The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1965 Page: 1 of 4
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Two Children
Are Injured in
Highway Mishap
Two children were injured in
an accident on Hwy. 34 between
the Steak House and Ennis last
night—but it was believed neit-
ther was dangerously hurt.
They are Randy Whittington,
aged 9, and little sister, Dana.
17 months old, and they were
riding on Randy’s bicycle when
a car driven by Jesse Morris,
who night-watches in Ennis,
struck the bike as Mr. Morris
was blinded by the lights of an
other car.
4 They were taken to Ennis Mu-
nicipal Hospital and Dana was
dismissed this morning, but
Randy remained for further
checking. They are children of
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Whittington,
Rt. 2, Ennis.
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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965
VOL. 40 NO. 16
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bignal Program Here
Completion Is Today
2d Pistol Death
In Two Weeks
At Waxahachie
LIONS' MILE RELAY COPS FIRST
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Several Ennis
Leaders Going
To Seminar
Several Ennis business lead-
ers will attend the 6th Texas
Power & Light Company Area
Development Seminar at the
Sheraton-Dallas Hotel in Dallas
April 20, N. D. Speers, TP&L
district manager, announced to-
day.
The Seminar will feature sev-
eral nationally-known . speakers
on area development subjects
such as “Downtown Moderniza-
tion,” “Local Factors in Indus-
trial Development,” and “Agri-
cultural Development.”
Business leaders attending the
meeting also will discuss a num-
ber of subjects as they relate
to their own local situations at
a special workshop session.
(NEA Telephoto)
WINS BOSTON MARATHON—Mario Shigematsu, a 25-year-old college student from Japan
and winner of the 69th Annual Boston Athletic Association’s Marathon, has a blanket put
around him by Boston, Mass., police at the finish line. Shigematsu’s time was two hours, 16
minutes and 33 seconds.
J. R. Ridgeway Is Robt. A. Curry
Receives $2,000
Scholarship
Dead at Age 73
Joseph Richard Ridgeway, 73,
of Waxahachie, well known in
Eastern Ellis County as a live-
stock dealer and rancher, died
at 1:30 a.m. today in W. C. Ten-
ery Community Hospital.
Mr. Ridgeway was a native of
Arkansas. He was a member of
the Primitive Baptist Church.
Funeral services will, be at
2 p.m. Saturday at Boze-Mitchell
Chapel in Waxahachie, with
Elder David Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Burial
Park.
Survivors- are his- wife and
a son, Billy Joe Ridgway, Waxa-
hachie; Mrs. John E. Sessums of
Hearne; 4 grandchildren; 1 bro-
ther and 3 sisters.
Cecil Shugart
To Participate
College Events
Cecil G. Shugart, assistant
professor and chairman, Depart-
ment of Physics, at Hardin Sim-
mons University, will partici-
pate in ceremonies at the three
Texas colleges this week. New
Chapters of the physics honor
society Simga Pi Sigma, will be
installed at Sam Houston State
College, North Texas State Uni-
versity and Lamar State College
of Technology.
Professor Shugart is the na-
tional councilor and regional
supervisor for Sigma Pi Sigma in
Texas and as such will serve as
one of the installing officers for
the installations.
Other officers will be Dr.
Waxahachie's second pistol
slaying within two weeks occur-
red on East Main Street
across the street from the cate
where Bennie Joe Sargent, 24,
was killed' early on the morning
of April 3 after what city police
called “an argument over a cup
of coffee."
Police said the victim of lat-
est shooting was Robert
Wayne Simpson, 19, who, ac-
cording to a suspect being held
in connection with the slaying,
was shot after a “minor argu-
ment” over some wine, which
started out as a joke.
Charges of murder have been
filed in Justice Court against
Joe Mack Tatum, 17, who is
being held in Ellis County Jail
in connection with Simpson’s
death.
Police said Simpson died in
the emergency room at W. C.
Tenery Community Hospital aft-
er being shot once in the chest.
The shooting occurred at a park-
ing lot at East Main and Wyatt
Streets, officers said.
Police said Tatum bad no pre-
vious police record.
Ennis Varsity’s mile relay team captured first place in the
Ennis Meet of Champions here Saturday, topping such stal-
warts as Palestine, Belton and Henderson. This team recently
set a new district record. Pictured are: (Left to right) kneeling,
Charles Spencer, Milton Booher, Dickie Perdue, (will be enter-
ed in regional meet April 24); standing, Don Gibson.
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Wayne E. Green
Receives Award
LIT Law Day
University of Texas law stu-
dents received more than $2,-
600 in scholarships and other
awards at a dinner opening the
1965 Law Day observance.
Among the recipients was
Wayne E. Green, a 1959 Ferris
High School graduate, who re-
Reived a $50 award given by the
firm of Andrews, Kurth, Camp-
bell and Jones.
Events included presentation
of a teaching excellence award,
dedication of the 1965 Law Day
to Fort Worth attorney Elton M.
Hyder Jr., and a barbecue din-
ner at noon.
Green is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wister Green of Ferris.
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Car Disappears
But It Was All
Mere Mistake
ROBERT ALLEN CURRY
Robert Allen Curry, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James K. Curry of
Liberal, Kans., and grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Rogers
of Ennis, has been named a win-
Sometimes things aren’t as ner of a $2,000 W. G. Maguire
rugged as they seem.
There’s the disappearance
of the Dodge Lancer of Mar-
vin Brazier yesterday.
The Police Department was
set to investigate.
But the disappearance did
not last long. How it was: A
neighbor had called a local
garage to pick up his car—
. but by mistake the picker-up-
per went to the wrong house
and so Mr. Brazier’s car dis-
appeared—until the error was
discovered, it was learned
from ’Marshal Obie Freeman.
Scholarship Award given by the
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company. .
Graduating seniors who are
sons and daughters of employe-
es of Panhandle Eastern and its
subsidiary and affiliate compani-
es are eligible for these awards.
Mr. Curry is manager of the
Division of Panhandle Eastern.
Five winners and five alter-
nates were chosen from the
more than 50 applicants. A com-
mittee of five business men and
educators who are not affiliated
with Panhandle Eastern served
as the selection committee. The
committee based its decisions on
applicants’ high school grades,
character and personality evalu-
ations from school and commun-
ity people, and the results of the
Scholastic Aptitude Test taken
by each applicant. The scholar-
ship is awarded $500 per year
for four years.
Bob has been accepted as a
student in Kansas State Univers-
ity, Manhattan, Kans., in Sep-
tember.
Marsh W. White of Pennsylvania
State University and Dr. Vincent
E. Parker of the Oak Ridge Insti-
tute of nuclear studies. The acti-
vities at Sam Houston State will
take place April .21. The exercis-
es at North Texas State will
include the induction of Dr.
Loyd V. Berkner, president of
the Graduate Research Center of
the Southwest, as an honored
member of the society. The cere-
mony at Lamar Tech will be held
April 22.
M. McCaig Last
Rites Conducted
The funeral service for M. Mc-
Caig was held at 10 a.m. Monday
in the Keever Chapel with the
Rev. Austin Steadman and the
Rev. Carl Bilderback officiating.
Interment was in the Myrtle
Cemetery with his grandsons
serving as pallbearers: Hershell
Indictments
Are Returned
On 16 Persons
The March session of the El-
lis County grand jury, meeting
with John Arden as foreman,
considered 19 presentations. In-
dictments were returned in all
but three cases of which two
were passed and one was no-
billed.
The no bill was in the case
: of Ysidro Castillo of Ennis,
charged with assault with intent
T. Phillips Jr. of Dallas, Jimmy
Bryant, Mack Bryant, both of
Waco, Tommy McCaig of Arling-
i ton, Dwayne McCaig of Fort
Professor Shugart, son of Mr. Worth and Larry McCaig of En-
and Mrs. C. C. Shugart of Ennis,
was elected to the national
council of Sigma Pi Sigma at the
Texas Academy of Science meet-
ing at Baylor University in Dec-
ember.
DR. CLAIR WARDEN
HOWARD CORRELL
Different Type of Revival Meeting
For 1st Methodist Starting 25th
A different type of revival is
in prospect for the membership
of First Methodist Church in En-
nis. This is a “Revival of Chris-
tian Family Life” scheduled for
April 25-29.
Recognizing ihe stress placed
upon the home in today’s busy
society with the breakdown in
family units Dr. Clair Warden,
PhD, will preach each evening
on the Christian family. Dr.
Warden is minister of the King
Avenue Methodist Church in
standing authority on family life
in the United States.
Howard Correll of Moorhead,
Minnesota, and nationally known
song evangelist, will be the guest
soloist for the week. Mr. Correll
studied at the Royal Conserva-
tory of Music in Toronto, Can-
ada, and was featured as a “Sing-
ing Star of Canada” over the
Trans-Canada Network of CBC,
a former concert artist who has
devoted his life to sacred music.
Services on Sunday are at 8:45
10:50 and 7:00. Weekday serv-
Columbus, Ohio, and preaches ices are at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
each Sunday to hundreds of
Coffee, doughnuts and juice
students in this great church will be served at the weekday
adjacent to Ohio State Univers- morning services. The entire
ity. He is recognized as an out- community is invited to attend.
Drowned Youth
Buried in Ark.
Funeral services were held
this afternoon at Waldo, Ark.,
for Carlton Stewart, 18. of Lan-
caster, who drowned while
swimming in Lake Waxahachie
Sunday afternoon. He was a na-
tive of Arkansas.
The youth drowned about
3:30 p.m. attempting to swim
from the southeast bank to a
small island in that area of the
lake, a distance of about 60
yard’s, and his body was recover-
ed by a crew using grappling
hooks about 9 p.m. The lad had
been swimming in the lake with
Mike Roberts, another Lancas-
ter youth.
The Ennis Rescue Unit of the
Fire Department responded to
the call for help in the search
for the body. Other units were
from Waxahachie, Lancaster and
Corsicana.
Young Stewart was a graduate
of Lancaster High School and an
employee of Hodge Grocery in
Lancaster.
Dr. L Pratt Is
Taken by Death
The. Rev. Carl Bilderback, pas-
tor of the Baylor Baptist Church
has received news of the death
of Dr. Eugene Pratt, interim
pastor of Baylor Baptist Church
in 1963; he died Sunday at his
home, 712 Houchin Street in
Jefferson, Mo., after a brief ill-
ness.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Wednesday in the Free-
man Funeral Home, Jefferson
and interment was made in the
Jefferson Cemetery. Dr. Pratt
was born August 8, 1911 in Par-
sons, Kansas. He was a professor
in Southwest Seminary before
going to Jefferson, where he has
been with the Missouri S t a t e
Baptist Board for several years.
Surviving are his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. Joanna Miller,
and three sons. Daniel, Carl and
Phillip E. Pratt.
nis. -
Mr. McCaig, who died on Sat-
urday afternoon in the Ennis
Nursing Home after a long ill-
ness, was born in Groesbeck on
July 13, 1880. He was married
to Pricella Blankenship on Feb-
uary 10, 1900 and they came to
Ellis County in 1918. They had
lived in Oak Grove since 1929.
Mr. McCaig was a retired farm-
er.
Surviving him are his wife,
three sons, E. McCaig, J. W. Mc-
Caig, both of Ennis, and Clifton
McCaig of Arleta, California;
three daughters Mrs. H. T. Phil-
lips Sr. of Dallas, Mrs. Roy
Bryant of Waco, and Mrs. Roy
Chandler of Ennis; eleven grand-
children; and twenty three
great, grandchildren.
Mr. McCaig was a member of
the Anthony Drive Baptist Chur-
ch.
to kill Pete Partida, also of En-
nis. The charges grew out of an
altercation in January of this
year.
Cases presented to the grand
jury were primarily in connec-
tion with charges of burglary
and theft, in addition to several
charges of driving while intoxi-
cated, second offense. There
were no cases up for considera-
tion in which defendants were
charged with capital offenses.
The grand jury is now in ad-
journment subject to call.
Requiem Mass For
Mrs. Luksa Held
Requiem mass for Mrs. Joe H.
Luksa was celebrated at 2 p.m.
Monday ir St. John’s Catholic
Church, with the Rev. William
Botik as the celebrant. The
rosary was recited Sunday at
7:30 p.m. in Keever Chapel. In-
terment was in St. Joseph’s
Cemetery with the following
serving as pallbearers: Johnny
Luksa, Melvin Haskovec, Stan-
ley, VIk, Joe Blazek, Stanley
Svehlak, Eddie Luksa.
Mrs. Luksa who died Saturday
morning, was born near Ennis
October 5, 1909, the daughter of
Louis and Frances Krajca Mach.
In November, 1937, she was
married' to Joe H. Luksa and
they have resided near Alma for
a number of years.. .
Surviving her are her h u s-
band; one daughter. Joan Luksa
of Ennis; mother. Mrs. Frances
Mach, Dallas; and two brothers,
Louis Mach and Henry Mach,
both of Dallas.
Signal lights, in the synchro-
nized and expanded traffic sys-
tem here in Ennis, today were
being installed on both Main
Streets at the Southern Pacific
railway, at its intersection of En-
nis Avenue.
These lights, together with
others in the system, will be put
into operation tomorrow.
“There doubtless will be a
few ‘bugs’ in the signaling at the
tracks, “right at first,” said
Kenneth E. Smith, city manager,
“but these will be eliminated as
promptly as possible.”
He explained:
“At all times when trains are
crossing the intersection, there
will be a different cycle, with
arrows denoting the movement.
This will be something for the
public to get used to, but they
soon will become familiar with
it. Otherwise, it will be the usual
stop-and-go signals.”
Concerning the lights at Kauf-
man and Avenue, which is the
intersection of Highways 75 and
287-34 he made this explanation:
“The left-turn arrows install-
ed there are to give protected
movement of traffic, and to al-
low the left-turn traffic to have
a little bit of an advantage in
the matter of time. But, of cour-
se, people can still make left
turns there on solid green light,
but they are not protected from
approaching traffic. The solid
green light can be used for right
or left movements, or straight
ahead.
The installation now in pro-
gress will complete the signal-
ing program,” which is a part
of basis for future growth.
Burglary Charges
Reduced in Case
Charges of burglary of priv-
ate residence in the night time
filed against six suspects held
in county jail in connection with
the Saturday night firing of
shots into the Philip Alvarado
home have been reduced to
charges of shooting from a high-
way.
One juvenile from Alvarado
held in connection with the in-
cident has been released to his
parents. Five adults, ranging in
age from 18 to 22 have been fin-
ed $100 and court costs for a
total of $125.50 in Justice Court,
Precinct 1, Place 1.
Relatives Here for
Services Conducted
For R. S. Beauchamp
Out-of-town relatives here for
the funeral service of Roy S.
Beauchamp here Saurday in-
cluded: Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Beauchamp, Mrs. Ludie Osborne,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Berry, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Gardner, all of Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.
Beauchamp, Mrs. Grace Beau-
champ, Mr. and Mrs. John Nor-
vell, all of Corsicana; Mr. and
Mrs. Claud Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Moreland, Robert E. Mont-
gomery, Mrs. Ted Benton, Miss
Cherrie Reisman, all of Dallas;
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Beauchamp
and Mrs. Raleigh Beauchamp.
Mesquite.
Mrs. Jurica Is
Taken by Death
Mrs. Theresa Casper of 203
W. Waco Street here has receiv-
ed word that her sister, Mrs.
Frances Jurica of Taylor, died
Tuesday afternoon at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner of Post,
Texas.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at Taylor followed by
burial at Taylor.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters and one son; three sisters
and one brother. A nephew,
Alex Casper of Ennis, is also
a survivor.
Breaks Wrist
In Fall
Miss Macie Fannin broke her
left wrist in a fall Sunday morn-
ing in the First Methodist Chur-
ch nursery where she works dur-
ing the first church service.
After the bone was set she re-
turned home from the hospital
and is out and about.
Past Legion Dept.
Commander Dies
Funeral services were at 10
a.m. today at the Westmoreland
Methodist Church in Houston
for Donald I. Peters of that city,
who died Sunday of a heart at-
tack.
He is past American Legion
Commander of the State of Tex-
as and was an outstanding Le-
gionaire. He often visted here in
the home of Col. and’ Mrs. 0. H.
Lumlplkin and frequently visited
the local American Legion Post.
HOME FROM TECH
Denny Parks, sophomore at
Texas Tech, and a schoolmate,
David Ringo of Houston, are
spending the weekend with Den-
ny’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mo-
dene Parks.
Roy Beauchamp
Service Is Held
The funeral service for Roy S.
Beauchamp, 79, who died Fri-
day morning, was held' at 4 p.m.
on Saturday in the Keever Chap-
el with the Rev. Eugene Rob-
ertson and the Rev. Jerry Weav-
er officiating. Interment was in
Myrtle Cemetery with the fol-
lowing serving as pallbearers:
Robert Montgomery, Robert
Hay, R. B. Moreland, Jimmy
Cox, Alston Cox Jr., and Joe
Beauchamp.
Mr. Beauchamp was born in
Ennis August 6, 1885, the son of
Jerry D. Beauchamp, one of the
first settlers in Ellis County,
and Adelaide Athrope Beau-
champ, the daughter of a Metho-
dist minister. He was reared and
educated here and later worked
as a conductor for the Southern
Pacific Railroad. He was married
to Miss Edith O’Daniel of Cor-
sicana October 29, 1905, and
she passed away August 4,
1936. At the beginning of World
War II, Mr. Beauchamp moved
from Ennis to work in defense
plants in Kentucky, returning to
Ennis in 1964. He was a member
of the Rider Methodist Church.
Surviving him are five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mildred Gardner, Mrs.
Carl Owens, both of Ennis, Mrs.
A. R. Cox Jr. of Dallas, Mrs.
Maurice Papagni of Fresno, Cali-
fornia and Mrs. Carl Medica of
Seattle, Washington; seven
grandchildren; nine great grand-
children; two sisters Mrs. Laura
Allen and Mrs. Ludie Osborne,
both of Houston; and one broth-
er Dick L. Beauchamp of Hous-
ton,
REV. ALBIN L. KOVAR
Rev. Kovar With
Presby. Church,
Durango, Colo.
The new assistant minister at
the Presbyterian church, Duran-
go, Colo., is Ennis-reared Rev.
Albin L. Kovar, recent graduate
of McCormick Theological Semi-
nary, Chicago. Rev. Kovar and
his wife, Dorothy, are now at
home in the Presbyterian manse,
according to the Rev. J. David
Bechtel, pastor of the church.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ko-
var, Ennis Route 4, Rev. Kovar
was graduated from high school
at Ennis, where he spent his en-
tire boyhood. At Texas Tech.,
Lubbock, Tex., from which he
was graduated with a B. S. de-
gree, he met his wife. They were
married in the summer of 1961.
Rev. Kovar has gone to the
Presbyterian church in Durango
with high recommendations. He
will have a special interest in the
Christian Education program,
the work with College students,
and will assist in general pastor-
al concerns. He has had consi-
derable field experience as a
student in Chicago.
The Rev. Mr. Kovar was or-
dained in a ceremony at the Du-
rango church with which he is
identified. The sermon was by
Donald C. Lyday, and the ordina-
tion service was conducted by
Ted N. Harer. The ceremony was
conducted under the authority
of the Western Colorado Presby-
tery. A social hour and reception
honoring the Rev. and Mrs. Ko-
var was held, following the ser-
vice, in Westminster Hall.
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