The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 157, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 1955 Page: 5 of 10

                                
SUPER VALUE DAYS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Super Value Days, a giant two-j started In Ennis five months ago I of July fell on the first Monday of I During Super Value Days—par-j wide variety of fine merchandise of- j will back again.    IValue Days.    t of The Ennis Daily News,
day merchandising event, will be I and which have, grown more pop-1 this month, the Chamber of Com-[ ticipating merchants offer extra- J fered here at attractive prices. j Tire merchants plso use these! Super Value ads of Allen’s Fumi'-I The managers of these stores ln-
•taged In Ennis stores Wednesday ular with shoppers each time they merce Trade Development Com- special prices on quality merchan- I These merchants want shoppers specials as a way of saying "Thank I ture Company, Anthony’s, Ellen’s, vlte you to look at the specials In
and Thursday.    have been staged.    mittee, which sponsors the bargain dise.    I    to meet the friendly salespeople I You’’ to these people who haveJEnis Cottons, R. J. Goldman Com-[these ads and then head for big
Bargains for the whole family—J Super Value Days are usually held I festival—decided to hold the July! These stores offer this bonus to j who work In Ennis stores.    [shopped Ennis regularly.    Jpany, MacRay’s, The Red Door, | savings at their stores during Ennla
and many of them—are the theme [ on the first Tuesday and Wednesday Super Value Days on Wednesday | buyers with the idea of gettine pen-I They aro confident that or.ee} AH in all it adds up to big sav- J Southern Auto, Western Auto, ana i super Value Days Wednesday and
of Super Value Days, which were [of each month. Because the. Fourth j ana Thursday.    [pie to visit Enms stores to see the [ people come to Ennis to shop they} lags for buyers who shop Super [k. Wolen’s appear in today’s lsauo [ Thursday.
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NO. 157
NATION'S SEAL GOES ON DISPLAY—Secretary of
State John Dulles impresses the Great Seal of the
United States on a document as the symbol of authority,
together with its old-fashioned hand-operated press, goes
on public display for the first time at ttie State Depart-
ment Building in the nation’s capital. (NEA Telephoto)
Giles Trial
Boss Down
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By United Pram,
Seven Year Old
Bails Out Brother
HOUSTON — A seven-year-old
gii.l, with long brown hair and big
serious eyes, walked Into the po-
lice station at Houston. She told
Bond Officer T. R Robbins she
wanted to bail out her brother.
Robbins checked It would cost
five dollars.
The little girl started counting
out pennies and ntckles. She said:
“I got It from my piggy bank. No-
body else will help him so I have
to.”
But the coins ran out when the
total reached four-dollars-and-90
cents. Tears welled In the little
girls big eyes. Then a bondsman
reached over and laid down a dime.
The little girl smiled
The little girl, a happy smile on
her face, walked hand-inhand from
the station with her tall, tired
looking brother who Is charged
with drunkenness.
Target Plane Crashes
Near El Paso
EL PASO -A B-26 target towing
plane has crashed and burned In
the desert 15 miles southeast of the
El Paso International Airport, kil-
ling two men aboard.
The plane was based at Biggs
Ait Force Base near El Paso. A
Biggs Spokesman says the plane
was on a training mission and was
attached to the First Tow Target
Squadron.
Two or three men are all the
planes carry normally on such
flights.
Names of the two dead are being
held up until notification of rela-
tives.
Fort Worth Woman Thinks
Son Jailed in Mexico
FORT WORTH. Tex —A woman
here says she believes her son is In
a Mexican Jail but that Mexican po-
lice deny holding him. Mrs. Ruby
Brown has sought help from Fort
Worth police. She says her son,
Leonard Brown, 20, of Deoatnr,
Texas went to Cuidad Acuna, Mex-
ico across the border from Del Rio,
Sunday with three friends, told her
on returning that Leonard was in
a fight with Ciudad Acuna police,
was pistol whipped and taken away.
Mrs. Brown phoned border patrol
officers at Del Rio early today and
was told Ciucad Acuna police deny
holding anyone of her son's de-
scription.
Mrs. Campbell, 39,
Dies at Waco Home
Mrs Edward Campbell, 39, for-
merly Miss Lena Bell Marvin of
Ennis, died at her home in Waco
Monday night.
She was born, Feb. 18. 1916, at
Mabank Her parents were Mr. and
Mis. J. iA. Marvin. She was reared
In the Ennis community and was
married here in 1936.
Mrs. Campbell marie her home
In Waco for four years.
Survivors include her husband;
four sons. James Ray. Jack, Walter
and Donald all of the home ad-
dress; six brothers, Henry T. Mar-
vin of Ennis, Travis Marvin and
Horace Marvin, both of Dallas;
James Marvin of Bakersfield, Calif.,
Jack Marvin and Noel Marvin of
Canton, and two sisters. Mrs. J. C.
Sheets of Ennis and Mrs. J. P.
Snipes of Bard well.
Mrs. Campbell was a member of
the Hillcrcst Methodist Church in
Waco.
Funeral services are scheduled
for 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Kcever
Chapel. The Rev Frank Bartos
Jr., pastor of the Bosqueville Met-
hodist Church will conduct the
rites, assisted by the Rev. H. H.
McCollum of Ennis.
Burial will be in Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
Steamed lip Again
ClIRiREN BAY. Win.—iUP».—An
old steam locomotive had been sil-
ting on a railroad siding here for
years, but one day neighbors were
startled to see smoke pouring from
" the old engine's stack. Fireman
discovered that some boys had
stuffed an old mattress and other
? rubbish In the firebox of the en-
gine and set it, Hire.
AUSTIN, Tex. (UP>.—'The trial
of former Land Commissioner Bas-
com Giles on a charge he stole more
than $6,000 of state money has bog-
ged down in a legal argument with-
out a single juror's being chosen.
The argument was between Dis-
trict Attorney Les Proctor and J
Paul Little, a Crystal City attorney
Little has also been Indicted in
the veterans land scandals but not
in the same transactions that Giles'
present trial at Austin is concerned
with.
Sunday Services
For Mr. Turner
Funffral services for James P.
Turner were held at the Bunch
Funeral Chapel at 4.30 p.m. Sunday
with Dr. O. I,. Hargis officiating.
Mr. Turner died at his home here
Saturday.
Those who served as pallbearers
Included R. W. Hesser, Owen
Marchbanks, F. L. Rnorbach and
George H. Barney, all of Ennis;
Clyde Forehand ot Galveston and
Glenn Forehand of Palmer.
Burial was in Myrtle Cemetery.
Quick, easy loans made on cash
value of life insurance policies. Low-
rates. Member of FDIC. ENNIS
STATE BANK.
DEATH RINGS CURTAIN
—Broadway Actress Isabel
Bonner is shown in a previ-
ous playing1 of the scene in
which she died as she spoke
her lines during a perform-
ance of “The “Shrike” at the
Carthay Circle Theater, Los
Angeles. Actor Dane Clark,
in bed, ad-libbed lines until
the curtain could lx* rung
down. (NEA TckphuW)
The tral is the first to come up in
court since the scandals were un-
covered in the multi-million dollar
Veterans Land Program.
The district attorney wanted Lit-
tle to show up with certain cancel-
led checks he had been ordered to
appear with. After a lengthy argu-
ment — Little's attorney, Everett
Looney .produced the, checks on or-
ders of District Judge Charles Betts.
Betts and Looney went through
the checks while Proctor read from
his subpoena. Finally they found
two that appeared to match — and
Betts ordered Looney to keep them
available.
There was also an argument ear-
lier between one of Giles' attorneys
and the district attorney. Betts did
not require that the documents
Proctor wanted Giles to show be
brought in, but he noted for the
record that his attorneys ‘failed or
refused to furnish the documents.”
A venire of 300 was called to se-
lect a jury room. Giles sat at the
counsel table with his son Rogan—
and appeared affable and smiling.
During the morning, attorneys
also found time to question two
veniremen—one of whom was dis-
missed when he, said he had already
formed an opinion about the case
and the other—General Jackson, a
Negro—who was dismissed without
explanation.
The State also dismissed one of
the three counts of the. indictments
against Giles; That he conspired to
steal $6,800 of state money. The
two counts which remain accuse
him of being an accomplice to the
theft and with actually stealing it.
T. G. Wright, 88,
Dies at Alma Home
Thomas Gabo Wright, 88, resi-
dent of Alma for 52 years .died at
his home early Monday morning.
He was a retired farmer.
Wright was born in Lacy Spring.
Alabama. April 8. 1867. He came to
Texas at the age of 14 and lived in
Kaufman County before, going to
Alma. He was married there to Miss
Mattie Treadawny who died in 1942.
Survivors include two sons; Gil-
bert Wright and Joel D. Wright,
both of Alma; eight daughters, Mrs.
J. O. Lewis. Mrs. W. S. Fitzgerald
and Mrs. Johnnie Kouba, all of En-
nis. Mrs. Wendell Elliott of Alma.,
Mrs. Gregory Bell and Mrs. Ruth
Edens, both of Dallas .and Mrs.
Aaron Phelps and Mrs. Eldred
Cheyne, both of Fort Worth: 23
grandchildren nnd 13 great grand-
children, and one sister, Mrs. Ida
Echols of Sumerville, Alabama.
Wright was a member of tho
First Christian Church In Ennis.
Funeral services were to be held
at Roever Chapel at 4 p.m. today
with Dr. O. L. Hargis officiating,
assister by Rev. J. C. Johnson, pas-
tor of the Baptist Church at Byrd.
Bilfial was to be In Myrtle
v uinei er}.
Bright New Paint
On Fire Plugs Not
For Decoration
Fire plugs in Ennis are cur-
rently being painted in bright red,
green and yellow, colors, but the
brilliant color scheme is not for
decoration, Buster Floyd, city wa-
ter superintendent, said today .
The colors indicate the size of
water main which serves the plug
so the firemen will know how much
water to count on in case of fire,
Floyd said.
Red fire plugs indicate a 4-inch
main. Yellow plugs shows a 6-inch
main and green plugs tell that the
plug is attached to a 8-inch main.
Two New Plugs
A new 8-inch fire plug was re-
cently installed in front of Socl-
ders Chevrolet Comuany. The new
plug will improve protection to a
wide commercial and industrial
area. Hose.s will no longer have to
be run across Highway 75—which
is being widened, Floyd stated.
Also being installed is a new plug
on a 6 - inch main at Jones and
Washington in the north part of
the Fourth Ward.
This new plug will bring better
fire protection to a large are,a of
the Fourth Ward.
Several houses have been lost in
the area, Floyd said. The availabil-
ity of a fire plug to the area will
result in reduced fire insurance
rates for property in that section,
Floyd stated.
Ho Violent Deaths
Over Fourth In County
Shooting, Fire Cracker Accident
Mar Holiday Weekend in Ennis
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Dr. T.W. White, 79,
Dies in Houston
Dr. Thomas Watson White, 79,
formerly a physician in Ennis for
many years, died at his home in
Houston, Monday morning, follow-
ing a heart attack several days ago.
He was born in Palmer, February
8, 1876. His parents were Dr. and
Mrs. R B. White and his father
was a pioneer physician and sur-
geon who practiced first in Palmer
and later in Ennis.
He received his education in the
public schools in Ennis, at Trinity-
University when it was at Tehua-
cana, and at the University of Tex-
as Medical School from which he
was graduated in 1898
He served in the United States
Army Medical Corps in Cuba dur-
ing the Spanish American War
He was married to Miss Jessie
Fountain of Ennis and he began
the, practice of medicine at Crisp
and later practiced at Rockett
After studying further in Chicago,
111 . and New Orleans, La., he was
an eye, ear. nose and throat spe-
cialist in Ennis for many years.
Survivors include his wife; one
son T. W. White Jr. of Dallas; one
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Bennett of
Houston; one granddaughter, one
brother. Clair White of Dallas, and
one sister, Mrs. J. S. Rowe o f
Brownsville.
He was a member of the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church.
There were brief rites in Hous-
ton this morning and the body was
to lie in state at Kcever Chapel
between the hours of 4:45 and 5:30
p.m. this afternoon.
Tlie Rev. R. H. Rensor was to
conduct the burial rites in Myrtle
Cemetery where Dr. White was to
be, buried beside his parents.
Depot Concerts
OTTUMWA, la. — (UP) —Don
Watters, a local school teacher,
bought an electric organ but found Quinlin; three brothers, Wayne
he didn't have room for it in his
living quarters. He persuaded the
management of a bus depot to
house it. Whenever Watters wants
to play he goes to the depot and
entertains the waiting passengers.
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JOHN WAS MISTAKEN—John Secor, 16, of New York
City, who boasted to a companion that “no one could stab
me, I could take the knife away from him,” was tragically
wrong. John failed to elude his chum’s knife, and his
body lies in front of the West 20th Police Station desk,
which he reached before he died of a stomach wound.
(NEA Telephoto)
News Staff Members
Receive Promotions
Promotions were announced for
three staff members of The Ennis
Daily News today by Charles E.
Gentry, general manager
Elizabeth Parsons becomes asso-
ciate editor. Rose Barkley, becomes
society editor in addition to her
duties as classified advertising man-
ager, and Mrs. M. J. Pace becomes
chief proof-reader in addition to
being in charge of the office sup-
plies department of the paper.
These changes in assignment went
into effect this morning. Gentry
said.
Associate Editor
Mrs. Parsons, who has been on
tho stuff of The News for five years
will cover general news, write spe-
cial features, and assist Editor Dan
Bus in la is duties.
Her new column, “Thru My Bi-
focals,'’ will appear on the women’s
page.
Mrs. Parsons got her start In the
newspaper business as an Associate
Ennis Man’s Sister
Dies in Quinlan
Mrs. Henry Chambers of Quin-
lan, sister of George Henderson of
Ennis, died of a, cerebral
hemorrhage at her home in Quin-
lan Saturday morning. She was 46
years of age.
Survivors include, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs H N Henderson, Iipi
husband and her son, Bobby, all of
Henderson of Quinlan, Bob Hend-
erson of Uvalde and George Hend-
erson of Ennis; two sisters, Mrs.
Lewis Lovelace of Corpus Christ!
ami Mrs. P. C. Montgomery of
Uvalde.
Mother and Five Children Die
In Wisconsin Car-Train Crash
DAIREN, Wise. (UP).—A Mil-
waukee road passenger train struck
an automobile carrying 11 persons
at Darien, Wise., today. Five chil-
dren and their mother were killed.
The father watched horror-strick-
en from the porch of his parent’s
home 200 feet away as the speed-
ing train ripped into the car.
The driver of the car, Beatrice
Smith, was injured critically, Har-
riet Smith and her children, Larry,
aped 13, Keith. 6 Jacquelyn, 4 Deb
bie. 1. and Skipnie, three-mouths uld
I were killed.
Four other Smith children are in
serious condition.
The father, B. Eddie Smith, saw
the crash from tire back porch of
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Smith.
All the victims were from Beloit,
Wise., except Beatrice who lived
with her parents.
The accident occurred at an un-
authorized, unmarked crossing. Po-
lice say the driver, who survived,
ooulri have driven 300 yards farther
And taken an overpass annw >b*‘
ed Press correspondent.
Society Editor
Mrs Barkley, with The News 3
years as classified advertising man-
ager, Joins the edtorlal staff of the
paper as society editor.
She will handle all women’s news
items. "On The Avenue” becomes
her column today.
Chief Proof Reader
Mrs. Mi J Pace, who Joined the
company recently, becomes chief
proof reader. Her new responsibility
will be supervision of checking lino-
type copy for errors.
Gentry said these promotions
were a part of a general program of
improvement oi The News.
Mrs. A. Kurz Dies
Sunday Morning
Mrs. Anton Kurz, 77, resident of
Ennis for 31 years, died at Ennis
Municipal Hospital Sunday morn-
ing following a cerebral hemor-
rhage at her home earlier in the,
day.
She was born July 8. 1878 in
Czechoslovakia and came to the
United States when she was 10
years old. Before her marriage
September 14, 1924—she was Miss
Frances Psencik. She lived at
Granger and at Rowena before
coming to Ennis.
Survivors Include her husband;
two stepsons, Frank Kurz of Palo
Alto, Calif., and William Kurz of
Maywood, 111.; two stepdaughters,
Mrs. Vincent Kassl of Chicago and
Mrs Joseph Kahrhoff of Maywood,
111., 12 step grandchildren and 12
step great grandchildren: two sis-
ters, Mrs. Emily Machotka and Miss
Mary Psencik, both of Miles, and
one brother, John Psencik of Eola.
Mrs. Kurz was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church in Ennis.
She was graduated in 1903 from the
Presbyterian Missionary Training
.School in Pittsburgh, Pa. and did
mission work in Houston and oth-
er points In South Texas before
coming to Ennis, whore she also did
mission work.
Funeral services are to be held at
Keevor Chapel at 4 p.m. Wednesday,
with the Rev. Frank Kostohryz of
Temple officiating.
Burial wits to bo in Myrtle
Cemetery'.
A non-fatal shooting and a fire- bor, Felan Etisanlo—in the left leg
cracker accident were about the
only incidents reported which kept
the 3-day Fourt of July weekend in
Ennis from being perfectly safe.
No violent deaths occurred any-
where in Ellis County over the
weekend, Sheriff Burl White re-
ported this morning. Only a few
mionr traffic accidents happened
in the county, the shefiff said.
Shooting
Alberto Ousmann of Ennis is be-
ing held in County Jail on charges
of aggravated assault after he al-
legedly shot his next door neigh-
Senators Pray For
Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson
WASHINGTON. D. C. (UP).—
Senators tsood in silent prater today
for the recovery of Majority Leader
Lyndon B Johnson. The Texas
Democrat was stricken Saturday
night with a heart attack. Johnson
is reported improving satisfactorily
although still in serious condition
at the Naval Medical Center In Be-
thesda. Acting Majority Leader
Earle Clements of Kentucky says
the Senate i« over the hump In its
work And he told fellow lawmak-
ers: "Working together, we can fin-
ish jn a way that will make John-
son proud of this Senate."
Tlie, Senate majority leader may
be back on the Job by next Jan-
uary. Senator Johnson’s doctor says
the stricken Democratic leader
should be able ti> return to the Sen-
ate early next year if he, has no
further he^rt :&t)tackd.;
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Casebolt Invited
To Judge Okie
Newspapers
Floyd W. Casebolt, editor and
publisher of the Eastland Tele-
gram. has been invited to serve
as judge of the newspaper contest
uf the Oklahoma Press Associa-
tion, by Bill Little Jr. of the as-
sociation. Mr. Casebolt said that
if the chore doesn't require too
much time he will accept. Mr.
Casebolt is a Missouri University
Journalism School graduate and
has spent his adult life In the
profession.
He was formerly editor of The
Ennis Daily News.
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CHERRY QUEEN—Sharon
Dolan, 18, of Traverse City,
Mich., will reijrn as Queen
of the National Cherry Fes-
tival, .Inly 13-15. The title
is quite a plum for the
young beauty, first local
Kir! Li by .<.! Uv,nvivt1 in !7
jeafk G'bA r^lv-pluM.))
during an argument at 2:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sheriff White stated this
morning.
The incident occurred at 402
West Lampasas Street, the sheriff
said.
He stated Etisanlo was released
frein a Waxahachie hospital fol-
lowing emergency treatment.
Fireworks Accident
A 5-year-old Ennis boy was re-
leased from Municipal Hospital to-
day after remaining there over-
night for treatment of bums
around the mouth he received on
the Fourth when a Roman candle
he was shooting backfired.
One Traffic Accident In City
City Police officers said they had
a qule.t weekend Only one minor
traffic mishap was reported in the
city during the 3-day holiday.
A car driven by Claude Robert
Swearing of Fort Worth—traveling
west on Ennis Avenue, ran the
traffic light at Clay and hit a
car driven north of Clay by Edwin
Raymond Nekuza, Route 3, Ennis,
officers reported. No injuries re-
sulted and damage to both cars
were minor.
Nation’s Toll A Record
American motorists have set a
new record on the nation’s high-
ways
But they’re not proud of this one.
Tnstead of cheers, It brings tears to
many families acros the, land. The
highway death toll for the Fourth
of July weekend zoomed past the
?«0 mark and officials fear that
when all the figures are in it wdll
top 400.
Soaring temperatures sent vaca-
tioners rushing to beaches and lakes
in the summer's big heat wave. But
the rusy proved a costly one.
A United Press survey shows 391
persons were killed on the highways
during the weekend—a new traffic
fatality record.
California Leads Nation
California had the worst record
with 40 traffic deaths.
And the widespread heat sent
drowtiings zooming to 216.
Thirteen other persons died in
plane crashes and 123 In miscel-
laneous accidents. Anu fireworks—
once the major killer of July 4th—
killed only one, persons yesterday
The total death toll so far for tha
3-day weekend—726.
The, vast heat wave—which has
been bothing all but the Northwest-
ern stales—caused plenty of frayed
nerves yesterday. In Chicago, ona
Fowroth of July picnic produced
some human fireworks. Part of a
huge crowd at Trumbull Park in-
jured six policemen who were try-
ing to break up a brawl. A young
college student was shot ih tha
stomach during the holiday frea
for-all.
President Eisenhower took it easy
at his Camp David retreat in
Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains—
practicing golf Today—along with
many million other Americans—the
President returned to work. And to
a grinding July schedule that will
include the Big Four Conference
and the possible windup of Con-
gress
Texans Safer Than Expected
A United Press survey Indicates
that motorists were apparently
more cautious In Texas than on
previous holidays during the long
Fourth of July weekend.
Traffic deaths fell far short of
the prediction made by the Depart-
ment of Public Safety Drowning*
and miscellaneous accidents claimed
many lives. The DPS (Department
of Public Safety) predicted that 29
persons would die on Texas high-
ways.
The survey shows that traffic ac-
cidents took at least 14 deaths—
considerably under the, estimate.
Drowning* adaimed 15 Uvea and
miscellaneous acctdents anothtr
15.
Weather
Dallas-Fort-Worth and vicinity
—partly cloudy and warm this
afternoon, tonight and tomorrow
High both afternoons lower Mi
Low tonight middle Ha