The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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Miss Mary Zerwer
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ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM
Rev. E. F. Lyon
Gave Library
To Seminary
Vernon, Texas, April 10.—The
wish of the late Dr. E. F. Lyon that
the bulk of his private library be-
come the property of his Alma Ma-
_ ter, the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary at Louisville, Ky., was
fulfilled when the Rev. Thomas
A. Johnson, librarian of the insti-
tution, received 1,570 volumes . re-
cently.
Dr. Lyon was pastor of the First
Baptist Church here from May 4,
1924, until his death, Dec. 21,’1935.
The library represented an ac-
cumulation of half a century, total-
ing more than 3,000 volumes, includ
ing many autographed by authors.
Several presidents of the colleges
in the southwest had sought the
bequest for their institutions, in-
cluding the late DrS P. Brooks
PF. Baylor 7=- asity. Dr. L. R.
Scaforoughr of Southwestern The-
ological Seminary, Fort Worth, Dr.
J. D. Sandifer of Hardin-Simmons
university, Abilene, and Dr. Ed-
ward Godbold, then of Howard
Payne College, Brownwood. After
consideration, Dr. Ly on decided the
collection would be of the greatest
service in the Louisville seminary
and a codicil to his will effected
the disposition.
The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary was founded in 1859 and
graduates approximately 40 young
Baptist ministers each year. Dr.
Lyon was appointed trustee of the
institution in 1925.
Books sent to the seminary in-
cluded; commentaries, 227; encyclo-
pedias 109; Greek texts, 27; Hebrew
texts, 12; Latin texts, 7; ecclesiasti-
cal histories, 82; doctrines and phil-
osophies, 18; histories, 27; sermon
sets, 94; illustrations, 24; sermons,
35; Baptist doctrines, 28; other sin-
gle volues, 838.
Once Ennis Pastor.
Dr. Lyon was pastor of the Tab-
ernacle Baptist Church in Ennis
from 1905 to 1911. His library was
one of the largest and b j in the
coungy. Foiai
Red Cross Nurse
Visited Several
Ellis Schools
A survey was made of the lower
grades of the Ferris schools, in-
cluding all children under ten years.
Of the 110 reporting, 43 had been
immunized against diphtheria. This
is almost 40 per cent. Forty-three
percent had been protected against
typhoid fever and 20 per cent were
vaccinated for smallpox. This is a
fair percentage, which we hop > will
be raised before the next school
term.
During the past week the chil-
dren of India, Rankin and Glendale '
schools were visited by the Red
Cross nurse. Most of the remaining
time will be spent in Ennis schools.
J. R. McMurray
Heads Ennis
Red Cross
J. R. McMurray was elected
chairman of the Ennis Chapter of
the American Red Cross to succeed
Clair White, retiring chairman, at
a meeting for the annual election
of officers held Monday night in
the City Hall auditorium.
Mrs. Ross Crumley was elected
vice chairman; Fred Newton, treas-
urer; Miss Gertrude Gilcreest, sec-
retary; J. H. Duke, disaster chair-
man; Mrs. A. T. Turner, nursing
activities; Owen Marchbanks, home
service; A. Dupree Davis, farm and
home accident prevention and
highway aid; Mrs. Lorena, Mae Wil-
son, volunteer service; Mrs. Roy
Kirkpatrick, Junior Red Cross; and
Miss Emma Jean Sims, publicity
chairman. The permanent roll call
committee includes Bert McKee,
R. W. “Hesser and H. C. Rogers.
Anouncement was made that a
little more than half the quota al-
lotted the chapter in the recent dis-
aster in the cast had been raised,
and an appeal is being made to the
public for a iditional funds/imaor
Ennis Future
Farmers Won
Cup And Banner
The Ennis Future Farmers were
awarded a handsome silver loving
cup in an entomology contest held
Saturday at the North Texas Ag-
ricultunal College, Arlington, Inc
cup is beautifully engraved and
stands on an ebony base. If the
Ennis team wins this cup three sue
cessive years it will be awarded
them permanently. The
boys also
received a handsome banner in the
judging contest.
The Ennis team, composed of S,
A. Haines, Myron Rogers and Louis
Rosprin, with Damon Langley, al-
ternate were accompanied to Arling
ton by their advisor, H. T. Lester.
They competed with eight other
schools in the contest.
The Ennis FEA was also repre-
sented in the terracing contest by
George Sealey, C. M. Gallagher,
and Billy Crowder, with Clayton
Collins, alternate.
Miss Kendall Out
Of Hospital, Home
Here for Few Days
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kendall mo-
tored to Dallas Monday for their
daughter, Miss Dorothy Frances
Kendall, who has been sick in Bay-
lor Hospital with malta fever. Miss
Kendall entered Baylor School of
Nursing last fall and developed
malta fever several weeks ago. Sde
is now able to walk and attending
physicians are hopeful of her com-
plete recovery within a short time,
when she expects 1) resume
her
training in nursing.
Will Represent ,
Ennis at Texas
Centennial
1 Misses Corinna Wilson and Lewis
Marie Hale, soloists', and Filly Raw
lins, imitator, will appe’m on the
e Ss Centennial progress June
sasEuniayatToaT-Losition.
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936.
Wm. H. Tomkins
Died At IOOF
Home Last Nite
William Henry Tomkins, age 79,
native of Missouri and pioneer res-
ident of Victoria, Texas, died Tues-
aay night at 8:30 at the 1. O, O.
F. Home in Ennis, following an
illness of little more than a week
with pneumonia.
He was born in Carthage, Mo.,
Dec. 8, 1856. He was a member of
the I. O. O. F. Lodge for twenty-
four years having joined the lodge
in Granado in June, 1912. He en-
tered the I. O. O. F. Home in
Ennis April 11, 1935, from the Vic-
toria lodge. Since coming to Ennis
he has been a member of the First
Christian Church.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 4 o’clost at the First
Christian church, with his pastor,
Dr. L. L. Lemon, officiating.
Interment will be made in Myrtle
Cemetery with J. E. Keever in
charge of arrangements.
Trustees Elected
For Ellis County
School Districts
Official returns from the trustee
elections of Ellis County Indepen-
dent School Districts are announc-
ed as follows; Alma, R. H. Kelly,
Jack Tedway, Lloyd Smith; May-
pearl, Jimmie Porter, Dr. J. H.
Curby, Roy Hutchins, F. W. Wit-
ten; Italy, Dr. R. L. Hall, J. M.
Oliphant; Forreston, E. W. Justice,
Tom Bilbrey; Palmer, T. E. Daly,
W. E. McKeever; Red Oak, E. B.
Furlong, A. H. Hill; Milford, J. A.
Airheart, J. B. Hull; Garrett, C. B.
Fraze and B. F. Tilson.
Billy Beasley, Jr., /
Assistant Sports 4
Editor TMC Bayonet
Farmers Must Have Sixth of Land In
Soil Conserving Or Building Crops
Farmers who qualify for govern-
ment grants of money in the new
AAA soil conservation program
must have at least one acre of soil
conserving or soil building crops for
every five acres of soil depleting
crops in the base acreage, says
W. M. Love, county agricultural
agent.
A farmer who had 100 acres of
corn and cotton (soil depleting
crops) in the base period must
have planted on his farm in 1936
■at least 20 acres of conserving and
building crops to participate in the
program.
Up to 35 per cent of the base
acreage of cotton he may shift
from cotton to soil improving or
protecting crops and be eligible for
payments.
He may shift as much as 15 per
cent of the wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, potato or fruit and vegetable
base acreage to legumes; cover
Bert Lyons of Waxahachie to Head
Logrollers—Cleburne Gets Meeting
With approximately 1,500
members in attendance the
Central Texas Legrollers Asso-
ciation was held in Ennis
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Bert Lyons of Waxahachie
was elected president of the
association; Joe Murrell of
Irene was elected first vice pres
ident; A. B. Peston of Mos-
heim, second vice president;
W. M. Goodwin, Ennis, third
vice president; Don C. Cowlin,
Ennis, secretary and treasurer;
and Albert McCullough, Pene-
lope; Bill Schmidt, Malone, and
W. 11. McBrayer of Lorene,
were elected auditors.
Smith of Waxahachie was
cd reporter.
The session opened at 3
in the afternoon with Felix L
wood, city a fprefeenlivering
crops or approved soil building prac
tices and receive payments.
No payments will be made in
Texas for food and feed crops like
corn or grain sorghums shifted to
soil improvement uses unless it can
be shown that these crops have
been produced in excess of home
needs. In that case the only di-
versions for which payments will be
made are on the portion of the
acreage which are in excess of
home needs.
Scil conserving payments may be
granted to help recompense farm-
ers for the sacrifice involved in
giving up a part of their soil de-
pleting cash crops in order to give
a chance to improve the land.
“Taken as a whole, the new pro-
gram helps a farmer shift to a
good sound farming plan without
loss of income and buying power
while the changes are being made,”
Mr. Love states.
Ennis High School Band, the Ennis
degree team, the Waxahachie de-
gree team, Brandon, Malone, By-
num and Hillsboro degree teams,
the Waxahachie High School band
and members of the visiting camps.
After the supper the Ennis degree
team, gave an exhibition drill at
the K. J. T. Hall.
L. L. Barber gave the address of
welcome at the evening session
with Judge W. D. Colvin of Waxa-
hachie giving the response.
Farrar Newberry of Omaha, Neb.,
national director of the W. O. W.,
delivered the principal address at
Ross the evening session. Others who ad-
elect * dressed the evening session were
* oBert Lyons, Waxahachie, state drill
o’c^ is lster of th \W. O. W., W. G. Mc-
c ain of hachie, field mana-
"ger, Distrivo. 2, and R. E. Mil-4 An importanmerting of the
Larkins Resign
Bardwell, Stay
At Bridgeport
H. G. Larkin, who was recently
elected as superintendent of the
Bardwell schools for the 1936-37
term, has tendered his resignation
and will remain as superintendent
of the Bridgeport schools where he
has been the past year.
Mr. Larkin had been superinten-
dent of the Bardwell schools be-
fore going to Bridgeport last year.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Larkin were
elected to teach in the Bardwell
schools for the coming year and
had accepted, when a better offer
was received from the Bridgeport
schools.
Ennis Gets Next
County Singing
Meet In October
Singers from Sarais captured a
majority of honors at the Ellis
County Singing Convention at Italy
which closed Sunday after three
days. Hill, Navarro, Johnson, Dal-
las and Tarrant counties also were
represented.
The Sardis group was first in the
mixed class, first in the women’s
class and tied with Buena Vista
for first in the junior quartet con-
test. Italy was first for male auar-
tets. ’ ,
Judge W. D. Colvin of Waxaha-
chie was elected president Lyphus
Muirhead of Waxahachie secretary
of the convention. The next meet-
ing will be in Ennis in October.
County Dem Com
Meets Saturday
in Waxahachie
VOL. XLII No. 31.
moeacxs-xeeoonc- az-nto-ana-ciom..
Asks Ennis For
$25 This Week
For State Site
This appeal is made to anyone
in Ellis county who may appreciate
the high standard of patriotic
service rendered by the early pio-
neers who came into a wilderness
almost 100 years ago and laid the
foundation of this county. The
Texas Centennial Commission com-
posed of nine outstanding citizens
of this state, recognizing the im-
portance of our place m the his-
tory of Texas have appropriated
approximately $10,000 to insure pos-
terity that their services and sac-
rifices shall not be forgotten. The
state desires to establish and main-
tain a beautiful park in which a
monument will be placed on the
spot where the first settler came to
make his home in 1842.
Ellis county is asked to furnish
the land at a cost of $400. There
should be no delay a.1 raising this
money and a few communities have
responded to the extent that $300
is available for this Ellis county
shrine. We need $100 and need it
this week to start the work.
Will the fair city of Ennis not
furnish $25 of this amount? Ennis
is among the towns in, Ellis county
that is to be honored by having-
one of the monuments placed at
the graves of an old Texas Revolu-
tion hero and his faithful wife,
and perhaps another in a nearby
cemetery. Let Ennis aid in this im-
portant Ellis county shrine. A. H.
Dunkerly, Chester Nowlin or Dr.
Tolleson will receive your contri-
bution.
R. E. SPARKMAN,
Chairman, Ellis County.
N. T. Mitchell
Died Sunday
Buried Monday
Nathan Thomas Mitchell, age 71
yon a two months, and 12 days.
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