The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1969 Page: 1 of 4
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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS 75119, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1969
J. J. Skrivanek
Dies Here at Age
87; III Briefly
Joseph J. Skrivanek, 87, of
Caldwell, father of Drs. E. J. and
Dan Skrivanek, died Thursday
afternoon in the home of Dr. E.
J. Skrivanek, after a short ill-
ness.
Mr. Skrivanek was born near
Caldwell, in Burleson County on
October 18, 1881, the son of
Joseph J. and Anna Moucha
Skrivanek. He was reared there
and in 1906 was married to Miss
Mary Drgac of Caldwell. He was
a farmer and rancher near Cald-
well until his retirement ten
years ago. He had been a mem-
PICTURED are Ted Largent, new Lionbackers president, and
Gerald Meyer, athletics director and head football coach.
VOL. 44 NO. 6
Mrs. Cochran s
Last Rites Held
Thurs. Afternoon
The funeral service for Mrs.
J. E. Cochran, 61, of Rosser, who
died Tuesday evening, was held
at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Keev-
er Chapel with the Rev. Bill
Oliver of Bardwell officiating.
Interment was in the Mt. Olive
Cemetery near Scurry with the
following serving as pallbearers:
Joe Matous of Ennis, Clyde Wil-
liams of Atoka, Oklahoma, Paul
Rackley of Wilmer, George
Fritz of Irving, Wayne Prestidge tioatiiirriy oie
of Ennis Isaac Aldridge of PICTURED are Perry Bros. Manager Jack Youngblood (on
Wilmer, Wayne Hunter of Ft. right) Assistant Manager Jerry Morton.
Worth, and Jimmy Hunter , .. .. .
Belton. Jack Youngblood Assumes Duties
Mrs. Cochran, formerly Daisy -‘.
Mooney, was born in Zwolle. Ac Managor of Dorey Pinc
La on August 20 1907 the HS idild-CT 01 I CT | V DIOS let
daughter 01 William P. and Aldy Jack Youngblood of Stephen- ning in World War II. Of the
Allen Mooney. In 1918 she mov- .11 1 & .:AD • 1 .
D, ville, long-experienced with Per- nine years he was in the service,
ed to Rosser with her parentsa 1 1 1
1 : ry Bros. Stores, has entered upon he spent 28 months overseas, and
and in 1924 was married to J.’ i r
IN THE PICTURES—Buddy Dial, former Dallas Cowboy pro
footballer (left), now an Ennis industrialist, and one of his
partners, Joe Allen, long identified with the garment in-
dustry, examine the first dress made here by their Royal
Park Fashions Saturday and with them is their supervisor,
Mrs. Ida Morris, in the top picture. Lower: As they open
their account with Citizens National Bank, to be identified
locally on a financial basis: Mr. Dial, center, pen in hand;
Bank Pres. Ken Ward, left, and, on right, Mr. Allen.
Royal Park Fashions Production
Of Women’s Wear Is in Progress
Royal Park Fashions, one of In brief,, their program per-
ber of the New Tabor Brethren •
Church since 1893 and was a @____• w
member of the S.P.J.S.T. Lodge h AFAAET MAC
in Caldwell. Mrs. Skrivanek died De Can on llo E h a
in 1961 while on a visit with her w
sons here in Ennis. .
Surviving him are seven sons,• E •
William J. Skrivanek of El Cam HMIC ■ IHnNGFC
po, J. J. Skrivanek, Dr. J. M. 111E1 wd he I K so Ca elw E • anu 111 .192* was utarneu wo ^' his duties as manager of the En- at the time of his discharge was
Skrivanek, both of College Sta-n • • °C ran osser. rs. nis store of the company and a master-sergeant.
tion, F. J. Skrivanek of Rockdale, By BILL COX composed of James Nichols, vice Cochran was an employee of has moved his family here to re.D 5 .
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sisters Mrs. Annie Marek and . Choral room on theIS wa snominated by the nominal- Surviving her are her hus- at Bryan, Tex. He had lengthy lowing towns- Littlefield Winns-
Mrs. Rosie Marek, both of Cald- Fuah carunucnt elance Rothlas ing committee under the chair- band, two sons, John Cochran, service in the US army, begin- boro, Pittsburgh, Clarksville,
well. , Largent who is an manship of Dick Betts, and then Red oak: and Fred Cochran, of -------------------------------
Funeral arrangements are " Lars 1 an SSg approved by a vote of the mem- TriITSh . Font daughters 1
Railroad in Ennis, moves up Rems, present at the Thursday Alfred McCarty, Red Oak; Mrs. Mrs. R. Crumley
from the vice president spot - Dewey Silvers Ferris- M r s . — . .
which he held during the past Th2 new slate of officers will owes. rs’ S’ • Dinc NIL#
year assume their new duties follow- Grace Cochran Pate, Rosser;
° He heads a slate of officers ing the February 22 Lion foot- Mrs. Frank Ornburn of Colora- . O
ball banquet. do Springs, Colo. Mrs. Aaron VOayc
Fred Taylor, TCU head coach, Rackiey, Wilmer; Mrs. Ellie OU I 3
will be this years guest speaker
at the annual affair honoring
members of this past years var-
sity gridiron squads.
Tickets for this years banquet
pending with the Harvey Schil-
ler Funeral Home in Caldwell.
Interment will be in the New
Tabor Cemetery in Caldwell.
Longview and Stephenville.
Mr. Youngblood was active in
community life in each town. At
his last point of service, before
coming here—Stephenville, he
was a member of the Lions Club
(he has transferred to the Ennis
Day Lions Club); a director in
- the Chamber of Commerce, pre-
Hunter, Arlington; Mrs. Nell At- Mrs. Ross Crumley, 80, owner sident of the Downtown Mer-
wood, Dallas; Mrs. Harvey Bush, of Ross Crumley Hardware Co., chants Association. He is a stock-
Ennisdied on Tuesday night in the holder in the company. He and
Ennis Municipal Hospital, his wife, Beulah, and their two
will go on sale this Tuesday A son, S/Sgt. Robert E. Coch- Mrs. Crumley, formerly More- children—Linda, 8, and Michael
with prices set at $2 for adults ran was killed in action in the ene Reagor, was born in Waco 5, are residing at 605 West Knox
Mrs. Felicia A. Braswell, 87, " MVW*%" 7 ‘‘"" "" and $1 for students. Vietnam War March 10, 1968.
makers of women’s mother of Mrs. Ford Curry, died Requiem mass was celebrated, A-----
in Norman, Okla., Monday night for J. L. (T-Bone) Smith at 10 Besides finalizing plans for
Braswell wears burn-in a.m. this morning in St. Johns this years banquet and selecting C.LLAI „
Hardin Crast .was born 20 Catholic Church with the Rev. a new slate of officers the club d
====== - - nite Air University
stated, the dress samples andview Baptist Church in Grand Chapel. Interment was in Myrtle laway: CL I
the products meeting hearty re- Prairie. Cemetery with the following The club appointed a commit- 000 A
ception from the buyers. Dressesserving as pallbearers: James tee to draw up a set of by-laws OCHOA
are being manufactured to retail p Surviving her are three sons, Joly Byrne Cooke, Buster for the club. School Superin-
from $18 to $35 Robert L. Collier, Boerne; Rev. Floyd, .Joe Vitovsky, Charles tendent Forrest Watson, Charles
- 9 • ’ • John R. Collier, Morro, Ark.; Groves, Edward Luksa. Muirhead and Dick Betts were
Distribution will be nation- Samuel P. Braswell Gretna, La.. Smith who died Monday appointed to serve on this com-
I. Wide. . three daurhtersMirecord Cur morning, was born January mittee by "Club President
Morris, 72, of Route 2, Ennis,Both emphasize that they are McGuckin of Noman, Okla.; and 24, 1915 in Weatherford, the son Rtoralaclulb hold another session
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in Keever Chapel with the Rev. and its progress. Daisetta, Mrs. R. D. Patrick of so High School in 1932, and in P
Ron Franklin, pastor of the First , Their plant is in the spacious Kirbyville; Mrs. Elma Irwin, 1932 after the death of his fa- quet.
Christian Church and the Rev. 2. a Mrs. John iR. Long, both of
J. C. Hixon officiating. Inter- Store Building adjacent to the GBeaumont; Mrs. M. A. Bowden,
ment was at 4 p.m. Saturday in Continental Trailways Bus Sta-
the Frontier Red Hill Cemetery tion, on Brown.
Ennis’ newest industries, is now sonnel-wise is to fill the present
in production and Buddy Dial, unit with
former pro football star, and Joe ready-to-wear—60 to 70—and to
Allen, a partner of Mr. Dial in double the number of employees
this business enterprise, told of numoei 01 employees
growth plans the past week-end.
G. H. Morris
Funeral Service
Is Conducted
The funeral service for G.
in Van Zandt County, near Ty-
Mrs. Braswell
D: , „ ....Smith’s
Dies at Age 87; lact Ditoc
n-. Ti s ‘ Last Kiies ncic
Rites Thurs.
Tuesday Morn
on February 11, 1888. She was and plan, before long, to build a
reared in Reagor Springs, grad- home here. They are members
uated from the Waxahachie High of the Church of Christ. He suc-
School in 1906 and attended the ceeds here Lewis Grimes, who
University of Texas in Austin, transferred back to Athens, as
She taught school in Ennis for a Perry Bros, manager.
several years and in 1913 was Assistant Manager Jerry Mor-
married to Ross Crumley of En- ton is a native of Stamford, Tex.,
161 M I J
Mr. Morris was born on June MIS. Moreland
7, 1896 in Edom, the son of Wil- ,
liam H. and Mary Elizabeth Bo- I act Rif Ac at
hanon Morris. He was reared LOSI AILVO at
there and after serving with the TH T
U. S. Army during World War 0allA6 I HIAC
I he returned to Edom. On Feb- do ■ ELD
ruary 5, 1923 he was married to Funeral services for Mrs. R .B.
Miss Ida Myrtle Dean of Renner Moreland, 42, of 3220 Beverly
nis. Mr. Crumley died in 1953. and was graduated from the high
She was a member of the First school there. He has been with
United Methodist Church and Perry Bros, about two months,
TIES Air Terr founder of the Crumley Sunday and formerly was with General
F. Setchel, son of Mrs. Dorothy School Class,and the Women’s Dynamicsat Fort Worth. Mr.
Setchell, Ennis, is attending the Study Club. .Morton has a wife, Brenda and
Air University’s Squadron Of. Surviving her is one daughter a daughter, Carie, aged 6
ficer School at Maxwell AFB, Mrs. Donald Jordan of Glenview, months: They are Baptists. The
Ala 1 Illinois; two brothers Jack Mortons live at 1003 N. Preston.
. Reagor of Waxahachie and Mr. Youngblood expressed
Captain Setchell will receive Raymond Reagor of Austin; himself quite pleased with the
14 weeks of instruction in com- mother Mrs. W. E. Reagor of new Perry Building here and
municative skills, leadership, in- Arlington; and one nephew John with the fine patronage; also,
ternational relations, duties and R. Reagor of San Francisco, with the friendly, progressive
responsibilities that prepare jun- California. . spirit of Ennis. He invites the
ior officers for command-staff -. public to drop by and get ac-
duties The funeral service will be quainted
duties held in the Keever Chapel at 10
He is accompanied by his a.m. Thursday with the Rev.
wife, the former. Judith M. John Dowd, pastor of the First
Racivitch, daughter of Mr. and United Methodist Church, of-
The funeral service will be was a member of the city com- : "Ra Mrs. Herve Racivitch, 724 Crys- ficiating. Interment will be in
held at 2 p.m. Thursday in mission from 1949-53. ns for ' 0 tal, New Orleans. Myrtle Cemetery.
Keever Chapel with the Rev. Surviving him are one daugh- San Antonio, for his basic train-
Ernest Duncan, pastor of t h e ter, Mrs. Mike Parsons of Rich- ing. Tbe captain, a 1960 graduate
Fairview Baptist in Grand ardson, his mother, Mrs. Birdie He is the son of Mrs. Ervin L. of Washington Lee High School,
Prairie officiating. Interment Smith of Ennis, one grand- Glaspy and the late Mr. Glaspy, Arlington, Va., received his B.S.
daughter, Paige Parsons and one and was graduated in August degree in 1964 from Texas A&M
grandson, Corey Parsons, both from Baylor University, major- University and was commission-
of Richardson. ' ing in marketing, ed there through the Air Force
Reserve Officers Training Corps
program.
ther, he and his mother moved
to Ennis .He was an employee
Silsbee; and Mrs. Willie Jones of the Southern Pacific Railroad
of Sarah Lake; seven grandchil- for a number of years and at the
dren; and fourteen great-grand- tin16 of his death, was an em-
hianem ployee of the McConnell Manu-
Children.. A
facturing Company in Italy. He
Miles D. Glaspy
Taking Basic at
Lackland, AFB
Miles D. Glaspy left this morn-
Brian T. Brignon
Is Taking Basic
At Fort Bliss
will be in Myrtle Cemetery.
and they resided in the Edom Drive, Dallas, will be held at 11 Maroi c Roauty
and Renner communitv where a-m- Tuesday in Cox Chapel of NIC D DCOuty m co0 11 ■
Mr. Morris farmed. In 1947 they Highland Park. MethodistarATma inne
moved to Telico where Mr. Mor- Church, Dallas. Burial will fol- Shon IC linen % AlIC C lutu.
ris farmed until his retirement low in Hillcrest Memorial Park OHVP LU UPOS
in 1961. He was a member of the there with Lamar-Smith Funeral TL,I .
First Christian Church in Ennis, enargeon Jefferson ‘ reet in Thursday Morn Be Presented City Here Enters Duties
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Moreland, the former Margie’s Beauty Shop, at 300 * .
two daughters Mrs. Samuel Nes- Miss Betty Gardner, was the S Dallas will open for appoint- In the course of the City Com- A A- din nnimal the
tor and Mrs. Henry W. Smith, daughter of Mrs. Mildred Gard- ments Thursday morning. missions February meeting on
both of Dallas; one son G. H. ner, who is with the Selective Mrs. Margie Ranton is Monday night at 7:00 the C of C
Morris, Jr. of Brevard, North Service here with office in the proprietor of the new shop. She Trade Development Committee
Carolina; fourteen grandchil- local post office and a niece of stated that the hours will be will present these recommenda-
dren; eight great grandchildren; Mrs. Carl Owens, both of Ennis, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and tions to the city fathers:
and two brothers, James A. Mor- Mrs. Gardner had just inducted that the telephone is No. 875-
ris of LaPorte and Truman Mor- her grandson, Mark Lee More- 5010.
land, into the service a month "We will have three operators
ago. Besides her son, Mark Lee, in the near future,” said Mrs.
18, Mrs. Moreland is survived by Ranton.
her husband and two daughters, "Our shop win provide qual-
Jane Ellen Moreland, 14, and ity beauticial work by well ex-
Julie Moreland ,12, all of the perienced operators, and it will
home address, Dallas. be a pleasure to be of service.”
Mrs. Gardner had a son and a _5______
Dr. Marusak
Mrs. Prince Is
Taken by Death;
Burial Tues.
Mrs. Matie Westbrook Prince,
68, of 2624 Hawthorne, Dallas,
formerly of Crisp, died at 11:50
a.m. Monday at her home.
She was born Sept. 20, 1900,
in the Crisp Community, daugh-
ter of Isaac Thomas and Pau-
line Cates Westbrook. Mrs.
ris of Edom.
Ennis Marine
Cpl. in Drives
Against Reds
* Marine Corporal Larry
G. daughter; the son died four ... p *
Santos, son of Mr. and Mrs. John years ago with cancer and now Don W. FTOIT
Santos of 407 S. Paris St., Ennis, her daughter has gone the same Combat Engineer
is serving with the First Batta- " Mrs. Moreland was associated in Vietnam
Ion, Fourth Marines, Third Ma- with her husband in the adver- in V remnom
rine Division in South Vietnam, tising business, was active in the Army Private First Class Don-
As part of the division’s new Highland Park Methodist ald W- Pruitt, 23, son of Mr .and
mobile posture, his battalion has Church and other causes in- Mrs. Larry B. Pruitt, 308 N. Par-
been conducting sweep and clear eluding the American Cancer is St., Ennis, has been assigned
operations through the northern- Society. She died at 3:30 p.m. as a combat engineer with the
most tactical zone of the repub- Sunday in Baylor Medical Cen- 84th Engineer Battalion in Viet-
lic. .ter, Dallas, ' nam.
• An auxiliary patrol to b e Al. |
set up under the direction LdDOIdLOTY
of the Police Department.I
• Citizens Patrol to be estab- Alex Louis Marusak has re-
lished as a temporary ex- cently joined the staff of the Los member of the North Dallas Bap-
pedient due to serious- Alamos Scientific Laboratory to tist Church.
ness of situation, under work in the Theoietical Division. Surviving are a son, Isaac H.
the direction of the police The new staff member receiv- Smithey, Waco; 3 grandchildren,
chief, ed a B. A. degree in Physics Rodney, Brenda and Craig
A $50 reward is being offered from the University of Dallas, Smithey? Waco; a sister, Mrs.
by the Trade Development Com- and M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in L. Z. Cagle of Route 2, Ennis;
Police Department. mittee of the chamber for infor- Physics from the University of a number of nephewsand neices.
• A re-evaluation of police mation leading to the arrest and Tennessee. Funeral services were held at
force hours, conviction of anyone breaking Dr. Marusak will be joined in 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bunch Funeral
• Recommend deputy sheriff and entering any business or Los Alamos by his wife, Gail Chapel, Rev. Robby Harris of
be stationed in Ennis, industry in the City of Ennis, Marie. He is the son of Mr. and papas and the Rev. J. D. Hudson
• Night watchman go on This reward will not be paid to Mrs. Joseph W. Marusak of En- of Ennis ofiioted
shift from 10 p.m. until 6 any policeman or employ of any nis. Burial was in Crisp Cemeterv. Ferris, is currently ta ring Basic
a.m. and obtain a night governmental organization. -------------------Pallbearers were Lindsey 4ain8 Bliss, iexas. ne
watchman on days off. Spiraling crime has been dis- WOUNDED MAN Cogle Jr Rosser- L M Roberts
Night watchman responsi- cussed with City Marshal Obie HOSPITALIZED Route 2, Ennis- Robert
bility to obtain relief man Freeman and will be discussed The Sheriff’s Department re- Speck Carrollton; Marshall An-
on watchman’s night off, with County Atty. Bruce Allen ported Saturday that a man who drews. Dallas- Lowell Maxon
The night watchman to and Sheriff Wayne McCollum at was hospwitalized at Waxaha- Dallas’ and Lonel Tosh wassl
check in and out with po- the C of C office at 9 a.m. Thurs- chie Friday night was suffering hachie
lice department and the day, the committee seeking to from a knife wound to the neck, -__
CUSTOM MADE
RUBBER STAMPS
UPCO PRINT SHOP
Prince had been a resident of
Dallas since 1943, and was a
• Additional car be placed at
the disposal of the Police
Department.
• Two additional policemen
be added full time to the
BRIAN THOMAS BRIGNON
Brian Thomas Brignon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Brignon,
Chief of Police to lay out develop
duties for better coord- teamwork
ination.
crime.
the closest possible which, he stated, was received
in the fight on in Dallas. Officers said they did
not think itwas serious.
was a 1968 garduate of Ferris
High School and attended Na-
varro Junior College before go-
ing into the service. His address
is:
PVT. E-1 Brian T. Brignon
RA 54 446 408
Co. E. 2nd Tng Bn, 3rd Bde
(Bct)
Ft. Bliss, Texas 79916
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The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1969, newspaper, February 6, 1969; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632990/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.