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With ihi’ thought of the fine and
greatly appreciated memorial cn-
now meni left In the name of hi*
wife, Amur R Mr Murray- by J R
MrM'in,.\ m |n> will Atm fresh In
nund, wo, weir talking with Dwight
Alverson today about the library end
wrir pleased that hr suggested
urging tho.se with really good books
they’d hire to give the library, to do
mi before they foritet it. Many of urt
have .several volumes around the
hour,' that would be acceptable, and
that wed be willing to part with
for such iv good purpose Let’s re,-
member, however, that It certainly
is the librarians privilege to screen
the material and cull out any which,
lot one reason or another is not
purtiriuilli lv needed for there is no
point in cluttering the shelves .,.
Won’t you .see if you have some
really good hooks you’d like, to give
TODAY?
"That genius Is Inherited
Is clearly understood
By parents of » ehild in school
Whose grades arc always good."
—S. Omar Barker, Pathfinder.
Heard this Interesting paraphrase
the other day: "The reckless drtver
Is an accident going somewhere to
happen.’
Miss Haynes
Sec’y-Treas.
Of Cemetery
Miss Ida Haynes has accepted the
appointment of secretary-treasury
of the Myrtle Cemetery Company,
Inc., to succeed the late J R. Mc-
Murray. and will handle all com-
pany correspondence and accept
Myrtle Cemetery Association dues,
effective today.
Correspondence and checks should
be uric rcssed to Miss Haynes at her
home, 201 West Belknap St., ac-
cording to an announcement from
the cemetery com|>any trustees who
made the apiiointment at a meet-
ing on 8'ptember 7,
Dr. C. A. McMurray is president
of the organization and Ernest
Rah purl is vice president, Others on
the board of trustees include O. W.
MoCa,skill, R. W. Hcsser, Joe
Hawkins, E H. Haynes and Fred
Clark
Report Shepperd
Polls Lawmakers
On Segregation
Austin, Sept. 9 (UPt.—A atnte
Senator asserts lit Austin that the
Texas attorney general, John Ben
Shepperd, Is secretly lulling the
Legislature and asking for advice
on the segregation Issue.
Senator Jimmy Phillips of Angle-
ton says that Shepperd is the first
attorney general he ever heard of
who expected the Legislature to
write his brief for him.
Phillips'has released copies of a
Sepl. 2nd letter he says Is from
Shepperd. The letter solicits Phil-
lip’s views on the segregation Issue
In Texas.
Shepperd’s letter to Phillips says
I hat his request for advice was to
try and find out the Legislature’s
attitude on the matter.
Natl Council
In Pickle on
Quemoy Isle
• Here I- an imIiiI* »i one
•f the Mg IK*. MtrlolHNrnU of
the day by railed IVmi.
The National Security Council la
up against a dilemma in deciding
what to recommend to President
Eisenhower about the Island of Que-
moy,
The council is faced not only with
the military probli\mx of delnditig
Southeast Asia against Communism
but also with extrlcatUig the United
States from being labeled the
chamtuon of colonial aggression.
Prime, Minister Nehru of India
charged today that the system of
interlocking alliances the United
States Is building up for defense,
of the free world requires the
maintenance of the status Quemoy
in colonial lands Former Prime
Minister Attic,e of Britain said that
on his recent trip to China he
found the Reds exploiting the same
charge against the Untied States
and whipping up anti-American
sentiment over Formosa.
The Communists give the im-
pression that they think they can
make so much political capital out
of a military adventure against
Quemoy an dFormosa that they can
risk the great military hazards In-
volved.
The, Reds even seem to feel they
can attack Formosa without serious
risk of American reprisals against
the Chinese mainland.
They have three reasons for so
thinking:
First., American retaliation against
the mainland would give’the Reds
an excuse to re-niien the Korea war.
Second, it might drive h wedge
between the, United 8tates and Bri-
tain and might drive India and oth-
er Asian nations into Peiping’s
urns.
Third, it would give the Reds nil
excuse for throwing in a huge air-
force and wiping out the Formosan *
capital at Taipeh and Ctitang Kai-
Shek’s government, in that case,
the United States might be left
with no government to fight for on
Formosa.
Cotton Ginned Here 1,342 SIS
___ Texas Today
Young Cotton
WOUNDED—Nationalist Chinese soldier wounded dur-
Sept. 8 shelling of Quemoy Island by Red China artillery
arrives in Taipeh, Formosa, for transfer to hospital. Two
American officers, members of U.S. Military Assistance
Group to Nationalist Government, were killed in the
shelling. (NFA Telephoto)
Beauty-Progress
Argument Holds
Ft. Worth Levee
Fort Worth. Sept. 9 (UP).—An
argument over beauty or progress
hns put n temporary halt to work
on a flood control levee In the
Crestwood nrea at Fort Worth.
Residents of the neighborhood
have protested the destruction of
trees by bulldozers as the Army dis-
trict engineers started work on the
project. Some of the residents want
the project re-located so that the
trees won’t be disturbed.
As a result, the Army engineers
have stopped work on the project
until a meeting can- be held and
the problem discussed with the Tar-
rant County WRtcr board.
Two Men Killed
In Auto Mishap
On Tex. Highway
Fredericksburg, Texas, Sept. 9
(UPt.- An automobile crash has
killed two men seven miles north
of Fredericksburg on U. S. Highway
87. They are Identified as Bobby
Banner and Kenneth Wells, both of
Llano The accident occurred when
the car tn which they were riding
overturned.
BEAUTlKUIr—Beautiful Mints Louisiana, Gail Gleason,
waves to crowd an she rides happily in Minn America
content boardwalk parade Wednetsday at Atlantic City.
(NEA Telephoto)
Cemetery Memorial
Fund Grows Swiftly
The Myrtle Cemetery Com
party, Inc. has established a
iMyrtle Cemetery Memorial
Fund and the first, donations
have been made In memory of
Mrs. Joe Schramek
Dies at Age of 67
Mrs. Joe Schramek, t!7. native of
Czechoslovakia and resident of En-
nis for 39 years, died at St. Paul’s
Hospital in Dallas this morning.
She had been a patient there for
three weeks.
Mrs. Schramek was born July 20,
1887 and was married In Czechos-
lovakia, Jan. 8, 1911. Her home In
Ennis was at 1101 North Gaines St.
Mrs. Schramek was a member of
the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors Include her husband;
three sons, Joe Sramek Jr. of En-
nts, Millard Sramek of Grand
Prairie, Paddy Schramek of Hous-
ton and one daughter, Miss Flor-
ence Sramek of Dallas. Also surviv-
ing arc seven grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Schra-
mek will be held at the Bunch Fu-
neral Chapel at 3 p.m. Friday with
the Rev. Richmond McKinney con-
ducting the rites. Joe Vytopil will
assist,
Bui ini will be in Myrtle Cemetery
Four Questioned
In Death of Texas
Airman, Aged 18
Omaha, Nebraska — Authorities
at Omaha are questioning four
licrsons In the death of an 18-year-
old Texas airman.
The airman was G. W Du Bo sc
of Amarillo. He was found dying
outside of an East Omaha taveri:
early today
Douglas county attorney Eugene
Fitzgerald says In Omaha that all
Indications point to violence in Du-
Boise’s death.
The four persons being question-
ed admit that they were with the
airman during part of the night.
However, they claim they left the
young alnnnn In a bar shortly be-
fore midnight.
Surplus Gov't
Property to Be
Sold, San Antonio
8an Antonio, Sept, 9 (UPl- Sur-
plus government property original-
ly valued at more than 20 millibn
dollars will be sold at auction at
Kelly Air Force Base In San An-
tonio later this month. The big
public sale Is scheduled /Tor three
days beginning Sept. 13th. ‘A spokes-
man says that the property no long-
er Is of any value to the Defense
Department because of the many
changes tn aircraft and other de-
fense equipment In recent years.
the late Mr. and Mrs. J. It.
iMk’Marray, in recognlcian of
their years of service In ceme-
tery care.
The fund Is now open for
donations In memory of a ,y
licrsons whom the donors muy
designate
Officers of the cemetery
company have explained that
the fund will be used for major
cemetery Improvement projects,
at the discretion of the trustees.
Mrs. W. I. Snodgrass Is mem-
orial fuful chairman. Others
serving on the committee are
Miss Emma Sims, secretary;
Mrs. O. W. Parker, Dr. W. C.
Stout and Ernest Raphael.
Hurricane Hunt
Chasing Storm
On Florida Coast
Miami. Fin., Sopt. 9 (UPi.—
Hurricane hunters are on the Job
this morning . . . keeping truck of
the fifth tropical storm of the
season, ,
Radar reconnaissance pilots went
out during the night to spot the
hurricane — nicknamed "Edna”—
come 280 miles east of Cocoa on
the Florida east coast.
They report the storm has winds
up to 1 15-milea-pcr hour. It is
traveling about 12 miles per hour
In a direction between north and
north-northwest.
The bureau says the hurricane
will continue along this course for
12 hours before turning northeast-
ward.
However, If the storm continues
in its present direction. It will lilt
the mainland neat Cape Hutteras,
North Carolina.
The Midwest hIso Is having Its
weather problems.
A tornado struck In a heavy
storm area in Kansas It sent trees
and power power lines crashing to
tin earth near the town of Maize.
Near Alma, Nebraska, Clarence
Malm was struck by lightning tn
a violent rain and wind storm.
East Texas Day
At State Fair
To Be Oct. 19
Dallas, Sept. 9 <UP>. East Texas
communities will have a special day
at the State Fair of Texas. The spe-
cial day will be Tuesday, Oct. 19th.
A free show In the Cotton Bowl
will climax the day’s activities which
will feature Radio Star Dennis Day,
the famed Apache Band from Tyler
Junior College, and a fireworks
display. Home 25-thousand persons
saw a similar show last year.
No better time than now to atari
an account with thte bank. Each ac-
count Insured up to 110,000.00 by
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp-
oration. ENNIS STATE BANK.
Opening Held
Back Slightly
Harvesting of the old cotton in
the 1954 drouth-hit crop is going
forward steadily.
Howe, er, weather conditions hrvr
sllglhly delayed the opening of bolts
on the younger plants
Total gamings for gins in the
immediate Emus territory had
reached 1,342 by Thursday noon.
The four gins In this survr.v are:
Enuis Co-op. PlHQterx. Kirkpatrick
and Oarrett Co-op
Although the young cotton had
started tr mature tn a hurry recent
showers held It back temporarily
A few farmers rent, pickers Into
fields til young cotton this we,ek
but most of them were reported to
have discovered that they will need
to wait h little longer for enough
of it to open to Justify harvesting
efforts.
In most instances farmers are re-
ported to nave, adequate labor
for picking, the reported exceptions
being In a fe,\v canes where housing
was not available.
Reports received here are taht nu-
merous farmers arc finding weevil
Infestations.
13 Injured in
Crash Thurs.
Of AF Plane
Houston, Hept. 9 (UP •.-The
crash of an An Force training plane
in Hoiiston has injured all 13 men
aboard Instead of only four as first
reported.
However, only five men are re-
garded as seriously injured.
The plane was making an instru-
ment takeoff in a fog at. Ellington
Air Base near Houston early today
when It clashed and burned.
Everyone aboard the plane three
crewmen and 10 electronics Instruc-
tors—was wearing chest parachutes.
The Air Force says it believes the
henvy padding prevented the men
from receiving more serious injur-
ies.
The most seriously hurt was Stuff
Sergeant Charles E. Becker of Cor-
pus Christ!. He received first and
second degree burns, a broken leg
and head injuries.
Another Texan, Airman First,
Class William I« Fullon of Fort
Worth, was hospitalized with lesser
Injuries.
Carnival Queen
Contest to End
7 P.M. on 18th
The Emits Optl-Mrx Club,
sponsor of the Carnival Queen
contest, today called attention to
the fact that the deadline for
casting vote.s In this penny-a-
bnllot affair is 7 p.m. September
18, closing night, of the Optimist
Carnival.
Coin receptacles, for the con-
venience of voters, have been
placed In the stores about town
Minas realised from Uila con-
test will go to youth work.
Despite Quitting of
Regulars, A-M Mogul
Looks for Good Team
College Station, Sept. 0 (UPi.
An official of the Texas Aggies In-
sists the football team will do all
right though eight regulars have,
quit.
School Director Jack Finney tuyn
“I still think In time Coach Bear
Bryant will have the Aggies on a
par with other Southwest Confer-
ence teams.” Another source close
to the Aggies say Bryant is trying
to robuild the team and refuses to
concede anybody a «i*ot on the team
hence the mass resignations.
Wil l. NOT SKKK llK-ELK(TION—G»v. Thomas K.
1 Wo.v ot No" Y.irk smiles lor photographer* with hi.s
wife ami son, loni .lt„ following rehearsal <>f television
speech Tuesday in which the Governor told a slate-wide
audience In* would not seek re-election in the fall. Mr.
Dewey will return In'private life after Nerving 12 years
ns governor of New York. (NEA Telephoto)
First Certification in
Drouth Come to Ellis
The first certification of eligi-
bility lor main under the drouth
relief program In Ellis County has
been received at the local Agricul-
ture Stabilization and Conservation
office,
James Rand, office manager of
V. L Anthony, 63,
Dies at His Home
V. L. Anthony, 83, farmer and
landwVn'r, resident of Byrd for 82
years before moving to Ennis one
year ago, died at his home, 710 An-
thony Drive, at 7:06 this morning.
He had been tuftaring from a heart
ailment since February.
Vilas Lee Anthony was born In
Pulaski, Tennessee, November 0,
1890, and came to Ellis County with
his parents, the late Elijah and Mary
Jane Anthony.
He was married to Miss Leona
Johnson of Byrd, October 30, 1912
He was a deacon In the First Baptist.
Church at Byrd, a member of the
Masonic Lodge at ltankln and a
member of the lOOF Lodge in En-
nis.
Survivors include his wife; four
sons. Oran A Anthony, Rupert K.
Anthony and Irvan Anthony, all of
Ennis, and Dan Anthony now ser-
ving with the U. H Army tn Ja-
pan; one daughter, Miss Ola Bess
Anthony of Ennis; two brothers, B,
C, Anthony of Dal Rio and, E. C.
Anthony of Clifton, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Anthony
are pending the arrival of his son
from Japan,
The body will He, In slate at the
Ki ever Chapel before the services
which will be held at the Byrd
church with the Rev, H H. Mc-
Collum and the. Rev Joe Hlxou of-
ficiating. The service time will Ire
announced later.
Burial will be, In Elm Branch
Cemetery Hi Barriwell.
Only Twenty Cadillac
Tickets Now Remain
Undistributed Here
"Anybody who wants an Optimist
Carnival Cadillac ticket had better
hurry lor there are only twenty
left," Car Chairman Robert Mulr-
hr/t.r* of the Optimists suggested to-
day.
When these twenty are gone
that’s all, folks’."
Personal loans our *|M-elalty. At-
tractive rates and t> rms Member
of FDIC ENNIM STATE HANK.
Coach Ryan Lions Speaker; Club to
Boost Its Queen Candidacy by Sale
The Lions Club will sponsor a
cake sale to benefit the candidacy
of MIm Gall Olaspy for queen of the
forthcoming Optimist Carnival, ac-
cording to an announcement made at
the club's first regular luncheon
meeting yfter the Summer recess
The meeting was held at the Texiu
Power At Light Company Building
at noon on Wednesday
Dr W. P. McCall announced that
the board of directors had voted to
sponsor a professional variety show
to be held In Barr Jacinto Audi-
torium on lebruary 2, with proceed*
to be used for charity.
At the suggestion of Tom Mose-
>y, the Lions Club members, stood
n silent tribute to the memory of
the laic J. R McMurray. a charter
member of the, club,
Pete Barney, program chairman
for the day. Introduced Dave Ryan,
.read coach of the Ennis High
School football team, who predicted
'hat the Ennis Lions would win
quite a few games this season, not-
withstanding tire loss of 25 graduat-
ing lettermen from last year's 40-
man squad.
Mr Ryan told the Lions he hoped
to have a good team this year and
that they can surely expect a good
one for next year.
the AHO committee, said the first
application to be certified by the
Farmers Home Administration was
for Rnlrert L. Beer of route 2.
Waxuhachle, The next step will
be the Issuance of the purchase
older and tills is expected to be
mailed at once.
Then ine applicant will have to
find a dealer who will accept the
purchase order, Mr. Rand stated.
All applications for aid under
the drouth relief program must
be filed with the F'HiA office In
the |aist office building. (After tiie
FHA county committee approves
the application, the certification ty
forwarded to the ASC office. ' (
Ellis County two weeks ujjy was
declared ,t drouth disaster 'ifisn by
Department of Agriculture * offl-
In Washington. ' •'l
Dallas Sept 9 ill' spoiled
showed <onllute in splatter widely
separated |*rit of the state today.
Mean white. a weak c«x»l front creep*
southward out of the npprt 'l>xa*
Panhandle and Northern Oklahoma.
It gives prom me of some slight
lellel to North Texas heal The
shown pattern )> (bout the same
yesterday win some areus of
Fort Worth f«>i example . .
recorded up in 1 80 «! an inch and
other parts ni the city didn’t get
my Widely si altered showers fell
across the top ot lire Panhandle
last night. However, none was re-
ported to the weather bureau stat-
ions
The cool front Is expected to
res h the South Plains and Red
River boundry by tomorrow morn-
ing But it will stall along that linn
without beii’g fell \ery deep into
the state
Overnight low tempera in tea rang-
ed from !M> degree* e' iMliart to
70 at Gal ,'c.don C»*fu r mu pc' aturea
Include Marfa dj. AtomlX* and
Lubboik iw', L U\\: 88. Ill Paso,
H* reunionl . ic! «.*.•» Angelo 10,
Tyler 71. Bnwnmile ,md Put An-
tonin 72. Del K o, Ou.pru, Christ),
Austin Ktui 'li.'u:,to;i 73. Waco, Fort
Worth und Laredo 74. Dallas and
Wichita Fulls
rrmprraturea yesterday failed to
reach t-lic )!» e'eyrep mark anywhere
except Prtti ldio where 102 was rr-
coided Mineral Wells had 99. Abi-
lene, Laredo. Austin, Waco and
Fort Worth all 98, Dallas, College
Station, Lufkin and Alice 97, Dul-
1 art, Amarillo and Midland IK,
Lubbock 93, Brownsville 91, Gal-
veston 89, and Marfa 87.
The only measurable rainfall
yesterday nnd Inst night was .07
of an Inch at Laredo and i)5 at
Beaumont
Maybe Thousand
Die in Tremors
In North Africa
Algeria, North Africa, Sept. 9
(UP>.—The earth buckled and
heaved and spilt oixrn In Algeria
this morning
And 1.0(H) persons may have, been
killed.
The violent earthquake the worst
in living memory in North Africa
cenUrer! in the Algerian admini-
strative town of Orleansville ft hit
at 1 a m., Algerian time. Most of
the 20.0(H) residents of the area were
fast asleep whe.ri It came.
It lasted only 12 second.*. But 'n
that brief period half of Orleans-
villc was destroyed. And the, temb-
lor traveled almost to Algiers, 100
rnllox to the eouthwcgl The hotel
Baudoln collated and bulled 40
guests In their bods, Half of the city
penctentlary went down In a geyser
of dust, killing 10 convicts and in-
Joiiiig 25.
The town's |kj»1 office with all Its
telephones and telegraph lines were
smashed. The main lajiicu1 lieaj-
quartqrs collapsed Both of Orleans-
ville cathedrals, one an ancient Ro-
man structure and the other re-
cently completed, were shattered.
World's First
Atom Sub Will
Join Navy 30th
Washington. DC., Kept ()
(UPt. The world’s first sub-
marine to operate on atomic
(lower will formally join the
United States Navy Sept. 30th
The "UHH Nautilus" will be
commissioned at Groton, Conn.
The first, sea trials for the
sub that can go round-the-
world without resurfacing arc
expected to start shortly after
the commission ceremonies
first, In Long Island Sound nnd
then In the Atlantic,
The tests are expected to last
more than a year.
Another Negro Group
Triot to Enroll at
Wilmer-Hutchins
Dallas. Kept, ft <lJPi,~A group ot
Negro students yesterday tried to
enroll tn a white school tn a subur-
ban Dallas school district. It It Is
the Wllmer-Hutchlru district where
only the day befere a group of
Negro elementary school students
w'«re denied permission to enroll
In a white elementary school.
KEY. LEONARD HOLLOWAY
Ennis Baptists
To Church Event
At Waxa 16th
Baptists In Ennis, along with
Ba.ptLsIs Irani other cities kit the
Ellis Baptist Association, will attend
an association*! stewardship-evan-
gelism conference, at the First Bap-
tist Church in Wuxuhachte on
Thursday evening. September 18
Rev. Leonard L. Holloway, Dallas,
public relations director, Baptist
Generai Convention of Tf.xas, will
serve as team captain and be in
ehsroe ni the conference.
Rev. W M Shumburger, pastor.
First B.vp.tst Church, OnvictuiH;
will be the evangelism speaker, Htid
Rev. Fred Taipley, pastor. Ridge-
crest Baptist Church, Jackson,
Miss., will discuss stewardship. Rr-
vls MeCrow, minister of music-edu-
cation, First Baptist Church, Ml,
Pleasant will be, m charge of music.
The cloning prayer wll be given
Rev T Hollis F.ptOli ot Waxahochie,
vxeoctational evangelism chairman,
Rev. Eptnn will be host pastor.
Sales Kickoff
Breakfasf Held
By Lone Star
A sales kickoff breakfast won
held for employes of the l/me star
Gas Company at its office on W.
Knox Street, Thursday morning
Of Hpreial interest was the old-
stove round-up, which starts Oct l,
and Ibis topic was discussed by L.
M Scholl of Greenville, district
superintendent, who was Introduced
by Ennis Dmt Manager W J,
Deakins.
Miss Marie Tribble, district home
economics s|x*ctaUsL, prepared the
breakfast, for the Ennis District
employes, and gave a gas range
’presentation."
DO YOU KNOW? Thai you ran
buy a $10,0M Family Group
CANCER INSURANCE POLICY for
$20.00 for the first year then IlS.tlft
per year thereafter. BUDDIE
DAVIS INSURANCE AGENCY.
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