The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 95, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1968 Page: 1 of 6
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ENNIS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1968
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NO. 95
GARRETT IS VISITED BY DIST. IMPROVEMENT JUDGES
Ennis Gives Request
Water Hike to TRA
Garrett Praised
For Its Progress
The small, progressive town
of Garrett, adjacent to Ennis on
the north—was commended on
its Texas Community Improv-
ment Program and congratulat-
ed on its potential by a team of
judges engaged in a district tour
Friday.-
The motto of the Garrett pro-
• gram is "Brighten the Corner
Where You Are”; theme, "To-
gether,” and its sponsor is Noel
D. Speers, manager of the Texas
Power and Light Company here.
NNIS
CHOES
By CASEY
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"Judgment is forced upon us
by experience.”—Johnson. -
Let’s all give to the cause of
the fight against cancer — that
dread killer that is consistently-
taking such a toll. The greater was later observed, was
the fight—the earlier the vic-
tory.
• Congratulations to our neigh-
bor—Garrett, Texas, on its at-
tractiveness and its progressive
spirit in general. It was a de-
light yesterday to make the
community tour, in the Garrett
Improvement Program.
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TODAY’S
CHUCKLES
Every man needs a wife be-
cause there are a number of
things that go wrong which he
can’t blame on the government.
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Highly important place to be
tomorrow: The House of the
Lord—where there will be found
inspiration and guidance, of
great value.
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Patti Kerns Home
From Hospital
Patti Kerns, 16, Ennis High
A School student, was to return
home today from Ennis Muni-
cial Hospital, where she had
been for treatment of bruises
received in an auto accident on
North Preston, swerving into a
parked car for fear of being hit
by another approaching from
Baylor Street. The bruises were
to an arm, a knee and her face,
her mother said. She is a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Kerns,
1309 North Clay.
Ennis Singers in Navarro Choir
To Present Concert Here Monday
The 45 woice Concert Choir of
Navarro Junior College, under
the direction of James Samuel
Choate, will present a concert
of choral music at Ennis High
School Monday, April 22,, at
9:30 a. m. The choir is currently
on its annual spring tour of East
Texas schools and churches.
% They will be presenting a vari-
ed musical program ranging
from the church music of Bach
and Handel of the 1700’s to the
contemporary music of such
known composers as Lloyd
Officers are: Mrs. L. A. Baker,
chairman; S. A. Cave, vice-chair-
man; Larry Deagen, second vice-
president; Mrs. W. J. Venable,
secretary; Mrs. B. S. Tucker, fi-
nance chairman; Mrs. Ruby Pul-
lian, reporter; Mrs. Jack Hart,
service chairman; Mrs. Robert
Stockton, Red Cross chairman.
The Texas Extension Service
and the TP & L Company are
sponsors of the competitive im-
provement program and present
from the latter, with Mr. Speers,
were John Hendrick, Henry
Kirk, Hump Manning and Bill
Connell. Present from the Ex-
tention Service were County Ag-
ricultural Agent Roger Corbin
and Mrs. Judy Edwards, home
demonstration agent. The judg-
ing team consisted of Mrs. Tom
Joyce Cunningham, district HD
agent; Ted Martin, district agri-
cultural agent, and John Feagin
of Texas A&M University.
After general assembly, at the
City Hall, with Mrs. Baker pre-
siding, Mr. Speers and Mr. Cor-
bin made the introductions, fol-
lowed by a summary of accom-
plishments and tour outline by
Mrs. Baker. The community, as
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and had given careful attention
to the civic side.
Then the judges, officers and
members present for the occa-
sion proceeded on a tour of the
schedule, visiting the progres-
sive V. B. Hart Grocery and resi-
dence and the following addi-
tional attractive homes: Freddie
Dixon, James Lisman, B. S.
Tucker, W. J. Venable, Mrs. L.
A. Baker and J. C. Ellison.
They completed the round
stopping at the City Hall, for
refreshments and a brief ad-
dress by District Agricultural
agent Martin.
"We judges,” said Mr. Martin,
“find that you are engaged in a
truly constructive effort in this
community, that you have made
much progress and that you
have a fine potential. We think
you were quite modest in your
notations in your record book
and we consider that a c o m-
munity center, which you hope
for, would be a valuable asset—
and that you can bring it about,
all right. And I want to mention
that Hart’s Grocery is an unus-
ually creditable store. We find
very gratifying the progress,
such as in eevidence here', in
communities over the nineteen
counties that it is our responsi-
bility to judge. We have enjoyed
our visit and wish you fine suc-
cess.”
A social period, in which re-
freshments were served by the
program committee brought the
occasion to its conclusion.
Pfautsch, Hugo Distler, and
Daniel Moe. Also included in the
choir’s repertoire are several
spirituals and folk songs.
Another feature of the pro-
gram is the sixteen voice chorale
known as the “Choralaires.”
Those from Ennis who are
touring with the NJC Concert
Choir are as follows: Virginia
Mendheim, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clay Mendheim: Shepper
Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Knight; and Eulessya Venable,
daughter of Mrs. E. R. Venable.
COMMUNITY TOUR AT GARRETT—Upper left photo, as dis-
trict judges began their tour (from left)—Noel D. Speers, S.
A. Cave, Mrs. Judy Edwards, Roger Corbin, Judges John Fea-
gin, Mrs. Joyce Cunningham and Ted Martin; Mrs. W. J. Ven-
able, Mrs. B. S. Tucker, Mrs. L. A. Baker, (center) program
president; upper right, part of the gathering at refreshment
time at the City Hall; lower right photo, President Mrs. Bak-
er, telling of a tree at her home, and Judges Martin and Feag-
in.
Banquet for Soil
Awards Planning
At Monday Meet
A Soil Awards Banquet plan- The annual banquet is set for
ning meeting will be held Mon-
day afternoon at the Chamber
of Commerce.
The sponsoring Ennis Cham-
ber of Commerce Agri Commit-
tee has announced the session
for 3 p.m. at the chamber of-
fice.
Mrs. Terry, 80,
Taken by Death;
Services Sunday
Mrs. Lela May Terry, 80, of
302 East Knox, died at 10:45 p.
m. Friday in Ennis Municipal
Hospital.
Born in Blue Springs, Miss.,
May 16, 1887, she was the daugh-
ter of M. T. and Sarah Jane
Griffin Thompson. The family
came to Texas from Mississippi
in 1890, settling first in Hill
County in the Woodbury com-
munity. From there they moved
to the Oak Groce community
in 1893 where the engaged in
farming.
She married Logan Terry Dec.
24, 1905, who preceded her in
death in 1954. They lived in the
Oak Grove community until he
retired in 1943 and they moved
to Ennis.
To this union were born Fan-
nie May, who died in early child-
hood. and four children who sur-
vive. They are Mrs. Jeanette (Al)
Kruger of Dallas. Mrs. Nora Lee
(L. L.) Jordan of Ennis, Thomas
Raymond Terry of Ennis and L.
C. Terry Jr. of Waco. Also sur-
viving are seven grandchildren,
ten great-grandchildren; three
brothers, Nathan Thompson,
Groom, Texas; Arthur and T. A.
Thompson, Ennis, one sister.
Mrs. Frank Edrington, Ennis.
Mrs. Terry was a lifelong Bap-
tist with her membership in the
1st Baptist Church, where ser-
vices will be held Sunday, April
21. at 3 p. m. Interment will
be in Myrtle Cemetery, with ar-
rangements by Bunch Funeral
Home.
May 16.
Writing the committee mem-
bers, the ag unit chairman,
Johnie Hrabina, says: “This is
a very important meeting so
please make a special effort to
be present.”
This banquet occasion is a-
mong the highlights oft h e
chamber and always attracts a
large gathering to witness the
presentation of awards for pro-
ciciency in conservation - type
farming.
The Soil and Water Conserva-
tion Service is quite active in
connection with setting up and
administering this progressive
farming feature.
St. John Sophs
Stagin
stern
Show April 26
The sophomore class of St.
John School will sponsor a
country and western show, fea-
turing famous Bill Mack and His
Band Friday April 26, at 8 p.m.
in St. John Gym. Advance tick-
ets can be secured at Dan’s
Town House and 7-11 Store.
Vital Olympics
Meet at Geneva
Geneva — President Avery
Brundage of the International
Olympic committee has arrived
in Geneva for a vital Olympic
meeting. On his arrival, Brund-
age made it quite clear he per-
sonally thinks there is no pos-
sibility of South Africa being
thrown out of the Olympic
games. About 40 countries have
threatened to boycott the games
because of South Africa's policy
of segregation. Brundage is in
Switzerland for an emergency
meeting of his nine-man execu-
tive board.
The Ennis delegation, back our delegation is Mayor Charles
from a meeting of the TRA R. Fallen and with him are'—
Lloyd Adams—city, commission-
Board at Kaufman County Re-
creation Club yesterday, expres-
sed the opinion today that, as
had been unofficially indicated,
Ennis will receive an additional
10 per cent of Lake Bardwell
water supply, bringing the fig-
ure for this city and area to 55
per cent, instead of the present
45 per cent allotment.
TRA Board Member J. D.
Kirvin, of the executive com-
mittee. phoned City Manager
Kenneth E. Smith and told him
that the matter has been refer-
red to the TRA’s technical ad-
visors for study, and that it will
in turn report back to the com-
mittee. Mr. Smith said Mr. Kir-
vin felt there’s a strong possibi-
lity of its being approved.
Members of the Ennis group
who spoke are referred to in Mr.
Smith’s presentation:
“Honorable members of the
board of directors of the Trin-
ity River Authority, I am Ken-
neth E. Smith, city manager of
the City of Ennis—and I wish to
thank you for allowing us to ap-
pear before you to discuss the
allocation of the available
yield in Bardwell Reservoir. We
have a great interest in obtain-
ing a firm committment from
Trinity River Authority for the
maximum percentage of the pos-
sible yield which can be de-
signated for Ennis area citizens
and this interest is exhibited by
the presence of a number of our
citizens whom I would like to in-
troduce at this time. Leading
Smrkovsky Pres.
Czechoslovakia
Nat’l Assembly
PRAGUE. (AP).—Josef S m r-
kovsky—a liberal, Friday w a s
elected president of Czechoslo-
vakia’s National Assembly by
a vote of 188-to-68.
The election of Smrkovsky—
57, by parliament illuminates
the struggle for power in h i s
country.
His choice was opposed by
orthodox Communists.
Jim Grant Is
Now Officer of
Bank in Dallas
Ennis - reared Jim Grant of
5622 Loring Dr., Dallas, is now
an officer in the First National
Bank in Dallas.
He has been serving as senior
credit analyist and has been
promoted to assistant cashier.
Mr. Grant is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ansley Grant of Ennis.
Bank Holiday—We will be clos-
ed Monday, April 22 in observ-
ance of Texas Independence
Day, which falls on Sunday.
Citizens National Bank
Ennis State Bank
United States Planes Again Set
Record in Bombings of Enemy
leathernecks on a nearby road-
Saigon—US planes have set a
1968 record for the second con-
secutive day with 160 missions.
The previous day action totaled
145 missions. The US command
says the deepest penetration
yesterday was against a railroad
spur about 168 miles above the
de-militarized zone and below
the 19th parallel. US planes
have been observing this as the
northern limit although Presi-
deni Johnson’s public state-
ments set the limit at the 20th
parallel.
Along the northern frontier,
North Vietnamese troops struck
at the newly-reopened overland
supply road to Khe Sanh. The
enemy ambushed a US marine
truck convoy and pined down
er; Earl Cox, city commission-
er; Clarence Johnson'—c i t y
commissioner; William Murff—
city commissioner; Dr. James
Jeter, representing the water
committee of the C of C; Jack
McKay, execuetive vice-presi-
dent of C of C; Robert Muir-
head, rancher, representing the
water committee of the C of C,
some of these will make re-
marks at the close of my com-
ments.
"We feel that Ennis and all
Ennis citizens have for years,
been the ‘prime movers’ in all
efforts to obtain Lake Bardwell.
We in Ennis had the biggest
need and the most at stake in
Harlin Dauphin Gives Program-
Jesse Wood Is
Staff Head for
Evening Lions
Jesse Wood was elected presi- ly, he presented a film—"Life
dent to head a new staff for the
Ennis Evening Lions. Club, to
take office in early summer, at
this week s meeting of the club,
at Dan’s Town House. Other of-
ficers elected are Marvin Mc-
Cord, first vice-president; Ellis
Denney, second vice-president;
Guy Weathers, secretary-treas-
urer; Sam Zabbia, tailtwister;
Clyde Booher, Lion tamer; direc-
tors—Bill D. Bozek and Clarence
W. Johnson, current president
of the club.
The club was presented an in-
formative program regarding
cancer by Harlin Dauphin, EHS
principal, who is chairman of
the men’s clubs on the (Public
Education Committee of the
Ellis County Unit ,American
Cancer Society.
Along with a brief address
by Mr. Dauphin on the
great importance of cancer’s be-
ing discovered and treated ear-
St. John Adult
Choir to Meet
The new adult choir of
St.
John Parish will hold its first
practice session Monday at 7:30
p.m. Interested persons should
inquire to Rev. Henry Korioth,"
said the announcement.
FIRE DEPT. CALLED
TO RESIDENCE WHERE
GARAGE IS ON FIRE
Ennis Fire Department was
called at 10:15 a.m. today to the
home of Johnnie Whitley, 112
Avenue D, where h i s garage
was afire. Fireman Philip Sau-
seda who was on the call said a
rough guess at the damage to
the garage would be about $1'50.
clearing operation. The fighting
raged for eight hours. Marine
losses were placed at four killed
and 20 wounded. Enemy losses
are not known.
Allied troops report three
clashes in ground fighting near
Saigon in operation “Complete
Victory”. The say 58 Viet Cong
were killed. US losses are placed
at five killed and 28 wounded.
South Vietnamese defense
minister Vy says general mobili-
zation of his nation’s manpower
would allow the allies to begin
a gradual troop withdrawal by
the start of 1969. But he says
the mobilization would have to
be more far reaching than the
one now proposed.
it’s establishment. In the late
1950s when the reservoir was in
the formative stages the city
agreed to take, immediately, a
full 50 per cent of the reservoir
which was at that time only to
have been around 29,000-acre
feet in size. The authority advis-
ed the city in 1962 that the larg-
er, 54,000-acre feet, reservoir
could be built if 25 per cent of
the safe yield could be sold, de-
ferring the remaining 75 p e r
cent. Before the Corps of Engi-
neers would act on the larger
reservoir they had to have
assurance that the 25%
would be purchased. The city
managers of Ennis and Waxaha-
chie met with their engineers—
Forrest and Cotton, Inc., and
reresentatives of TRA to discuss
Story,” which dealt much on the
importance of including a proc-
toscopic examination in one’s
annual checkup.
President Johnson presided
over the club meeting.
Mike Dunkerley was a guest
of Jim Bob Wilson.
Printing Union
Studying EBF's
Contract Offer
Printing 'Specialties Paper
Products Local 439 at mid-day
Saturday had not yet decided
whether it would accept a con-
tract offer from Ennis Business
Forms—which it was consider-
ing in a mass meeting.
The meeting, largely attended
was being held in San Jacinto
Auditorium.
Principal speaker was Inter-
national Representative Gerald
Cartwright of the union, who
was discussing the terms of the
proffered contract. J. L. Lewis
is president of the local.
Collective bargaining had
been engaged in earlier in the
week,at Dallas.
Pickets on Line,
Western Elec.
Picketing was in progress to-
day at the tower installation
property where Western Elec-
tric is housed—south of Ennis,
reportedly by Communica-
tion's Workers of America rep-
resentatives. The strike of the
organization was in itst hird
day.
Thirteen Dead
After Storm
Greenwood, Ark. — Rescue
workers continue to dig into the
derbis caused by the killer tor-
nado which cut a path through
the business district of Green-
wood. Thirteen persons were
killed and more than 70 hospi-
talized. A state police official
says about 200 other persons
were given emergency treat-
ment at a first aid station. The
tornado struck yesterday as it
erupted from a spring storm.
It cut a path 200 feet wide and
one-half mile long.
The Weather
Fair tonight and on Sun-
day. Low tonight in the mid
50s.
this matter and subsequently
recommended that Ennis consid-
er taking the 25% and to as-
sure the authority and the Corps
of Engineers. Also at that time a
memo was prepared by Forrest
and Cotton, Inc., and circulated
which indicated that a fair dis-
tribution o f water resources
from the proposed larger reser-
voir would be 56.3% for Ennis,
33.7% for Waxahachie and 10%
for the Corps of Engineers. Un-
fortunately for us we in Ennis
accepted and relied on the terms
of this memorandum it was nev-
er formally adopted by all par-
ties concerned, a fact we did not
realize until last year. At that
time, in 1962—the city commis-
sion in formal action notified
TRA that the City of Ennis stood
ready to execute a contract for
25% of the yield of the larger
reservoir. In 1963 a formal water
supply contract was submitted
to the voters of Ennis and it
was overwhelmingly adopted.
Thus we formally contracted for
25% of the yield which was the
entire amount available. This
action allowed the TRA to fur-
nish the necessary assurances to
the US Army Corps of Engi-
neers which allowed Bardwell
Reservoir to be built.
“Having thus contracted for
all of the water which could be
removed under the law we felt
that we had a responsibility, not
only to our citizens, but to all
citizens in the reservoir area.
Your office of the TRA referred
all requests for water from the
new lake to us and we dealt with
them. Consequently we entered
into water supply contracts with
(1)—The Telico Water Corpora-
tion which serves some 2 0 0
customers between Ennis and
the Trinity River to the east. (2)
—The East Garrett Water Sup-
ply Corp, which serves to the
north of Ennis. (3)—The G a r-
rett Water Company which ser-
ves the City of Garrett, and (4)
—The Ctiy of Rice in Navarro
County which would serve not
only the City of Rice but also
the community of Alma and
some 200 customers to the south
and southeast of Ennis. We have
served the City of Sonoma for
many, many years. This past
week I spent several hours ne-
gotiating with a prospective cus-
tomer on the west side of Bard-
well Reservoir who is interested
in purchasing raw water. In the
past I have talked with Chil-
dress and Recor, consulting en-
gineers representing the City of
Bardwell with a view of seeing
if Bardwell water is economical-
ly feasible for this community.
We have discussed, the possi-
bility of furnishing them treated
water by a pipeline on Hwy. 34
and across the Bardwell Bridge.
“Also we discussed selling
them raw water and them treat-
ing it which does not seem
quite as feasible as the sale of
treated water directly. We
would like to assure you and as-
sure the people in the Bardwell
community that we would be
more than happy to serve them
in any way which would prove
economically feasible and the
charges would not be more than
the costs involved. The point of
these remarks is to emphasize
that we have felt ,a responsibil-
ity to the residents of the reser-
voir area and attempted to hon-
or this responsibility. We will
continue to honor this responsi-
bility by making water avail-
able at no more than cost for
any customer, any group of cus-
tomers or any community with
in our sphere of influence who
can economically be served. We
understand that usually the TRA
retains 10% of the yield of all
reservoirs primarily to make
sure that all water needs in the
immediate reservoir area can be
met. We feel that our action in
meeting these needs intakes such
a retainage unnecessary.
"As you know we also enter-
ed into a contract with the TRA
for the construction of a water
treatment plant on the shore of
Lake Bardwell. A plant which
we operate and maintain under
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