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The Pursleys Liked Turkey But Also
Pleased Be Back at Dallas Theater
The Pursleys — David and
■ Mona—son-in-law and daughter
of John Stiles of the Ennis High
School Faculty, long-time mo-
tion picture manager here in
Ennis, liked Turkey, whence
they’ve lately returned, but
they’re quite pleased to be back
with the Dallas Theater Center.
Interesting experiences of the
couple, well known here, are
told by Dallas News’ Kent Biffle
in this interview:
“You really need a work per-
mit in Turkey, because without
ing and working in Turkey—de-
signing and directing. Turks are
eager theatergoers. Istanbul’s
six theaters are full for most
performances. Crowds flock to
a work permit, you cannot get
a residence permit. If you don’t
have a residence permit, you can
neither live in Turkey, nor,
curiously, leave Turkey.
“It took David Pursley eight
months to get a work permit,
qualifying him for a residence
permit which the police prompt-
ly lost.
“Pursley, 26, and his dark-
haired wife, Mona, both resi-
Adent artists at the Dallas Thea-
ter Center, returned to Dallas
lately after 10 months in Turkey.
They were greatly impressed
with Turkish bureaucracy. But
despite the bureaucracy, they
like the country. They liked
Turkish theater and they learned
productions from the United
States and other foreign coun-
tries.
The Turks went for Pursley
efforts ranging from Shakes-
pearean classics to “Oh Dad,
Poor Dad, Mam’s Hung You in
the Closet and I’m Feeling So
Sad.” During their stay, the Pur-
sleys got to see the opening of
the first Broadway genre musi-
cal comedy of entirely Turkish
origin. It was called “Ali’s Des-
Bardwell News
Mr. and Mrs. Orvan Fitz and
daughter, Beth, of Winamac, Ind.
arrived Monday for a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Pilgrim and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Castello
and children Sandra, Christie,
Marcus and Eric, of Farmer’s
Branch were Sunday visitors of
her aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William
L. Dyess. Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Thnrsda^Atigiist 20,1904 ENNIS WEEKLY LOCAL —~
to like fried eggplant with
go-
ghurt sauce.
Pursley was a guest artist
with the Istanbul Municipal
Theater and his wife was an
English teacher for the Turkish-
American Association.
“Designing, directing and per-
forming, Pursley has been iden-
tified with some of Dallas The-
tiny.” And it wasn’t a comedy
at all. It was about a country boy
corrupted by city life.
“The Turks usually prefer
funny shows or, at any rate,
shows with happy endings, said
Pursley. They don’t have TV. So
they spend a lot of time looking
out their dindows, he said. In
fact, staring is a sort of national
sport.
“It seems rude at first,” Purs-
ley said. “You’ll become con-
scious of eyes on you. When you
look up, you’ll find somebody
staring at you.
“You stare back and they keep
on staring at you. They don’t
mean anything. They’re just very
observant—or, at least, very ob-
serving.”
“Big issue during the Pursleys’
stay was, of course, Cyprus. The
couple found that in Istanbul-
with its polyglot population—the
emotions did not run as high on
the subject of Cyprus as in An-
ater Center’s biggest hits. He
will direct the revival of George
Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing,” kara, the capital dty.“ln/nk^a
opening at the center Oct. 15.
there were many demonstrations
, n , . °f docu-jand large posters protesting
ments, Pursley was indeed liv- Greek actions on the island.”
“Despite his lack
Presbyterian Women Honor Patsy Parker
And Nancy Telfair With Shower Party
Miss Patsy Parker, bride-elect Hall of the church from 7 to
of Randall Brackin Jones of Fer- 8 o’clock, with Mrs. Clyde Booh-
er at the guest books. This white
linen-laid table had an amethyst
rose beside Miss Parker’s guest
book and an aqua rose beside
Miss Telfair’s guest book, carry-
ing out the chosen colors of the
hris, and Miss Nancy Telfair,
bride-elect of Gilbert Lynn Var-
nell of Sewanee, Tenn., were
honored with a miscellaneous
shower Wednesday night by the
Women of the First Presbyterian
Church.
The party was held in Clarke
RICE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Starr visit-
ed in Longview with Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Broadnax this week-
end.
Mrs. M. S. Miles attended the
South Reunion in Tyler Sunday.
Mrs. Opal Wear spent the
week with Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Shelton and children in Irving.
Rev. and Mrs. Pat Smith and
Joe David of Nacogdoches visited
friends here Saturday,;
Joel Miles of Houston visited
, his mother Mrs. M. S. Miles Sat-
< urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowden
and children of Arlington and
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Bowden and
girls of Odessa visited their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bow-
den.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy
and children of Bellville return-
ed to their home Sunday after a
visit here with Mrs. Charlie
Murphy and Mrs. M. C. Cum-
mins.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Newman
returned from a weeks visit with
relatives in Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy
and children of Bellville and
Mrs. Charlie Murphy returned
to Rice Saturday from a visit in
Carlsbad N. Mexico with Mr. and
Mrs. Price Fitzgerald and fam-
ily.
Mrs. M. C. Cummins visited
two honorees.
The honorees had been asked
to bring their pictures in their
wedding gowns and these were
placed on their respective gift
tables.
Laid with a white cloth, over-
laid with white lace, the serving
table was centered with an ar-
rangement of white chrysanthe-
mums. One half of the table was
decorated in aqua candles and
aqua bow with streamers on the
skirt of the cloth, carrying out
Miss Telfair’s colors of aqua
and white. The other side of
the table was appointed with
amethyst candles with amethy-
st bow and streamers on the
skirt of the cloth, carrying out
Miss Parker’s colors of amethy-
st and white.
Mrs. Max Zilem, president of
the Women of the Church, and
Mrs. Frank Novotny presided al-
ternately at the crystal punch
bowl. Cookies embossed with
flowers in the two honorees’
colors and white mint rosebuds
were also served from the at-
tractively-appointed table.
Receiving were Mrs. Zilem,
Mrs. Novotny, Mrs. Booher, the
honorees and their respective
mothers, Mrs. 0. W. Parker and
Mrs. Raymond Telfair, and Mrs.
Randall L. Jones of Ferris, moth-
er of Miss Parker’s fiance.
Ellis Co. Girl
her daughter and husband, Mr. 7 r Winn^re
x and Mrs. Olan Bates, in Ennis 1 Winners in
' last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Harvey and
Hally Joe and Mrs. Pauline
Payne of Irving visited Mrs. G.
R. Mahaley.
Mrs. C. R. McLaurin of Bak-
chito, Okla., is visiting Miss Ver-
na Gregory and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Vaclavik
and family of Austin and Mr.
and Mrs. S. K. Yarborough and
family of Angleton spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Leach and helped their parents
celebrate their 31st wedding an-
niversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Jacobs and
children of Oakwood, Tex.; Mr.
and Mrs. Norris McPearson Jr.
of Houston; Gary Hutchins of
Dallas and Barbara Kirk of Mc-
‘ Kinney spent the week end with
W. and Mrs. Glynn Hutchins and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bradley re-
turned Sunday for a vacation in
Colorado.
Mrs. D. C. Starr and Mrs.
Carol Barton visited Mrs. Ella
McDowall and Mrs. Florence Cas-
sell in the Ennis Hospital Mon-
day.
Dist. Dress Revue
Miss Claudia Washington of
Waxahachie was one of the four
winners of the District IV 4-H
Dress Revue. She is a senior 4-H
club member and has been active
in 4-H club work for 4% years.
During these 4/ years clothing
has been her main project. How-
ever, she has actively participat-
ed in other activities. This year
Claudia has devoted a great deal
of her time to leadership acti-
vities, particularly helping
younger 4-H club members.
As a winner in the district
show Miss Washington will com-
pete in the state contest spon-
sored by the Texas A & M Exten-
sion Service during the State
Fair of Texas. Claudia is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Washington.
SENTENCED—A grim-faced James Hoffa, Teamsters Union president, is queXned^news-
men outside the courtroom in Chicago where he was sentenced to five years in orison for
^conspiring to defraud his union’s multi-million-dollar pension fund. He also was fined $10,000.
Becky Jane Hoover
Honored at Party
On 10th Birthday
Becky Jane Hoover was hon-
ored oh her 10th birthday with
a party .Saturday afternoon by
her mother, Mrs. Buddy Hoover,
at the Hoover home, 1210 W.
Burnett. V
90 Ft. Syncom
Is Shot Aloft,
Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY—A 90-foot
tall rocket shot aloft here today
Each of the girls present was
awarded a basket .of candy with
her name on the basket handle,
as favors.
The chocolate birthday cake
was embossed with the “Happy
toward an intended stationary
orbit high above the Pacific
Ocean. It’s the Syncom Three
" I Communications Satellite, and
it soared into a preliminary or-
bit. The early success cheered
officials. But the satellite must
Birthday” inscription in pink
and white spun sugar and deck-
ed with 10 candles. Pink . punch
was served with the cake.
Mrs. Charlene Wilhoite, sister
of the/ hostess, and her
daughter, Miss Judy Wilhoite,
assisted; Mrs. Hoover in direct-
ing games.
Children present were the
following girls: The honoree
and Sherrice White, Pam Sel-
lers, Mary Dean Tolar, Kathy
Burris,:. Ronda Woodard, Jackie
Woodard, Juanette Young, Deb-
bie Archibald, Nita Perkins and
Jeanmarie Breaux: Also present
were the honoree’s two brothers.
Randy and Floyd Hoover, and
the boys from next door, Joseph
and Steve Perkins.
Sheets Family
Reunion Held
The children of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Sheets met Sun-
day in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde. Sheets of Ennis for a re-
carry out a series of maneuvers
in the next 12 days to change its
orbit—and reach its goal as the
world’s.first stationary satellite.
If all goes as planned, Syncom
Three will relay television pic-
tures of the October Olympic
Games in Japan to North Amer-
ica and Europe.
Experts reported 30 minutes
after launching that all three
rocket stages had performed as
planned — and the 145-pound
package of communications in-
struments was on course and
sending strong signals. Syncom
Three’s next hurdle will be
reached about noon EDT tomor-
row—when it reaches the 22,300-
mile high point of its orbit for
the third time. Then a small
rocket is to be fired from the
ground to jockey the satellite out
of its-wide-swinging path into a
circular orbit about 22,300 miles
up.
Bridge Teachers
Of Area Attend
Teachers Meet
Mrs. George H. Barney Jr. of
Ennis, Mrs. Larry Smith of
Trumbull and Mrs. G. Bright
haught of Corsicana, bridge
teachers .attended a bridge
teachers meeting in Mrs.
Margaret Wale’s Bridge Studio
in Dallas, Saturday.
Speakers besides Mrs. Wales
were Mrs. Nancy Touchstone
and James Jacoby, both of Dal-
las, and the new treasurer of
the American Bridge Teachers
Association, Mrs. Thelma Smith
of Baytown. All the speakers ex-
cept Mr. Jacoby, who was in-
jured enroute to the ABTA con-
vention in Toronto ,Canada, had
attended the Toronto conven
Dyess and grand-son, of Waxa-
hachie were also visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gilmer,
and daughter, Mrs. J. M. Oli-
phant and son, Richard, of Italy,
attended the house-warming for
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell,
in Athens, on Sunday, brother
and sister-in-law, of Mrs. Gil-
mer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Junkin vis-
ited her sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Clint Rice, in Corsicana, Friday.
Mrs. Arthur Boswell spent
Thursday night in the home of
her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Williams, in Dallas, also visited
her neice, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Riordan and son, Cliff.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Marvin, of
Dallas were Sunday supper
guests of his sister, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Snipes and Ralph.
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Manning
of Duncanville visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hap Manning.
Miss Ruth Roach spent a few
days in Dallas with her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wil-
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wil-
liams went to Waxahachie to be
with the W. L. Cooper family of
Ennis, whose sons Charles Ed-
ward Cooper, 23, and Timothy
Cooper, 9, patients in Waxaha-
chie Sanitarium, with injuries
sustained in a traffic accident
Saturday a.m. on U. S. 287, near
(NEA Telephoto)
SUMMER FOOTBALL—Dick Hoak of the Steelers gets four
yards against the Eagles in Allentown, Pa. Ralph Heck of the
Eagles moves in to complete the tackle during play of the ex-
hibition game.
GUESTS HERE OF
THE TURNERS
union- - -
Those present- were: /Turner.
Samuel Sheets, Mrs. Betty
Bolt and children, Donald, Deb-
ra Kay and Gary. Mr: and Mrs.
J. T. Clemons, Newt Whitehorn ^r-
Kay Turner of Arlington and
Terry Goble of Dallas have re-
turned to their homes after
spending last week with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C
tion.
Mrs. Wales had been on a
Mediterrean tour teaching
bridge aboard ship, before at-
tending the ABTA convention
in Toronto.
Attend L.A.P.M.
Meet, Waco, With
Head and Husband
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lummus
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Loeckle of Texas City to Waco
Wednesday night where Mrs.
Loeckle, president of the De-
partment Association L.A.P.M.,
made her official visit to Waco
L.A.P.M. No. 18.
Waxahachie. They also visited
with the family of Oscar Harris,
Mr. Harris seriously ill with a
heart attack, in the sanitarium,
father of Mrs. C. E. Jennings.
Mrs. Willie Farmer and son,
Jimmy, are staying in the home
of her son, Kirkland Farmer and
family in Mesquite, while Mrs.
Farmer is recuperating from sur-
gery and home from Baylor
Hospital. Willie Farmer spent
the week end with his family, in
Mrs. Lummus Gives
Patio Party For
Mrs. N. I. Hare
Mrs. H. H. Lummus entertain-
ed recently with a patio party
honoring Mrs. N. I. Hare of
Lampasas, formerly of Ennis.
Mesquite.
Mrs. Nora Wheatley, 86, and
Charlie Cash, 68, of Waxaha-
chie observed their birthdays
Aug. 14, and were honored with
a dinner in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Pendell Wheatley. The
birthday cake was made by Mrs.
J. S. Kitchens, which has been an
annual custom of her, for a num-
ber of years, to present Mrs.
Wheatley a cake. She also re-
ceived many cards, gifts, and
visits which she appreciated so
much.
Tracy Green of Dallas, Judy
Goodwin of Hutchins spent a few
days with their grand-parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Green
and son, Roy, of Lancaster were
Saturday visitors of their par-
ents..
T-Sgt. and Mrs. James Stewart
and children, Jean, Marly and
a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Pendell Wheatley.
Billy Bob Stewart returned
home Saturday, following 2
weeks maneuvers, at Fort Hood.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wood of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wood
and Sally, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wood and Randy, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Williams, were dinner
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davis and
children, Mark and Kleyin, of
Dallas were Sunday visitors of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Davis, Pam and John. Other
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Cam
Johnson, Jude Davis and mother,
Mrs. Tina Davis.
Mrs. Joe Carter left Tuesday
for a visit with her sister, in
Snyder and will attend a 10 day
Presbyterian encampment../ ;
Mrs. A. W. Hayes had as visi-
Barbara Anne of Waco, were tors Mrs. Albert Butler, Mrs.
Saturday dinner guests of his’ Jesse Holt, Mrs. Earl Mahone,
mother, Mrs. 0. L. Stewart, Ella | Mrs. Cam Johnson, Mrs: J. T.
Jane and Billy Bob. The children
remained for a week’s visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rogers and
sons, Jimmy and Gary, of Lub-
bock and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Rogers, were Tuesday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ottis Rogers, in Athens and sup-
per guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wat-
son Rogers in Corsicana. Bud
and family left on Friday to re-
turn to their home.
“Sonny” Robertson visited his
mother, Mrs. L. B. Robertson on
Sunday and they had dinner at
Ye Olde Inn, observing her birth-
day:
Mrs. Jack Wheatley has re-
The Loeckles were guests in
the Lummus home here. Mr. and
Those attending were Mrs. C. , . - „
C. Merritt, Mrs. T. J. Sanders, turned fr0m Fort
Mrs. P. F. Satterwhite, Mrs.
Sutton, Miss Ella Jane Stewart,
Jean, Marly, and Barbara Anne,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hayes and
family of Avalon.
and son, James and Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Ellis and Kimberly, all of
Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chris-
tian of El Paso; Mrs. Vergie Dan-
iel, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Riley and
children, Deborah Kay and Brian
all of Houston; Mrs. Edgar
Sheets and daughter, Joyce, Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Long, Mrs. Bill
Aven and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Sheets, all of Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 1 W.
Turner of Arlington spent the
weekend here to . attend t h e
class reunion of ’44 of which
Turner was a member.
Patricia Turner and Kathy
Goble are spending the week
here as guests of their grand-
parents.
the Lummus home here. Mr. and. George Hedrick and grand-
^rs^: Lummus are menibdrsi bf daughter, Laura Hedrick of Ar-
lington, Mrs. Jesse Davis, Mrs.
M. D. Herring Canton andAux-
iliary No. 8 in Corsicana.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Leslie Stephens was
brought home Sunday from Bay-
ler and Miss Susie Schoeps. D.
lor Hospital, Dallas, where she J. Bennett and H. H. Lummus
Worth to
Waxahachie after staying sev-
eral months with Mrs. J. G.
Mead, who was recuperating
with a broken, hip. Mrs. Wheat-
ley spent the Week end with her
son, and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Wheatley in Lan-
R. L. McCown, Mrs. C. A. Jaimes,
Mrs. D. J. Bennett. Mrs. Owen
Ca^F^
Blanche Ryan, Mrs. Irene Fow- C ’ as a Monday visitor
of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Knox and
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Leach and
Mrs. Sid Childress of Ennis went
to Jacksonville to attend funeral
services for Charlie Burns, 64, a
traffic accident victim. ' / '
Mrs. A. W. Gorman returned
home from a visit in the home
of her son, Glenn Gorman and
family in Midland, Kenneth ac-
companied his grand-mother
home, for a visit.
Robert Underwood, patient in
Baylor Hospital, was brought
home for the week end, going
back Sunday and major surgery
scheduled Tuesday. • >
Mrs. Nannie McMurry of
Three Rivers is visiting her sis-
ter, Mrs. Doc Gerron. / / /
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Hoefer and
sons, Larry and Barry, of Abi-
lene, visited her parents,. Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Hargus during
the week end.
underwent surgery to her right also dropped by on their coffee
eye.
break.
IOMEWORK IS A LIGHT SUBJECT
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pechal,
Route 2, Ennis, have announced
the arrival of a baby son, Larry
Gene, born August 10 at Ennis
Municipal Hospital. Larry Gene
has a brother, Donnie, and two
sisters, Rose Marie and Sharon.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Honza, Ennis, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pechal of Kaufman.
Sgt. 1-C and Mrs. Milton C.
Gallagher have announced the
arrival of a baby son, Kelvin
Rene, born August 9 in Hanau,
Germany. Mrs. Sophia Miller of
W. Milam Street and Mrs. Lockie
Gallagher of N. Main, Ennis, are
grandmothers.
GO TO HOUSTON
Mrs. Charles Gentry, Peggy
and Roger, went to Houston to-
day for her mother, Mrs. C. A.
Nowlin, and Mrs. Nowlin’s sis-
ter, Mrs. Mary Boucher of Iowa
Park, who are visiting relatives
in Houston. They will return
here tomorrow.
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