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Harvey G. Rust
Microfilm Service &. Sales
Co* Box 8066
Dallas, Texas
— KNNlS U(HJTEN —
DICK KENDALL says:
“Here we’re right up to winter-
time, but the, mild, sunshiny wea-
ther yesterday and toduy is us fine
as I ever saw,"
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ENNIS, ELMS COUNTY. TEXAS
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1954
No. 800
SKY COT- Parents traveling by air with baby can now enjoy
the flight with few worries about the little one, thanks to this cot
that clips to the baggage rack and prevents junior from falling
out. An airline in London, England, introduced the crib.
Number Ennis Stores
Open at Night Now
ENNIS
Echoes
By Casey
“The younger generation is
more in need of models than
critics.”—(Nat Curran).
Lust, night wc saw more people
driving around town—all around,
that is—than ever before, and for
good reason: All the Christmas-
decorations contest entries (eight-
een of them) in the residential
district, lied their adornments in
place and their lights on, and what
an attractive scene it was! Tills wc
can all tell everybody: There's
plenty of visible evidence of ttie
Christmas spirit here in Ennis, in
the residential section and down-
town, and we’re mighty proud of
our community’s Yuletide-look.
You'll find a complete list of the
contest entries elsewhere on this
page and we can guarantee you
that you'll enjoy a “tour” for a look-
see, and, cel the way, you’ll find
many another prettily-decorated
homes also.
Wife:
you have
a good
memory
for
faces?”
Husband,
proudly:
“Sure
have.”
Wife:
“That’s good.
I just
broke
your
shaving
mirror”
(Bowcc Mag.)
Still in t lie Christinas thane—
and while wc’rc grinding out this
column—there conics a delicious
sweetening-up gift to the Daily
News crew, a big box of candy
bearing this appreciated sentiment:
“Christinas greetings to our neigh-
bors.” It’s from Cosgrove Flower
Shop. Many, many thanks—John-
nie Cosgrove, and a joyful Christ-
mas to you, and Pal—and your
business associates.
If you'd like to get in on the
toy contribution (he Knichts of
Columbus are making to the
Lions Club's Empty Slocking
Crusade but don't have any
good used toys around the place,
you might like to join a number
of others in making a cash gift
to the cause. . . . Joe Lindlcy
or Frankie Felcman will accept
it and put it to good use for
bringing happiness, at the
Yuletide, to little children.
Dr. Laughcad Says
Chicago Not to Be
Destroyed Today
Chicago,-Dec. 21 (UP).—The city
Chicago Ins a new lease on life.
A former doctor on the staff of
ichigan State College says Chi-
go will rot be destioyed by a
lal w i ve today.
Dr. Charles Laughcad first had
edlctecl the tidal wave as part of
series oi events th.it would destroy
e world.
Til is sort of talk cost Dr. Laug-
itd his job ut Michigan State and
went olf to Chicago to confer
111 Mrs. Dorothy Martin—tA lear-
of a cult that believes the end
the world is at hand.
This morning. Dr. I.au:;hcad told
wsmen the prediction about Chic-
o and the tidal wave was off.
■ said he received a me1 sage from
ter space this morning—a mes-
ge that said, “there is but one
xl of earth ard he is In thy
Idst And by his word have ye
en t;avcd.”
Said Dr Laughcad, ’We feci quite
stifled.”
Affording Yuletide shoppers con-
venient plan for after-hours shop-
ping:, a number' of Ennis stores are
open nights now, until Christmas.
And prior to the open-every -
night season, stores have been open
on Thursday nights, in the pre-
Christmas period.
The merchants have stocked a
large array of Christmas wares and
are enjoying a good Chrlstmas-sea-
son business, those contacted report.
Shoppers have had an extremely
favorable break on "weather, as it
has been fair and mild.
Christmas Day, always observed as
a full holiday, falls on Saturday tliis
year.
With only three shopping days
remaining until Christmas that 3-
day period is expected to be quite
busy, in the merchandising area.
Most business establishments have
gone to considerable effort to pret-
ty-up for the Yuletide, with empha-
sis given this trend by a stores-dec-
oration contest sponsored by the
Trade Development Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce. ,
A feature that interests the kids
greatly is the presence of old San-
ta downtown every Thursday night.
Vice-Pres. Craft
Of SP Is Dead
Houston, Dec. 21 (UP».—E. A.
Craft. . . executive vice president
of the Southern Pacific Lines in
Texas and Louisiana and one of
the best-known railroad men in the
Southwest. . . has died in Houston.
Sixty-q :e-ycar-old Craft was a
native of D.iniille, Illinois. He join-
ed Southern Pacific as a division
engineer at El Paso in 1920.
Craft was president of the Rio
Bravo Oil Company. . . .the South-
e*n Pacific Building Company , ,
and the Texas Town Lot Company.
Funeral services are pending.
Over $1,000 Is
Missing From
AF Base Store
San Antonio, Texas—Randolph
Air Force B.se Officials at Kan
Antonio report one-thousand 315
dollars in cash is missing from a
safe in a base store.
A pickup has been broadcast for
the non-commissioned officer in
charge of the store.
The Master Sergeant failed to
report for duty today and the
shortage w:,» soon discovered soon
afterwards.
Captain Frank Amodeo said the
non-com possessed the safe's com-
bination.
Border points have been alerted
to watch for the missing nan.
Party, Becalmed
17 Hours Out in
Gulf, Rescued
Freeport, Tex.. Dtc. 2) (TJPi.-*-Ten
Houston residents, including an in-
surance company pres,dent and an
ofifeial of the Pert Cbmmi.idon,
were becalmed for 17 hours in a
sailing vessel 12 miles out in the
Gulf of Mexico.
The party. which include,1 T. E
Hand, president of the Columbia
General Life Insurance Company
and his wife, was replied yesterday
by a Coast Guard patrol boat.
The 10 persons were aboard the
two-masted scooner Stella. Dying
winds left the Stella becalmed in ft
fog Sunday night and her auxiliary
engine refused to work.
Russia Fails
To Crack West
Solid Front
(Here is an analysis of one of
the top stories of the day by
United Press).
The Kletnlin must be very wor-
ried, Despite its propaganda, and
despite its threats, the West has not
faltered in its plans lo go ahead with
the rearmament of West Germany.
And to both, Britain now inis joined
the European coal and steel eco-
nomic union, another link in the
chain of Western European unity.
Russia, in short lias failed to crack
the solid Irent developed by the
West at the recent London and Pans
conferences.
The Kremlin's threat to break a
friendship treaty with France if the
French approved West German re-
armament b o a in ranged. Many
French opposed to re-arming West
Germany—arc even more opposed
to having, Russia try to dictate their
foreign policy. The Kremlin’s threat
to cancel its friendship part with
Britain was even more ill-advised.
An attempt to lever British foreign
policy from the outside simply could
not be accepted by such a proud
nation And the Kremlin must have
known that.
It is quite, possible that the Rus-
sian threatened the British only to
scare the French ... trying to make
the French feel that both major
powers in Europe would be deserted
in the, event of another war with
Germany. And this may bo an ar-
gument in the French National As-
sembly debate by left wing op-
ponents of West German rearma-
ment,. But it is obvious that the ar-
gument. will not hold water. Them
is good reason for believing that
the French assembly will ratify the
West German rearmament pacts by
Christmas, tire end of this week.
As for the, coal .and steel com-
munity—the old Schuman plan de-
veloped by former French Foreign
Minister Robert Schuman this too
Is hurting Russia. For it Is taken
as a step in lhe direction of a fed-
erated Europe, united at all levels.
And it pools tire two basic Euro-
pean Industries, eliminating nation
al barriers. This lessens the fric-
tions among Western European na-
tons... making it harder for Com-
munism to gain a foothold.
Now that Britain has agreed to
join, tills economically unites the
trading countries of the West, and it
shows that Britain—long an op-
ponent of the plan—has decided that
it ca nwork.
Ennis Residence
Claimed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed the home of Green Ladd,
disabled-retired Negrcf railroad
worker, Moore at Faulkner, Monday
night. The Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, in lighting the flames, found
it necessary to lay hose 1.200 feet
to a fire, plug.
The property is just inside the city
limits, on the Crisp Road.
Ladd said that he lived alone in
the house and had fallen asleep in
a chair, before the smoke and the
heat from the. flames awakened him.
He was almost strangled by the
smoke and got out of the burning
building with only the clothes he
Was wearing.
Ladd stH'.od that he had $4,000
insurance on house and furnishings.
Fire Chief Hugh FiLr.scra.id said
that since the house, had been built
a number of years, the insurance
might nearly cover the loss.
Tiie building consisted of livo
rooms and bath.
BURDEN, MUIRHEAD, SMITH
HOMES WIN YULE PRIZES
MAKE STAND—Police make stand against crowds of rioting: students in Salonika,
Greece, where demonstrations have been staffed ajrainst United States and Great Britain
over U.S. support of British move to postpone U.N, consideration of the Union of
r.vprus and Greece. Police were forced to use tear j?as Sunday to break up dwindling:
demonstrations in riot-torn cities of Cyprus. (NHA Telephoto)
St. John School Observes
Christmas Several Ways
Fine Assessed in
Trash Dump Case
In a trial in Judge C. W. Duke's
justice court in the City Hall Tues-
day afternoon a man living near
the Ennis city limits was found guil-
ty by a 6-man jury of dumping trash
on u public highway and was as-
sessed the* minimum fine of $10 and
ordered to pay all court costs.
The plea was “not guilty’’ and
James H. Mulkcy, counsel for de-
fense, gave notice of appeal to the
14th District Court in Waxahachie.
Bruce Allen of Waxahachie, coun-
ty attorney - elect, now serving as
assistant county attorney, repre-
sented the State at the trial.
The offense for which the man
was trie,d took place on September
25, 1954, according to the only com-
plaining witness, who lives in the
neighborhood in which the offense
Is alleged to have occurred.
In a statement to the press this
morning, Judge Duke sad that
dumping trash on highways is much
too prevalent in the Ennis area and
that the defendant in the trial heard
in his court on Monday paid a line
on similar charges on November 4,
1952..
German Girl Gets Five
Years for Using Charms
To Get Officers Talk
Berlin1, Dec. 21 (UP).—A pretty
German girl has been sentenjIM to
five years in prison for using tier
charms to wheedle secrets from
Twenty-four-ycar-old Irmgard Sch-
midt pleaded guilty to charge* of
spying for ttie Communist before
a United States court in Berlin to-
day. She says the Russians forced
her to spy by holding her German
boy friend as hostage.
Classes at the St. John School will
be dismissed for the holidays around
noon on Wednesday and some of
tile nuns will visit m Shu Antonio
or other places until classes arc re-
sumed on January 3.
Each room at the school had a
Christmas party today and the high
school seniors will have their class
party at Holy Redeemer Hall this
evening. *
The high school choral club
which made a recent caroling tour
of the city will sing at midnight
mass at the St. John Church on
Christmas Eve.
Perhaps the school's most elabo
rate program of the holiday season
was the presentation of "The Little
Blue Angel" at K.JT Auditorium by
the grammar grades under the di-
rection ol Sister Theodore Mary,
grade school principal.
The speaking parts were by the
eighth grade students, 'ttie first
and second grade rhythm band di-
rected by Sister Corona, Sister Alice
an dSister Donatos assisted with the
program and each grade in the
school made some contribution to
the program.
The crib scene outside tile, school
building which is lighted each eve-
ning was erected by the senior boys.
TB Seal Sales at
Point Past $3,000
Christmas seal sales in Kills
County have topped the $3,000
mark, Mr./ Madeline Hobson, execu-
tive secretary of the Ellis County
Tuberculosis association, disclosed
Irirhiy Tol.iI sales were $.'<(127 70
•Sales will continue through Dec.
25 by the association, sponsor of
the annual seal drive The present
total is slightly below that of last
year whan the sales totaled $3,153.
Trip Accident Inadronce before
leaving on year bunt. BUDDIE
DAVIS INS.
:«%im v
Youth Fellowship
Service Readied
The Christian Youth Fellowship
of the First Christian Ctiuroh will
sponsor a candle light communion
service for the public at the church
from 6:30 until 7 pin. on Christ-
mas Eve.
Comm u$)iion will be served by
junior deacons to anyone who wish-
es to partake.
TAKES SPOTLIGHT—Ten-year-old Rosemary Ueckert, Houston, Texan, taken .spot-
light on the Jarkia Gleason TV show in New York an the tfrand prize winner of the
1954 NEA Service Little People’s National Christmas Coloring Contest. Rosemary is
standing between certificate she won and an original painting by NEA Artist. Walter
Scott, creator of the “Little People’-’ comic strip. At left is Rosemary’s mother, Mrs.
Behind Ueckert. Content winner was sponsored by the Houston Press. (NEA Telephoto)
Head-on Crash
Kills 7, 4 of
Them Texans
Tularusa, Now Mexico, Dec. 21
(UP).—<A iheadtm collision four-and
six-tenths miles south of Tuluroaa,
|4ew Mexico, on U-S Highway 54
lias killed seven persons, four ot
them members of a Texas family.
An eighth, the only surviving
member of the family, is near death
in Gerald Champion Memorial
Hospital at nearby Almogordo.
The dead have been identified by
Now Mexico police as 37-year-old
Mrs. Mabel Jones, 40-year-old Wll-
iiicii O. Jones, eight-year-old Jimmy
Julies, and six-year-old Phillis Ann
Jones, all of Fioydada, Texas, and
occupants of onc car,, and Btafl
Sergeant James A. Watkins and
Airman Third Class Daniel W.
Gray, both of Holloman Air De-
velopment Center, mid a friend,
Miguel Dora,me, of Tula rasa.
State Police Captain K. A. Tafoya
said Mrs. Jones and Young Clif-
ford Jones is still alive, but doctors
give mm only a slight ciusuoe to
survive.
State Police Captain E. D. Tafoya
says Mrs. Jones and Sergeant Wat-
kins were drivers of the two vehicles
involved.
He said the car containing the
airmen pulled into the left hand
lane to pass another vehicle and
met the Jones car head* n He arid
one or both of the vehicles had to
be traveling at a very high rate of
S(>eed.
Eastern Half of
Nation in Grip
Of Chilly Snap
New York, Dec. 21 (UP. The
last day of autumn brought, wintry
weather to the Eastern half of the
nation. Temperatures dropfted into
the 20’s as far Booth as Northern
Florida and fell to 18 below at Pen-
sion, Mich. New York City Is having
snow flurries, and Boston Is set for
ot least one inch of snow. High-
ways in such normally mild areas
the Carolinas, Eastern Tennessee
and Oeorgia were made dangerous
by ice and snow. The cold extended
deep into Central Mexico, where ot
least, four person# froze to death
sleeping in hallways and vacant
lots. And tomorow-at (3.25 a.m,
CSTi—winter officially arrives.
Homes of Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Burden, Mr and Mrs Robert Muir-
head and Mr. and Mrs. Jude Smith
were rated first, second and third in
the Ennis Homes Christmas Decora-
tion Contest by out-of-town Judges
Monday night.
The Mines. W. It. Elliott,
W. M Baker and O. K Smith all
of Waxahachie were, profuse In
Ihelr compliments concerning the
decorations and stated that there
were so many pretty and unusual
ones it was difficult to make their
selections Each home, had a number,
and the judging was by number, in-
stead of name.
The sponsoring Chamber of Com-
merce will send checks to the, win-
ners as follow: First, $25; second,
$15. and third, $10.
Charles E. Gentry and Willie
Miner, the unit of the Chamber of
Commerce Trade Development Com-
mittee which had charge of the
contest, stated that they were deep-
ly grateful to the three Waxahachie
women for coming here Monday
night and serving as Judges.
At, the flrst-prlac-winning Burden
residence, the frontal architecture
of the 2-story brick home is out-
lined with varicolored lights and old
Santa Is there, In the foreground,
with arm extended in greeting.
The Mulrhead property, second, Is
h silvery scene, as if blanketed in
snow, and carol singers and angels
add another Christmas touch, as
twinkling lights illuminate the
scene. _
“A (“the" jTkIo""4m i tSTlhomcTranked
third, there's an elaborate Santa
scene—Santa and all his entourage,
midst a Christmas setting -some-
what similar to a presentation
which lias been a popular sight
there for several Yuietides.
Accorded honorable, mention by
the judges “because of certain out-
standing features" were the follow-
ing residences: Mr. and Mrs. W B.
Rider, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Atwood,
Mrs. Arlalne Morris, Mr. and Mrs
A. L. Bohanon, Mr and Mrs. W. W.
Odom, Mr and Min Johnnie
Hrabina, Mr. and Mrs. J.crry
Lazuovsky.
Here is tne committee’s complete
list of contest entires, presented so
that those who wish to tour this
Christmas route may have an itine-
rary:
H. R. Burden, 601 N Preston.
Mrs, P. V Mulkey, 703 N Preston
Robert A Mulrhead, 1203 N. Pres-
ton.
E. J. tSkrlvunek. 1705 N. Clay.
Bob Dittberner, 1707 N. Clay.
Jude Smith, 1710 N. Clay.
Ed Munn. 1606 N. Gaines.
W B Rider, 601 W. Alexander.
A A. Roberts, 206 W Gilmer.
TO SECRET JAN,—Nine-
teen-year-old Billy Ray Wil-
lingham, Berry, Ala., con-
fessed slayer of Mrs. Sue
Fuller in Brinkley, Ark.,
Dee. 12, whs whisked away
to ;» secret jail by police
Monday because of high
feeding over the murder in
East Arkansas. (NEA Tele-
photo)
Finance ymur new mt purenane at
this bank and make three friend*—
the bank, the Insurance agent, the
dealer. Hontfto through a finance
company and you make one friend—
the dealer. ENNIS STATE BANK.
Ellis TEC
Tells Fedl
Benefit Plan
Texas Employment Commission
officials announced that on and aft-
er January 1, all federal civilian
employees, with certain minor
exceptions, will be provided with
the protection of the, Federal-State
unemployment compensation pro-
gram.
Legislation to provide this ex-
tension of coverage was enacted by
the 83rd Congress on September 1,
1954. To accomplish Mils the law-
makers added Title XV to the So-
cial Security Act.
Bob Stephens. TEC manag-
er, said an agreeemnt had been
signed with the Becretary of Labor
whereby benefits will be paid to
unemployed federal workers through
local TEC offices.
Under this agreement, federal
service and wages jvill be used aa
the basis for paying benefits in the
same manner as employment in pri-
vate Industry is now covered by Tex-
as law.
The only difference, Mr. Stephens
said, is that Uncle Sam will not be
contributing employer but will
reimburse Texas for all benefits
paid to federal employees. Federal
employees will be paid the, same
benefits under the same condition
by Texas Unemployment Compen-
sation Act, Stephen* added.
TEC officials estimate there, are
about 107,000 federal workers sta-
tioned in Texas at the present
_ ,, „ . , time. Tills represents about 4.2 per
George, H. Barney Jr.. 505 West ^ (jf thf, J35|)000 civllliUla
on the federal payroll.
However, not all federal em-
ployees are eligible for unemploy-
ment compensation. Coverage is
restricted to civilian service, per-
formed for the Executive, Legisla-
tive and Judicial branches of gov-
ernment, independent agencies and
car|x»rations wholly owned by tlm
United States.
Belknap.
Felix Atwood. 407 N. McKinney.
Mrs. Arlalne Morris, 504 W Knox
A L. Bohanon, 601 8 McKinney.
W W. Odom, East, Highway 34.
W I. flabr, East Highway 34
Johnnie Hrabina, East Highway
34
Jerry Laznovsky, East, Highway 34
C *8 McCormick, East Highway 34.
The committee lias requested that
tiie decorating group keep their
scenes intact for several days aft-
Chrlstmas hi order that people
wiio arc out-of-town the coming
week-end will have a chance to sec
and enjoy them.
Almost countless residences,
throughout the community, have
Yuletide decorative touches in evi-
dence, inside, or outside -or both,
making residential Ennis something
of a colorful setting for Christmas,
and the downtown Christmas lights
and store decorations ad consid-
erably to the scene.
Lions to Take
Gifts to Meet
Member;, of the Lions Club will
bring gift« for the empty stock-
ing project to their Wednesday
noon meeting which will lie, de-
voted to tiie hearing of commit-
tee reports and other club busi-
ness, a c c o r d l n g to an
announcement from Guy Henry,
president. The meeting will in'
iield at the Texas Power and
Light Company Building
Winter Weather
Official Start
3:25 A.M. Wed.
Winter will officially begin In
) ’ A>v,> „ v U ».,* a »T» VUtll^TTw—‘, but
forecasters say today it's not going
to make much differttnuce in the
state’s sunny and mild weather.
One forecaster said “there won't
be any temperature changes...ex-
cept a couple of degrees wanner in
the afternoon." He added “there
are no cold fronts In sight arid the
chances si»j>eaT slim for a whit*
Christmas ”
High temperatures yesterday
ranged from 78 degree., at Alice to
til at El Paso .Lows early this morn-
ing ringed from 18 degrees at Van
Horn to 50 a,r Galveston
others lows Included Lubbock, 27;
Am u i.’lo, El Paso and Lufkin. 30;
Fort Worth, 32; Abilene, Midland,
W i' o, 35; Mat fa, Beaumont and
Ban Angelo, 36; Austin, Wichita
Palls argi Dallas, 37; Del Rio and
Ban Antonio 40; Houston, 41; Cor-
pus Christi, 43; Laredo, 47; and
Brownsville 48
Woman Reports
Assault at Her
Home, Temple
Temple, Tex. Dec. 21 (UP).—A
Negro broke into a 23-year-old
White woman’s home near the Tem-
ple, Municipal Airport last night and
criminally assaulted her In the same
room in which her three children
were sleeping.
Compare our automobile loan rates
with finance company and save
money. Member of FD1C. ENNIS
STATE BANK.
WiwSaW
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