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THE ENNIS. WEEKLY LOCAL
PER ANNUM ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1956
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TH
JULY 12, 1956
VOL. XXXI NO. 28
Modern School
Function Told
By Pederson
Don’t try to compare today's
schools with the “little red
school house” of days gone by,
Otis A. Pederson, principal at
Ennis High School, told the Ki-
wanians Thursday.
Pederson was speaker for the
regularly weekly Kiwanis lunch-
eon meeting.
Methods and problems change
and the school of today must
meet problems which formerly
were either unrecognized or ig-
nored, Pederson said.
Today’s schools attempt to
make well rounded individuals
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out ui a 11 1110 timuiru ul an un-
people and to help them become
basically sound, emotionally
stable and socially acceptable,
Pederson explained .
The local school man said
children nowdays are emotion-
ally upset. He blamed war and
modern family life.
The motivating idea behind
each school system should be
that of meeting the needs of its
own community, Pederson said.
He said the school should be
second only to churches in the
community and should come be-
fore business, social or any other
phase of community life.
School business is big business
and should have the greatest
financial assistance possible, as
well as the support and sympa-
thy of individuals and the com-
munity as a whole.
The school does a job no other
group or organizaiton can do and
has in its care the community’s
greatest resource, its youth, Ped-
erson told the Kiwanians.
“We are not asking you to
compare us, we are asking you
to evaluate us,” the speaker said.
L. K. Casey, 46,
Dies in Hospital
L. K. Casey, 46, Southern Pa-
cific track dispatcher here since
August, 1954, did in the South-
ern Pacific Hospital in Houston
at 6:29 a.m. today. He had been
ill since June 1.
Casey was born in Gainesville.
He had lived in various North
Texas towns. He began his Sou-
thern Pacific service in Ennis in
1942. He lived in Calvert from
1943 until he was transferred
back to Ennis in 1954. He con-
tinued to maintain a home in
Calvert and commuted to Ennis
daily.
Survivors include his wife; a
son, James Casey who is station-
ed with the U. S. Air Force in
Alaska; an 11-year-old daughter,
Gracia; one grandchild and sev-
eral brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be at the
Baptist Church in Calvert at 3
p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in Calvert.
J. T. Connolly
Injured in Dallas
J. T. Connolly, conductor on
the Southern Pacific passenger
Train No. 17 received a broken
pelvis when he fell from the ves-
tibule of the train as it pulled
into Union Station in Dallas this
morning.
The train left Ennis around
5:30 a.m.
Connolly is in St. Paul's Hos-
pital in Dallas.
According to information re-
ceived from the office of F. E.
Hoefer, SP Superintendent, it is
not known here exactly how the
accident occured. Hoefer’s of-
fice reported that Connolly ap-
parently fell from the vestibule
and under the moving train and
then rolled out from under the
train.
Corsicana Votes
For City Manager
Corsicana voters Tuesday ap-
proved a change in the city
charter to provide for a city
manager.
The vote was 625 for the
change and 520 against it.
The balloting in the special
election was relatively light, with
the charter change being voted
in by a margin of 105 votes.
The change of government is
effective immediately.
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KEYNOTER—Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee, chosen by
Democratic National committee to deliver keynote speech
at opening session of (he Democratic national convention in
Chicago Aug. 13, has donkey on Ins sock checked by son Gary
as his wife and other two sons, Bob and Frank, Jr., look on
at their home in Nashville.
(NEA Telephoto)
New Daily Schedule
Planned for EHS in Fall RScS®
TV Show Gives
/OOF Home Man
Television Set
Television watchers Friday
afternoon heard Jack Bailey,
M.C on Queen For A D a y,
award a new television set to
Ennis resident, W. B. Miller.
Miller, who is 80 year old,
lives in the IOOF Home for
the Aged. Miller’s daughter
was visiting in Los Angeles
last week and appeared on the
Queen For A Day program If
chosen queen—she wanted a
TV set for her father.
The daughter didn’t w i n
the title but she got the set
for her dad, along wilii a tele-
phone call to him.
Miller has been a resident
of the Home for eight years
and has just married his third
wife June 2. Mrs. Miller said
the TV will be the first one
to be in a private room. There
is one other set in the audi-
torium of the Home.
The Miller’s received the
news of the award Monday
night along with the tele-
phone call from Los Angeles.
The program is seen here a
week after the live broadcast
from California.
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RECEIVING LINE—Persons on hand to greet the guests ou opening night at the Ennis
Community Center building were, left to right, W. O Satterfield, J V. Pool. Mrs. Jack Bart-
lett, Fred L. Wilson. Mrs. A. K. Newberry, Mtv W. S. (lore, Mrs James (’ Coll is. Mrs (). Tl
Lumpkin, Mrs. \V. R, Sehween, Col. O. II. Lumpkin, Mrs. W B Rider. Dr. W P. McCall, Mrs.
J. V. Lawhon, Mrs. Fred L. Wilson, Freida Wi'son, Mrs. F. E. Davis, Bay Telfair, Miss Emma
Sims and Mrs. II. J. Stone.
CENTER—Plans are now un
recently completed Enins Coin-
nuinity Centei building, a meet-
ing place for clubs and organi-
zations and a recreation center
dor way for air conditioning the
—fur Ennis’ young people.
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Absentee Voting
The board of trustees of the
Ennis Independent School Dis-
trict Thursday employed a high
school English teacher, approv
ed the 1956-57 school calendar
and herd explanations of a pro-
posed night school for adults and
a proposed reorganization of the
daily schedule .
The new teacher is Miss Agnes
Grych who has recently returned
to Ennis from Wiesbaden, Ger-
many, where she taught children
o fthe U. S. Air Force personnel.
According to the 1956-57 cal-
ses in commercial subjects, to
be conducted on a fee- basis, as
sugested by the Ennis Chamber
of Commerce to meet the local
need for more trained office
workers.
High School Principal Otis A.
Peder.ion outlined tentative
plans for re-arranging the daily
high school schedule, doing a-
way with study hall and home
room periods and lengthening
class room periods to include 20
or 25 minutes of supervised
endar which the board approv- slml a, the cnd o( each class
ed, classes in the Ennis Public
Schools will begin on September
4. November 22 and 23 were set
aside for the Thanksgiving holi-
days. Christmas holidays are De-
cember 18 to January 2, and the
Easter vacation is to start on
The customary fif htprodi
The customary fifth period
usually spent in study hall will
be used for physical education
or band, or library work for
those excused from physical
Wednesday. April 17, and extend j education reasons,
until Wednesday of the next
week. Schools ends on May 30.
Both school administrators
and trustees voiced tentative ap-
proval of a plan for night clas-
Seven absentee ballots were
cast in Ennis today, Mrs. Billy
Colvin said. The ballots are avail-
able at the Deputy Tax Collec-
tor’s office in the Railway Ex-
press Building. No votes were
cast before today, she stated.
Eleven absentee ballots were
mailed to persons requesting
them by the office of County
Clerk Charles Huff Monday.
Absentee voting in the July
28 primary will continue through
July 24.
W. A. Edwards, 75,
Dies Here Today
William A. Edwards, 75. re-
tired farmer who made his home
on Route 2, died at Ennis Muni-
cipal Hospital this morning. He
Center Group Strives
For Air Conditioning
Cause Determined
For Bridge Collaspe
Fatal To Ennisite
-AUSTIN, Tex. — The Texas
Highway Department says it has
determined what caused a
bridge to collapse near Hemp-
stead and kill five persons last j
closing day, June 20.
The Department released a re- s
port saying the collapse of the j
bridge over the Brazos River was j
caused by a piling failure.
Five construction workers, in-
cluding Walter P. Duncan of
Ennis, were plunged to their
deaths in the river when the\
bridge collapsed.
A survey made by a St. Louis!
firm showed that timber piles I
used to support temporary steel
Home room periods will be
utilized as a new sixth period,
for conferences between teach- ha(l been a patient in the hospi-
ers an dstudents, or parents for | two days,
additional help from teachers,
or for library orientation for
eighth grade students.
Heretofore some students, Survivors include one son,
particularly those studying band John William Edwards of Pal-
have not had a study period at mer. a brother and a sister,
all and no student had more
Edwards had spent most
his life in Ennis and Palmer.
Edwards was a member of the
Baptist Church at Palmer.
Funeral services will be held
at Keever Chapel at 4 p.m.
than one study hall, while the
proposed change would give stu-
dents approximately one hour
and twenty minutes of aupervis-lmu.fJlS^1
cd study, it was pointed out. Buria|5 wji, bc in the Brisl0|
Pederson anu superintendent rvmetprv
VV. J. Davis said they visited j *_
other schools and conferred with j ATTEND RITES
administrators and had found t,, ,, , . , .
that many educators believe that! Thosc a',cn,,,n« bur,al r,les ln
lime spent in study hall is time Cclina on M,,nd;iv for lh<> infant
wasted. son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Vest
They also reported that some of Plano included Mr. and Mrs.
new school buildings in the area‘Vernon E. Hodo, Linda Kay Un-
do not even provide space for!do, Ernest Lee Hodo, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest F. Hodo and Mrs.
I Frank E. Mitchell .
By NANETTE GKKO
SMU Journalism Student
A new $4,200 air-conditioning
unit for the Ennis Community
Center Building is the next goal
of the Community Center Asso-
ciation, which they plan to get
under way by October at the lat-
est.
The Center, opened on April
18, was ready in time for school
Mrs. Rothschild
lo Mark 28 Years
In Business Here
Mrs Sam Rothschild will mark
her 28th year in business in
Ennis Saturday. \ f*.»
Mrs. Rothschild and her late
husband came to Ennis in 1928
and opened a dry goods store
on Ennis Avenue. Later they
moved to another location on
Main Street.
Mr. Rothschild died in June
1940 while the present location
of Rothschild’s Department
Store was being remodeled for
occupancy.
Mrs. Rothschild has continued
to operate the business as sole
owner since 1940.
Ennis Catholics
To Pray for Rain
activities as well as the Garden
Club Show, School Instruction nl
the Red Cross, showers, a n d
birthday and private parties.
W () Satterfield, president nl
the Community Center Associa
turn, said that $700 was the re
maining amount owed on l h e
Center.
“The association will help the
Optimist Club give an optimist
Carnival in the middle of Sep
tember,” Satterfield said. "Half
of the revenue on it will go to-
ward paying for the air-comli-
tioning unit with the rest payed
on a monthly basis.
With the installation of the
unit, the first phase of
entire Community Center vvill
lie completed.
(M her plans for I lie future will
include an auditorium and ban-
quet hall sealing from five to six
thousand people and recreation-
t a I facilities tennis court, vol-
ley ball court, shuffle board.
Those wishing to use the Con
ter may contact Mrs T N.
Seallorn, reservation chairman,
i The (.’enter with its juke box,
, candy machine, modern kitchen
and other facilities has h e c n
made possible by the over 200
j sustaining members, who p a y
] from $1 to 12 a month: the Gard-
en Club, which donated drapper-
Absentee Ballots
Now Available
Tor Ennis Voters
Absentee ballots for all elec-
tions during the year 1956 may
be obtained locally from Mrs.
Billy Colvin, deputy county
! clerk, according to an announce-
ment from Charles C’. Huff, coun*
i ty clerk at Waxahachie.
Huff was in Ennis today for
, the purpose of deputizing Mrs.
(Colvin and leaving a supply of
i ballots with her.
Absentee voting in the July
28 Democratic primary began
i today and will end July 24.
Huff said persons casting ab-
sentee ballots on account of ill*
, ness must have a statement from
: a licensed physician staling ihat
l they are unable to go to the
pedis.
Mrs. Colvin, also deputy tax
I collector here, maintains an of-
i lice in the Railway Express
! Building on the Southern Pacific
I right of wav at Ennis Avenue.
Bardwell Child’s
Illness Diagnosed
As Polio Case
The illness of one of the two
patients from Rardwell admitted
to Parkland Hospital in Dallas
last week has now been diag-
nosed as infantile paralysis. Dr.
John G Compton, Waxahachie,
Ellis County health officer, said.
Mike Dvess, five-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs Wesley Dyoss.
has been found to have polio
Examination has revealed a
slight paralysis and Dr. Compton
said physiotherapy treatments
have been started.
The other patient admitted,
Roy Howell, also of Rardwell,
was found not to have contract-
ed the disease.
Mrs. Binkley Dies
Walter Matthews
Dies at Age of 70
* u‘ i,‘s ami landscaping: and o1lt,;r| ■ »»/ , . .
I business concerns and citizens, |fl W2XatiaCIII6
who made substantial donations
and contributed to the various Mrs. J. M. Binkley, 83. died
| utilities. j in Waxahachie Sanitarium Tue«-
j Service clubs contributing to day.
! the building ire the B&PW Club, She was born in Giles County,
the Optimist and Opti-Mrs.| Tonn., and came to Fllis County
Walter 1- Matthews, lifelong
resident of Funis, died Tuesday! rllll,s; ,,u‘ American Legion and
afternoon at the age of 70. He
had been ill for two and a half
years.
Matthews was a retired Sou-
thern Pacific store foreman.
He was born January 21, 1886,
Survivors include his wife:
one son, Harry Matthews of Dal-
las; three daughters, Mrs. Bob
Black of Dallas, Mrs. Elizabeth
Vines of Austin and Mrs. Dale
Leddy of San Anoglo; 16 grand
children and two great grand-
children. Also surviving is one
sister, Mrs. Eunice Bailey of San
Antonio.
American Legion Auxiliary, the
Kiwam: Club, Garden (Tut). Girl
Scouts, 20th Century Club, Lions
Club, Writers Club and SP Ser-
vice Club.
'I tie Finance Committee hopes I
to secure a $3,500 per year bud-
gel for the Center s operation. ,
Directors of (he Center are!
the presidents of the local clubs j
and services.
Approximately 400 guests at-
tended opening night of the Con-1
ter in April Mrs. E. M. Miller!
entertained vi ators all that even-,
ing playing the Hamond organ, j
Chapel at 10 a.m.
Catholics in the parched Ennis
area will begin a series oi at Keever
special devotions tonight pray* | Thursday.
ing for rain. ' The Rev. Joe Hixon will con-
Rev. John McCallum, past or duct the rites. He will he assist-
of the St. John Holy Redeemer ed by the Rev. R P. Campbell
parish, announced evening mass and the Rev. Joe Richard Bal-
will be offered as St John's lew.
‘We hope to receive more
Funeral Services will be held j sustaining members next term,”
President Satterfield stated.
the traditional study hall.
Fred Dixon Dies
Church at 7:30 o’clock this even-
ing for the intention of rain.
braces gave way and the steel
braces then collapsed.
The survey was made by Sver-
drup & Parcel, Inc. of St. Louis.
ur Heart Attack
Fred Dixon, 51, succumbed to
a heart attack at his home 1102
It concluded "the bridge was
well designed”.
“The erection scheme was in
general well thought out and
w'ould not normally result in
West Knox St. at 4:15 p.m. Sun-
day. He was a farmer.
He was born at Reagor Spr-
ings, Nov. 28, 1904, and had liv-
ed in and near Ennis all his life.
damage to any parts of the per-
manent structure.
He was married March 28.
1925. to Miss Clara Branch of
The temporary support ”48
feet, 6 inches cast of pier 7 was
by far the weakest of the sup-
porting members at the moment
of the collapse ”, the report add-
ing “it is therefore logical to
assign the responsibility for the
collapse to members of this
unit".
Duncan and four other men
were killed when the 662-foot
Winchester, Tenn.
Survivors include his wrife;
three sons. F. C. Dixon, J. E.
Dixon and D. W. Dixon, all of
Ennis; three daughters, Mrs.
Herman Gullion, Mrs. O. D. Hall
and Miss Wanda Faye Dixon, all
of Ennis; his father, Charlie
Dixon, Ennis; four grandchil-
dren: one brother, Marvin Dix-
on of Ennis, and three sisters.
bridge across the Brazos on State
Mrs. Tom Christian and Mrs.
Highway 159 near Hempstead
fell as the contractor was in the
process of erecting an 85-foot
section of the south plate girder.
At the time, the bridge was
about 62 per cent complete.
Dewey Ray. both of Ennis, and
Mrs. Emmett Southard of Ava-
lon.
Funeral services were sche-
duled for 5 p.m. today at the
Buneh-Emmert Funeral Chapel.
EHS Bail
$2600
Burial will be in Myrtle Cernc
tery.
Services Are Held
For Mrs. Martinez
75 years ago. She lived first at
Milfoil*! and laid lived at Waxa-
hachie for 20 years. She had
made her home in Maypearl
since 1929.
Survivors include two sons,
W B Binkley of Maypearl and
L. W. Binkley of Torrance.
Calif; seven daughters, Mrs. W.
II B< ckman of Waxahachie, Mrs.
S. O Hill of Arlington, Mrs. L.
W. Jackson of Maypearl, Mrs.
S, W. Glenn of Ennis, Mrs. J. T.
Holtzclaw of Corpus Christ!, Mrs.
K. N. Phillips of Barstow, Calif.,
and Miss Jessie Binkley; also
three sisters, Mrs. J. E. Whitt
of Waxahachie, Mrs. Jennie
Clay of Wills Point and Mrs.
Alice Newton of Panhandle.
Funeral services are to be
held ;il the Saxon-Boze-Mitchell
Funeral Home in Waxahachie
at 10 a.m. Thursday, with the
Rev. Jack C. Bush and the Rev.
Floyd Johnson of Waxahachie
officiating.
Burial is to be in the Milford
Cemetery.
Gets
Lifting
Funeral Services
For Baby V/ebster
p.m. on January 20. causing
workmen to plunge 75 feet into
the river below.
By NANCE JOHNSON
SMU Journalism Student
The basement and home eco-
nomics department of Ennis
High School have had their faces
lifted in preparation for the fall
term. Total cost of the improve-
ments are estimated at $2,600
Mrs. Maud Bounds
To Teach School
In Waxahachie
Mrs. Maud Bounds, former
superintendent of schools at
Rice, has accepted a position as
teacher in Waxahachie High
School.
ing.
Burial was to be in Myrtle j Mrs. Bounds
Cemetery. teach foreign languages.
Funeral services for Mrs. John
Martinez were held at Holy Re-
deemer Church this morning.
Mrs Mailinez died at Ennis
Municipal Hospital Monday
morning.
The Rev. A. Bock conducted
the funeral rights.
Burial was in St Joseph Come-j Funeral services for James
tery. 'I hose who served as pall>j Earl Webster, inhnt son of Mr.
bearer » included Tiofilo Espin-land Mrs James Webster of 220
oza. Placido Martinez, Panciio South Main, were held at the
Torrez, Antomo Gerrero, Pedro Buneh-Emmert Chapel at 4:30
Munrial and Ray Castillo. ipm. Thursday.
J- E keever Mortuary directed J The child was born at Ennis
_ ----------------- Municipal Hospital on Wednes-
; day.
Survivors include the parents;
one .sister. Debra Ann Webster;
j grandparents, J. A. Webster of
I Vidor, Mrs. Bernice McGraw of
Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Funeral services for Wesley Wolfe of Ennis, and great grand-
A. Svehlak will be held at the parents. Mr. and Mrs. L L. Wolfe
St John C hurch at 8 a.m. Thurs- and W. N Clark, all of Ennis,
day ! The Rev. Orbie Lamb conduct*
Rosary will be recited at the ed the rites.
Buneh-Emmert Chapel at 8:30 Buri.il was in the Crisp Ceme-
o’clnek this evening. , tery.
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Howard A. Stockton sueccds Slovakia. Get. 15, 1878, and had LEAVE FOP. MILWAUKEE
F. E. McLemore as Worshipful lived near Ennis since he was| Lt. and Mrs. William Goodwin
Master. Two new officers were 12 years of age. and children Jimmy and Helen
included on the staff for the He was married here, July 22. Alma left Sunday for Lt. Good*
T. C. Wilemon. superintendent Lockers in the basement have j year. Robert Clemmons will 1901, to Miss Matilda Coss of win’s r.ew location in Milwaukee,
of schools in Waxahachie. said been painted and rearranged on serve as junior deacon while Weatherford. Wis. They visited Mr. and Mrs!
would probably!the inside walls of the hallways D. D. Emmert takes over the] Burial will bc in St Joseph W. H. Goodwin here for two
|so that there will be more space duties of secretary. 1 Cemetery. i weeks.
and traffic through the hallways
will be facilitated.
Pederson also Liber) that
general summer ‘leaning and
repair work is underway in the
school proper.
Masonic Lodge
Installs Officers
Past Master Leo Kirkpatrick
installed officers for Ennks
because of the cafeteria which is Lodge No. 369. A F A- A M lot
also located in the basement, i eu/rent year on lue<d.i>
j evening.
Total cost for the basement
floors was $2,250 and the home
economics department repairs
were estimated at $350
Tile floors were laid in the
five classrooms and the hallways
of the basement and .i new ceil-
ing was installed in the music
room. The floor of the kitchen
in the home economics depart-
ment was also laid with tile.
Otis Pederson, principal of the
high school, said that the floors
formerly concrete, will be much
easier to keep clean and that
cleanliness was the most impor-
tant factor in the improvement
Svehlak Services
To Be Thursday
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