The Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1975 Page: 3 of 6
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Thursday, September 25, 1975
Dianne Sue Johnson and Randall Layne Carpenter
Waxo. Girl To Wed Ennis Man
MISS PAULA SUE WILLIARD
and GARY LEO WILLS
I
Dec. 6 Wedding Planned
Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene The bride-to-be is a 1875 honor
j I.. . graduate of Justin F. Kimball
Willard of Dallas have an- ° ~ c. ,• am
, ,, „ High School, Dallas. She s em-
nounced the engagement of °
• j ployed by Home Furniture
■toeGaryToeWilirSson of Mr’. ?mPa»y to the accountinS
and Mrs. Leo Wills of Ennis.
The wedding will take place
department of the Oak Cliff
Store.
The bridegroom-to-be is a
Dec. 6 at 7 pun. at Grace ^gr^e o EnnTs High
S5&W is also amployed »y
Willard, uncle of the bride-elect,
officiating. store.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Johnson,
106 Pensacola, Waxahachie,
have announced the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter,
Dianne Sue, to Randall Layne
Carpenter, son of Mrs. Bobby R.
Carpenter of Ennis and the late
Mr. Carpenter.
Miss Johnson is employed at
Mutual of Omaha Insurance
Company of Dallas. She was
BRUCE ANDREW POPKO
AND
MONICA JOAN CHUDEJ
Plan January Church Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Chudej of
Ennis have announced the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter,
Monica Joan to Bruce Andrew
Popko of Lewisville. A Jan. 31
wedding at St. John’s Catholic
Church is planned.
The birde-elect is a graduate
of St. John’s High School and
Baylor School of Radiology
Technology. She is employed at
Baylor .Medical Center,
Dallas, as an x-ray technician.
Her fiance, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Wilson of Aubrey, is
a graduate of Aubrey High
School and Baylor School of
Radiology. He is also employed
at Baylor Medical Center as an
x-ray technician.
Following their wedding, the
couple will live in Lewisville.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zapletal
New Pharmacy to
Open Soon, S. Dallas
Crow
Crews
* Mrs. Alice E. Crow, 81, a
resident of Italy, is dead.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of
Italy with the Rev. Van Goathe
officiating. Graveside services
will be held at noon Wednesday
at Rosehill Cemetery at Fort
Worth.
Mrs. Crow was born March
28, 1894, in Arkansas and, was a
member of the Central Baptist
Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband and a son.
Survivors include 7 sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Wilson of Italy,
Mrs. C.E. Hickox of Yoakum,
Mrs. F.B. Naylor of Dallas,
Mrs. Jewell Gillen of Blooming
Grove, Mrs. J.B. Crow of Fort
Worth, Mrs. T.H. Ward of
Oklahoma City, Mrs. John T.
King of Garland; and several
nieces and nephews.
NCAA BOOK AVAILABLE
SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan.
(AP) — The NCAA is making
kvailable the 1975 edition of its
o 11 e g e Football Modern
Record book.
The book contains 15,000 facts
about players, coaches and
teams. It’s available for $2
from the NCAA, Department
F., Box 1906, Shawnee Mission,
Kan. 66222.
The funeral service for Mrs.
Mable B. Crews, 77, was held at
2 p.m. Monday in the Keever
Chapel with the Rev. Joe Hixon
and the Rev. R.C. Campbell of
Ferris, officiating. Interment
was in Myrtle Cemetery with
the following serving as
pallbearers : Donald
Shackelford, Ronald
Shackelford, Ralph Bawcom,
Jerry Talkington, both of
Ferris, Claude Shackelford Jr.
and Raymond Shackelford, both
of Ferris.
Mrs. Crews, who died Sunday
morning in the Ennis Nursing
Home, was born in the Howard
Community of Ellis County
December 3, 1897, the daughter
of James and Anna Wylie
Shackelford. She was reared in
the Bethel Community and in
1914 was married to Tom Crews
of that community. In 1920 they
moved to Ennis where Mr.
Crews worked for the Texas
Electric Railroad and the
Southern Pacfic Railroad. Mr.
Crews died in 1955. Mrs. Crews
was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Surviving her are two sons
Leo Crews of Dallas ana
Freddie Crews of San Antonio;
one sister Mrs. Homer Baker of
Ferris ; and one brother Claude
Shackelford of Ft. Worth.
Last week Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Zapletal purchased the
fixtures in Gene Sorenson’s
pharmacy and have also leased
the building. “We plan to open a
new pharmacy at that same
location, 115 South Dallas,”
they stated. Anticipated
opening will be during the first
week of October, if all
necessary paperwork is com-
pleted and new merchandise
has arrived by then.”
Mr. and Mrs. Zapletal were
reared in Ennis and he has been
room. Let it get stuffy and they
will seek relief.” With the
changing late-summer water
conditions, the fish were
migrating out of the deeper,
summer holes.
graduated from Waxahachie
High School in 1971.
The bridgegroom-to-be was
graduated from Ennis High
School in 1969, attended
Navarro Junior College and
University of Texas at
Arlington. He is employed by
Larkin Manufacturing,
Waxahachie.
The wedding is set for Nov. 1
at Farley Street Baptist
Church, Waxahachie.
Harris
William Glenn (Bill) Harris,
66, of Milford, died at Baylor
Hospital in Dallas.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Monday at the Boze-
Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel
at Italy with Minister Tracy
Hooper officiating.
Mr. Harris was born Aug. 20,
1901 in Georgetown and lived in
Milford the past 9 years. He
married Miss Margaret Hull in
1938 in Milford. A Christian, he
wan an Air Force officer in
World War II. He formerly was
head football coach at Van
Alstyne High School several
years. He was pyschologist with
Veterans Administration and
held a life membership in the
San Antonio Football Assn.
Mr. Harris was a member of
the American Psychology Assn,
and the state association.
Survivors include his widow;
2 brothers, Charles H. Harris of
El Paso and Charles E. Harris
Jr. of Austin; and a sister, Mrs.
Joe E. Richter of Houston.
LAKE WHITNEY
FISHING REPORT
Lake Whitne
LAKESIDE VILLAGE - Mrs.
Evelyn Luck, one 6 pound
channel cat on trotline.
DALLAS - Mr. and Mrs. Sonny
Rogers, 60 crappie.
GRAND PRAIRIE - Mr. and rs.
Bobby Freeman, 55 crappie to
one pound 6 ounces on minnows,
in 15 feet of water.
IRVING - Lafe Drumm,
117crappie on minnows.
To avoid a possble session in 12, on Clark Hill Reservoir,
court we won’t mention names which spreadeagles the
in this paragraph, but ac- Georgia-South Carolina border,
cording to an informant the fish This was the first time for a
at Lake Palestine seem to have non-host team to win the Bass
the lock-jaw or some other type Anglers Sportsman Society
trouble since according to the sponsored team fish-off.
story he only got one bump, and Louisiana had ranked a distant
that one slipped off.
14th and 13th behind winners
Tennessee and Missouri in the
previous events on Pickwick weighing 5 lbs. and 5(4 lbs. on
Lake, Tenn., and Table Rock
Lake, Mo.
“On a lake this big (over
When can a catfish be
classified as a mud-cat? For my
money a catfish is a catfish 70,000 acres with 1,300 miles of
whether it’s a channel, flathead shoreline) nobody took us as a
or what ever. We have found serious threat,” said Roberts,
through around fifty years of whose first-round catch of seven
angling; catfish caught in clear largemouth bass triggered
water taste just as good as the Louisiana’s upset of co-favored
touted varieties. Recently Georgia and defending veteran
Ennis lakes have produced Missouri crew. “But we
some fine fish and from the organized a game plan and
pictures we saw some good stuck with it.”
eating was in store for the Louisiana’s scheme was to
anglers. concentrate their efforts along
the shallow-water banks of old
- flooded creek channels. Not just
any feeder creek, but those with
The flurry of crappie fishing grass and a high level of
has dropped off, according to “oxygen” concerned the
our reports. Navarro Mills Cajuns,
reports many large’crappie are “Fish are like people,” said
still coming in but not near the Roberts. “Put ’em in a crowded
amounts that were on stringers
a few days back. Probably Lake
Whitney is about the best
fishing at this time according
to reports. Fred Daring of Fort
Worth reportedly snagged six
stripers this week up to 5 and
one-half pounds. Also on his
stringer were 85 sandies andk
four blacks.
MARTIN’S GENERAL STORE
LAGUNA PARK - Donald
The lake level is 530.74 feet Alford, one 3 lb. striped bass on
(above sea level) or a little over yellow jigs.
2 feet below normal. The lake BELLMEAD - Dave Mayfield,
temperature this morning is 69 41 sand bass on jig.
degrees and there was no
reported rainfall during the ANGLER’S HAVEN LODGE
week. The best reported catches DALLAS - Mr. and Mrs. John
follow- Oxford, 36 crappie.
LAKE WHITNEY - Bill Rymer
MURT’S LODGE and Bob Brewer, 465 crappie
ARLINGTON - Walter Sch- including a number of barndoor
warzer and Bill Watson, 32 sand crappie.
bass to 2 lbs. and 2 striped bass PLAINVIEW - Mr. and Mrs.
Myrett Henry and
topwater lures. LUBBOCK - Mr . and Mrs. T..
FORT WORTH - Fred Daring, Ramsey, 33 crappie.
one week total, 85 sand bass to 2 SEAGOVILLE - Red Horton
lbs. and 4 black bass to 2(4 lbs. an(j
and6 striped bass to 5(4 lbs. on LAKE WHITNEY - F.E. An-
topwater lures. derson, 131 crappie.
ARLINGTON - Jeff Schwarzer, GRAND PRAIRIE - Robert
10 sand bass and one 4V2 lb. Holtman and Kenneth Kessler,
striped bass on topwater lures, ig black bass.
SPORTSMAN
SPARKS
LODGE
FORT WORTH
Robinson
LAKE WHITNEY - C.W. Bonds,
20 black bass to 2% lbs. on hell
raisers.
ALVARADO - Mr. and Mrs. Lee
DON’S GENERAL STORE
ELM MOTT - Jim Hill, one 5 lb.
Jerry 1 oz. striped bass on hell bender.
LAMP POST
COVINGTON - Joe Dan and
Archie Applegate, 20 crappie to
1(4 lbs. on minnows.
Record, 25 crappie to 1(4 lbs. in LAKE WHITNEY - Bill Rymer
the area of Plowman Creek in 8 and Bob Brewer,- 96 crappie to
to 10 feet of water. 2(4 lbs. on minnows.
KOPPERL - Jerry Robinson, 10 FORT WORTH - Robert and
black bass to 5 lbs. 1 oz. on hell Billie Ray Cassidy, 17 crappie to
raisers. iy2 lbs. on minnows.
employed in Waxahachie at
Ward’s Drug Co. Mr. Zapletal
is a registered pharmacist. ,
Mrs. Zapletal is with Ennis
Business Forms.
Mr. Zapletal is a graduate in
pharmacy from the University
of Texas. The couple live at 810
S. Shawnee.
Coimtian
Is Burned
Mrs. Cynthia Hadley,
Waxahachie, was badly burned
over most of her body when
gasoline fumes ignited in her
home, city firemen have
disclosed.
Mrs. Hadley was taken to W.
C. Tenery Community Hospital
at Waxahachie, where sources
today said her condition is
satisfactory.
Local fire officials said the
woman .was cleaning the
bathtub in her home with
gasoline at 1:40 p.m. when the
gasoline fumes were apparently "
ignited by the water heater.
The blaze gutted the bathroom
and damaged the kitchen before
it was extinguished by firemen.
BOWLING SINCE ’34
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP)
— The University of Arkansas
made its first postseason foot-
ball bowl appearance in 1934 in
the Dixie Classic, forerunner of
the modern Cotton Bowl. The
razorbacks have a 4-7-2 bowl
record.
You may not be a black bass
buff, but if you are you will be
interested in this article from
the Bass Anglers Sportsman
Society. The recent contest was
staged in the bayou Cajun
country style.
Shallow-Water Fishing
Pays Off For
Cajuns at Clark Hill
McCORMICK, S.C. - “We
had to find the fish shallow,”
said Nash Roberts III, team
leader for the Louisiana BASS
Federation. “We’re all shallow-
water fishermen. In the bayou
country - if you can’t touch
bottom with a six-foot worm rod
-- that’s deep water.”
Collectively putting together
a shallow-water worm fishing
pattern resulted in the six man
Cajun team winning the third
annual National Bassmaster
Team Championship, Sept. 10-
Son Ex-Crisp
Doctor to Be
Paid Honor
Dr. L. Standlee Mitchell,
fomer chairman of the
University of Houston Drama
Department and dean of men,
will receive the alumni
organization president’s award
at the distinguished alumnus
banquet Friday night. The
event will be held at the
Astro world Hotel ballroom.
This honor is presented an-
nually to one or more persons
who have provided valuable
services to the university.
Know to many former
students as “Chief” from the
days of the former “Frontier
Fiests” he sponsored and
directed at the university, Mr.
Mitchell joined the faculty when
it was a junior college meeting
at night on a high school
campus. He was named to the
emeritus status last year upon
his retirement as associate
professor of English.
Mr. Mitchell, son of the late
Mrs. Lake Mitchell and Dr. P.
G. Mitchell, grew up in
Waxahachie and was graduated
from Waxahachie High School.
He is the brother of Dr. Yetta G.
Mitchell and Clovis P. Mitchell,
both of Waxahachie.
Dr. Mitchell’s father was a
pioneer physician at nearby
Crisp many years ago, who
later practiced his profession at
Waxahachie.
Pueblo Bonito, an apartment
complex in New Mexico’s
Chaco Canyon National Monu-
ment, once sheltered 1,000 In-
dians in 800 terraced rooms. Its
outer wall rose as high as five
stories.
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The Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1975, newspaper, September 25, 1975; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846991/m1/3/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.