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/ Personals
Visitors in the Donald Lut-
rick home over the week end
were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lut-
rick, Gary and Ronny of Colum-
bia ,'La. Gary remainder for a
longer visit.
Out of town visitors Sunday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs-
L. 0. Ward included Mrs. Clyde
Alexander, Plainview: Mrs.
Lorene Neal and son, Hobbs, N.
M. Mr. and Mrs. Delta Brumley,
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Green, Ferris; Mrs .Claude Riley
of Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt MeDaniel
of Ferirs were Sunday visitors
wof Mr. and Mrs- G. G. Har-
vard.
The pastor of United First
Methodist Church Rev.- and Mrs.
Bill Armstrong, a nd children are
vacationing in Colorado.
Mrs. J. W. Wallace and moth-
er, Mrs. J. N. Wooley spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Jack Har-
ris in Waxahachie.
Visitors in the Donald Lut-
game home Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Murphy and girls -
of Arlington.
Recent guests of Mrs- G e r-
trude Graves included Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Cave, Fort Worth;
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cave, Garrett;
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Graves, Mrs.
Pete Clopton .and Mrs. J. E.
Graves of Rockett.
Friends from Palmer who at-
tended funeral services for Mrs.
W- B. Tate of Ferris (mother of
Charles Tate of Palmer) held
PALMER, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS 75152, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1969
2 Ferris Men
Arrested After
TO CATCH A THIEF: The grace, speed a nd determination that epitomize baseball’s
appeal are captured here as Cleveland’s R uss Snyder burrows under the lunging glove
of Detroit’s Ike Brown to steal second base.
14/21/28
LEGAL
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL ELECTION
*
Deborah Jean Jarrett, formerly 01
Palmer, Weds Robert Gray Parker
Robert Gray Parker, of Dal-
las, and Deborah Jean Jarrett,
foimmerly of Palmer exchanged
wedding vows in Dallas, Friday
evening.
VOL. 44 NO. 28
Mrs. Tate of
Ferris Service i
Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Hat,
tie Edna Tate. 75, Ferris, who
died Saturday at the Ennis Muni-
cipal Hospital were held at 2:30
p.m. Monday at the Green Fun-
eral Home chapel at Ferris with
the Rev. Leon Baze, pastor of
the Ferris Heights Methodist
Church in Waxahachie, officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Ferris
Memorial Park North.
Mrs. Tate was born Feb. 9,
1894, at Boyce. She and her
husband, W. B. Tate, formerly
lived in the Rockett community.
She was a member of the First
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daugh-
, ters, Mrs. Marie Hill, Mrs. Fran-
ces Jones, Mrs. Gelia Tallman
and Mrs. Pat Watt, all of Dallas,
| and Mrs. Sue Crocker of Olla,
1 La; five sons, Burney Tate Jr.
Robbery Occurs
Two Ferris men have been The Rev. Howard E. Conaster
arrested for robbery by assualt officiated at the candlelight
it was disclosed by county au- nuptials at the home of the
thorities. bride’s grandparents, Mr. and
In other activity a Waxaha- Mrs. Thomas J. Renick. The
chie man was jailed for theft wedding gown was of . white
under $50—a Midlothian man peau de sole with embroidered
was arrested on an out-of-coun- lace overlay, and a shoulder
ty warrant for speeding and length veil of illusion,
paid a fine and a local man was The bride is the daughter of
transferred by the city to the Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thomas
county for aggravated assault. Renick, of Dallas, and the
County authorities said L. C. granddaughter of the late Mr-
Ross__who lives east of Bristol and Mrs. J. E. Tyler Sr., of Pal-
reported the theft of a wrist- mer. She is the niece of Mrs.
watch from his home. A. H Coker and J. E. Tyler also
An Ennis man, 21, was arrest- of Palmer.
ed at Ennis on charge of not Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parker
having a driver’s license and are parents of the bridegroom,
failing to appear in court, coun- who is employed in Dallas, and
ty authorities said, will attend El Centro College in
A 40-year-old Ferris woman the fall. He also was a student
was taken into custody on a a Given in marriage by her fa-
Dallas County warrant for pass ther the bride was attended by
ing worthless checks and she Miss Daborain Edwards. Harry
was released to Dallas County Parker Jr., of Shiner, served his J. Renick.
brother as best man. Organ There was a reception for A. Tate both of El Cajon, Calif.;
music was provided by Mrs. T. guests following e ceremony. J9 grandchildren; eight great
The couple will make their 5 children- and two sis-
home in Dallas, after a short reendMiralee B. Jackson of Ar
MRS. R. G. PARKER
authorities.
of Waxahachie; Lyndall W. Tate
of Torance, Calif., Charles E.
Tate of Palmer, Joe B. and Lee
. Apollo Eleven
number to at least twenty per said notice to be so given. (5) 1
Russ Sending
wedding trip.
lington and Mrs. Frances Gard-
ner of Dallas.
cent (20%) of the total number (6).
of votes cast in last preceeding Sectton VI. The rule requiring
regular city election, and that that an ordinance shall be read
said petition are otherwise in on three separate days, is here-
conformity with the law. (2) by said elections- The City Clerk
Section II. That an election nance shall become effective as
be ordered as requested in said provided by the charter of this
Astros to Have
Plaque Copies
DALLAS—The Apollo Eleven
astronauts will have copies of
Unmanned Ship Mrs. B. Biehler
Toward Moon Entertains Her
Redfish, Trout
And Drum Die,
Lower Leguna
ROCKPORT—More than 800.
Monday at Green Funeral Chap- TO
el Ferris, included Mr. and Mrs, RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE petition in said City on t h e City. that plaque they left on the
W' Gothard, Mrs. T. D- Smith, CITY OF PALMER, TEXAS, 20th day of “September, 1969, PASSED APPROVED, AND moon, thanks to a Dallas contain-
Mrs. Idell Turner Mrs. Myrtle AND TO ALL INTERESTED which date is not less than thirty ADOPTED this the 5th day of er company.
Forehead Mrs. Beulah Barn- PERSONS: (30) days nor more than ninety August 1969.
hardt, Mr. and Mrs. R. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN (90) days after the passage of J. W. Caloway
Wynne, Mrs. Emmett Cox, Mrs. that an election will be held in this ordinance and this ordi- Mayor
lrySy A S Charles and throughout the City of Pal- nance is being passed within ATTEST:
Sealy, Mr. and DE Mrs mer Texas on the 20th day of sixty (60) days after the date Wanda stacks,
0 . Wadley Mrs. “ S September 1969 on the question said petition was filed with * City Clerk
also Mr. and Mrs. R M. W i n- of the adoption of a One Per- d
ford, Mrs. J. W. Wallace, M r. cent (1%) Local Sales and Use Section 111. Said election sna 1 STOLEN CAR AND
and Mrs. J. N. Wooley, J. L Tax within said City in keeping be held at the following places SMUGGLING RING
Green, Randall Farrar. with the following ordinance a-in said City and the following IS SMASHED
Mr. and Mrs. J. E- Wilson en- dopted by the City Council of persons are hereby appointed
joyed an extensive vacation trip said City as follows, to-wit: presiding judge and alternate —-------------------. xbit then sent on
to Yellowstone National Park ® judge for said election: —Mexican officials have three colored metal ... and contain into an earth then
in Wyoming, where they witnes- AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN Precinct Number, 12; polling men in custody and are looking the astronauts signatures, plus its way toward the Agency Tass
sed the eruption of the famed ELECTION FOR LOCAL SAL- place, City Hall: presiding for three more after breaking that of President Nixon. The Soviet -PULLING BACK A peculiar land configuration
“Old Faithful” geyser. They ES AND USE TAX, FIXING judge, Mrs- Joan Stacks. up what they say was a giant On the plaque are two hem- says that in addition1 ATE PARIS—At the Paris Peace there can trap large numbers of
traveled 32-00 miles. THE DATE OF ELECTION, DE- Wanda Stacks is hereby ap- stolen car and smuggling ring, isphere of the earth. Underneath lunar studies ana Ps talks today, Ambassador Henry fish in a depression during a
Mrs. Annye Martin and grand- SIGNATING THE POLLING pointed Clerk for absentee vot- The Mexican Secret Service it ayss “Here men from planet Zond Seven would CsAAL Cabot Lodge declared the talks dry spell, and evaporation and
son, Donnie, viisted in Texas PLACES, APPOINTING PRE- ing, and no Deputy Clerks for led a raid on a farm six miles earth first set foot upon the ed on-board systems anacould make no progress until the high salt content of the water
City and Galveston during the SIDING JUDGE AND ASSIST- absentee voting were appointed, south of here and made the ar- moon, July, 1969, A-D. We came sign of the rocket-space com- the other side shows a willing- kills them
past week. ANT PRESIDING JUDGE,PRO- The absentee voting for rests in peace for all mankind, plex. The agency did not 80 ness to negotiate.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Beasley and VIDING FOR NOTICE OF the above designated election -----------.-----:-----------———----into specifics. . ____
childre n visited in Forney over ELECTION, AND SU SPENDING shall be held at City Hall with - Conn DncoAcmnamvc It® Moscow has said previously SKINNER REPORTED
"the weekend. THE RULES REQUIRING ORDI- in the boundaries of the above UT OUTU-DISCU V ilGL that its unmanned Zond Series PATS
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams and nANCES TO BE READ UPON named City and said place of . A ■ I IT was partly designed to put men V tPut 1
the Danny Adams family of THREE SEPARATE DAYS. absentee voting shall remain op- Lpcosmaio sirant lanaC 1T0 I I on the moon eventually. PHILADELPHIA it has been
City en for at least eight hours on LCOuTdIT UldIL The flight to the moon usually learned that the manager of the
voting AUSTIN Texas (Spl.) — A1- time from the ground than from takes three and one-half days. Philadelphia Phillies, Bob Skin-
which is not a Saturday, a Sun- though ma’ny scientists visualize space, and space vehicles can be If Zond Seven follows this pat- Her, has resigned.______________
space stations and moon sites as better designed if scientists tern, it should be near the moon The VIBS off Fundamental
ideal platforms from which to know approximately what those by Monday or Tuesday. Baptist Church is in progress
observe the planets, there is ships will encounter in space, he The Soviet Union usually this week Monday-Friday from
still some down-to-earth thinking points out, holds back much information 2:00-4:00 p.m. Closing exercise
questing that an. election be or- trom. sax prace 01 vouns smallplanetary astronomy. “Part of NASA support will about its space shots until after will be held Friday evening at
other points of interest, dered in said City on the ques- remain oiPen between the hours 1. Paring the importance of go to operating the McDonald their flights are completed. Then 7:30.
Little Miss Jill McCormick tion of the adoption of a local of 9:00 and 3:00 on each day for continued emphasis on ground- facilities for planetary studies it discloses only those parts of Mrs- Joe Mann of Ennis, for-
of Dallas is visiting in t h e sales and use tax for the bene- said absentee voting. The ai love based astronomy the National under the direction of Dr. Edwin the mission which were success- merly of Palmer, underwent
home of her uncle and fit off said City in accordance described place for absentee based astronomy the was wackan, said Dr Smith “The ful surgery at Bavlor Hospital
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resumed his duties as custodian 0;f Tax Assessor and Collector sent. tary studies. vatory. : .LVINTC
and bus dirver at Palmer and Registrar of Voters for Ellis Section IV. Ballots of s a i d Dr. Harlan J. Smith, UT Aus- UT Austin is conducti & this OF EVEN I J
earhool succeeding Elmer Wash- County Texas certifying that election shall have written or tin Astronomy Department chair- of the principal programs of this o
ington who retired in June, said petition are signed by at printed thereon the following: man and director of McDonald kind in the country Thefirst CI Y OF < C S.Eni
Mrs. Lillie Freeman and Miss least 40 qualified voters of said FOR—AGAINST—the adop- Observatory in West Texas, says: priority target for study is the Mayor-. W. Caloway.
. Mary Lou Wilson of Ennis were City and It appearing that said tion of a one per cent (1%) lo- "The space-age has made sol- atmospheric composition ofCity secretary Wanda Prude.
4 recent Miistors of Mrs. Stella petition are signed by qualified cal sales and use tax within the ar systems ground-based astro- Mars Studies of the atmosphere Councilmen Llovd Williams 9:45 a.m.—Bible Scholo.
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the way you wish to vote, for improved earth-bound astro- lar basis in space, facilities such Meetings on first Tuesday night Sucae Amee 8
The manner of holding said nomy facilities the attention now as UT Austin’s McDonald Obser- city
election shall be governed by focused on solar system bodies vatory must continue the collec- - - - -
the terms and provisions of the by scientists and the ability of tion of data on the environment p.-arperipresaenti
alboves mentioned House Bill space probes to reach only a outside earth’s atmosphere so Bobby : Hobbs, Jack Smith,
iNo. 207. and in accordance with few of the bodies in the solar future astronauts can continue Hallie J. Robinson, Ted Baker,
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GAA Substantial , this A11A , LTANM Mrs. Donald Lutrick, presi- 7:30 p.m.—Evening WorshiP
- ... Apollo Eleven Astronauts Tell -
Fuel Lowness as Neared Moon Fumer-erel cmib
be at least twenty-one (21) daxa Apollo Eleven Astronauts Neil change the landing point because Dinner sheetings on 2nd 4th
election. The City Clerk is here- Armstrong and Ed Aldrin have of the crater and were quite Monday night at the Community
9= .. (6)d -. - SS'rJln/'anotherTs stay chub
Notice of said election shall the moon. They said quick action been forced to hunt an ther 15 Mrs. T. R. Wynne, presi-
be given by publishing a s u b- by ground controllers enabled or 20 seconds for a smooth land- dent. Meetings on first Friday
stantial copy of this ordinance them to make a lunar landing, mg spot, the landing attempt affernoon (Oct. through April),
on the same day of two succes- Armstrong and Aldrin gave their would have been aborted. Palmer Masonic Lodge
sive weeks in a newspaper hav- first public report on their his- Armstrong an aAldrin de- Meetings on fourth Tuesday THURSDAY:
ing general circulation with’n toric mission at a news con- scribed their final 50,000-foot night at the Masonic Hall. 4:00 p.m.—Cokesbury Youth
this City, there being no news- ference in Houston. Apeparing descent to the moon on July Charles Tate, W.M.
paper published within this with the moon explorers was 20th. It was a hair-raising 20
City, the date of the first publi- Astronaut Michael Collins. He minutes during which computer
cation to be at least twenty-one told of orbiting around the moon alarms flashed and Armstrong
THE DULY QUALIFIED
Pasadena left Monday by car Be it ordained by the
for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Council (1) of the City of Pal- each day for absentee
Harold Adams and children in mer:
Baltimore, Md. Section 1. There came on to day, or an official State holiday
Mr. and Mrs. Marion E d d y be considered the petition beginning on the 20th day and
and daughter, Betty and Pamela filed with the City Clerk on the continuing through the 4th day
have returned from a vacation sth day of August, 1969, re- preceding the date of said elec-
to the Smoky Mountains and nesting that an election be or- tion. Said place of voting shall
IS YOUR
AUTOGRAPH
IN GREAT
DEMAND?
The place where
your autograph
means most is
on a check,
which it turns
into money!
Yes, you can “make money” with your pen when
\ you have a checking account. No need to risk loss
or theft by carrying large sums of cash about.
Pay bills the “write” way!
COMMERCIAL STATE BANK
Member F.D.I.C.
, . PALMER, TEXAS
MOSCOW-Russia is sending Nino loro
another unmanned spacecraft NICCC ITC U
The Thompson Can Company toward the moon—but there’s no
has reproduced the plaque, and word yet on whether a soft Mrs.. Bill Biehler entertained trout and drum have been killed
sent the first copies to Neil landing is planned. her niece, Jill McCormick of in the lower Laguna Madre be-
Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and The last Soviet moon probe Dallas, and a group of Palmer cause of low tides, lack of rain-
Michael Collins, crashed on the moon just be- friends Saturday evening with fall, hot weather and high salt
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surface features the exact spacecraft i follow—Sara Stacks, Scotti The biologist in charge of the
words and etchings. They are en launched Sue Baker, Nancy Stacks, Son- coastal fisheries Tab—Dick Har-
NUEVO LAREDO, Mex. (AP). lithographed in black on silver . Moscow says it was, launched dra and Susan Smith, B r u c e rington— said the fish died in
Allen Bruce Smith, a "graveyard" area about 50
-------------miles south of Corpus Christi.
thousand pounds of' redfish,
Department authorities say
the 800-thousand pounds of fish
killed this year is the largest in
recent memory.
CUSTOM MADE
RUBBER STAMPS
UPCO PRINT SHOP
AMBULANCE SERVICE
24 hours — day & night
BARRON - DAVIS
449 - 2272 Palmer
If no answer call 875 - 2606
in Ennis collect
CHURCH NOTES
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Steve Bender—minister.
SS Supt.—Mrs. Lee Prude
Board chairman — Edward
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
BESSIE CANTRELL
Pastor
7:30 p.m.—Mid-Week Service
FIRST UNITED METHODIST..
CHURCH
Bill Armstrong, Pastor
SUNDAY:
10 a.m.—Church school.
11 a.m.—Morning worship.
Catherine Harvard, Church
lay leader.
PALMER VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT
J. W. Caloway—Fire Chief
Choir.
J. L. Green—administrative
board chairman.
James Wester—council on
FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST
CHURCH
DONALD LUTRICK
Pastor
Nolan Cottongame—Sunday
School Supt.
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m.—Bible School.
10:50 a.m.—Morning Worship.
5:45 p.m.—Youth Training.
6:00 p.m.—Pre-Services.
6:30 p.m.—Evening Worship.
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 p.m.—Prayer Meeting.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JOE PENDLETON, Pastor
CLARENCE 0. HEARD
Sunday School Supt.
Music Director
Raymond Caldwell
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
li:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
7:00 p.m.—Evening worship.
7:45 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal.
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 p.m.—Prayer and Bible
Study.
Deacons meet Saturday before
2nd Sunday.
Church Conference on 2nd
Sunday morning.
Lord’s Supper—Fifth Sundays
1'21) days prior to the date set while his companions descended had to take over manual con-
iby said elention- The City Clerk to the lunar surface, trol to avoid crashing in the
is hereby instructed to cause Armstrong, the spacecraft’s rock-filled crater,
Meetings on the first and ministries chainman.
third Monday night of e a c h Lucille Curtis—superintend-
month at the fire hall, ent of study program,
CHURCH OF CHRIST
SAM NORTON, Minister
10:00 a.m.—Bible School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worshty
6:30 p.m.—Evening Worship
Everyone is invited to attene
these ser vices. Lu 1
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