Around Town

Culled from the archives of the Ennis Daily News and from the online database Newspapers.com, here’s a smattering of items covering a variety of people and events that figured in the history of the Bluebonnet City.

Carter BloodCare bus will be at Ennis Regional Medical Center, 2201 W. Lampasas, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photo ID is required. Donor rewards and a chance to win prizes can be viewed at CarterBloodCare.org.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will hold its monthly meeting at the Bella Italia Restaurant in Ennis on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The Friends of Ennis Regional Medical Center invite you to join then for the Christmas Program on Dec. 16, 2021, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Tabernacle, 1200 Country Club Rd., Ennis.

St. John’s Nepomucene Catholic Church introduced a partnership between the Ennis parish and both the North Texas Food Bank and Catholic Charities Dallas, who have collaborated to provide a community food pantry for those in need.

Overlooking Eastern Ellis County from atop Sugar Ridge, Santa Claus has a great view of the coming holiday season. Hay Bale Santa was created, assembled and painted by Jim Anderson, with help from Hugo Frias.

From time to time it has been my pleasure to share with readers of this column the research of Bobbie Dlabaj whose interest in genealogy and local history has led her to discover fascinating information on the people and places of the city’s past.

A chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles was formed in Ennis by Deputy Grand President J. A. Bowen of Fort Worth with 64 members. A banquet followed. The following Ennis men were elected and installed as officers: Joe A. Hillyer, president; Dr.

It was reported that a Farmers’ Institute would be established in Ennis and that it would function under the direction of the Hon. Ed R. Kone, state commissioner of agriculture, and Joe E. Edmondson.