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THE ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL ' -
Modern Motif
dominates this year's nominees in the Inter-
national Design Awards program sponsored
annually by the American Institute of Inte-
rior Designers. Thirteen winners will be
picked out of 36 products which have been
nominated for consideration. This year's
program, the 23rd, will be conducted in
Chicago on Jan. 7 at which time winners
will be announced. Chaise, above, design of
Danny Ho Fong, makes sensitive use of pli-
ability of rattan. Chairs, left, are made of a
single unit of molded glass fiber so subtly
shaped as to suggest an expression in mod-
ern sculpture. Verner Panton is designer.
The Tacketts in Note 50th Anniversary
With Open House at Center Here Sat.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Tack-1
ett, Ennis residents since 1949,
will celebrate their 50th wed-
ding anniversary from 2 to 4
p.m. Saturday with open house
at the Ennis Community Cen-
ter.
They were married December
30, 1917, in the Dalton com-
munity near Palmer. They lived
in Palmer before moving to
Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Tackett are the
Plans Going Forward Well Toward
Reunion of Ennis Hi Class of ‘36
Plans for a reunion of the
Ennis High School Class of 1936
are progressing well, according
to Joe Snodgrass of Dallas.
In a recent letter to members
of the reunion committee, Snod-
grass stated that inquiries
about the function have been
received from six states and the
District of Columbia.
He praised Arnold Vrla of
Dallas and Midi Lyon Dees of
Houston for having located so
many of their former classmat-
es and urged committee mem-
bers to insure that each surviv-
ing member of the EHS Class of
Yule Party for Children of Lakeside
Country Club Attended by Santa Claus
About 60 including children
(mostly tots) and some of the
mothers attended the Christmas
party for children of Lakeside
Country Club members from 4
to 5 p.m. Saturday in the festive
Yule-decorated club ballroom.
Mrs. Lynn Boren was in
charge of the party and directed
the games.
Santa arrived by auto and
took from his bag a Yule stock-
Mr. and Mrs. Homer D. Wall Honored at
50th Anniversary Open House Dec. 30
With their daughters and they spend about eight months
grandchildren hosting the occa-
sion, Mr. and Mrs. Homer D.
Wall were honored with open
house at their home here from
2 p.m to 5 p.m. Dec. 30, observ-
ing their golden wedding anni-
versary.
The serving table was laid with
a sequined net cloth over taffeta
and centered with a bronze and
gold arrangement of chrysanthe-
mums. At one end of the table,
the large three-tiered white cake,
topped with a gold and white
50th anniversary decoration, was
served by Mrs. Scotty G. Arnst
of Kosse, granddaughter of the
honored couple. Another grand-
daughter, Miss Barbara Griswold
of Wichita, Kans., ladled punch
from a crystal bowl at the other
end of the table.
Although it was a rainy, dis-
agreeable day, many relatives
and friends called during the af-
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wall were mar-
ried in Junction City, Kans., Dec.
23, 1917, and came to Texas in
1922, living first in Terrell where
Mr. Wall was reared. In October,
1924. they came to Ennis where
he was employed as a brakeman
for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. In July, 1964, he retired as
a conductor for the railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Wall have a
small cabin on Lake Ouchita,
near Hot Springs, Ark., where
parents of Mirs. Jones (E v a
Ruth) Davidson of Ennis,
George T. Tackett, of Odessa,
Mrs. Fredonia Latham, Dallas;
Luther Mac Tackett, Richard-
son, and Arthur Jack Tackett,
deceased; five grandchildren
and one great-grandchild o f
Reseda, Calif.
They invite their friends to
call at any time from 2 to 4
p.m. Saturday, it was announc-
ed.
’36 was aware that the reunion
would be held in Ennis next
lune. He also said that the date
of the event and the program
would be made public as soon
as the reunion committee ap-
proved the report of the pro-
gram subcommittee
Members of the reunion com-
mittee are Snodgrass, Vrla,
Benton Beasley, Mrs. Francis
Smith and Mrs. Marvin York of
Dallas, Colonel Albert Aberson
of Washington, Leo Wadley of
Fort Worth, John E. Wood Jr.,
and Mrs. T. M. Dees of Houston
and Mrs. James Wright of Wil-
burton, Okla.
ing for each child present. The
stockings were filled with
candies and each had a surprise
gift in it. He visited with each
child and then left for the North
laid table decorated with red
and green confection Yule
wreaths, were served with red
punch in which balls of lime
sherbet floated, in a crystal
bowl.
every year, coming home for the
winter.
Their daughters are Mrs. Bet-
tye M. Griswold of Wichita,
Kans., and Mrs. B. G. Rankin of
the Rankin community. Grand-
children are Mrs. Arnst of Kosse,
Barbara, Wade and Jimmy Gris-
wold of Wichita, Kans., Ricky
Rankin of Rankin, and one great-
granddaughter, Dana Beth Arnst
of Kosse.
Others from out of town here
for the golden wedding celebra-
tion included Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Moreland of Terrell, Mr. and
Mrs. John Moreland of Tyler,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moore, Don-
nie, Billy and Tandy, of Dallas,
Mrs. Frank Mitchell and Mrs.
Beth Arnst of Kosse.
CONDITION
IMPROVED
M. 0. Wooten, who had sur-
gery last Friday at Baylor Hos-
pital, Dallas, is doing nicely. He
has been removed from inten-
sive care to room 4133 and is
able to have visitors now.
TRANSFER
CYANIDE
DUNREITH, Ind. (AP). -
Crewmen have begun a delicate
transfer of deadly cyanide from
a battered railroad tank car to
tanker trucks here.
Sheriff M’Collum
Is Candidate for
Re-Election
Sheriff Wayne McCollum
stated today that he would be a
candidate for re-election, sub-
ject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primary election. Sheriff
McCollum said he appreciated
support and co-operations and
that his formal announcement
will be given later.
Disbursements
Of Precinct 2
In December
December disbursements of
Precinct 2 were.
December salaries and wages
—$6,602.02.
Auto Savage Company, re-
pairs—$11.05.
Earles Welding, repairs —
$42.75.
Bruce Brown Chevrolet Co.,
repairs—$8.48.
Red MoonTire Co., repairs-
$48.45.
Valek’s Garage, repairs—
$119.50.
Henry Oil and
$5.70.
Fallen Electric 1
Gas Co.—
Company, re-
p airs—$ 7.25.
Roberts Radiators, repairs—
$6.50.
Earl Hayes Chevrolet Co., re-
pairs-$71.29.
Great SW Police Supply, re-
pairs!—$58.00.
Story Mobil Station, repairs—
$4.70.
Texaco, Ins., diesel fuel —
$466.48.
Lean Baird, lumber—$338.77.
0. E. Clift, rock—$146.50.
Crumley Hardware ,hardware
and nails—$77.57.
Lone Star Laundry, laundry
and uniforms—$20.82.
7-11 Stores, ice—$11.75.
City of Ennis, utilities—$6.66.
J. L. Thomason, bridge con-
tract—$525.00.
Ennis Wholesale Grocery.
shop supplies—$9.60.
Lekar Grocery, janitor sup-
plies—$3.07.
Sinclair Refining Co., gaso-
line—$512.00.
Blue Cross - Blue Shield of
Texas ,ins. prem.—$57.84.
SW Bell Telephone Co., tele-
phone service—$43.01.
Vineyard’s Auto Store, re-
pairs—$41.95.
TP&L Co., utilities—$8.34.
Armstrong Rubber Co., tires
—$461.29.
Randall Hunter, machine hire
—$110.50.
Southern Auto, repairs—
104.69.
Shaw Equipment Co. ,repairs
—$826.15.
Trinity Concrete Co., asphalt
—$1,179.90.
Thomas Tims, flood lights—
$84.18.
Lonet Star Gas Co., utilities
—19.72.
SW Bell Telephone Company,
telephone 'service—$3.52.
Commissioner’s mileage and
telephone expense—$100.
Blue Cross -Blue Shield of
Texas, ins. prem.—$4:82.
Total disbursemeuts—$12,-
149.82.
The Sports
Whirl
NEW YORK—Dallas Quarter-
back Don Meredith says he
hasn’t decided to quit football,
but will spend the next two
months making a decision on
whether to return to the Cow-
boys next season. Meredith de-
nied yesterday’s report that he
had made up his mind to retire.
Said the 29-year-old Texan:
“Maybe I’ll play and maybe I
won’t. I just don’t know. But I
definitely haven’t decided.”
Meredith and his wife will
spend the next few days in the
Catskill Mountains in New York
State where he’ll do some T-V
commercials for a clothing
manufacturer.
MOBILE, Alabama — A full
complement of players is sche-
duled to report for double ses-
sions today—morning and after-
noon—as the North and South
squads start work for the 19th
annual Senior Bowl tilt in Mo-
bile, Alabama. More foggy and
rainy weather has been predict-
ed by the Weather Bureau for
today.
An announcement is expected
by South Coach Hank Stram of
the Kansas City Chiefs on whet-
her Fullback Ronnie Jenkins will
remain in the lineup. He suffer-
ed a knee injury in yesterday’s
practice. Jenkins was a likely
starter for the South squad in
Saturday’s clash.
NEW YORK — It has been
learned that New York City’s
new Madison Square Garden
Center will have quite a pre-
miere early in March: a boxing
twin-bill. One match will feature
unbeaten heavyweight contend-
ers Joe Frazier and Buster
Mathis. The other will be a mid-
dleweight title bout between
Champ Emile Griffith and Italy’s
Nino Benvenuti.
LONDON—Top British Tennis
Star Roger Taylor, who just turn-
ed pro, has disclosed in London
he’s been earning $9,600 a year
as an amateur. And the 26-year-
old Taylor adds that other lead-
ing amateur players earn more
than that. Taylor said:
"I’ve always earned good
money as a tennis amateur. I
would not have been playing
otherwise ... I don’t know that
it bothered my conscience to
play as an amateur and earn this
kind of money. I grew up in ten-
nis and just accepted it.”
Taylor, who made the semi-
finals at Wimbledon last year, re-
marked that he’s fed up with
what he termed sham amateur-
ism and says he’s looking for-
ward to playing openly as a pro.
Taylor’s remarks likely will
aid the British lawn tennis as-
sociation, which wants to see
both pro and amateur players in
the next Wimbledon Tourna-
ment.
SYDNEY, Australia— Austra-
lian Davis Cup Tennis Stars John
Newcombe and Tony Roche, as
expected, have signed pro con-
tracts. And as announced in
Sydney, Australia, today, the
deal means Newcombe is guar-
anteed $45,000 a year and Roche
$10,000 annually for a minimum
of three years. As part of Ameri-
can Promoter Dave Dixon’s
Troupe, Newcombe and Roche
will play with six other pros in a
televised tennis series.
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WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
Bardwell News
Sec/5 Jimmy Poarch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Poarch,
called home, New Year’s Eve,
saying it was 1968 in Germany
and hey talked with the family
he lives with, Jimmy is schedul-
ed to come home in May.
Rev. Ted Stanley, assistant
manager at the Baptist Home, in
Waxahachie, preached at Bard-
well Baptist Church Sunday
morning and evening in the ab-
sence of the pastor, Rev. Merle
Fulmer.
The WMA postponed their
regular meeting on New Years
Day and will meet Jan. 8, 2 p.m.
at the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Edd Lewis had as din-
ner guests on New Years Day,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Bynum and son,
Jim, and Mrs. W. E. Bain of
Waxahachie, Mrs. Faye Lewis,
Bill Lewis, and Jeff Wilson of
Forreston, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Farmer and children, Gary,
Becky and Kennette, and W. D.
Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shaw and
son, Jimmy, returned to their
home in Austin, after spending
the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sutton.
Mrs. Mabel Robertson and
Mrs. Ben Junkin were Friday
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. E. Magee
in Blooming Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Forston
had as dinner guests, their chil-
dren, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
Tribble and children, Kathy, Bil-
ly and Danny, of Ranger Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bond and children,
Mark, David, Gary, Scott and
Tonya, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Cry-
er and Susan, and Johnny Mor-
rell of Midlothian.
Mrs. J. M. Oliphant and son,
Richard, Italy, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Gilmer, Mmes. Oliphant
and Gilmer went to Waxahachie
in the p.m. to visit Ira Campbell,
patient in the W. C. Tenery Hos-
pital, having suffered a stroke,
on Saturday, also visited Mrs.
Mattie Hays, ill with the flu.
The Campbell family annual re-
union, was to meet in the Gil-
mer home, New Years Day, but
due to illness, of George Camp-
George Chapman
uneral Service
To Be Sunday
bell. Athens, Ira and Mattie, was
called off.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B Lowry had
as their guests, for the past
week, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Early
and Kathy of El Paso, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Higgins, of Oregon,
Andy Lowry, Atlanta, Georgia,
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Norm,an, Fort
Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
George and four daughters, Dal-
las, Miss Bonnie Lowry and Miss
Louise Lowry, Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Lowry, Jr. and chil-
dren Bardwell. Some went to
Venus to visit Mrs. J. L. Woodall,
mother of Mrs. Lowry and made
pictures of 5 generations.
Miss Janie Holt was an over-
night guest of Miss Caryl Poarch.
Mr. and Mrs. “Sonny” Rob-
ertson of Farmers Branch visited
his mother Mrs. Mabel Robert-
son, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hargus went
to Garland on Tuesday, to visit
Jame Hargus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lee Hargus, who had a
tonsilectomy in Garland Memo-
rial Hospital. Cindy returned
with Mr. and Mrs. Hargus for a
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Sunday at the First
Methodist Church at Cedar Hill
for George J. Chapman, 84, re-
tired farmer, who was a resident
of Ennis Nursing Home. Mr.
Chapman died in Ennis Munici-
pal Hospital yesterday. Burial
will be at Red Oak.
He had lived in the Red Oak-
Cedar Hill area most of his life.
A native of Pulaski, Tenn.,
Mr. Chapman came to the area
at an early age. He was a mem-
ber of First Methodist Church at
Cedar Hill.
Survivors include seven sons,
Lester Chapman of Tacoma,
Wash., Morris Chapman of Dal-
las; Joe and Thomas Chapman,
J. Chapman Jr. and Willis Chap-
man of Midlothian and George
J. Chapman Jr. and Willie Chap-
man, both of Cedar Hill: two
daughters, Mrs. Lula Mae Davis
of Midlothian and Mrs. Mack
Glascock of Waxahachie; four
brothers. Homer, Horace, Her-
man and Roy Chapman, all of
Red Oak; a sister, Mrs. Cora
Mae Lawson of Dallas; six grand-
children and 12 great grand-
children.
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THE ENNIS LIONBACKER ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM—(kneeling left to right): Wayne John-
son, Ball; James Brown, Permian; Bill Melton, Permian; and Troy Richardson, Avalon. Stand-
ing left to right—Larry Bonner, Fairfield; Steve York, Corsicana; Fred Heraur, LaMarque; ,
Sid Kuykendall, Midlothian; and Jerry Wilson, Avalon. The tenth' all-tourney member, Mike:
Henthorne, of Tulia, was not available for picture. 1
few days visit.
Mrs. A. W Hayes spent the
holidays in Grand Prairie in the
home of her daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Rector and New
Year’s week end in Avalon with
her son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hayes
and family. Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Hayes of Albuquerque, N.
Mex. called his mother, Mrs. A.
W. Hayes, extending the Sea-
son’s Greetings to all the family.
Mrs. Mabel Robertson and
daughter, Mrs. Eloise Pool, En-
nis, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Mason, in Carrollton, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Robertson, Dallas, dur-
ing the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Cam Johnson
had as dinner guests, their chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Adkins,
Corpus Christi. Mr. and Mrs.
Weldon Johnson and ’family
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Johnson and family, Arlington.
Mrs. James E. Johnson, Waxaha-
chie was a visitor: • -
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Cryer
and daughter, Susan were dinner
guests of his sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Watson and daughter,
Tammy, in Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sutton
were recent dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Farmer.
Mrs. Edd Lewis was an over
night guest in the home of her
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bais-
den, in Dallas and visited with
her family.
Mrs. Max Manning is on the
sick list, her brother, Dave
Guthrie is with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Snow,
Dallas visited his twin sister,
Mrs. Maxie Minor, who continues
ill. Other visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lee Minor and children,
Waxahachie, Mrs. Joe Wilson,
Jalinda and Mike, Gar-
land; Mrs. Willie R.
Minor, Ennis; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Guthrie, Avalon; Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Guthrie, Italy; Dave Guth-
rie. Mrs. C. 0. Collier, Mrs. Ben
Junkin, Mrs. Willie Farmer, Mrs.
Irene Baisden, Mrs. N. Stacke,
Mrs. Ben Lee, Mrs. Bob Bruce,
Mrs. Cam Johnson, Mrs. Rex
Manning, Mrs. H. E. Leach.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bond
and children spent Christmas
Day, in Ranger, in the home of
her sister, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
Tribble and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Poarch
had as New Years Day dinner
guests, Mr. ,and Mrs. E. C. Reese
and Mrs. Floyd Marshall, Waxa-
hachie, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Poarch, Hutchins, and Bill Rus-
sell.
Mr. and Mrs. Pendell Wheat- Williams, Rosser, Tex.
INSULATED FIRE PROTECTION CHESTS
Furnace Tested
1700 Degrees
ley attended Open House, hon-
oring Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clonts,
on their 50th wedding anniver-
sary, in their home-100 West
Main, Waxahachie, Sunday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hargus went
to Red Oak, Wednesday, for a
birthday dinner honoring Mike
Collier, in the home of Mr. arid
Mrs. John Mulkey Jr. %
Miss Jerleia Gryder and Miss
Nancy McBride returned to their
home in Lubbock after spending
the, holidays with her mother,
Mrs. Irma Lee Gryder and grand-
mother, Mrs. Bertie Hallabough.
Neal Marks entered W. C. Ten-
ery Hospital, on Sunday with
pneumonia. -
Philip Curry and daughters,
Mrs. Roy, Reynolds, Mrs. Philip
Vantreese and their grand-moth-
er, Mrs. Ella Kirk, of Waxaha-
chie attended the 50th wedding,
anniversary open house, honor-'
ing Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hickman,
at Lancaster Sunday. Mrs. Hick-
man is the daughter of Mrs. Kirk,
who will observe her 99th birth-
day Jan 8. and still able to live
alone, in her home, 1011 Syca-
more, Waxahachie, and the fam-
ily plan the usual birthday cele-
bration for her.
The Odom family held their
annual get to-gether, on New,
Years Day, at the Howard Com-
munity Center.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Waddell Jr.
of Lancaster held a New Year’s
Eve and Day, party, in the large
building of theirs, at Howard,
with 40 attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fowler re-,
turned to their home in Oklaho-
ma City, being here for funeral
services for his grandmother,
Mrs. Jesse Wood. .
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