The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 125, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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In Jail Break Attempt
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jailer at tlie Gakedoii (
tail was >tHuk with ;« p
|Mpe and beaten sevetelx
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die Castro
Chief Deputy Sheriff
J H
Kline blamed ) voting inmate
fur the attack One of tin
quilt
let denied taking part
Kline said all 1H \ eat o
Id pri
Miner from Brownsville
Jimmv
Ainsworth slugged <';istt<» u<
tht* lour were being returned to
a maximum 'ecurttv coll on the
4*h floor Tin jailer It,id tiikoit
them to tile mound floor to .1
telephone, which prisoners arc
permitted to use once a week
Named b> Kline a* mining
Ainsworth to beat and kick the
jailer art* three young prisoners
ffom McKinney in North Texas
lT-yeur old Jerry udie Tadloek
20-year old .Tack Wayne Welch
and 21-year-old Oscar Thomason
Thomason later told questioners
he had no part in the attempted
break, and said Ainsworth plot-
ted it.
The chief deputy said Ains-
worth had ripped a 12-inch sec-
tion of pipe from the ancient
plumbing in his cell and fuel it
under his shirt until he had a
chance to use it Jailer Castro,
gashed on the scalp, grabbed the
pipe from his attacker The
Chief Jailer. Jack Kwing, ans-
wering a trusty's call for help
raced up stairs with drawn pis-
tol and quickly subdued the pri-
soners.
Kwing said he found Castro,
grimly clutching the pipe lying
on the floor as several of the
Galveston prisoners kicked him
South American Fortnight
Set By Neimant For Dallas
American Fortnight’’ is being
DALLAS. (AP).—A big “South
planned fur Dallas next fall It
will featuie the art, products
and people of the ten South
American countries.
It also will feature a 2-day
forum on lT-S economic relations
with South America, sponsored
by the Dallas Council on world
affairs All South American Am-
bassadors in Washington will be
invited to attend an Ambassa-
dors' dinner and ball
Dallas’ Neiman-Marcus spe-
cialty store is sponsoring the
event in collaboration with Pan
American Grace Airlines and
the Grace Company and Braniff
International Airlines,
A vice president of Neiman-
Marcus, Warren Leslie, was in
Washington today and disclosed
some of the still tentative de-
tails. The South American Fort-
night will be similar to others
held in Dallas honoring France
and Great Britain. The 2-week
event is to open on October 19th.
Dallas Man Shot
At Trailer Home
DALLAS. (AP).—A SB-year-old
man here was shot to death last
night at his rented home Me was
Arthur Boren Officers jailed a
28-year-old woman Deputy Don
Dillon said that when he arriv-
ed on the scene, the woman was
In a fight with Mrs. Boren H e
said she was screaming and bit-
ing and said—"! didn’t mean to
kill him I thought Ihe gun was
only loaded with blanks. I only
wanted to scare him ” He said
the woman bit deputies as they
took her to jail, and also bit an
officer who was finger-printing
her at the jail.
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John Foster Bulle- from In- hoin<
< at liedral w Imre it lav m state
left is Dr K it - w e 11 r Barnes oj \
services.
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ll-'imt (' mil'll o’ .< r\a cue ii tarries the hods of the late*
tn .i wading in'tsc tu be driven to Washington National
i"t ’) ii. .i I pi i a tip'll! w,|s in Arlington Cemetery. At
•u b't'k one iii three clergymen who will conduct the
Funeral Rites Held
For Dulles Today
Two Killed Tuesday Night
In Fiery Crash Near Morten
MORTON (AP) - A fiery
crash of two automobiles In tho
South Plains six miles west of
here last night killed two per-
sons and injured three more
Killed were a 35-year-old o i 1
field worker from Post A. D
Zachary, and a 24-year-old man
from Snyder, Charles Kines. A
third passenger in the ear, Ken-
neth Smith. 25. of Snyder, was
Injured and taken to a hospital
at Morton. The occupants of the
other car. Mr and Mrs James
Boyd Mayor of Levelland. also
wire hospitalized at Morton,
Small Boy Hurt
As Car Hit Him
Joe I do Dent. small son of Mr
and Mrs Weldon Dent was run
over by a cat di ivvii bs In - uncle
Tuesday evening at 2<)4 F Belk-
nap.
Police Officer S B l ynch said
the child was taken to Fnnis
Municipal Hospital w here h e
was trcated tor bruise-, m e r
It is fact and body,
(>( fleer I \ iifli said I lie uncle
Dwayne Dent ‘-aid that ,i> he
was backing cut of tlie drive he
saw the children playing nearby
and thought they were all out of
the way Joe l.ee, however, sat
down in the di ivcwa.v Hist as In ,
uncle was backing mil
No t bat ge- were I tied in I lie
accident.
Castro’s Brother
In Plane Crash
If AVAN \, (AIM Haul Castro
has been rescued after a plane
crash He was found by three
Cuban Naval Paunches
Haul Castie is Commander in
Chief of Cuba’s .armed forces
and is a brother of Prime Min-
ister Ftd'-I ('a-1 ro.
Haul Castro and the plane's
three crewmen were found at
tin* mouth of a river in South
Central Cuba
The plane had been reported
missing in the swamps and had
not been heard from since last
flight
Services Conducted
For Tom Fortson
Funeral services for Tom
Fortson. 75. member of Fortson
Bros. Enterprises, rancher and
large landowner, who died Sun
day night at his home in Bice,
were held Tuesday hi the Corley
Funeral Chapel, Corsicana.
Services were conducted by
Rev Bill Russell, pastor of 'he
Havno Memorial Church of '
and Rev. John Bassham. M
di.st minister from Fori Worth
Interment was made in the
Mexia Cemetery
Pallbearers were Robert L
Harper, Arthur Moore Joe Tho-
mas. Matt Dawson. Jess Dyer.
Milton Fmmert Carroll Bar-
ton. and H J Stone of Knnis
Mr Fori son was born and
reared in the Rice community
and had lived there all his life
Surviving are his wife, t h e
former Miss Laura C’onrad of
Mexia; a daughter. Miss Doris
Fortson of Rice and a sister, Mrs.
R. F. Bartlett, also of Rice.
WASHINGTON (AP). — The
funeral ol John Foster Dulles
wa held today in Washington's
National Cathedral, with Presi-
dent Eisenhower, Congress
members and foreign diplomats
among the mourners Dulles was
buried in Arlington National
< Vnietory
The body lay in state in t h e
Bel lilehem < 'Impel until n o o n
when the ch>'cd casket was mov-
ed to tin* tn in chapel until the
doors were i lo-.ed
There werp 2600 seats set up
I lor l lie t-i v ices all filled by 111
| \ 11ation The inournei .s included
' the large t ep re cut at ion ol dip-
i Initials !nun ai mind t lie wol Id
; ’I he t icht hand front row ol
seats w.m reserved for Dulles'
I family Across I he aisle were
President and Mrs Eisnhowcr
Places nefv re-erved for
representat ivc- of JUS toil lolls, all
I wit.li w Inch the I 'ruled Stales has
, tel it ion ■ I low ever, arrange
ments were made for only 21 of
J the most distinguished foreign
! visitor- to join in t he cortege
j across the Potomac to Arlington
Among these were Chancellor
! Nden.iuer ol West (iermanv and
Foreign Minister Gromyko ot
J Russia
The |ifs| lh eats of the mile
long eortege w eic for tlie I hides
1 family. President Fisenliower
: and Vice President Nixon and
23 ol her honorary pallbearers.
Local Post Office
Will Be Closed
On Memorial Day
The I lilted States Post Office
here will he closed Saturday.
May .'to in observance of Memo-
rial Day Post Master C. (j On-
stead staled today,
No city or rural deliveries will
he made on Saturday and tho
windows at the Post Office will
remain closed
Mail to fioxes will be worked
as usual, as wall Hie dispatching
of mail. Post Master (instead
continued
Bodies Of Houston Boys
Hit By Truck Near Shiner
SAN ANTONIO. (AIM.—The
j bodies of two Houston boys were
1 found early today near Shiner in
South Texas.
The driver of a pickup truck
•old Sheriff Then Long of Lava-
■ ' ''ounty that he saw the bodies
lyu ” the road but not in time
to a\o d lotting them
It wa•- <e i immediately deter-
mined if ihi youths were dead
| when the pickup hit them
I The victims were tentatively
I identified as Di year-old John
D. Balcerowicz of Houston, and
17 year-old Rudy Gonzales of
Houston Identification was from
papers on the bodies.
The boys were last seen alive
last night as they walked along
Highway 96 at Shiner toward
llallclbville.
Eisenhower To Discuss
Geneva Conference
Baseball Clink
Slated Here
During June
,f Will Be Host
To Big Four
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Seventh Grade
Graduation Set
Dr o L. Hargis, pastor of
'the First Christian Church, will
jspeak at the Seventh Grade
j Graduation exercises Saturday
| at 7 00 p in in San Jacinto Audi-
torium.
Students from Alamo and
David Crockett Schools will re-
ceive diplomas during the e.v
| ereises
Toni Clements will give the
invoealion Members of the class-
! es w ill sing "This Is My Father's
World" and "America The
Beautiful,"
Diplomas and Awards will be
presented by J W. McCoy and
j F. It. Kelly, principals of tin*
schools Music will be under the
[direction ol Mrs. Anna Lee Fmk
and James Hart.
i Seventh grade teachers are
M mes Doris Herron, Rubve
Armstrong. Kathryn Myers and
j Don Sykes and Herbert Rons
j Serving as ushers will be Pal-
sy Mi Braver. Linda Kticera, Pat
Kmersoii, Sue Ann S m i t h.
Janette Davis, Polly Caldwell.
Kathleen Wilhoile, and Donna
Bi anion
Deadline Extended
For Cotton Planting
AUSTIN. (AP).—Texas Agri-
culture Commissioner John C
White announces a 10-day exten-
sion of the May .‘list cotion
planting deadline for 23 conn
ties. •
The new deadline is June 10
The 23 counties are Hood John-
son. Kills. Somervell Bosque.
Hill. Navarro, Hamilton Lam-
pasas. Coryell. McLennan. Lime
slone. Freestone, Henderson.
Anderson. Smith, Cherokee.,
Husk, Nacogdoches, Panola,
Shelby, Sabine and San Angus |
tine.
Commissioner White says!
heavy rains in the Central and
Fast Texas areas involved forced
the extension, The deadline is
part of the pink bollworm con- j
trol program.
mug
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making
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pl.iV will i
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said
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Washington fur Hie
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funner Serrei.it\ t
Stan
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| les today 1 liu (urn
ev i
talk'
at e ill rei e - i|| ' tie 1
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time
Eisenhower ■> 1! be
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t at.....*t
lunch tomorrow for t
he f
oreigti
mmi'ters and ether
digm-
j lanes w ho made t he
inp
to the
mg Sat unlay. I nun 10 a in to I
pm with bov.s ol Pony League
age and old< r beginning at 2
p m .uid coding at 5 p m
The clinic will he free to any
bov who desires to attend the
sessions with I lie Little League
furnishing all necessary equip-
ment for 'he school.
Faubus Conducts
News Conference
LITTI.F ROCK. (APi - Gover-
nor Oiv.d Faubus held a news
conference today on the school
board recall election in Little
Rock Monday when three men
lie supported lost out
Faubus sav he does not think
the results meant the people of j
Liltle Rock want him to keep |
out of i heir school al l lirs,
The (lover nor 1 <>!d I lie news-
men in Little Rock "there was I
no clear-cut issue in the elee-(
lion hr vnd a citizens committee
which opposed his faction cam-j
pai ;nod solely on the issue of
tin* firing ot 4-1 teachers hv the'
three segregationist hoard mem-1
hers, Faubus said he would be |
willing to interpret any vote as
a vote for integration only if
the quest ion posed on the ballot
was . . . for or against mtegra-
1 ion That he said, was the ballot
quo-lion win n Little Rock voted
3 to one against integration at-
1rr lie closed four public high
schools last September,
In Monday's recall (•lection
three moderates opposed by
Faubus kept their seats.
The Governor said today lie
would be willing to accept a com-
promise on the deadlocked In
school sit ii it ion if one were of- j P
Ii ii d But he denied lie has been Scheduled for
working on a plan to get ther^oon the thiatre w
schools open next, fall under a
tok'-n integration compromise.
,/
LKAVFS FOR FI M R\l.—Soviet Foreign Minister \udrci A.
Gromyko, followed l>\ \ \ Soldatov, head ol Ihe Soviet
Foreign Ministry Nmeniati Department hoards a commer-
cial flight in Geneva that i taking him to Washington to at-
tend the funeral ol Joint Foster Dulles Gromyko refused to
lly alone with the Western foreign ministers, fait quickly
snapped up a return trip with Hotter when room in the plant*
was made lor an aide.
Automotive, Inc. To Open Store
On West Ennis Avenue In June
! 1 capital for tlie funeral
Soviet Foreign Minister
•j I Gromyko -aid when tie arrived
I ' hero that - it's too early to sav
whether the Geneva meetings
may succeed Iferter -aid it has
made only slight progress
We-t (ionu in 1 ' hancellor
Adenauer is anothor of the top
officials on hand for the Dulles
funeral \denuuer met tor forty-
five minutes with Kisonhower
Today was the original Soviet
deadline lor the Western powers
to get out of We.st Berlin. And
Rii-sia threatened to hand over
i control of military transports)
turn between We-t Berlin and
| West Germany to the Fast Ger-
man Communists However, the
current Geneva meeting cancel-
ed the deadline, and traffic
continued as usual today.
Automotive. Inc., will o|jen a
-tore m Klims around the middle
of June, it was amioum e<I here
tills week
.lack Vineyard, a native ol
Bells, has been named to man-
age the new btlsilie . e-.| abll-ll-
merit Located at III \\ Klims
Ave . the store will have I'm sale
a com|d(‘le line of automotive
pa it - The building is under-
going re modeling at the pre-ent
11 me
M I. Vent is i.s y net I m m
Burglars Strike
Village Drive-In
Local notice have reported the
burglary of the Village Drive
I'liealre last night about to
ager of the companv. which has
its headquarters in Fort Smith
Arkansas. Jack Rogers is assist-
ant general manager of
Khrushchev ha> said
Ik* will
not try to alter the status of
Berlin while negotiatioi
under way.
)s a r *•
West Berlin is full of
visitors.
attending conventions
and a
fashion .'•how or just
'ight-
seeing and having fun. And
Mayor Willy Brandt has com-
the firm i merited. "I must disappoint
those who expect to get bravery
medals May 27 will he like any
ol he r dav "
which was organized m 1926
I bis is the forty lourtli store for
the firm which ha- stores in
Texas. (iklalioma and Arkansas.
I Vineyard and his family will j
'move to 1505 North Preston
11lie first part of June
I Vineyard has been with the
i company e.ghl \* it- lie w a s
.vitli Hie Sherman store for six I j„Rn p Macon 79 a former
■years, and an nkl ilioma *.tfir«* tor j resident of Finns, died Tuesday
two years lie ha - been associat• j night in a Dallas hospital after a
i d with the Pari- braneh of the v|)()t-j ,]|,u,Sv
luni lor the I,a-! -is months' I porn in Alabama on August
John E. Macon Dies
Vineyard and he
I gradual es of Bells
They have three e
| bov s. 6 and I. and
re-opening
burned in
have been
lint it had
business as
t lie
wile are
igh School
ddrcii two'
i gill SIX
-t Baptist
Motor Death Record
In The Making
October Workmen
repairing it recentb
not been opened fm
yet
Chief of Police If G Wilson
revealed that the but Jars en-
tered through the south door by
breaking the glass in 'lie door A
cigarette machine was broken
into but local autlmi'ii ie could
as t he
i\ os lit
the! not tell the amount b
• manager L R Mitch
Herring Accepts
Job At Beaumont
Fred Herring, who was re
eentlv hired as assistant fool hall
coach at Knnis High School, in-
formed school officials that lie
1 would not he available for the
Knnis post He stated that he
had accepted a coaching job at
South Park High School in Beau-
mont, W J. Davis, superinten-
dent, revealed here today
Three coaches are already hir-
ed for nexf season. They include
Bobby Beal, head coach and ath-
letic director. Howard McDonald
and Don Sykes. Three vacancies
still remain at present time,
Davis stated.
AUSTIN (APi - The director
of 'lie State Department of Pub-
lic Safely. Colonel Homer Gar-
n on Jr. had some grave state
merits to make here about
rising i raffic death toll
lie said the upward trend in Forney
Texas' deaths "could mean we're In other notice action Tuesday
-hooting for ;m all-lime record j night, three local boys were fm
of motor deaths" cd $2500 each for a drag i n
He said the trend may mean ing session on Highway 75
an increase of 233 deaths for the! Two of the youths were given
full year a hike of 10 per ceol , tickets and fined for drug rue-
from 195* ling Tho (hint was arrested lot
'I'iie Department of
Safety predicts 24 persons will
die iver the Memorial Day week
end frmn Friday through Sun-
dav In a similar 3-dav peri oil
last year 29 persons died on
Tex ts streets and highways.
S > far this year 795 persons
have been killed in traffic
wr< ks in Texas compared to 719
at this time a year ago
I ing Tho Hurd was
Public ] interfering with the
other boys.
Ferris Woman Killed
By Train While Fishing
KKRRIS. (AP). -- An elderly
Ferris, woman was killed by a
tram as she fished from a Sou-
thern Pacific bridge near Ferris
Police say 79-year-old Mrs Clara
Riley apparently did not hear
the train as it bore down on her.
A5C Classes of 1895, 1901
Will Honor Co-Founder
ARLINGTON (-MM. Mem-
bers of the classes of 1695 and
1901 of Arlington Stale College
will meet tomorrow afternoon
at the school’s Hereford Me-
morial Student Center. Thev
will honor ore* of lie* co-founders
of the original Arlington Col-
lege lb* is l,e». Hammond of Ft
Worth, who founded the college
in 1695 along with William M
Trimble Special guest* will in
elude Judge Robert Lee Bobbitt
of San Antonio, who will speak
at commencement
night.
Thursday Services
Set For Mrs. Monds
i Funeral services will he held
Thursday at H) no am at tho
Koever Chapel for Mrs, H B
Monds, who passed away Tues-
day morning.
I, I. Jameson of Fort Worth
and Lon Goodrum minister of
the Avenue Church of Christ,
will officiate Burial will be in
Myrtle Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs George F Davis; a son. O
c Monds of Houston; a half
hi other, George W Wilson of
I ort Smith, Arkansas; seven
grandchildren; and one great-
grandchild
New Lincoln Stamp
To Go On Sale
A new commemorative stamp
in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s
Sesquicentenial will go on sale
at the local Post Office, Post
Master C. O. ("instead reported [ Buckley
today.
A four-ccnl stamp, it is the j ------—--es,
third in a series issued this year GUESTS HERE
to commemorate the one-hun- Mr and Mrs John Morton of
tomorrow | dred and fifty anniversary of Houston are guest* of Mr. and
I Lincoln's birth. I Mrs, R. H. Bush.
16, 1679. Mi Macon was the son
of G T and Emily Bassett
Macon In 16f(f> he came to Knnis
with Ins parent Vs a voting man
he moved to Dalla* where he
worked as a oiano tuner f o r
j many years
I He was a member of the
Christian Church
Funeral services will bo held
1 at 2 p m Thursday in the
'Koever chapel Hr <) I Hargis
i pastor of the Kir-t Christian
Church will officiate. Burial
Will ho in Myrtle Cemetery.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs II P Hillard and Mrs Cora
Lancaster both of Knnis; two
| daughter.' and several grandehd-
j dren.
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Aldine Students To Attend
School On Six Day Basis
I ALDINK ( \P> Students in
i the Aldine school district near
1 Houston will go to school six
; days a week for the next t w o
week- They had missed about
j three weeks of clas>work be-
cause their teachers couldn't be
paid Superintendent W. W
Thorne announced the six day
schedule at the first Aldine
hoard meeting -.into the schools
re-opened Ian week No board
business wa> conducted because
only three of seven members at-
tended Three minority mem-
bers of the board have boy.
cotted the last five board meet-
ings. A majority member, Jack
was m Tennessee on
business.
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Gentry, Charles E. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 125, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 1959, newspaper, May 27, 1959; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth801550/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.