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ENNIS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957
EIGHT PAGES—FIVE CENTS
NO. 169
TEXAS
BRIEFS
Ingleside Man Killed
While Fixing Flat Tire
GREGORY. Tex. (UP).—A 27-
year-old Ingleside. Texas, man
loct his life while fixing a flat
on U-S Highway 181 near Greg-
ory, 18 miles north of Corpus
Christi. He was Wilber Arthur
Edwards, who was crushed to
death last night when an auto-
mobile rammed another car
which was parked and using its
lights so Edwards could see to
change the tire. The crash caus-
ed the parked car to pin Ed-
wards between it and his own
vehicle.
20 Giant Helicopters
To Fly Out of Dallas
DALLAS. Tex. (UP).—A fleet
of 20 giant twin-rotor Army
helicopters will fly out of Dallas
tomorrow morning on their way
to field exercises in Nevada.
Nineteen of the big ’copters flew
over Dallas at dusk yesterday,
in one of the biggest mass heli-
copter maneuvers seen over the
city. The 20th ‘copter has been
delayed in Shreveport for minor
repairs and is scheduled to ar-
rive in Dallas today.
Texas Tech To Hold Slated
Community Workshops
LUBBOCK, Tex. (UP).—Three
Texas Tech adult workers for
community groups will be held
as scheduled this month and
next, although the school’s adult
education program has been eli-
minated.
The workshops are scheduled
from July 22nd to August 2nd.
A Tech spokesman says the
recent action by the school's
Board of Directors cutting out
the program is not effective un-
til September 1st.
Youth Loses His Life
In Grain Elevator Fall
GRANGER. Tex. (UP).—A 95-
foot fall from a grain elevator
tower in Granger. Texas, has
left a teenager dead. The vic-
tim was 17-ycar-old Brian Engle-
brecht of Georgetown, who was
fatally injured in the fall from
the tower at Granger.
Classes of Two Colleges
Leave on 6,000 Mile Tour
DENTON, Tex. (UP).—Geogra-
phy classes from two colleges
leave Denton today in an air
conditioned bus for a 6.000 mile-
trip of the West and Southwest.
The 27-day trip w ill take I la-
classes of North Texas State at
Denton and Southwest Texas
State at San Marcos to various
parts of the West and Southwest
Students making the tour w ill he
given six semester hours of cre-
dit.
36th Division Guardsmen
To Have Inspection Today
NORTH FORT HOOD. Tex
(UP).—National Guardsmen of
the 36th Division will be in-
spected today in their summer
encampment at North Fort
Hood. General W. G. Wyman
commander of the Continental
Army Command, will tour the
encampment by helicopter and
jeep with Major General Carl
L. Phinney, the 36th Division
commander. They will visit front
line battalions engaged in the
biggest peacetime maneuver in
the division’s history. All 10,-
000 troops are taking part in the
exercise.
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SEARCH NARROWS—The search for Miss U.S.A. in the Miss Universe contest has been nar-
rowed to these 15 American beauties, one of whom will be named Miss U.S.A. Left to right
and state they represent: Helen Garrott. Arkansas; Peggy Jacobson. California; Marianne
Gain. Illinois: .Judith Ann Hall, Iowa; Jeona Gage. Massachusetts; Sandra Ramsey. Maryland;
Carolyn AleGirr. Nebraska; Joan Adams, Nevada; Sanita Pclky, New York; Kathryn Gabriel,
Ohio: .Jean Spoils, South Carolina; Gloria Hunt, Texas; Charlotte Sheffield, Utah; Diana Sha-
fer Washington, and Ruth Parr. West Virginia.
Ennis to Send Three Men
To Texas Firemen's School
House Group Passes
Civil Service Pay Raise
Administration Opposes Boost
Of $539,MO,009 For 950,000
WASHINGTON, D. C. (UP).—
A House committee has approv-
ed* a $530,000,000 year pay raise
for 950.000 government em-
ployees. The action wt* taken
despite administration opposi-
tion.
The House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee voted
14-10 for a bill boosting salaries
Assistant Fire Marshal Ray
Kicker! Jr. and two members of
the Ennis \olunteer Fire Depart-
ment will attend the 28th annual
Texas Firemen's Training School
to hr- held on the campus of 'Tex-
as A & M College in College
Station. July 21-20.
The two firemen. Ruddy Hoov-
er and Lilly Jack Hart, will re-
ceive basic firefighting training
while Kickcrt will take the lire
marshal's course.
Emus receives a five per cent
credit on fire insurance rates
for sending the men to the
Downtown Dallas Fire
Causes $25,000 Damage
DALLAS, Tex. (UP).—Damage
from a downtown Dallas fire
that destroyed a warehouse and
gutted a house trailer is etimated
at $25,000. One fireman. J. L
Traphagen, suffered a minor in-
jury when hit in the eye by a
hose. An investigation still is
made to determine the cause of
the fire which destroyed a gal-
vanised metal warehouse con-
taining mostly plastic scrap in
bales. A house trailer back of
the warehouse also was damaged
by the fire._
Vacationer's—See Buddie Davis
for Trip lasuraace.
Ennis Scouters
Go to Meeting
At Camp Wisdom
Garner Dunkerley Jr . chair-
man of the finance committee
for the southern section of Cir-
cle 10 ('mined, and Carl John-
son assi,slant will he among
some 200 Circle Ten Council up-
per ci lielon \ olunteer Scouters
who will "other at Camp Wisdom
this evening
They will meet for budget ap-
proval and final discussion of
overall planning for Fall finance
campaigns and Chests and Funds
cooperation by the organization.
Dallas Mayor K. L. Thornton
Jr. Ellis i minty native and fin-
ance campaign chairman, will
give the major inspirational ad-
dress ot the evening, winding
up a m l ies of concise reports
from Big Seven committee
chairmen.
During ihe evening the Seoul-
cio limn throughout the Circle
'Ten Council fourteen-county
area will enjoy swimming in the
Camp V. i.sdom pool and will he
served a ‘chicken n ham' ban-
quet m the camp rness hall.
school. Fire Chief Hugh Fitzger-
ald stated.
According to the policy of the
fire department, the members
who attend the school serve as
drill instructors for the following
year.
In addition to the regular fire-
fighting courses, other special
features will include training in
emergency rescue operations,
and field demonstrations of the
latest methods of fire control.
The school is expected to at-
tract more than 1200 students
representing fire departments
and safety divisions of cities, in-
dustries and the armed services.
They will come from points
throughout Texas and 20 other
states.
The week-long event is spon-
sored by the State Firemen’s
and Fire Marshals’ Association
and is conducted by the Engi-
neering Extension Service of the
Texas A. and M. College System.
RADIATION
“Radiation detection and pro-
tective measures against radia-
tion, will! he emphasized in this
year's school because we have
recognized that firefighters must
prepare themselves as the pub-
lic's first line of defense against
Blast Ship’s
Pharmacist
Mates Praised
NEW YORK. N. Y. (UP).—A
rescue ship's medical officer has
praised the quick work of two
Navy pharmacist mates aboard
the Navy escort Somersworth
after an explosion.
The explosion killed three
sailors and injured eight oth-
ers. The blast occurred while
the ship was on a training ex-
ercise off the eastern tip of
Long Island last night.
A medical officer aboard the
liner Queen Mary—which stood
by the Somersworth—said four
of the injured would have died
had it not been for the two
pharmacist mates.
W'hat actually happen was a
king-sized grenade, charged
with two and one-half pounds of
TNT. The grenade was being
used in underwater sound ex-
periments. Navy investigators
said it may have gone off pre-
maturely because of a defective
time fuse.
UP
NEW ENNISITE — O. H.
Storey .Jr. will come here as
gypsum products manager for
the Flint koto Company. His ap-
pointment to the position was
mnounced Wednesday.
Weather
ENNIS AND VICINITY
Fair this afternoon through
tomorrow Highest both af-
ternoons upper 90s. and low
tonight upper 70s. Wind
liglit southerly.
the disastrous effects of un-
controlled radiation, which may
result not only in the event of
nuclear war. but in the event of
accidental contamination which
may occur in the use or hand-
ling of radioactive materials in
industry," according to Henry D.
Smith, director of the Texas
Firemen's Training School.
He pointed out that the in-
creasing peacetime use of radio-
active materials in industries
and research establishments has
produced problems and hazards
in the figfiting of fires in those
areas. He said this situation mak-
es it necessary that all firemen
have the equipment and instruc-
tion needed to detect radiation
property and to protect person-
nel fighting fires in contaminat-
ed areas.
Students will receive training
in the use of such radiation de-
tecting devices as Geiger Count-
ers, ionization chambers and
dosimeters. They will also learn
the most effective methods of
decontamination.
A 20-acrc field area on the
campus will be used to stage a
number of realistic demonstra-
tions of the latest firefighting
techniques and fire equipment.
Students will learn the best ways
to control all types of residential
industrial and chemical fires.
RESCUE SCHOOL
In addition to the regular faci-
lities of the school, the plant and
equipment of the Texas Rescue
School, which has been provided
by the State Division of Defense
anil UiaciSICi ixCiitH ami Inc • tG
oral Civil Defense Administra-
tion, will he utilized.
The Rescue School facility
consists of a ‘disaster street"
containing various types of
houses and buildings in varying
states of demolition. The rescue
class students are given field in-
structions in rescuing "victims’
from these structures.
Basic courses are given men
attending the school for the first
time and advanced courses are
conducted for experienced fire-
fighters. Special courses will be
given for fire marshals, fire
officers, training officers and
military and industrial firemen.
So, You Think
You Got Troubles
NEW ORLEANS. La. (UP).
—The next time you feel sor-
ry for yourself just think of
Mrs. Jcrimiah McGrath.
Mrs. McGrath is in N c w
Orleans hospital—the mother
of triplets.
Her husband also is in the
hospital. He contacted ma-
laria in the South Pacific dur-
ing World War II.
Seven other McGrath chil-
dren are at home. Their home
has only one bedroom Their
washing machine doesn't
work.
But Mrs. McGrath is still
hopeful. Today, from her hos-
pital bed she said—"maybe a
Fairy Godmother will come
along ”
Seagoville
Infant Killed
In Dallas Wreck
DALLAS. Tex (UP). — An 11-
month-old Seagoville infant has
been killed in an automobile
crash here. The child was Dan-
ny Jos Poston, the son of Mrs
Janice Elaine Poston, whose au-
tomobile collided with another
vehicle on a Dallas street today.
The infant was riding in
romper (Seat and was thrown
from the automobile which
overturned on him. The woman
driver of the second car escap-
ed injury.
Committees
Named by Lions
For Sept. 5 Picnic
Committees were announced
by Hubert Marcia. Lion presi-
dent for the annual Lions Club
Picnic, which will he held Sep
tember 5.
Members of the committees
are Food: Bill Huffstetler. Jack
Howard. Pete Barney and Tracy
Lanier; Cold Drinks: Don Wash
burn and Guy Henry; and Tab-
les and Chairs: Gene Dairymple,
Jodie Vytopil and Louis Kudrna
Marcia also announced that
there would be a Lions Club
directors meeting Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the home of Carlos
Fitzgerald.
Wheel chair rentals. Buddie
Devil Insurance.
Lions Club
Tours Plant
Wednesday
Members of the Ennis Lions
Club were taken on a tour of
Leggett & Platt Inc. Wednesday
noon at their regular meeting.
Bob Dittberncr, assistant sales
manager, Frank Cooper, plant
superintendent in charge of pro-
duction, and Charlie Virden,
salesman in Northeast Texas and
Louisiana, attended the club’s
luncheon at the TP&L Building
and then escorted the group on a
tour of the manufacturing con-
cern’s facilities.
The company moved here
from Dallas about nine years
ago. Four years ago Harry M.
Cornell -Jr., manager of the En-
nis plant and vice-president ol
the company, and Cooper came
to Ennis from Carthage, Mo. At
that time there were about 35
employees. The Ennis plant now
employs 125 people.
The Ennis plant, the newest
of the company’s four plants,
manufactures innerspring units,
box springs and furniture con-
struction. These are shipped to
all parts of Texas, part of Louis-
iana and New Mexico.
The home plant is located in
Carthage. Mo. and the other two
plants are located in Louisville.
Ky. and Winchester. Ky.
Buddie Davis was program
chairman.
Legion Auxiliary
Sponsoring Sales
Of Magazines
American Legion Auxiliary
361 of Ennis is sponsoring a
magazine sale in this area with
a percentage of the commission
going to the local Auxiliary Unit
to be used for the purchase of
sickroom equipment which will
he loaned free of charge to han-
dicapped persons of the county.
The sales, which are to start
this week, will be handled by
Mrs. E. E. Feel. Prospective cus-
tomers will have 70 nationally
circulated magazines to sub-
scribe from.
W. T. Shaw will conduct the
drive.
The percentage of commis-
sions which is turned over to the
local post will be used for the
purchase of hospital beds, w heel
chairs and other equipment
which will be loaned free to any
resident of the county with the
only cost being for transporta-
tion. The persons making calls
will have a signed letter by offi-
cers of the local organization
for some federal employees.
Postal workers are not includ-
ed. They come under a separate
bill calling for a 12 per cent in-
crease. The House is expected to
pass the postal pay boost next
week.
The hill okayed today calls for
an 11 per cent increase and was
opposed by President Eisenhow-
er on grounds that it would he
inflationary. The pay boost
would add home $530,OOO.OOO
per year to federal payroll Just
before the voting, the committee
heard Robert Mcrriman—the as-
sistant Budget Bureau director,
say the budget could be thrown
out of balance by such a pay in-
crease.
Another House group the
Tax Ways & Means Committee —
voted to cut the 20 per cent eig-
arct tax in half.
The hill—which would cost
the Treasury some $21,000,000
per year in revenue—reduces
the tax that is added to the tab
of patrons of nightclubs and
restaurants which provide enter-
tainment or live music.
A scheduled House showdown
on the foreign aid bill was put
off because of the death of Rep.
James Bowler (Dem.) of Illinois.
Bowler’s office said he had
been ill for several months with
complications arising from
arthritis. He had been a mem-
ber of the House since 1953.
Representative Charles Boyle,
also of Illinois.......said the Demo-
cratic Congressman’s death was
a "real loss to the Congress.”
And the House adjourned to-
day's showdown session on for-
eign aid out of respect.
Paul Jones Dahnke
Of Boyce Dies
Paul Jones Dahnke, 74, a long-
time resideent of Boyce and a
native of Ellis County, died
Tuesday night at. the Waxalia-
chic Sanitarium.
Funeral services were held at
It) a in. Thursday at the Rudolph
Chapel of the Chimes in Waxa-
hachic. The Rev. Stanley W i I-
liams and the Rev. Garner of
Boyce and the Rev. B M. Fowler
of Sardis officiated. Burial was
in the Waxahacine City Ceme-
tery.
Dahnke was horn on March
22. 1883 and had been in t h c
grocery and general merchan-
dise business at Boyce sine 19J1
A steward in the Boyce Metho-
dist Church, he had been Sun
day School superintendent, for
46 years.
He was married to Miss Annie
Kelly in Boyce in 1911.
Survivors are his wife: a son,
Winslow Dahnke of Temple; a
daughter, Mrs. M. D. Ray of
Jomjhoro, Arkansas; two sis-
ter-., Mrs. Claude Dietrich of
,Dallas and Mrs. Laura Erwin of
Long Beach. California and two
grandchildren.
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OKAY—Following Dr Charles Thomas’ examination, Nancy
Score moves in on her husband of one week. Herb Score,
to place an open okay sign over the much talked about in-
jured right eye of the Cleveland Indians pitcher. Although
Score says the eye isn’t in as good shape as he would like,
In* plans to be in uniform this week to begin getting hack in
condition
Colorado Town’s Folks
Flee As Dam Crumbling
CAPULIN, Colo. (UPi.— Some
MOO residents along the Ala-
mosa River in Colorado an*
clearing out of the area because
Jamboree Scouts
To Board Trains
For Home Tonight
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (UPi.
More than 32.000 Boy Scouts
pack their gear today as their
week-long jamboree ends here.
The hoys will hoard trains for
their home towns in all sections
of the country tonight after an
outdoor candlelight ceremony.
Mrs. Clay Potter
Joins Municipal
Hospital Staff
Mrs. Clay Potter, Registered
Nurse, has joined the staff of
Ennis Municipal Hospital.
She began her duties this
week.
Mrs. Potter, a native of Pal-
mer. received her training at the
Warner Brown School of Nurs-
ing in Eldorado. Arkansas.
Prior to her position here, she
was employed by Baylor Hos-
pital in Dallas.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Vrana
Funeral services for Mrs. .Joe
F Vrana, 45, were held at 9 00
am Thursday morning at St
John's Catholic ('lunch The Rev
Emil Slovaeek officiated. Burial
was in St. Joseph's Cemetery
Pallbearers were Frank W
Patak Jr., Paul Zalkovsky, Joe
II Trojacek, Anton <'ikanek Jr
Ennl J. Salik Jr and Alphonse
I ’a t a k
Rosary was recited at tt pm
Wednesday at Kecvcr Chapel
Mrs. Vrana died Tuesday af-
ternoon in Ennis Municipal Hos-
pital after a long illness.
Survivors are her husband
two daughters. Mrs. Milton 'Ion
pal and Mrs Victoi D Holy; two
grandchildren; her mother Mm
Marie Malota; two brothers.
Frank .1 Vlacilk of Wilnict and
Adolph Vlacilek.
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NEW POTENTATE — Thomas
Melharn, a New York City life
insurance executive, succeeds
Gerald Carry as Imperial Poten-
tate of the Shrine in an automa-
tic advancement at the Imperial
Council election in Minneapolis,
Minn.
a dam is threatening to break.
officials report that the ter*
race reservoir dam on the Ala*
mosa is crumbling. They say it
will go momentarily. Repair
work has been attempted—hut
officials said it was futile.
Some 400 persons already
have fled the town of Capulin.
Residents of two more communi-
ties are getting ready for high
ground if the dam goes and sev*
oral hundred other residents
along Hie Alamosa have been
warned to flee.
The State Patrol reported that
the spillway of the dam was
crumbling minute by nnnuto
and residents below ihe reset**
voir were ordered to head for
(ugh ground.
Norman Vestal
In Basic Training
At Fort Jackson
FOR I JACKSON, S C. iSpD—
Private Norman F Vestal, son
of Mr and Mrs. W M Vostal.
Ill I Palmer has been assigned
to P» Company 1st Battalion,
1st Training Regiment for eight
weeks of basic infantry training.
During the next eight weeks
lie will be learning the funds*
mentals of being an infantry
older This includes classroom
I* < tun > in such subjects as mili-
tate courtesy, first aid. map
readiim and personal hygiene.
II* will also learn to fire the M-l
rifle on several ranges.
\ltci this eight week'of train-
ing the trainee is given about
! 1 day - leave after winch he may
or in.iv not return to Fort Jack*
son II lie returns to Tort .Jack*
son he may attend eight more
weeks of individual training or
an Army school. Fort .Jackson
offers schooling in several spec*
tallies associated with an Army
division
Fort Jackson is one of the
country s largest training cen*
tors and also conducts a pro-
gram of training for young men
training under the provisions of
the Reserve Forces Act of 1955,
TO BALL GAME
Gene Nowlin. Charles Gentry
and Wayne Gentry were in Dal-
las Wednesday night to see the
Dallas Eagles and Houston Buffs
baseball game.
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