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THfi ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL
ENN18. KLLM COUNT!, HUfl THUHSnAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1954
VOL. XXIX. NO. 46
William Mercer
Dies in Ennis
William Mercer, 84, retired farmer
and a resident of Palmer for most of
his life, died at Emils Municipal
Hospital Sunday.
Survivors include his stepmother,
Mrs. Basliie Mercer of Palmer; u
brother. Henry Mercer of Sdvorton:
two sisters. Mrs. Muttie Abbott of
Waco and Mrs. Lucy Hinton of
Greenville; a stepbrother, J, B. Mer-
cer of Palmer and two step sisters,
M’s. Jimmy Aiken of Denton and
Miss Jessie Mercer of Amarillo.
Funeral services will be held in
Palmer on Tuesday and burial un-
der the, direction of the Barron -
DavLs Funeral Home will be in Pal-
mer.
3 Ennis Soldiers
Begin Basic at
Ft. Bliss, Tex.
Three soldiers of the Ennis area
recently began eight weeks of Army
basic training In the Antiaircraft
Artillery Replacement Training
Center at Fort Bliss, Texas.
They are Pvt. John Albert Kapa-
vik, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kapavik of Route 4; Pvt. John W.
Waur.vi, 21, son of Mrs. Wavrusa,
708 E. Brown Street, and Pvt. Ken-
neth L. Vavra 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Louis Vavra, 309 East Milam.
All will spend their eight weeks
training on fundamental infantry
subjects such as rifle, machine gun,
and bazooka mnrkmnnship. and
familari.’.ation with Aron technical
subjects.
Upon completion of this cycle,
they will be eligible for advanced
basic training in antiaircraft artil-
lery or some other branch of the
Army.
F’t. Bliss, established as a frontier
outpost more than a century ago,
is located in West Texas on the
Mexican border, adjacent to El
Paso.
SPECIALIST IN
EXTENSION TO
COUNTY MONDAY
Miss Bonnie Cox, organizational
specialist of the Extension Depart-
ment at Texas A&M College, will be
in Ellis County Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
On Monday she will confer with
Miss Mary Cothran, county home
demonstration agent, and with Mrs.
Lydia Harper, assistant county home
demonstration agent. Tuesday Miss
Cox will visit a Midlothian home
demonstration club meeting and on
Wednesday will attend an all-day
officer training meeting at Davis
Hall in Waxahachie for all Incoming
home demonstration club officers
for 1955.
Sidewalk Shrinks
Waterour.v, Conn.—(UP>.— It
may take several days to put In
a 180-foot sidewalk, but only a
few mi) Hites to shrink it to 80 feet.
The public works board found it
would cost more than $1,000 for
the .proposed section, voted to
build only 80 feet.
RUSSIAN ATTEMPT
LINK UP BLOC’ IS
LIKKLY FUTILE
By UNITED PRESS
Russia’s attempt to line up a rival
bloc of nations to oppose, the North
Atlantic Alliance looks like a rather
empty threat. It cannot accomplish
much unless important neutral na-
tions or nations allied to the West
break away and attend a Commu-
nist meeting in Moscow or Prague.
After forty a cucumber in the
hand is worth two in the tummy.
It would appear that the family
tree of some confidence men must
be a slippery elm.
OUT OF FASHION—Fa-
shion Kitifr Jacques Fath is
dead at the atfe of 42. Fath,
who reifrned with Christian
Dior as the top arbiters of
postwar French fashion,
died at his Paris home after
a lintrerinjr illness. He is
shown above in a recent
photo with <>nc of his fav-
orite fabrics—cotton. (NEA
Telephoto)
Readying for Hwy. 75 4 - Laning
J
TRIAL MATERIAL—Dr. Samuel Sheppard, left, bites
his lip as he Roes over trial material with William Cor-
rigan Jr„ junior member of the defense counsel as fifth
week of Dr. Sheppard’s murder trial gets under way. He
is accused of slaying his wife July 4. (NEA Telephoto)
Charter Is Authorized
for Watershed Ass’n
Richland - Chambers Watershed
Association—whose board includes
five Ennis citizens—is now legally a
reality, the, charter for the organ-
ization having been approved.
Attorney Earle C. Driskell has re-
ceived such notice from Perry M.
Reaves, chief ot the charter divi-
sion, Department of State, at Aus-
tin. A card from Mr. Reaves re-
ceivew today states that the char-
ter was approved and filed No-
vember 12.
The charter sets for the following
provisions:
"Know all men by these present,
that we, the undersigned citizens of
the State of Texas—B. L. Sanders.
J. Frank Wilson, Drew Gillen. Hor-
ace Lively. James Fortson, W. Lewis
David, R. M. Lavender, Allan Bry-
ant, Roy Wood, C. R. Feaster, Jack
Eastham, W. W. Odom, Chug Slay-
ton, Robert Muirhead, Dr. R. E.
Erisman and Dr. James R. Jeter—
do hereby voluntarily associate our-
selves for the purpose of forming a
private charitable, scientific and
educational corporation under and
by virtue of the laws of the State
pf Texas, upon the terms and con-
ditions and for the purposes follow-
Funeral Rites
For Mrs. Shugart
Funeral services for Mrs. Clarence
Shugert were held at Kecvcr Chapel
at lO.a.m. today with the Rev. R. P.
Campbell officiating.
Mrs. Shugert died in Ennis Mu-
nicipal Hospital Wednesday morn-
ing.
Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery,
with the Ennis Rebejcah Lodge con-
ducting graveside rites.
The pallbearers were Johnnie Slo-
cum, G E. Farmer, W. C. Huffmet-
ler, Leon Kucera, J, A. Minatrea
and Lester Emmert.
L. B. Foster Dies
Sunday in Houston
L. B. Foster, 82. formerly a resi-
dent of Ennis for many years, died
Sunday in Houston where he had
made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. E. J. Neumeyer. 808 West Mal-
wood Ave„ for several years. He wns
a retired building contractor.
Mr, Foster was a native of Cool
Springs, N. C.
He was a member of the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church in Ennis. '
Survivors include a son, J. B. Fos-
ter of Statesville, N. C. and two
daughters, Mrs. Neumeyer of Hous-
ton and Mrs. William H. Baker of
Griessen, Germany.
The body will arrive in Ennis at
5:03 am Tuesday and funeral ser-
vices will be heiti at Keevcr Chapel
at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Robert
C. Fling will conduct the rites.
Burial will be in Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
Wrong Side Of Track*
Louner’co Marques. Mozambique
—(UP*.—Game authorities report-
ed buffalo and anteloupc dying from
thirst, afraid to cross the newly
laid railway tracks to drink at the
shores of the Limpopo River. The
new, tracks run from tins Portu-
guese East Aliican capital to south-
ern Rhodesia.
ing, to-wit:
1
The name of the, Corporation shall
be Richland - Chambers Watershed
Association.
II
The purpose lor wnich such corp-
oration is formed are the organiza-
tion. support and maintenance of
non-profit, scientific and education-
al programs and undertakings, ns
authorized by Subdivision 105 of
Article. 1302 of the Texas Revised Ci-
vil Statutes of 1925, to-wit; <a> The
development and promotion of plans
for construction and maintenance
of dams on Waxahachie Creek a.t
an approved site near B&rdwell,
Texas; and, on Richland Creek at
an approved site at Navarro-Mills,
Navarro County, Texas, to conserve
and provide water and. water sup
ply for all beneficial purposes; and
of dams on Chambers Creek as de-
to advocate and secure construction
signed and planned by the Soil
Conservation Service of the, United
States Department of Agriculture,
and to promote and aid the little
dam, flood prevention and control
programs on Chambers and Rich-
land Creeks and their tributaries
to completion.
III
The business of the corporation
is to be transacted In the City of
Ennis, Texas, Ellis County. Texas,
and else,where within Richland and
Chambers Creek Watershed Count-
ties, in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas, and its principal
place of business shall be Ennis,
Texas,
The term of which said corpora-
tion Is to exist is fifty <50i years.
V
The qualifications for member-
ship shall be determined by the
Board of Directors and as provided
in the By-Laws.
VI I
(a) The management and affairs
of the corporation and the legal title
to Its properties shall be vestc,d in «
Board of Directors .which elect from
the Board a President, Vice Presi-
dent. Secretary-Treasurer and such
other Directors as provided in the
By-laws; and. sudli Directors shall
be elected by vote of the members
in good standing, each membership
being entitled to one vote only, at
an annual meeting of the member-
ship.
ib' The term of each officer shall
be one year; and, the term of each
other Director shall be three years,
one-third of the Directors being
elected for a term of three years;
one-third, for a term of two years;
and, one-third, for a term of one
year, at present; and thereafter,
one, third of said Directors, except
officers, shall be elected annually.
(c) The number of the Board rtf
Directors, including officers, shall
be fixed by the By-laws and until
changed shall be slxtccen (16); and
the names and residence and terms
of those who aie appointees for the
f.rst year are as follows: (Listed
above).
VII
The value of the goods, chattels,
lands, rights and credit* of the
corporation is ctsimatcd at, $500 00.
The corporation is without capital
stock and has no intention of having
capital stock.
VIII
The corporation Is without seal.
In testimony whereof, we hereun-
to sign our names, the 19 day of No-
vember, A.D. 1954.
PLANS ARE COMPLETE FOR
ANNUAL DIST. SCOUT MEET
Arlie Roach,
Principal of
EHS, Is Dead
Arlie B Roach, 56, principal of
Ennis High School for seven years
died in his sleep early this morning
at ihc home of Mrs. John M. Week-
ley where he had maintained his
residence for several years, Mr.
Roach had been ill for several days,
but his condition had not been con-
sidered serious. Death was ap-
parently caused by a heart attack.
Mr. Roach was born September 6.
1898 in Bardwell. He was the son of
tyirs. J. W. Roach and the late Mr.
Roach. He was reared in Bardwell
and was educated in the Bardwell
Public Schools, Abilene Christian
College and Trinity University.
He was married, July 27, 1930 to
Miss Naomi Elkins of Emhouse who
died In 1951.
Mr. Roach had been a teacher for
32 years and had been connected
with the Ennis Public Schools for 13
years. His teaching began in his
home, town of Bardwell. He was con-
nected with the Bardwell schools for
four years and then with the Rank-
in schools for 15 years before com-
ing to Ennis where he taught
mathematics in high school before
becoming principal.
He had served his country in
World War I.
Mr Roach was a member of the
Bardwell Church of Christ and he
was past president of the Ennis Ki-
wanis Club.
Survivors include his mother who
lives in Bardwell, one brother, J. E.
Roach, principal of Waxahachie
High School, and two sisters, Mrs.
Clyde M. Johnson of Dallas and
Miss Ruth Roach of Waxahachie.
Funeral services will be held at
the, Ennis Avenue Church of Christ
at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Burial under the direction of the
J. E. Keevcr Mortuary will be in Elm
Branch Cemetery at Bardwell.
First state to abolish capitol
punishment was Michigan, in 1847.
HOME-TOWNERS
Sketches in Words
and Pictures
(A Series Concerning; Ennis Citizens)
Leonard F. Gehrig
Leonard F. Gehrig, civic leader
and corporation executive, migrated
quite a distance from his native
heath, but he figures he made no
mistake, because he likes the town,
the people and his work.
Son of Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Gehrig,
he was born in Omaha, Nebr., Sept.
10, 1912. His college education was
obtained in Creighton University
and the University of Omaha.
From 1930 to 1937. lie held vari-
ous positions, in Omaha and Du-
luth, Minn., then went with Owin
A. Whitney, Merritt-Chapman fit
Scott Corp. in New York City, 1937-
39. Mr. Gehrig was secretary and
assistant treasurer of the Whitney
Corp., Duluth, 1939-40, coining
thence to Ennis Tag Sulesbook
and American Carbon Paper Manu-
facturing Co. as office manager, in
which he served until 1947, going
then as staff senior with Peat, Mar-
wick, Mitchell & Co., Dallas. Re-
turning to the Tag and its affiliates
here, in 1950, Mr. Gehrig has since
been secretary-treasurer of Ameri-
can Carbon, controller of Ennis Tag,
secretary-treasurer of Dunlee Paper
Products, Inc., and director of
American Carbon, Anchor Paper
Corp., and Dunlee. He became a
CPA in 1947 and is a member of the
Controllers Institute, National As-
sociation of Cost Accountant*, Dal-
las; Societies of CPAs, American In-
stitute of Accountants, American
Accounting Association, Tag Manu-
facturers Association. Mr. Gehrig is
a member of the Texas Advisory
Board for the Associated Factory
Mutual Insurance Companies.
In community organizations, he is
president-elect of the Kiwanls Club,
Boy Scouts district chairman, a di-
rector and the first fund drive
chairman of the Community Chest,
a director of the Chamber of Com-
merce, a member of the First Chris-
tian Church, Lakeside Country Club,
Ennis Trap and Gun Club, Dallas
Athletic Club.
For pastimes, he likes to golf,
shoot and fish, and as a spectator
he enjoys Ice hockey and football.
May 29. 1986, he married Miss
Marion Francis Whitmore of Oma-
ha. They reside in their recently-
built attractive home at 1805 N
Preston.*
Incidentally, a railroading atmos-
phere-such as here in Ennis—
wasn’t strange to Mr. Gehrig. As a
matter of fact, the first Job he ever
had, as a young boy, was clerking
in the telegraph office in the Oma-
ha Union Pacific headquarters.
Here's how Mr. Gehrig sums lip
why he likes Ennis;
"Mainly, it provides Joy for liv-
ing. It’s a real pleasure to live in
the size community where you can
know everybody—and where people
are friendly. And our town lias a
growing progressive spirit, a good
Arrangements today were an-
nounced complete for the annual
Boy Scout district dinner whicli will
be held at Lakeside Country Club
the night of Tuesday, Nov. 23.
The group will gather for the af-
fair at. 6:45 and the turkey dinner
will be served promptly at 7:00.
Dlst. Chairman Leonard Gehrig
will be master-of-ceremonies Carl
Johnson, county Scout executive.
1 | will represent Circle 10 Council.
Scouts themselves will present the
program, which is to be as follows:
Ax and Knife Demonstration,
Troop No. 206, Ferris, Apsttn Skin-
ner, Scoutmaster
First Aui Demonstration. Troop
No. 205, Ennis, A B St. Clair.
Scoutmaster.
Fire Starting Demonstration,
Troop No. 210, Ennis, Miro Pavclka,
Scoutmaster.
Knot-Tying Demonstration, Troop
No. 2U3, Ennis, George Spaniel,
Scoutmaster. —
There will also be a sing-song.
Parents and Scouters especially
were urged to attend the uffalr.
"As we hope everyone under-
stands," said the district chairman,
"this isn't a fund-raising affair and
we want everyone who buys a ticket
to do so fyr the reason that he is
going to be present."
The committee has urged that all
who plan to attend make their
contacts for tickets by Saturday.
The tickets may be obtained from
Chairman Gehrig, the Ennis Dally
News, unit leaders of Scout Execu-
tive Johnson.
Son of Coach Is
Enlistee in Navy;
Trains in Calif.
Ouy Weathers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. (Cop> Weathers, has
Joined the U.8. Navy, It wa* learned
from CPO C. M. Satterwhlte, re-
cruiter who comes here Tuesdays,
today. He is receiving training at
San Diego, California. His father
____ , . _ , , Is a member of the Emils High
'places! m* T Rm SUrC 8 R ^hool coaching .staff.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS PLAN
BEGUN BY CENTER ASSN
Driver of Automobile Which Went
In Ditch Near Ennis Fatally Hurt
Nathan Stewart, Negro, died at
3 p.m. Sunday at Ennis Municipal
Hospital of Injuries received In a"i
automobile accident which occurred
Ennis-Ex Elected
Seedmen’s Head
Mlnter Womack, formerly of En-
nis. plant breeder for Ferris Watson
Seed Company, Garland, has been
elected president of the Texas Seed-
man Association,
Womack, plant breeder for the
Garland company, was first vice-
president of the state group in 1953
He Is a national leader in cottors
seed research and on production of
new hybrids In corn, experimenting
In the Rio Grande Valley in the
winter and in North Texas in the
spring.
near Ennis Sunday morning.
Stewart was driving a car owned
by a white man, L. L. Brewer, also
an occupant of the auto, when the
---------,, i„„„____, such memberships will go on sale
ui.v.ui n.M, ut.juiiu iiiuiuimi
The Emils Community Center As-
sociation, meeting last night In the
Texas Fire Building Conference
Room, voted to institute the sus-
taining-memberships plan of help-
ing fund the new Community Cen-
ter Building.
President Harry Cornell presided
over the session.
Sustaining member* arc to sub-
scribe $1 a month each. Cards for
Hall on the Crisp
learned.
Road, it was
Constable Obie Freeman, who in-
vestigated, said that the cai went
into a ditch on the left, side of the
road, then swerved back across the
roud and went Into the ditch on
the right and overturned.
Brewer, who also was hospitaliz-
ed, has been dismissed from the
hospital and it was believed thut
his Injuries were not serious.
The car was heavily damaged.
Stewart’s body Is at Washington
Funeral Home here, pending fu-
neral arrangements.
December 1.
Joe Hawkins was appointed i>erm-
anent fund chairman for the asso-
ciation year. Others on hi« commit-
CpI. Adams, Grad
Of Signal School,
Visiting at Home
Cpl. Forrest N. Adams, son of Mr
and Mrs. C. F. Adam« of Sonoma,
was recently graduated from the
Southeastern Signal School at Camp
Gordon, Oa„ as chief high speed ra-
dio operator. He successfully com-
pleted a six months course in tele-
type. radio. International Morse
Code and the different procedures
of each. This is one of the three
highest M.O.8. the United States
Signal Corp* provides.
Cpl. Adams arrived here Wednes-
day night by auto and will spend
a few days at home enroutc to Fort
Carson. Colo., where he is to bf
Suit for $101,000 in
Damages Are Filed by
Citizens of Ennis
A suit seeking $101.(XX) damage*
ha* been filed in district court by
WhIIhcc C. Burford, an Ennis busi-
nessman, according to records of
District Clerk Jake Talley. Defen-
ar.t In the suit is Carl D. Collins
of Houston.
The suit arose out of a traffic
accident last Oct. 31 six miles south
of Emits near the Intersection of
U S 75 and Valley Farm Road
The plaintiff's jictltUm alleges the
defendant was traveling at an ex-
cessive and unlawful rate ol speed
at the time of the collision.
Mr. Burford's )>etiUon alleges
the collision caused his car to over-
Italy Traffic
Death Leads to
Big Civil Suit
A damage suit has been filed in
district court as a result of an ac-
cident south of Waxahachie last
Sept. 30 in which two persons were
killed, records of District Clerk Jake
Talley reveals,
Plaintiff In the damage suit is
Mrs. Maude Cummins of Italy whose
husband died as a result ol injuries
sustained in the traffic accident.
Defendants in the damage suit arc
Billy Lee and Albert Jones, both
stationed with the 40Sth Medical
Detachment Hospital at Fort Hood.
Mrs. Cummin* seek* actual dam-
age totaling $02,068.84 from the de-
fendant* and Judgment of $50,000
for exemplary damages from Jone*.
In her petition Mrs. Cummins al-
leges that Lee gave Jones consent
to use the former's vehicle. Mrs
Cummin* wa* Injured in the acci-
dent which occurred about 5 p.m..
Sept, 30 and was recently removed
from the sanitarium to the home of
a son.
tee are Gamer Dunkerlcy Jr., Miss
Mildred Davis, Wultcr B. Rider and
Cecil Tolkson.
Mrs. F. E. Davis, president of the
20th Ccnutry Club, presented a
check to Mr. Cornell for $100, from
the 20th Century, funds received at
a recent Center - benefit silver tea
the club gave.
Numerous clubs of the community
have pledged support. Guy Henry,
iii-ncirlsn) nt ths Lion*, wa* present
and said his club will make a sub-
stantial gift. President Cornell stat-
ed that his firm. Leggett fit Platt,
Is giving $250 to the Community
Center for 1<)54 tuid will contribute
more next year.
Construction of the first unit of
the, Center will start early next
week—not later than Tuesday, ac-
cording to Building Committee
Chairman James C. Collins, whose
committeemen ate—-Hairy J Stone,
Robert Muirhead, W. R Sc h ween
and Hubert Marcia.
Small Strip
Right-of-Way
To Be Bought
Final steps in preparation of En-
nis' part, in the 4-laning of High-
way 75 through Ennis are being tak-
en.
In a meeting here this week-end
at the mayor’s office, these ar-
rangements were talked over. At-
tending the conference besides May-
or Jack McKay were representa-
tives of the Highway Department in-
cluding Resident Engineer Fred-
erick Reglln; a representative of the
TP«fcL engineering department and
TPArL Manager Noel Speers; Alder-
man O L. (Cactus) Hindman and
City Waterworks Supt. R. iBuster)
Floyd.
Tlie City Waterworks, TPcVL,
Southwestern Bell and Lone Star
Gas Companies will move their
lines to make way for the project.
In fact, the city is already moving:
its water lines.
The matter of the city’s having to
either build a retaining wall or se-
cure more right-of-way on a por-
tion of N. Kaufman Street (High-
way 75 north) was discussed. Pre-
sently, the shoulders are higher
than the. road, and it is to be widen-
ed, The city figured it would be bet-
ter to buy more right-of-way, which,
the maydr said, is to be done,
“As soon a* he utility lines aro
moved and this right-of-way is ob-
tained." said the mayor, "everything
as far as we are concerned, will be
ready for starting—and 1 think that
actual construction then will .start.”
According to the mayor, the road
building w ill be "one side at a time,"
which thus, will keep the route open
for travel during the construction.
Ennis voted bonds for its portion
of the project throng town. The
Highway Department, has an-
nounced that No. 75, already
brought to Ferris south from Dallas,
in the fairly early future will bo
extended to Ennis
Austin, Texas—The Texas High-
way Department has called for bids
later this month on 250 miles of
construction work Uutt will cost
seme $9,750,000.
The bid opening w ill be November
23rd and 24th. Construction will
cover 164 miles of farm-to-mnrket
roads and 186 miles of State and
U-S Highways.
Project* Include:
Boll County Grading, structures,
base and surfacing on farm road
2115, from U. S. 82, two miles south
ot Salado to farm road 1236 near
Williamson County Line, 5.9 miles;
and grading, structures, flexible
base and asphaltic concrete pave-
ment on U. 8. 190. horn west city
limits of Killeen to point west ot
South Nolan Creek, 1.2 miles.
El Paso County—Bridges and ap-
pioachcs oil farm road 1100, at
Tornlllo Canal and old river chan-
nel bridges, .094 mile.
Cameron County—Grading, struc-
tures, flexible base and two course
surface treatment oil U S. 18(1
from 3.7 miles west of Palo Pinto
to 1.3 miles east of Palo Pinto, 5
miles.
Gonzales County — Grading,
structures, flexible base and as-
phaltic pavement on U 8. 87, lo-
cated about 4 7 miles southeast of
Smiley, 1.3 miles.
Dallas County—Structures, sec-
tional grading and two-course sur-
face treatment on U. S. 75, from
.27 nnie south of Tat.NO Railroad
to one mile north ol Ellis County
line 6.8 miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Snodgrass
turn, resulting in injuries to the
plaintiff. He state* in the petition j have returned trom Dallas where
stationed'"He wiF report There for <hat he will be totally disabled for they spent a week with their sou.
assignment on November 16. a I°)>g period ol time, Ralph Utiodgraas.
Frank Bakers at
Tabernacle Here
Starting 14th
Frank and Margaret <Mr. and
Mrs.i Baker will be with the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church Sunday for
the first time since accepting a call
to work with the Ennis institution,
it has been announced Mr Baker s
work will chiefly be educational,
and with the young people, a* well
preparing material for the local
page In the Baptist Standard or
church bulletin, and Mrs. Baker
to direct the four choirs— Primary,
Junior. Youth and Adult. The tarn
lly will occupy the garage apart-
ment at the parsonage until the
Christmas holidays, when they will
move into the education director's
home.
The Baker* attend the Baptist
Seminary at Fort Worth and will
with the church Friday evenings
through Monday night and, also,
Wednesday evenings.
Hawkins Resigns
Chairmanship of
Hospital Board
Joe Hawkins, who la active in
numerous civic endeavors of the
community, lias resigned the chair-
manship of the Ennis Municipal
Hospital Board, it. was learned to-
day from Mayor Jack McKay, who
stated that Mr Hawkins' letter of
resignation said that he had found
the work with the board most grat-
ifying. but that because ot the press
of business lie had deemed it best
to resign. The resignation has not
yet been acted upon.
Memorial Book Shelf
Announced by P-TA,
Tribute to Mr. Roach
The Ennis Parent-Teacher As-
sociation announces the estab-
lishment of a memorial book
shelf in the Ennis High School
Library in memory of Mr A B
Roach who devoted his life to
the teaching of youth.
Those desiring to use this last-
ing memorial should contact Mrs.
W H. Lucas at 609 West Travis
8t. and inform her of their gifts
atid a card will be mailed at
once to the family of Mr. Roach
Signed: Mrs. C A McMurray,
for the P-TA executive
committee.
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The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1954, newspaper, November 18, 1954; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782370/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.