The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1967 Page: 3 of 4
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FBI Entering
Into Maypearl
Burglary Probe
The FBJ and county authori-
ties are pushing an extensive in-
vestigation of the burglary of the
Maypearl First State Bank bel-
ieved to have taken place before
dawn yesterday. Entry was gain-
ed by tearing up a floor in a
lodge hall overhead and then
knocking a hole in the bank’s
ceiling. Loot taken was an esti-
mated $3,000 in silver, after a
hole was knocked into the wall
of the walk-in vault, from Presi-
dent Curtis Greer’s office.
Woman Is Shot
In Ellis Jail
LI I T Thursday, December 7, 1967 THE PALMER RUSTLER
Ennis Woman Is-=
- Sally Ann Watson of Corsi-
cana was shot in the head and
severely wounded last night at
Sambo’s Place on Farm Road 85
and Willie Joe James, 1209 N.
Kaufman, is being detained in
connection with the case, ac-
cording to the Sheriff’s Depart-
ment.
The wounded woman was
brought to Ennis Municipal
Hospital for treatment.
THIS IS THE SEASON TO SHINE, to glitter, to glow. Colors dazzle everywhere and
black comes into the spotlight. Black wool knit (left) is polished to perfection and
touched with sparkling gold and topaz beads at the neck and hem. Pearls flicker like
moonbeams on the white wool knit evening suit (right). They outline the jacket and
touch the sleeveless shell in a diagonal pattern. These are from the glowing knit col-
lection by Banff.
Injured Ennis
Serviceman to
AFB Hospital
- Spec. 5 Brian Riley of Ennis,
who has been receiving a check-
up including X-rays at Ennis
Municipal Hospital for a neck
injury received in a car acci-
dent, today was moved to Cars-
well AFB. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Riley of Ennis. The
injury was received when the
car in which he and two other
servicemen, Wallace Collins and
Joe Dolezalik, were returning to
Fort Hood was struck in the
rear. The two accompanying the
Ennis young man were unhurt,
except for bruises. The Ennis
car had stopped, off the high-
way, about 9 miles south of
Hillsboro and an auto driven by
Dick Watt of Athens, University
of Texas student, hit the rear
of the car from here, it was
learned.
Ennis CAP Squadron
Now Fully Operational
Taken by Death
Carl L. Walker, 57, an assis-
tant cashier for the First Nation-
al Bank in Dallas, died Tuesday
night of a heart attack in a Ter-
rell Hospital shortly after return-
ing to his home after work in
Dallas.
Mr. Walker, a resident of El-
mo, Kaufman County, near Ter-
rell, was associated with the First
National Bank 38 years. He was
elected assistant cashier in 1955
and was in charge of the bank’s
new accounts department at the
time of his death.
During his employment at the
bank he also held positions in
the city collections, transit and
bookkeeping departments.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Ruth Nell Johns, former-
ly of Ennis, a step son, Lt. Col.
George F. Germond III of Wash-
ington, D. C. and a sister, Mrs.
Corine Thomas of Forney.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Thursday in the Ander-
son-Clayton Funeral chapel in
Mesquite with the Rev. Cheryl
Hendrix officiating. Interment
was in Restland Memorial Park,
Dallas.
Mrs. Evelyn Goble of Ennis
was among those out of town at-
tending the funeral.
Vocal Talent of
St. John’s in
Kiwanis Event
Vocal talent from St. John
Parochial School will furnish
the program for the Kiwanis
Club at its noon meeting to-
morrow at the Community Cen-
ter.
The numbers have not yet
been announced, but it is under-
stood that they will include
some Christmas music.
Kiwanian Don Griffith, fac-
ulty member at the school is
program chairman.
AS A GOOD DAY for the project drew to a close, here’s a
scene where Boy Scout Troop 210 is holding a troop-benefit
sale at the Optimist Pool of various types of Christmas trees.
Pictured L to R: Tim Titsworth, Assistant Scoutmaster Guy
Weathers; kneeling, John Overall and Erick Ludwig; Scout-
master Fred A. Ludwig. Their trees are a sight for Christmas-
seeking eyes.
Ellis County Art Association Is to
Hold Its Christmas Party Monday
Special guests will be hus-
from Waxahachie. Other mem-
J. R. Farrar Is
Deputy Masonic
G.M. for Dist.
J. R. Farrar of Waxahachie
Visit Cadet D. K.
Mulkey While He
Was in Houston
/ Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mulkey
and daughter, Jo Beth, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Magee and
daughter, Janet, of Corsicana,
have returned from a weekend
visit in Houston with Cadet Da-
vid K. Mulkey of the U.S.A.F.
Academy. 8
Cadet Mulkey flew to Elling-
ton Field Thursday night on a
navigation training mission and
left Sunday for the return trip.
While in Houston they were
all guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Olin W. Brown and son,
Scott, .
By DOUG STANGLIN
SMU Journalism Student
The Ennis Composite Squad-
ron of the Civil Air Patrol has
completed organizational pro-
ceedings and is now fully opera-
tional.
Under the direction of Squad-
ron Commander Andrew G. Lon-
tai, parts manager for Don Fort-
ner Ford of Ennis, the Ennis
squadron will fill a needed gap
in CAP operations for this area.
Lontai this week was promot-
ed from chief warrant officer to
1st lieutenant by the national
commander, General Wilcox, on
recommendation of Col. Max-
field, Texas wing commander.
Lt. Lontai said the squadron will
be issued a Ford station wagon
for ground operations and pros-
pects are good for a plane if
there are enough pilot and cadet
members.
The Air Patrol an auxiliary of
the United States Air Force, is
primarily for search and rescue
of downed aircraft as well as a
communications link and aid
facility in time of disaster.
Lontai, who is also a ground
soldier in rescue operations, cit-
ed the work of the CAP in South
Texas following Hurricane Beu-
lah, where the rescue group
flew 236 missions.
The local unit will handle simi-
lar problems in the Ennis and
surrounding areas. Lontai stated
Man Undergoing
Tests in Case
that the nearest CAP groups are | over 50 members.
located in Dallas and Austin,
and that the immediate areas
was not covered by a CAP unit i
prior to the awarding of the local
charter.
“The necessity for a local unit
is the time factor and the geogra-
phic location,” remarked Lontai,,
who is assisted by Executive Of-
ficer Don Fortner.
"Small craft fly a limited
cruising range for search and
rescue missions,” he continued,
“and much valuable time is lost
if they must fly long distances to
refuel.”
“The civic-mindedness of the
people of Ennis is the kind of at-
mosphere necessary for an orga-
nization of this type to develop,”
commented Lontai, adding that
approximately 19 people are in-
volved locally, and that the
squadron should soon grow to
12 Cases Handled
By Police Dept.
Twelve cases have been
handled by the police depart-
ment, according to latest re-
port, including seven for
speeding, one for driving with-
out headlights, two for failure
to yield right-of-way and one
each for no operator’s license
and drunk and disorderly.
Currently Don Ballew, Homer
Burden, and Richard Hamil are
the local pilots involved, compos-
ed exclusively of volunteers.
Lontai is also connected with
organization of a local Civil Air
Patrol cadet program.
The program enlists the aid of
interested young people, aged
thirteen to eighteen, in a CAP
orientation program, as well as
involving the cadets in actual
rescue work.
9’1 D
A co-educational program, the
cadet training provided oppor-
tunities in aerospace education,
and a groundwork for moral and
practical leadership. - ------
• we say w awas a a
“I’ve never had any hoodlums
come out of this cadet program,”
said Squadron Commander Lon-
tai, (adding that one of his for-
mer cadets has received two dis-
tinguished flying crosses and a
silver star in Vietnam. 0
“With the Dallas area growing
into the aerospace center of
the nation, an exposure to ,air
terminology through cadet train-
ing is a good stepping-stone to
jobs in the industry,” he con-
tinued, noting that cadets that
go into the Air Force have a
head start over non-cadets.
Q. D. Bradford
Dies, Ft. Worth,
At Age of 67
Q. D. Bradford, 67, of Fort
Worth, formerly of Ennis, died
Thursday in a Fort Worth hos-
pital, after a heart attack.
Mr. Bradford owned and oper-
ated a drugstore and candy fac-
tory there. He was a Mason and
Shriner and member of the Bap-
tist Church.
Survivors are his wife, a son,
Quinten Bradford Jr.; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dorothy Ferguson, both
of Fort Worth; and 5 grandchil-
dren; two sisters, Mrs. W. A.
Merritt, Ennis, and Mrs. George
O’Neal, Fort Worth; 2 brothers,
J. P. Bradford, Ennis and Haden
Bradford, Fort Worth.
. „ Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. today at Fort Worth with
burial in a cemetery in that city.
bands and wives of members
when the.Ellis County ArtAs-
sociation . holds its Christmas
party at 7:15 p.m. Monday in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Nelson
W. Jones, 1007 Chapman Circle,
Waxahachie, the social commit-
tee has announced. .
Any member unable to be
present Monday is asked to com-
municate with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Graham, chairmen of
the committee planning the
event; or Mrs. W. M. Forbes or
Mrs. Jones, committee members
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A 20-year-old Waxahachie
man and a 24-year-old Lancas-
ter man have been released
has been named district deputy
grand master of Masons for
Masonic District No. 18, which
includes eleven Masonic Lodges
in Ellis County.
Mr .Farrar is a past master of
Waxahachie Lodge 90. He is an
active member of the First
Christian Church, where he is
presently a member of the gen-
eral church board and holds an
office in the Sunday School De-
partment. His appointment was
made by the newly-elected
Grand Master of Masons in Tex-
as, J. W. Chandler of Houston,
as the 132nd annual Communi-
cation of the Grand Lodge of
Texas was concluded in Waco.
District Deputy Grand Masters
are appointed for each of the
13'2 Masonic Districts of Texas.
from Ellis Couny jail after pay-
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at night at Bell Branch.
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Mrs. Homer McElroy of Chat-
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plane for a visit with her mo-
ther, Mrs. G. G. Dunkerley, who
is in Ennis Municipal Hospital
with a broken hip received in a
fall in her home several weeks
ago.
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said he had a hammer in his
possession, stated that the man
entered the bedroom of a young
girl at home on the Oak Grove
Road. The girl’s immediate
screams attracted her family.
Authorities said the man is a
former mental patient.
MINOR MISHAP
OCCURS HERE
A 1962 Chevrolet station wag-
on driven by Jesse Robert Vas-
quez and a 1965 Plymouth sedan
driven by Louvenia W. Miller,
both of Ennis, figured in an ac-
cident at Gaines and Belknap
this morning. No one was hurt.
Damage to the cars was light.
Sgt. Melvin Baker and Patrol-
man Terry Lay investigated.
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demonstrators here have failed
for the second day to close an
armed forces induction center.
Betty Jo Vrla and Gene Culpepper To
Be Wed in First Presbyterian Church
The engagement of Miss Bet- at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 in the First
The engagement of Miss Bet-
ty Jo Vrla, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie J. Vrla, 708 E.
Milam St., to Gene Culpepper,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cul-
pepper, 807 N. Sherman St.,
has been announced.
The wedding will take place
Presbyterian Church here.
Miss Vrla is a 1962 graduate
of Ennis High School and is em-
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Company, Dallas. The bride-
grom-to-be, a 1959 graduate of
EHS, is employed by Dallas Pow-
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Medical Badge November 10 in
Vietnam.
Pvt. Gandy received the a-
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Pvt. Gandy is assigned to
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The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1967, newspaper, December 7, 1967; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1676508/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ennis Public Library.