The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954 Page: 1 of 6
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Eagle Seoul Group Honored
Ennis Group
Seta ted on
Region Band
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Kiwdnis Business Session Starts
Planning for Year’s Operations
lnil A (frt-iti i.
president elec l, outlined nhm» ' tor
the iM*a vmi «t Uir club's lunch-
eon nreeUi *i »( tin Trxs* IW*wcr
and Light Co Budding on Thurs-
day
A Monitor aimmillrr with Harry
Connell ti <hMinnan. for Mtr pri-
mary put potr of rttiMtig I nod' for
1 hr Knuit* Community Center
Building mould. Mr Ortma Mild,
probably (>•' the most important
committee during ht» tenure
Mr Orht'ip afwke of cooperation
with » Community Center three
year plan for mism* funds.
James C Collins was named
youth serviceChairman The prusi-
rient elect explained that several
Thomas Shebesta,
Age Three Years,
Dies in Hobbs
Thomas Shebesta. three years of
■nye, son of Mr and Mrs. Janies
E. Shebesta of Hobbs, N. M.. died
unexpectedly there Monday mom-
ina:
He is survived by Ills parents;
four brothers, Phil Shebesta.
Cluirles Shebesta, James Edward
Shebesta and Martin Shebesta all
of the home address, and his grand-
parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. L. She-
liesta of Ennis and Mrs. Charles
Dtmpwolf of Dallas.
The body is to arrive at the J.
E Kcever Mortuary this evening.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Mrs. O’Bannion
Dies at Age 73
Mrs. Robert J. O’Bannion, 73,
died at her home here tills morning
She had been til suffering a heart
attack approximately one week ago
Mrs O'Bannion, formerly Miss
Lucie Hobbs, was born February 13
1881, In Shaw, Mississippi. She
came to E'.niff with her parents, the
late Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hobbs,
In December, 1334, and had made
her home here since that time.
She was married here in 1900. Mr.
O’Bannion died in 1932.
Mrs O'Bannion was a member of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Survivors include on1* vuiri#*-
myre O'Bannion of Houston; one
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Ensor of Ennis,
end one sister, Mrs. A. O. Jones
of Dallas.
Funeral services will be held at
the Tabernacle Baptist Church at
4 pm. Tuesday.
Burial will be in Myrtle Cemetery.
Funeral Rites
For H. G. Self
Funeral services for H. G Self
were held at Kcever Chapel at 2
p.m. Friday with the Rev, Robert
C. Fling officiating. (
Mr. Self died in the Southern
Pacific Hospital in Houston on
Wednesday.
Burial was iti Myrtle Cemetery
The pallbearers were Roy Bristow,
it. H. Ridley, C. F. Moser, J Gor-
don Hill of Dallas and W. C. Hen-
drix and Holland A. SoWma, both
Heamc.
Jack C. Oliver
Enlists for 8
Years irf Co. B
Jack C. Oliver. 994 East Crockett
St., haft enlisted for a period of 8
years In Company 8. 719th Trans-
portation Battalion 'Railway Op-
erating! -Affiliated!, US. Army Re.
serve, it has been announced by 2nd
M. Joe E. Epps, commanding officer
of the unit. The unit meets in En-
nis Monday evenings.
iwimuiy >ufcrni
would Ur brought uudci (lie lunrtii-
natixf youth services pUr and that
Mi Oatlms would name lus as
NtstanlA A Key Club protect, worx
with underpriv hedged children snd
vocational guidance «rr some oi the
youth service aubromtniUccs
H T Lester, agriculture and
oil conservation chairman named
Sam Davis. R W Hessei and Joe
Vllovsky to work with inm The lub
will continue tlie rcgiMcnd pr;
|sx>| for fire benefit of VixsUcsimI
agriculture stude nts, Mr. Lester said
W R Schwcen. chairman of a
committee for the ftupport of chur-
ns Stated that Sums nu*Um» would
be United to appeal belorr the
club, and that a weekly clrcck
Would be made on church aUcu-
-tunce by Kiwaiiians
Naming H J Stone, retiring prc;<-
ident, to head tire membership com-
mittee. Mr. Gehrig urged that tlie
committee establish a membership
quota and endeavor to keep the
club up to the quota. He also urged
that a screening committee Ik* set
up that quality, rather than quan-
tity. be stressed Garner Dunkerley
Jr. and R. W, Messer were named
to serve with Mr Slone
R. H. Dtttberner, program chair-
man for the new year, said lie was
working on the programs for the
year and that Byrl Floyd. Any Tel-
fair and James C. Collins would
publish a weekly bulletin.
Billy Abies. R W Hessrr and R.
H. Dlttberner will be in charge of
the music for the meetings.
L. T. Whitlock Is to heftd the
house committee.
Ray Telfair Is intcrclub relations
committee chairman.
The Rev. Richmond McKinney. J
T Austin and Paul Grafton are to
serve on the education and fellow-
ship committee.
Student Klwanian
Wesley Howard Jr. was introduc-
ed as student Klwanian feu Decem-
ber.
Car Is Reported
Stolen Thursday
The 'Ennis Police Department
announced this afternoon that Joe
Owens. 409 E. Ennis Avenue, who
recently dame here from Oklahoma,
reported that his cream-colored 1940
Ford automobile, bearing ari Okla-
homa license, was stolen from Its
parking place, opposite western
Cafe during the noon hour Thurs-
day.
Ray Houx, Ennis,
In Who's Who at
North Texas State
Ray Houx of Ennis is one of 34
North Texas Stale College students
who have been named to Who's Who
at North Texas, a section of the
school yearbook for outstanding stu-
dents. 1,
One ' student trom each depart-
ment1 of the-eolleg* is selected for
the honor .tags his department direc-
tor, on the recommendations of
faculty 'members in the field.
Hoirx wnwMMBd Use outstanding
mansgemfent s|4it}cut on the cam-
pus. The ion of Mr. J»dd"Mr*. Ray A
Houx, 394 E. Crockett,,he Is a mem-
ber of the Management Club and
Gamma Iota Chi, a veteran’s service
organization.
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Joe Bob Walker
Sec'y Engineers
Council, A&M
William R. McCatlnnd from Mr-
Kinney has been elected proslden'
of the Student Engineers Couticll
at Texas A&M College, Other of-
ficers elected include John P. De-
Wald of Mission, vice-president;
Joe Bob Walker of Ennis, secretary
and Buck Isbell of Novasota, treas-
urer.
FFA Team to
Enter Waco
Meet on Sat.
Members <>f the Orem hand chap-
ter conducting team won first place
a recent FFA district contest
here and who will compete hi the
Area VIII e-mtest ui Waco on Bat*
urday are ta-w retire Svehlak. Stun -
line Coley Jeasir Moon. Jerry New-
man Allen Southern. Bobby Wll-
holt. Johnnie Hunter and Larry
Deagan.
The fust place wumiiiR quiz, team
members from Ennis who will com-
pete in the area contest, are Virgil
Hurley. Jimmie Grant, Larry Sulli-
van and Ralph Denny.
Tlie teams will be ft prom pained
to Waco #y Donald Booth of tlie
Ennis High School agriculture de-
partment and by Wps!«v Taylor
and Jack Rowland, students at Sam
Houston State Teachers College who
arc in Ennis for practice teaching.
Accident Victim
Be Buried Here
Funeral services for Hardee Wea-
thers Jr., 17 student at Prairie View
College who wa*. killed in a car
accident, near Columbus Saturday
right, will be held here aA, 2 pju.
Wednesday at the Bethlehem Bap-
tist Church.
Young Weathers third honor
graduate at Carver High School in
May tilts year, was returning to
Prairie View irom Gonzales In an
automobile with Wlndoll Pointer,
second honor graduate in the same
class at Carver, mud two boys from
Calvert, when according to the re-
port received at the News, a pickup
truck i an Into the back of the car
in which the boys wero riding- The
gasoline tank exploded and the car
burned.
Pointer escaped injury, but one
of the other boys received bums
in an unsuccessful attempt to get
Weathers out of the car.
Capt. J. L. Dietz
Arrives at Hood;
In ArmryrorJ Hiv
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Army Capt. John L. Diet/,, son of
Jesse L. Dietz, 005 W. Main Street,
recently arrived at, Fort, Hood, Tex-
as, for duty with the 1st Armored
Division.
Captain Dietz, whose wife, Oncta,
lives at 110 Graves Drive, Killeen,
was last stationed in Germany with
the 2d Armored Division. In the
Army for the past 12 years, he spent
63 months in Europe during World
War II and took part in the Nor-
mandy and Northern Frnncc inva-
sions.
Mrs. Q.
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the iiftn -at de* tn Van Aandh
( *1* 'th’er *t Mr* J. A
fi*utn and ha tala Mr ftrwwti
Trurta ft.-*** n imzM high aehwol
at TerraII. than waft) *r* Msa< 1>*a*
At ate Ifsnehar* Chitag* at <>4h*
merer •dicer -ha rrraathi la*h hat
AH and her M in Kit datfara
The first a b *4 4he taughl la at
Mono, ui her native Van tault
County Ttiat »*.> I7'» year* ago
Me yen and a half ve*rw *ga> aha
c«me to Mints to )nin the faculty uf
the pubtw arJn*4s hare For a num-
ber of vewra she ha^ taught the
fourth trade at Alamo,
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l»Ms UUMMl
Graham
Pres. Wynne
Of Council Is
(hief Speaker
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H. G. (Pete) Self
Dies at Age 60
Huber! Ghent. iPrtei ftrlt, A«u*
them Pacific etigtn»,er. dlnrt at tlie
«gc of so at the Houthern Ihictfsc
Hospital in Houston at 11:40 ui-tock
Wedttcaday tught He cauami the
Ivispitwl for treatment Hn Hem her 13,
tlvl.s \xwir
Mr Sell was bom in CAmenm.
Toxhs. .Hejrtember 4. 1494 non of thr
late Bill ami Nancy Self, He was
reared at Caaieron. and sdTved in
the U8 Navy during World War X.
In 1920, Mr. Srlf wmu to work
for the railroad, and came tn Ennis
about thm time. He was a member
of the Tabernacle Baptist Church
Uve Mssnnlc Lodge, tbc B of LIE.
the American legion and the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars He mamed
Miss Allyc Pyle of Nsvosola June 6.
1924.
Surviving are, h)#. wife, of the
home address. 1610 N. Preston; a
non. Hubert Self; a daughter. Mrs.
P M ToaJ Jr., and two grandchil-
dren, Paul Robert Toal and Joe
Dowd Self, all of Dallas; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Jack Vldler, Dallas and
Pensacola. Fla.; Mrs. Hugo Slaugh-
ter and Mrs. D. B. Ounn, both of
Cameron; and two brothers, R. B.
Self. Gau.sc, and H. O. Self, Heame,
Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m, Friday at Keever Chapel,
with the Rev. Robert C. Fling con-
ducting. Burial will take place In
Myrtle Cemetery.
Ex-Ennis Teacher
Honored by C of C
Tribute was paid to Tlrry Wlle-
mon Sr., who began bis teaching
career in Runix. and taught here
two years for hi* 31 ywan of soiw-
lc# as teacher, principal and
superintendent of the Waxahacbto
Independent School District at the,
annual Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet there which was attended by
315 persons. Featured speaker was
Ed Goanett, former i^ongrensnian,
who also imld honor to Mr. Wllemon
In his speech
Precedliig Mr., Gossett’s address
vrus the pre*entation oi a, large sli-
ver tray to Mr. Wllemon by John
Arden, banquet program chairman.
Mr. Arden prescoted the tray to
the school's superintendent as the
crowd gave. Mr. WlJemon a standing
ovation.
Enters Hospital
Mrs. J. B. Graham entered Bay-
lor Hospital In Dallas on Tuesday.
Russian aircraft plant* have pro-
mised to turn out next year 200.000
streamlined chrome-plated baby
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letMuarx IS IS4*. all* married (t.
W Orwhatu of Kuala**, • disaliltsl
Antiv veteran and thev with <liru
6-rwni -okt son Itaphae . itv* at IWH
K Orvwbeti
With mimic g** her l» »bbv, Mr.
Orahftm’ft instrument m ’lie
And II Is this instrument ah* teach-
es »t Msbank -Fruluy nlglits amt
Hu Minin v.v w hich imleeri nminis out
week of teaching
Tlicre* another tiobtiv which
brings diversion to Mr* Graham
ceramics. AjhI site enjoys basket •
ball and volley hull. ,s|M>rt* whieli
she engages In ”« little,’’ years ago
Mrs Oraliani is M member of the
First Baptist Church
She llkrs her work very much and
i for her home, she says;
"I'm ‘crasy about' Bnnls."
Besides, il she wnntft to visit old
scenes in Van Znndt, It's »>nly an
hour's drive.
Italy Ex-Resident
Is Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie
W. Johnson, a former Italy resi-
dent. were conducted at the Italy
cemetery.
Mm. Johnson. », resident of Dal-
las, died Saturday in that city
She wii* an a.rtl*t who had won
ntioiuU. reavj*iitlan for oil and
water color paintings and she
had been orgauiM. at the Italy Me-
thodist Church before moving to
Dallas. Mrs. Johnson wits a grad-
uate of the Art Student* League
ol New York City.
Survivor* Include* a son, Louis
Daniel Johnson at Dallas; n daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rose Lee Kerr of Ban
Jose, CalLf., two slaters, Mr*. Ross
■Slay of Wlrhltu, Kansu*. i«:d Mrs
Cluirles Poth of KlgUi; three bro-
thers, W C Wolaver of Lubbock,
Clyde ajid 8am Wolaver, both*Bf
Italy.
Ennis-exes’ Son
Js Marine Capt
Inspector-Instructor of the First
automatic weaiKins battery, Ma*-
rlne Conw> re.servc unit In Arkon,
O,, Is Capt, Hugh R. Bumpfta Jr.,
aon of Rriv and Mrs. Hugh R, Buin-
pas. 320 BW 24. Oklahoma City.
A 1946 graduate of Capitol Hill
High School In Oklahoma City,
Capt Burnpn* attended Texas AAM
College una entered the Marine
Coriis u(K)n his graduation from the
school of chemical engineering of
the University of Oklahoma in June,
1961 At OU, he was stiulent com-
manding officer of the Naval re-
serve officers' training corps.
After serving 14 months in Ko-
rea a* commanding officer of a
Marine artillery battery, Capt.
Bumpas In December wa* assigned
to Akron.
His father formerly was pastor
of the Ennis Tabernacle, Baptist
Church.
SWAN SONG STATKMKNT?—8«n, Joseph McCarthy
interrupted it hearing of his special investipratinjr sul>-
conimittcc to read a statement accuainy President Kisen-
hower of conffratulatinK those who, he said, delay ex-
po.sure of Reds and at the same time tiryiny "patience,
tolerance, and niceties to those who are torturing Amer-
ican uniformed men.” McCarthy said he was making
statement in “view of the fact this may lx’ my temporary
swan sonjf as chairman of the inveatijiating committee.
(NhiA Telephoto)
Group Hold 1st Water
Meet With Col. Seaman
A Rlchland-Chumbcrs Watershed
Association delegation of six held
tiio awsxiatlou's first, conference
with Col. Beaman of the U.H. Kngl-
nw*, c/xi^crrilng Kill* and Na-
vfuro County water projects, at the
eo&mrfs office In Dullw* Wednes-
day afternoon.
The group consisted of: Chamber
of Commerce t-remuant Dr j. R
Jeter, Mayor .Jack MiKay. Cham-
ber Water Chairman W W Odom
and Chnrnlier Manager Rex Car-
penter, all of Ennis; Dick Knight,
manager of the Corsicana chamber,
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It 1141 UltWA A>. hiitO'IHMii sv* w
cliL-. a member of the association’s
directorate
Tliey guve the colonel copies of.
th<‘ watershed’* listed objectives
and assured him that they would
arptaeciaU; any Information on how
best, to proceed in helping expedite
the water projects,
Col. Bcnman late tn the summer
succeeded General Vogel In the en-
gineering position, the general hav-
ing been spfiolntcd to the TV A
chairmanship.
Steady progress Is being made In
completing the watershed organ-
ization In Its entirety. This week, J.
Frank Wilson, of Dallas anil Mm-
housc, preaidml of the association,
has announced his approval of
recommended committee appoint-
ments,
Within a short time, an active
campaign for association member-
slilps is to be started, it was learn-
Ked.
$300 IN
EVERY
PRIZES BE
PRE-YELE
GIVEN
SAT. •
Approximately *300 worth of prize*
will be given away here every Sat-
urday afternoon prior to Christmas
wnd all a person need do to qualify
is to register at the store of a .par-
ticipating merchant.
For the, convenience of those who
would like to take part, window
cards indicating the participating
firms arc being prepared today, for
placement where they can be seen
readily, it w«* announced by the
Trade Development Committee of
the Cliarnlxr of Commerce.
•This series of prize-give-aways
will be one of the Trade Develop-
ment feature* of the. season," /.aid
Chairman Rich Harall of the com-
mittee, "and we, hope that a great
number of people take part. The
prizes are quite attractive, some of
them valued as high a* $20 to $26."
The drawings will begin at 4 p.m.
eacl) of the three Saturdays.
"We have an Idea that a good
many people will register tonight,"
said Mr. Hamit, “as about thirty
stores ore to be often this evening
and every Thursday night untU
Christmas,"
The downtown district will be
night, a* the stores will be o|>cn and when the annual Hunts Party is to
Uw; Yule lighting system in the be, held downtown- Adjutant Col. O.
bright and Chrlstmasjr looking Ui- If Lumpkin, chairman lor the
business are« will be switched on for party, for U»e sponsoring Amerl-
thc first time this season. ,c«n Legion, sold today that ail dc-
The BP Sendee Club and the co- tails will be ready fix- announcement
operating TP&L. who miide tlie an- tomorrow
nouncemenL M»kl that abixit forty, Old Kris Kringie will be on the
strings of lights, mostly lit, street streets downtown to clmt with the
intersection*, will be in ojx-rati<m, ;smiiil fry everyTIiursday night un
during the YtiJeUde. .til Chrbitrnas
The committee said Uxlay that] Completing the committees plans
Santa will be here for a sort of for the Yule celebration are the
-sneak preview" tonight, as Ills of- downtown and the residential area
fictal visit will be Saturday morning,, decoration contests.
Ennis Dep’t
Quenches Fire
At Barn Friday
Ennis Volunteer Fire Depi*rUnewt
responded tn a call to quench A
bam lire near here early Friday.
The bins** broke out in the bam
on the Edwin M/xue place on the
Banlweli Road Beveyal tons of feed
and a garden tractor and xome oth-
er machinery burned, along with
about f>0 feet of the barn
However. Mr. Moore credits the
Fire DejmrUnwit with saving the
remainder of the building. Two
iHnkfula of booster liquid was
thrown on the blaze
Promotion 4^iven
Ennis Youth in
1st Infantry
GJyn V. Brand ork. non of
Etiiel Braddock. Ennis, recently was
promoted to corporal while serving
In Oermany with the 1st fnfgntry
Division.
The only American division to re-
main in Enrn|ie since. World War fj,
the 1st Infantry Is receiving inten-
sive training os part of the U. S
7th Army,
Corporal Bisddock, a battery mail
clerk with Buttery D of the Divi-
gloa’i 48th Anti-Aircraft ArtUlery,
entered the Army in Jiily. 1963. «fid
arrived overseas the following Di
cembr-r
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IJayd Mynatt, flush)’ Mshsm Re*-
b> iMKiay WnWun rt«wtwrtl, 9oO-
b% Bugera. Lite Mike llnvle, fame.*
R Flneli aud lewf Him#r
"All If eg thr boy* vhn beenst#
Kagim weie letiatered wnth <mf
Tt»«g», No 20b," sahi Mr t*t Clair,
Howfwer, one, WftfJey Howard IS
how- in Ure No 30$ (explorer IM,
for which ChstUM ((entry b sit*
visrr, t»ut he wa* rettstems with us
also until alter tire Eagle enre-
m*my."
Mr Ml CLuf works with both
t n»*p and t»* * Hi!* saststart
f*'»ni'masters are A L Green Mai
ti T Himtxon
'ITnop 30i» has n meinibenrinp at
59. more th«< half wtll go lutu ^t-
plnter Ihwt 200 in Itu* course erf that
coming winter.
Institutional director of the troflM
Is L F Hugires. orul thr renunittes
eonsists of the roiaowlng: Henry
Baskin, cluurmiut. R L. Roberta,
K M t*j)1e. Ford Curry. J P IMb-
ny. J H B look well, W H Blgtmm,
Fml Gtlmurn W H. Olrmeua, J,
V Ptwl, W. C. KuffMatWr, OmA
R Jonaa. Charles E. Oeutry and
Murlln Tomlinson.
District Chairman Geiirtg, Scotty
master 8t CUir and cx-ChalmvJt
Guy Henry conducted tha coloilut
presentation of tire Magla award*.
The sponsor'a committee chair-
man. Henry Baskin, vouched for the
proficiency of the candatatea. My.
St Clair handed the Eagle badge In
each instance to a boy s father, who
gave it to the lad’s mother; sloe then
pinned it over her son* heart — In
turn, the Ragle Scout pined the
motlicr’s pin on her. J
The seventeen elevated
and their parents who were
them follow: Oene Bgstdn,
and Mrs. Henry Beskin; Jack BcC
ton—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Benton or
Alma; Curtis Cosby—Mrs. Lcka
Fsy Cosby; Ralph Denny—-Mr. a fid
Mrs. John Denny; Robert Erlsgisn—
Dr. and Mrs R. E. ErIonian; Chariee
Fowler—Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Fowler
of Alma; Aubrey Hester—JCr. ohd
John Hester; Herman Horten—Sir.
and Mrs Carl Horan; Hrfery tie
Horn* and Donald Horne. Unb*
tlierw-Mr. and Mrs O. W. Harfii:
Don McCord—Mm. Elmer McCord;
J. L. Roberta—Mr, and Mrs. H. L.
Roberts; Freddy Rose — Mr. And
Mm. W. H. Rose; Mike Parson!—
Mr. and Mrs. C A. Farsons; Bobby
Pcrclval-Mr, and Mrs John
Prrcival; l>m Blmpson—MrX. 8. T-
Mlmpson sod J. G. Hlmpson (hie
grandfather); Wesley A. Howard Jr.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howard 8r.
AsaDtlng with the ceremony Wag
Eagle Hcout Edgar W. Stanley of
Troofi 193, Dnltos, present, «(ith his
Bcoutmsster, Jim Oates, and hl4
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Burn-
ley, '
Mrs. St. Clair, who has beep In
falling health for many montf*
was able, to be present and flbff
«elrM/*«s'l »/4 <**/! I*. li*«
. ta v*mm
Court of Honor by a wave of her
hand to Uie gathering. Bprakeft
!»ald tribute to the mo»hers of Heoutg
and wives of Scouting leader:, for
their varied contribution* to thg
cause.
Circle jo CoUrjclJ President Wynne,
in hi* message to tlte Court of Hon-
or, was highly complimentary pf
14-yca.r-okl Trt/op 206 and Scout-
master St. Clair and his staff 6g
tlrelr effective work with the boys,
mid also of the lad* themselve*',.
"It takes wc»rk and It takes devo-
tion ta make a fie out and v troop,’•
he declared
"This rxxasion truly brings to us
a real success story.’’
Pouithig ta the lmp»>rt*nce of Uig
proper Influence around young*
folk, Mr. Wynne said;
Let’* always be mindful of th«
fact that our greatest asset Is our
youth.”
County Scout Field Executive Carl
Johnson led the benediction.
Humble Oil Ac Refining Company
will present tire story of this affgnr
on TV with a film shot at the Court
of Honor. Arrangements for this
feature had been made by tg«
Hcouters through the services of L.
L. Robison, a local Humble deal-
er ft was learned that the scenes
will be telecast within the n«*t two
week- arid that It Is planned to an-
nounce the time for this showing In
The Ennis Daily News. Mr. St. Clair
stated that he was deeply grateful
ta Mr. Robison and Humble for
this service, and to everybody whs
had asstrted in any way with the
success of the occasion.
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The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954, newspaper, December 9, 1954; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782384/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.