The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS
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THE t?U YEAR
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Texas Briefs
Shi vert Colls For Stronger
DUcipling In School Systems
FORT WORTH, Tex. (UP).—
Former Governor Allen Shivers
i has called for sterner intellec-
tual discipline and willing
teachers in America's school
systems. Shivers addressed the
Fort Worth Chapter of the Tex-
as Manufacturers Association
last night. He also said we
should provide what he term-
ed, “appropriate opportunities
for intellectually gifted chil-
dren.”
Folic* Charge Man
In Stomping Death
BAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP).—
Sin Antonio Police have charg-
ed a 38-year-old man with
beating and stomping 50-ycar-old
Lewis R. West to death. Police
Say that Durwood E. Pelton said
he fought with West after a
drinking bout Tuesday night.
Girl Critically Burned
In Horn* Fir* Wednesday
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. (UP).—
An 11-year-old girl remains in
critical condition today with
burns over 60 per cent of her
body. Lillie Martinez of San
Antonio was burned yesterday
when her clothing caught fire as
she backed up to a heater to
get warm.
Incurable Muscular Disease
Strikes Hauston Girl
HOUSTON. Tex. (UP).—A
three-year-old girl, stricken with
a supposedly incurable muscular
disease is in a Houston hospital
today. The child, Barbara John-
son, was driven by a relay of
three drivers from El Monte,
California. It is hoped that Hous-
ton doctors can cure her. The
ambulance in which she arrived
ilohg with her mother and a sis-
ter was donated by G. L. Brown-
ing. owner of a Houston Am-
bulance service.
Three Charged in Stabbing
Of San Antonio Deputy
, SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP).—
Three convicts heard assault to
murder indictments returned
against them yesterday in San
Antonio. The three men are
charged in the stabbing of De-
puty Sheriff Marvin Maltsber-
ger. Eugene Nolan. Richard Mul-
key and Donald Summers as-
saulted the deputy during an
escape attempt.
Dallas Man Killed
Inspecting New Car
DALLAS, Tex. (UP).—A 57-
year-old man has been crushed
to death while inspecting a new
automobile at the Ford Motor
Am no w«» A ppAmklo T>L,
vomj/uii; iioovmuij a icint an
Dallas. Witnesses say Archie
Homer Cherry was standing be-
hind the car yesterday when an-
other car crashed into it. and
he was pinned between the two
vehicles.
Singing Group
To Moot Thursday
February 20
East EUjs County Singing Con-
vention will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 20 in IOOF
Home, Tip Vines, president, an-
nounced.
Quartets to be featured are
the Peace Makers Quartet of
Dallas, Melody Boys Quartet of
Waxahachie and Bethel Ennis
Quartet.
The public is invited to attend,
Vines stated.
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CELEBRATE- Sailna katy <1 d-veai old
students a! Oklahoma Stale l tuvei its. J
from Ludhiana. Punjab. India watch a-
Club rehearse a sti< k dance loi Ropublii
the eighth year of India's independence
iNEA Telephoto)
daughter ol Indian
ig and Sai la k ityal
the India Student
Day observance ol
The slick dance is
I he hai vest
usually performed in western India to celebrat
Death Takes Prominent Educator
Dr. George 0. Clough Services Sol
Ennis will be the burial place,
for Dr. George Obadiah ]
Clough, 80. prominent Texas!
educator, who died in Dallas;
Wednesday after a long illness, i
A native of Bon Wheeler. Van
Zandt County. Dr. Clough grad
uated from Tyler High School
and attended Texas University,
receiving his If \ in 1908 aud-
ios M. A. in 10-1 He ua.-> latei
awarded his l’h 1). from New
York University.
In rural Ellis County schools]
he began bis long teaching,
career, in 1903. Later years]
found him as a math and phy
sics instructor in a Fort Worth]
high school and as principal
of Corsicana High School be
fore returning to Fori Woith in
assistant principal in 1918
Two lears later. Dr Clough
went to Tyler where lie served
as sunermli
he eslablisl
College li.
uf tint sell
the S'll la
professor in 192'
the first dire*lor
ident ol school nut it
•d i he 1 > ler Junior
was 11ist pi < sident
>1 before lie joined
111 v as a n < ducal inn
lege
w a
ll<
Highland
eh. when
board ol
a Sunday
Kiwanis.
he contimu
id in 1o|8
h the Texa
active in both the
Park Methodist Chur
he had served on the
stewards, and taught
School class, and the
. at
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Survives
I 'ones* W (1
and \neel M
daughter Mr.- Hoi
Jr of Dallas and
i luldren. < *1 her
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five
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two nieces of Enin
W tide and Mr>. Sam
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REV. C. A. CAYLOR
Rev. C. A. Caylor
Assumes Duties
Reverend C, A (.’aylor <d l.ul
ing. has begun Ins duties as min
ister of the Assembly ol God
in Ennis, it was announced to
day.
Caylor and his wife have
taken residence in the parsonage
at 604 East Brown, after having
been active in the work ol the
Ennis Church, during the past
year. He succeeds Rev. W A
Majors who resigned to accept a
church in Grand Prairie.
A former student at the South-
west Bible College in Waxaha-
chie, Caylor has also attended
Southwest Texas Stale College
in San Marcos and win formerlv
Fir* Chief Resigns, "nptoyed ,n ,h" ...............
Lights*/ Appointed; Farmers Union
city Georgo schrad Schedules Meeting
er announced today the *•««««-i ** **
WEATHER
LWIS AND \ ICIMTV
Increasing clou d i n e s s
and not o cold Hus after
noon mill tonight with occa-
sional light rain tonight
and I i id iv I hgli temper i
I lire hoi h days in t he upper
Hu a and the low tonight
near 30 Wind southerly 15
to 26 miles per hour.
ENNIS, TEXAS, Till RSDAY, KERRI ARV 13, DESK
EIGHT PAGES—FIXE < ENTS
NO. 37
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include two sons,
nugh ot 1 oi t Wort it
(dough ol Itallas; a
Robert I.a Prado
km Mm Jr. ol I mat mg
L* serv'K ex and but ial
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lor ol Hie Brooklyn
i iiodist ( hureli Dal
Kev i lioma . Sierek
Worth
New Problems
Develop In
Space Travel
S\\ ANTONIO'!' Tex iUP).-~
Scientists m San Antonio are
now working over what they
term new problems in coitnec-
tmn with man's fliglit into space
The scientists at Randolph Air
Force Base say they have dis-
covered new problems after
watching Airman Donald G Far-
rell m his space chamber the
past lour days I he head of the
Space Medicine Department of
Ihe School of \viation Medicine I
j
will not disclose the nature of j
lhe new complications
The head ol I he depart ment is j
Lieutenant Colonel George II
St einkamp
So far, Farrell has stood up j
well against boredom and fear-!
ed mental fatigue. Farrell is
supposed to be released from*
the liny chamber at 9 35 a m
Sunday, a full week after lie
w as sealed m Ihe space cham-
ber Dr Stemkamp says he had
'■omo trouble yesterday in wak
ing Farrell with an alarm bell i
Stemkamp says this is perfectly
normal Stemkamp says it pro-
bably shows that Farrell is be-
ginning to relax more
Farrell asked for piped m
tadio news yesterday He made
the ie<piex! on one of his de-
layed radio reports. Put the
scientists refused to let him hear
the ilews Instead, they piped
some tadio music into the cham-
ber It was country music and
the airman quickly snapped it
oil
Houston Police
Seize $25,000
Pure Heroin
HOUSTON Tex U;Pn Nar-
cotics ol fibers acted on a tip to
day and seized 60 papers of
pure heroin valued at more
than #25.000 The narcotics was
found in Ihe headlight of a car
which crossed the Mexican bor
dcr Irom Nuevo Laredo yester-
day.
Two narcotics officers, H M
11 ray and K .1 St ringl'ellow ,
said the effort to bring the
heroin to Houston was engineer-
ed by a 30-year-old woman
They said she tried to make the
trip to Mexico and back appear
like a family vacation She bor-
rowed a ear from a friend took
a 35 year-old ex-convict along to
pO"C as her husband, arid bor-
rowed five sons from a cousin to
complete the family appearams
Loin e learned of the l r ip on
undercover information Tin* car
was stopped today when it reach
erl Houston.
Gray said when they stopped
Hie ear the woman smiled con
I ident ly and readily agreed to a
' search However, Gray said she
about had a fit when they im
mediately went to the right front
headlight and removed it to find
tlie heroin
Twins Separated
DA VENT’OUT. Iowa H Pi
FI* mentary school officials here
are separating twins so each may
develop ‘ independently. ’There
are 65 sets of twins m elemen
tary school here The twins are
separated after kindergarten.
West Coast Door Firm
Builds New Plant Here
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FROM PANHANDLE TO GALVESTON’ Eree/.mg temperatures and snow Ijuni th
die to Galveston, greeted residents of Texas Wednesday morning It was tie* tirst ,
years for many sections of south Texas Here, at Austin where it has not simwei
years school kids enjoyed the unusual treat Discussing the snow are. Irom h it
Vivian Baldwin Stanley Barnes, and Carolyn Maurei
Itdeplmloi
e I'anli.m
now m I.)
I in seven
to right,
Cobalt Isotope Capsule
Being Sought In Ennis Area
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Fire Chief
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nation of
Fitzgerald.
Chief Fitzgerald asked to be
relieved as fire chief and giv-
en a less strenous job in the de-
partment.
Schrader reported that Fitz-
gerald had been aligned as one
of the driven in the depart-
ment
Schrader appointed Jack
Ughucy a* ftre chief to succeed
flti^eraJd
There will be an organization
al meeting of the Farmer s l n
ion. Friday at 7 pm in the D*x
as Power and Light Compin'
Hall, according to word receiv
ed lu re
Mr John Kay a represent*
tive of the organization will dix
cuss the farm issues consul* te*
by the Farmer’s Union and »t
tempt to organize an Enni
branch
1 Ui uuldo i. JO1 lieu to atlvou
t it Di li \ I II»\
•r the
mp Jr a
I elepnotoi
f Iordan
Feder <i
in of din
I Eg> pt Mil
were reported to feel
ui id hk* Saudi Arabia
imuruxt penetration ol
to even * *iiioder join
* * ...Am m JUa^hdad 1 a* i.
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start of the
i on format
threat of Sv
According to the U. S
Atomic Energy Commission, an
Efims firm has been formally
identified as the last licensed
custodian of the now missing
radioactive cobalt isolope cap-1
stile being searched for lit th**!
Central Texas area
“The cobalt 60 source of]
about 200 milhcuncs in
strength was lost bv A Glinth
aid Company of Emus, approxi-
mately two years ago,' Thomas,
.1 Haycock, director of A EC >
licenses inspection division is>
reported to have staled How
Marine Recruiter
To Visit Ennis
Twice A Month
In a strong bid for today's air .
minded young men the Marine;
Corps is now guaranteeing avia
lion-duty to those men who
qualify, on < outract
This i. a sharp turn from
Marine Corps recruiting policies, I
.. . ? * I „ , . i «* . * i . % f ,, r.«. !
NriytA i IM illllt dl *11111 ilDRfh
local Marine Recruiter ho this
area. Except for ;< short period
in the early-!furlles, Ho Marines
have always recruited men for
general duly only, ( rider the
present policy, Sgt Moore says,
he can guarantee a few enlistees]
a spot m Marine Aviation Ibis
program will slowly fill the
ranks of highly-skilled men who
are needed to maintain the three
Modern Marine air wings with
air minded volunteers.
Those men who are selected
for aviation duty will attend re
eruit training at San Diego
California and upon completion
of Marine training he given a
fifteen day leave T hen assigned
to the Aviation Fundamental
School at .Jacksonville Florida
While attending this school
men are taught Hu- basic funda-
mentals of aviation concent rat
mg on modern jet-propulsion,
and given a chance to decide
what technical job they would
prefer also they are given a
refresher course in high school
mathematics
A Marine assigned this school
will have a chance to compete
for su<h advanced school*< as
\vi.ition Electronic s Jet Me* h
inns Navigation Aerology and
other highly skilled jobs in to
days modern Aviation t nit*
Find out more about serving
with Marine Aviation Tech Sgt
Moore o now making regular
suit** to Emits and can be found
in the I’fMil Office lobby Irom
t |i m till 3 pm ttie first are!
third W* dm dax* of each
UlOUlil.
ever, efforts by this newspaper
to get further informal ion have
proved fruitless, when Gun
thard president of the company
which bears his name stated
that he knows nothing of the
search, and didn't even know a
cohalt capsule had been lost j
'The loss was discovered by
AEG inspecotrs during a regular
inspection of the company in
t lie middle of Jaimai y 1958, '
Haycock said.
The Albuquerque, N M AEG
Services Today
For Mrs. Chapman
Funeral services
Frank Chapman, 73,
for Mi
i longtime
Bardwel! resident, were held at
2 pm today m the Bar dwell
Methodist Church with l(*-v I
<) Garner, assisted by Kev W
T Smith of Waco and II M
< loodwyn, official ing
Burial under the directmn ol
Keever Funeral Chapel w.i , in
Elm Branch Cemetery in Bard
well
I'a 11 hearers were Fula. Ven
able of Ennu, Hap Manning, .1
I’ Snipes, George Crammer
Pete Hayes and Robert 1 ndei
wo»»d all of Bar dwell
Mrs Chapman was born m ar
Gunter, Alabama, I>♦•* 3 1881
She moved to Texas with her
parents, Mr and Mr ■ I C
Raney when she was eight year
old,
In 1905 she. was wed to Wi!
barn Edward Morgan and before
Ins death they had one daughter
now Mrs T. A Snipes of Dal
las
In 1919 she became Mi
Frank Chapman Mr Chapman
prereeded his wife in death
Survivors include Mrs Snip*
official described the metal cap
side a>» “dangerous to health if
earned on the person for more
I ban a I ew hourx
i lay cor k added if it w e r e
earned in a pocket for a lew
hours, it would deliver enough
radial ion to t he ad i c ent skin
to produce ,i lorali/cl radiation
bum which would heroine ap-
parent in aln.lit one week \t a
gl eat •-1 * h ,1 i in e the soiii rc
would he less hazardous
He (feserifjed the mis sing is
otope as a mi'tal *
proxtmatr-ly . mr h*
i hr-s and said tha
firm was Ik en-a-d )i
ton.* t he ran mm 11 va
indii a rial i adiograp
TTk* mallet is o
inv * t igat mn and al
he exhausted in an
cate its source sai*
Any inform.it mn
! lie present location
i cfer i ed to I lie I exa
! t .1 f ’ t f HI ’ 111 (if } j • *,»j I * j
health aid hoi Pies
limb-
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by
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the
Kuril 1
the
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«|t tor
dcr
act|vc
lead
^ will
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t to lo
Hay
i o* k.
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a rung
should h*
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heal
Work is scheduled to begin
Monday on the new plant of the
W.-,f Goad Door Company, of
Mountain View California, which
recently chose Ennis its second
home
According to Noe! Speers,
chan man of the Chamber of
(dmmeiae industrial committee.
Mi Hal E.sped.d owner ami gen*
rial manager of the manufac*
toting concern will arrive Mon*
day to oversee the beginning
labor on the new residential
(tool manufacturing plant.
Ihe Chamber of Commerce
has been negotiating with this
firm, by the wav of its indus-
trial committee fir-d under the
chairmanship of Cecil T'olleson,
and later Speers, for more than
a year
The construction, to lx* built
on a four acre plot directly
north of the Low Rent Housing
Prop'll will be completed at
a cost of approximately $35.-
ooo Ihe plant will cover 84(XI
•quaiis Ieet of floor space, and
will employ seven workers in
the beginning, with the force
to he gradually increased to 25,
as they arc trained
Semi skilled production cm-
plovees will be demanded for
the work on residential doors.
According to Chamber of
Commerce officials, Ennis was’
(liosen as home for the company
because of its location and it si
prominence <»-> a distribution
< entei Also the company serv-
es l be same clientele as does
Flintkote. and with companies
taking shipment FOB Ennis
1 the firm will have easy coverage
for the entire Southwest.
Jones Funeral
Set For Friday
Mrs M () Jones. 83. of Pa!*
mer. dud Wednesday at 5 45
P m in Ennis Municipal Hospi-
i t.d following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held
' .it to 30 a rn F riday at the First.
Baptist Church in Palmer, with
Rev Billy J Dickinson official*
mg
Burial will be m Palmer Ceme-
tei v w i t h Barron Davis in
Mts Jones wa>
ville Nrkarisa.s,
daughter of the
Mrs II I) Brown
born in Pot Es-
in 1874 the
late Mr. and
She moved to
,trid a granddaugtiter
T omrm
Snipes, of Dalla
I'A'I 1, •
daughters Mrs W;l«-
v V M<
< own of Bard well and
Mr. Sai
Denson of ladloie Gkla tw
liable an
Mrs Bula Childress
both i,
a-f
ft
Wpfi
wfr* **-
i
Bard well
Volunteer Fire
Department Sets
Called Meeting
The Ennis Volunteer f ire
partment h*» scheduled a ci
aJL
yt
1 II M K V| \S
d B
meet
II
[ fur tonight
i‘ Station
neeling Will
nature and a
rcqui«t#4 to at
llili
al 7
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Texas as a young girl
hu 1894 she was married m
Palmer to M O Jones who pre*
ceeded her m death by several
year .
A - barter member of the f irst.
Baptist Church in Palmer, she
has taught a Sunday School Class
there for many years and was
af for! tonally known as “Miss
( )|a
Survivors include one son, C.
G Jones of Ennis, two daugh-
ter > Mrs Joe Eason and Mrs.
Fiances Holliday of Palmer, six
grandchildren two great grand*
• luldren, one brother C, W.
Brown of Ennis two sisters, Mrs.
\ am v Barron and Mrs C. F,
Fan u of Palmer and numerous
nieces and nephews
Highways Re-Open
After Heavy Snow
Ih* I'exas Highway Depart-
ment report.> all roads open to
•i.r.e! but some still hazardous
a . if <■ i u 11 of ice and snow
Ituad to/Kiitions by Highway
I re pa rt merit s i nclude
\marilTo—All highways open
but a tier,y coat of tee north of
\rnartllo created hazardous
driving conditions. M'>re snow
w,i predicted for tonight and
tomorrow
Uiilene—All highways deaf
of ce and snow except in i>«-
1414*4$ ,4 f 4* i4 "il
San \ngeio Ml road* clear,
hut there was some ice mi
bridge* m Crtv Kelt County,
However thu was expected 14
melt today
Children* All highway!
open but tu created tu*ard«>u|
di iv in. voudiUoii..
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