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ENNIS. ELL1U COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. I9&5
VOL. XXX, NO. 47
Legislation
Discussed By
Medical Auxiliary
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Two bills were discussed during
a program on legislation when tlu*
Women'!; \uxilln|[. to the Kills
County Medical Society met re-
cently at the home of Mrs. J. G.
Kocln 1 ;u in Midlothian.
Mrs W. P. McCall presided at
the'nice! iny and Mrs. .1 B. Silman
of Waxaiiaciiie was in charge of
the program.
One bill which came up for dis-
cussion was the Jenkins-Keogh
Bui v. inch, it was explained, would
CM nnxnber;' of the medical pro-
fusion to set a certain amount of
agapey each year, tax free, for a
government, supen’ised annunity
plan, under which the beneieiaries,
upon retirement would pay tax on
jp’ income.
t According to a report from the
Texas Menical Association, this
legislation would give the self em-
ployed the same tax advantages
as - -corporation employees by es-
tablishing a voluntary pension
$yst< m lor physicians, professional
groups and other self-employed
persons, and, if enacted, would al-
low doctors 1} .set aside as much
as 10 per cent of their net income,
up to $f>.000 a oar. with the ma.xi-
inum tor an indn idual being rIlte Rev. Dr. C). L Hargis, pas-
$100.ooo during a working lifeimc, ol the First Christ
and ,\ith income tax to be paid Church was elected president of
on the amounts when received as Ennis Pastors Association at a
aimin'v payments. meeting at the Western Cafe
Federal licalli Re-Insurance l*ro- Wednesday morning,
gram I The Rev. Dr. Hargis succeeds the
It was explained at the meeing! Rev. Richmond McKinney who has
that a proposed Federal Health j resigned as pastor of the First
pit-insurance Program" proposes I Presbyterian Church and head ol
that 1 i "it companies oner more | the pastors organization, to i crept
Kiwanis Club
Presents $500
To Center Fund
Leonard Gehrig, Kiwanis presi-
dent, presented the club’s check for
$500 to Garner Dunkerley Jr. and
Hubert Marcia, vice presidents in
the Community Center organiza-
tion during the Kiwarns luncheon
Thursday. The contribution
makes a total of $1,000 which the
Kiwanis Club has contributed to
the center building fund this year,
Gehrig said.
Lions Edge Mexia
Close Season
40*
( HEC KS ADDRESS—Secy, of State John Foster Dulles,
left, met with Pies. Eisenhower Friday at his offjee in
(iettysburyh, Pa.. 1o check with the President on Dulles’
address to the nation on the (leneva conl'ei’<#m«.
(NT.A Telephoto)
Mrs. G. W. Butler
Dies at Home Here
Mrs. G. W. Butler, 77 resident I
of Ennis for 55 years, died at her
| home. 005 North McKinney St., at!
C p in. Saturday. She had been ill j
two years.
HILLSBORO WINS DISTRICT TITLE
WITH 27-7 VICTORY OVER INDIANS
Dr. 0. L. Hargis Elected President
Of Ennis Pastors Association
She was born in Denison, Apii!)
12 1878, and was married here
November 20. 1R93. Her husband
v.as a locomotive engineer on the j
Southern Pacific Lines and they
Palma i Pug i Gnliga,
sen, returned home to Hillsboro
this year to coach the Hillsboro
Eagles to their first district cham-
pionship since 1030.
Tli'1 Eagles after trailing 7-0 at
halftime, went on a fourth-quart-
er t ouch down spree to whallop
Waxahu-chie’s Indians 27-0 in the
native , rushing to Waxahachie’s 120. The
Eagles gained 122 yards on lour
completed aerials out of nine. The
Indians tried 18 passes and com-
pleted nine for 68 yards.
Hillsboro raekpd Up 17 first
downs to Waxahachie’s nine.
game for the District 18-AA title
in Hillsboro Friday night.
The victory was the ninth
straight for the highflying War-
came to Ennis to make their home j l;)11 tis- After dropping their season
opener to Class AAA A Carter R-
verside of Fort Worth, 6-0. the Ea-
gles went on to make a clean sweep
Ennis Hi Scores
Close 13-12 Win
Over Black Cats
By BRYAN ADAMS
Thr Ennis Lions dosed out their
A A competition Friday night by
squeeking past the Mexia Blhck j Mi Speeded punte I out on the Ennis
Woods made two but fumbled Allen
recovered fyv the Lions. Woods
| made one but,/hurt .of a first down
and Mexia (mk oVor on the 18.
Sadler fumbled and McAdams re-
covered on the Cat nineteen.
Woods made two—and Wylie one.
! Connell passed to Honza for a
tm y kdc.'*m i|Gilmore’s placemen
was wide. Ennis 6—Mexia 0.
Lido and Sadler made only four
in three tries after the kickoff and
11 Si \
Presbv-
i.vrams at lower the pastorate ol tht
:th the Federal Govern- i terinn Church m McKinney.
— it: s 11 in" the companies j Tile Rc\. Ralph Rea.soi sec*, e-
catastropine events. tary-trea.-urer ol the pastors asso-
brought cut in the discus- j elation.
the auxiliary meeting that] Union Service Planned
ei i'mii Medical Association j At the Wednesday meeting plans
eci r.o tins program on the for the annual community Th.mk.s-
i hat it will iv a lower the! giving service were discussed.
In ah i insurance.
owupre
dost. \
mem r
agnin ’■
:it Vi
Sion a'
the An
is oppn
ground.-
cos' ol hi ,Pa insurance, will not! Dr. Hargis will deliver the sermon
be mmv at'., •, live to thi is.e a ho do t at the 1 hank.sgi vine r.er*. ice which
not ivia l: ivc a liealth policy and "ill be held at San Jucmto Auui-
Will nr! peip the indigent who are .....
now being cared for as charity
patients and it would cost several
fell'.inn dollars to put the program!
1*4 to ft 1< ct.
Rev. Q. L Bridges
Accepts Pastorate
Of Antioch Church
Rites on Sunday
For J. R. Barr
grandchildren and three great,
great grandcnildren.
member of
First Christian Church and
Women's Benefit Association.
file Hi
i Funeral services for Jerry Wayne ^ ^
I Barr wore held at Keever Chapel 1 j
at 2 pin. Sunday with the Rev.'
I ,J. C. Hixon officiating, assisted
i by the Rev. Hoyt Hefner,
j Barr bled in Dallas early Satur-
day mf.rnin
j Burial was in Myrtle Cemetery,
i Those who served
I)R. O. L. HARGIS
... Heads Association
j torium at 3 a.m on Thanskgiving
| Day, November 24,
j The Ennis Community Choir mi-
lder the direction of Mrs. Frank
will present a program of
in 1900. |
Survivors include one son, Walter i
Butler of Dallas; two daughters, „ ,
Mrs. E. C. Turner of Ennis and cf their rPmainin* sohrdulr
Mrs. Elmer Featherst.on of Dal- Smiley In B«-Di»trlet
last: four grandchildren, four great ™e.K:*1W5 wtll now represent the
...................., ..... ......... 1 district against Smiley, District 17-
AA champions in bi-district play.
„ ,, „ Hiilsb ro staged a wild comeback
in the fourth quarter of the game
against Waxahaehie as the Eagles
_ , . . , , scored three touchdowns in three
Funeral services were to be held . ... . , ,
T, , , ,, , , I and on-’-half minuter,
at Keeu”' Chapel at 2 p.m. today m, . . .u
, „ „ * , 1 , I The IDs came on three pass in-
•ait 1 a Dr. O. L. Hargis conducting'
tlie rites, assisted by the Rev.
Ralph H. Reasor.
Burial was to be in Myrtle
Cemetery.
Those named to serve as pa!l-
beaters included A. L. Turner, T.
Q. Moseley, Martin Alford, H. R.
I horn as, Carl Smith, all of Ennis, i ^nio c^rVf tu David Hernandez,
anc; Milton Barrett ol Dallas. [circled his right end and outran
defenders to move the ball from his
own rbrse to the Waxahaehie 14.
On the next play, Merlin Priddy
bulled his way over the goal and
Hernandez’s conversion tied the
score.
Midway in the fourth quarter,
Mickey Jackson picked off an In-
dian pass and returned seven yards
to the Waxahaehie forty - seven.
; Cats 13-12. The I.ious were rated
a several tnuchdnw n favorite over
the Cats but they met with a de-
I termined resistance wliicli coupled
with Lion miscues and penalities
held the Ennis team to the nar-
j rawest of margins of victory.
Tile Lions scored early but were
| Waxahaehie scored its only
j touchdown in the first quarter
when Quarterback Phil Reynolds
! hit DeValse Cox in the end zone,
j Gene Taylor converted.
Eagles Wake ITp
Late in the thrid quarter, Hills-
Louise Gerault
in Hospital With
Broken Bone
peeling : > s '
the la rarest
undei Thank
l Mr. McKm
as pallbearers f, . ,r ,
'I’he Re-. Quincy I. Bridges of j included R T. Milner. W J Scott, ’ pas.,‘,'rs- ' '\tJ,
Waxahaehie has accepted the pas- | j.j-.r Graves, J. T. Venable and necily' t ms,',
tor..to of Antioch Missionary Bap- | Hoyt Hefner Jr., all of Ennis, and transion,s
ti.st Clmrch m; Ensign Rtoad. I On aid Johnson of Dallas.
He deii\ered his first sermons
Sunday. Services closed with the
addition ol live members to the
church.
William F. Shelton
Receives Army
Conduct Medal
Miss Novak Dies,
Lifelong Resident
Miss Millie Novak. 66,
resident of Ellis County died at
8:30 p.m. Thursday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Henry Jurica.
Miss Novak’s home was on Route
2 She had hern ill two weeks.
Miss Novak was born in Ellis
t. McKinney said this
th“ pa.-tois are ex-
car's attendance to be
n the history of the
-.giving service.
i> v stated that the of-
■. .11. w.ll go to 'hr
d for the rebel cf
explaining that
■ not eligible for help
from t.he Ennis Community Chest.
With cold weather coming, the calls
for relief are expected to increase
and the fund is practically de-
pleted. he said.
It was further explained that no
cash is e.iven to transient applicants
but that they are given gasoline,
lifelong medicine. clot lies, lodging or
according to the
Miss Louise Gerault, circulation! Throe plays later, Hernandez fliu-
tnanager for he Ennis Daily News j perl a screen pass to Priddy. The
for 28 years is being treated at converted lineman raced forty-’ive
Baylor Hospital in Dallas for a I yards over the goal,
broken thigh bone. | One minute later, Priddy inter-
After suffering from pain since cpP(®cl an Indian pass and returned
Saturday, she entered the hospital! * twenty yards to the Waxahaehie
Wednesday where eexamination
rovealect the broken bne.
unable to contain the Cats and the fjr>t i :i tin
forty.
Woods made six and Wylie seven
at left tackle. Woods made one but
fumbled and Mexia recovere on the
Ennis forty-six. Wylie intercepted
Schnable’s pass cn the Lion 30 and
returned to the forty-two.
Woods made two then Wylie a
, half time found the Lions trailing
| 12-6.
I First score came as the Lions
| moved thr ball following McAdams’
j recovery of a fumble on the Cat
I nineteen. Connell found Honza with
I a perfect pass play fur the toiteh-
j down. Extra point try was wide.
Cits Come Back
The Lions’ lead was short lived.
! Taking the Da 11 eti their own 48—
the Cats moved to pay dirt. Sehn-
able found the Ennis half backs
: playing linebacker as is usual and
passed 32 yards to Bowden f >:• a
! first or. the Ennis 32. Sehnable then
I broke through the Lion nine-man
front and raced over for 111 > touch-
down. Extra point try wa no
| good leaving the Lions tied.
| Before the half ended. Sehnable
again took advantage of the Lions
• tight defense to pass this time 47
i yards for a second touchdown. Mc-
| Spedden again missed the extra
point try and the Cats were
forty-seven. A p a s s
from Connell to Allred ws dropped.
Wylie made three at left tackle.
Woods dropped Connell's pass.
Connell attempting to pass o n
fourth down lost four and the ball
went over on the Mexia 48 Sadler
made two and Bounds three then
Sehnable passed to Bowden for a
first on the Ennis 32. Sehnable ran
the keeper to the Ennis twenty-
live. Sehnable on the keeper again
went to the twenty. Schnabel spun
off right tackle for twenty yards
and a touchdown. McSpedden’s ex-
tra paint try was no good. Ennis 6—
Mexia 6.
The Lions let the ensuing kick-
off roil over the goal and when
Parks attempted to run it out, he
was caught on the one yard line.
Wylie in two smashes at the mid-
dle moved for a first on the Ennis
15. Woods “made six then Wylie ten
in two tries for a first on the 26.
Wylie made one. Woods was
through r„ n,„h, n wa, by ,He
was
Members of the family said the I l ’"(l minutes later,
broken bone is not thought to have Hi rnandoz, who picked off
hachie desperation pa?s. He moved
grace of butterfingored catching on
the part of Schnable’s receivers
that the scoring for the Cats ended
as he found them in the clear time
and time but to no further avail.
Lions Move Ahead
The third period found the Lions
4 rn , .moving into the lead. The touch-, . .
NKWSMAKLRS—Iwo sports down cum„ on Allred’s fine run of | ^ P°int try was no good. Mexia
figures made news in court-[the reverse around end from the
rooms in California Thursday, six yard line. The pass back for
At Oroville, Ty Cobl), top who extra point was fumbled and Gil-
nineteen. Hernandez passed to [ hit, ran and fomrht his way more kicked it off the flat for a
Mickey Jackson for another score. | into baseball imortulit v., won ! Pt‘rI’oct !>lacement and the margin
hands A pass from Connell to All-
red was no good. Gilmore punted
to the Ennis forty-five.
Lide made four then the Cat*
drew 15 yards for holding. From
the Mexia 47—-Sehnable hit Jones
for a touchdown. McSpedden’s ex-
tra : isport at ion.
neeci.
10th DIVISION. Germany. -Army
Pic. William F. Shelton, whose
wife. Btllye. I.v ,ni R ,ute 4, re-
cently wa- a war; ed the Good Con- j County. Nov 2, 1889.
duet. Medal m Gcrrmuvy. while erv-1 Survivors include throe brothers,
big with tie' 10th Inlaidry Division. | ji,,- Novak and Frank Novak, both
I ol Ennis and John Novak of Cor-
Murder Charge
Filed Against
Tavern Owner
any connection with injuries to the
same leg which resulted from an
automobile accident on February
tlie second break occurred, they
said.
it.
Chamber Drive
Plans To Be Made
Curry sneaked it across from tlv
two on fourth down.
Hernandez added three
points cut of four tries.
Wiiemon Top Gainer j player, Went oil trial Thill'S-j Their ubsonct
Waxahachie's Tirey Wiiemon was, op \ ayrancy chari’t' in-
the games leading gainei. He pick- ^ Voiviny ail S-vcai’-olf! yirl.
«• 130 **» 24 r"rri'-s' 111,1' Kovacs pleaded
if victory.
Armstrong was a tower cf
strength in the Lion line and turn-
ed in a great closing performance
for
a $50,000 law suit from woal-j
axn" thy rice rancher who claimed
from the fifty to thy six. M,kv I ",f i'1.j!'rerl '>>;♦•* “< Sc.r-'............................... , „
Kill I cacti ill a light over a I f0r his high school career. Gilmore lorty-thrce.
dinner check. At Santa (’ruiz,\ was used only on offense as was! Lid<‘ made four !lt ri«ht ®uard-
Then picked up a first in two tries
12—Ennis 6.
Wylie ran the kickoff back to
the tweny-six, Wylie made five at
right tackle. Woods made twenty-
two at left tackle then Wylie made
four at right tackle. Woods lost one
in two tries at the ends. A pass
from Connell to Wylie was incom-
plete and Mexia took over on their
extra | Frank Kovacs, bot tom, inter- i Allred
nationally famous pro tennis f,<i their usual
.......4 . .. 4 MM..... . , T'hl’Mr <
B:)th of tluw .seniors plav- i
consistent " im“s at ^u’ ,same spot. Lide moved to the
Uffance n” o-i ! 39-yard line but fumbled the next
1 ' play and Knize recovered on the
PLAY BY PLAY: The Lions 35"3rard linr-
kicked off short and Adams rerov- 1 Wvlic m i'lc seven and Connell
18 yards
the Eagles limited him t
in the second half.
; Hernando*/ had 127 yards on 13
.carries and Priddy gamed 80 on 22
tries.
Hillsboro gained 255 net yards
Shelton, a radar operator in
Headquarters Buttery of tlie Divi-
sion’s 33d Field Artillery Battalion,
received the decoration for his ex-
emplary behavior, efficiency a n d
fidelity.
Private First, Class Shelton, son
of Mrs. .1 N Shelton, Route 1.
Smith field, Texas entered the Army
In January, 195} and completed
basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas.
He arrived in Europe in December, j
1954.
Shelton is a 1949 graduate of
Grapevine High School.
Raymond Grimes, 51 proprietor
sieana: four sisters, Mrs. John of The Last Chance Tavern, just
Haskovec, Mrs. .John Kovar, Mrs. , south of Dallas on Highway 75.
Willie Mask over and Mrs. Jurica, Saturday was charged with murder
all of Ennis. in the late Friday night shooting of chamber of Commerce Manager
The Rev. F. J. Kostohryz, pas- Wayne Barr of Ennis. ; *Tack McI^ay said today ,hat rhani_
Dallas County Shwiff Bill Decker bm* niomberslnps are open to in-
filed the murder charge with As- dividuals as well as businesses and
sistant, District Attorney Frank J. | ,hut bio chamber seeks to repre-
Pians for the 1955-56 member-
ship drive of the Ennis Chamber of
Commerce will be mapped at: a
meeting of the membership com-
mittee Tuesday.
The committee, headed by J. _________________________
T. Austin, will meet at the Cham- Here from Houston
her of Commerce office at 9 a.m. I Charles W. Sonka of Houston
Tuesday. | was here over the weekend to visit
Members are Rube it Muirticuu, i with ins mother, Mrs. John Sonka
Carlos Fitzgerald, W. W. Odom,1 Sr. who is ill in the home ol her
Richard Hamil. Jim Collins, and j daughter, Mrs. Fred J. Zak and Mr.
Harry J. Stone. ] Zak.
on 1 he
Mexia 27 Qwo- A delay penalty set the Lions
Funeral Rites
For Mrs. Tilley
Wylie
Ennis Soldier
Taking Part !n
Big Maneuver
tor of the Czech Moravian Church
will conduct; the funeral at Keever
Chapel at ft) a.m. Saturday. The
Rev. Richmond McKinney will as-
sist.
Burial will be in Crisp Cemetery
Services in Mexia
For E. C. O’Banion
E C. O'Ban ion. a former agent
for th* Railway Express Company j,,,. ](.aV(,
Funeral rites for Mr C. W,Til-
ley, were held at Keever Chapel at
'0 a.m. Friday.
Mrs. Tilley, a former resident of
Ennis, died at her home in Fort
W- rth, Wednesday.
-------— ! Bur.al was in Myrtle Cemetery
Visit in Austin ! Those who served as pallbearers
M,:’ and Mrs. Charley Moore, included T. Q. Moseley, and Fred
Mrs. Lola Faye Cosby, and Mrs. O.' Clark, cf Ennis, W W Finley and
H. Venable were week end guests j R. B. Holtzclaw of Foi l Wurth,
Former Resident
Dies in Tyler
Jewell. Grimes had been held over- j Sl>1't the best interess of the com-1 of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Foster of Bob Davis of Boyce
night m county jail during an in-j niunity as a whole. Austin. I Chapman of Dallas,
vest ig at ion.
Grimes, attorney, Hugh B. Street,
and Robert Allen, both of Dallas,
were sureties on a $5,000 bond post-
ed to free Grimes almost imme-
diately after the charge was filed.
The bond was set by Justice of
Peace Glenn W. Byrd.
In a signed statement, Grimes
said he told Barr that he had bet-
and Charles
Soil Conservation Service
Approves Chambers Plan
• The United States Soil Conserva-1
FORT POLK. La.—Sgt. William I ll,'1,,* ult'u 111 Houston hospital; -He made a lunge at me and I tion Service in Washington has ap- 11 McGi11 of the SCS Flood
V Littleton. 23. son of A n d r e w Monday morning. He was a brn- s)in; |lim several times,” said ' proved a vast flood control nlan Rn iontion Office in Corsicana told
Littleton. 601 S Decatur. Ennis js 11 her-in-law of Mrs. I. A. Vines *•( Grimes.
ass.gned to t.,H‘ Aggressor Force juj Funis. i An ambulance driver who reach-
Exern. ° Sage Brush—the largest
Joint Army-Air Force maneuver
since World War II, now being held
in Louisiana. Seme
ther-in-law of Mrs. T. A. Vines
Ennis.
j O Bunion was a native of Brcnvns- j C(j scene shortly after the I Johnson Counties.
vidl’’ shooting said lie found the victim I--
| He was married in Ennis to Miss jyjng face down shot once In the I
for Chambers Creek, involving 11 rfP!,rtpr of The Ennis Daily News
streams in Ellis, Navarro, and th<> °rfiCf' hiUl lccolvod « letter in-
110000 Army1 ollie Jeo^ins who riled last year,
troops will test the latest concepts I Survivors include one son, Joel
Of haeteri. logical, atomic, chemical O’Bunion an intern at John Sealy
and electronic warfare. The exer- Hospital in Galveston; three dat.gh-]
rise will end December 15. The Ag- trrs’ Mrs I!ownr:1 Allcn °f Mid!" "
gressor Force fttrnishes opposition Mrs. Bob Sexton of Houston
to the secular maneuver troops in Elizabeth OBanion of
simulated battles. Sgt. Littleton. ton: ono brr,thcr and two sistl':
a motor M .-grant m C anpany A of Funeral serv.ces were held at th ■
Division’s 553d j Corley Funeral Home in Mexia on
4th Armored
| Battalion. Is regularity stationed at
|| Fort Hood, Texas, ile entered the
Army in January, 1952 and c.itn-
filcted basic training at Camp
Pickett. Vim. The sergeant’s wife,
Ethel, llvbs in Temple.
Corpus (thi 1sti
Mr. and Mrs Charles Vavra left
turday for Corpus Christ! to
snd tlie Thanksgiving holidays in
Knme o| Mr. and Mi's. B. II.
ler.
Wednesday.
The Rev. Cecil Ellis, of Mexia,
former pastor of the First Metho-
dist Church here, conducted the
rites.
Return Home
Dr. and Mrs Charles E O’Con-
ner and daughter, Patty, ol Rock-
dale returned to their home yes-
terday after n week’s visit In the
home ol Mr. and Mr.*. W. F. Rid-
den
face and twice in the back.
Public Wefare
Staff Meeting
'd in County
< • <-1nty workers who attend-
4 Department of Public
Minor Accident
Occurs On Hiway
forming of the action Thursday.
Flood Control Engineer R. L
Thigpin, in announcing tin* big pro-
ject's aproval in Corsicana, said
a meeting of all interested persons
terdied.
Included in the plans are 132
small dams known a water de-
tention structures.
Construction work *>n tr '-se d"-
tention dams will get underway a*
soon hs casements are obtained on
farm property, Thigpin sa-d. He
stated the S*>il Conservation Dis-
tricts involved' probably would U -
after ’h-
will be held on December 5 at the | 8lU securing easement
D? -ember 5 Corsicana meeting
Silas Darnell, Route 5, Kaufman, t Navarro County Courthouse in Cor-
was given a ticket for driving with- 'sir-ana. The program will bo ex-
out an opera-tor’s license follow-! planed at that time,
jing a minor accident here tit 9 40 i Representative Olin K Teague
I this morning. and State SCS Chief H. N. Smith of
| Frank Vavrusa, 708 East Brown i Temple will be among the speakers
Department oi imoiic j street, was driving a pickup truck j at '-lie throe-county meeting. Th.g-
Wclfare . meeting at the court owned by Joe Kapavik south on i pin «nid.
house in Wa: -. hie on Thursday - Highway 75, the Ennis Police Dc-j The engineer termed the plan's
included Mrs. W. IT Goodwin, Mrs. partment reported. \ approval a ^tep toward greater co-
E. P. Watkins and Miss Violet Tern- He stopped for a flagman on the | operation arid agreement with the
pie of tlie Ennis office. highway construction Job and the Army Corjxs
Mrs Abbie T Willis, area super- icar dl ivrn by Darnell hit the rear have been studying the construc-
■ of the truck. t’on of a liuge reservoir at Bard-
vlsor, from Dallas, led a discussion 1 w
on policy and laws pertaining to
Three Ennis Men
To Report To New
Naval Assigments
Damage to the truck was limited
. to light damages to the tailgate, of-
family service cases with partleulat ; ficors stated. The car was damag-
nttentlor) to department procedure, f0 the. extent of approximately
and the preparation of forms/ $100. the police .-aid.
David D Lamb, Aubrey Lewis
and Jerry Coilard who have been
on leave here since completing
of Engineers, which | recruit training at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Center will leave
Tuesday for their assignments
Lamb and Coilard will be sta-
tioned aboard the USS Rush more,
USD. at Norfolk. Va. and’ Lewis
ered the ball ............... - ,
Woods made seven at leftta -kle.,back Connell lost 9 attempting to
lost one at right, tackle. P*®5 and 011 the liusL Pla>’ of the
_____________________________j half passed to Woods on the screen
which lost five.
Woods and Wylie moved the kick-
off to the Mexia 46. Allred made six
| then Woods two. Wylie seven and
Allred two. Wylie made two and
then Connell hit Honza with a
p tcr'i-fii a Uiivi^ n former rest— I p.iop ♦ i,,. f,,,, ;, -vas —gled
dent of Ennis, died recently in that Ennis had illegal receiver
Tyler where he had made hie home down the field and they were pen-
tor one year. alized back to the forty-one. Gil-
Turk was born in Hillsboro and more punted out on the 2i.
was reared in Ennis where his fa- | Three plays failed to gain for the
her was a member of the firm of Cats and McSpedden punted to the
Turk Brothers and Webb, drygoods Ennis 39. Woods hit tackle for 8
merchants. He attended Ennis then Connell tossed to Honza for
High School and was married here 28 and a first on the Mexia 25.
to Miss Loren a Graham whose Woods made four then Wylie two.
father was on the school faculty. Wylie goes to the two yard line
From Ennis Turk returned to but Ennis penalized illegal hands
Hillsboro were he was In the drug back to the 32. Connell lost nine at-
bysincss with John Guthrie, for- tempting to pass, Gilmore punted
merly of the Drug firm. Glover out on the Mexia ten.
urn! Gutherie of Ennis. He moved! Coilard recovered a fumble on
ft. Tyler after his retirement from the nine yard line. Wylie made four
business. to the five. The Lions shifted to
Survivors include his wife; a single wing and tlie Cats charged
brother, Joe D. Turk of Longview: but Ennis drew the penalty back to
a sister, Mrs. E. K. Browning or the 11 Wylie made two then three.
Austin: a son. Dr. John C. Turk of Allred on the reverse ran over
Butler. Pa., a daughter. Mrs. Ol- l*ft end for a touchdown. Gilmore’s
mi Davis of Tyler and three was good and the Lions went
grandchildren. the lead a*ain-
Funeral services and burial were 1 ^be Lions kicked off to the Me-
xia twenty. Sehnable and Bounds
made a first on the Mexia thirty.
Bounds lost nine and two passes
were incomplete as the third peri-
od opened. McSpedden punted to
the Mexia forty-three.
Wylie in two tries got six and
LaMarque made a first on the Cat
35 Wylie made 15 at right tackle.
Connell ran the keeper down to
the Mexia six but. illegal hands
penalty set the Lions back to the
26. Three tries by Lamarque and
Allred found the Lion shv of a
first and Mexia took over on their
three. Bounds carried twice out to
the 14 and then to the 17. Two pas-
in Hillsboro on Sunday.
4-H Members
Discuss Plans
For Coming Event
The 4-II Achievement Day Din-
ner to be hold at the youth center
in Waxahaehie was the topic for
discussion at a recent county-wide
4-H meeting.
The following officers were elect-
ed:
well.
The Burdwcll dam Is a part of
the SCfl-Army Engineers’ co-ordi-
nated plans for flood prevention
throughout the Trinity River w.i-
Kenneth Reed, chairman; Joe-
Uyn Ellis, vice chairman: Lorine were incomplete and the Lions
Drozd, district council delegate: ,(K,k over on tlie Mexia 19. Connell
made three and Wylie five then
Connell lost seven trying to pass.
, The ball went over, Sehnable made
Recreation leaders elected were ten ent| then Parka intercepted
will lie assigned to the Naval *A»r j Tippi Johnson*, Annette Littleton, Schnable’s pass to end the ganM?
S'at ion at Hutchinson, Kansas. I Lawrence Svehlak and Jimmy Stiles, j Ennis 13—Mexia 12. .
George Putek. secretary treasurer;
ami Ben Reed Goodwyn. reporter.
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