The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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4924 Cole Aveune
Dallas, Texas
THE ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM
Kiwanis Club
Sets Date
For Kids’ Day
Kids’ Day, sponsored by Kiwani
International, will be celebrated
Saturday, September 24 in Enni;
and in hundreds ol other com-
munities throughout the United
States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii
using the theme—"Boys and Girls—
Our Greatest Resource.”
Leonard Gehrig, president of the
Kiwanis Club, said that although
this is the seventh annual obser-
vance of Kids' Day, it is the second
year of sponsorship exclusively by
Kiwanis International and its
member clubs throughout North
America. He turther stated that
work on this seventh annual cele-
bration is well under way and it
is expected that more clubs than
ever before will participate in this
annual activity for youth.
"Preliminary plans for local act-
ivity are now being formulated
by the committee in charge” Geh-
rig said. He named Billy Abies as
Chairman of the committee under
whose direction the activity will be
carried out even though ail mem-
bers of the Kiwanis club will share
in the project
Abies pointed out that youth
work lias been a major aim of
Kiwanis International throughout
the forty years of its existence. The
Kids' Day program, one of Kiwanis’
major activities for youth, focuses
attention on this important work
of the organization on any one day,
and permits each club to develop a)
local program best suited to its
community while integrating It
with the club's year-round program
for youth.
Woman Struck
By Automobile
On Main Street
A woman received emergen< y j
treatment at Ennis Municipal Hos- J
pltal this morning after being struck
by a car as she crossed Northeast j
Main Street in front of the Ennis
Tag & Sales.book Company.
She was identified by police as j
Mrs. MeK.nsey Her full name was
not available.
'Die police reported that she was!
struck by a- car driven by Chris
Wooley. a Vernon, Texas Negro j
who is here to pick cotton.
Wooley told police he didn't see
her in time to stop.
Mrs. McKinsey was reported badly 1
bruised and w&s taken to the hos- j
pitul in the Keever ambulance.
The accident happened at 7.45
PALMER, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1955
VOL. XXX, NO. 36
MARUHINd OUT OK OBLIVION—'Vanguard of 50,000
“11 oops,” AWOL from the Hersbruck, tierniany, museum
for 10 years, march mi parade for Elizabeth Denson at
the National Gallery of Art., Washington, 1 U\, Removed
from Hersbruck whim American Military Government
issued orders to “dejjlamorize” the Hitler war machine,
of the tiny troops were found in Texas, and are
marking time in Washington until the rest, ot the army
is located, for a possible return to Hersbruck. (NEA
Telephot 0)
Ennis To Have
Pee Wee Ball
EHS Annuals
Being Distributed
To Students
The 1955 edit ion of 'I lie Cicerone,
Ennis High School year book, is
bring distributed from the office
of Principal W. J, Davis, today.
Mr. Davis said students who did
not get their copies today could call
for them between tiie, hours of nine
and eleven Saturday morning.
Beverly Alford and Virginia Ruf-
fin. 1955 graduates, were co-editors
of The Cicerone which consists ot |
120 pages of pictures and reading |
CITY’S FIRE LOSSES
HALF LAST YEAR’S
matter concerning the faculty and
student body from the eighth
through the twelfth grade...
Gilpin Services
Set For Today
Funeral services tor 1 nven Gilpin
were to be bold at Keever Chapel at j
4 p in. today with the Rev. Dr. Roy j
A Langston conducting the rites.
Gilpin, a member of the firm,
Thomas and Gilpin Clothiers, died
of a heart attack at his home J
Thursday afternoon.
He was bom in Enins, May 25,
1890. His parentn were the late
mm.
Alamo School
Entered Last Night
Through Window
The Alamo School building was
entered by burglars Tuesday night,
the Ennis Police Department re-
ported today.
A wild drink machine whs broken
Into and money and a few drinks
were taken, police reported. A
candy machine was also broken
into, but no money was taken, only
candy.
A small clock was also taken from
one of the teacher’s desk, police
stated.
Police stated that someone tore
the screen off of the window on j
the north side of the building and
took the glass out of the window'.
They entered by way of the girls
lest room.
Ennis will field a team 111 ! h e |
newly organized Southwest Pee Wee !
Conference.
The Ennis Optimist Club wall 1
sponsor the. local entry in the five- j
team loop. The club has purchased j
30 junior-size football uniforms for j
the Ennis squad.
Teams comprising tin circuit will;
come from Ennis, Kaufman, Bed-
ford Boys Ranch, Oak Cllfl aiid
Casa Linda < Dallas 1,
Weight* of players in tliis league
Gene Nowlin Takes
Position With Firm
In Baltimore, Md. j
Gene Nowlin, son of Mrs. C. A.
Nowlin of Ennis, has accepted a 1
position with the Food Machinery j
and Chemical Corporation.
He will direct polymerization sc- |
tivitics for the comporation’s con- ,
tral research laboratory in Balti-
more, Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Nowlin and daugh- i
ter. -Anita, left Bartlesville, Okly- j
homa where he has been associated
with Philip.; Petroleum Co., Friday
foi Baltimore
They will live there lor one year;
until the company's new central
research laboratory is completed at i
Planet,on, N. J.
Nowlin received his PhD degree!
from the University of Texas in j
1919, and after one vear or research
at the DuPont postdoctoral tellow ;
at the University of Illinois, lie!
joined Philips Petroleum Co., where !
he has been doing research on new
plastics for the past, live years
Flies To California
Miss Gloria Martin left Saturday ;
afternoon from Anion Carter Field
for Norwalk, California. She will |
teach this semester at Santa. Fe |
Springs, Calif, near Norwalk.
Mr. and Mrs. .1 M. Gilpin and
!us father was a pioneer Ennis
merchant.
Gilpin wa . a steward and a hfe-
j long member ol the First Meth-
odist Church. He was a veteran of
World War I and a member of the
American Legion, the, Knights ot
Pythias and the Kiwanis Club.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Muss Ruth Floyd; two bro-
thers, James M. Gilpin ol Elk City,
Okla . and Charles E. Gilpin ot
Dallas; one sister, Mrs. John Gest-
ner oj Chicago and a half sister,
Mrs. L. L. Sessions of Okmulgee,
Okla.
Burial was to be in Myrtle
FI \LR\L AT SEA—Marino Guard of Honor fires a salute from deck of the U.S.S.
Hoi m l as officers and men pay tribute to a flier lost at sea during1 a landing accident.
This dramatic picture was taken in July of 1954 as the Hornet operated with the First
Fleet in the Far East, and has just been released by the Defense Department. (NEA
Telephoto)
must, be limited to 105 and 13 years
old is the upper age limit.
Hcrschcji Brown, ol Dallas, presi-
dent of the league, stated the pur-
pose of the organization, which is
incorporated is to provide supervised j Cemetery,
play and develop character among j Those who were to serve as pall-
pre-teen boys. j hearers included George Tipton.
All games will be officiated by the ! Gioesbeck. Floyd Carter. Dallas;
Dallas Officials Association and j H. C. Rogers, F. L. Roorbach. Byrl
regulation pads will be used in all j Floyd, Robert Floyd and Morns
league games. Gilley.
The Ennis Optimist working on
the program are, Lloyd Pool, Jude
Smith. E R Kelly, Eugene Venable
and Bennie Cave.
The local organization first be-
came interested in the program last
December when it was represented
at an initial organization meeting
for the league.
Kelly and Pool attended a meet - j ol transportation for the Texas and
mg in Da Has Monday night at w hich New Orleans I\iih oad Co. wit h
time the league was formally or- headquarters in Houston, rlleetive
minimi and off.vials were elected. September 1. according to an an-
il. R. Kelly of Ennis us the ! nouncement from J. J. Moore, gen-
league.^ vice-president white R o b j erl of Ennis, and entered the ser-
Finley, former football and Dallas 1 lAdams who has been assistant.
Optimists Prepare
For 4th Carnival
Joe E. Adams
Appointed SP Supt.
Of Transportation
Joe E. Adams, naive ot Ennis,
has been appointed superintendent.
Eagle star, will serve as commission-
er for the league.
The teams will begin play the
later part of September. The sehed-
superintendent of transporflation-
for approximately two years, suc-
ccedrs T. B. Ollus who is retiring.
He is the son of Mrs Wood
ule wili he announced oy The, News Adams of Van Wins, Calif , foim-
Ht ., latej data I erly ol Ennis, and enerrd he ser-
in addition to the conference Vl<’p ol ,,ir '""lroad here in 1922.
games, it is anticipated that the lo-
cal club will play several non-con-
ference, gmes.
J. C. Rooker Named
American Legion
District Adjutant
J C. Rooker of Ennis lias been
appointed adjutant of the sixth
district of the American Legion,
B. V. Hammer, sixth district com-
mander. announced today.
Hammer appointed Rooker to fill home In Old Ocean alter vaealiou-
thc term ot John W Pauling oiling in the home of Mr and Mr., E.
Hillsboro who g signed effective L. Oen1r\ and Mrs. Ollie Bcnelield
He served in various clerical capa-
cities m Ennis until 1942, when he
was transferred to the general of-
fices m Houston.
Adams and his wife, the former
Miss Nell Rogers of Ennis, and
their two daughters, Muss Jonelle
Arisvni.T and Miss INorlbfl, Joa,n
Adams, make lieir home at 4008
lAmherst in West University, Hous-
ton,
lleliirn To Old Ocean
Mr. and Mrs. Fetidly Benefield
and yms have returned to them
August 81 because of illness.
in Kaufman.
Ennis-Terrell
Football Tickets
On Sale Here
Reserver seat tickets to the En-
nls-Tcrrell high school football
game to be played in Terrell Friday
night are now on sale at the Ennis
High School principal's office, W,
J. Davis, principal reported today.
The tickets are $1.
Tickets to all Ennis High School
home games are also on sale at
$1.25 for reserved seats and $1 lor
general admission tickets.
Smart Decision
BANGOR. Me. — (UF>. — A
patrolman stared suspiciously at a
man who was weaving unsteadily
toward an automobile. The man
\\hs about to get into the car when
he noticed the stern look on the
patrolman's face. He shrugged his
shoulders, turned and hurled the
ignition keys Into a nearby stream.
"You're right.” he told Patrolman
Neal A. Ryder. "I’m too drunk to
drive."
700 Visitors Here
For IOOF Pilgrimage
Plans are well underway for the
Fourth Annua! Ennis Optimist
Carnival to be held September 15-
18 arid 17 on South Maui Street.
Optimist President Fred Wilson
has announced that the, Lions Club,
j Kiwanis Club, American Legion
I Auxiliary, the Opt.i-Mrs. Club and
' a numboi ol Enn?, merchants are
cooperating in staging' the giant
carnival.
Child Dies Here;
Rites in Seguin
Pete Moreno, two and a half
'ears of age, died Sunday night at
704 West Waco Street whore his
■parents, Mr. and Mas. Filianan
Moreno had been living for several
weeks. He had been ill two weeks.
The child was born 111 Seguin
Survivors include the parents;
two brothers, Kiliman Moreno Jr
and Fred Moreno; and his grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. Magana
of Seguin.
The body was removed from the
Bunch Funeral Home here today
Funeral services and burial will
be n: Seguin.
J. V. Pool Named
Traveling Engineer
At Houston by SP
•t v Pool, who started lus rail-
road career in Ennis, has been ap- !
ponded traveling engineer fori
Southern Pacific at, Houston, J J. j
Moore, the railroad s general man-J
aiuT, said today
Entering railroad service as a,
roundhouse laborer heir 111 1942, i
Pool worked as a fireman and en- I
giirer on Southern Pacific's Dal-
las Austin Division and as a die-
sel instructor at Houston prior to 1
lus present promotion.
Wilson announced the chairmen ,
and committeemen for the carat* j
val.
Charlio Muirhcad is chairman of
the location committee while Don- j
aid Booth, Mark Slayton, and the
stand managers will arrange the
lay-out of the carnival area.
Loyd Pool and Jack Poll are i
serving as the finance committee j
while George, Strunc is 111 charge of
the electricians.
Donald Booth and Mark Slayton
are handling the promotion.
Jack Poff, Loyd Pool, Charlie:
Muirhcad and Woodrow Odom are
the major prize committee mem- j
be rs.
Willi** Holey is chairman ol the
Optimist, committee to assist the
Lions Club with their stand, while ;
Tour Ennis Boys
Join U. S. Navy
Four Ennis boys enlisted in the
U S Navy Monday under the
Navy’s buddy program.
They departed from Dallas Mon-
day evening for Great Lakes, III ,
where they wall reeelve from nine
to 12 weejes recruit training.
Woodrow Odom will head the com-
mittee to assist the Kiwanis Club.
Chairmen of other concessions
Include; Albin Vavra, A. B. St. Clair.
Walter Earles, J. A Penny Jr., Webb
Armstrong. Dick Betts, Raymond
Krutilek, Henry Baskin, Frank
Cooper. Carl Jones, Don Muirhead
and Jude Smith.
Crumley Hardware, Western
Auto Store, Allen Furniture Com-
pany, Layton's Appliance, Farmer’s
Appliance, McClain’s Food Store,
Thomas <fc Gilpin, Phil Todd, Main
Tup Company, Gann's, Pollan's
Furniture and Southern Auto Store
are providing major prizes.
It wa« announced that the Op-
timist, Club has arranged for an
Ennis team in a PeeWee football
league and have purchased 30 uni-
forms for the, boys. Proceeds of the
carnival will go toward this pur-
pose and other boys work.
The Optimist. Swimming Pool
has been kept on a sell sustaining
basis with admissions held to a
minimum. Wilson stated
He said that t.he Optimist Club j
was grateful to the other clubs of 1
Ennis for their help in the carni-
val and in their projects
Fire losses in Ennis to date this
year are less than half of those tc
September 1 last year, City Fire
Marshal Charles J. Novy revealed
today.
Fire losses for this year now stand
at $6,731.79. Losses for the same pe-
riod of last year totaled $14,721.11.
Novy urged citizens to exercise
caution for the remainder of the
ye.ir He said the city Is in a posi-
tion to secure a good credit on fire
insurance rates if Ennis' fine record
can be maintained.
Fire Hazards Condemned
At the same time, he revealed
that a house on Sooth Sherman
Street was recently condemned as *
fire hazard and that the building
has now been torn down.
He said that the city was now In
the process of eliminating another
house on South Sherman Street
which is classed as a fire hazard.
Novy stated that several vacant
lots have also been cleaned up to
eliminate tire hazards.
The fire marshal said that a no-
tice setting a deadline for correc-
tion was mailed to the
out-of-town owner of a building
whose front wall is leaning
dangerously. The wall leans more
than six inches, Novy stated.
Ennis Has New
Typewriter
Repair Service
A local typewriter repair service
has been added by United Pub-
lishing Company, Manager Charles
Gentry announced today.
Prentice Wayne Gentry has ad-
ded to the staff of the firm as a
typewriter repair specialist.
He has completed a school in
Dallas where he was trained in the
repair of typewriters, adding ma-
chines, and other business machin-
es
Manager Gentry stated that this
new service makes available repairs
done locally. “We wall now be able
to give much faster service than
ever before on all makes of mod-
els of typewriters at very reason-
able rates.”
Congressman John Dowdy of | phosizc a program for increased
Athens was the principal speaker membership,
at the IOOF Chapel here Sunday Tcllie F. Aston of Sherman,
afternoon during the annual IOOF gra,ld ma.ster 0f the World IOOF
and Rebekah pilgrimage. j jtpoke m Corsicana.
A visit to the new convalescent
wing at the home was on the sche-
dule o events, along with Congress-
man Dowdy's address and a pro-
gram of entertainment by a group
of young people from Tarrant
County.
IOOF and Riebekah oflieials who
visited the Corsicana and Ennis
Homes during the pilgrimage in 1
eluded Earl P. Vaughn, Bay City. I
Grand Master, Grand Lodge. IOOF; j
Mrs. Lily Alexander. Lubbock,
rlurns Home
Mrs. C B. Keever has returned
line after vacationing In West
•xufi and Ne.w Mexico.
Approximately 700 people visited Prudent. Rebekah Assembly of .
the home for the aged here anti I Texas. Ben T. Lewis, Austin, Giand
donations for the home in Ennis Patriarch, Grand Encampment,
end the home for children in Corsi- I Moi01' General C. M. Tomlin, Me-
dina amounted to approximately j Allen, Department Commander,
$6,000, according to a report from ! Patriarchs Militant; Letlia Crowell,
a local IOOF member. | pio Grande City, president, Dc-
The Ennis visitation followed a Partment LAPM.
morning visit and luncheon in
Corsicana.
The board of trustees of the
Grand Lodge and Homes met in
Corsicana at 8 a.m. Sunday for a
routine September business session
Grand lodge officials met there
Saturday night and outlined a pro-
gram for the year which will cm-
Also Tom H, King, San Antonio,
deputy Grand Master; Raymond j
Gage, Circle Back, grand warden;
SGM Williams, Dallas, grand sec-
retary; H. L. Stewart, Navasota, •
chairman of the board; Guy H Me- j
Neely, Wichita Falls, vlcr chair- j
man; Clyde C. Gilmore. Ennis;
Carl N. Grcssctt. Waxahachie; J.,
Frank Ewing, Corsicana; M. H. '
Turner, Tyler; V. I Grounds,'
Longview, and Mrs. .Millie Stic
Doolin, Houston, board members;
Mrs. Jewell Caldwell, Waco, vice
president, Rebekuhs; Mrs. Ruth
Edminds, Dallas, Warden; Miss-
Myrtle Russell, Electra. secretary, I
Rebekah Assembly of Texas; Mrs.
Pauline Ragsdale, Coleman, treas- !
mer; Willis Severe, Odessa. Grand,
High Priest of Encampment and
treasurer, Texas Junior Board. Guy
W. Ennis Jr. Sail Antonio, Grand
Junior Warden.
Also H. H. Lummus, Ennis, grand j
scribe and grand representative;
Abel Rice, Houston, past grand
patriarch; F,. N. Paslay, Dallas,
past, grand patriarch and past;
grand representative; Brig. Gen. i
F. Nolan Barker, Corsicana, com-
mander, first, brigade; Brig. Gen j
Roy Kretzmcir, Patnpa, commander
second brigade; Lt. Col. J. E. Mere- j
aith, Mcicedes, department adju-
tant. and .Sherman C. Reed Dallas, j
head ot the Texas Odd Fellow News
and past grand master. i
Six Savings Bonds
Awarded To End
Appreciation Days
Emus Appreciation Days ended
.Saturday with the awarding of six
$25 United states Savings Bonds.
These went to Bobby Strunc,
Mrs J 1). Crow, Joe H. Trojacek,
Kii/.u' O'Neal, Mrs. Emii Jakubik,
and Alton Rogers.
The two-week event was sponsor-
ed by the trade development com-
mittee of the Ennis Chamber of
| 'Iaiimerce w.lh Ruelipiji Hanoi
as chairman.
The men enlisted were David I)
Lamb, son nf Mr »nri Mrs Orh;e
Lamb of 204 East Baylor Street;
Anbry Lee Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Owens Lewis of 909
South Dallas Street; Jerry Allen
Collard, son of Mr and Mrs John
V< rnon Collard of 1308 North Sher-
man Street,; and Thomas Lynn
Lowry, son of Mr and Mrs Leslie
Douglas Lowry, former residents of
Ennis now residing in Beaumont.
These men enlisted through Roy]
Pro,n.ss. ENl, USN, Navy recruiter
fro jnthe Waxahachie Navy Re-
cruiting Substation in Waxahachie, -
who visits Ennis each Thursday aft-
ernoon.
Ennis Girl Wins
Second Place
In Beauty Contest j
Miss Virginia Finch of Ennis won |
second place honors in the annual |
Waxahachie Optimist Club's beauty
revue held in Waxahachie Satur-
day night She was sponsored b y
the Ennis Optimist Club.
Mir* Martha Ne.l 1 Banks nf Waxa-
hachie was first place winner and
was i rowned Miss Optimist Carni-
val of 1955
Ihe beau tv contest and coronation
are hdd each year in connection
with the Waxahachie Optimist
Carnival The carnival benefits the
Optimist Club
The carnival grossed $7,309
Pro)its will be used in youth work
End Jimmy Peacock
Top Prospect At
Lamar Tech
End Jimmy Peacock of Ennis who
lomi's to Lamar Tech from Kilgore
Junior College is regarded as a top
prospect among the newcomers at
:hc Beaumont school.
The Cardinals have 14 lettermen
jack and are boosted by 13 junior
rollege transfers including Peacock.
Head Conch J. B. Higgins thinks
his team will be, vastly Improved.
The CaTdinals have been tabbed for
Number 5 .spots in the Lone Star
Conference, but the Lamar coaches
“think we can do better than
that,”
115 Freshmen
Register At EHS
W. J. Davis, Emus High School
principal, reported that 135 fresh-
men registered this morning, in-
cluding six new students
Mrs. W. C. Lamb. San Jacinto
School principal, reported 139 first
an dsecond graders registered this
morning.
No report of Alarm School first
and second graders registered this
been received at press time.
ANNIVERSARY—On 10th anniversary of signing of
Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, the two
principal signers of document, Japanese Foreign Minis-
ter Mamoru Shigemitsu and (ion. Douglas MaeArthur,
moot in New York on somewhat more friendly terms.
(NEA TeleDhoto)
Charles Chandler
Named General
Car Inspector by SP
Charles K Chandler, car fore-
man for Southern Pacific at
Ht.arue, has been appointed to the
in vvlv-created position of general
car inspector at Houston, it was
announced by F E. Russell, super-
intendent of Motive Power and
Equipment for the railroad
After service in the Navy during
World War II, Chandler began
his railroad career as a carman
apprentice at Ennis in 1944 He was
promoted to carman there m 1948
and to ca. foreman at Hearne m
1952.
Three Centennials
Marked At Milford
During This Year
Three 100 year milestones have
bun reached in Milford this year.
The Milford Presbyterian church
<■( lebrated their centennial on
Sunday, June 28. and on Sunday,
July 10 the First Baptist Church
of Milford also observed their
centennial year.
In August 100 years have pass-
ed since the first white person was
buried in the Milford Cemetery Ac-
cording to Muss Lula Rosson w host
deceased father, John W. Rowon,
related the facts to her as his mo-
ther had informed him, the first
white burial here took place in Aug-
ust of the year he was bora on Jan.
15. 1855.
A Mrs. Smith who was » transi-
ent traveling in a covered wagon
died when the family stopped In
Milford. A wooden casket was made
j unti she was buned iu the Millord
I Cemetery.
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