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UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE
ENNIS, TEXAS, TUESDAY. MARCH I, 1D.AH
SIX PAtiES- I IX 1 ( ENTS
NO. 53
Texas Briefs
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Vtfgron* Service Officers
Assumes New Duties Today
HARLINGEN. Tex. (UP)-A
former Harlingen mayor today
tackled his new job as Cameron
County Veterans Service Of-
ficer. Yesterday, Hugh Ramsey
said he would not accept the
newly-created post because both
newspapers in the area and two
Commissioners opposes the new
post. He said that an editorial
in the Harlingen Valley Morn-
ing Star regarding public schools
was the deciding factor in his
reconsideration for the job.
Ramsey did not explain further.
trody Mon Elected Officer
Heart of Texas Association
BROWNWOOD. Tex. (UP)—
Hymie Myers of Brady has been
elected president of the Heart
of Texas Development Associa-
tion. Other officers chosen last
Bight in Brownwood include:
vice-president F. W. Taylor, Jr.,
Of Coleman; secretary, Joe Og-
den of Brady; and the treasurer.
W. C. Monroe of Brownwood.
Architect Files Charges
Against Labor Lobby
TYLER, Tex. (UP)—A Tyler
architect has accused what lie
termed an “active labor lobby
ia Washington” with tampering
the wage figures he had sub-
mitted regarding a new wing
for the Tyler hospital. Shirley
Simons, Jr., says he filled out i mittec members gathered to Ivan (.oudwin. Mi\*.<! * t
necessary forms to get matching 1 formulate further plans regard" Stout. Mis ( ooke. ( , I1* Lout
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Robert Floyd Files
In School Board Race
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RECLAIMED Volunteer workers help reclaim the liatteivd school hiis that carried 20 chil-
dren and the driver to their deaths in the waters of Bn; Smith l>i\er neat ITestonlwrg. Ky ,
Feb. 28. Workers recovered the bodies ol I I ot the youngsters and that til the driver, 22-
year-old John Derossett.
Legend of the Bluebonnet
Name of Festival Pageant
“Legend of the Blubonnels” towners, as well a-. Enins resi-
is the name given tin* fortheom-; dents to enjoy,
ing pageant scheduled for pres- Committee member•> pre.ent
entation during Bluebonnet' at the Monday night meeting
Festival time, according to re- were as follows: Mrs. II !(
ports emanating from the coin- Burden. Mrs K E. JVel, M r
mittee meeting Monday. 'Craw lord MeMiirray. Charlie
Approximately a dozen com- Mmrhoad. Mrs. Earle Urekelt
federal funds for the Tyler bond
issue voted for the construction
6t the new wing. He said in one
section the development of labor
had raised his figures in a sec-
tion calling for prevailing wages
Shirley says he believes all the
figures were reverted to his
original estimates after the
American General Contractors
Association was brought into the
case.
Ttxos Republican Committee
Guts $100,000 Monday
AUSTIN, Tex. (UP)—The 100-
tjhousand dollars that nobody
wanted has dropped into the
Willing hands of the Texas Re-
publican committee. The com-
mittee voted yesterday to keep
the controversial proceeds from
last month’s dinner for House
Minority Leader Joseph W. Mart-
in. The National GOP had re-
jected the money after a letter
liuding Martin as a friend of
the Harris O’Hara gas bill was
ing the celebration set for thej bind, Mrs. Ed Muni). Mrs. Bill
week of April 19. The | Scliween, Mrs. Arlene Morris
committee is composed of the iintl .1 ack McKay,
presidents of various civic .pro-) According to Mrs. Stout t h <•
fessional and social clubs of Kn festival week is hem ■ planned
nis. who will-seme as a hour*! ■ fat* n oitmo—f o! -foa on*
of directors for the coming af-\"While any money realized irom
fair. j the affair wdl he* used to make
Final plans have been an-! bet ter the Ennis ( oiiumindy
bo .scheduled and people to he
invited to the affair Wo hope
to make this 'Oine!hing that will
become an annual affair a n d
row b\ leap, and hound-'. VV e
w .ml t In' people to en joy it and
to want to lx* apart of if,” con
eludes Mrs. Stoul.
Youth Program
Committees To
Hold Meeting
EC Pure-Bred
Livestock Ass’n
Slates Drive
Idle county - wide member-!
1 sli p drive of the Kills (’ounty |
(Purebred Livestock Association!
j vs 111 'Uai t Sat ui day, March 8 m i
:.d| i oinnmnitics of the county I
it h.c, been announced by J H
j Suns oi Bethel, cb.mm.m of the!
; inombci hip committee Volun ■
] terr workei s w ill he act ive in ;
; e o n c oininuiiity of I he county
| on that dale contorting prosper-1
•! live mtuobci •
| ’I his <'ounty I av estor k Asso
: eiai ion w a-> organized in I 9 4 4
j foi tiie purpose ol promoting i
j bet ler liveslor k in Ellis l'ounty ;
i and then fir-d and biggest prop
' eel w a to tail and s| age each I
i year a county wide livestock
i show .
pi mu t lie, »t a rt with no show j
! gi'oonds and no buddings they
have staged II successful j
I show and hav e aceuniulated j
j over Pie years show grounds, j
buildings and equipment with :
I an e iiiualed value of between!
j non and $35.out).
Tins has Ih'cii rione bv free
I wank and free time given by di j
j i er tms and ol finals of t hr* as-
-•lie:,11 ion and t he donalion of j
and work by monij.to!»j
lends ot live: tor k o V e t
outy Tlier *• are no paid j
and the membership
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IIAITY REUNION New Sink's missing bride to lie 29
year-old Irene Ar/edi second Irani li lt «• 111*• v - a happy ie
union at her home in Brooklyn with hei ti.nu r. Joseph
Pinto left, and hei parent-, Mi and Mt > Pool, \r/edi Miss
Alverb, missing Slliee Eeb 22 Old the ob|or t ot a wide plead
search by police, said she look a bn-, trip to Los Angeles and
back
Sonoma Candidates
Seek Council Posts
jjygm*
; a ri' I
j the r
Little League baseball dime- official
nounced regarding the Dageant Center, that is not the whole! "»rs and officers will meet dues are one of the important ......_
to be held one evening instead! story,” says Mrs. Stout. ‘-This; Thursday night with the oflicers sources ot income that make „H, dl,utlllllt. ja,, wrek. for He.
of the previously stated t w o'idea has been adopted for the "I Kurus Youth Recreation tlies.- annual shows possible and j |(on „,flros ltl lh<, So.mma
1 • purpose of building community do get the spring and summer k- '» LJie association in
spirit. and pulling Ennis on t he | program underway .time
Many announcement-> Will1 They will meet at the Texas -A *h*
Five Men Enter
April Election
\noihet candidate for election
t" the I nms School Board ha{
thrown his hat in the ring.
tApli the tiling time rapidly
drawing to a close the newest
enii.uii into the race is Robert
I Kloyd. local service station
operatm, and former school
man
\ member oi the Kirst Mettm-
dio i hurrli the American Le-
gion ,uid the i'lumber of Corn*
men e Kloyd also holds a mem-
bership m the Retail Merchant4
V, an i,ti.ion of Ennis. ...„•«*
He taught in Ellis County
S( bools tor five years and in the
a hools m Dallas County for two
veais He, wife is presently
’''.telling at (’em i al lliglt in Ellis
Bounty Also. Mrs. Kloyd is cur-
rently secret a rf of the Kills
County PTA is past president
"t the San Jacinto PTA and H
at present serving as vice presi-
dent oi the same organization.
Mi and Mrs Kloyd have a
daughter, 10 years old, Linda
Kay.
Kloyd was a member of tlm
(Quartermaster t'orp. for 38
months during World War II,
with one year overseas servico
on Ins leeord \l the end of tho
’A ii he taught American «. L
wIule serving in Prame
hollowing tin? war he was a
chain store manager for It
years.
i
nights. The production on April
19. is being directed by M r s
Byrne II Cooke, local speech | map
teacher. Members of the Enins! be forthcoming ol acliviDe
Writer’s Club have created the l
script, and according to m e ru-
bers of the committee who have!
reviewed the pageant on paper.!
the club has done a professional
job of bringing history to the,
stage.
~ "PARADE PLANS
The parade, which opens the
celebration will be held on Sat-
urday. April 19. at 10 a.m.. with !
Sid Findley. Robert Muirhead I
Candidates who filed belore, places four and five in the
April Id election, according to .. .
It.,he I,„ ,nl .1 I Hr.....undr.l l.on Morns Jun-
tor ( o I lege, East Texas Statu
ublished. The letter was sent and Wesley Knize in charge.
The theme of the parade is to
be “Texas Under Six Flags”
with many spectacular an-
nouncements regarding the pa-
rade scheduled to be released at
y GOP committeeman H. J.
Porter and urged support of the
dinner. The executive commit-
tee yesterday also re-affirmed
its confidence in Porter and
praised his efforts to advance | a da , t . . .
the party in the state and the , othcr ,P'»"S t0, bc rcvoale.
union later in(',ut,e a dance fontivaj
scheduled for Friday night pre-
ceding the Saturday night pag-j
cant. Also, it is reported that i ,
the Bluebonnet Trails will be j developei.x was conditional]) up
open the entire week for out-of-j proved
..........................................—....................— Members ol the Hospital
Qan/iro UaI/I Board were elected at the meet-
civile nclU ing, hut none ol the 111*91 were
„„v _ WMWVW,w t emit acted at press nine today
gent among certain employees ■ fnr P RoHnOIIU/ i and it is not known whether
f a Dallas plant. The plant is: ■ IjyUU
Notional Labor Relations
board Has Open Election
DALLAS, Tex. (UP) — The
National Labor Relations Board
has opened an election to deter-
mine a collective bargaining
of a Dallas plant. The plant
the Tcxlite, Incorporated, firm,
a manufacturer of commercial
signs.
City Awards |
Contract For
Fire Hydrants
The Viking Company was j
awarded the contract for new
hydrants by submitting the
lowest and best bid. at the Ci’v ,
Commission meeting Monday ,
night.
Other action taken by the'
Commission was to award a ga^-j
olmc contract to the (iulf (dm j
panv after ihoy had submitted j
the lowest bid. :
A plat for the Mayfair addi-
tion. submitted by II O. Craft]
and C. J. (rlenn, builder , and 1
to; l ir e Building at 7 p m.
The Little League vvill a Do
j elect officers at tlx* meeting.
Travi.*, Sowell, president of Lit.
i tie League stated
j Every Ennis eitizen vvho i- in
lere.’led in the program lias an
! invitation to attend the meeting
and express their ideas on a bet
j ter program for Ennis’ young
! people.
,l’’I The Bony League represent a
lives should also attend 1 he
meeting so a concentrated ef-
fort can be put into the spnrig
and summer program.
opeia i:,| V Council have been animune
ed by W. I Rabe. mayor of
Sonoma
Aldei man will be ele< ted (01
Miller Services
Held In Ferris
57 -liovv in Septem
In r some I Id people exhibited
:i:i7 animals A maturity of these
exhibitors were the boys and
girls ol the county and every
community of the county was
represented.
The quality of the animals
shown was produced by one ol
the judges as the bed he had
reii .1! any < ounty showing dur-
ing I he yeai. This quality h a s
bi-en improving each year thus final instructions hefoi
reflecting the improved quality their appointed round, in an
and increased income from the; attempt to reach a goal oi $4,
livestock industry of the conn 1972 m Ennis and the summed
Is 'The association also spun mgaiea
,urs mciding, lours and other Women who will eolh-il the
activities 1/1 cooperation with fund.-) in the 1958 campaign have
oilier organizations for the pro been delegated to the n- .id' n
motion of better stock over the tial aieas Loc al liir.iiii-. men
Red Cross Drive
Launched Today
Red Cross solicitation were
begun today as men and women
workers gathered lor ml lee and
making
will be seeking re-election to tics
pi,11 e lour id lice, w tide Mrs
B I! S< banewerk has filed as
a candidate lot place five
I C Allen, pre.ently holding
I he ot In e rtf plat e live aldei man
1 i nt it seek mg if eb'< t lull to t hat
< M I n ei . si Jet 1 ■ t| to hold t he
c!et 11011 are a . tolfnws IIt'tiry
Mat VIII elec ! Kill imlge Mrs <
\ .1.11111" Min ! \ stout. Mis
M 11 Scot I and M1 Willie
Skiivaiiek will -erve as clerks
for the election
Services Wednesday
For Dallas Jones
county, and its sale barn and e
quipment is always available for
i purebred livestock
were held Sunday in v<inous b,e,.,jv
t hey
I nielli
will ate
James Gober Lewis
pi the.' appoint
Funeral services for Francisco
Rodriquez. 88 year old farmer ;
were held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday j
in Keever chapel.
Burial was in St. Joseph Come-! rv> • . .AAr .
ier>• . , .. Dies At I00F Home
Pall bearers were Pete Mesa.;
Dallas, Carlos Leija. Wiclnlaj Janies Cober Lewi' died a)
2 30 a in
Monday of complications de
Ernsmo Alvarez and Sam Al- j velopmg from a broken hip he
varez. ! sustained more than a mouth
Rosary was recited Friday ago
night in Keever Chapel. ! Born Seplember 22 1875 in
Rodriquez died at the home Hamilton Alabama Lewis was
of a son Wednesday following, 82 years old at the time of hi>
a long illness. (death He entered the |oo|
Survivors include his wife:'Home here in October of 1957
I three sons, David of Kosedale following the death ot )u ; wde
j Calif., I'rank and Ray, both of in February of that year He was
' Ennis; five daughters Mrs Mar a retired farmer,
celle Vanda. Ralls; Mrs Antonio A daughter. Mrs Olive Haven
j Garcia. Mission; Mrs. Paul La port, of Amanllo survives.
Fan American College
Praised Ry President
EDINBURG, Tex. (UP)—Presi-
dent Eisenhower has commend- . ... ,, ,.....
ed the Pen American College ^ ""T" < ""'',as- f
Observatory Moonwatch team. Ivllle: Lucl° ha,l"“s- ami .Monday of comnlii
The praise was in the form of
a letter yesterday. He said the
team has played a key role in
the satellite-tracking project.
Service
Kern for Miss Anna K Miller
'83 an ElliN County re->i<lem her
! entire hie. who died Saturday
f morning.
Mi v Miller, who made h e r
home wit 11 her T-ger. Mr.v K .1
Lambert. of T erris, was a mem
! of t lie K)t .T llapt jst ('huff h
'Services were held at the Ru
dolpli Chapel of the chimes
■ vv 1111 Rev T. Hollis I‘,ptori pas-
- tor of her ehur< h off mat ing
Burial was in Kaufman Ceme
; tery.
In addition to tier aster. Mr
Millet is survived by two broth
1 ers Milton Miller of Ennis and
S L Miller of Davis, Okla.
sales
Salvation Army
Truck Slated
Here March 17
I he Salvation Army Red
Shield I rii( k will be in Emus on
Monday Man h 17 to pu k up old
r lot long and furniture
"Salvation Army is in great
need of clothing furniture div
(arded appliances, rags, news
papers, magazines and other ar
tides that can be u a d Major
Eugene H Cesner, command
ing officer said
(listrid * oil"*
l ior
M and
citors are a
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1 * * ss, Jolmri o*
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Jodie
Rev liot) Br *
nni
ii .fori
Rich ll.iiml
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ilinni"
Dan Subld*
i
,1-or ge
and Cuy II* i
n y.
Hom«mad« Rocket Reaches
Speed ef 4t0 Miles per Hour
EDINBURG, Tex. (UP) — A
homemade rocket launched by
five Edinburg high school jun-
iors attained the speed of 480
miles per hour.
Afi announcement yesterday Rosa. Mrs Pete Rosales and
said the rocket, fired Sunday,: Mrs. Matias Martinez all of Daw
soared eight-thousand feet. i»on; one xister. Mrs. Concepcion
| Garcia, Mission
Two Alarm Fire Causes 1___-
$15,000 Damage in Dallas ECFB Directors
DALLAS~A two-alarm fire T0 Uf9« ThursdaV
here early today did in estimat- 1
ad 115.00# werth of damage Diiedor^ of the
The fire, at Wyattt Food Store Farm Bureau ate
on Walnut Hill Lane ts believed month!) meeting
te hava darted is an employe* rhui d,, at tin i •
ffttmm If * <o U a,.aha> lot
Kill
unC
hei
The body was serif from K< <•
ver Mortuary to Hoyiiadt foi
services and burial Lewis was a
memlM i of the Floyduda Be »T
Lrxlge No 34
School Board To
Moot Wodnosday
Member of tlte fdgml bon"d
lit I lit i tijtd; i ijiltrMtJtftl <||c i
Hi lts Ml IHiMI
will sol nit Irom the cummem.d
areas ol town.
Sam Keever is rlmirin.m of the
business
Ins M>||
I .eonar d
Kick Lo|.
Ted Wagi
II n Dobbs,
Vylopil
('olhris,
K.vart s
Shrader
Boy Confesses
Pushing Playmates
To Their Death
By UNITED PRESS
An II year old Negro bo> ha
ronfessed to pushing two play
mates one white one Negro to
their deaths in New York ( ii>
Hudson River
Police said (ieorge Jorie ad
rrntted pushing seven v« u old
Lorn- Damian! iwhdi-i
icy river waters Iasi
He also admitted feung
•uble for the drowning
year old Thyresa Mur fifty
eigfif months ago
Jones sau! fie kill* d
I Roman! be* an v • li« smaller
f»oy had refuied t*> pay him a
done for skating with t un !{•■
re enacted the < rime fur police
at ( be| ea Pier on M inf.att.it
low* r we f side lb s a j < 1 t- d*"*ip
pell a key Ifl ltl*‘ Water afid W'h*'ll
fie an<l Dai mart* leaned over th*
edge of the pier to watrli the
xplaish tm gave
A- tlie young
bis a* t ion s p
'-i"l VI* e
will tl*' hell
I VV.
•dues
day I'ii
AV Dill.. I
one
- 78
'•ear old i
et n od iarnm
i an
d < ol
tori buy * r
Who died at
borne
in B.aidv,
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Mon
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mral wd| )»o
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hihn I Sol!
IV.It!
oil!
* i a ling II M
,i sI, arul 1111 r I
Br iik )i < 'eri'i
with ill** M
<h.irge t>1
will
Jon*
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and r,
had !r
11 B
into th
SuralaH
re [.or
of ton;
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May i liaprna
gust t 191 I
S u r v i v n r >
ter. Miss N
Mr, D I V\
la "tie -of)
lrv.no fun r
! wall hr in K I n
i \ y in B. ud w* iI
onk I o d g e 11
ade serve <•!
Ml August II
flip Mi -a >ipp
. in 1901 If*
Bar I well corn
!9<!2 lie a a mar
for met M i>s f ,eon,
ii ui I! *r *tw*dI Au
SI'k died in 1945
in* lode two dough
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ilhains both
r a v 1
I h
ail*
d D d
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) h
• •tfci Ion*--. ami Mr*.
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f 11 a Mr 1 .out*' 1 ‘ow *•(
1 .i I K
K i. AlP: r v t w * ha!
if hr-i
<.arwood Jon* -, ait'
i,l Ed
lawiv June
i" w i i m* rrdao >
.!' itn
Lions To Hear
Red Cross Program
A Red <
presented
l,it.
c'
1)4
' ojlege ami graduated from
1 randy liniversily.
Dr McCall, secretary of I ho
St lioul Board reminds interested
parlies that the final dale for
filing is Thursday. March H at
* p m Dr McCall stressed the
t n t that applications for can-
dela* y must he notorized, s*>
prosper five candidates should,
allow time tor necessary process-
ing before 5 p m
Candidates who have filed pre-
viously for the forthcoming race
an- A It Si Clair, Roy Price,
Br y *ii Adams, and Charlie Muir-
head McCall stales April 5 is
<l<- agnate*! as School Board elec*
t ion day.
American Legion
Hobo Stew Set
Thursday Night
A hobo stew will Ik- "held at
’he Am* ru an Legion ILdi Thui’i-
day night at ft p m
The hobo slew will take the
pie" of tin' regular family
Might affair which is held each
I hm day night.
Santa Fe Railway
Shows Income Drop
<. \i A K.VIOV Tex rtrpr .:A
If" Santa Br Railway today di*.
> to •> d trial in January net in-
rouic a. i tfmvn more than 5 9
per rent from January, 1957.
Suita T" President E. S.
M if ia rnriounced here that the
farm at y 1958 net income was
$ 1 *7 ! 122 I his compares with
k f 88o (2) for January, 1957.
Brcimff Airline Co-Pilot
Critically Injured Today
DM.I AS A Braniff Airline
• *i p -*/* Harry I.eRoy Hoag Jr ,
m ,i: ntical condition here after
i **ri« < .»r accident The 26-year-
old pilot wa% injured when hi,n
car hi! i signal light at Lemmon
oid f mi versify Blvd Police said
thiag was thrown through the
■ at * I w adshield and landed 68
f 4" t JiWJiy
WEATHER
KVM.s AND VICINITY
• ioudy with occmiocm! light
rain this afternoon through
AV. !n>-«day High both after-
noons middle AOw and low to*
M^ut lower lbs Winds easterly
id b> ia uok, peg liouf
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