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Sta fe Contest —
Jenkins Named
EC. Choice Bus
Best of Year
Cecil Jenkins, a life-long resi-
dent off Ellis County, “a highly
respected citizen of the Avalon
coumiunity, a barber by voca-
tion,.and a school bus driver by
choice," has been chosen as El-
lis County's representative in a
state-wide move to select Texas
School Bus Driver of the Year,
acc ording to County Schools
Supt. J. E. Wakeland.
"Mr. Jenkins has been driving
a school bus for 24 years, and
this adds up in miles approxi-
mately a quarter million. To say
that, Mr. Jenkins is merely a
good driver is not being quite
fair to him. Since he has never.
in all these years—dented’ a fen-
der or caused injury to a single
child, certainly should qualify
him for an “excellent” rating.
Mr. Jenkins has excellent discip-
line on his bus at all time. He
accomplishes this not by being
a stern disciplinarian but merely
by earning the respect of t h e
boys and girls who ride the bus.
By his every action he lets them
know that he has their interest
at heart, and that he will coop-
erate with them in any reason-
able way. It is impossible for
students not to hold a man like
this in high esteem.”
The county nominees will be
divided according to the State
Safety Regions and submitted
to the six safety sergeant’s
of the Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety. Each safety sergeant
T will develop his own commit-
tee for selecting the regional
winner from the list of nomi-
nees submitted through the
Texas Education Agency. One
driver will be selected for each
region and these six nominees
will be submitted to the Texas
Education Agency. The six nom-
inees will be forwarded to the
director of safety for the Texas
Motor Transportation Associa-
tion. A committee will then visit
the county and school district of
each of the six nominees and
select the Public School Bus
Driver of the Year for the 1965-
66 school year.
A certificate will be awarded
to each county winner. Each reg-
ional winner will receive a cash
award of $50 and a framed cer-
tificate which will be presented
by a representative of one o f
, the sponsoring groups. The
F Public School Bus Driver of
the Year will be announced a t
the annual meeting of the
TMTA, which will be held in
Houston on June 24, 1966. A
cash award in the amount of
$300 and a framed certificate
will be presented to the winner
at this meeting.
“Ellis County is fortunate in
having good bus drivers. There
are others who hold records
comparable to Mr. Jenkins,
though few—if any, have driv-
en a bus continously as 1 o n g
as he has,” said superintend-
ent.
Supt. Wakeland stated that he
hopes to have an entry from El-
lis County each year in the fu-
ture to be considered for the
honor of being selected as Pub-
lic School Bus Driver of the
Year.
Grafton Not to
Be Candidate for
J of P Again
Justice of the Peace Paul
Grafton of this precinct stated
today that he will not be a can-
didate for re-election as peace
justice.
P'I later will announce my fu-
and Mrs. Roy G. Patrick, live in
ture plans,” said Judge Grafton. Ferris.
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• THE PALMER RUSTLER — Thursday, December 23, 1965
Mother of Ennis
Man Buried Sat.
Mrs. E. S. Buchanan, 81, na-
tive of Erath County, Richland
resident for 58 years, mother of
J. W. Buchanan of Ennis, died
in Corsicana Memorial Hospital
Friday.
Funeral services were held
from the Richland Methodist
Church Saturday at 2 p.m. with
burial in the Richland Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband of
Richland, two sons, Mr. Buch-
anan, Ennis, and R. H. Buchan-
an, Corpus Christi; three grand-
children, four great - grandchil-
dren; a sister, Mrs. Emma 0.
Quinn, Tyler, and other relativ-
es.
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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS — Former President Eisenhower
flashes victory sign as he leaves Washington’s Walter Reed
Hospital on the way home to his Gettysburg farm. Mr. Eisen-
hower was released from the hospital 40 days after his heart
attack.
Ellis County Participants Score
In FFA Chapters’ Dist. Events
Lin Warthan of Corsicana and
John Barham of Mildred receiv-
ed Future Farmers of America
Lone Star Degree, the highest
honor conferred by the state
FFA organization and Miss Mary
Pricer of Blooming Grove was
named sweetheart of the FFA
Corsicana district at the local
district’s meeting at Corsicana.
The blonde Blooming Grove
High School senior beat out
fourteen other beauties entered
in the district contest and tal-
ent show at Corsicana High
School.
Voted runner-up was Cindy
Hartis, a brunette freshman in
Italy High School. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Hartis of Italy.
Two Italy FFA’ers, David Hen-
derson and Ricky Barnes, won
the talent contest as a rock ‘n’
roll duet.
Some 250 persons were in the
audience, representing the 1100
James E. Leach
Rites Here Mon.
A graveside service for James
Evert Leach, 37, of Electra,
nephew of Mrs. Hoyt Hefner of
Ennis and H. E. Leach of Bard-
well, will be held at 4 p.m. to-
day in Myrtle Cemetery with the
Rev. Hoyt Hefner officiating.
Mr. Leach, who died Friday in
Electra, was survived by his fa-
ther, H. E. Leach of Electra,
three sisters and one brother.
E. Ellis Soldier
Undergoes Tests
With 8th Army
Pfc. Joseph C. Patrick, whose
wife, Jo Ellen, lives in Ferris,
underwent extensive Army
tests in Germany—ending De-
cember 16.
During the tests Patrick and
other members of the 8th Infan-
try Division participated in
weapons firing and various tac-
tical maneuvers as part of an
annual program to determine
combat readiness of the unit.
The 20-year-old soldier, a
clerk with Headquarters B a t-
tery, 5th Battalion of the divi-
sion’s 1st Artillery in Germany,
entered the Army in January of
this year and received basic
training at Fort Pork, La.
He is a 1962 graduate of Fer-
ris High School. His parents, Mr.
members of the District’s 22
chapters.
Sweetheart contestants, besid-
es Misses Pricer, Hartis, and
Slate, were Betty Rider of Ennis,
Phyllis Matthews of Maypearl,
Brenda Jones of Palmer, Carol
Ann Davis of Wortham, Sally
Cox of Ferris, Ann Montgomery
of Mildred, Joan Duncan of
Waxahachie, DianeInmon of
Kerens, Karen . Kennedy of
Groesbeck, Vickie Adams of
Mexia, Jeanne Ralston of Midlo-
thian, and Mary Holmes of Red
Oak. T
Other talent entries were Phi-
lip Epps of Ferris, Joe Holland
and Joe Newman of Ennis, and
Charles McGaa of Red Oak.
Corsicana chapter persident
Johnny Widener served as mas-
ter-of-ceremonies, and CHS prin-
cipal Down Bowen brought the
welcome. -Y
Kenneth Berryhill provided
background music on the organ.
Junior Hi Sun.
Class, Assembly,
1 Christmas Party
The Junior High-Sunday
School Class of the Assembly of
God Church met Friday n i g h t
a Christmas party at home of
Mrs. Sammy Sharp, class teach-
er. • *
Chips and dip dishes were
placed on game tables; where
entire class played two: Bible
quiz games and then divided in
two groups to play “Scrabble”
and “Wide World.” • 5
Cokes, cookies and candy
were served from the dining
table which was laid with a
white cloth trimmed in red. The
centerpiece was an arrange-
ment of red poinsettias with
holly, pine cones and two red
candles.
Gifts were exchanged by the
class to the names they d r e w
in Sunday school.
Those present were Joretta
Blackwell, Suie Kite, Jeanie
Kite, Rod Venable, Johnny Col-
vin and Ricky Clark. Ike Eber-
stein was absent due to illness.
TO VISIT HERE
FOR CHRISTMAS
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Peel and
children, Pam and David, of San
Antonio, will drive here Wednes-
day for the Christmas holidays
with his mother, Mrs. E. E. Peel.
Edwin Peel of Dallas also will
spend Christmas Eve and Christ-
mas Day with his mother.
Mrs. McCown’s
Last Rites Held
The funeral service for Mrs.
R. L. McCown, who died sud-
denly Tuesday morning, was
held this morning under the di-
rection of the J. E. Keever
Mortuary, at 10 a.m. in the Bay-
lor Baptist Church with the Rev.
Carl Bilderback, pastor of t h e
church and the Rev. Joe Fa gg,
pastor of the Methodist Church
in Palmer, officiating. Interment
was to be in the Cameron Ceme-
tery with graveside service
there at 3 p.m. today.
Mrs. McCown, formerly Gladys
Lowry, daughter of Wallace L
and Fannie Gillam Lowry, was
born on March 5, 1905 in Mart,
where she was reared and
graduated from high school. She
moved to Waco soon after fin-
ishing school and on January 21,
1934 was married to R. L. Mc-
Cown of Cameron. They lived in
Cameron until 1941 when they
moved to Bossier City, La. Af-
ter moving back to Cameron,
they moved to Ennis in 1950.
Mrs. McCown was sales represen-
tative for the Stanley Home Pro-
ducts since 1951, a member of
Baylor Baptist Church where
she was a teacher in the Pri-
mary Department, past Worthy
Matron of the Eastern Star and
the Rebekah Lodge.
Surviving her are her hus-
band, one daughter Mrs. Jack
Smith of Palmer; a son Lee Mc-
Cown of Denton; two grandchil-
dren; and one sister Mrs. S. A.
Dunn of San Antonio.
Injured Thomas
Ravell May Be
Home Christmas
Ennis-reared Thomas Ravell,
who was seriously injured in
a head-on collision on Industri-
al Blvd., Dallas, Thanksgiving
Day, is improving in St. Paul’s
Hospital, Dallas, and probably
will be able to return to his
home in Dallas for Christmas.
His wife was critically injur-
ed and died a week later. Her
two daughters, Patty and Sally,
were injured in the accident but
were able to go home last Sun-
day. Her son, Teddy, was un-
injured.
When the girls arrived home
the neighbors had put up a
Christmas tree for them and had
built a fire in the fireplace.
Mr. Ravell plans to rear his
stepchildren.
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Willing Workers
Class Meets in
Home of Lesters
The Willing Workers Sunday
School Class of Baylor Baptist
Church met in the home of their
teacher, Mrs. H. T. Lester, for
an annual Christmas party Mon-
day night.
The class president, Mrs.
James Rheay, opened the meet-
ing by reading an inspiring
poem, “Heart Gift,” by Helen
Steiner Rice, expressing her de-
sire for the unity of the class
for God’s glory, and closing her
devotion with prayer.
Mrs. Beetrice Chalmers gave
the beautiful and inspiring story,
“Little Christmas,” by Turnbull,
also closing with prayer.
Mrs. C. S. McCormick directed
the playing of games. Each mem-
ber gave three Christmas wish-
es, things that they desired to
see come to pass in their own
lives, in the lives of loved ones
and in their church. This round-
table discussion was the most
deeply spiritual portion of the
meeting.
Gifts were exchanged by the
class members after which the
class presented gifts to their
teacher, Mrs. Lester, their asso-
ciate teacher, Mrs. Chalmers,
and their department superin-
tendent, Mrs. W. I. Rabe. Mrs.
Lester and an associate mem-
ber, Mrs. Errol Morgan, also
presented gifts to the 14 mem-
bers attending.
Mr. Lester made moving pic-
tures of all there, as follow: —------------:----
Mmes. Rheay, Chalmers, McCor- colored container,
mick, Rabe, Morgan, 0. C. Far-
mer, Mae Rieves, Charley Moore.
E. F. Alexander, M. R. Brasher, _
Earl Muirhead, D. H. Priddy, Em-
met Starek and the hostess.
The home was attractively
decorated in the Christmas
theme. The table was laid with
a beautiful white net and felt
cloth trimmed with gold and
white felt Yule symbols. The
centerpiece was an arrangement
of white poinsettias in a golden-
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Mrs. Jansen Gives Program for Century
Club Party Hosted by Mrs. Johnson
Twentieth Century Club mem- ers who went to the state hospi-
tal Dec. 7 each spent 7% hours
bers met for their annual Christ-
mas party Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs. Frank Johnson.
Hostessing the event with Mrs.
Johnson were Mrs. Harry E.
Jansen, Mrs. Selma Rains and
Mrs. Owen Gilpin.
Mrs. W. I. Rabe, president,
opened the meeting and Mrs.
Harry J. Stone gave the open-
ing prayer. Mrs. Rabe reported
that $139.10 worth of gifts were
taken to Terrell State Hospital
for patients there from the club
members and other citizens of
Ennis who always help the Cen-
tury Club with this project. Mrs.
Rabe said she and the four oth-
Mrs. Johnson Is
Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Ennis
native Mrs. C. T. Johnson, 82,
of Whitewright, who died in a
Sherman hospital, were held re-
cently at the Earnhart Funeral
chapel. Interment was in Willow
Wild Cemetery.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Dr. C. T. Johnson; a
daughter, Mrs. Frank Miller of
Midland; three sisters, Mrs.
Charles Robertson of Abilene,
Mrs. Molly Pratt of Red Oak and
Mrs. Bruce Snoddy of Weather-
ford, and three grandchildren.
Open faced
sandwiches, Christmas decorated
cake squares, cookies, candies,
nuts and coffee were served.
ASONS
EETINGS
TO ALL
DED
from the
deep rooted business
that came to stay
labelling and wrapping gifts.
There are 2,715 patients in the
state hospital and Volunteer
Workers, of the Terrell State
Hospital Voluntary Council in
all the counties the hospital serv-
es surrounding Terrell, work
there all of November and about
the first two weeks in December
labelling and wrapping gifts.
Mrs. Rabe then presented Mrs.
Jansen who gave the Christmas
program on “How Christmas is
Observed in Other Lands.”
Following her interesting talk
the gifts were exchanged from
Mrs. Johnson’s tree in her den,
each member having placed a
gift on the tree for the person
whose name she drew at the pre-
vious meeting, with Mrs. Jansen
acting as Santa.
While all were seated in a cir-
cle and after receiving their
gifts, Mrs. Jansen distributed to
each a Yule-decorated box,
which each thought was another
gift. When they opened their
boxes they found sandwiches,
chips, olives, pickles and fruit
cake. Mrs. Johnson and other
members of her committee serv-
ed coffee to go with the boxed
refreshments they had prepared.
Besides the members, those
present included Mrs. Jansen’s
mother-in-law, Mrs. Jansen, and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wood,
who also live on the Jansen
Ranch near Bristol. They were
introduced at the beginning of
the meeting by Mrs. Rabe.
i s &
Wheeler Class Nil
Christmas 12
Party Held ‘
The Wheeler Sunday School
Class of the First Baptist Church
was entertained.' Monday night
by Mrs. Raymond Jones in her
lovely new home in Sonoma with
a Christmas party. As eac h
guest arrived, she was present-
ed a Chritmas package made by
the hostess.
Mr. Jones’ home was deco-
rated throughout with the
Christmas motif. In the living
room was a beautiful white tree
on which were blue balls tied
with blue bows, while in the den
was a green tree with red balls
tied with red bows. Shedding its
various colored rays was a re-
volving light. From the mantle
over the wood burning fire
place, Christmas stockings were
hanging. In the center of the
mantle was an old striking clock,
on each side of which was a ker,
osene lamp burning.
Mrs. Jones, assisted by Mrs.
J. E. Minter, president of the
class, served a salad supper. Aft-
er supper, the hostess brought
in a birthday cake and placed
before her mother, Mrs. D i c k
Hurley, who is a member of the
Wheeler Class. The class pre-
sented a birthday gift to Mrs.
Hurley and sang “The Happy
Birthday” song.
Mrs. W JB. Cashion gave a n
inspiring devotional from John
3:16, after which Mrs. W. E.
Nunn brought a Christmas
story, “The Man Who Missed
Christmas.”
Gifts were distributed from
the tree in the den to each mem.
ber and to Mrs. Jones and to
Mrs. Nunn. Last Sunday in class
session gifts were presented to
the teacher and associate teach-
er, Mrs. J. L. Harrison and Mrs.
P. V. Mulkey, respectively.
Present were class members
Mrs. Ray Houx, Mrs. D. D. Con-
ner, Mrs. Inez Harcrow, Mrs. W.
B. Cashion, Mrs. J. E. Minter,
Mrs. H. M. Torrence, Mrs Dick
Hurley, Mrs. P. V. Mulkey, Mrs.
C. W. Edwards, Mrs. S. J. Em-
mert, Mrs. L. C. Terry, Mrs. J.
L. Harrison and a guest, Mrs.
W. E. Nunn.
MRS. COX BEING TREATED
FOR INJURIES IN FALL
Mrs. E. F. Cox, 305 E. Brown,
fell Sunday at her home and is
being treated at Ennis Munici-
pal Hospital for injured liga-
ments. No bones were broken.
HERE FROM OKLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Baggs and
son arrived last night to visit in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Hodge. Mr. Baggs left this morn-
ing for work in Arkansas and
will return here Friday for the
holidays.
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