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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"I expect to pass through this
world but once. Any good there-
fore that I can do or any kind-
ness that I can show to any fel-
low creature, let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way
, again.”—Anonymous.
Driving by the First Christian
Church last night we glimpsed
the admonition the pastor, the
Rev. C. Edward Fraim, had plac-
ed on the bulletin panel on the
lawn, “Qualify for God’s For-
giveness.” . . . Something to
think about, isn’t it?
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And that’s a good way to ap-
proach the subject: Tomorrow’s
the Lord’s Day ... In his House
tomorrow, there will be real in-
spiration, in message and song.
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TODAY’S CHUCKLES
Few illegal parkers use the
Delta Epsilon lot at a State Uni-
versity. Reason: a large sign
which says: “Cars parked illegal-
ly in this lot will be disassembl-
ed.” .
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Personnel Manager: “You’re
4 asking for a pretty big salary
for a man with no experience.”
Applicant: “Well, the work is
a lot harder when you don’t
know anything about it.”
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Hot though it is now, we can’t
keep from thinking about—and
wanting to see—Ennis’ exciting
new downtown Christmas light-
ing, just lately bought by the
Chamber of Commerce. By the
way, Christmas will be here—
the way time flies—in little
more than a jiffy. The way
they’re described to us, they’il
be well worth waiting for!
Pfc. Earl Mahone
Finishes Course
In Radar Repair
PFC Earl M. Mahone, 21,
Whose wife, Janis, lives in Bard-
" well, completed a 34-week Hawk
missile radar repair course July
29 at the Army Missile and
Munitions School, Redstone Ar-
senal, Ala.
Pvt. Mahone was trained in
the operation and repair of the
radar system used with the
Hawk, a low-altitude missile de-
signed to interecept supersonic
aircraft at tree-top level.
Mahone entered on active duty
in September 1965 and complet-
ed basic training the following
November at Fort Polk, La.
The soldier is a 1963 graduate
Of Avalon (Tex.) High School
and he attended Navarro Junior
College, Corsicana, Tex. His par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eral Mahone,
live in Bardwell.
Carolyn Miller Is Crowned 1966
Farm Bureau Queen, Ellis Co.
Miss Carolyn Miller, Midlo-
thian’s attractive entry, Friday
night was crowned 1966 Ellis
County Farm Bureau Queen,
succeeding Miss Patricia Tro-
jacek of Ennis, last year’s queen,
at Waxahachie’s Davis Hall. [
' Melvin Dansby, area fieldman
for TFB, was master-of-ceremoni-
es. John Turner Jr. is president
of the county Bureau. Mrs. Car-,
roll Thomas was queen contest
chairman.
Mrs. Bob Sweatman was plan-
ist for the occasion.
The Queen Contestants: Row-
ena Appleton, Waxahachie; Bar-
bara Blakemore, Waxahachie;
Marcia Gillespie, Avalon; Gail
Harper, Palmer; Cherrie Kelley,
Italy; Carolyn Miller, Midlothian;
Joan Pugh, Ferris.
Entertainment was furnished
by “The Cotton Pickers”: Sharon
Douglas, Melba Hammack, Becky
Jeffers, with, as accompanist,
Mrs. James Douglas.
Miss Miller, 17, is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mill-
er, route 1, Midlothian. She has
-dark brown hair and dark brown
eyes. During the past school
year she served as head cheer-
leader at Midlothian High School.
Miss Miller will enroll at Na-
varro Junior College at Corsi-
"IRON GUSTAV” is the name bestowed on what must be the record for multiple-
bicycles. It was constructed by a bowling club in Bremen, West Germany, to get all
members to the alleys on time and together. It’s a 24 leg-power model, seating 12.
Terrifying Ordeal for Gayle Honza -
Ennisite Was i
Shadow
Of Sniper Tower, Austin
Miss Gayle Honza, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Honza of
Ennis, who has enrolled in Tex.
University, was on the campus
the day of the mass killing by
the sniper, Charles Whitman,
and declares it was “a horrifying
experience.”
Miss Honza, is back from sum-
mer orientations, and will return
to “State” in mid-September for
the opening of school.
The day the sniper wrought
the carnage from the University
Tower, she was in Batts Hall
Auditorium, just south of the
tower.
To leave the hall, one steps
into the mall area in front of
the tower.
The orientation group of 500
were supposed to leave the class
at 11:45, but due to being kept
overtime, they were about 4
minutes late.
Miss Honza was among the
first to enter the mall. When
they reached the mall level the
shooting had just begun.
“I saw one woman crounched
behind a flagpole and another
lying on the paved surface,”
said Miss Honza, with a shudder.
“Upperclassmen directed us
back into the main floor of
Batts. Utter confusion was de-
veloping.
“The sniper’s gunfire was, at
that time, mostly concentrated
toward the south—so we couldn’t
stay on the main floor, but had
to move upstairs to the second
floor. We sat on the floor, and
watched the scenes on television.
“We would hear the firing of
the sniper and the officers, and
immediately see this on TV.
CAROLYN MILLER
cana this fall as a freshman stu-
dent.
Each contestant received a
gift: the winner, a bouquet of
roses.
The winner has choice of a
fifty dollar gift certificate, or an
expense paid trip for herself
and her mother to the State
Farm Bureau Convention to be
held in Corpus Christi in No-
vember.
Winner of the county contest
will compete in the District IV
queen contest which will be held
Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. at the North
Park Community Center in Dal-
las.
Some of Whitman’s shooting was
over us, into the open veranda
that connected the buildings,
from our classroom windows.
“A special reason we were
sent back into the hall and to
the second floor was that one
of the men students of the sum-
mer orientation session was
wounded directly in front of
Batts.
“It seemed a miracle that al-
though we temporarily were ex-
posed to gunfire only one out
of the group of 600 was wound-
ad.
“About every ten minutes a
police officer would come in and
give directions. The sniper was
shooting into windows directly
Residence Here
Is Destroyed by
Early Blaze Sat.
Fire at 3 a.m. Saturday de-
stroyed a five-room residence
in the 1300 Block on Brecken-
ride.
Chief D. D. Day of the Fire
Department stated that origin
of the fire has not been deter-
mined.
“The occupants of the resi-
dence, a rent house owned by
Charlie Muirhead and Gordon
Harkins, were Mr. and Mrs. Fred-
die Massey, who, with their nine
children, got out of the burning
structure safely, at that early
hour.”
Cage Is Due to
Return to Tex.
DALLAS — Ben Jack Cage,
once sheltered from Texas jus-
tice by Brazilian law, reportedly
was hiding under an assumed
name in Sao Paulo while plan-
ning his return to Texas.
A Dallas contact claimed that
Cage is considering several
routes back to Dallas. Finances
and pressure from the Brazilian
government reportedly forced
him to consider the return.
Dist. Atty. Henry Wade con-
firmed that Cage is in hiding
and near a decision to leave
from Brazil.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. R. H. Bush has returned
from Memorial Hospital at Cor-
sicana, where she was a surgical
patient. Mr. and Mrs. John Mor-
ton of Houston, her brother and
sister-in-law, will arrive this
evening to be weekend guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bush.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and warm
this afternoon through Sun-
day. Chance of thunder-
showers.
opposite us and police were re-
turning fire from there.
“We stayed crouched or sit-
ting on the floor for about an
hour and forty-five minutes.
“After the white flag had been
raised and the police notified the
classroom students that it was
safe to move about, we assembl-
ed on the mall in front of the
tower, forming open aisles where
the police could get through and
the bodies of several dead, as
well as many wounded, could be
brought through.
“I didn’t see Whitman’s body
removed because the orientation
group presently was directed
back to the dormitory. I did
meet a junior at the University
who had been in classes with
Whitman and who was acquaint-
ed with the couple who were
Whitman’s closest friends; and
another who was a friend of the
15-year-old newsboy killed by
the sniper.
“The remainder of the week
the flag will be flown at half-
mast directly in front of the
tower, and on each side of the
mall, is a display that presents
lists of the dead and wounded
and it pays tribute to their
memory, also apologizes to fam-
ilies of those involved.
“During the 4 days I was there
the tower was closed and police
surrounded the exits and en-
trance to the tower probably
for investigative purposes. We
were given no access to that
building, as were no other stu-
dents on the campus. Entrance
was only by police permit.”
LEGGETT & PLATT
GROUPS HERE
Harry Cornell of Carthage,
Mo., and a group of men from
the Carthage and the Phoenix,
Ariz., installations of Leggett &
Platt, are visiting here at Ye Olde
Inn. They and Richard Fanning,
manager of the Ennis plant have
gone fishing this weekend.
More US Fighting Men Arrive
In Viet; Head Toward Highlands
SAIGON— More U-S fighting 000 men—makes up the latest
men arrived in South Viet Nam contingent, and raises total U-S
today—and headed immediately troop strength in Viet Nam to
for the central highlands, al- a The an 00 against North Vlet
though they are not expected to Nam continues—with 105 mis-
go into battle immediately, dons last night and today. Among
One brigade of the U-S Four- the targets successfully hit was
th Infantry Division—about 3,- a 40-truck convoy.
Ennis Miss Optimist Be Chosen
In Bathing Revue This Evening "
This being a fair-weather day out-of-town judges, Miss Ennis
—thus far, at least—the Ennis
Optimist Club is anticipating a
sizable turn-out at their swim-
ming Pool tonight at 7:30 for the
1966 Annual Bathing Beauty
Contest.
General Chairman Layne Bal-
lard stated that good co-opera-
tion has prevailed as arrange-
ments have gone forward.
The event is to select, with
Dr. Thomas, Who
Will Be 92 Sun.,
Delivers Twins
Dr. A. L. Thomas, pioneer
physician, here, who will ob-
serve his 92nd birthday tomor-
row, today delivered identi-
cal twin boys early this morn-
ing—and was home for 7 o’-
clock breakfast.
Dr. Thomas is one of the
region’s best-known physi-
cians and surgeons, and also
has long been active in civic
and church interests.
Optis to Hear
Boy and Girl
State Victors
Frances Jo Kudrna, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kudrna, of
Ennis, and Terry Turner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner of
Ferris, state winner in the field
crop demonstration category
held at A&M in June, will give
a demonstration program for the
Optimist Club Monday noon at
the Community Center.
Title will be “Take Heed, Plant
Quality Seed.”
In their presentation they use
various posters, cotton plants
and seed that were germinated
by incubator.
These students won county,
district then went on to win
state.
Frances Jo is a sophomore at
St. John’s School. Terry is a
junior at Ferris High.
Vice-President Layne Ballar
is program chairman.
Luci and Pat
Wed Today in
Giant Shrine
WASHINGTON — President
Johnson’s 19-year-old daughter,
Luci, was wed today to Patrick
Nugent.
The President looked on dur-
ing the ceremony, alternately
solemn and beaming.
The vows between Luci and
23-year-old Nugent were taken
in the giant shrine of the Im-
maculate Conception in Wash-
ington.
Present were some 700 guests,
including government notables
as well as heretofore obscure
folk from the groom’s home town
of Waukegan, Illinois.
Luci shook slightly as she said
I do.”
King Is Injured
By Thrown Rock
CHICAGO (AP)—Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. was struck by
a rock and a white youth was
wounded by a knife thrown at
King as a riot erupted on Chi-
cago’s Southwest Side Friday.
The knife was hurled as King,
chairman of the Southern Chris-
tian Leadership Conference, led
600 demonstrators on a march
through a racially tense middle
class neighborhood.
Optimist, who is to receive sev-
eral tokens of recognition, and
represent the local club at the
Waxahachie Optimist’ Revue,
and, if she wins there, she will
go on to other competition. No
admission will be charged but
any donations toward the club’s
civic projects fund will be appre-
ciated, President Loyd Adams
said.
Chi
Jays
tizens
go TEE A A E
Can Help Curb Crime
-------:-------•--• city Marshal Obie Freeman
, - •• - ‘ said today that there is a way
in which the citizens may be able
to help curb the series of bur-
glaries here.
“One would be, if a citizen
happens to be downtown at
night, especially toward mid-
night or later, and sees suspi-
cious characters lurking around
notify the Police Department,
at once,” the chief suggested.
“We are doing everything we
know to do to stop this series of
burglaries, the streets are being
patrolled by officers as much as
they can, and there is also a
nightwatchman, so we will ap-
preciate any assistance given by
the townfolk.”
He said, also, that it is well to
keep doors and windows locked
at night, for this is a discourage-
ment to some extent, forcing the
intruder to break in, if he’s to
get in.
Within the last six weeks the
Police Department has cleared
38 burglaries here.
(NEA Telephoto)
TENNESSEE Governor Frank Clement, shown waving his
arms in victory, avenged the only defeat of his political career
Aug. 4 when he bested incumbent Sen. Ross Bass in the Demo-
cratic primary for the Senate. Bass beat Clement two years ago
to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. Estes Kefauver.
37 for Draft Phyiscal
20 for Induction Aug. 9
The Local Board No. 38 for
Ellis County, has ordered 37
men to report for Physical Ex-
amination Tuesday, August 9.
They are: Willie E. McCulloch
Jr., Oran Jerome Gulledge Jr.,
Raymond C. Singleton, Marshall
Armenta, Grady Green Ander-
son Jr., James E. Bradley, James
P. Buchanan, Samuel Santos,
Charles L. Yowell, Eddie L.
Hackney, Johnny Garcia, John-
ny W. Ruffin, Don L. Hatter,
Thomas S. Meador Jr., Ronald
E. Dover, Jimmy C. Wray, Geor-
ge H. Dearborn, Ray L. Gilbert.
Johnny B. Blanton, Charles S.
Osborne, Wayne P. Sigler, John
George Strunc’s
Services Held
The funeral service for Geor-
ge A. Strunc, 53, who died
Thursday morning, was held,
under the direction of the J. E.
Keever Mortuary, at 10 o’clock
Saturday morning in the First
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Lively Brown and the Rev. Sid-
ney Roberts of Corsicana officiat-
ing. Interment was in the Myrtle
Cemetery with his nephews
serving as pallbearers: Emil
Chmelar of Dallas, Charles Chm-
lar, Miles S. Strunc, Emil Taraba
Jr. all of Ennis, Bill Zaidle of
Lancaster and Edward Slampa
of DeSota.
Mr. Strunc was born near
Telico on April 1, 1913, the son
of Wesley and Barbara Toupal
Strunc. On May 21, 1939 he was
married to Miss Otile Chmear of
Crisp and they had resided in
Ennis since 1939 where Mr.
Strunc was an electrical con-
tractor. He was a member of the
First Methodist Church, serving
on the Board of Stewards, a
member of the City Commission,
a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge,
the Rebekah Lodge, the S.P.J.S.-
T. Lodge, the Ennis Lions Club,
and was a Trustee in the Dad’s
Association at Texas Tech.
Surviving him are his wife,
the former Otille Chmelar, two
sons Murray Strunc and Harry
Strunc, all of Ennis; three bro-
thers Frank J. Strunc, Miles
Strunc, and Wesley Strunc, all of
Ennis; and one sister Mrs. John
A. Skrivanek of Ennis.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Mrs. Opal Bryant underwent
surgery Tuesday in the Medical
Arts Hospital in Tyler.
W. Rogers, Clarence Jerry Baty,
David E. Beck, Horace Johnson,
Calvin E. Hopper, Thomas W.
Bellamy, Shadrict R. Henderson,
Michael L. Thompson, Kenneth
Robertson, Jimmy L. Tennery,
Larry E. Carpenter, Leonard
Bryant Jr., Ernest Roberts Jr.,
Norman L. Eggleston, Dewey W.
Coulson, Angel Jacinto.
Those ordered for induction on
the same date are: Roy L. Price
Jr., Ruben G. Trevino, Richard
P. Kyser, Joe D. Loosier, Ronnie
E. Heard, Cecil B. Patterson,
Arnold D. Taylor, John D.
Swizdaryk, Donald F. Henley,
Billy C. Pickard, Thomas D. Solis,
Maxie L. Young, James M. Mar-
tin, Carl W. Shelton, Richard W.
Kelly, Johnny E. Grant, Donald
Aday Wilson, Thomas H. Myers,
Charles M. Miller, Roy D. Coun-
tryman.
The men ordered from the
Waxahachie area are ordered
to the Texas Electric Bus Station
at 6 a.m. Those from the Ennis
area will report to the Local
Board Office, 2nd Floor Post Of-
fice Building, at 6:15 a.m.
They will be traveling by
chartered bus,” said Mrs. Mildred
B. Gardner, clerk.
Citizens Gov’t Group Holds Public
Session Refute Comm. Statements
Holding a public meeting at
the Community Center, the
Citizens Group for Better Gov-
ernment last night refuted a
number of statements by the
City Commission concerning
their claims, also re-emphasiz-
ing their declaration that High-
way 34 should enter Ennis by
way of Clay Street. Chairman
Charles Bishop presided over the
occasion and was the principal
speaker. The invocation was giv-
en by Frank Novotny.
“In regard to our ad of July
22, 1966, each and every state-
ment made therein was docu-
mented by a letter or excerpt of
a meeting,” said Chairman Bis-
hop. “At any time the Citizens
Group for Better Government
would be happy to meet with any
civic croup, persons, or commit-
tees to let them examine these
letters and excerpts; howevr,
most of th m have been
of public record or
available to all of the citi-
zens from the time of origin.
We did not publish them in their
entirety because of the limited
space for which we were paying
Joe Liska Is
Applicant for
Rep. Nominee
Joe Liska, former Ennis City
Commissioner, today filed his ap-
plication, with County Democra-
tic Chairman Bob McGrady for
appointment as nominee to suc-
ceed resigned Rep. W. T. (Bill)
Satterwhite.
Mr. Liska, well-known busi-
nessman, is active in community
life and has been a leader in
numerous civic organizations,
including his two terms as presi-
dent of the Lionbackers Club,
and has served as vice-president
of the Optimist Club. He also
served on the Planning and Zon-
ing Commission prior to his
serving on the City Commission.
He is a member of the Jaycees.
He is active in the Chamber of
Commerce and is director of the
Industrial Foundation. Mr. Liska
is a former student of Texas A
& M. University.
He served in the armed forces
for a period of 8 years, including
active time and reserve duty
time, in the US Navy.
He is married and has three
children, two daughters and a
son.
Names Banner for
Palmer Postmaster
President Johnson has nomi-
nated Bobby J. Bonner of Pal-
mer for postmaster of Palmer.
Bonner’s name was sent to the
Senate for confirmation.
He also nominated Bennie R.
Vick of Conroe as postmaster
there.
regular commercial rates. We
had no intentions, nor do we now
have, of using half-truths to far-
ther our cause.
“In our ad of July 29, 1966, we
only stated facts which are ob-
vious in the maintenance of the
new subdivisions, as to the ex-
penditure for their maintenance.
As far as the city’s participation
in any way to the development,
your own sug division ordi-
nance would forbid any expendi-
ture of city funds to bring any
utilities for the benefit of the
developer to his property.
“As far as the cost of Marvin
Springer and Associates, your
own records will reflect that a
previous contract which closely
parallels to the one now in force
was completed without state
funds and also was by Marvin
Springer and Associates. As to
Forrest and Cotton and their
value as engineers, they are only
used in the new subdivisions to
verify the work that is done at
the expense of the subdividers
by a state licensed engineer. The
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