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IN THE 64th \EAK
Ennis Group Sees
Awards Presented
At Renner
About twenty persons from En-
nis and surrounding area attend-
ed the Texas Research Foundation's
open house and barbecue at Ren-
ner yesterday and saw the presen-
tation- of two important awards.
Some of these left in a group
from the, Texas Fire Building while
others went individually.
A Colorado scien/tijst and two
Texas plant brdeers today won na-
tional recognition and $10,000 in
cash for their scientific contribu-
tion to agriculture at the annuaJ
field day at Renner.
An audience of over 3,000 witne's-
ed the presentation.
Dr. Sterling R. Olsen of Colorado
A&M College at Fort Collins, Colo.,
(received the Hoblitzelle National
Award in the Agricuftural Sciences
for hiis chemical research which
culminated in the development of
a better method for the measure-
ment of phosphorous in soils. This
award consisted of $5,000 in cash
and a gold medal.
John R. Quinby and Joseph C.
Stephens of the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station at Chillicothe
receive dthe Hoblitzelle Achieve-
ment Award for the Advancement
of Texas Rural Life for their work
In developing a practical method
for the, commercial production of
hybrid sorghum seed. They shared
the $5,000 award, and each received
a gold medal.
The national award is presented
every two years to the scientist
who is considered to have made the
greatest contribution to agriculture
through his research during the pre-
vious two years. The, Texas award,
which is presented every year, is
rotated over three years for out-
standing work; (1) by an agricul-
tural scientist; (2i by a profession-
al worker in the field of agriculture;
and (3) by on operating farmer or
rancher.
The awards are presented by the
Hoblitzelle Foundation and admini-
stered by Texas Research Founda-
tion. They were described today by
Dr. C. L. Lundell, director of Tex-
as Reasearch Foundation, as "in-
centice awards to stimulate scien-
tists everywhere to turn their inves-
tigations to the basic problems ef-
fecting the nation’s agriculture.”
Dr. Lundell said that the work
of Quinby and Stephens- in providing
a genetic method for the commercial
production of hybrid sorghum seed
makes it passible for farmers
through out the nation to increase,
by 30 to 40 per cent their grain
sorghum yields for livestock feed
and other purposes.
“This work almost immediately
will add millions if dollars to the
farm income of the nation,” Dr.
Lundell said “for Quinby and Step-
hens have, achieved fir sorghum the
same wonderful advances which
were brought about with the devel-
opment of hybrid com.”
Dr. Olsen used a solution of plain
baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
to devise a measuring stick to guage
the, amount of phosphorous avail-
able to plants in all types of soil.
Lodger V. Skubal
Dies in Wheelock
Lodger V. Skubal, cousin of Mrs.
Mary Cikanek, died at his home in
Wheelock on Sunday. He was a
farmer.
Funeral services were held in
Bryan on Tuesday.
NEA TELEPHOTO—FULL LEASED UNITED PRESS WIRE
ENNIS. ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1955
No. 11*
ALAMO DEFENDERS—Coon-skin cap clad Charles Leg-
git, 10, left, and Jessie Baldwin, 14, look at picture of the
original Davy Crockett in action at the Alamo in San
Antonio during the battle for Texas Independence against
the Mexicans over 100 years ago before taking positions
to guard the fort against make-believe enemy in the now
famous Davy Crockett tradition. (NEA Telephoto)
W. B. Thompson of Waxahachie
Named President of County TB Assn.
W. B. Thompson of Waxahachie
was named president of the Ellis
County TB Association at the or-
ganizations regular monthly meeting
held at the Hill Top Cafe in Waxa-
hachie on Tuesday.
Other officers included Mrs. Her-
Percival Addresses
Tabernacle Buddies
At Breakfast Today
About twenty-five members of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church Buddies
Class were present at a breakfast
held in the Fellowship Hall of the
church at 7 a-Jn. this morning.
John Percival brought a message
on the work being accomplished by
the Pulpit Committee of the church
in the absence of a regular pastor.
Charles Williams urged all mem-
bers of the class to participate in
the regular Thursday visitation
night of the men of the Tabernacle
Baptist Church.
bert Donnell of Waxahachie, vice-
president; M. G. Wilson of Ma.y-
pearl, secretary; Munsey Bass of
Waxahachie, treasurer, and Mrs.
Madeline Hobson of Waxahachie,
executive secretary.
Elected to the executive commit-
tee were Alec Hodge, Byrd; Ed Mc-
Knight, Ferris; and Dr. W. P. Mc-
Call of Ennis.
In addition to the above named
officers and executive committee
members, the directors of the asso-
ciation are as follows: Miss Mildred
Davis. Owen Gilpin. Mrs. Joe
Hawkins and John Stiles all of En-
nis; Mrs. John Ackley, Mrs. J. V.
Cooper, Dr. Herbert Donnell, Judge
Milton Hartsfiejd, Mrs. Minter Fer-
guson, Mrs. J. P. Hodges, Miss Sue
Holcomb, Mrs. E. N. Williams and
Mrs. Willie Steele all of Waxaha-
chie; Mrs. Perry Jackson and Mrs.
Adam Rosson of Milford; Mrs. Paul
Jonte of Red Oak, John Few of
Midlothian, Mrs. Edd Vamell o f
Italy and Harvey Dorman of Bris-
tol.
Ennis to Austin
Travel Time Cut
By New By Pass
Austin, Tex.—Travel time between
Ennis and Austin has been cut con-
siderably by the recent opening of
another section of the United
States 81 Expressway skirting the
city of Temple, it was announced
here today by D. C. Greer, state
highway engineer. The section of
U.8. 81 on the, south of Temple has
been opened to travel for about a
year. Greer stated, but until recently
motorists had to use the time-con-
suming route through the business
district of Temple. Opening of the
new section of highway around the
northwest quadrant of Temple will
be of great aid to through traffic,
and will also serve to remove this
usually higher speed automobile
and truck traffic from the busy
streets of Temple.
The Highway Department has
been pouring large sums of money
into the development of U.S. 81
to expressway standards all along
its route from San Antonio to Fort
Worth, Gree.r said, with an esti-
mated $30,000,000 earmarked for
present and future construction on
the route from Austin to Fort
Worth.
Greer went on to say that por-
tions of the multilane highway
have already been built — threei
other sections are under construc-
tion at the present time, while
one section is in the advanced
planning stage. There is only one
segment of the highway from Aus-
tin to Fort Worth that is not in
the immediate planning stage for
its ultimate development.
Taking U.S. 81 section by sec-
tion from Austin to Fort Worth,
Greer pointed out that from Aus-
tin to the north Williamsom Coun-
ty line U.S. 81 is in the advaaiced
planning stage; from the William-
son-Bell County line to Belton the
road us presently under construc-
tion. The section from Belton to
Temple is a completed four-lane
facility, while the, section running
from Temple through Waco is pro-
grammed at the present time for
grading and drainage structures on
a four-lane divided facility.
Running north from Waco the
highway is a completed four-lane
divided facility to 1.2 miles north of
the McLennan County line — and
from that point to Hillsboro the
route is presently under construc-
tion.
“When completed we expect this
to be one of the finest highways
in the state,” Greer said, “and to-
gether with U.S. Highways 77 and
75 it will greatly improve the ex-
tremely heavy north-south travel
through the very heart of Texas.”
JOHN HIGH SCHOOL’S
GRADUATION IS SUNDAY
Bishop Gorman Is
Principal Speaker
ROCKET DEFENSE—Crewmen race to their positions as NIKE guided missiles are
raised to launching position during demonstration for the press at Lorton, Va., Tues-
day. This is one of the NIKE installations set up for protection of the nation’s Capital.
(NEA Telephoto)
Registered
For
School Tonight
Ennis Gets Good 1.22 Inch Rain
As Rivers Flood in Other Areas
Ennis got 1.22 inches of rain last
night and this morning, the City
Pump Station on South Kaufman
Street, reported as the best rains
in years caused floods in Central
Texas, threats of floods in West
Texas and the prospects of thous-
ands of farmers to rise from “uis-
mal failore” to “very good.”
Lightning struck in the midst of
30 teen-aged Latin-Ame,rlcan boys
exercising in a schoolyard in Kings-
ville. It killed four, seriously in-
jured one and shocked all the oth-
ers and their instructor.
A tornado hit Hallettsville in La- eral homes at Hico—forcing families
Brazos Council Red Cross Meeting
Held at Country Club This Morning
Five of the seven Red Cross man of the Brazos Council.
chapters in the Brazos Council were
represented when the council met
at Lakeside Country Club in Ennis
this morning.
Chapters represented were Mc-
Lennan (Waco), (Navarro (Corsi-
cana >, Hubbard, Waxahachie and
Ennis.
The Brazos Council provides sup-
plies and volunteer sendees for the
Veteran’s Hospital at Waco and
James Connally Air Force Base.
During the business session this
morning, the council voted to pur-
chase a snow cone machine for use
at. the Veterans Hospital.
The business session was followed
by a noon luncheon. The principal
speaker for the luncheon, Miss
Lucile Pearson, Dallas, director of
Red Cross services in veterans
hospitals was introduced by Mrs.
Herbert Brin. Dallas volunteer
field consultant of the area.
Mrs. Brin was introduced by Miss
Mable Orizzard. Waxahachie, who
substituted for her sister, Miss Eva
(GrtzZard of WaW(ihafcH$S' absent
due to illness, as co-hostess.
Mrs. R. H. Bush, executive sec-
retary of the Ennis chapter, presid-
ed over the business sessioar in the
absence of Mrs. Joel Chance, chair-
Mrs. Bush also served as co-hos-
tess with Miss Grizzard at the
luncheon. Distinguished guests re-
cognized by Mrs. Bush at the
luncheon included Mrs. G. J. Cos-
tello, Waco, Red Cross represen-
tative at the VA Hospital in Waco.
Mrs. Costello also serves as council
secretary.
Also introduced was Tom Wag-
ner, general field representative of
the area office of St. Louis; E. C.
Ratliff, diiector of special services
to the Veterans Hospital in Waco;
ar.d Miss Frances Hardisty, chief
of recreation services at the hospi-
tal in Waco.
Local dignitaries introduced in-
cluded Miss Mildred Davis, first
home service director of the Ennis
chapter; Mrs. J. R. McCall, first
executive secretary; Mrs. Louis
Cerf, wartime director of the chap-
ter’s home nursing, surgical dres-
sings, and blood donor programs;
Mrs. J. F. Atwflod, first chairman
of camp and hospital work; Cecil
Tolleson. chapter chairman: and
Fred Clark, chapter treasurer.
The tables at the luncheon were
decorated with Red Cross emblems
and bouquets of Marconi daises.
Thirty-two persons were present.
vaca County at 5 a.m. today doing
an estimated $25,000 property dam-
age. There were no known injuries.
There i.s no sign of an immedate
letup m the rains—which have al-
ready totaled 15 inches near Brady,
in West Texas. Eastland got a total
of 11 inches. The towns were threat-
ened with flood's during the night,
but the danger is now nearly past.
The Weather Bureau has issued a
!tor:<ido aleft—extxjidyig until 6
p.m. from Grayson and northern
Fannin Counties.
The severe weather bulletin says:
“Tornadoes aree xpected noon
to 6 p.m. along and 50 miles either
side of a line from Ardmore, Okla-
homa to 30 miles east-northeast of
McAlester Oklahoma.” ,
Agriculture Commissioner John C.
White says the rains have raised
prospects of Texas farmers from
"dismal failure" to “very good.”
He says they are the "best in five
years” in Central and Northern
Texas.
The Leon River went out of its
banks as much as 100 yards at
Gatesville, after five inches of rain
along it. Le.roy. Elm, Rice and Teh-
uacana Cieeks In Central Texas
have all overflowed.
The Bosque River crept into sev-
Chamber of Commerce
Membership Drive
Closes Tomorrow
The current Ennis Chamber of
Commerce membership drive will
come to a close Friday morning
when membership roundup workers
meet at the Western Cafe at 10 a.m.
to present their final reports.
The latest tabulation of n e w
membership was made a a meeting
of the group Tuesday. At that time
27 new members had been added to
the rolls of the Chamber.
The current drive opened on
Wednesday of last week with a
kickoff breakfast of merhbenshlp
workers.
to flee. Hackberry Creek overflowed
across the Cleveland Highway. The
Bisque also ran into feed milts along
its batiks and spread over acres of
farmland west of Hico.
A sudden but powerful gust of
wind blew over n 30-foot metal re-
pair dock at Carswell Air Force
Base in Fort Worth, home of the
elobe encircling, atom bomb-carry-
ing B-36 bombers. The wing tip of
one B-36 was damaged, and officials
estimate that damage totaled $20,-
0 0 0. Agriculture Commissioner
White says that despite the good the
rains have done, they still cannot
be called drouth breakers.
Ennis Lions Club
Sees Film on Gas
The story of natural gas. from the
well to the home of the consumer,
was told by means of a film shown
at the Lions Club luncheon at the
Texas Power and Ligh Company
Building at noon on Wednesday.
The film was brought to Ennis by
B. V. Hitchcock, a specialty sales-
man for the Lone Star Gas Com-
pany and president-elect of tlie
Oarland Lions Club.
The use of gas which the film
described included heating and
cooling of homes, precision cook-
ing, heating of water and drying
of clothes.
Ouy Henry, Lions president an-
nounced that next week's meeting
will be a business session and that
all the high school students who
harve attended the club as Lions
Cubs during the, current school year
will be special guests.
Most people succeed financially by
regularity saving a portion of their
earnings. Start an account with us
today and save regularly. Each ac*
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
Don. ENNIS STATE BANK.
Community Center
Meeting To Be
Held Tonight
’Tonight’s meeting of the Ennis
Community Center Association will
be, important in the future plans of
the center." President Harry Cor-
nell <vf the association stated today.
Cornell has called the meeting for
7:30 p.m. tonight, at the Leggett and
Platt Building, 107 East Waco.
Plans for completing the Com-
munity CenU\r building now under
construction will be discussed, Cor-
nell sidd.
There will be an Important, re-
jxurt from Jim Collins, buckling
charmun, he added.
Polio Program
Delayed Again
Aproximately 50 persons repre-
senting various Ennis business firms
have been registered fur a four-
night series of Sales Training and
Human Rotations lectures opening
tonight.
Tonight's session wil start at.
7'30 p m In the Texas Fire Building
Conference Room.
E. C. House and Leone K. House
of the Personal Efficiency Institute
of Dallas and Fort Worth will de-
liver the series of lectures sponsor-
ed locally by the Ennis Chamber of
Commerce Trades Committee.
The four sessions will la1 given
on four consecutive Thursday nights
beginning tonight.
Masses Tonight At
Catholic Churches
Observe Holy Day
Today is Ascension Thursday and
a Holy Day of Obligation on the
calendar of the Catholic Church.
Mass was celebrated at, Holy Re-
deemer Church at 11 o’clock this
morning and there will be another
mass as six this evening.
At St. John Church, there were
masses at 6:30, 8. 9:30 and 10 this
morning and there will be an eve-
ning ihiiNs at 7.30
Cancelled cheek for your receipt.
Member of FDIC. ENNIS STATE
Washington, D. C. (UP). — The
Salk vaccine program marked time
today.
Officials of the Public Health
Service have delayed Indefinitely
the nationwide Inoculation program
while the job of double - chocking Nothing more convenient than
vaccine continues. I checking account for paying bills.
,, , . , _ . ' f'u nn*lt*/1 ««li*nlr far vntir rPi’Plfit
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele
says it will Ik- another several days
before the government released any
more vaccine. He did not say why.
But it is understood that some tech-
nical problems Involving the re-
cht'ck must be Ironed out.
The delays in distributing the
vaccine led to postponement of
inoculation plans in several states.
Authorities In Georgia, Indiana,
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi,
Alabama and Virgina. will not start
their second-shot programs because
there is no way of knowing at this
l»oint whether vaccine, supplies will
be available.
About 5,500,000 first and second
tirade rtiipifc iar Uie motion re-
ceived first round shots by the end
of last week.
But in many places, delivery of
more vaccine is expected to come
after schools close for the summer.
Some of thLs confusion led to
Senate debate this afternoon.
Senate Republican Leader Wil-
liam Knowland said he will go along
with the Public Health Service and
its careful double-check of the vac-
cine. But Democrat Hubert Hump-
hrey of Minnesota said the PHS
should have tested the vaccine more
carefully at the beginning.
The, Public Health Service Issued
two separate reports today, both
dealing with polio.
One report said twenty-three cases
of polio developed among the fami-
lies of children who received shots
made by CuUter Laboratories of
Califosnla. Eleven of the victims
were adults, and one died. These
cases are in addition to the 58 chil-
dren who developed polio after re-
ceiving shots made, by Cutter.
Scouts Get Trophy
At Methodist Men
Covered DishSupper
Ennis Boy Scout Troop 210 was
presented with the trophy they won
for outstanding achievements at the
Ellis County Scout Cainporee earlier
this month at, a covered dish supper
sponsored by the Methodist Men of
the First Methodist Church last
night.
The presentation was made by
lien Gehrig, district chairman o f
Boy Scouts of America.
Other Scout adult haulers pres-
ent. at the function, held at the
First Methodist, Church parlor, were
Rev Richmond McKinney, Boy
Scout district committeeman; Guy
Henry, advance chairman; and Carl
Jobnsin, district field representa-
tive.
The dinner was attended by about
thirty-five members of the, Meth-
odist Men, sponsors of Boy Scout
Troop 210, 14 Scouts and eight vis-
itors.
'J^icy were entertai/ried with a
movie showing a large New Mexico
ranch recently given the Boy
Scouts by the, president of Phillips
Petroletnn Company.
St. John High School of Ennl#
will graduate the largest clan In
the school’s history Sunday.
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of the
Dallas-Fort Worth diocese of the
Catholic Church will deliver diplo-
mas to 32 graduates of the St. John
High School at services at the St.
John Church at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The class will receive Holy Com-
munion at mass at the church at
8 a.m. Sunday.
Anna Catherine Barto, daughter
of B. J. Barto, is the valedictorian.
Her four-year average is 95.25,
Evelyn Drozd, daughter of Mk.
and Mrs. Joe L. Drozd, is saluta-
torlan with an average of 93.25.
Daniel Kucera, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Kucera, is third student
with an average of 93.125.
Jerry Comiskey, son of Mrs. P. T.
Comiskoy, is fourth high with an
average of 92.876.
The others who will receive their
diplomas include:
Clara Rita Durbin.
Joan Harrison.
Anton Jurica.
Adelle Krajea. ”
Leo Langley.
Joan Larucek.
Wesley Lanicek.
Stanley Liska,
Rose Manak.
Yvonne Marcia.
Hojen Marusak.
Joan Marusak.
Wesley Mikel.
Rosie Mikula.
Wesley Odlozil.
Robert Fhtrma.
Gerry Ann Patak.
John Joe Patek.
Andrew Potlska.
Oeorgla Slovacek.
Rose Ann Slovacek.
Mildred Smolka.
Justina Spaniel.
Milton Spaniel.
Geraldine Svehlak.
Rosie Toth.
Thurman Whitfill.
Robert Zabonlk.
P-TA Not Trying to Run Schools,
Mrs. C. A. McMurray Tells Gathering
(Continued on Page Four;
In her final address as presi-
dent of the Ennis Parent-Teach-
er Association, Mrs. C. A McMur-
ray told members assembled at En-
nis High School Library on Tues-
day afternoon that "contrary to the
opinion of a few — the Parent-
Teacher Association i.s not, now. #nd
has never tried to run the schools.
Rather, you have tried, as individ-
uals, to awaken the people to their
responsibilities, and to make them
realize that the schools belong «)>e-
nflcally to tin1 people The parent.,
whose children are in the schools
would bo derelict in their duty if
they did not manifest tlieir Interest
by active participation in all affairs
relative to the welfare of tlielr chl-
dren.
"The greatest danger of our times
is not Communism. It Is lethargy. As
someone said ’fch* only thing neces-
sary for the triumph of evil is that
*good people do nothing.'
"Too long hacc you left the af-
fairs of your children in the hands
of a few ... with the result that you
have not heard the voice of the.
majority but in its place, the voice
of the majority of the minority.
This is not democracy in action.
"So short a time as two years
ago-only 32 votes were cast in the
election of trustees for your schools.
Now, you would assume your duties,
but are thought presumptions by
some people—if you show any in-
terest whatsoever.
'Thirty-two votes to select those
charged with the most serious re-
sponsibility in your community—the
education of your youth—the great-
est resource any nation has to de-
velop.
“Study this situation every year.
Assume your obligation. The men
and women you select must have
an a pm* i at ion of an education, they
must be of the highest calibre—
their morals must be above re-
proaeh. They rn ist be men and
women you can point to with pride.
II they be less, how can you an-
swer to your children.
“What your children are to be.
they are now becoming, and ‘a
stream can rise no higher than its
source.'
"We want to see our schools im-
prove. We believe that they must
Improve, for use agree with the late
Dr. Armstrong of Baylor University
who said ‘I believe- we should ever
progress, even in Heaven.’"
The P-TA passed a resolution
expressing nprecattion for the ser-
vice rendered the schools by Dr
A. L. Thomas who was recently
succeeded as president of the board
after serving in that office for 18
years. Dr Thomas has been a mem-
ber of the board for 21 years.
Members of the Ennis P-TA re-
cently voted to disbond at the end
of the current school year to or-
ganize seperate P-TA units in each
school
\
Ellis County
Farmers To Get
$61,817 Dividend
Announcement of a fifty per cent
dividend by the Southern Farm Bu-
reau Casualty Insurance Company
means a saving of $61,817.85 to
fanners of Ellis County, according
to President Lester Epps of the lo-
ta 1 County F’arm Bureau.
7'he farm leader said that 1,009
Farm Bureau members in the coun-
ty would receive dividend pay-
ments. Thp amount each receive*
will be half of the amount of hi*
premiums paid during the one-year
period ending March 31. 105ft Div-
idends will be paid in semi-annual
payments as policies come up for
renewal.
This is the second year that Farm
Bureau members in Texas have re-
ceived 50 per cent dividends on
their auto insurance premiums.
Glen Odom, service agent for the
County Farm Bureau, said that the
dividends were made possible be-
cause fanners and ranchers were
found to be pieferred risks.
Since the Southern Farm Bureau
Casualty Company began provid-
ing low-cost Insurance for Farm
Bureau members in Texas—the pre-
minum rates for auto insurance for
all farmers have decreased 20 per
cent, he said. The company was
aWe to declare a dividend again this
year in spite of the fact that th*
premium rate to farmers living on
the farm was lowered by 15 per
cent a year ago, he added.
The 50 per cent dividend totals
$1,600,000 for the entire state. Some
57,000 ix>Ucy holders in Texas will
reap this saving. The dividend be*
came effective April 1.
Texas jc> one of six Southern
states served by the Southern Farm
Bureau Casualty Insurance Com-
pany. The others are Arkansas,
Florida. Louisiana, Mississippi and
South Carolina. The Farm Bureaus
In these states own and control the
company. Asset* of the company at
the end of 1954 totaled $12,128,-
401.54.
Weather
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain
and scattered thundershowers this
afternoon and tonight — becoming
partly cloudy tomorrow. Highest aft-
ernoon temperatures near 88, lowest
tonight middle 60s.
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