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ENNIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1955
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TEXAS
BRIEFS
Bf United
Department Store Sales
Up 15% In Dallas Area
DALLAS, Tex (UPteThe Feder-
al Reserve Bunk of Dallas reports
that department store sales in me-
tropolitan areas of the 11th Federal
Reserve District continue to hold
a healthy margin over last year.
Sales in the Dallas metropolitan
areas for the week end September
3 increased 15 per cent over the
comparable week of 1954.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
To Attend Fair at Waco
WACO. Tex <UP>, — Senate
Democjiatic Leader Lyndon B
Johnson, who Is recovering at his
Johnson City home from a heart
«ttiirk suffered in Washington in
Ally, will visit tlie Heart O' Texas
Pair here on October 1 Johnson
Will be an honor guest The visit
Will be Johnson’s first public ap-
pearance since his attack and was
hinged on the permission of his
.••^doctors. They say his recovery so
-. fiir has been "perfect.” Johnson lias
.Written fair officials that his doc-
tors have tentatively agreed that he
may accept two or three engage-
ments later in tire year.
Low Grade Joke May Bring
Full Scale Controversy
HOUSTON, Tex (UP). — A low
grade joke backfired in the "bust- j
in" of Assistant Houston Police !
Chief Hobson "Buddy” McGill has
threatened to develop into a grade- :
A controvery. McGill, a veteran of j
25 years on the force, was ordered !
demoted yesterday to the rank of
patrolman for an alleged "vulgar!
and suggestive” joke played on a '
a police secretary .who was a bride j
of two months.
McGill's secretary. Mrs Marjorie
Gay, who admitted taking part in ;
the practical joke, was faced with j
indefinite suspension and resigned |
McGill's demotion was ordered by i
Police Chief Jack Heard. McGill has ;
declined comment, but three city j
councilmen have jumped on the in- j
clricpt and cried “politics.'' Council- •
men George Kesselcr .Joe Resweber j
and W Gail Reeves say the demo- I
tion was a "cheap political move." j
They said McGi! lwas not in a spe,- !
nal "clique" at headquarters. Heard j
is supported by Mayor Roy Hof- j
heinz, with whom councilmen have
been at odds for months.
Cowardly One-Eyed Cow
Proves To Be Real Heroine
TEXARKANA. Tex 'UP*. — A
mild mannered, almost cowardly
one-eyed cow is a heroine around
the O. W. Johns place at Texarkana !
after saving Mrs. Johns from pos- j
siblc death during an attack by '
another enraged cow. Mrs. Johns 1
suffered three broken ribs, mi- |
morons lacerations and bruises dm - |
ing the attack by another cow j
named Sally. Mrs. Ernest Councils,
a sister of Mrs. Johns, says the bat- J
tie of the cows began in this way: j
Mrs. Johns ,who lives on Route, 2 in
tlie New' Boston community, went to
the barn t.o got some potatoes for I
a meal when she was attacked by a [
barnyard commotion. She found Sal-. |
Jv, w brown Jersey, chasing her son,
three-year-old ILrvrj Jones, srounvj ^
(lie barnyard. When Mrs. Johns tried j
to go to the son’s rescue, the irate '
cow attacked her. knocking her to
the ground. Mrs. Connelia says that
(suddenly, ^old one-eye,,” another
brown Jersey with a single crook-
ed horn, appeared and attacked
Sally. During the fight between the
ttwo cows, Mrs. Johns managed to
crawl to safety and two of her
daughters then broke up the fight
between the two animals.
Rites Scheduled
For Guy Smtih
Funeral services for Guy Smith,
resident of Ennis for more than 50
years, have been set for 4 pin. Sun-
day.
Dr. Roy A Langston will conduct
the rites, at Kecver Chapel.
Burial will be in Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
Smith, a native of Mississippi,
came to Ennis from Bristol. He
was a landowner, fanner, ginner
and cotton buyer in Ellis County
for many years before his retire-
ment.
Survivors include, three sons,
Floyd Smith of Denison, Emory
Smith of La Crescentn. Calif., and
Ouy Smith, a professor at the Uni-
versity of Utah at Salt Lake City;
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Smith was a member of the First.
Methodist Church In Ennis and a 50-
year member of the, Woodmen of
tlie World.
STOPPED—California state forestry- firefighters set a back-fire just west of Haw-
kinsville in an effort to stop forest fire from destroying Yreka. Their efforts were suc-
cessful. and flames were stopped iVz miles from the city. Almost 170 square miles of
California's forest lands have been destroyed by fires in past week. (NEA Telephoto)
Legion And Auxiliary
Officers Take Reins
p. v. (Buck) Carpenter took the i for the wholehearted cooperation of. worked in tlie
helm of American Legion Chism- all members in carrying on their and showed a.
Ennis Lions Open
Grid Season Tonight
Insects Take
Toll In County
Cotton Crop
County Agent Walter Kruse said
tins morning that it is generally as-
sumed that Ellis County cotton will
class slightly lower than usual this
year, on account of insect damage.
Ovdmanly, he said u litilei less
than half the county's cotton clas-
ses white middling, with the next
most prevalent grade being wiute
strict, low middling; the two grades
making up to 60 to 70 per cent of the
tota L.
Kruse said there has been no
compilation of figures to show how
many bales have been ginned to
date
Roy Me Bra ver, superintendent at
the Ennis Compress, said approxi-
mately 2,400 bales had been hand-
led there through Thursday. This
figure is approximately 100 bales
Legion's activities I ahead of last year's figure, at the
state department same tune but is no basis for draw-
Landers Post 361 and Mrs. O. H j organizations programs.
Lumpkin assumed her duties as j Hammer also spoke briefly re-
president of the post’s auxiliary, calling that the main purpose of
unit in impressive joint installs- j the American Legion is to take
tion serenionirs at American Legion Crtre of disabled veterans, and wi-
Home last night. I dows and orphans of veterans re-
District Commander 13 Y. Hum-Laidless of race, color or creed.
citation for community service
! awarded to tlie local post.
Adjutant O. H. Lumpkin pre-
sented the district, commander the
j applications of 47 new members to
I "start the Legion's new year off i
right".
ing conclusions at this stage of the
harvest he. said. Generally speak-
ing, however, the crop is expected
to be around 20 per cent better
than the 1954 crop, he said.
A. c Culpepper, superintendent
of the National Compress in Waxa-
mer of Hillsboro served as install-j jack McKay, mayor of Ennis, was Retiring First Vice Commander i hacliie reported 2.789 bales handled
ing oflieer and was assisted by his | introduced as guest speaker. He! Ray Rickert pledged the coopera- j there this year. He, said this figure
wife, who is past district president1 commended the Ennis American j tion of the retiring officers to the
of the auxiliary.
In brief inaugrial addresses,
both Carpenter and Mrs. Lumpkin
pledged their full efforts and called
Pvt. Martin Towb
To Complete
Army Radio School
CAMP GORDON, On. i Spl >. —
Private Martin Towb of Ennis will
graduate this w'eek from the Field
Radio Repair Course, one of the
many courses offered at The South-
eastern Signal School, Camp Gor-
don, Ga. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Towb, 403 South Main
Street, Ennis.
The Field Radio Repair Course,
which is 25 weeks in length, trains
selected enlisted personnel to per- j
form field and depot maintenance
and repair of field radio equipment, I
radian.' detection instruments, and
Army aircraft radio equipment.
During his training. Private Towb 1
it,reived a teernical education worth \
thousands of dollars Hr will now be
re-assigned to an active unit of the
U. S Army.
The Southeastern Signal School
is located near Augusta, Ga. This
installation furnisher trained sig-
nal technicians to Army units all
over the world.
Legion post as one of tlie finest j new officers.
service organizations in the city. i. o. Moore of Ennis was intro-
Iie also commended the Legion in ducod as past commander of the
its light, against "communism and j six tli district. Moore stated that he
facism,” stating "wc must guard j sec.s tlie results of some of tlie ef-
tliose things which are ours”.
Mrs. J. C. Rooker, retiring presi
is a little behind last year’s figure
for tlie same period, but explained
that the compress is running two or
three weeks behind.
Culpepper said those who are
picking in that part of the county
are getting from one-third to one-
half a bale in the, first time over
the fields. But. because of boLl
forts of the local American Legion [
post. He recalled that the legion !
dent of the American Legion Auxi- once met in the mayor's office at !^n
Iir.rv unit, thanked all members city Hall weevU infestation, he said there will
,, | ,r be some farmers who will not put
who contitbuted to the success en- A highlight of the evening was
Joyed by the local unit the P«*st Ljle presentation of reports on Bovs
year. She showed the loving cup | state and Girls State by thc Ennis
won for the most activities in the youths who attcnded.
second district, a statewide award
j They were Connie Whitlock. Jean
j Smith, Linda Thornton, Ronnie
Pollan and David Knize.
They were introduced
by Mrs.
for the best civil defense work and
a sixth district citation for activity.
She stated that the delivery of a
decision set to the Waco VA hos-
pital last Sunday
the local unit marked a fine start
for the new year.
Ret,. ing Post Commander Vau- and 4thuc ° ofllcc wa's
ghn Blakely thanked those who i te^i by the district enunander
Officers of the Legion include
Stanley Zhanel, first vice com-
mander; Thomas Hudson, second
as a gift from j Rookcr and Co1 ^‘nipkin.
Officers to be installed were es-
corted to the front of the room
125 Attend
Ennis Lions Club
Family Night
"Miss Iowa"
HOI,STEIN, Is. (HI
Mrs Clarence O.
wanted a boy baby
he could develop into an athlete, j ing at. the Texas Power and Light.
Instead, a daughter arrived, and 1 Building on September 14.
they named her Jerri after her fa - j The Rev. Ralph H. Reasor is
flier. Jerri Jean Cole, became "Miss program chairman for the Soptem-
Iowa” of 1955. Hut she's skilled at. ber 21 meeting and Dr. E. D. Bcluie
athletes. I is chairman for September 28.
a hand In the field
Culpepper said it is hard to esti-
mate how the crop will turn out.
Some farmers who think they have
a good deal of cotton find practical-
ly none and some who think they
have none find a good deal, he said.
Singing Scheduled
At Bardwell
Sunday Afternoon
Singing will be held in the First
Baptist Church at Bardwell at 2:30
vice commander; Joe Hejny, third ! I,m- Sunday. Everyone is invited, it
vice commander; O H. Lumpkin j VVHS announced,
adjutant: E. F. Alexander, finance
officer; Owen March banks, his-
torian; Joe D. Wight, sergeant-ax
arms, arid J. C. Rooker, chaplain.
Auxiliary officers installed in-
cluded Mrs. J C Rxroker, first vice
Approximate 125 persons attend- president; Mrs. K. E. Peel, second
Approximately 125 persons ilt.. | vice president: Mrs. C. A. Johnson, Those who are serving as team
tended fl.e Lion,s Club family night j s,,cnHa.iY. V?s. Vaughn Bltiklev, captainK for the solicitation among
barbecue at Sodders Park Thursday treasure/ jMirsr Stanley Houdek southern Pacific employees for the
Jr., historian, Mrs. Stanley Houdek Funis Community Chest include
Sr , sergeant-at-arms; and Mrs. | Jnr Mitehell. Mrs. J. V. Lawhon,
Henry Hinton, chaplain. | Miss ciara Kellv, Mrs J. A. Nichols,
In a ceremony before the install-! Mrs B B schanewerk. J. H. Lvle:
anon, J. C. Rooker was presented j ,jmimv IXmnell, John R. Percival,
with a cap as the badge of thc sixth j A s McLelland. O W Parker. C.
district adjutant.
After closing ceremonies, punch
and cake were served by the aux-
ilia ry.
m * m
SAILOR’S HORNPIPE?—Prince Charles appears to be
doing an impromptu sailor’s hornpipe as, with his mo-
ther, Queen Elizabeth If, the royal yacht Britannia ar-
rived in Aberdeen, Scotland. The royal family is on a
Scottish holiday. (NEA Radiophoto)
Rev. Frank R. Sandifer Discusses
Children’s Need Of Parents’ Love
The Rev. Frank R. Sandifer, vi-,t0 Juvenile
home.
delinquency in the
car of St. Thomas Episcopal j
Church, explained wliat he called j
Tlie situation is particularly dis-
, , , „ , „ . , , tressing, he said, because so many
some of his pet notions’ and the-I R00d and wholeaome people cause
ories ol present day tensions be-
tween natlns and between persons
and gave his view’s on some of the
causes of juvenile delinquency
when he spoke at the Klwanis
luncheon at Lakeside Country Club
on Thursday.
The first step toward the solution
of thc juvenile delinquency prob-
lem, thc Rev. (Father Sandifer said,
is acknowledging the existence of
thc problem
so much distress, not so much by
what they do as by what they do
not do.
Iced For Love
One of tne greatest needs, the
vicar said, is the proper expression
by parents oi love for their child-
ren.
The child wants and needs, des-
perately, the proper expression of
the love of its parents; and he must
feel that this love is not something
is
Father Sandifer placed the re
Sensibility for the solution of the \ "sW. but something which
war ol nerves which contributesj strong and brave, he said.
Need For Acceptance
Team Captains Announced Today
For Southern Pacific Chest Drive
evening.
Mr jind i Dr. W. P. McCall, Lions president.
i jrutry i c n l r said Put Cosgrove would supply
18 years ago so the program for the luncheon meet-
I
Quick, to«jr loan* mad* on cash
value of life In* nr am* policies. Low
a ten. Member of FDIC. ENNIS
1TATE BANK. .........
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MOBILIZED—Turkish Army tanks are mobilized in
streets of Istanbul after government proclaimed martial
law in three major cities Wednesday and called a special
session of the National assembly to deal with aftermath
of violent anti-Greek rioting and destruction. In Istanbul
alone, nn estimated 300 persons were injured, 30 serious-
ly, and police arrested 2,057 rioters. (NEA Iiadiophoto)
Fire Damages
Three Room House
File of undetermined origin
raced through a: three,-room house
at tlie coiner of Burnett and Smith
Streets in Southwest Ennis this
morning.
The Ennis Fire Department, re-
ceiving a call at 8 a m. was able to
save the house but the interior and
its furniture were badly damaged
The house was owned by and
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Griffin. The loss was partially cov-
ered by insurnce. Fire Chief Hugh
Fitzgerald stated.
continuous conscience of the com •
munity, working toward a. definite
goal. It is invested In boys and
girls, young men ad wome. im-
planting in them the ideals and
principles of sound citizenship. This
investment, though slow to mature,
yields lasting dividends."
Milford Plant
Installing New
Equipment
Dunleo Paper Products in Mil-
ford is installing iipw equipment to tlier Sandlier declared,
go into spot carboning on a. large
scale, c. O. Miller, plant manager
has announced.
St. John Baseball
Team To Close
Season Sunday
The St. John baseball team will
close its season with a game against
the Ennis All-Stars, a colored team,
at St. John Field at 2 p.m. Sunday, »cltcf and rehabilitation service.
W. McCaskill, B H Cooke. U. H.
Lucas, L C. Scott, and J. P. Wil-
son
The s p. Campaign got under-
way today.
A letter which S A Findley, firm
ch; imian rnr the campaign, sent
out to his fellow employees said.
"In the near future you will bo
called on by some one tn your de-
partment, who is a Comunity Chest
worker This person is not only
giving ol his time and effort but
his contribution also in support of
the eight health and welfare agen-
cies of the Community Chest. An-
ticipate, if you can, this visit, and
let your conscience direct you in
contributing your "Fair Share" to
the suppoit of the relief, social
welfare and character building
agencies of your community.
"As the Community Chest comes
to you again in its annual call for
contributions, your first question
nuglit well be: Is the need really' one side of the sheet of paper and
as great this year? That is a natur-• carbon is placed on the back in
such shapes and sizes as are need-
ed to make additional copies of the
One of the greatest tragedies
of this century, the speaker said,
is that of men who want to be
accepted by someone whom they
respect, men whose need is so
desperate that, they will resort to
anything, even crune. to bring some
measure of attention on them-
selves.
Security is a basic need of both
children andadults, he said, re-
ferring specifically to the security
of being accepted.
Need For Respect
Children want to be respected
and to respect their parents and
other adults and they also want
to be trusted and to be able to
trust others, the speaker said.
Need For Discipline
Children also want to obey some-
one they respect and they expect
punishment for doing wrong, Fa-
Close Game
Expected With
Terrell Tigers
By BRYAN ADAMS
All roads lead to Terrell for En-
nis football fans tonight as t h e
Lions official open the 1955 grid
season against the strong Terrell
Tigers^
Tlie, game is rated one of the top
in the state as most Texas school-
boy teams got down to business aft-
er a few scattered games beat the
rush last week.
Gametime in Memorial Stadium
at Terrel] tonight Is 8 p m.
Light practice drills were the or-
der of the day for the Ennis Lions
as they closed their pre-season
training on the eve of the opening
encounter with the Terrell Tigers
tonight. The Lion* go into this game
MORE SPORTS
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proclaimed the underdogs by every-
one, except the Ennis coaches. The
Tigers fell to the Lions In the sea-
son lid blaster last year by a score
of 12-6. Predictions are for a close
battle as they are hosts to the En-
nis eleven this season.
The Terrell team Is reported in
good shape for the game with the
exception of the loss of Halfback
Bill Flowers. Flowers a starter on
last year’s club is reported out with
a bruised hip.
Lion hopes are grounded on a
big and aggressive line. Only in-
experience in the Ennis ranks pre-
vents the acclaini of this forward
wall the greatest in history. Behind
this massive line are deployed the
fastest members of a beckfiCld that
the Lions have boasted in years.
Led by David Kirkpatrick an
elusive broken field sprinter, the
Lions will feature the hard charg-
ing of two fullbacks in Dean Smith
and Jack McAdams. Smith so far
has remained a little in the fore in
the race for the starting slot by
reason of his experience .McAdams’
.size bids fair to push Smith for his
berth. Allred at wingback leads a
string of blockers said to be the
finest exhibited on a Maroon and
White team.
If the Ennis tossers live up to
expectations—the Lions’ wlngmen
are the best catchers of recent
years Headed by OUmore who was
an All-District choice last year, the
Lien ends should prove thoroghly
capable.
A large group of Ennis fans with
their appetites whetted by the sea-
son’s opener between the Junior
High and Mesquite, last night will
be on hand to observe the Lion
prospects. The Ennis High School
Band under the direction of Ivan
Goodwm will present the first
spectacle of the 1955 season at half
tiOir.
A parent who fails to discipline
a child for fear of frustrating him.
only adds to the frustration, he said
The. new equipment will make j What could be more frustrating
Dunlee one of the 10 largest spit than failing to receive the punlsh-
carbon manufacturers in this sec-
tion. Additional employees will be
required to operate the equipment
when it goes into production, Wal-
lace staled.
Spot carboning is a process of
ment one deserves and is expecting,
he asked?
School and Church
Father sanaiftr said the schools
are assuming responsibility for
training which should be left in the
treating office, forms of various home
kinds so that duplicate copies can | it is the responsibility of parents
be made without the necessity of to teach their children and the
Inserting carbon paper between the , responsibility of public, and private
various sheets, schools is to assist these parents.
The desired form is printed on j he declared.
id question. Your Community Chest
workers have been fully informed
ol the work being done and will be
able to answer this question to
your complete satisfaction.
is doing a great deal of broad scale
Wesley Parma, s. John manager an-
nounced.
Admission to tlie game, is free,
Parma said.
Grass Fire
Tlie Ennis Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment sent ite booster truck to 1805
North Preston to extinguish a grass
fire tills afternoon. No damage re-
sulted from the, fire. Fin: Chief
Hugh FiUgeiuld reported.
but no government—national, state,
county or municipal—can or will
assume the intimate, personal, so-
cial welfare problems of a commun-
ity. These are our problems—they
have always been our problems, in
good times and in bad. and, as a
measure of protection, we must
It is also the responsibility of
parents to sec that children go
to church and Sunday school and
the best method of teaching is
by example, the vicar added.
Kiwanis Delegates
Rav Tellalr, Kiwanis Club vie®
president, conducted the business
session at Thursday meeting
„ ,, , . Leonard Gehrig, prtvsident of the
It__P,‘t,Lts .!?* I club, was elected a delegate to the
Texas-Oklahoma division conven-
Bantam Show
To Be Featured
In Italy Fair
A bantam show with space pro-
vided for more than 1.000 entriess
is planned as the highlight of the
South Ellis County Fair which opens
in Italy Thursday.
The fair, first established in 1949,
will be held this year September 15
through 17.
Other features of the fair will
be a flower show’. FFA-4-H calf and
swine show, a parakeet and canary
show, an oldtime china doll show
and an handmade rug exhibit.
A midway will provide carnival
rides and entertainment. Talent
shows each night will provide free
entertainment, Henry Smithwlck,
general manager of the fair, hag an-
nounced
desired information.
Dunlee Paper Products is a sub-
sidiary of the Ennis Tag and Sales-
‘The Government has done and j book Company and provides a large
payroll for Milford. The plant is lo-
cated in thc old Milford school
vertiisng used
pany and its
by the Ennis coin-
various subsidiaries
tion to be held in Sna Antonio in
and manufacturers set-up boxes of Han y J .Store w as elect-
all types.
The firm is noted for beautdul
color process printing.
When purchasing household ap-
™?rtop«ti!!g p,,ancf* w for •**■*»«»to «*
community. trnt terms. Member of FDIC. EN-
The Community Chest is tht ,N1S STATE BANK.
eel alternate.
Weather
ENNIS AND VICTNTY: Fair and
wanner tomorrow. High both after-
noons in the upper 90's—lowest to-
j night neur 70.
KC Plans Event
For Sunday
A first degree initiation will be
held by tht Ennis Council of the
Knights of Columbus Sunday.
Members of the order will receive
communion in a body at the 7 e.nv
mass at Holy Redeemer Church
Sunday. Charles Novy, grand knight,
has announced. The initiation will
follow in the afternoon.
At 5 p.m. members and their
families will gather Knlghte of
Columbus Hall for lunch and re*
freslimeuts.
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