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BRIEFS
Howtton School liord
'rontlfri School to Ntgrott
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"'i’ll i i»m iTlnl *i\ * 1 <*• H ’II'Imij
N« lid.ird nto ,4m .ill \tvm
''hoot .mil vopie HlHI v\ hill* *>lu
ill III •» It |l'f(lI*(*(| '(i I i;| ill In*;
« li<Ki|v I'fi»» act loll w.( taken
'•('I night I»\ I hr Ini.iid m ,i Inn
• •«•«!Iv called medne. that saw
Vint hoard members a ’aimt ii
I ho ho,ini \oioi 'ii i muort
Juhmion Junior Mi sjh Si ii of 11 i o
the ext iusive 11so .it Negroes
Seplentbei KMli White teachets
a'Signed to the Johnston St hool
will l>o transterred with their
pupils to S;i ii .l.uinlo Senior ‘
MinIi .tii<I to <'o11<*n Jackson nut
I .m n*t Junior 111 l; Ii Schools
Shivers Asks Federal Aid
On Rail Freight Reductions
Al STIN. Tex (UPi Govcr-
nm Allan Shivers h:is asked for
federal aid m j»ett mj4 a 50 per
«eitt i at I toad freight reduction here on Sunday will begin
on shipping rout/hage under the a n
new emergency drouth relief
program The Governor sent his
appeal to the chairman of the
Interstate (’ommerce® Commis-
sion yesterday after previously
making similar appeals to Agri-
cultural Secretary Henson and
Western Pacific Association
Chief 11 C. Matron.
Ennis Gets 2.19 Inches
During Friday Drencher
Temporary Relief From Drouth
Brought By Heavy Rams of Summer
N*~\
\KA Telephoto
Git \SS ROOTERS Demon.tin preMdential nominee \dl.n Stevenson tight and his tunnitu
mate I St, Retainer arrive m ( Im ago from Knoxville lenn altct »ompletmg a 5.000 mile
grass touts campaign through the west and south The titass Itooiei sign v\as pasted on
plane -hort l> altei at rival at airport
IOOF Pilgrimmage
1.0 i f i ul.iv iv lull
'a oiii:lit t< nip,u i \
t!.■ %,*i ion - <111 ,iit h
ol 2 I !* tin lie- 11
I Itruilsoii in tin
dIn i Mute.in lam
t1 it v Pump st at ion
In heaviest i.uu ot
To Home Set Sunday
()pen house at t he
l<)(>K Home
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Former Ennis
Radio Man Files
Contract Suit
(>. H Conner
the local IOOF
public is invited to visit the
home during the annual pilgri-
mage which ,s held each year on
the Sunday before tahor Pax
Conner said Oddfellows and
Kebekahs from all over Texas
'make the annual pilgrimage to
I the home for the aged in Knnis
and the home for children in
Corsicana.
and
noble grand ot the home the chapel
lodge said the ' convalescent wing
The pilgrimage starts with a
program at the* children s home
in Corsicana at 11 am and a
picnic there at noon.
r.h ct i u .11 disp|;i\ .111,1 rust \
wind ,u < oinp.lined the down
pour
Tlmndi'i si oims ,iti,| several
tornadoes 'wept through a large
lielt ol iiottheast and central
Texas Iasi un lit causing coiim
III,, deruble damage ovet a wide
area. A hnlliant display of
,iltd oik hall i in t>( .a >
lx av v to 111 f1111 w
Mr I \\ I alter r \|, i
i at in aid llic lott:< I ,i toil
I hi uu|di t h« Iwi'iII, - ,i . 11 .i
tilovv i li g oil kmiI s tlx I i'1 \.,
i ioM.il Hank and a I..... « ot n
sioiagt s|u>d spbiileiuo ,(
shatter mg most ot the window
hi ihe |hix( oftue damaged -• v
eral homes ami knot ked down
ill < I it x lilies ami poles t ho mom
ol the W K Shalp limtu was
1 “i n aw av troiu the h,n; i 1
high winds The root ot tin M.u\
lane ('ale ami a gill shop opeiat
ed hv Ml's Cartel were loavilv
damaged
Two dillerent tonuido Ion
dels were sighted at Hie i on
'A
lightning at i om panted the line cord eommoriitv in lolm
Donald G. Renault
Record Building Year merly operated a studio in Kn-
Predicted For Texas tbs for Wuxahachie Radio Sta-
DALLAS, Tex. (UP). -The t»on KBKC. and his wife have
Texas Contractor a trade jour- a suit against their for-
nal, predicted today 1956 will he mt‘r employer in fortieth Judi-
a record year in the construe-1 c*al District Court in Waxaha-
lion industry. chte.
It based its forecast on the, The suit, alleging contractual
fact that the first eight months j breaches and violations of the
of this year already have set an Federal Fair Labor Standards
all-time record of $<147,000,000 Act. was filed Friday in behalf
This topped the previous record of the plaintiffs by Knnis Attor-
for eight mrihths set in 1943 by ney James H. Mulkey.
her of the finance committee of
the IOOF Grand Lodge of Tex-
as will deliver a brief address in
the chapel here at 2 pm.
_ , . , . .. The program for the day will
who for. Honat ions made by lodges and inf,u(,e ., ,.he(.ker tourIlilnM.n,
- - mdividuals dunns the HIM ptl- for ............. lhe
(•rimage will he used low aril the hmm, hert, . fornls
purchase ol a school bus for the
home in Corsicana and atr con
ditiomng the chapel at the Kn-
nis home
Knnis Oddfellows and Rebe- j %
kalis and residents of the Knnis Visitors here for the annua!
home will direct visitors through celebration will include Tom II
-------------- - I King of San Antonio, grand
mm I A D I master of the IOOF Grand Lodge
Mrs. J. A. I C0I |of Texas who is expected to ar-
i rive in Knnis today.
ol tlmmleistorms set oil by a
Canadian cool front A violent
windstorm possibly a tornado.
, , . bit Mount Calm, about 111 miles
Leland Dupree of Dallas mem-jnorlh WiU„ ,aM ni>,fl1 Thl.
storm was accompanied by one
entertainment for the ladies ol
the home
Conner said there are 70 resi-
dents.
$19,000,000
The 1950 volume
$233,000,000 ahead
the same point
already is
of 1 )55 at
The plaintiffs petition seeks
a judgment for the sum of $447-
.50. alleged as unpaid salary and
Dies at Age 77
Other grand officers are Ray-
mond Gage of Circle Hack, de-
puty grand master; Ross Shop-
Mrs. J. A. Peel, 77. died this a»-d of Denton vrand warden
for thTs^nTof1^^) oi^whaf^m 'mornin^ in Nashville, Ark.. ! s M Williams of Dallas, grand
for the sum of $350 oi what an wj1ere she had been a hospital secretary and V B Hart of
independent audit determines at pat ient for more than two weeks. I Garrett, grand treasurer.
Renault s commission on dual , j^rs peej wt.nt f0 Arkansas in
accounts o! lit ms updating tn jyjy |q visit a dauj^htGr, Mrs. 0. * Itohnkuh Assembly officers >
Waxahachie and Knnis, lot ^ Sawyer of De Queen, and had i include Jewel Caldwell of Waco,
autopsy nas in tn orot rcu into lhe sum ()f $770 or his comniis- planned to return t0 Knnis dur-1 president; Ruth Kdmonds of
’0 (LSC« sion which the plaintiff alleges |fng this week en(1 [Dallas, vice president; Pauline
is due on advertising of lirms' Mrs. Peel was a native of Tex-!Ragsdale of Coleman, warden;
located in K.isletn Kllis ( ounty |jjk| made her home in Myrtle Russell of Klectra, secre-
»I,.l j.• V<iv u,.lv vu.im unt,or an agreement that ^ere Ennis for 15 venrs. She and her tary. and Elfreida Schrieber of
Authorities suv he was swim- W0l,id be no -house accounts husbaml camt. l0 Knnis from Galveston, treasurer.
The plaintiff also seeks jttdg- Malverne. Ark. Most of their Local IOOF officers in uddi-
ment lot $421.80 which they al-! niarried lift* was spent at Port lion to Noble Grand Conner, in-
lege is the amount of expenses Sullivan. Tex. (elude K. C. Story, vice grand;
tlioy weie out lot which they Survivors include two sons, 'James Black Jr., financial secre-
were not re imbursed and pee| 0f San Angelo and tary; Melvin Lusk, recording
tlu* sum of $350 which they a^* (Homer Pee! of Shreveport; two secretary, and A. F. Gurecky,
lege* is the* amount of damage (jimgliters, Mrs. Sawyer of De ■ treasurer.
caused to their record library jQueen an(j Mrs. Alta Mae TI10-J Local Rehckah officers ure
anti for the sum of $900.06 which I mas ()J- Knnis; nine grandchil Bell Emmert, noble grand; Lane
DALLAS (UP) A monthly ^oniU1*1 *u> is entitled to fjV(, grea( grandchildren; Ballew, vice grand; Agnes Bris-
for his services as a radio an- thret. uotf listers. Mrs. Viola' tow. financial secretary; Ima
.peel of Corpus Christi. Mrs. (Taylor, recording secretary, and
The petition asks for $.>.000 Mamie Zellnor and Mrs. John'Annie Gurecky, treasurer,
as anticipated profits that I phweatt, both of Cameron, and -------
Autopsy Ordered
For Seaman Found in Surf
GALVKSTON. Tex. (UP» An
autopsy has been ordered into
man found dead m the surf off
Galveston’s West Bay. He was
identified today as Hurt Roberts.
ming yesterday with Mr. and
Mrs. Buster Culver when Mrs
Culver noticed Roberts floating
face down in the water. Doctors
say he may have had a heart at-
tack.
Feed Crops in This Area
To Be Short This Year
HOLIDAY HAS
TRAGIC START
Vhe Labor Day Holiday
weekend is getting off to a
had and tragie start In Tex-
as. So far. a United Press
count shows that at least 13
persons have died on Texas
highways since the holiday
period begun at I p.m. Fri-
day.
The latest United Press
survey to pres* time indl •
eated that M persons had
already been killed on the
nation's highways sinre the
holiday period started.
Some 48(1 persons are ex-
pected to be killed on the
highways during the three-
day holiday, 32 of these in
Texas.
Ennis Women Will
Honor Bride-Elect
With Luncheon
Mrs. It J Banner and Mrs.
George Crews will entertain at
noon today with a luncheon al
tin* Dallas Athletic Club honor-
eounty three limu> .ipait ve tet
day Several burns were demul
ished m the area houses wen
unrooted ami some damage w.i
inflicted to I arm equipment
Most ol the damage oeeuted
:at the Vestal Wright Faint where
one burn was destroyed and an
oilier heavily dumaged The tool
was lorn Irom the home ol <>
ear Wright, another lurmei in
tlu* Concord area
Between lour and five im lie
ot rain fell over the sooth part
01 San Antonio, but the wculliei
bureau, located north ol town
recorded only .07 ol an inch
Cleburne reported an official
2 43 inches of rain and up to five
| inehes fell In the county
Telephone lines were Mown
| down between Corsicana and
I Fairfield.
Some lightning damage was
reported at Bellnicud. just north
I ot Waco, and Waco Itself sos
tamed some damage m the north
part One section was without
electricity for a brief period
The cold front early today had
lost some of its punch Some
'scattered thunderstorms still
W'ere reported in the extreme
southeast portion of tlu* stale
hut otherwise it was clear to
j partly cloudy and cool.
Tile front was along a line
from Paris to Temple to June
lion and Alpine oarlv today The
weather bureau said only a weak
1 mi: nti/i
|x>1111 (I \v itei 1
• )s, .11 11 M
\no II
id;
U I III I III
lot
\ I I. .Ill .1
Mansfield Quiet Today
After Friday Tension
mg Miss Joan Sloan of Dallas. I northerly flow of air was behind
bride-elect of Dr Eugene Brock *•
Mrs. Crews will be a brides Overnight low temperatures
maid In the wedding which has ranged from 50 at Dalhart to HI
been set for September 7 at Corpus Christi Amarillo had
Fourteen guests are expected *r>L Lubbock 52. Childress 58 and
MANSFIELD. Tex M'l’i The
Tarrant County community ol
Mansfield tell back today into
the quiet ot a little cotton town
on Saturday an abrupt contra*!
to the scene yesterday Then the
little community arose almost to
a man to defy the federal courts
and keep three Negroes Irom
1 egistei mg in the high 1 hool
But today tin* acne was differ
cut
A Negro woman did some
early morning shopping 01 a
grocery. Negroes worked in a
Idling station ami others slept
or relaxed on Iron! pinches m
a Negro conuiiiiliily about a mile
Fellowship
Planned Tonight
After Revival
from Manslo
Yesterday
scheduled
three Negroes
ill .it I lie school
report by the 11 th Federal Rc
serve Hank in Dallas indicates nol.!!UU
that all major feed crops in the
hank’s district this year will he
under that of last year. The re-
1955 levels. Cotton production
is estimated to be seven per cent
smaller.
anticipated profits that
Plaintiff Donald G. Renault ijwo ^ajf brothers, v. A. Brady ^, _
could have reasonably expected |of Ty,er and 0wen Brady o'f City CoiTUTIISSIOn
breached their contract with j _Mr7 Peel was a member of To Meet Tuesday
$1,700 the First Methodist Church ini A regular meeting of
Ennis.
,,°n says prospects for peanuts had not Defend.nls Isku'iTko c»l n.'ih
rice and pecans also are unde, ....................... ,So * ,-ak' 1,1,11
Man Picks Fight
With Wrong Man
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.
A 24-year-old San
him and also asks for
which is alleged as the amount
that "Rita Renault would have
received and the
(UP)
Antonio
man was jailed early today on | the amount “of liquidated dam-
peace disturbance and drunk ages for the violation of the Fair
charges after driving up to Labor Standards Act. as amend-
Owen Kilday’s automobile and od
vanking him from it with tlu* The plaintiffs also seek $2,500
explanation; Tm looking for for attorney s fee and all court
someone to whip.’’ |costs involved In the suit.
But it was Paul Romberg, not Named as defendants in the
tlu* 64 year-old Ktldav. who got suit are W. Richard Tuck Jr of
the surprise. When Rhombcrg Waxahachie. and Roy M Fish
j(.rkcd Kilday from his car. he and James B. Branch Jr., both of
drawn revolver. Kilday Springhlll. Louisiana, ‘ each in
to be Bexar County his individual capacity and as
members of the limited pjrt-
—- — (nership firm of Ellis Com t ■
I Broadcasting Service. Lt<’
(there be such a legal entity ■
i cognized and doing business u;t
jder and by virtue of the laws of
the
Knnis City Commission will be
. . , The body will arrive at the held Tuesday. September 4. al
defendants l j' k. Keever Mortuary Sunday ( 1 p m. at City Hall. City Seero
earned out the terms of their |mornjng j tary M. B. Moseley announced
Funeral services at the chapel i today.
will be at 10 30 a m Monday, i --------r~z--—- ( _ . . _ .
Burial will be in Myrtle Cenie I "ecount n o w%pf«iai ^°hO Freshmen
contract with her.'’
1‘hc plaintiffs also seek $2.-
133 57 which they allege to be
Davidson Grove
To Reassemble
Tuesday Morning
Davidson Grove 89, Wood-
man's Circle will reassemble for
fall at an all-day meeting Tues-
day at 10:30 a.in. at the W O W
Hull
State manager. Addie Hamlin,
will he guest speaker
The nominating committee
will make a report of new ol fl-
iers for the coming year
Wichita Falls 62. Others mostly
were in the 70*.
Additional rainfall reported
• 1 i H I •( r, L • * I I
mv mui u (,iv iiiiiit'.i ail
I 05 at Muybank. one inch at
Richland. 40 at Trinidad
at Victoria, . San Antonio 10
Lufkin .06. Dallas .03 and Gal
veston, Pularious and Wuco 01
inch.
faced a
happens
Sheriff.
tery.
i bank by mail service available. £lect Officers
Do you have Polio Insurance? Ii1 Member of FDIC. Knnis Stale
not see—Ruddle Davis Ins.
Bank.
Weather
KNNIS and VICINITY-
Fair through Sunday. Cool
this afternoon and tonight,
a little warmer Sunday.
High this afternoon near 90;
low tonight in lower 60 s;
high Sunday afternoon in
lower 90 s. Wind northeast
10 to 15 miles per hour, be-
coming light easterly to-
night and Sunday.
VACATION TIME—Trip Iniur
aare available. Buddie Davis Ip
nrain Agency.
the State of Texas, and as co-i
partners of the partnership firm!
of Ellis County Broadcasting'
Service, and as to the individual
W. Richard Tuck Jr. as a sole
proprietorship doing business
under the firm or business name
of Richard Tuck Enterprises.”
The defendants allege that
they have been unable to deter-
mine “who was the owner of the
business at any particular time.”
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WORLD’S LONGEST—Motorists taking part in ribbon-cutting
ceremonies at opening of the 24-mile causeway linking Louis-
ania's Jefferson Parish on the south and Tammany Parish on
the north over take Ponchartrain. wait for completion of cere-
monies. Bridge is world's longest.
The freshman class at St John '
School elected class officers and
Sodality officers on Friday,
(lass officers elected are!
Ah tie llorak. president; Joyce
Junk, vice president; Daniel
i Smhk. secretary; Jere Lynn Me-i
Glocklin. treasurer and Hetty
I Hon/.a. reporter
Sodality officers include Mary'
'Catherine Kucera, Prefect; Gene |
Kni/.e, vice-prefect; Charlene
i Kuhelka. secretary; Janis. trea-
surer and Patsy Zabojnik social
committe chairman.
JAY WALKERS DIE !
SAN FRANCISCO — (UP)—,
I Latest figures from the Callfor-
' nia State Automobile Associa-
tion indicate that about 40 per
cent of pedestrian deaths in
California occured because of
crossing between intersections. I
A young people s lellow Jiip
will be held .diet youth led re
vival services at the Fan view
Baptist ( hoi i h tOloglit
Grover Andrew v associate
itirector ot politic reiation . at
Baylor University in Waco wdl
L) have charge lie won acclaim
in Ins work with young people
while serving as youth direetoi
at the Seventh and James Bap-
tist Church in Waco and First
Baptist Church in Corsicana
The fellowship will follow
‘date night" services ol the re
vival The revival vs huh stalled
Thursday is being led by two 18
year old youths vs ho vs ill Cnlei
Baylor University as freshmen
this tall
Roddy Ray ol Corsicana i*
preaching while Ronnie Pollan
of Knnis is music director
The church services will
start at 8 pm and the Icllnw
slop will follow at about 9 o'
clock this evening
Graveside Rites
For Baby Gonzales
Joe Gon/.ales. infant son of
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Gonzales,
died Friday at Knnis Municipal
Hospital The child was born at
the hospital earlier in the day
Survivors include the parents,
of 1907 North Floyd St . one
CHARGED—A female member brother, Gilbert Gonzales Jr .
of Ruxaia'i Olympic team was one sister. Enereida Gonzales,
arrested in a downtown store in and the grandparents. Mr and
London and charged with at- Mrs Lucas Garcia of Ramirez,
tempting to steal A one dollar Mexico., and Mrs Petra Gonzales
hat.. Scotland Yard identified of Ennis
her as Nina Panonuireva. star The Rev John McCullum con
became o It
i Id
tened by re-
ports ol v< t;,it
mu
dd happen to
them that lhe
\ i'
'uui.il Nssocia
lion lot Ndvatn
(Hi
eni ul ( uloted
people 11 led 1 <
i e
tifoll them by
telegram h>
ol <
if finals reltls
ed s.od all i e. i
made mi pel o
f i
d mn must be
Governor V
km
Shivers or-
det ed two 11
*\Hl
Rangers to
look met the
till
mn at Mitts
I mid vv liei (
IV
\i gro stu-
(lent, vicic |U(
>v ei
tied from en-
foiling in an
all
w Into school
Vc'defd.: v The
1 lues had 11
coin I Ol (let o
.ui
mil them blit
mote tIi.iii ino
"In
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the st iideid’ a
Shi (
. a v
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ol 1 k in 1 . to 11 ai
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i .HIV studcllt
vv hose ,d !i ul.
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(' teasotiahly
i <mi Id lie i alt i
Violence
ll.it
e 1 to incite
In another
e
i;•• • ;»1 ion dts
pule neat 1 v ’
idd persons de
limn ,t i ildl mi
( ‘ll
ilnti Tenues-
>ee la t nqdil
,\
u one was ni-
piled '(lit e
i ,n i at ryntg
Negfoe v. <’te
(1
ain.iged The
i mtmg ( ante
it 1
in end ol tin*
Ills! Wi'k III
veil ( la* se^ at
< tint on lli 111
S(
hool Sheriff
Glad Win id w .i ’
(1
aid he may
have to < .ill
(tie it nut Hitt
down today
in Knoxt
white ('ili/.cn
teticod to ,i
fedcr a I
violat iru;
deltvet mi
dies ill
claimed
stifled up It
f ol low ill the
glues to '!i( ll
It
v : lie ,i h'.idcr o| t 111*
eti . Council vv ,i,etl
a v< it in ).<11 Ii_v a
id. ” (in ( hut ges ot
ii in jtim tton against
itit t inti" t at mu speii
Clinton Nut horit i«*s
id. Ka pci had
11 *1 < in Clinton
dun ■ mu ol Ne
11 i hool
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Each account laurMl ep te $!•<•* discus thrower on the Soviet ducted graveside rites
j 00b by Federal Deposit Insar- team which came to lamduti to Burial under the direction of
anee ('orporatlna. Ennis Sint meet British track challengers the J K Keever Mortuary was
Ranb. ! In St Joseph Cemetery
New Residents
The Rev and Mrs T J. O’Neal
are among Knnis newest resi-
dents Mi O’Neal is pastor of the
Ennis Church of God September
2 will l>«* their first Sunday in
Knnis
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