The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, July 8, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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Bynum Collins, 55. his wife and five of their six children died in the
HONDAV HORROR
officials are checking today to
see if any action can be taken
in an 1100 mile false alarm that
originated here. The f a 1 > e
alarm caused the Denver Fire
Department to send four engin-
es to the Denver home of a
Houston's man’s marr i e d
daughter. Denver firemen didn't
know it was a long distance call
because it was dialed direct
from Houston. The call originat-
ed from the Houston home of a
retired Rice Company official.
Gordon L. Harwell, who refused
comment when asked about it.
However, his wife said lie had
made “two or three calls” yes-
terday. and said it was because
of what she called “a family
hassle.”
One Hundred Year Old
Man Robbed by Two Youths
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. tUP.i—
A 100-year-old San Antonio man
reports that two youths robbed
him of $50 when lie returned
from a grocery store near h i s
home yesterday. He is .Jesus
Calicos, who had gone to the
store to exchange some bills lor
a large one.
Dallas Man Critically Burned
In Explosion and Fire Today
DALLAS, Tex. (UP).—A man
here has been critically burned
in an explosion and fire touched
off when he went to light a
cigaret early today. The man
Robert Hodges. 43. suffered
second and third-degree hums
over nearly all his body. Fire-
men say they believe the explo-
sion was caused by gas which ac-
cumulated under the house
where Hodges was a roomer
and was alone at the time. The
roof was blown from the five-
room frame house which was
gutted by the fire which follow-
ed.
Speedometer of Death Car
Jammed on 117 Miles Hour
' MINERAL WELLS. Tex. (UP*.
-—One of the latest traffic deaths
is that of a 23-year-old sports
car enthusiast from Holliday
Texas. He was Charles Ray
Broom, who was killed last night
in Palo Pinto County on a f.u m-
io-market road. The Highway Pa-
trol says Broom was driving a
new M-G sports car when he ap-
parently lost control. The patrol
says the speedometer of the cai
was jammed at 117 miles per
hour.
Six-Year-Old Boy Dies
After Lawnmower Accident
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP). A six-
ycar-old Houston hoy lues died
of injuries received in a lawn-
mower accident at his home.
The boy was Edwin Everett
Rankin Jr., who was hit in the
head by a steel bolt thrown
from his father's power mower.
San Antonio Boys Recovering
From Firecracker Injuries
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. <1 Pi
Two San Antonio youths are re-
covering today from burns and
injuries received in a firecrack-
er accident. They are Joe Ledc
.zma, 20. and Darwin Hessel. lit.
who were loading a small t i n
can with powder from several
firecrackers. Police say that a
spark set off the explosion as
they tapped the powder into the
can. Lcdezma lost parts of three
fingers and his thumb on his
left hand. Both youths suffered
burns and severe lacerations.
Jocksonville Man Confesses
Brooking In Houston Bank
DALLAS. Tex. (UP). — The
FBI has taken charge of a case
involving- a Jacksonville man
who surrendered to the Dallas
County sheriff's office in con-
nection with a break-in of a
Houston bank on July 4.
FBI Agent-in-Charge William
Murphy said the man identified
himself as Marvin Mitchell An
derson. Murphy says a charge of
entering the bank for the pur-
pose of committing larcency
will be filed this afternoon
against Anderson, who is 28
years old and has served prison
TKt \i\N DREAM COMES TRUE—Former President Harry S. Truman is surrounded by jubi-
lant 11 muds as they prepare to leave Kansas Ci .y, Mo., for independence. Mo., and dedication of
the J i milliondollar Truman Library and Museum. During the ceremony. Mr. Truman present-
ed tin library to the government. It is expect ed that the library will become a center of study
for students and historians ot the more than tli ree million documents housed therein From
Id' Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; House Speaker S am Rayburn; Truman; Chief Justice Earl War-
ren i \E \ Telephoto!
Mrs. John Toal Dies of Injuries
Received in Collision Near Palmer
Mrs. John Franklin Toal, 17.
of Ennis, died at Municipal Hos-
pital at 10 15 am today as a re-
sult of injuries she received in
a two car collision earlier tins
morning.
Mrs. Toal. the former Miss
Sandra Cooke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs S. A Cooke. 11 (Mi Sun-
sei Drive, lower regained con-
sciousness after she was injured
at about ft 50 a m tins morning
Civil Rights Battle
Opens in Washington
\\ ASHi.V ,T< )\. I). (’. tUP>.—
The •■Rattle of the Century”
over cr. ;i rights started in the
Senaie today.
Republican Senate Lea d e r
Knowland a>ked I in* Senate to
consider Hie administration-
backed bill ami the battle was
on
Ike Among
Americans
Back at Work
WASHINGTON. I). C. (UP).—
ITe ident Eisenhower — along
with millions of other Ameri-
can.' wound ii]> his long July
-hh weekend this morning by go-
ing hack to w ol'k.
lU'cnhower avoided the post-
week end tiailic by Hying from
In. l’eiiii. w Ivania farm to the
Cap tai ... returning early be-
eau.'C o! a comparatively heavy
app ent men! m liedule
He wa.' sunburned, but ap-
peared relaxed and rested
\- millions ol other Ameri-
can' relumed to offices a n d
.-.hop-, aero" the nation, safety
expel is ••hocked a long list, of
fat aid ;e Irom highway acci-
dents all ow mugs, plane crashes
and other mishaps.
I he concensus among traffic
experts was that the long July
■It h w eckend appeared Io have
hern safer and saner than they
did in years gone by.
’I iie most recent United Press
check on the accident toll f o r
the July 4th holiday shows that
highvvav mishaps killed 428 per-
sons. (ither fatalities between ft
p m last Wednesday and mid-
night last night included 2 0 !)
drow mugs. Hi dead in plane
crashes, and 7.3 in miscellaneous
mishaps -for an overall toll of
72ft.
Wheel chair rentals. Buddie
Da.is Insurance.
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MICKEY'S MANTLE — Yan-
kees Mickey Mantle holds a
hall symbolizing his 1.000th
big league hit after he singled
in a game with Washington.
The hit drove in a run to help
New York beat the Senators,
5-3. NEA Telephoto).
It may lake weeks before it’s
over because a major Southern
filibuster is threalened.
The first skirmish by South-
ern opponents failed to stop
Knowland. A Southern Con-
gressman and a Southern Sena-
tor charged the Senate was be-
ing offered an “erroneous” bill
and not the one that cleared the
House. But Knowland and
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
>aid the errors had been correct-
Services Held For
George A. Christian
Funeral services for George
A. Christian were held Satur-
day afternoon at 2 pin. at the
Keevcr Chapel. Gayle (Her.
manager of the Boles Orphans
Home in yuinlin, officiated.
Burial was in Myrtle Ceme-
tery.
Pallbearers were Selma Rains
Marvin Layton. Earl Gnzzard. A
E. Mahan. Bryan Adams a n d
Ansley Grant.
Christian, a former resident
of Ennis, died at his home in
Houston Thursday after an ill
ness of more than a year.
Fairview Baptist
Holding Revival
Through July 14
Revival services of the Fair-
view Baptist Church began Sun-
day at the morning worship
service
The Rev. Bobby Bryan, pas-
toi of the church, is delivering
the sermons ami Atwell Ray.
music director of the church, is
leading the singing.
The services are held e a c It
evening at 8 pm and will con-
tinue through July 14.
Florida Pastor
Visiting Here
Conducts Service
The Rev. Tom Collins, pastor
of the North Jacksonville Bap
fist Church, Jacksonville, Kla..
delivered the evening sermon
Sunday at the Tabernacle Bap
list Church Rev. arid Mrs. Col-
lins are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James C. Collins onroute to Glo-
rietla .New Mexico to the Glo-
ried t a, New Mexico to the Glo-
rietta Assembly.
Waxahachie
Rations Water
Water rationing has been in-
stituted in Waxahachie. The city
council has restricted lawn wa-
tering to between 5 a.m. and 7
a m. and has prohibited car
washing except from commer-
cial firms, Water has been re-
duced to a trickle from faucets
in some areas of the city. Waxa-
hachie receives its water supply
from three wells.
Vacationer's—See Buddie Davis
for Trip Insurance.
ed.
The first phase of the battle
concerns the question ol wheth-
er the Senate will ever consider
the lull. Knowland said he hopes
a vote on that issue1 can come
by the end of the week. Then —
the Senate would debate I lie lull
itself Vmnng other tilings, the
measure proposes to authorize
the Federal Government to seek
direct court action to slop im-
pending civil rights violations.
The federal contempt trial ol
Segregationist .John Kasper and
15 others has opened m Knox
ville. Tennessee. The trial began
this morning with a two hour
battle between opposing law-
yers over procedure.
They are charged with inter-
ference when integration was
introduced at the high school at
Clinton. Tennessee hist year.
One juror has been accepted
by all sides so far in the pro-
ceedings m the Knoxville court
room. He is John Reynold'. 27.
an assistant hank cashier from a
La Follette. Tennessee, lie told
the eonrt 'I do not beheve i n
mixing races ”
The sixteen are aeciiscd ol
conspiring to prevent orderlv in
tegration at Clinton High
School.
(tbservers said I lie t rial could
have some el feet on the debate
in Congress over civil rights leg
islation. TJiat debate starts to-
day.
Sources m Washington said
Senate Democratic Leader John
.son predicted that the Senate
I!! Iliiilvv* SO»SIC (‘••%.«*(»*.■ t vi !)tfv
hill. However he declined to
specify what revisions the Sen
ate would make.
Community Trust
To Accept Clothing
On Wednesdays
Beginning next week, contri-
butions of usable clothing io En
nis Community Trust will he ac-
cepted at City Hall on Wednes-
days only, Mrs M B. Moseley
w ho has charge ol the local wel-
fare organization said today.
There will be someone at City
Hall from 9 a.m. until II a.m
each Wednesday to accept the
emit ribut ions.
Sheriff Adds
Criticism Over
Storm Warning
LAKE CHARLES. La it 1M
Sherd IO. It ('artor of disaster
stricken Cameron I’arish h a s
added to criticism of the U S
Weather Bureau for its handling
ol the warning about Hurricane
Audi ey.
Slieril I ('arler said t he \\ eat h
er Bureau made a 12 hour mis-
take in forecasting the burn
cane which devastated the west
Louisiana ('oast He said resi
dents were told about 10 pm
thi1 night before the storm
lli'-re uas “no cause for alarm.”
and a few hours taler it. was too
late for t hem to flee.
The Sheriffs comments lot
lowed criticism ol the Weather
Bureau by Louisiana Senators
Mien J El lender and Russell
.ong and Representative T. A
Thompson, whose district in-
cludes Cameron. Thompson said
he will ask lor an investigation
of the Bureau.
The number known dead i n
Hie Cameron area rose to ,31ft
with the recovery of five more
bodies yesterday The official
missing stands at lift < )ver a
hundred bodies are still uindeii
t il led.
Rites Held For
Jake McNabb
Funeral services for Mahlon
Jake) Ne.Nabb, 8,3. former pio-
neer resident of Ennis were
held at 3 pm. Sunday in the
Keevcr Chapel Dr Leo Hargis,
minister of the First Christian
Church, and the Rev. Ralph
Iteasor. pastor of the Tabernacle
Baptist Church, officiated
Burial was m Myrtle Come
I erv
1'allbcarers were Clyde Gil-
more, Chester Lewis. Carl
Owens Elhs Moore. Wavrie Gen-
try and Fred Gust me and John
Earlie of Houston.
MeNahh, resident of Houston,
died Thursday rum mug l hero at
(he home of his daughter, Mrs
Ben Estes.
School Board
To Meet Tuesday
The Board of Education of the
Ennis independent School Dis-
trict will meet ai 5 15 p m Tues-
day in the superintendent’s of-
fice in I fie Ennis High School
building. Supt W. J. Davis, an-
nounced today.
in an accident on Highway 75
near Palmer.
Her husband. John Franklin
Toal. 21. 802 North Sherman St .
has been retained for treatment
at the hospital
The driver of the other ear.
Arnold Dee Walton, It* of Route
1. Pittsburgh, was also brought
to the Ennis hospital for emer-
gency treatment, hut was not
admitted.
Highway Patrolmen James E
Vaught and Jack Howard of En
ms investigated the early morn
mg accident
Vaught said that Toal was
driving north on Highway 75
with his vile as a passenger in
the car Both were euqdoyed in
Dallas.
t he acndciil happened 8 7
miles norl h ol Ennis at a point
near where construction is in
progress on the new US 75 ex
prcssvv ay.
Vaught said that Walton, who
is temporardv working out of
Ferris on the lugliw av const rue
(ion project, was driving south
on tIn1 highvvav and was tinning
to I ho let t to go to work w hen
the two cars collided
Boi h cars were demolished
by the impart of the crash, the
palrolman reported
Mrs foal who had head in
juries was unconscious. T o a I
and Walton both appeared had
ly bruised and cut Tliev wore
brought to the hospital here by
I lie Davis ambulance of Palmer.
Vaught said.
Funeral arrangements f o r
Mrs. Toal are pending with J.
E. Keevcr Mortuary.
Her dealii bring.' the number
of victims of Ellis County Iraf
fie accidents so lar tIns year to
at leas) nine.
Presbyterian
Youths Plan
Summer Events
l tie Presbyterian Youth Fol
low ship will start 11,1 v mg reel ea
tion night' during the summer
beginning Tuesday Emily Vila.
PYF president said today.
She staled that those rocrea
t mu nights will ho lor all young
people Irom those in the eighth
grade through lime who a r e
high school seniors.
The firs! in the scries vvd! he
a skating parly 'Tuesday night.
Everyone interested in omne
should meet in front ol I h e
Kir.-,I Pro byteriaii Church here
not later I ban ft .30 or he a! t he
local skat mg rink bv ft 15 p m
Mr and Mrs, Frank Novotny
are adult advisers to the Pres-
byterian Youth Fellowship.
Baptist Revival
Now in Progress
At Bardwell
A revival began Sunday, at
(he First Baptist Church in Bard
well The Rev A I. Meador of
Grand Avenue Baptist Church m
Waxahachie is the evangelist
Services are held at 10 00 a in
and 8 p in. each day.
CITY CORN— Shirley Bowman. 19 makes with the fire hy-
drant as a sprinkler tor Hus corn stalk growing at a busy
street intersection in Atlanta. Ga. Attendants at a nearby gas
station have been cultivating the city bred corn, which sprang
from a seed dropped by a passing gram truck. iNEA Telephoto.)
Grew Up Together:
Mrs. R.W.Hesser Goes
To Meet Old Friends
Mrs R W Hesser of Ennis
left this morning for a meeting
of a unique group of which she
is a member.
The group, who call them-
-elves "The Jolly Old Seven.” is
holding .i house parly this week
wreckage from this autotruck crash at Copemish, Mich., one of the worst July 4th weekend
accidents to occur anywhere in the nation A son of the Paragould. Ark., couple and a niece
survive, as does the truck driver. t.NEA lelephotoj.
Mrs. Fallen’s
Mother Dies
Woi d has been receivcd here
that Mrs T, A Gilhc-i ol South
Portland Me niolhei of M r s
Raymond Fallen. pa->scd away
Thin'day Julv I
Mr. fallen and sous, Charlie
and Sieve, have gone to South
Portland lot Mrs Fallen and
Sandra Tliev will ret m n home
Sundav. July 21.
100 Veniremen
Called in Dallas
For Trial of Youth
DALLAS l ex 11 Pi A panel ol
100 veniremen lias been called in
Dallas for I he I rial of a leenaged
Deni on Negro charged udh
11inmalIv assault mg a w hde git I
in Denison
The trial of I 7 \ car old I ho
• s Winded Bell opened in I);d
las Ioday on a • hange of venue
mini e Special Judge W C Dow-
ly who is Irom Gravson Countv
'Three Deni'on Negro youths
are accused n( attacking the
while girl I low evei one is un-
der age and cannot he tried
There is an argument over whe-
ther the other is 17 years old and
can he t t ied on I he ( barge.
Avenue Church
Calls Off Supper
Slated Tuesday
The monthly fellowship sup-
per of the Enni' \venue Church
of Christ, which was scheduled
for Tuesday at 7 p m. at t h e
Community Center, has been
cancelled.
TEXAS II \S ft,250.000
ACRES IN COTTON
WASHINGTON D C • UP*.—
Texas had ft,250.000 acres of cot-
ton in cultivation a> of July 1
The Department of Agriculture
says this compared with 7,065,-
000 acres on July 1 last year
The Agriculture Department
also said Texas had 29,500 acres
of American-Egyptian cotton in
cultivation of July 1.
m Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The group is made up of
friends who gre.v up together
in that city. All attended the
University ot Arkansas there.
Mrs Hesser left for Fayette-
ville tins moi nmg with M i s s
Bess Ticut ot Dallas another
member Others m the group
are Mi F P Ryan of Old Or-
chard New Hampshire; Mrs. E.
F Hedrick ol Pasco, Washing-
ton. Mrs Fail Holt of Stuttgard,
Nikaii'.i- and Mrs Henry Gro-
Iher ol Fayettevilie
Hostess will he Mrs Margue-
rite | .(-c sister ot Mi s Holt, Ml’S.
Iledruk and Mrs. Grot her.
Tin I riends have emit timed a
unique contact by correspond-
ence Ini t In rt v live vears by
what they call a round robin
letter ."
\ letter is written hv one to
another member ol the group.
The receiving member f o r*
wards the letter with one she
wide, to still anotliei mild the
round is made
N FA Telephoto).
Yol III IIEI.D — Midland,
lex. police are holding Ro-
bert Karl Mayfield, 15, for
questioning in connection with
the shooting death of Joe Ray-
mond Hampton, of Midland.
i NEA Telephoto).
Weather
ENNIS AND VICINITY
Fair and hot this afternoon
through tomorrow. Highest
both afternoons around 100
and lowest tonight in the up-
per 70s Southerly winds 10
to 15 miles per hour.
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NO. 160
TEXAS
BRIEFS
Authorities Checking Laws
On 1100-Mile False Alarm
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP). — Po-
Young Ennis Woman
Victim of Accident
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Bus, Daniel W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, July 8, 1957, newspaper, July 8, 1957; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785939/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ennis Public Library.