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Sales Co* P.O.Box B066
4924 Cole Aveune
Dallas, Texas
THE ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL
ONE DOLLAR PEB ANNUM
ENNI8, ELLIS COUNTY. TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 1955
VOL. XXX, NO. 11
Beverly Alford Is Valedictorian
LOUISIANA MOTHER OF YEAR—Mrs. Lee Craig,
left, state chairman of Golden Rules Foundation, pre-
sents Louisiana Mother-of-th.e-Year citation to Mrs.
Pearl Watson of Lake Charles Sunday. (NEA Telephoto)
Members of Ennis High School Band
Bring Musical Program for Kiwanis
Members of the Ennis High gro;” Lynda Smotherman, Janet
School Band who provided the pro-
gram at the Kiwanis luncheon on
Thursday included Virginia Ruf-
fin, concert solo, “Andante et Alle-
Funeral Rites
For Mrs. Estes
Funeral services were held In
Dallas this morning for Mrs. W. F.
Estes, 65, mother of Mrs. W. R.
Schween of Ennis.
Mrs. Estes had been an active
church worker in Dallas for many
years and was district officer and
life member of the Woman’s Soci-
ety for Christian Service. She had
been a member of Kessler Metho-
dist Church since 1940.
Mrs. Estes was one of the or-
ganizers of the Winnetka School
Parent-Teachers Association and
the Dallas Council of Mothers, and
was a charter member of the Oak
Cliff Fine Arts Society and several
garden clubs.
She was born in Henrietta, Clay
County, and had lived in Dallas
since 1901.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Estes is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. W. R. Schween, Ennis, and
Mrs. F W. Peery, Dallas; three
sisters, Mrs. Paul N. Garrett, Dal-
las; Mrs. C. F. Carter, San Antonio;
and Mrs. Susie T. Whalen, Los An-
geles, Calif.; three brothers, J. T.
and Harry Marrin of Dallas and
Don Marrin, Athens; and three
grandchildren.
Book by Minister
Is Off The Press
Frank L. Cox, minister of the
Ennis Avenue Church of Christ,
has a new book off the press. It is
“According to Paul,” which Mr Cox
describes as a “compend of the
teachings of the great apostle.’’
Mr. Cox stated that the book,
published by the Gospel Advocate
Co. of Nashville, Term., contains 99
sermon outlines.
Other books by Mr. Cox include
one titled “According to Luke,’’ and
another titled "According to John.”
Wolker, Paul® Johns and Delaine
"Symphony No. 1 (heme), "Brahms;
Donna Ozymy, clarinet solo, “Mount
Vernon Minuet;” Donna Ozymy,
Phyllis Todd, Iinda Haskovec and
Linda Reed, clarinet quartet,
“Rhondo,” an dCharles Haskovec,
cornet solo ."Valse Lynette.”
The band students were present-
ed by Ivan Goodwin, band direc-
tor.
Guests for luncheon at the Ki-
wanfis jmefltang included (students
from the first three grades in the
San Jacinto and Alamo Schools who
were winners in the Parent-Teactocr
Association’s citizenship pjroject for
the year.
Ezra T. Benson
To Visit Five
Drought States
Washington (UP). — Agriculture
Secretary Ezra T. Benson plans to
visit five great plains states next
week to look over drought and
dust conditions.
Benson says in 'Washington he
will inspect affected areas in Colo-
:i’ald<f, K4'sas, Oklahoma, Texas
and New Mexico.
The Agricultural Department
said April 13th that more than
five-milion acres of land in those
five states, and also Nebraska and
Wyoming, were damaged by severe
wind storms during March. This
brought the total amount of land
damaged by wind erosion since last
November to more than 10-million
acres. Another 20-million acres in
the area are reported ready to blow.
Benson will leave Washington
Monday by plane for a meeting
that night at Denver Colorado.
He will fly to various Colorado
cities the next day, and on to
three Kansas towns where he will
remain overnight. He is scheduled
to go to Guymon, Oklahoma, Strat-
ford and Amarillo, Texas, and Tu-
cumcari, New Mexico on Wednes-
day. He will return to Washington
from Tucumcaxi.
Benson also has announced ap-
pointment of a committee of
agency heads within his depart-
ment to draft a new program of
action getting at the cause of the
drought and dust conditions.
Virginia Ruffin, Salutatorian,
Raymond Colston Is High Boy
Windstorm Damage
At Chatham Plant
Estimated $16,660
Windstorm damage to the Ennis
Tag and Salesbook Co.’s eastern
branch at Chatham, Va., has been
estimated at approximately $10,000,
fully covered by insurance.
The storm which blew in 70 feet
of wall and ripped off a section of
the roof, approximately 15 feet by
70 feet, struck at an hour when
there were no employees on duty.
According to reports from Chat-
ham to the main offices here, there
was no water damage to stock.
The main damage to equipment
was in tire American Carbon Paper
Manufacturing Co.’s section.
Amco expects to be out of opera-
tion at Chatham for about ten days
The storm struck while H. C.
MoElroy, vice president .in charge
at Chatham was visiting in Ennis.
Ennis Man Receives
Suspended Sentence
In Traffic Mishap
A. Holt, Ennis cafe man, has re-
ceived a five-year suspended sen-
tence in Dallas on charges of mur-
der without inalace in a traffic ac-
cident.
IROPPED—Radio Prague
nnounced Monday Czech
Vernier Viliam Siroky has
-een dropped from Polit-
uro of the Communist Par-
y in Slovakia, top ruling
ody in his home province,
lis position as premier was
ot affected, but ouster
lay be the sign that he’ll
o the way of Hungarian
Vernier Imre Nagy, who
ras deposed last week.
NEA Telephoto)
Graveside Rites
For Mr. Dennison
Graveside rites will be held here
at 10 a.rn. Thursday for John
HenrJ’ Dennison, 71 retired loco-
motive engineer for the Southern
Pacific Lines, who died in a Hous-
ton hospital Tuesday. Mr. Dennison
made his home at Jacinto City near
Houston .
Survivors inciude ms wire; two
sons, Jack Dennison and Billy Den-
nison. both of Houston; one daugh-
ter Mrs. Willie Sue Poiter of Hous-
ton, and four grandchildren.
The body will arrive at the J. E.
Keever Mortuary early Thursday
morning.
Burial will be in Myrtle Ceme-
tery..
The Rev. R. P. Campbell will
conduct the rites.
Graveside Rites
For Mrs. Settle
Graveside rites were held here
Monday afternoon for Mrs. W. E.
Settle, 77, a former resident of En-
nis who died in a Kerrville. hospital
where she had been a jfatlent for
two years. The Rev. Dr. Roy A.
Langston and the Rev. Richmond
McKinney officiated.
Mrs. Settle was a native of El
Paso and lived there for a num-
ber of years before going to Kerr-
vllle.
She is survived by a son, W. E.
Settle of Washington, D. C.
Her husband, who died here in
1897, was a conductor for the Sou-
thern Pacific Lines, later he was
a grocer In Ennis.
Burial under the direction of the
J. E. Keener Mortuary was In Myrtle
Cemetery.
Return from San Antonio
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smith have
returned from San Antonio where
they attended the Fiesta de San
Jacinto.
D. C. Hagensick,
Dies at Age 71
Dewey Clinton Hagensick, 71, re
tiled copjiersmith for the Southern
Pacific Lines, died Sunday night, at
Ennis Municipal Hospital where he
had been a patient since being
stricken with a heart attack on
Tuesday. He had been a resident
of Ennis for 37 years.
He was born in Elkader, Iowa,
January 7, 1884, and was mar-
ried in Houston, November 19, 1913.
to Miss Mary Casper of Coopers-
town, Wise.
Mr. Hagensick was employed by
the Southern Pacific Lines from
1913 until his retirement in 1948
He was a member of the Holy
Redeemer Catholic Church and the
Ennis Council, Knights of Colum-
bus of which he was a past grand
knight
Survivors include his wife; two
brothers, B. L. Hagensick and
Elton Hagensick, both of Milwau-
kee.
Rosary will be recited at Keever
Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Requiem mass will be said at
Holy Redeemer Church at 9:30 a.
m. Wednesday. The Rev. John H.
Morse will be celebrant.
Burial will be in Myrtle Cemetery.
INTO POSITION—A Patton tank is moved into position for atomic blast test Tues-
day. In background, right, is tower at Atomic Test Site, Nevv atop which nuclear de-
vice is to be exploded. Members of tank unit from Camp Irwin, Calif., are to move
forward after blast as if they were taking positions previously held by an enemy. Lead
tanks will be 3,100 yards from ground zero, closest above ground humans have been
to an atomic explosion since wartime blasts in Japan. (NLA Telephoto)
Eighty Boys Turn Out
For Little League Play
Beverly Alford Is valedictorian of
the Ennis High School Class of
1955. Virginia Ruffin is class salut-
atorian and Raymond Colston has
the highest four-year average
among the boys.
Miss Alford’s four-year average
Is 97.20. Miss Ruffin’s is 95 99. Col-
ston’s is 94.03.
The names of the honor gradu-
ates were announced by W. J. Davis,
high school principal, at a National
Honor Society assembly at the
school this morning.
Miss Alford Is The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alford; Miss
Ruffin is the daughter of Mrs. C. J.
Ruffin, and Colston Is the son of
Mr and Mrs. Raymond Colston.
Other four-year honor graduates
include Peggy Hobbs. Billie Fitz-
gerald, Nell Campbell. Betty Cooley,
Janet Walker, Sylvia Laznovsky,
Jeanne Vandersllce, Frances How-
ard, Jeanette Nesuda, Barbara Ben-
ner. Ray Hodo, Johnny Johnson and
Billie Palmer.
Sunday Services
For Mr. Spurlock
E. K. Spurlock of Dallas, father
of Mrs. Carl Jones, died at Fmk-
lai<d hospital in' Dallas Friday
morning. He had been ill for two
years.
Mr. Spurlock Is survived by his
wife, his daughter, two grandchil-
dren and a brother.
Funeral services will be held at
O’Neal Funeral Home at 3206 Oak-
lawni Ave., Dallas, at 3 p.m. Sun-
day.
Burial will be In Ferris.
Former Ennis Man
Transferred To
Dallas Office
Joseph A. White, native of Ennis,
recently of Chicago, has been
transferred to Dallas as a public
relations representative of Motorola
Inc., for this section of the country
with offices at 171 Parkhouse St.
Mrs. White, who was employed by
The Merchandising Group in
Ghicago has opened a Dallas TMG
branch.
Mr. and Mrs. White and their son.
Clair, are making their home at
6019 Glendora St., Dallas.
Aaron K. Ray, 77,
Dies in Hospital
Aaron K. Ray, 77, resident of El-
lis County for 54 years, died in
Methodist Hospital in Dallas Tues-
day afternoon as a result of injuries
received in a fall at 406 Eads Ave.,
in Dallas, where he had been living
for four months.
Mr. Ra.y was a retired farmer.
He was born in Canton, Miss., May
12 .1877. He was married there and
came to Ellis County 54 years ago,
living near Ennis and Bardwell until
going to Dallas to be with a bro-
ther-in-law.
Mr. Ray was a member of the
Church of Christ at Bardwell.
Survivors include one son, Fred
Ray of Houston; four daughters,
Mrs. Melvin Cline of Houston, Mrs.
R. O. Cad non of Bardweii, Mrs. H.
E. Leach of Bardwell and Mrs. B.
F. Leach of Hollicla-y; fifteen
grandchildren, and nineteen great
grandchildren.
Services are to be held at Keever
Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with
Minister John L. Sullivan of Rankin
and the Rev. H. M Hefner of Ennis
conducting the rites.
Burial will be In Grady Cemetery
near Byrd.
About eighty boys turned out
yesterday for the Ennis Little
League baseball teams to be or-
ganized here.
The boys were split up into four
groups with the same number of
9, 10, 11, and 12 year olds on each
team.
League play is planned to start
on the 15th of May.
Each team will work out at least
twice a week. The Optimist Club
and SP Service Club will work out
on Monday and Wednesday, Lions
Club and American Legion ‘will
work out on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days at the SP Field.
The work outs will start at 5 p m
on these four days.
The field is left open for Friday,
Satiu’diay and Sunday for the teams
that want to practice more than
twice a week.
Rites in Bristol
For Mrs. Mullican
Funeral services tor Mrs. Adrian
W. Mullican were held at the Bap-
tist Church in Bristol, Thursday
afternoon.
The Rev. Hansel Pierce of Jack-
sonville conducted the rites.
Mrs. Mullican died at Ennis Mu-
nici|Mtl Hospital on Tuesday.
Burial under the direction of the
Bunch Funeral Home was In the
Bristol Cemetery.
Those who served as pallbearers
Included Gordon Pritchett, A. M.
Sims Jr., J. W. Brock Jr., Noble
Willis, Claude Llewellyn and Hugo
Knd'ler, all of Bristol.
Mrs. D. A. Palmer
Dies at Her Home
Mrs. D. A. Palmer, mother of
Mrs. A. C. Warren and Mrs. M. R.
Brasher died of a heart attack at
her home near Kemp this morning.
The Korean armistice was stgnqd
at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953.
Local Children
Get First Shots
Of Salk Vaccine
A total of 519 first and second
grade school children received their
first shots of the Salk polio vaccine
at the Ennis High School Building
on Wednesday.
Eight doctors, five or six nurses
and several mothers helped with
the, Lnununization proceedings in a
rootn equipped for that purpose.
According to a report from the
superintendent’s office there were
some silent tears and one or two of
the youngsters "cried out loud." but
most of the children were very
brave about the whole thing.
Every child had a lollypop thrust
Into his hand as soon as the shots
were administered and most of
them were quite happy by the time
they left the room.
The youngsters were from the
Alamo, the San Jacinto, the Doris
Miller and the St. John Schools in
Ennis, and the schools for Negroes
at Bethel, Alrga and the Byrd-
Raiikln community.
Included In the Alamo and San
Jacinto groups were students from
the Central HI and Byrd-Rankin
communities.
Mrs. W. F. Estes
Dies in Dallas
Mrs. W F. Estes, mother of Mrs.
W. R. Schween, died this morning
at her borne 1028 Tyler, Dallas. She
had been ill for approximately a
year.
Mrs. Estes Is survived by her
husband, two daughters, Mrs. W. F.
Perry of Dallas, and Mrs. Schween
of Ennis, and other relatives.
Funeral arrangement* were not
known at press time.
Ennis Flower Show Grand Prize
Goes To Mrs. O. L. Backloupe
Mrs. O. L. Backloupe won the
Ennis Garden Club’s Grand Prize
Award at the club’s annual spring
flower show held at Ennis High
School Gymnasium Friday after-
noon and evening. The grand prize
is awarded for the exhibitor who
scores the greatest number of points
in the entire show.
Mrs. Selma Rains won both the
Tri-Color and the Sweepstakes
Awards in the Arrangement Divi-
sion.
Mrs. J. E. Mlnter won Tri-Color
and Sweepstakes in the Horticul-
ture Division.
Mrs. F. E. Davis won the Tri-Color
award in the tables division.
The Tri-Color is given for the
most outstanding arrangement or
horticultural exhibit.
The Sweepstakes award goes to
the winner of the greatest number
of blue ribbons.
Blue Ribbon Winners
Blue ribbon winners In the ar-
rangement division included Mrs.
W. H. Vick. Mrs. J. E. Mintcr and
Mrs. Selma Rains.
Blue ribbon winners In the hor-
ticulture division included Mrs. W
B. Rider. Mrs. R. O. Smith, Mrs.
E. R. Andrews, Mrs. P. V- Mulkcy,
Mrs. Ruben Milligan, Mrs. W. I.
Rabe, Mrs. C. M Roller, Mrs- H. E.
Fallen, Mrs. Annie J. Dunlap, Mrs.
J. R. Davis and Mrs. O. L. Back-
loupe-
The only blue ribbon winner ir.
the tables division was Mrs. F. E.
Davis.
W. I. Rabe won the only blue rib-
bon in the men’s division.
Blue ribbon winners in the chil-
dren’s division included Nancy Tel-
fair, Joe McCall, Betty Ekholm and
Ken Mills.
Red Ribbon Winners
Those who won red ribbons In
the arrangement division included
Mrs. J. E- Mintcr, Mrs. Frank L.
Cox. Mrs. Don Herring, Mrs. W. D.
Bozok and Mrs. F. E. Davis.
Rod ribbon winners in the horti-
culture division included Mrs J, M.
Collins. Mrs. P. V. Mulkey. Mrs. W.
D. Bozok, Mrs. J. E. Mintcr, Mrs.
W D Kirkpatrick, Mrs Ruben Mil-
ligan, Mrs. O. L. Backloupe and
Mrs. R. O. Smith.
Red ribbon winners in the tables
division included Mrs. H. M.
Schoeps, Mrs Raymond Fallen,
Mrs. D. A. Skrivanek. Mrs. Sam
Keever and Mrs. W. P. McCall.
Red ribbon winners in the chil-
dren’s division included Pat Evarts.
Nancy Vytopil, Joan Davis and
Phyllis Todd.
Yellow Ribbon Winners
Those who won yellow ribbons In
the arrangement division included
Mrs. J E. Mintcr, and Mrs. W. D.
Bozok.
Those who won yellow ribbons In
the horticulture division included
Mrs. J. E. Mintcr. Mrs. W I. Rabe.
Mrs. O. L Backloupe. Mrs. C. M.
Roller and Mrs. E R. Andrews.
Mrs. J. C. Collins won a yellow
ribbon in the tables division.
Those who won yellow ribbons In
the children's division Included
Becky Collins and Shirley Collier-
Judges
Judges for the show Included
Mrs. Albert B. Kimball. Mrs. F. V.
Lclly, Mrs. Nell P. Sims, and Mrs.
Robert H. Dooley, all of Dallas;
Mrs. W M. Baker of Waxahai hie
and Mrs. Oordon B. Smith of
QainesvlUe.
Two Burglaries
Occur in Ennis
Friday Night
Local and county law enforcement
officers are Investigating two burg-
laries which occurred in Ennis
sometime Friday night.
Shirts, sox and other items valued
at approximately $100 were taken
from The Friendly Store, which
Kosarek operate* in the 200 block
on W«>«t Brown.
At Utic Rain* Grocery, across the
street, the cash register was dam-
aged and the thieves got away with
approximately 50 cents In cash and
IRWNibly chewing gum.
Entrance to both places was gain-
ed by way of windows.
Clinton Smith
Goes to Odessa
As Store Manager
Clinton Smith left this morning
for Odessa where, he will be assist-
ant manager of The People’s Fur-
niture Cumpuny.
Mr. Smith has been In the furni-
ture business in Ennis for a number
of years with his father under tlie
firm name, of Carl Smith Ac Son.
The Ennis store has been sold to
Johnny Evarts and Carl Smith
plans to retire, after 40 years in thq
furniture business.
Mrs. Clinton Smith will continue
her duties as a teacher in the En-
nis Public Schools until the end of
the school year, at which time she
will Join her husband In Odessa.
Mineral Wells Rites
For Mrs. Frank Hill
Funeral .service* were held In
Mineral Wells on Tuesday for Mrs.
Frank B. Hill, 68, formerly of Ellis
County.
Mrs. Hill, the former Miss Mary
Atm Fletcher, was born in Ken-
tucky. Her parents were John Cal-
houn Fletcher and Mary Kirunuline
Fowler Fletcher who came, to Texas
m 1880, living first at Chatfield
and then at Rice.
She was married in Rice and had
mafic her home in Palo Pinto Coun-
ty since 1897.
Survivors Include her husband;
two sons, P\ B. Hill Jr. of Abilene
and A. V. Hill of Arlington; five
daughters, Miss Sallie F. Hill of
Birmingham, Alabama, Mis. BB
Miller of Perrin, Mrs. Loyd Town-
send of Dallas, Mrs. J. D, Wilson
of Wellington and Mrs. Dewey Ma-
lone of Lubbock; eight grandchil-
dren; one brother .Hal Fletcher of
Palo Pinto, and three sisters, Mrs
R. N. Champion of Dallas, Mrs.
Hugh Riley of Clarendon, and Mrs.
John Chesnutt of Austin.
BEVERLY ALFORD
Students who have maintained
an average above 90 per cent for the
current school year only include
Wesley Howard. Pats/ Cooke, Bev-
erly Qrtesenbeck, 1/ary Jo Hough,
Linda Jones. Pat Miller, Janice
Nash, Nancy Newman and Carole
Stagner.
National Honor Society
F'lve seniors who were initiated
into the local chapter, National
'donor Society, at the meeting thie
morning were Peggy Hobbs, Betty
Cooley, Raymond Colston, Sylvia
Laznovsky and Jeanne Vandersllce.
ALso initiated Into the society
were five juniors: Joan Martlnek,
David Knlze. Fred Lummus, Gall
Glaspy and Jerry Peacock.
Mr. Davis conducted the Initia-
tion ceremony-
Beverly Alford, chapter president,
introduced four speakers; Billie
Fitzgerald, Nell Campbell, Virginia
Ruffm and Janet Walker, seniors,
nil of whom were initiated into the
society In their junior year.
The ten Initiates were the high-
est ranking non-member students,
scholastically, in their classes.
Following the Initiation, a recep-
tion was held for the new members
and their parents.
Mrs. W. M. Burns
Dies in Georgia
Mrs. W. M. Burns of Fort Worth,
49, formerly Miss Barbara Shade-
man, of Ennis and Bardwell, died
Monday of injuries received in a
traffic accident In Augusta, Ga.
She was reared in Ennis and
Bardwell and moved to F’ort Worth
in 1954.
Mrs. Bums was a member of the
Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include, her husband.;
two sons. Robert Burns and William
Burns, both of Fort Forth; four
daughters, Mrs. Robert Jackson of
Ennis, Mrs. F*red Clinton of Fort
Worth and two otlver daughters In
Augusta and her mother, Mrs. A. J.
Knobles of Baytown.
Funeral services will be held at
Ki'e.vor Chapel at 4 p.m. Friday.
Burial will be in Myrtle Cemetery.
American Legion
Work Described
A. R. Tyner Jr., an Ennis man
who is a field representative for
the American Legion, sfiokc at the
regular Lions Club meeting this
week, describing the Legion as an
organization which Is “for God
and for Country,” and one which
is trying to do “something for
humanity.”
He spoke of the various fields In
which the Legion- functions, In-
cluding “rehabilitation. American -
Ism, child welfare and national
security,” and told of tlie work be-
ing accomplished through the Pop-
py Sales sponsored by the women
In the auxiliary.
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FLEES DRUG HORROR—
Bela Lugosi, 72, famed for
his portrayal of “Dracula”
and other horror-film roles,
poses in Los Angeles, Calif.,
General Hospital after seek-
ing voluntary committment
in hopes that he’ll be cured
of a 20-year drug habit.
Superior Judge Wallace
Ware commended the actor
for his determination.
(NEA Telephoto)
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