The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. [207], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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Anglo-Egypt Relations
At New Low in Dispute
Milildry Buildups Ai (oni|hinv
tx( hdnj»e of Diplomati< Moves
i-. i sunt ri;»
Mr a icon Police Capture
Mon Wonted in 15 State*
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Old I.IIIIC > Pl*ibc|t S ni 1111 v» III!
W .. II ll'.IM'll I.ISl \|l(ll tlllll) till
Indiana Slalo Penitent iar\ .
Smith was arrested while \i*.
ilm/ IIIs- csti .*ii|*<*<t wife who 11v
os m Juarez Wlx*n lie* was
caught ho was driving an auto
mohiln Hi. Kill said was bought
with a bogus chock in Tuscon
Arizona He also had some $1*0.
000 worth of cashier's chocks,
on him when arrested lie told
federal olfloors "I never had
any trouble cashing im own
checks |iist other people's "
Former State Representative
Killed in Automobile Accident
SHELDON. lex (UP). A
widely-known Beaumont busi-
ness leader and former State 1
Ropresentat ive was fatally in
jnred yesterday when he lust
control of his ear and it flipped
over an embankment j
The victim was B K Quinn, .
Sr. who was active in the oil j
and timber business Eugene |
Clements, a hitchhiker of Mor-1
Han City, Louisiana was in the.
car but escaped injury.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Johnson '
said Quinn was returning to
Beaumont front a business trip
to Houston when he passed a ,
car on Highway 90 and apparent
ly lost
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STORES TO CLOSE
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Ennis to Observe tuw(«ssi™
. . _ _ _ . Destroys Fences
Labor Day Monday And outhouses
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Knnis Mund.is
ridge in.uiagri
11 li.mt - \ssueial inn Inday an
in< cd t hit -.be has nunplctcd
tint's indicating that Inca!
will nhs.'i v cd I lie 11,.
Judge Refuses Motion
On Mansfield Order
DALLAS Tex it |’> Federal
ludg,. Joe Kstes refined at a
motion here tndav in nuisidci a
motion which wonhl stay ins
desegregation order of M a n s
field High St liool.
Judge Kstes told port Worth
Lawyer J A flooch a native ol
Knnis who represents the
school district, that he dues not
have the power to gu against an
order of the Kiltli l S ( itemt
t cl a i ] slmcs
holiday
Tin* city s <li ug sim c , will nb
. serve Imlitlas h"!i! closing at
i noun she st.iicd
In addition to Ihe stoies the
til\ s two bank' t lie post iifluc
utility firms, city ollices,
lOtlicr cslalilishments will
closed Monday
Employees of Ibi' I tilled Pub
lislung Company will observe
t In holiday an<l I lie Knnis i tally
; .News will not be published Mon
day
i Southern Pacific Lines will
also observe Labor Day as a
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A Salesbook Company and
A merit an Carbon Paper Maim
townspeople nulled
I mill of t he school.
about m
control near Sheldon. | Court of Appeal*
Landing Gear of Plane
Collapses Before Takeoff
WACO, Tex. (UP).—The crew
ami two passengers aboard a
Trans-Texas Airlines DC-3 es-
caped injury in Waco last night
when the left landing gear of Ihe I order per n ili n g ih
ship collapsed before takeoff. I Negroes to enroll m tin
The Appeals Court recently
overruled an earlier order by
Kstes which dismissed a petition
by seven Negroes to let them
enter I h o white Mansileld
school But the \pjM*al> Court
held that lu* yy.is wrong and or
dered lum to issue an immediate
the
Malls
Estes told Coo. h that Ins only
relief lav in an appeal in ihe t
The pilot, K. L. Jeannes of Cor- field school
pus Christi, said he had revved
up Ins engines getting ready for
the takeoff and was releasing Ihe ' S. Circuit Court of Appeal
brakes when the gear collapsed.
The collapse tilted the plane on
its left wing ami the left pro-
peller spun off some 40 feet
away.
Imn at Mansfield High School
first m the Dallas Fort Worth
aiea to he ordered to mix Negro
ami while students.
There was no trouble al
though groups (tf tight-lipped factoring Compan,
Postmaster (Ieorge Barnev
i said that the post office will he
A total ol 14.) white students closed and no window or deli
and no Negroes registered for very service will hr* provided
the tall term beginning next However, outgoing mail will lx*
'I uesday Any Negro students dispatched and incoming mail
who iniglil enroll were expected will he worked for Tuesday de
to register tomorrow with out of livery
city students. Dims Furniture Manufactur
Thrcc dummys representing mg Company and A Hunt hard
Negroes have been found hang-'Co will observe the holiday tint
ed in the Fort Worth area this Leggett and Plait has indicated
week The latest was a dummy the plant would remain open
representing a Negro woman Kills County offices at the
hanging from the top ol a flag courthouse in Waxahaehie will
pole at the Mansfield school this be closed
morning. Among those not observing
Another effigy hanging was the holiday will he law enforce
found last night m Trimly Park men) officers The Highway Pa
m Fori Worth and another irol will he strengthened m anti
above Ihe mam street of Mans cipalion of an onrush of holiday
edge
ten "in
lie III" I e pot led || about i
p m I"! i Iime cndntigcied
several Negio le-ideiils File
and ( hie I Hugh Fil/geiald stall'd
he Betoie it < mild be brought
lltldei coni in I a leyy leiices and
oiltdooi privies were deslioyed
I'lle lire I aimed by high wind
raged ovet m area ..I lluee to
foui aiies Fitzgerald staled It
was slat ted by bin mug 11 ash
While the firemen were com
batting the fire, here a call was
holiday as will the Knnis Tag i recoived from the* (iarrett Co
Charter Election
To Be Called
By Commission
The Films t it y ( oinmi ion
met Wednesday lo deelaie it
intent ion ol calling a pe. i.il
eleefion foi voting upon eb.utei
amendments submitted by pen
Lions Club to Begin
New Year With Picnic
fop (!in where a small fire bad lion of citizens
iluoken out. | This is a legal
Before the firemen could .ms jf„ ,.H||jlu,
(wer the alarm, a call was re n„. ordinance
reived stating the lire m (laired w,|| b<
had been put out
• i < ■ I * pm iiant
1 the elect ion
e setting the ele<
passed .<11 ei pu bl i
the intent mu l.v legal
Church of God
New Pastor
Assumes Duties
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not lee
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Second Dummy of Negro
Found in Fort Worth Area
FORT WORTH. Tex. (UP)
A second dummy representing
a Negro was found hanging in
Ihe Fort Worth area last night.
the U. S Supreme Court
Judge Kstes ordered Ihe Mans
field school integrated Monday,
in response to the Appeals
Court ruling It was the Monday
order that (iooch asked Judge
Kstes to stay today.
MANSFIELD. Tex. it Pi
While the court hearing was Ih*
l ing held in Dallas, groups ol
j tight-lipped townspeople milled
. , , „ I restlessly in front of the Mans-
Police found the latest effigy I fjc|d Hi({h school. T,„.y mi)U.(|
hanging in Trinity Park and said ab()Ut as registration began in
it was similar lo the one diseov- j |be fjrsj Tarrant Countv school
ered the night before banging i specifically ordered to mix
«.ver the main street of suburban : wihlc and Nogro stud(.n(s.
Mansfield. A force of law enforcement
A federal court mandate has | officers stood by ready to acl
ordered integration in the Mans-1 if trouble shou|d brt.ilk*
field High School this fall The
school hoard filed a motion with
Federal District Judge Joe Kstes
in Dallas yesterday seeking to
i“ delay desegration for another
A year.
w Mansfield Police Chief H K
I leld Wednesday mglil
Bill there have been no direct
clashes of Negroes and whites
Joe Skrivanek Jr.
Dies in Dallas
Joe Skrivanek Jr., a native of
Kills County (lied Wednesday
night at his home, 1211 Strick-
land Dallas lie had been ill for
a longtime He was 34 years of
age and made his home in Dallas
for 20 years.
Skrivanek was a retired em-
ployee of the Ncuhoff Packing
Company.
lie was reared in Knnis and
t raffle
The first Monday in Seplem
her was made a legal holiday by
Congress by a hill passed m
1304. By 1020, aii slates had
enacted Labor Day observance
J.iw.-i exccpi Wyoming
L. C Sigrist
Dies in Tyler
Knnis Daily New
paper of the city
i After puhlieatmil
(pined notice. Hie
\k ill call I lie elect mu
I lie pi oposed amendment l<
till* city charter of hum wen
submitted In (be . nmmi mu b
a pet it mn beat mg signal mi oi
at least 213 ipialitied vol.-i n
the city
Tin* oi diliaili e i|e( I n in ' in
lent ion was passed miamnmu I
upon being pi esented by mol mi
Mr and Mrs O’Neal are °f Water Commissionei W II
al home at the church and pai ( leinents and .seconded l>.
soilage located at 30ft N Shaw Street ( onuiiisuooei II \ Nloi 1
nee I bev came to hums front ,nn Mayor (' \Y Brown , •■ id
Pittsburgh Texas where he was ed ovci Ihe meeting
pastor of the I'lttshiiigi. Chtirch ^
I lie Rev I .I t» Neal will
preach Ins lust sermon al the
Knnis < Inn ( h of (iod t lus eve
lung
The Rev Mi O'Neal assumed
Ills dut It's as pasloi nl Ihe church
here on 'I'liesday He succeeds
the Rev <», W Alford who lias
resigned
Sheriff Harlon Wright h a d
Iwo patrol cars on the seem* and
ordered two more He said the
cars were equipped with tear
gas and other riot equipment.
Sheriff’s Captain H. H Alex-
, andcr estimated tht. gathering Mrs Mary Sonka, Mrs. Joe La/.a
’’ft ^nnon said he was uneasy over ^ ncaj. uie SL.boo| ;,| around two ;<od Mrs. Bill Vrla. all of Knnis,
.......... "* ......' hundred. He said it was compos- and Mrs Anne Hejny, Mrs Joe
ed of both men and women He Jurcak, Mrs. Joe ZaidI Jr and
said tilery were many autos
parked nearby bearing signs
protesting admission oi Negroes
to tho school.
Four patrol cars of deputies
stood by at Mansfield today m
event of trouble during registra-
<
Ihe racial situation. He said he
didn't think the hangings were
■ the work of pranksters. Sheriff
^ Harlon Wright said he thought
it was.
L C Sigrist, 33. technician
at Knnis Municipal Hospital
from I93H to 1943, died of a I ,md Kernut
heart attack at Ins home in Tyler
Wednesday night.
Survivors include Ins wife
daughter. Joyce, and son. Phil.
ii it* I. all of HOfi South Donnvhrouk
was married here to Miss Mary ... . }
Pleiner in 1933. \,( r' .
Survivors include hi* parenls.l M',V"TS ......-
Mr and Mrs. Joe Skrivanek, and
a daughter, Mrs. Edith Kamas,
all of Dallas, and eight sisters, . .. , , ,
the direction of Loyd James
Funeral Home.
of (Iod for .i year
Both Mr and Mrs O'Neal
an* natives ol Texas They were
reared in Fort Worth Mrs O'
Neal is the former Mn- Verna
Ilenry of Fort Worth
Mr O'Neal has been in the
ministry for nine years In addi
Imn to serving m I ’it t burgh he
lias held pastorates in McKinney
at the First Christian Church in
j Tyler at 2 p m. Friday
| Burial will he in Tyler under
Humble Refinery Worker*
4 To Discutt Sfriko Veto
5 BAYTOWN. Tex. (UP). -
^’Members of the Baytown Km-
(ployes Federation will meel
(September 11th to discuss a pos-
i si hie atrike vote against Humble
Oil and Refining Company's
[Baytown Refinery. The federa-
tiori repreaenta some 4200 Hum-
|ble employes and has filed tin-
'air labor practice charges
galnat the plant.
Weather
KNNIS and VICINITY—
Partly cloudy and hot. to-
night and tomorrow High
both days near 100 and low
tonight mid-70s. Possible
late afternoon or evening
thunderstorms Wind south
erly 15 to 20 miles per hour.
Mrs Maurice (Iraham. all of Dal-
las and Mrs. Tom Vanncrson of
Arlington.
Skrivanek was a member of
the Czech Moravian Brethren
Church, and the Dallas SPJST
Lodge.
The Rev F. J. Kostohryz of
Temple will officiate at funcrA
services at 3 n.m. Friday at La-
mar and Smith Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Laurel Land
Memorial Park in Dallas, under
the direction of the J. E. Kecvcr
Mortuary.
l)o you have Potta faauranee? li
not mc—Budtfa Davis las. I
Boyce Settlers
Reunion Picnic
Slated Sunday
The old settlers reunion fur
residents and former residents
of Boyce will he held Sunday,
Septcmber2, at (Ictzendaner
Memorial Park in Waxahaehie
The reunion is hold annually
on the Sunday before l*ahor
Day.
The reunion will begin al 10
a m. Sunday.
Each family, or Individual,
will bring a lunch to be spread
al noon.
4th Ward Baptist
To End Month-Long
Sunday School Rally
The Fourth Ward Baptist
( 11 ii re 11 has announced the ml
manation of a month-long Sun-
day school rally with an annual
promotion day Sunday and an
annual picnic Monday.
A grading of Ihe Sunday
s< hoot will follow proiuolion day
exercises. Rev. J. II Mc.Niel,
pastor, and Willie Love, Sunday
sehool superintendent, an-
nounced
Those going on the pienie will
gather at thp eliurrli at 9 30 a m
Monday and will I lion visit Mar-
sailis Park Zoo in Dallas Trans-
portation will be provided for all
w ho wish to go |
Each account Insured up to $10/*
OOf by Federal Deposit Insure
snee Corporation. Ennis Slat |
Bask.
l>i vr ACCEPTED
i The commission also ,<< < i pii <|
tile plat and dedication ol thi
i Valek's Addition to the < iiy ol
Knnis foi recording
'I lie new subdivision i . on i be
east side of Kim Street ..i | b.
sout beast edge of I be < il >. g n 11 *.
ill I be eity limits and par l |y out
side
I', a t I e I) | | , |\ i 11 «. 11 o | n e v j • 11
.(Ieorge K Valek develop, i ol
' t lie addition appear * d and e\
plained |bat undei ate |,ia lie
plat and dedn at ion nl any id>
division wit lull five mile - ol I In
city must he mbimlted to lIi.
eitv for recording Sin h a. iion
in no way obligate I lie . g . he
e'Xplamed
Two Teachers
Added to Staff
Of Ennis Schools
Superintendent W J h.ivi*
announced the addition ol two
members to the faculty ol Hie
Knnis Public Schools
Charles R Stevenson a native
of Roanoke. Texas and a grad
mile of North Texas Stair* Col
lege will leach the seventh
grade and serve as a -.i i.mi
lUlimr high foot hall < oacli
Mrs Mozclle Clark, a grad
uate of Stephen T Austin Stale
Teachers College, will he gills
physical education instructor
lie I 1111 I, i • 111 . C111 h w 1111 W
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reconvem w ilb a picnic nil
W.ttn. sd.k Septemhei 8, alter
I lie i n ]l mn.ii \ \ugiisl i ere, ,
in. |iu in. i ■> l o be at fodders
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pli UK kk id lie ,u i .led b\ I' .1
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enlei l.iinm, I In i .mu , and I ben
I aluilie
Biidide Dim .mil \\ .1 I’ol
Ian |ir ogi am < b ut man lot I lie
.lull Sept .-III bei meeting, -aid
g11e i pc.ikei lot t be nionl b
would iiii 111d• \ \ SIe111 game
w . i r 111 n in lb . I -111. i w 11 o
w m Ted nut ol i).ilia
\ lint lie i p. ,i k ei |ni Se pt ern
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and i ai 11v e in vo11Hi work
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i miiiiii11 ee bad plan lot a ye n
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ill i'll and | > I m nle . gl.is e , fo( .
per mi .* Im < annul liny them,
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1 iir, 11' r 11 , toe | lawk ills and
11.11 I• '.< hi" p 111■ mern liers oI
i • oinimt tec tot III, |' i oinnt mn
ol i < boi oi.de Bowl game a(
I i ill si ,i d i it m d H p III on Sep
I.ml" i ", ( ,,m|,eiirig leant
kill I ii I : ie 11111 Imi o I >a bod \
II a kk. I .icd tin ( ,i | V e l III Wild
KCs Establish
Scholarship
To Local School
1. ni lb ol 1 o|,iinbu . I iiiii-.
< on III 11 li.! 11 ,t ■> - ei up a >>b(l
annual i liolai lup to SI .lolin
I folk Ri iliTinei Si liool 11<'i e
i .1 ami Knight i b.ii I. J. N'ovy
,i n non in'd 11H l ,i ■,
I lie mo'iev kk II be jdaeed in
llie m liool < ,. 11 ml i' education
fund to pak >be tuition ol a dc-
.*•*• i vmg « hild vk bo might not
ol ii.'i kk I e be ,il>l« to at lend t lie
r liool dill' to I III.'ll. d li.tl dsllip
Nok k added
Me ill be | s of t lie or g.Ull/.lt ion
k ol ed to e.t a till sli t lie si bolar-
slnp at then last meeting ,
N.
d Iiiiii
' pro. reds from the gam**
VACATION TIME—Trip Insur-
ance available. Ruddif Davis In
aurance Agency.
STM V II DKMIK HAT
PARIS Tenn (UP) Napo-
leon Bonaparte (Hovel has voted
a straight Democratic tukot m
even election since HUH He'll i
hi '.)•» >cais old in November. i
,k d he divide.) «*<|ii.i11v bwfwern
the Carver team and the Lion.
Clnli vmith activities fund
i.oms Kudina is chairman 1 or
a parade featuring the compel
mg teams and their scliool
bands Sat in day morning
Fitzgerald said that in addi-
tion in Hie eliih s annual Empty
Slinking Project, there are
plans Im .tepped op participa
turn m the Texas Lions Camp
loi Ci ippled »*hlIdt en at K.*rr
villi' lot providing lunches for
.cliool children who cannot tmy
them and foi assisting in the
promotion of Cut Scout and Boy
Si out wmk and Little League
Ha eba 11 - well a - a si si mg the
< >ptmust i lull in ilicit annual
' ii nival to t.n , Hind Im »m h
pio|.'( i a , an ( onditlolling t lie
Community Center.
No pi.11■ 111 e oI de >ig11a1111g an
I iiiii High .ehoo| .enior boy ai
l.nm i tub I oi t be inont b ami mi
v 11 iii..', him to the weeklv In mb
eun meeting will b,. coillintjed
\n al I endiilHC committee
beaded liv Dr C \ Murray,
I’eif Rainey and N I) Speers
kk 111 make a spei nil effort to e.o
all members <>ut to meetings
(lining Hu veai Fitzgerald .aid
Hubei I Marcia is general
piogiam ( bairnian foi file vi*ar
Mama -.aid program chan men
I'u the varunis month-, fruin
wlimn be is expecting mitstand
mg pel to| malice include, f o »
I bub in addilmil to Davis and
Poll.ni tm September E .! Ken
dull .md (Ieorge II Barney Ji
Im <>.tohi'i Hilbert Rogers and
V\ c 11 li 11 t el lei lor November
and* Di C \ M< Murray and J.
T K< .'Cel bu Decembet
I lie 1937 piogi am chairmen
im N Ii Speers and Charles
(.entry t o lanuarv. (Itiy Henry
and • . ( d Tolh son for February,
lo. || i k ki11s and Weldon Brans-
coin,, Im March. Pat ( arpenter
and lb* Rev Ralph H Reasor
lot Apt il l)r < • L Hargis amt
Kenneth Sweet for May a n d
S» Iiii.i Rain, and Dr Belinc for
June
(if 11, .’is of Hi,, .lob are Carlos
Fit/geiuld president, Hubert
Marcia, first vice president,
Chailes (lentry. second vie#*
president. ’The Rev. Ralph H.
If. asm Hurd vice president.
C I* Lamer, secretary-treasur-
er Buddie Davis, tail twister,
and \ E Ramsey, Imn tamer.
The directors are Jodie Vytop*
il. Pat Carpenter. W. J. Pollan
and Purwood Patterson.
Re fioandally l»depe«4#at
Start aa art oust icv. Sf«Mal
bank by mall aerdee available.
Member ot FD1C. Kioto Moll
Bank.
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