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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, TUNE 17, 1965
VOL. 40 NO. 24
Rev. Steadman
Elected to Post
In Pastor Ass’n
Cadet Lt.-Col. Newton of Ennis Bn. Commander
As Review Tribute Paid to Lo uis A. Schreiner
and
rsity
Arts
tion.
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The Rev. Austin Steadman,
pastor, Anthony Drive Baptist
Church, was elected secretary-
treasurer of the Ennis Minister-
ial Alliance when the association
met yesterday for June session
at Dan’s Town House Restaurant.
President C. Edward Fraim pre-
sided over the meeting.
The Rev. Mr. Steadman suc-
ceeds the Rev. Jerry Weaver,
who resigned upon transfer from
Ennis when Methodist aswign-
ments were made recently.
The alliance also set up the
coming month’s schedule for
services at the IOOF Home here.
They are at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday;
Wednesday night, for mid-week
Bible study; 7:30 p.m. Friday foi-
preaching service, pastors taking
their respective turns of respon-
sibility for a week’s services
there.
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the
Revised Postal
Schedule Ennis
Carriers Told
Beginning Thursday morning,
both rural and city mail car-
riers will leave the postoffice on
a 30-minute later schedule.
This announcement was made
today by Postmaster C. O. On-
stead.
He explained that a t r u c k
from sectional center, Mesquite
is due at 7 a.m. each d'ay.
“The carriers will start 30
minutes later than usual and at
times the mail may reach box-
es slightly later,” the postmast-
said.
Attention was called to a no-
tice posted in the lobby to the
effect that out-of-town mail
should be deposited in the pick-
up box in the 200 block on
South. McKinney after 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday, a n d
5:30 p.m. Saturday; 4:30 p.m-,
Sunday.
Navarro Jr. Dean
Interment Held
On Monday
Gaston T. Gooch, 55, vice
president and dean of Navarro
Junior College, died in Navar-
ro Clinic Saturday following a
several weeks illness.
Funeral services were held
from the First Methodist Church
at Corsicana Monday at 10 a.m.
and a graveside service was held
at Farmersville Monday at 2
p.m.
The rites will be conducted' by
Rev. Sidney Roberts, pastor of
the church, and Dr. John Wes-
ley Ford, Handley First Metho-
dist pastor, and Rev- Henry
Price.
Born May 9, 1910 at Nevada,
Collin County, he was valedic-
torian of the Nevada High
School, received B.S. and M.S.
degrees at North Texas State
University, d'id graduate work
at the University of Texas, Bay-
lor University and George Pea-
body College for Teachers, and
last May 30, received the hon-
orary degree of LLD from Texas
Wesleyan College, Fort Worth
in absentia due to illness.
Serving as teacher and prin-
cipal at Dawson High School
he went to Corsicana school
system as Junior High
School principal in 1943 and in
1946 was one of the founders
and organizers of Navarro Jun-
ior College. He served * in the
Only Br
owdown
From Rain for Lake
Only a brief slowdown at
under-construction Lake Bard-
well was caused by yesterday
afternoon’s rain, it was learned
today from Resident Engineer
Harold Kelly this afternoon.
He said everything should be
going full blast again by tomor-
row afternoon, he imagined.
“In fact,” said Mr. Kelly,
n
laid
vork
ar-
fur-
ide’s
and
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Tort-
oyle
Stanley Houdek
Rites Are Held
The funeral service for Stan-
ley Houdek, 68, who died Friday
afternoon, was held at 2 p.m.
Sunday in the Keever Chapel
with the Rev. F. J. Kostohryz
of Temple and the Rev. C. Doug-
las White officiating. Interment
was in the Myrtle Cemetery with
the following serving as pall-
bearers: Willie Skrivanek, Eric
Moucha, Charlie Jurcik Sr., Geor-
ge Hrncir, Frankie Lekar, and
Frank A. Laznovsky.
Mr. Houdek was born on Nov-
ember 14, 1896, in Ellis County,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hou-
dek. He was reared in Ennis,
later farming near Ennis before
serving with the U. S. Army in
the Canal Zone during World
War I. In 1919 after returning
from the war, he started work-
ing with the Nehi Bottling Works
where he continued for forty
six years. On October
25, 1920 he was married to
Miss Bettie Danek of Ennis. He
was a member of the Czech
Moravian Brethren Church, the
Chism-Landers Post of American
Legion, the Sokol, the S.P.J.S.T.
Lodge and the Z.C.B.J.
Surviving him are his wife,
three sons, Stanley Houdek, Jr.,
George Houdek, both of Ennis
and Albin Houdek of Baton
Rouge, La.; eight grandchildren:
one brother Jerry Houdek of
LaCenter, Washington; and two
sisters Mrs. Bob Zazvorka of En-
nis and Miss Bessie Houdek of
Mexia.
County Burglary
Is Investigated
Burglary of a house at Ovilla
owned by L. C. Polson of Dal-
las has been discovered.
Members of the Ellis County
Sheriff’s Department said pil-
lows, dishes, rugs, a space heat-
er and electric fans were taken
from the house.
No suspects are in custody.
Louis A. Schreiner, Kerrville, second from right, was honored by Schreiner Institute at the
final parade and review of the cadet corps in being named to receive the review. With Mr.
Schreiner in the reviewing line are his friend, Mr. Robert M. Naylor of Emmett, Idaho;
Col James 0 Younts Jr., PMS and Commandant at Schreiner; and officers and sponsors of
the battalion staff. Shown, left to right, first row, are Miss Ann Medlin, Kerrville; Cadet Lt
Col F A Newton Ennis, Battalion commander; Mr. Schreiner, and Mr. Naylor. In the second
row are Cadet Major R. M. Allison, Marfa, Battalion executive; Miss Cheryl Fertsch, Kerrville,
and Col. Younts.
public schools from 1928
1946.
Navarro Junior College
closed all d'ay Monday.
Surviving are his wife,
until
was
Mrs.
BARDOT IN MEXICO—Deep in thought, French actress
Brigitte Bardot gazes from the window of her dressing
room in Mexico City. The French beauty is on location
for her latest film, “Viva Maria!”.
“while the dirt-moving was
briefly halted, the concrete work
goes right on.”
The dam presently is around
50 per cent complete.
“By the way,” said Mr. Kelly,
“we had our first campers the
other day — some boys from
town came out and brought
their boat. I went down to check,
and found that they had on life
preservers and were being very
cautious. They had caught a cat-
fish.
“They camped near the 60-
acre lake, which is the ‘borrow
pit’ from which we borrowed
earth for the dam. It is from
12 to 20 feet deep.”
Mr. Kelly said he had not
vet heard from his recent re-
quest to the state for a load of
fish with which to stock it.
The entire lake project will
be completed next year.
Mrs. Bowers,
Dies in Night
81 Ennis Reared 0. P. Cook
Mrs. E. F. Bowers, 81, former
resident of Route 3, Ennis, died
in a. Corsicana Convalescent
Home at 9:10 Monday night.
Mrs. Bowers was born May 27,
1883, in Troy Alabama. She was
married to Mr. Bowers, then of
Winnsboro, Texas, March 29.
1902. They lived there until
1929 when they moved near
Ennis.
They lived for 28 years
on
the Wesley Knize farm near
Bardwell, and moved to Ennis
in 1964.
She was a member of the
Jesus Name Pentecostal Church
of Ennis.
Survivors are her husband, of
Corsicana; 3 sons, Fred
ers, Winnsboro; William
Bow-
and
Olin Bowers of Corsicana; two
daughters, Mrs. W. F. Prine,
Ennis; Mrs. Eddie Ferguson,
Dallas; 23 grandchildren, 41
great-grandchildren; 2 great-
great-grandchildren; two broth-
ers, Pearl Rouse, Winnsboro,
and Jim Powell, also of Winns-
boro; sister, Mrs. America Stev-
ens, Winnsboro.
Services will be held at 4
p.m. Wednesday at B u n c h
Funeral Chapel, with interment
to follow in Elm Branch Ceme-
tery, Bardwell.
Dies in Car Accident
0. P. Cook, 49, of Austin,
son of Mrs. 0. P. Cook, residing
on the Oak Grove Road, was fat-
ally injured in a one-car accident
Tuesday night at New Braunfels.
Mr. Cook is an SP conductor,
working from San Antonio to
Hearne.
isp Cemetery
Verda Gilbert Gooch, Corsicana;
business manager of NJC; fath-
er, W. C. Gooch, Farmersville;
a brother, Marvin H. G o o c h,
Tyler; a sister, Mrs. H. D. Car-
penter, Farmersville, and other
relatives.
Jack Curl Div.
Sales Mgr., Ennis
Business Forms
Holds Inquest in
J. Tobar Death
Petition Ask
Return Former
Type City Gov’t
DR. HIATT IS
PROMOTED TO
COMMANDER
Dr. W. R. Hiatt, whose wife
formerly resided in Ferris, has
been promoted to the rank of
naval commander. He received
the elevation officially from the
commanding officer, Capt, All-
britain of the United States Nav-
al Hospital, St. Alban’s, N. Y.
Mrs. Hiatt is the former Miss
Noma Jean Westbrook.
Dr. Hiatt is completing three
years of speciality training in
oral surgery, two of which were
spent as Chief Resident at St.
Alban’s. He has been in the Navy
since 1954.
Commander Hiatt has receiv-
ed orders to serve on the Staff
at St. Alban’s for the next year.
Dr. and Mrs. Hiatt and their
sons, Stephen and Scott, live at
34 Cherry Lane, Hempstead,
Long Island, N. Y.
Staff Is Chosen
Joe Frank Novak was elected
president of the Crisp Cemetery
Association at the annual meet-
ing for the year, held at Na-
tional Hall.
Other officers elected were
Clara Jurica, vice-president; Wil-
lie Haskovec, secretary-treasur-
er and George Kouba, director of
collections. Honorary directors
are Wesley Tupy and J. E. Min-
ter.
Mr. Novak stated that he him-
self would do the mowing and
upkeep of the cemetery strict-
ly from donations of friends and
relatives of loved ones buried
in Crisp.
“Donations are badly needed
at present to start the new year
with frequent mowing due to
rains in the past. Contributions
may be deposited at the Citizens
National Bank made to the Crisp
Cemetery Fund, or left with one
of the above officers,” it was an-
nounced. “Any amount, no mat-
ter how small, will be appreciat-
ed.”
He was born and reared here.
Mr. Cook has been with the rail-
road since May, 1937. He was a
member of the Methodist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, a son.
David Cook of Houston, and a
daughter, Gayle, of the home
address; his mother; two broth-
ers, Claud Cook of Bristol and
L. C. Cook of Ennis; a sister, Mrs.
H. C. Timms, Ennis; an aunt, Mrs.
Bessie Shaw, also of Ennis. Mr.
Cook’s wife and daughter were
visiting in the L. C. Cook home
here at the time of the accident.
Funeral services will be at the
Weed-Corley Funeral Home in
Austin Friday, at an hour to be
announced. Burial will be at Aus-
tin, also.
Jesse Tobar Jr., 21, of 409
Avenue C, employee of Leggett
& Platt Factory, died at 11:45
p.m. Saturday in Parkland Hospi-
tal, Dallas, after suffering a bul-
let wound, here about dark.
Justice of the Peace Paul Graf-
ton began an inquest into the
death Sunday, that was continu-
ed Monday. Judge Grafton stat-
ed that a fired .22 caliber rifle
was found beside Mr. Tobar. The
young man received the wound,
on a carlot on Highway 75 north
here, suffering the injury in
the right temple he said.
“He died of a gunshot wound
self-inflicted in circumstances
unknown,” Judge Grafton ruled
at mid-day today- ‘It definitely
is not a homicide. But there is
no evidence as to whether it was
suicidal or accidental.”
Mr. Tobar was born June 20,
1943, in Italy, Tex., ano had liv-
ed in or near Ennis all his life.
He was a member of St. John’s
Catholic Church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Irene Tobar; 5 brothers, Tony,
Johnny, Andrew, Julio and Flor-
entino Tobar, all of Ennis; one
sister, Tommie Tobar, also of
Ennis; a grandfather, Adolphus
Tobar of this city.
Two petitions asking that En-
nis take proper steps to return
to the commission form of gov-
ernment as maintained here
formerly are being circulated
here, it was learned today.
Circulation of petitions was
begun this week, and they pres-
ently bear a number of signa-
tures, it was stated bv a business-
man who has seen them.
Dr. Reel Back
From Convention
Dr. E. A. Reel of Ennis has re-
turned home from the golden
anniversary of the Texas State
Chiropractic Association in
Austin, after three days of ses-
sons.
Dixon Praises
Garrett Dep’t
Work on Fire
Freddie C. Dixon, Route 3,
stated today that the Garrett Fire
Department did a fine job yes-
terday in extinguishing a pas-
ture fire at his place. It burned
off about 25 acres.
‘Before we knew about it, it
had burned about an hour,” said
Mr. Dixon.
“I know it was set afire, as it
started about every 50 or 60
yards like somebody had drop-
ped lighted matches, in the right-
of-way along the county road
that recently was mowed.
“We are very grateful to the
Garrett firemen for taking care
of it, in a high wind, and so
promptly and well.
JACK CURL
Ennis Business Forms’ Vice
President, Hubert Marcia has an-
nounced the advancement of
Jack Curl from regional manag-
er, Dallas, to sales manager, Cen-
tral Division.
Mr. Curl has 19 years’ experi-
ence in the forms industry as
collator operator, pressman and
foreman. He has been with Ennis
in sales for 10 years. With this
experience, knowledge, and
background he is well qualified
in all phases of business forms
sales, it was pointed out.
In his new post Mr. Curl will
manage all aspects of sales, sales
training and promotion and ad-
vertising. He will move from Dal-
las and make his home in Ennis,
company headquarters.
PRES. JOHNSON
ATTENDS RITES
ATHENS, Georgia— President
Johnson has arrived in Athens,
Georgia. He is on his way to
Winder for the funeral of Judge
Robert Russell.
Ennis High School Band Staff of
Coming School Year Announced
The student staff of the En-
While at the convention, Dr. nis High School band was an-
Reel qualified for re - licensing nounced today by Director Ivan
to practice, as required by state Goodwin. It consists of the fol-
law, by attending a series of lowing:
Drum Majorette—Jan Walker.
Head Twirler—Jane Grant.
Twirlers—Teresa Winterrowd.
post-graduate refresher courses
sponsored by the association.
Main convention speaker in-
eluded' the deans of three chi- Linda Kay Floyd, Diana Martin,
ropractic colleges, Lt. Gov. Pres- Betty Houdek, Debbie Clemons,
ton Smith of Lubbock and State Flagbearers—Paula Skrivanek,
Sen. Murray Watson, Waco.
Jeannie Woodard.
Band Sweetheart — Rosemary
Hunter.
Band Captain—Tommy Clark.
Senior Lieutenant — Vivian
Clem.
Junior Lieutenant—Ray Jack-
son.
Sophomore Lieutenant — San-
dra Rudd.
Freshman Lieutenant = Kirt
Basinger.
Former Teacher
Here Is Buried
Funeral services for Robert
H. Brister, 74, of Waco, former
superintendent of schools there
and formerly a member of the
Ennis High School faculty under
Supt. J. D. Coghlan, were held
at Waco earlier this week. He
was with the schools in this city
in 1917-1918.
He moved to Waco in 1935,
after serving 16 years as super-
intendent of schools in Taylor.
At the time of his death he was
a member of the Million Dollar
Roundtable with Fidelity Union
Life Insurance Co.
He was born in Burleson and
received his bachelor’s degree
from Baylor University. He re-
ceived a master’s degree from
the University of Texas.
He was a deacon in the First
Baptist Church of Waco, where
he also taught a boys’ Sunday
School class.
Survivors are his wife; a son,
Robert A. Brister of Austin; a
daughter, Mrs. S. M. (Kathar-
ine) Lockhart of Hearne; a
brother, S. A. Brister of Waco;
three sisters, Mrs. McKinley Nor-
man of Longview, Mrs. Fane
Stevens of Crowley and Mrs.
Ethel Ramby of Abilene; two
grandchildren; and several niec-
es and nephews.
Garrett Worried,
Untagged Dogs,
Marshal Declares
Garrett, immediately north of
Ennis, has a big worry about un-
tagged dogs, City Marshal Ernest
Terry said today, as he asked co-
operation from dog owners on
this problem.
“The community is overrun
with dogs now,” he said today.
“People have been dumping un-
wanted dogs out of their cars
and trucks here in Garrett late-
ly in considerably numbers.
“Something must be done
about it. We don’t want to des-
troy dogs that have owners here,
and so we’re asking that they
have them vaccinated, collared
and tagged. This co-operation, of
course, will be necessary.”
Officer Terry stated that it is
dangerous to health for unvac-
cinated dogs to run loose in the
community.
Mrs. Johnson Is
Taken by Death
Mrs. Volun L. Johnson of Val-
lejo, Calif., whose husband was
reared in East Ellis County, died
at the age of 50 in the Califor-
nia town, after a long illness.
She was a native of Kanna-
polis, N. C., and had resided in
Vallejo 17 years, employed as a
registered nurse in Kaiser Hospi-
tal.
She was graduated in 1935
from the Gallinger School of
Nursing, Washington, D. C. In
Vallejo, she was a member of
Community Presbyterian Chur-
ch, and of the California State
Nurses Association.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by
her husband of Vallejo; her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William S.
Randolph, of Kannapolis; two
brothers, Clarence Randolph, of
Ridgeland, Miss., and Spencer
Randolph, of Fords, N. J.
Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Trum-
bull, Tex., is the mother-in-law
of Mrs. Johnson.
Homecoming at
Bardwell 19th
The Bardwell Homecoming
will be June 19 instead of in
July, as published, it was stated
today.
Jesse lobar Last
Rites Conducted
Requiem Mass was solem-
nized at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at St.
John’s Catholic Church by Rev.
George Horak for Jesse Tobar,
Jr., 21.
Pallbearers were Abelino Car-
rillo, Antonio Alvarez, Benito
Fira, Margarito Vasquez, Carlos
Martinez, Joe Vervantez.
Interment was held in St.
Joseph’s Cemetery, directed by
Bunch Funeral Home.
A native of Italy, Tex., Mr.
Tobar had lived in or near Ennis
all his life. He was a member of
St. John’s Catholic Church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Irene Tobar; 5 brothers, Tony,
Johnny, Andrew, Julio and Flor-
entino Tobar, all of Ennis; one
sister, Tommie Tobar, also of
Ennis; a grandfather, Adolphus
Tobar of this city.
Granddaughter Early
Day Crisp Doctor Is
In Contest, Austin
Miss Lakita Mitchell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Mitchell
of Waxahachie and granddaugh-
ter of the late Dr. P. H. Mitchell
who practiced at Crisp, will com-
pete in the Knights of Pythias
public speaking contest at the
state level.
The state contest will be held
in Austin Tuesday in the Step-
hen F. Austin Hotel. Miss Mit-
chell will be accompanied by her
parents, her brother, Pleasant
Mitchell, and A. A. Scott, chair-
man of the Waxahachie KP
Lodge’s contest committee. Miss
Mitchell won in local and district
contests.
Her mother formerly taught
school in Ennis.
HERE FROM DALLAS
Mr- and Mr. Louis Ivey of Dal-
las were guests for the day of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bexley.
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