The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 30, 1940 Page: 4 of 4
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75c apiece, and individual prices
for tonight’s bill of fare are 15 and
10 cents, this being the first round
of the tournament.
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paper to use, the correct type and the right color ink . .
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team, Rankin, in what can easily
develop into one of the best games
of the tournament.
Season tickets that will admit
the bearers to all the games of the
tournament are still available at
is a gocd omen, itself.' As usual,
Ennis let its own team down by not
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many supporters on
“PAY-AS-YOU-GO”
to open the tournament. Practically
a full house was on hand’, which
a few well
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at at a booth that is being run by
the David Crockett Parent Teach-
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Coach Joe Mitchell was seen writ-
ing in his little book. Coach Mitch-
ell is on a committee, we won’t say
what comittee, but it is a very im-
portant one. E. O. (Skip) Onstead
was roaming all over the place
seeing that everything was going
according to schedule. James Allen
with his officials’ badge . . . E. C.
Oates and Robert McDowell were
very busy taking care of the ticket
sales and trying to keep the "E"
Club funds intact.
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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1940
having too
A large percentage of the sport
fans in Ennis went to New Or-
leans by way of the movies. Date
Jan. 1, 1940. Picture A. and M. vs.
Tulane. Director, Coach Bill James,
Texas Aggies line coach. Coach M.
V. (“Chaddy”) Davidson introduced
Coach James, who in turn made
some interesting comments on the
film and the days preceding the
day of the game. Big John Kim-
brough lived up to his fame as a
powerhouse on wheels and there
were several times, it seemd, that
the whole Tulane club was trying
to bring him down . . . Dallas
News’ own Hoed Cheney was sure
that the picture would let the Tu-
lane Green Wave win this time
but things didnt work out that way
. . . Most of the office force of
the Southern Pacific were on hand
. . . Beans Pryor, Milton Carles-
ton, H. C. Dillingham and wife,
Jchn Albert Reynolds, Louis Allen,
Allen McEvers and many others
were seen.
Coach Joe Mitchell seemed to en-
joy the film, but he vowed that it
was not as exciting as the real
thing. You could feel the furniture
moving when Kellogg got loose on
his 72 yard jaunt fora touchdown
to put Tulane on par with the
Aggies. Beans Pryor gave a satis-
fied grunt when Big John went
over for the winning touchdown . . .
As usual, something went wrong
middle man.
Meanwhile Judge Randle, in at-
tempting to meet the situation in
Ellis county, which was coming par
ticularly distressing, pleaded with
the local county WPA officials to
refer the needy people directly to
the WPA without state supervision.
But the local officials replied to
this plea by saying that under
certain existing rules and regula-
ticns it was necessary to have state
supervision.
Still the County Judges and Com-
missioners Association would not
give up in their quest, and the
executive and legislative commit-
tee of that organization arranged a
meeting n on Jan. 13 in Austin,
at which meeting H. P. Drcught,
administrator of WPA in Texas,
and Adam R. Johnson, director of
the department public welfare ofr
the State of Texas, were present.
Out of this meeting came the real- ♦
izaticn that the problem could not
be met in Texas and the solution
lay in an appeal to Washington.
So then came the pilgrimage to
Washington, during which a meet-
ing in congress with Paul V. Mc-
Nutt, the head of the social se-
cuity agencies in the present, solv-
ed the problem for the time being,
so that the 300 people may be add-
ed to the WPA rolls in Texas. .
Mesquite’s forwards, Austin and
Grubb, kept the crowd on their
feet with their goals from all over
the court. These girls can hit the
basket from any angle. Looks like
Mesquite is on her way to another
tournament victory . . . The crowd
gave Austin and Grubb a big hand
several times during the game.
Mesquite’s guards, Crane, McGowen
and Woodward are the real thing.
It was almost impossible to get
through them for a crip shot.
Two one-pcint victories and
Three Fast Games Scheduled for Tonight
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WPA in Texas was closed, which
meant that any one who had not
previously been on WPA rolls in
Texas could not be regardless of
their needs, destitution or want,
be put on WPA rolls throughout
the state of Texas.
The county judges and commis-
sionrs were the first to realize the
full significance of this action. It
meant that many men and women
in Texas who had up to then done
everything within their power to
stay off of the WPA rolls through
many long years, now were having
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day night, having three fine games f do either baseball or football. For
that matter, it has the largest fol-
We are specialists in commercial printing . . .small
office forms . . . letter heads, statements, blank forms,
Some three hundred additional
men and women of Ellis county in
needy circumstances will be put ta
work on the WPA rolls and proj-
eets that have been held up due to
lack of man power will now be
opened because of the, additional
persons getting on the WPA rolls
and because a group of Texas
, county judges made a pilgrimage
to Washington to make a plea for
the solution of a problem.
And Monday night County Judge
C. C. Randle, who was an enthus-
'1 iastic member of ths pilgrimage,
and its possible resulting values td
the need of Ellis county, so enthus-
iastic that he paid his own expenses
on the trip, while in Ennis told the
, entire story of the affair.
It all began on the first day of
November when intake for the
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Last night the gym was very
comfortable. Heretofore it has been
very cold and one needed a blanket
to keep warm, but last night was
just right. If possible, the gym will
be kept just at the right tempera-
ture all this week and if any of
the fans are holding back on ac-
ccunt of the coldness of the gym
they can feel assured that the “E”
club will try to have things com-
fortable for them.
years ending September 30, and, :
the aggregate amount of credit was
nearly $13,000,000. During the sama •
period the bank and commissioner
refinanced other farm loans to-
taling approximately $26,000,000.
A number of purchase loans were
made to farmers and tenants whe
were already living on and oper-
ating the farms which they now
have purchased, while others se-
lected new sites in the county.
The average amount of credit ex-
tended per farm to assist in farm
purchases in Ellis county with
Land Bank and Commissioner fi-
nancing was about $2,818. Some
farmers bought land from private
owners, securing financing through
the Land Bank and Commissioner,
while others purchased farms from
the Land Bank on liberal terms.
Two One-Point
Victories Head
1st Night Games
1 one-sided triumph that announced
i that the Mesquite champions were
back to defend their title gave the
“E” Club basketball tournament a
full evening of three fast games
to inaugurate the 1940 edition of
the tourney.
It was an evening made more
pleasant for locals, because after
Palmer had battled the Ennis club
off of their feet, the Lionesses came
from behind to edge out a one-
point victory.
“In the second game Avalon took
an early lead from Bardwenn and
1 looked like a sure winner, but
I Bardwell likewise put on a late rally
But shots there will be, and plenty
of them, night after night this
week, for the tournament just start-
ed last night, and there will be
basketball and plenty of it, each
night this week at the Ennis Hi
gym. Come on out and see the
game, which annually attracts
more fans over the nation than
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deserved cheers. But the people
from around were there, and Ennis
can well bow its head in shame The
people who trade with the mer-
chants of Ennis didn’t, see many
of these merchants on hand to.
greet them and make them feel j
welcome. Somebody is laying down
on the job and we wonder if it
isn’t the merchants themselves.
Here is a grand chance for the
business men of Ennis to contact
their customers, and to make new
friends, but so far they have not
taken advantage of it.
Selecting a Doctor
control, they were forced out of
gainful employment or off of
farms they would have no place to
turn. Men and women who had
fought the good fight through lean
years and had just lost would bo
penalized because they did not give
up earlier and turn to WPA before
November 1.
The resclutons committee of the
county judges and commissioners
of the State of Texas, of which
Judge Randle was a member ap-
pointed a subcommittee to draft a
resolution seeking in some way to
relieve this situation in Texas.
Judge Randle served on the sub-
committee and helped prepare the
resolution requesting the governor
to call a special session of the
legislature for the purpose, of meet-
ing this emergency. Then followed
two meetings in November with
Gov. W. Lee O’Daniel and other
state officials for discussing this
problem and the possibility of its
solution. But the governor would
not call a special session for the
question.
So gradually the situation became
more acute, during the winter
months, acute and the county
judges of Texas in their daily touch
with the people of their respective
counties realized that much of the,
suffering was needless, as the
WPA was spending their millions
monthly and the counties were hir-
ing case workers, but there was no
in purchasing farms, The Federal
Land Bank Commissioner extended
Land Bank of Houston and the
more than $219,800 of farm mortg-
ber 30, 1939.
age loans in Ellis County during
the 4-year period ending Septem-
Although loans are not made to
persons having nothing to pay
down, Mr. Williams said, farmers
and tenant families with moderate
savings are buying farms and fin-
ancing up to 75 'percent of the
purchase price throughout the
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank
Commissioner. Under the Farm
Credit Act of 1935, first and second
mortgage commissioner loans were
made available for purchasing.
In the entire state, more than
5,550 farm families purchased
The fastest girls’ team in Ellis
county basketball circles this year
and two of the last years’ tourna-
ment’s outstanding teams are due
for action on tonight’s schedule of
the second night of the “E” Club’s
girls basketball 1940 tournament.
With none of the competing
events that were on the schedule
of Ennisites last night as the tour-
nament got underway, a capacity
crowd is expected for tonight’s
second showing cf action in the
tournament.
The games tonight are still first
round encounters, as will be tomor-
row’s games, for the second round
play will not start until Thursday
night, but plenty of action is in
store on the first round pairings
alone.
This is becaue the. “E” Club
tournament is strictly an invita-
tional affair and E. O. (“Skip”)
Onstead, chairman of the, tourney
and local authority on girls’ basket-
ball, has allowed no teams to en-
ter except those that could possibly
win the title.
And tonight one of the favorites
to dethrone the Mesquite sextet,
the defending champions, goes into
action, when Byrd, leaders of the
Ellis county’s Class B circuit, with
an unbeaten record, and conquerors
of everything in the class A circles,
meets Red Oak at 6 o’clock.
The latter earn, however, is one
of the dark horses in the battle for
the “E” club title, as they have
shown surprising strength thus far
th‛s year and feature Forward
Adams, who has won several all-
tournament team honors already
this year.
The 7 o’clock game then features
Lancaster, a well-remembered team
from last year, as they meet Alma.
Then at 8 o’clock, Forney, whose
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The fans had hardly settled in ,
their seats before another thriller
got under way. With, Guthrie work-
ing in several crip shots, Avalon
ran up a 8 to 6 lead at the end
of the first period and had extend-
ed that lead to 16 to 8 points by
the end cf the first half.
Avalon continued to take things
in hand all during the third period
and built their lead up to a com-
fortable margin, 22-16. Bardwell’s
case looked hopeless. But Bardwell
hadn’t given up and their three
forwards, Pilgrim, Clark and Green
, put on a burst of speed in the
last period to ring up nine points
while their guards were holding the
Avalon forwards to a mere field
goal, and the result was that Bard-
well won the game, 25 to 24.
All during the first two games
Umpire Schick had his hands full.
There were lots of fouls and if he
called every foul that occurred, the
four teams would still be playing.
Mesquite looked like a winner
during their warmup period before
their game with Ferris and their
looks weren’t deceiving.
With Austin and Grubb taking
Ing shots at the basket and mak-
ing them, too, the Mesquite team
quickly built up a 7 to 3 lead at
the end of the first period. They
started off slow and gained mo-
mentum as the game went along.
They, held a lead of 17 to 8 at the
( end of the half.
Ferris scrapped hard, but the
Mesquite guards were nigh perfect
on the defense and the Ferris team
couldn’t make what long shots they
chanced count. Getting close
enough to the basket to make their
shots was well nigh impossible
and all they could do was to keep
the ball.
While the Ferris guard kept the
Mesquite forwards away from the
basket most of the time, Grubb
and Austin simply played the ball
between themselves and then sud-
denly one of them would let fly
with a shot to the basket that look-
ed like a bullet. It usually was good
and Mesquite had a lead of 27 t
10 at the end of the third period.
Ferris fought- desperately during
the fourth period and Mesquite
coasted, but all Ferris could do was
to score three points and hold Mes-
quite to a field goal. The Mesquite
! third period lead was too much and
Ferris went down in defeat 29-13.
While the Mesquite team looked
a bit weaker than the club that
represented them last year, their
guards and forwards looked plenty
■ good anyway. Mesquite sounded a
j warning last night that they were
• intending to win this tournament
and retain the title.
to overtake Avalon and go ahead
to win by one point. Only the last
game between Mesquite and Ferris
was anything like one-sided.
Ennis and Palmer started things
off. Their game was the highest
scoring melee of the evening; a
total of 81 points being garnered
by the two clubs during the game.
Palmer whipped things into a
from early, and Moon and Ramsey
of the Palmer team gathered in 13
points between them during the
first pericid to give Palmer a 13 to
6 lead over Ennis. With Frances
Crow leading the way and ably as-
sisted by Merritt and Wright, En-
nis tied the score at half time, 22-
22.
The crowd went wild during the
third and fourth periods of the
Ennis-Palmer game as the lead
changed hands several times and
Ennis finally managed to eke out
a 33 to 31 .lead at the end of the
third period. Ramsey of the Pal-
mer team continued to set a pace
in the fourth period and Palmer
edged ahead by two points. A
last minute goal by Frances Crow
gave Ennis the ball game, 41 to 0.
Ramsey of Palmer was high scorer
of the game with 28 points for her
total efforts during the game. Crow
of Ennis was close behind with 25
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