CHOES
By CASEY
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“Laws are the very bulwarks
of libery.”—J. G. Holland.
Years roll around pretty fast,
don’t they? For instance, here
we are with another Valentine’s
Day coming up, this week, and
before you know it, Bluebonnet
Trails season will be here again.
Maybe we’ve had enough rain
to last ‘til Trails time—and the
flowers will greet us in abun-
dance this year. Here’s hoping.
If we can make such an an-
nouncement, at the time, thou-
sands will come to see them, of
course, as they have in the past.
** *****
TODAY’S CHUCKLES
Husband: “Honey, will you
hurry up?”
Wife: “I wish you’d stop nag-
ging me. 1 told you an hour ago
I’d be ready in a few minutes.”
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“Had a letter telling about a
cousin of mine breaking a hot-
Continued From Page Two
Census Is to Get Jobs Data
Dickerson Says
Trying to Form
Scuba Club Here
Mike Dickerson, who resides
in Sonoma and is employed by
IBM in Dallas, stated that efforts
are being made to form a Scuba
Diving Club in this area.
He asked that those interested
contact him any week day after
6:30 p.m. at TR5-7018.
Mr. Dickerson said there are
two other divers here with cer-
tificates now, John Ttisworth
and Jimmie Donnell Jr., and
that classes will start Feb. 18 at
Texas Instruments, the club
there being the Texins; that in-
struction will be in their club-
room, and that they will use
a pool in Dallas, the location to
be announced. The Texins, he
said, have offered any needed
assistance in organizing here.
A selected sample of house-
holds in this area will be asked
questions about their employ-
ment during 1967 as part of the
February Current Population
Survey conducted by theU. S.
Department of Commerce’s Bu-
reau’s of the Census, according
to Percy R. Millard, director of
the Bureau’s regional office in
Dallas.
The 1967 survey questions
will be aimed at finding out the
number of weeks worked during
the year, the amount of time
lost because of unemployment
and other reasons, and the job
held the longest tune during the
year by each person over 14
years of age in sample house-
holds.
The Current Population Sur-
vey is taken each month from a
representative sample of house-
holds in 449 areas throughout
the US chiefly to obtain nation-
al estimates of current employ-
ment and unemployment. The
identity of households is con-
fidential by law—and the facts
obtained are used for statistical
purposes only.
BATTLE OVER JORDAN
TEL AVIV—Isreali and Jor-
danian troops have fought an
hour-long machine-gun battle
across the River Jordan.
WEATHER
A little colder tonight,
much colder Tuesday,
Mishap Fatal
To Son Former
Ennis Woman
The funeral service for Danny
Leon Breeden, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Breeden of Den-
ton, will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the First Baptist
Church in Denton with Dr. L. L.
Armstrong, pastor of the church
officiating. Interment will be in
Roselawn Memorial Park in
Denton.
Danny was the grandson of
the late Bert McKee and Mrs.
Margie McKee, former residents
of Ennis, and his mother was the
former Miss Bonnie Joyce Mc-
Kee of Ennis. He was killed in
an auto accident Sunday in Dal-
las. He was born in Fort Worth
on April 16, 1943 and was a
sophomore student at North
Texas State University in Den-
ton. He was a member of the
First Baptist Church in Denton.
Surviving him are his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Breeden of
Denton, a sister Vicki Lynn
Breeden: a brother David Breed-
en, both of Denton; and grand-
parents Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Breeden.
Selzer, Pres, of
Ellis TSTA, at
Dist. Meeting
District V, TSTA held its an-
nual pre - convention meeting
Saturday, February 10 at t h e
Royal Coach Inn, Dallas. Many
important topics, including the
division of District V and the
forming of new Districts X and
XI were discussed.
Troy Selzer, president of El-
lis County TSTA attended this
meeting representing the local
unit. Gather E. Raynes, presi-
dent of District V. presided.
The 31st annual District V
convention will convene in the
IL. D. Bell High School, Hurst,
March 15-16. The first general
session will be at 7 p.m. March
15 in the school auditorium.
The convention speaker will
be Dr. Flix C. Robb, director of
Southern Assn, of Colleges and
Schools. Dr. Robb assumed the
position of director of the Sou-
thern Assocaition in July, 1966.
Before moving to his post, he
was president of George Pea-
body College for Teachers.
Commercial exhibits will be
located in the gym of L. D. Bell
High School. Many teachers
from Ellis County will attend
this educational meeting.
The 58th anniversary of Boy
Scouting was celebrated Satur-
day with a Scout exhibit, by En-
nis Boy Scout Troop 210. The
exhibit was located on he First
Methodist Church parking lot.
This exhibit included such items
as tent pitching lashing, camp
cooking, fire • building . wihout
matches, and bridge building.
The highlight of the day was the
money bridge (in one of the a-
bove photos). This bridge was
built using only timber and rop-
es. The boys participating in the
exhibit were—Danny Gleason,
Chris Ludwig, Karl E v a’n s,
Greg Laznovsky, Tim Titsworth,
Danny Elliott, Jeffrey Fallen.
Alex Wensowitch, Bill Smith,
Ross Massengill, Eric Ludwig,
Leslie Gerron, Bobby Brockman,
Steven Williams, Leslie Harris,
John Overall, Pat Gleason, Le-
land Dyess. '
U-N Secretary General U
Thant talked about Vietnam with
Soviet leaders today for the sec-
ond day. Thant met with Premi-
er Kosygin and then with Com-
munist Party Chief Brezhnev.
Thant will fly on to London to-
night to see Prime Minister Har-
old Wilson.
Program for Gala Announced - -
68 Sweetheart
Banquet, Lions
Club, Tuesday
The traditional and colorful Kay.
13 Cases Handled
By Police Dept.
The Ennis Police Department
over the week-end handled thir-
teen cases, six for drunk, two
each for parking on roadway,
no operator’s license and one
each for wrong-side driving,
passing in a no-passing zone.
RENEWING RED
ACCUSATIONS
NEW DELHI. (A.P).—A Soviet
delegation here has renewed
communist charges that what it
calls US aggression in Vietnam
is slowing economic develop-
ment in Southeast Asia.
ASK RECONSIDER
TOKYO—Japan wants the U-S
to re-consider stationing B-52's
on Okinawa.
FINED. PROBATED
MILWAUKEE—A white Rom-
an Catholic Priest who has guid-
ed open housing demonstrations
in Milwaukee—the Reverend
James Grioppi—has been fined
$500 and put on two years pro-
bation for resisting arrest.
Ennis Lions Club Sweetheart
Banquet will be held at 7 p.m.
Tuesday at Lakeside Country-
Club and the complete program
was announced today.
Master-of-ceremonies for the
annual gala will be Lions Presi-
dent Wes Steger.
Singing of “America,” led by
Bill Huffstetler, will open the af-
fair, after which Deputy Dist.
Gov. Jim Shipley of Dist. 2X1
will lead the Pledge of Allegi-
ance.
Then the invocation is to be
given by the Rev. Theodore
Heers, St. Thomas Episcopal
Church.
After the delectable banquet
meal, there will be an “Every-
body Sing.” led by Mr. Huffstet-
ler, introduction of guests fol-
lowing. Tailtwister Albert
Brown and Assistant Jerry Mc-
Carty then will stir things up
considerably, making fun and
making money.
A highlight of the evening
will follow—the presentation by
Harold Borland of the Citizen-
ship Award, titled Ennis Out-
standing Citizen of 1967.
Carl Cooper, assistant manag-
er, East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, the guest speaker for the
occasion, will he introduced by
Ennis Chamber Mgr. Jack Mc-
In tribute to the ladies, on the
Valentine occasion, the banquet
will be concluded with the
gathering’s singing, “Let Me
Call You Sweetheart.”
HOWARD PAYNE
TO BAR HIPPIES
BROWNWOOD. (AP).—H o w-
ard Payne College has announc-
ed a policy barring “hippies and
other bizarre personalities”
from enrollment at the Baptist-
supported institution.
ight-of-Way
In This Area Authorized by Court
County Commissioner Ray-
mond Christian has been au-
thorized to proceed with right-
of-way acquisition for the spur
which will be constructed along
Clay Street to connect with SH
34 with US 287. The land will
’be bought with money from
bonds voted in Road District 16.
Ellis County now is in the
process of acquiring right-of-
way for the US 287 by-pass a-
round Waxahachie and for im-
provements on SH 34 from a
point near Avalon to Ennis.
The court closed Levee Dis-
trict 6, on Onion Creek in t h e
Byrd area. A levee district main-
tenance fund of $288.49 dorm-
ant since 1941, was transferred
to the county’s general fund.
Also authorized was adver-
tising for bids on a used motor
grader to be used in Mr. Chris-
tian’s Pct. 2.
The court gave approval to
construction of a flood control
structure on Red Oak Creek by
the US Soil Conservation Serv-
ice.
A lake to be completed within
and estimated five years will be
a source of water for De Soto
and will also be available to
meet future needs of Red Oak.
De Soto has agreed to furnish
Red Oak with water at the pre-
vailing price in Dallas and has
also agreed that lake recreation-
al facilities will also be avail-
able to Red Oak citizens.
Sheriff Wayne McCollum Fri-
day told the Ellis County Com-
missioners Court there is a need
for better law enforcement and
more protection against crime.
The sheriff asked for three
new cars this year instead of
the scheduled two, to give the
department five cars operating
over the county instead of four.
The court granted the request
and authorized advertising f o r
bids on three new cars and a
radio for the extra vehicle.
Bids are to be based on two
trade-ins.
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Casebolt, Floyd W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1968, newspaper, February 12, 1968; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1650118/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.