The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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T
TS
EKLY
TWO DOLLARS PER ANUM
Cond. H. W. Wall
Finishes Nearly
45 Yrs. on SP
When conductor H. W. Wall
brought his train, First 347, into
Ennis from Hearne at 3:50 a.m.
the morning of July 1 he com-
pleted nearly forty-five years of
railroad service, thirty - nine
years and seven months of it in
Ennis for the Southern Pacific.
He began his railroad career
with the M. P. in Falls City,
Nebr., in August, 1918, later go-
ing with the Rock Island at Her-
ington, Kansas, and coming to
Ennis Oct. 16, 1924. His wife and
the employees at the yard office
met Conductor Wall when he ar-
rived in Ennis Wednesday morn-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wall have two
daughters, both of whom were
reared in Ennis, Mrs. J. W. Gris-
wold of Bremond and Mrs. Bill
Rankin of Waxahachie, also five
grandchildren.
Upon retiring he expects to
spend most of the time at their
lake-side cabin in Arkansas,
where he will pursue his hobby
of fishing. Mr. Wall has two
grandsons who also are ardent
fishermen and spend some of
their vacation each summer fish-
ing with their grandfather.
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JJULY 2, 1964
Bruce Brown Is
Named Director
Of Auto Dealers
Bruce Brown of Bruce Brown
Chevrolet-Olds has been honored
VOL. XXXIX NO. 27
VISIT FATHER—Jumping with joy, Ted Jr., and Kara enter
the Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., to visit
their father, Sen. Edward Kennedy. Sen. Kennedy is recover-
ing from injuries suffered in a plane crash June 19. With
the children are Miss Maureen Mahar and Mrs. Edward M.
Kennedy. -
Mrs. Gressett
* Services Held
Services were held at Green
Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Dollie
Gressett, 77, of Ferris with Rev.
E. F. Dickerson, officiating. In-
terment was in Ferris Memorial
Park North.
Mrs. Gresset died suddenly
at her home on Wintergreen
Road. She was a Baptist.
Mrs. Gressett who was born
August 28, 1887, had lived in
the community 37 years.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Charles Hart, Tyler; Mrs.
A. J. Moyers, Ferris; Mrs.
Juanita Allen, Dallas; five sons,
Joe Mitchell, Garrison, Gene
Mitchell, Shreveport, La.; Bill
' Mitchell, Rusk; Frank Mitchell,
Ferris: Ernest Moyers, Lancas-
ter; 19 grandchildren, 18 great
grandchildren.
Telico Water System
Will Be Built Soon
The board of directors of Teli- obtained from the City of Ennis,
co Water Supply Corporation
met Tuesday night-at the Teli-
co store for reviewing progress
on the. system. _ , .
In a previous meeting the
members adopted 19 articles of
incorporation and approved the
officers.
The system has been revised
and the source, of water will be
6-YEAR-OLD
CHILD HURT
Sherrie Conaster, aged 6, is
being treated in Waxahachie
Sanitarium for injuries suffer-
ed when struck by a car at Sar-
dis.
Sherrie, daughter of Mrs. Doris
Gentry, Route 3, Midlothian, was
struck by a car driven by Wil-
liam Jackson Dennis of Waco.
Investigating highway patrolmen
related the girl was walking with
a sister, Nelda Sue, 8, when she
ran across the road.
Officers stated the driver at-
tempted to avoid hitting the
girl.
Sherrie reportedly received a
ia broken right arm and abrasions.
ATTEND COUSIN’S
FUNERAL, MESQUITE
Mr. and Mrs O. G. Ethridge
attended the funeral rites for
his cousin, Andy McLerran,
Saturday at Anderson - Clayton
Funeral Chapel in Mesquite. In-
terment followed in Seago-
ville. *
Ex-Resident of
Ennis Is Buried
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday morning at Rudolph
Chapel of the Chimes in Waxa-
hachie for Mrs. C. R. 'Sessions,
92, of that city, a former resi-
dent of Ennis.
The services were conducted
by the Rev. Robert E. Young and
Dr. Floyd Johnson and inter-
ment also was held at
Waxahachie.
Mrs. Sessions was the daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
T. H. Yarbrough, early settlers
of Hill and Ellis Counties. A
native of Covington, Texas, she
was born November 3, 1871.
A resident of Waxahachie the
past 53 years, she had lived at
Ennis for several years before
moving here.
Mrs. Sessions was an active
member of the First Methodist
Church and a past member of
the Century Club. She was pre-
ceded in death by her husband
in 1943.
Survivors include a son, L. B.
Sessions of Waxahachie; a
daughter, Mrs. Odessa Satter-
field of Waxahachie; six grand-
children, Capt. Malcolm Satter-
field, with the 6th Fleet in the
Mediterranean, Miss Dorothy
Satterfield and Dr. Charles Ses-
sions, both of Dallas, Rev. Paul
Sessions of Boston, Adolphus
Sessions of Topeka and Mrs. F.
R, Woodard Jr. of Denison and
12 great-grandchildren.
instead of by drilling a well it
was pointed out.
It will be possible for more
people to be members.
The corporation has obtained
a right-of-way easement through
Sonoma from the Texas Highway
Department and will pipe water
from a meter at the Ennis city
limits to a 35,000 gallon storage
'tank erected about four miles
out, on property being obtained
from John Vrla. It is planned to
fill the storage tank during the
night, when the usage in Ennis
is at a minimum.
The corporation will start ac-
cepting construction bids in the
next few weeks.
It will be necessary to cash the
membership checks. The date
has been set for July 18, 1964.
Checks will be returned to those
that the corporation is unable to
serve at this time.
Youth-Led Revival Meeting Will
Be Held at Anthony Dr. Baptist
Anthony Drive Baptist Church nor s no no
today announced a youth-led re-
vival meeting which will be held
July 19-26. The church is at An-
thony Drive and West Burnett.
The evangelist for the meet-
ing will be the Rev. Joe Pendle-
ton, pastor, Bethel Baptist
Church, Anton, Tex. I
Services will be held at 10
* a.m. and 8 p.m.
The Rev. Austin Steadman,’
pastor, said: I
“The public has a cordial
invitation to come and worship
with us.”
TOURS KRAKOW
KRAKOW, Poland. (AP).—At-
torney General Robert Kennedy
toured the City of Krakow, and
was cheered at every stop.
REV. JOE PENDLETON
with appointment as an Area
Director of the Texas Automo-
bile Dealers Association.
His appointment was announc-
ed by Cecil H. Elder of Midland.
Elder is president of TADA, a
statewide organization with a
membership of more than 1,400
franchised new car and truck
dealers.
As an Area Director, he will
advise with the TADA Officers
and Board of Directors on legis-
lation, highway safety, and re-
search designed for the benefit
and protection of the motor ve-
hicle buyers of Texas.
“These are important areas of
our activity as an association,”
Elder pointed out. “We are for-
tunate to have men of this cali-
bre working in our organization
to strengthen laws affecting Tex-
as motorists, and to help us pro-
vide maximum service and se-
curity for the motoring public.”
Brown will serve as an Area
Director of TADA until the Asso-
ciation’s 1965 convention next
May.
Stolen Propert
Is Recovered
Improvement Bonds o
Public Schools Are Sole
Teen-Group of
Ennis Encamp,
Church Event
The Rev. and Mrs. Allen John-
son of the Ennis Fairview Pente-
costal Church of God recently
took several teenagers to youth
camp at Seattville, near the
Louisiana border, where both
the Rev. and Mrs. Johnson were
camp councilors. There were ap-
proximately 75 teenagers there.
The Johnsons said the camp was
of great spiritual inspiration.
The Rev. Tracy Henderson, a
young Baptist minister, took
charge of services at the Fair-
view Pentecostal Church of God
during the pastor’s absence.
There were several additions.
“We are having wonderful
services,” said the Rev. Mr. John-
son. “Rev. Henderson is our
PYPA leader and he is doing a
wonderful job.”
Several items of property
stolen from Stagner Service
Station on North Kaufman St.
the past weekend have been re-
covered, it was learned from
City Marshal Obie Freeman.
The burglars got two adding
machines, a manual type and an
electric; some tractor spark
plugs and an electric drill. The
plugs and the manual adding
machines were found under a
highway bridge north of Palmer.
The electric adder was found in
a Dallas pawn shop yesterday.
There is no trace of the elec-
tric drill thus far.
Marshal Freeman stated that
the investigation is continuing.
No arrest had been made by
mid-day today.
Perseverance Pays —
Ennis Couple Is
Continuing With
Education Goal
Two years ago Jerry Van Kirk
and his wife, Aldina, enrolled in
Navarro Junior College along
with about 700 other students.
However, this Ennis couple was
not exactly like the other 700.
They were about ten years old-
er, parents of four children, and
Mr. Van Kirk held down a full
time job as car inspector for the
Southern Pacific. Many of his
friends thought Jerry had b i t
off entirely too much to chew
and after a few weeks would
surely realize the hopelessness
of his task.
This spring he was graduated
from NJC—and his wife is fin-
ishing her work in the summer
school in August. After finishing
her third semester with Summa
Cum Laude honors, Aldina drop-
ped from school during the
spring semester to give birth to
their fifth child. Undaunted, she
is enrolling in the summer
courses now.
During this time one would
have thought surely the Van
Kirks’ would have been sorely
pressed financially and Jerry
admits it has been close; how-
ever, they have bought anew
home at 2624 Linda Drive and a
pew automobile.
This ambitious young couple
also intend to finish senior col-
lege somewhere, somehow.
Though this will be another
tough obstacle they konw that
somehow they will make it and
their friends as they wish them
well, hope that Ennis has a place
in the future of Jerry and
Aldina who by their determina-
tion and sacrfiice make their
own breaks.
Melon Feast at Honor Court -
Eagle Award
To Carlo Zabbia
ASST. SR.
210
PATROL
LEADER
Donnie R. Garrett
Services Are Held
The funeral service for Don-
nie Ray Garrett, 907 S. McKin-
ney, who died on Wednesday
A. R. Jackson Is
Dead at Age 84
A. R .Jackson, 84, retired
merchant of Rice, died Tuesday
afternoon in the Masonic Home
for the Aged in Arlington,
where he had been a resident
since June.
Mr. Jackson was born Octob-
er 28, 1879, in Loveless,- Ala.,
the son of A .L. and Mary New
Jackson. In 1900 he moved to
Rice where he engaged in the
mercantile business until his re-
tirement eight years ago. He
was married to Clara Eady of
Rice September 13, 1903, and
she died August 26, 1961.
Surviving him are one daugh-
ter .Mrs. Kay Anderson, Hous-
ton; one granddaughter, Mrs. L.
A. Duewall, College Station; four
great-grandchildren; and three
brothers; B. L. Jackson, Weath-
erford; Preston Jackson, Cali-
fornia; Wheless Jackson, Ruel.
The funeral service will be
held at 10 a.m. Thursday in
Keever Chapel with the Rev.
Jerry Weaver officiating. In-
terment will be in the Myrtle
Cemetery.
Mr. Jackson was a member of
the Methodist Church in Rice
and the Ennis Masonic Lodge
No. 369.
morning, was held at 4 p.m.
on Thursday in the Keever
Chapel with the Rev. Gaines
Melton, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church in Sonoma, officiat-
ing. Interment was in the Myrtle
Cemetery with the following
serving as pallbearers: Marcus
Walker, Lloyd Blackerby, Billy
Newland, V. J. Newland, Jimmy
Riggins, all of Ennis and Billy
Joe Hopgood, Waxahachie.
Mr. Garrett was born on July
1, 1946, in Ennis, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Garrett.
On July 23, 1962 he was mar-
ried to Helen Eppler of Ennis.
Surviving him are his wife,
one daughter, Rebecca Ann Gar-
rett, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Garrett of Ennis; three
sisters, Mrs. R. L. Ralph Jr.,
Fort Worth; Lavada Garrett and
Elizabeth Ann Garrett, both of
Ennis; and one brother, Luther
Brazier, Ennis.
CARLO ZABBIA
At an impressive ceremony on trol leader of the troop.
Others receiving awards were:
Nick Wensowitch and Steven
Monday night—First Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall, Carlo
Zabbia was presented the Eagle,
highest rank in Scouting. Carlo
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Zabbia, 508 Cherry Lane. Carlo
has served as assistant patrol
leader, patrol leader and is cur-
rently the assistant senior pa-
Noel D. Speers
And Wife Go to
Etex CC Event
Mr. and Mrs. Noel D. Speers
attended the recent events con-
nected with the meeting of the
East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce Board of Directors held
at Palestine. The evening before
the meeting of the directorate,
of which Mr. Speers is a mem-
ber, the Ennis couple attended
the reception and dinner.
Surgeon Certification Brings Dr.
Abell to Greater Mission Service
Williams, Tenderfoot; Greg
Laznovsky and Chris Ludwig.
The Star Rank went to Craig
Jones and Mike Wensowitch re-
ceived his Life Rank. Merit
badges were presented to Craig
Jones, Mike Wensowitch, Tim
Titsworth and Bill Webster.
Craig Jones also received his
mile-swim award.
The troop is currently taking
part in an American heritage
program sponsored by the Free-
doms Foundation at Valley
Forge. Certificates were pre-
sented to the 23 Scouts taking
part by Mike Wensowitch.
A question and answer period
was held on summer camp and
medical applications were pas-
sed. It was noted that final pay-
ments and the filled out medi-
cals were to be turned in at the
next troop meeting which will
be July 20. The troop will leave
for summer camp Sunday, July
26 .
After the program everyone
enjoyed plenty of cold water-
melon.
Improvement bonds in the
amount of $155,000 were sold
by Ennis Independent School
District last night to Dallas
Union Securities Co., Inc., low-
est of three bidders.
The sale was made by the
Board of Trustees at a called
meeting with President Billy
Colvin presiding. The invocation
was offered by Carl (Bill) Jones
at the special session.
The interest rate is 3.6768,
termed quite favorable by local
Bank Presidents Cecil Tolleson
and W. B. (Bill) Rider Jr., both
of whom attended the meeting.
Funds thus obtained will be
used to finish school facility
projects now in progress.
Presently the Junior. High
School addition is being finish-
ed. Then, too, there are the ath-
letics field improvements, new
track, fencing around the school
bus headquarters, buying addi-
tional real estate, making a prac-
tice field, modern lighting for
the stadium and a new agricul-
ture building including class-
rooms and shop.
The original amount of the
bond issue was $1.8, in the long-
range improvement program.
Last night’s sale leaves $510,-
000 in unsold bonds which the
board of education proposes to
use for a building on the Ennis
High School campus to house a
new auditorium, a band hall and
a choral room.
First phases of the prograin
included two new elementary
schools, Sam Houston and Steph-
en F. Austin. David Crockett
School has been converted to a
Junior High. Improvements at
George Washington Carver have
included addition of classrooms
and an agriculture building and
principal’s office and improve-
ments to the athletic field.
HOME FROM
ST. LOUIS
Mr. ana Mrs. T. A. Bexley ar-
rived home last night from their
vacation in St. Louis.
OUTING AT
LAKE WHITNEW
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ballew and
Mr. and Mrs. Rich Hamil and
daughters, Karen and Sandy,
spent the weekend at Lake
Whitney.
To broaden his service as a
medical missionary, Dr. John
Abell, son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. (Frankie) Roorbach of
Ennis, has finished his residency
requirements for certification as
a specialist in general surgery,
at veterans Hospital, Dallas.
Dr. and Mrs. Abell, the former
Betty Roorbach of this city, are
long experienced in the mission
field.
His certification as surgeon
culminates a lifetime of effort
for the 43-year-old father of four.
That effort began with his work
for a bachelor of arts degree
from Rice and carried him
through to his M. D. degree at
Baylor in 1945.
It has taken him 19 years to
get in the four years of residency
in Dallas, but now he is a sur-
geon.
Ripe for a lucrative surgical
practice in some wealthy Texas
community, Dr. Abell, his wife,
Improvements Are Complete at
Joe Alexander’s Food Store
Extensive improvements have
been completed at Joe Alexan-
der’s Food Store, 708 W. Lam-
pasas Street.
Remodeling, air - conditioning
and enlargement have been fin-
ished for the convenience and
comfort of customers of this
well-known local business estab-
lishment.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander stated
that they would be delighted to
have their customers and friends
drop by and see the improve-
ments that have been made, in
the interest of improved service.
Mr. Alexander has been in the
grocery and meat business here
since 1941, and at his present
location, three years.
the former Betty Roorbach of
Ennis, and their four children
leave Aug. 4 to go back to Africa,
where he will work for a mini-
mum wage as a Baptist medical
missionary.
The Abells first, went in 1951
to Nigeria, where Dr. Abell
worked for a year and a half on
leprosy service at Ogbomosho.
In 1954, they returned to the
United States and Dr. Abell got
a year of residency at the VA
hospital in McKinney, after
which they returned to Africa.
Dr. Abell put in another year
and a half at the hospital in Eku,
returned for another year of
residency—this time at the VA
hospital in Dallas—and went
back to Nigeria.
This trip, the Abells have been
in Dallas since 1962.
They will remain in Africa
permanently now, living as Bap-
tist missionaries on assignment
by the Foreign Missions Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Needless to say, the financial
sacrifices are great. “We get
enough to live on. We’re not
really badly restricted, but it is
considerably less than we could
make in private practice,” Dr.
Abell says.
Dr. Abell felt the call to be a
medical missionary when he was
a sophomore in college in Hous-
ton, his home town.
The couples four children—
18, 14, 12 and 10—have lived
as much in Africa as they have
in America. J. C. Abell III, the
eldest, will enter the University
of Texas this fall.
Ennis Business
Forms 1st Quar.
Better Than Top
Continued improvement in sal-
es and net earnings for Ennis
Business Forms, Inc., is announc-
ed by Garner Dunkerley, Jr.,
president of the firm, in an in-
terim report to shareholders.
First quarter results for the
fiscal year top those of the re-
cord first quarter of last year.
Sales for the three-month
period show $4,097,478 against
$3,664,906, and net earnings
were $274,774 or 33 cents per
share as compared with $235,-
867 or 29 cents per share for
the corresponding period of the
previous year.
A quarterly dividend of 13
cents was paid to stockholders
on June 1, 1964.
Ray C. Roberts
Officer Cand. at
Mabry, Austin
Ennis Guardsman Ray C. Rob-
erts Jr. is among the 190 Texas
National Guard officer candidat-
es attending summer training at
Camp Mabry here.
Roberts, of 408 S. Main, is un-
dergoing an intensive two weeks
training program in the field
and in the classroom.'After com-
pleting summer camp, Roberts
will return to his home Guard
unit, Company B 1st Battalion,
144th Infantry, and will be re
quired to return to Camp Mabry
for 16 days of weekend drills
during the next eleven months
and two additional weeks next
June.
Upon completion of a year of
successful training, these candi-
dates will be commissioned sec-
ond lieutenants in the Texas Na-
tional Guard.
The Texas National Guard
Academy is now training its 8th
class of officer candidates since
1957. The school is patterned af-
ter the Army Infantry School at
Fort Benning, Georgia.
Roberts is a 1957 graduate of
Ennis High School and attends
Texas Christian University. In
civilian life he is employed by
the Southern Pacific Railroad.
He is the son of Dr. Ray C.
Roberts Sr.
Sorriest Thief Takes Money of
Blind Man at His Ennis Store
The Ennis Police Department
is handling a case in which they
believe the culprit is the sorriest
of all thieves, for he robbed a
blind man.
The theft took place at the
little grocery store of Buddy
Connor, 610 South Dallas Street,
at mid-day.
Mr. Connor told Police Sgt.
Melvin Baker that he was mak-
ing a sandwich for a boy in the
rear of the store; that when he
carried the sandwich to the
front, the boy was gone—and so
was from $3.50 to $5 in change
from the cash drawer.
“Some boys who were out
front at the time said that a
negro boy aged about 16 or 17
ran out the door and disappear-
ed,” said the officer. A suspect
was being quizzed this afternoon
by the police department, who
said he had been handled for a
similar offense at another store.
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