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IN THE SEVENTY - SIXTH YEAR
NNIS
CHOES
By CASEY
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“When best things are n o t
possible—the best may be made
with those that are.”—(Richard
„Hooker.)
• *
Indiffernce is a plague. Don’t
succumb to it.. Vote tomorrow,
sure. ..And encourage your
family and friends to do like-
wise.... Practice Good Citizen-
ship!.....Don’t downgrade poli-
tics. We get our officials by poli-
tics. Help elect the ones you be-
lieve should be elected.
BE
There is much sincere regret
here over the transfer of Rev.
William Botik, pastor of St.
John’s Catholic Church, to
Grand Prairie ,after an o u t-
standing pastorate of the Ennis
parish, and his countless friends
will be well-wishing him best
success in his new assignment.
1*1
TODAY’S
e CHUCKLES
Seeing a car rolling down the
street without a driver, a man
dashed from the sidewalk,
cifenbed into the driver’s seat
and slammed on the brakes.
A second man appeared from
behind the car ,puffing and yel-
ling: “Get out, fathead! I’m
pushing my car to a gas station
and you’re the third quick think-
er I’ve met in the last two
blocks!”
*
High School Seniors: How are
things shaping up for your at-
tending college? Don’t rest on
the oars. Keep pulling. If the
going appears rugged, contact
other students who’ve had diffi-
culties but overcame them—or
talk with faculty friends about
possible ways for you to borrow
or earn financing. Don’t lose
without a real struggle.
4-----------------------.--
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
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NO. 107
Further Step Up for
Ground, Air Viet Nam
SAIGON. (AP).—Ground a n d the Cambodian frontier for the
air activities have been stepped
up in Viet Nam. The US 1st Cav-
alry Division is engaged' in heavy
fighting with a trapped commu-
nist battalalion near Bong Son.
In 24 hours—the Americans kil-
led 141 Viet Cong, and captured
30 others.
U. S. planes flew 48 missions
over North Viet Nam yesterday.
Three planes were lost—b u t
only one of the pilots was res-
cued.
Tre raiders flew to within fif-
teen miles of the communist
capital of Hanoi. The downed
planes bring to 231 the number
of American craft reported lost
over the North.
In South Viet Nam—B-52’s at-
tacked the communist zone near
EC Baptist Ass’ll
Meets Monday
At Waxa Church
The Ellis County Baptist Asso-
ciation will meet at the Ferris
Avenue Baptist Church ,Waxa-
hachie, Monday, for a Vacation
Bible School Clinic.
Rev. Joe Weldon, pastor of
Central Baptist Church, Italy, is
the association’s VBIS leader and
will be in charge of the prog-
ram.
The program:
9:00 a.m.—greeting and an-
nouncements; 9:15 a.m.—group
conferences; 10:15 a.m.—re-
group for showing of film; 10:45
a.m.—group conference; 11:30
a.m.—joint worship service; 12-
noon—dismiss.
Group leaders will be: Pastors
and principals, Fern Miller; in-
termediates, Mrs. Joe Fincher;
juniors, Mrs. Calvin Grantham;
primaries, Mrs. Betty Herrin;
beginners, Mrs. Joe Ann Math-
ers; nursery, Mrs. S .E. Tullock.
An arts and crafts exhibit is
to be held at Southwestern Sem-
inary, Fort Worth, May 9 thru
11, Price Hall—8:30 a.m. until
8:30 p.m. daily, to show hand-
craft samples for all ages.
eighth times in nine days. U. S.
planes flew 313 sorties against
suspected communist targets in
the South yesterday. The airmen
say they destroyed or damaged
many buildings and demolished
eight sampans—killing seven
Viet Cong.
U. S. planes have come to the
aid of ground troops in the bat-
Continued on page five
SISTER ENNIS
MAN BURIED
Funeral services for Mrs. J.
W. Turner, 67, of Corsicana,
sister of Hilliard Grace, Ennis,
were held Wednesday afternoon
from the First Pentecostal
Church of God at Corsicana of
which she was a member, with
burial in the Pattison Cemetery
at Emhouse.
The rites were conducted by
Rev. B. W. Johnson, assisted by
Rev. Emmett Henderson.
Surviving are her husband of
Corsicana; two daughters, Mrs.
Alene Griffith and Mrs. Onita
Morgan, both of Corsicana,
four sisters, Mrs. Tomlin R a s-
co, Ennis; Mrs. J. P. Travis,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Greer, both
of Rice, and Mrs. Dorothy
Estes, Corsicana; three broth-
ers, Mr. Grace, Ennis; Jake
Grace, Washington State, and
Jimmy Grace, Wilmer; 11
grandchildren, 14 great-grand-
children and other relatives.
Rev. Bilderback
Receives His B-D,
Seminary, 20th
Transfer Application of Students
Due by June 1, Wakeland Says
Sint .T E. Wakeland tend school in the home district.
County Supt. J. E. Wakeland
today called attention to the fact
that application for transfer of
children for school purposes _ _
must be made by June 1 in order However, when officials of the
sending or receiving districts
protest the applications, then in
“Generally speaking, applica-
tions for transfer are approved
when filed properly and on time.
A DEVOTIONAL
MESSAGE
Chaplain of Wk.
lOOF Home
Ennis Ministerial 1
Association
REV. C. DOUGLAS WHITE
Pastor, Tabernacle
Baptist Church
THE ETERNAL ROCK
The Bible is God’s revealed
Word to man. But it is not al-
ways treated so.
It is under constant attack by
critics. They would have us be-
lieve it is irrelevant, full of fabl-
es and a masterpiece of decep-
tion.
But don’t take anyone’s word.
Read it for yourself. Many of us
need to heed the word of Tho-
mas Akempis who said: “The
Bible is the one book whose
wealth rebukes us more the old-
er we grow, because we knew
and loved it too late.”
And the plain truth is—God’s
Word shall always survive all its
critics. His is a sure word of
prophesy. He never made a
promise but that He kept it. No
one has ever proven the Bible
wrong.
Well has John Clifford writ-
ten: Last eve I paused beside
the blacksmith’s door, and heard
the anvil ring the vesper chime;
then looking in, I saw upon the
floor, old hammers worn with
beating years of time. “How
many anvils have you had,” said
I, “to wear and batter all these
hammers so?” “Just one,” said
he, and then with twinkling eye-
“the anvil wears the hammers
out, you know.” “And so,” I
thought, “the Anvil of God’s
Word for ages sceptic blows
have beat upon, yet, though
the noise of falling blows was
heard, the anvil is unharmed,
the hammers gone.”
pirite
aces CI
rimary Is Tomorrow
Hill Co. Unit
For C. Martin
In Ennis Today
A delegation of Hill County
friends—Go-Go Girls and all—
were in Ennis this afternoon
espousing the candidacy for at-
torney general of Hillsboro-rear-
ed Crawford Martin.
They were to have lunch at Ye
Olde Inn, where Rep. W. T. (Bill)
Satterwhite was to address them
informally.
Gen. Aubrey Moore of Hills-
boro, brother of the late Col. I.
G. Moore of Ennis, is chairman
of this feature.
Ennis and Ennis area are ex-
pected to poll at least a com-
paratively fair-sized vote tomor-
row, in the Democratic Pri-
mary, as politics has been per-
colating considerably—especial-
ly in recent weeks.
The county commissioners’
race, with seven candidates, has
been especially active, and the
district clerk campaign ,as well
as the Justice of the Peace race,
also have added interest. Then,
too, there are the “outside” rac-
es, such as governor, lieutenant
governor, attorney general, US
Senator, that have shown con-
siderable spirit.
The polls will open tomorrow
at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. As
soon as the returns are available
locally and from over the coun-
ty—they will be posted at The
Ennis News office tomorrow,
night.
Here in Ennis—the voting
places will be:
No. 5—TP&L Assembly Room.
Achievements Many Here -
Rev. Botik to
Grand I
inC
for the receiving district to re-
ceive the per capita funds.
Those parents, or guardians,
who for good reason, desire to
send their children to school in
1966-67 in a school district other
than the district of their resi-
dence must have their applica-
tion on file in the office of the
county superintendent not later
Phan June 1, he said, explaining:
“The financial structure of
1 our schools is, to a great extent,
based on school attendance, and
school officials are required to
account for every child on whom
eligible attendance is claimed.
This requirement, when applied
to children attending a school
other than in the district of their
residence, means that the chil-
dren must be transferred. Other-
wise, the receiving district has
legal grounds for refusing to
teach those children because
their names remain on the
census roll of their home dis-
trict, the state per capita funds
are credited to that district, and
it is assumed that they will at-
* LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
4 (Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Re-elect Mrs. Jake Talley—
District Clerk. Experienced,
Courteous, Trustworthy. (Pd.
Pol. Adv.)
Select Your Commissioner
Wisely. Proven Ability, Un-
questioned Honesty, Years
of Excellent Performance.
I Fred L. Bates
May 7____-
that event the County School
Board hears both parties and de-
cides each case on it’s merits.
“Parents of children are here-
by cautioned against making ap-
plications for transfer of chil-
dren to districts where bus ser-
vice has not been previously
established by the County School
Board. The Texas Education
Agency has repeatedly caution-
ed County School Boards against
approving bus routes where dup-
lications are involved, and par-
ents should be sure that bus
service is available before appli-
cations are made, or other ar-
rangements are made for trans-
porting children. It is anticipat-
ed that school busses in 1966-
67 will serve essentially the
same areas served in 1965-66.
There could be changes of a
minor nature, but in any event,
under the Civil Rights Act of
1964, school busses will be op-
erated on an integrated basis.
“Applications may be made in
the office of the County Super-
intendent up to and including
June 1.
“The above regulations apply
to transfers from one school dis-
trict to another school district,
and not to transfers from one
zone to another within a school
district.”
Let’s Elect Paul Grafton County
Commissioner.—(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
REV. CARL BILDERBACK
Carl E. Bilderback, pastor,
Baylor Baptist Church of Ennis,
will receive the bachelor of di-
vinity degree during spring com-
mencement May 20 at South-
western Baptist Theological
Seminary in Fort Worth, Tex.
Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of
the Broadmoor Baptist Church
in Shreveport, La., will speak at
the exercises, scheduled to be-
gin at 9:30 a.m. May 20 in Truett
Auditorium.
A total of 190 degrees are to
be conferred, including two doc-
tors of theology and one doctor
of religious education.
Mr. Bilderback received the
bachelor of arts degree from
Southeastern State College in
1960. He is married to the for-
mer Doris Feltman of Port Ar-
thur, Tex., and they have two
children.
Engraving Not
Available for Ad
Of L. J. Emmert
An engraving of the picture of
L. J. Emmert, candidate for
Justice of the Peace — was to
have gone with an advertise-
ment in this issue of The Ennis
News—but the engraver evi-
dently mislaid the picture and
does not have a cut ready.
Therefore The News, regrettab-
ly—is unable to carry the photo-
graph in the advertisement.
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Let’s Elect Paul Grafton County
Commissioner.—(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Several Cases
Handled, EC
Lodged in the Ellis County
: jail was a 32-year-old Midlothian
man taken into custody on a
warrant with charges of passing
worthless check.
A Dallas man, 44, was jailed
after being taken into custody
yesterday at Milford on felony
charges of driving while intoxi-
cated.
Two men from Fort Hoo d,
ages 21 and 23, were taken into
custody and jailed on charges of
car theft.
14,781 EC Cars
Are Registered
For the first quarter of 1966,
the Ellis County tatx office re-
gistered 14,781 passenger cars;
3,091 commercial trucks and
1,136 farm trucks.
For the same period’ in 1965,
a total of 14,671 passenger cars
had been registered, 2,943 com-
mercial trucks and 1,270 farm
trucks.
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Ennis Due Delegation
92, EC Demo Session
Ennis will be entitled to 92
delegates at the Ellis County
Democratic Convention May 14
and Ellis County will be due 28
at the State Democratic Conven-
tion, Sept. 20,
There were 8,359 votes cast in
Ellis County for the Democratic
candidate for governor in t h e
1964 general election. According
to law—the party in Ellis Coun-
ty is allowed one delegate to the
state convention for each 3 0 0
votes cast for the gubernatorial
candidate, or major fraction
thereof.
The law provides that each1
voting precinct shall be allowed
one delegate to the county Dem-
ocratic convention on May 14
for each 25 votes cast for the
Democratic gubernarorial candi-
date in 1964—or major fraction
thereof.
Box 1, Waxahachie’s heaviest
voting precinct cast 975 ballots
for Governor John Connally in
the 1964 election and is allowed
39 delegates to the county con-
vention. Waxahachie, Box 2, is
allowed nine delegates; Box 4,
37.
Box 5, Ennis’ heaviest voting
precinct cast 922 votes for
Governor Connally and is allow-
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
ed 37 delegates. Box 6, Ennis,
is allowed 17 delegates, Box 7,
22, and Box 8, 16.
Delegates allowed from other
voting precincts are Box 9, For-
reston, 4; Box 10, Nash, 1; B o x
11, Ferris, 19; Box 12, Palmer,
9; Box 13, Bristol, 4; Box 14,
Milford, 9, and Box 15, Italy, 15.
Box 16 is the absentee voting
box.
Other precincts and delegates
allowed to the county conven-
tion are Box 17, Maypearl, 7;
Box 18, Mountain Peak, 2; Box
19, Midlothian, 23; Box 20, Ovil-
la, 4; Box 21, Red Oak, 9; Box
22, Avalon, 5; Box 23, Garrett,
4; Box 24, Bardwell, 3;
Box 25, India,’ 1; Box 26, Crisp,
2; and Box 27, Boyce, 2.
Also Box 28 ,Alma, 2; Box 29,
Sterrett, 1; Box 30, Ensign, 2;
Box 31, Byrd, 1; Box 32, Telico,
3; Box 33 Howard, 1; Box 34,
Britton, 1; Box 35, Sardis, 2;
Box 36, Boz, 1; Box 37, Ozro, 1;
Box 38, Rockett, 2; Box 39,
IOOF Home, 2; Box 40, Trum-
bull, 1; Box 41, Rankin, 1.
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Re-elect Mrs. Jake Talley-
District Clerk. Experienced
Courteous, Trustworthy. (Pd.
Pol. Adv.) ____________
Parish Pastor
Here at Ennis
For 7 Years
Rev. William Botik of St.
John’s Catholic Parish here for
the past seven years is- being
transferred to Immaculate Con-
ception Parish Grand Prairie,
as pastor, effective June 3. He
will also serve as part-time chap-
lain at the Naval Air Station
there.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. James I. Tucek,
at present at St. James Parish in
REV. WILLIAM BOTIK
Dallas, comes as
pastor of the
Thomas Howard
Rites Are Held
The funeral service for Tho-
mas L. Howard, 29, who died
Tuesday evening, was held at 4
p.m. Thursday in the Keever
Chapel with the Rev. Hoyt M.
Hefner and the Rev. Austin
Steadman officiating. Interment
was in Myrtle Cemetery with
the following serving as pall-
bearers—Gene Stegall, Dallas;
Billy Gene Baskett, Waco; Bill
Gregory, Elm Mott; Gary Vesp-
erman, Lamarque; Paul Hajek,
and A. W. Hagler, both of En-
nis.
Mr. Howard was born in Du-
rango, Texas, September 3, 1936,
the son of Raymond and Ada
Mae Bridger Howard. He was
reared in Waco and was a grad-
uate of Waco High School. In
1957 he was married to Caro-
lyn Jo Goodwin of Ennis. He was
a ticket agent in the Dallas of-
fice of Continental Trailways
Bus Lines and formerly was a
telegraph operator of the SP
Railroad. He was a member of
the Columbus Avenue Baptist
Church, Waco.
Surviving him are his wife,
one son Thomas Lee Howard’
Jr., both of Ennis; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Howard of
Waco; his grandmother, Mrs.
Dora Bridger, Waco; and one
brother, Lealand Ray Howard,
Waco.
Ennis parish. Rev. Leon Dues-
man is expected to remain as as-
sistant pastor, with an addi-
tional assistant pastor, Rev.
Joseph Koupczewski, presently
at St. John’s Church in Strawn.
Rev. Botik was reared in Fort
Worth and educated in St.
John’s Seminary, San Antonio,
and came, to the Ennis parish
from St. Paul’s in Fort Worth.
In the seven-year period of his
service here, activities have in-
cluded an extensive school plant
and parish faciliies improve-
ments program, at a cost of
about $600,000 which is debt-
free. St. John’s School has doubl-
ed in its capacity and enroll-
ment.
The parish itself has increased
by approximately 500 members.
Rev. Botik expressed deep re-
gret that he is leaving Ennis, as
he considers the local parish one
of the finest, in all ways, in the
diocese; also, he states, he re-
grets to leave the many non-
Catholic friends and the “unu-
sually splendid co-operation of
the community.
Background material concern-
ing Msgr. Tucek and Rev. Kou-
pczewski will be published when
available.
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
No. 6.—Travis School.
No. 7—Strunc Electric.
No. 8.—Community Center.
Here is the complete list of
Ellis County voting boxes and
chairmen:
1.—W axa., T. H. Champion
2.—Waxa., W. L. Davis.
3., —Waxa., John McElroy.
4.—Waxa., A. A. Scott.
5 .—Ennis, Mrs. P. V. Mulkey
6 .—Ennis, Mrs. W. I. Rabe.
7 .—Ennis, Col. H. Lumpkin
8 .—Ennis, Whit Wood.
9 .—Forreston, Mrs. J. R. Ham-
lin.
10 .—Nash, Mrs. Lee Edmundson
11 .—Ferris, W. J. Green.
12 .—Palmer, Harper Wadley.
13 .—Bristol, W. S. Mullican.
14 .—Milford, Don DePuy.
15 .—Italy, Floyd Herrin.
17 .—Maypearl, Mrs. J. M. Porter
18.—Mt. Peak( Bill McAlpin.
19 .—Midlothian, Miss Lilly Mae
Dorsett.
20 .—Ovilla, Mrs. A. H. Mc-
Lemore.
21 .—Red Oak, Earl Hamm.
22 .—Avalon, Aubrey Berry. 1
23 .—Garrett, Mrs. L. A. Baker.
24 .—Bardwell, R. N. Gailey.
25 .—India, John Turner.
26 .—Crisp, Mrs. Ora Mullican.
27 .—Boyce, Louis Patton
28—Alma, Mrs Worth Benton.
29 .—Sterrett, W. E. Couch.
30 .—Ensign, D. A. Champion.
31.—Byrd, Alec Hodge.
32 .—Telico, Charles Bolbalik.
33 .—Howard, Pendell Wheatley.
34 .—Britton, Mrs. J. Browning
35.—Sardis, J. W. Jackson.
36.—Boz, Mrs. Ula Murcock.
37.— Qzr: H. J. Armstrong. 1
38.—Rockett, Fred Farrar.
39.—IOOF Home, V. I. Grounds,
40.—Trumbull, Mrs. B. Wester.
41.—Rankin, Jesse Gorman.
(Actually, there are only 40
boxes, as No. 16—not shown—
was eliminated by a consoloda-
tion.)
Democrats of Ellis County
visiting the polls Saturday t o
vote in the primary election
have been requested to brin g
their poll tax receipts or free
registration certificates with
them.
County Chairman Bob Mc-
Grady was joined by precinct
chairmen in making this appeal
today. By having their receipts
or certificates with them, the
voting at the polls can move
faster ,it was noted.
Mr. McGrady urged precinct
chairmen to bring in their re-
turns not later than 10:30 a.m.
The Democratic Party Executive
Committee is to meet at 10:30
a.m. in the district courtroom to
canvass the election results.
Meanwhile Mr. McGrady stat-
ed that workers will be at t h e
county clerk’s office Saturday
night to receive Democratic
election results from the vari-
ous precincts. He urged the
election judges to turn in the
results as soon as possible, not-
ing the Texas Election Bureau
wants the returns complete as
quickly as possible.
LET’S ELECT *
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
District Legislator Satterwhite
Urges All Attend Pct. Meetings
STRIKERS-POLICE CLASH
ROME—A score of persons
were hurt in Rome today when
more than 1.000 striking insur-
ance company employes clashed
with police. The clashes broke
out in front of insurance offices
on two busy streets.
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Rep. W. T. (Bill) Satterwhite
today urged' that the people of
the area and county be sure to
go to their precinct conventions
—both Democratic and Republi-
can—tomorrow—election day.
“The vote cast in this conven-
tion carries seven times more
weight than the vote cast in the
general election for the Presi-
dent of the United States, be-
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
L. J. EMMERT —
A CHRISTIAN MAN
FOR OUR NEXT
JUSTICE OF PEACE
Pd. Pol. Adv.
cause the leadership of the na-
tional parties is intiated at t h e
local level, in the precinct con-
ventions, which eventually
elects the President,” said Mr.
Satterwhite.
Mr. Satterwhite said people
often ask—“What can I do to
help”—and added:
“This is something—a n d
something very important—at-
tend and’ take part in your pre-
cinct convention.”
Let’s Elect Paul Grafton County
Commissioner.—(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
LET’S ELECT
MELVIN L. BAKER
OUR NEXT 1
JUSTICE OF PEACE
(Pd. Pol. Adv.) "
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