Around Town

Life-long Ennis resident Shellie Smiley-York has been in real estate since 2009. Judging her success and people-skills, she has fit the vocation as natural as the sun rises in the morning.

The Ennis Garden Club announced that the opening of the Bluebonnet Trail would coincide with Easter Week in the spring of 1955. A freeze, however, damaged some crops and the opening was delayed.

The heat was so intense in the late summer of 1956 that few sunbathers and swimmers were turning up at the Ennis Community Center.

The Union Pacific Railroad’s famed “Big Boy” steam locomotive, built in 1940, chugged triumphantly into Ennis last weekend on its whistle stop tour of 10 states and a new Ennisarea resident was there with her grandchildren to see the excitement.

Ennis Public Theatre opened a hit comedy this weekend in The Red Velvet Cake War. Performances will continue through September 5 at the EPT downtown, 113 N. Dallas Street. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (972) 878-7529.

Jeremy Christian McAfee, 26, Ennis. Burglary of motor vehicle. Booked on 08/18/2021 by Ennis PD. *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1191 held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug.

Jessie Joe Garcia, 37, Ennis. Prohibited weapon, possession CS PG 1 LT1G. Booked on 08/07/2021 by Ennis PD.  *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

Rev. R. P. Campbell, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ennis, was asked to lead the revival at the 8th Street Baptist Church in Grand Prairie in February 1954.

Brookdale Senior Living will host a free virtual webinar on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The speaker will be national expert, Suzette Graham, CEO with Patriot Angels.