The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1958 Page: 3 of 4
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El Paso Widow Announced
As Polio Mother of Year Meeting Monday
EL PASO, Tex.—Mrs. John L.
Crouch, attractive El Paso moth-
er of two, anu wiuow of an Air
Force pilot, was today n a m e d
Texas Polio Mother of the Year
for the 1958 March of Dimes.
Nomination of Mrs. Crouch
was announced by Gordon Mc-
Lendon, Texas chairman for the
1958 March of Dimes, who de-
scribed the 37-year-old mother
as “symbolic of the hundreds of
Texas mothers who have courag-
couly and successful battled
crippling polio to return to ac-
tive and useful living.”
Selected from a group o f
nominees submitted by Texas
county chapters of The Nation-
al Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Mrs. Crouch typifies
McLendon said what a combina-
tion of determination and re-
habilation techniques can ac-
complish for the victims of the
pre-Salk vaccine polio war.
Though confined to a wheel
chair by the after-affects of a
polio attack, Kathryn Crouch
now serves successfully as
homemakicr, and as executive
secretary of the El Paso County
Chapter of The National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
It is a dual role, she says,
“that seemed impossible eleven
years ago.’'
She remembers that “like
most people, I thought polio was
something that happened to
somebody else. It wouldn’t hap-
pen to Kathy Crouch.”
When it did, it began w i t h
“the worst headache I ever
had.” A few hours later, in Au-
gust, 1946, Kathy Crouch, moth-
er of one child and expecting
another, was admitted to a Port
Arthur hospital.
Although her case was diag-
nosed as polio and her righ leg
completely paralyzed, she re-
members telling her husband,
wartime fighter pilot Maj. John
L. Crouch, that she would be
“walking by Christmas.”
Two weeks later her second
child, Connie Ruth, was born.
Her oldest, a son, Larkin, was
two.
A few wrecks later, Kathy
Crouch went to.Gonzales Warm
Springs Hospital" to* begin the
March of Dimcs-Tinanccd re-
habilitation treatments she hop.
cd would put her on the road
back. After two months she re-
turnd to Port Arthur faced wtili
the knowledge that she would
probably never walk again, but
determined to be a successful
mother and homemaker despite
her handicap.
And tragedy struck again. In
October, 1947, her husband was
killed during a cross - country
Kenton Cross Dies
Suddenly Saturday
Funeral services were held to-
day at Keever Chapel for Ken-
ton James Cross, 69. who passed
away suddenly Saturday night in
Shreveport, La.
Cross, a distributor for F & E
Checkwritcrs of Chicago, was
the brother-in-law of II a r d v
Hay.
Born February 1H, 1894 in
Baton Rouge. La., Cross was a
thirty-second degree Mason. He
was a member of the Scottish
Rite, El Karabah Temple of
Shreveport, and Temple Lodge
No. 448 F & AM in Shreveport
and the Baptist Church there.
Rev. Ralph Reasor conducted
the services. Masonic Lodge No.
369 conducted graveside serv-
ices at Myrtle Cemetery.
Cross is survived by his wife,
neice and nephew.
Garner Dunkerley Jr . chair-
man of the FF.V4-H Club Live-
stock Show, has called a meet-
ing of the organization Monday
afternoon at 3 45 p m. at the
Chamber of Commerce office.
The Show has been set for
April 7 and the chairman felt
that plans should lie made non
since the dale is earlier than
usual
“This show is one of the most
outstanding shows of its kind
in the state of Texas and wo
want it to continue to be."
staled Dunkerley. “I want to
urge each member of this com-
mittee to make a special effort
to be present as we have several
items of business to discuss.”
mm
EL PASO — POLIO MOTHER OK THE YEAR for the 19f»S March
of Dimes in Texas. Mrs. John L. Crouch (Kathy), of El Pa.- joins
daughter Connie Ruth, 11, and son Larkin, i:t, m a family u'm e.
More interested in tho photographer is the Cocker. Conger. Mrs.
Crouch, executive secretary of the El Paso County Chapter of tin*
National Foundation for Infant'”-' Paralysis, and widow <<f ;t World
War 11 fighter pilot, was named lo symbolize in the ipr»8 March of
Dimes the hundred.-, of Texas mothers who have overcome the
crippling after-effects of polio to resume active and useful li\. ...
training flight. A home he had But, Kathy says, “I did, and
purchased in El Paso for h i S:\ve had no trouble.” She adds
I family stood empty. proudly that Larkin is today a
i Kathy Crouch responded with mode! “man of the house.”
characteristic courage. Leaving while Connie Rulli is “an excel-
Port Arthur where site had lived
j most of her life, she took her
small children to the new home
in El Paso, seeing it as a symbol
! of a new' life.
Soon, Kathy Crouch and her
wheel chair were a familiar
! sight in El Paso. She became ac-
tive in community affairs, and.
j as her children grew, with the
! P-TA, the Girl Scouts.
In 1952 the El Paso County
| Chapter of The National Foun-
dation offered her the exacting
1 position of executice secretary.
Site accepted and added — “ca-
reer woman” to her other activi-
ties.
lent cook.”
In her office in the South-!
western General Hospital, Kathy!
deals daily w ith other victims I
of crippling polio. Her brown1
eyes soften when •she observes.!
“we speak the same language,” j
a recent remark that can also!
!)o taken literally, since to cope
with the many Latin American
patients in the El Paso area.
Kathy has perfected a
fluent Spanish.
Outwardly, there is no indi-
cation that the Kathy Crouch of
today bears other than the phy-
sical scars of the misfortuntes
that have altered !mr life.
But some hint of her mental
adjustment may be found in the!
Today—she says that the re
I UUJ uoimv ill mil T IZV l oil I Ml III I
wards of the past 11 years far quotation of Stephen Grellct
exceed the rigors. With Larkin, j taped to her desk calendar:
now 13. and Connie Ruth, 11.
participating, her home is as
1 expected to pass through
this world but once. Any good.
smoothly run as her office I therefore, that I can do, or any
where, El Paso chapter officials
! and patients say, “she is indis-
! pen si hie.”
Despite the wheel chair, she
| goes where she wishes. S h e j
i drives expertly a car which i
boasts only the additional equip-
! ment of over-sized gas and
| brake pedals.
j At home, she recalls only one
! accident where mention wr a s
1 made of her handicap. When
still small, Larkin, now a
'freshman at Burgess High
| School, once refused to obey,
i Warned of chastisement,
j Larkin, playing in the back
i yard, retorted “you can’t get out!
i here.”
I_________________
Junior High Cage
Team Splits In
Mesquite Twin Bill
The Ennis Junior High cage
team split a double header at
Mesquite with the eighth grade
winning 27-24 while the ninth
grade lost in the night cap 40-
31.
Kenny Baker led the eighth
grade team to victory with 16
1 points to his credit, and take
high point honors.
| Billy Hackleman scored nine
paii/Ls for the losing ninth
graders and was high point man
in the game.
The next outing for the Lion
Cubs will be Monday when they
play host to the Terrell five.
kindness that 1 can show to any I
fellow creature, let me do ill
now. Let me not defer nor ne-[
gleet it, for 1 shall not pass tliisj
way again.”
Midlothian Man Is Beneficiary
Of His Own Life Insurance Policy
A Midlothian man. 96-year-old , the policy in cash, or the option
T J Dorsett, has succeeded in j of leaving tho funds w'ith the
doing what very few people can j company to earn interest. Mr.
hope to accomplish—he has out-
lived the insurance mortality
table and is now the beneficiary
of his own life insurance.
He is eligible to receive SI.Oil
from a policy lie bought from
Mutual of New York more than
65 years ago.
A native of Tennessee, he j
came to Texas as a young man, j
and has lived in Ellis Count)
since 1881. )
Here is his story as told by
Powell Gibson, field represen- j
tative for Mutual of Now York's)
Dallas agency.
Mr. Dorsett purchased his life
policy front MOM in December
189! Mr. GibMin explained that*
on the policy anniversary dale
nearest the iiuurcd * 96th birth-
day. it is MONY's practice to of-
far the MkvitflUff the valttt of
Dorsett was 96 last June.
Commenting on Mr. Dorsett’s
longevity, the Dallas insurance
man pointed out that only four-
teen people out of 100.000 now
living in the United States are
96 years of age or older. Women
do better than the men. Among
the ladies, proportion over 96
is seventeen out of 100.000;
among the men the ratio is ten
out of 100.000.
Mr. Dorsett has been a farmer
and cotton ginner most of h i s
life — first in his native
Tennessee, then in Ellis County
when he came to Texas He now
lias 540 acres in Midlothian.
Mr. Dorsett was married and
has a son and two daughters
two grandchildren, and eight
great • grandchildren. His wile
pa- .sd away in 1941.
MRS. J. It. MOORHEAD
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Moorhead
1
Funeral services were held)
Wednesday for Mrs. J. B. Moor-
head. a former resident, at !
Bunch Funeral Home Chapel in
Ennis.
Burial was in Myrtle Cemc-!
terv.
Mrs. Moorhead passed away
Tuesday at the home of her dau-:
ghter, Mrs. J. P. Dalton in Dal-
las following a long illness.
Mrs. Moorhead, the former
Miss Mollie Maude Atwood, was
born Sept. 2, 1873 near Palmer
and was married at Palmer to
James Belton Moorhead on Aug- \
ust 19, 1891.
Mr and Mrs. Moorhead had
12 children, all of whom are
living. They celebrated their,
sixtieth wedding anniversary on
August 19th. 1951. Her husband
preceeded her in death in 1951
Mrs. Moorhead was a member,
of the Jesus Name Pentecostal
Church in Ennis.
Survivors include four sons.
Sam A. Moorhead of Dallas, Bill
Moorhead of San Antonio, Paul
Moorhead of Dallas and Milton j
Moorhead of An ihuac: eight
daughters, Mrs Lillian M May I
of Da 11a-. Mrs. Allene M I move-
less of Waco Mrs. L. Morton
of Corsicana Mr*- R. W Cox of
Huntsville, Mrs bob Melton of
Dallas. Mr*. Leland VY Long ot
ban Antonio. Mrs. Hoyri Miller
Thirty Ennisites
Are Summoned
For Jury Duty
Fifty Ellis Countians have
been summoned to serve as petit
jurors in 40th District Court at
10 a m. Monday, records of Dis-
trict Clerk Jake Talley revealed.
One civil suit and two crimi-
nal cases are on Monday’s doc-
ket. The civil suit is Roy (I.
Patrick vs. Cunningham Trans*
ports and the plaintiff seeks
damages.
Thirty Ennisites have been
summoned to report Monday
while three are due to report
Others on the list include five
for Red Oak. six from Ferris,
two from Midlothian and Italy
and one each from Alma and
Palmer.
Those from Ennis who are
scheduled to report include
Andrew Yenchik. Charles A.
Bishop. Alex Kasper. Thomas J.
Mranton, Roy Watson, Mark
Slayton, Noel Spoors, .James
Joly. Leslie Vi la. Henry Barkley,
Waller E. Breaux, Charlie A
Jurcik. J. 1) Crow, Joe Jurica,
Mrs. Jack Rhea, Raymond .1
Krutilek. Jeff 1). Maxwell, Rob-
ert II Dittbcrnor, Fred A Lud-
wig. Louis Holey. Jack Burk-
head. Wendell Elliott, A. A
Adams, Jim Wottman, Dwight
Alvorson. Artie Lee Bolianan.
Stanley Houdek Jr., Henry B.
Baskin, R. V. Allred and Wesley
Smid.
Three Waxahachians have
been summoned to report Mon-
day while 30 Ennisites are due
here. Olliers on the list include
five from Red Oak. six from
Ferris, two from Midlothian
and Italy, and one each from
Alma and Palmer.
Waxahachians who have been
summoned for petit jury duty
are Glenn Odom, Billy Joe Stof
fregen and Marvin Borders.
From Red Oak will come O B
Huckerson, Grace Jonte, Lionel
Hazard, W. L. Good Inc and Ed
win Pratt. From Ferris will
come Hubert L. Miller, K W
Dahnke, John Toal. Ray Law-
Tommey Jr., Jack Witherspoon
and Troy Brooks.
Others who are to report
Monday morning include F ,\5
son and E. J. Woodley, both
o! Midlothian; F. W. Brown and
R C. Mauldin, both of Italy; J
W. Benton of Alma and John M
Barto of Palmer.
Livestock Group
Sets Election
New officers and directors for
the Ellis County Purebred Live-
stock association for 1958 will
be elected Thursday night at
the group’s annual meeting at
the Hilltop Cafe in Waxahachie.
Beginning at 7 p m., the meet-
ing will feature a talk bv Bill
King of Fort Worth. King is
superintendent of the South-
western Exposition and Fat
Stock Show.
Wives of members have been
invited to attend the affair
Officers for this year have
included Jake Adams, Waxaha-
High School vocational agricul-
tural instructor; John Arden of
Waxahachie, 1st vice president
Gerald Tolleson of Ennis 2nd
vice president; H T. Lester of
Ennis, third vice president;
Buck Bardwell of Palmer,
fourth vice president, and John
McElroy of Waxahachie, secre-
tary-treasurer.
TO MM I SI ANA
Mr and Mrs. W P McAdams
left today for a fishing trip at
Black I^ike, Comtl. La.
of Huntsville, and Mrs. Dalton
t werity-throe grandchildren and
16 ^reat-gxandi luldrea.
Courthouse
News
The following marriage licens-
es and real estate transfers were
recoided at the Ellis Count)
court house the past week
MARRIVGE LICENSES
Herbert Roland Scahott and |
Mrs Hester Nti '!.< Buttww
Eugene Hambne and Miss I
Myrtle Mackey.
Davie Young and Mrs Ora.
Carroll.
Eld red Hardy Austin and Me---
Georgcatinc Morgan.
Harlan Mel.emote and Miss
Ruth Rryme.
Joe Fidel YaMple/ and Miss
<)lga Gama San Miguel
REAL ESTATE TK WSI I IiS
I.ill.itd C. (’larke. »t ti\ to
Wade Middleton, et tix, lot I I
i'loek i t nit III Belle Vue Addi
turn. \\ axahaelue.
G II Wear, et al. to James
E. Owen, 31 It acres Thomas
Jetfeison Chamber.s Survey.
Jesse C Young, et ux, to Mrs
Eva Until Jones, two traits
Thomas I lawns Sut \ ey.
National Development Co. to
Pete R Log.uli lot t, block 2.
Hilltop \eres.
Nat tonal I development Co to
F. (’. Davis. Inis 7, 8, 9. Id I I
12 and 13. block A. Hilltop
Acres.
I .eslio M Darby, el u\ to T
.1 Itayc, et uv t acre Ellis < ’mm
ty.
Joe II Metjualters, Trustee
lo J I! I nderwnod, Si I r.n t ol
S. M I turret Survey
Robert I. I lodge, It et u\ I"
Art liitr \ I lodge part Mot k
265 Waxali;lelue.
Forrest Ituiilap. et ux to M G
Barclay, et u\. lots l to 7. W
\Y Major \<M Midlothian
•I M. Oliphant. et al to Mrs
Martha Gene Jordan, lot in
Italy.
Martha (lent* Jordan to .1 M
Oliphant. lot m Italy
(' C Coker to Melvin Smith
lot in Ennis
Earl B Smith, el ux to Chi'
ton 11 Bnolier. el u\, block 61
Ferns 2nd VI.I Waxa-htu hie
.1. ( Slav ton, el al to Kat In yu
Jo Gibbons, lot 111. block
Preston Mills, Ennis
('. (' Coker to Melvin Smith
lot el ux part lot 2. block 17,
S. M Smit It Add , Emu
Cameron Roofing Co to Trie
tees ol Anthony Missionary Bap
■ list Church, Ennis, lots 1ft, 19.
[21, 22 and 23. V. I. Anthony
Add , Ennis.
Bertha Worley Campbell et
vir, to Wm. B. Campbell, lots
in Emus.
Gnssie Bnkey, et al lo (’lit
ford Jackson, et ux, part block
I0!i. Waxahaelue.
T. II Jacobs. Jr et ux to
Randall I,ee Rudd, et ux. lot ;
part 22, block I, Hilltop Add ,
Waxahaelue.
Lizzie Lee \\ indium < t al to
I. R. Tate, et al 157 70 a< r- P.
F. Humphries, et al Smwy
Mrs. Mary Junk, et al to lolm
me I. Krajea, 94 5 acres R. <le
la Pena Survey.
Quentin Golladay. et ux lo M
C. Cornwell, lot 5, block 0, May-
pearl.
Services Held Today
For Mrs. Bell Levy
Funeral services were held
today at 2 p m for Mi Bell
Levy, 77 who passed away Wed
nosday night at Ennis Municipal
Hospital alter a brief dine ,
Rev R B Brannon .It olliei
ated at the service., today at
Keever Chapel. Rev. Binder
Elkins, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist Church of Tulsa
Oklahoma, will conduct grave
side services in that city ,d# 1
p.rri. Friday. Interment will be
in Memorial Cemetery m I ul a
Mrs. Levy came to Enins m
1947. Born in Mexia on Augu *
9, 1880, she wax the daughter ol
the late Mr. and Mrs Edward
Neal. Her husband, Henry M
Levy preceded her in death in
1936.
She was a member of St
Thomas Episcopal CImreh.
Survivors include a son. Ed
ward N. Ia>vy of Tulsa; a sister,
Mrs. Walter Myers; a grand
daughter and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Autry to Speak at
Baptist Association
C. K Autry will speak to the
Ellis County Baptist A ociaGon
on January 27 at the first Bap-
tist Church in Midlothian The
text of the Autry address will be
Evangelism. Dr. Autry is a pro
lessor at the Southwestern Sent
mary at Fort Worth
Everyone i3 invited to attend
and hear Lie add;*:-.*.
Figures Given
For Seven Years
Statistics released today by
George A. Gtese. Regional Vice
President ol Dun & Bradstreet,
Inc . in Dallas, reflect the de-
cline of business firms in Ellis
County dining the past seven
years.
En tires obtained from a phy-
sical count ol the Dun & Brad-
street Keleienee Booh tor Nov-
ember, 1947, totaled 779 tuattu-
tact mil s. wholesalers and re-
taller-' in this area as compared
to 824 listings m 1950 a decrease
ol 5 17 per tent for the period
The Reference Book only lists
manufacturers wholesalers, and
ret alters It does not include
some of the service and profes-
sional businesses ' tu h as barber
and beauty shops, stuck and
real estate brokers. Thus the
tigure for business m Ellis
( Rl III MIN III
Mrs. U I Shipp foi mer resi
dent ot Ennis, i > 11 it u ally ill in
Bay lot Hospital m Dallas. Her
room iitimbet is 310
Thursday. January 16, 1938 - the falmte ECMPLU -
County Commissioners Approve
Salary Raises For Employees
Ellis County Commissioners Bids on supplies for the yeef
Court Friday approved pay rais-l were opened by the court at tht
is for several county employees. I Friday session. Contracts wert|
Raises, which ranged up to 10 be let at a meeting of tht
j $25 per month were for the as-[?ruuP today,
j distant county auditor and depu-
ties on Sheriff Wayne McCol-
lum’s force Officials pointed out
that the increases were included
I in the budget for this year!
In other action of the court
the courthouse custodian, eoun-
tv farm superintendent, vote !
tans service office and the eoun !
Leach To Speak
At Farm Bureau
Gene Leach, legislative dire©*
tor of the Texas Farm Bureau
tv health ottieer were all reap- vvill be tho guest speaker at th#
pointed regular monthly meeting of tM
Gene Rothroek will again Ellis County Farm RureaB
serve as county farm manager,
Dan Wakefield, courthouse cus
Thursday night, January
1958. Meeting time will be 73B
todian; Chester Johnson, voter- pm in the Farm Bureau build*
t ans service officer and the mg in Waxahachie.
county health officer were all
reappointed.
Commissioner E. J. Kendall
purchased a Chevrolet pick-
up truck from Bruce Brown
Chevrolet Company. The Emus
company’s hid was for $1,354 41
Leach has served as legislative
director for the past several
legislative sessions He will givf
information regarding the billa
that Farm Bureau endorses, and
he will outline plans for future
legislation.
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SlINKIST
NAVEL ORANGES lb. 14c
OCEAN SPRAY
CRANBERRIES lb. 19c
BARTLETT
PEARS lb. 17c
WITH NffllONAL BRAND
Fmf) MEAT SALE
ROUND STEAK
Lb. 93c t
SIRLOIN STEAK
Lb. 89c
PIKES PEAK
ROAST
Lb. 69c
BONELESS STEW
Lb 55c
SHURFRESH OLEO
Lb. 23c
SHURFRESH
BISCUITS f
Ccm 10c
Ground
MEAT
Lb. 49c
SAUSAGE
Tennessee
2 lbs. 1.38
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DEL
Fhdft -rikqtto
Peaches
Del Monte
3 NO. V • CANS
85c
Fruit Cocktail
Del Motile
2 NO. 303 CANS
49c
MONTE
FhtttJutce*
Pineapple
JUICE
46 OZ.
29c
PINEAPPLE
GRAPEFRUIT
Drink
46 OZ. CANS
29c
' 46 ’”'
i 4.
CATSUP
Del Monte
2 14-Oi. 3S< |pt
*7mmm j**
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PEAS
^ 2 NO.
Del Monte
Corn
White or Golden Cream
2 NO. 303 CANS
29c
Polish
SAUSAGE
Lb. 59c
CATFISH
Lb. 69c
DRUM FISH
Lb. 45c
* fOOD Fresh
i/sr EGGS
TOPP&H Do/ 4q
Adams
VANILLA
4 Oz. 69c
MIRACLE WHIP
Pint 38c
CAPMAHOAf
M/LK
3 TAU
CANS
44c
Premium
CRACKERS
lb Box 29<
CRISCO SHORTENING .....................3 Lb. 87c
MARYLAND CLUB COFFEE...............Lb. Can 92c
MAZOLA, Free 3 in one measuring cup......Quart 75c
CAMELS
LUCKIES
Cotton 2.35
GLAMORENE
BRUCE
CALUMET
Wool Rug
Self-Polishing
Baking
Cleaner
WAX
Powder
29 Oz. Jar 95c
Quart 95c
Lb. Can 25c
JERGENS SOAP
LOTION - MILD
5 Reg. Bars 31c
FAB...........2 Reg. Pkgs. 58c
FOR WASHING
VEL...........2 Reg. Pkgs. 59c
Ql If K QUAKER
OATS..............18 Ox. 20c
VMiITY~5FCT!ONSAVINGS!
BOBBY SOX
All Sizes
Regular 59c 39c
New Shipment
MATERIAL
Solids - Prints
3 Yards $1 00
CLUTCH BAGS
Choice of Colors
Reduced From 1.00
Each 69c
MENS SOX
Stretchy Pair 39c
Grey or
White Cotton Pr. 25c
Large Variety
STAMPED GOODS
For Embroidery &
Textile
25c Each & Up
RUG YARN Hank 29c
CROCHET THREAD
Gem
4 For $1.00
PRICES
EFFECTIVE
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