Around Town

Ennis-born Bob Banner (left) with Dinah Shore and George Montgomery at the 1956 Emmy Awards.

I think readers will like the old news items I picked for this week. I chose some funny ones from the Ennis Daily News, The Ennis Weekly Local, and a few national papers that carried news of the Bluebonnet City.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1191 held its monthly meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the IHOP in Ennis on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

The Friends of the Ennis Public Library will be having a Children’s Book Sale on Thursday, June 24, 2021, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.; Friday, June 25, 2021, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.; and Saturday, June 26, 2021, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Two Houston-based railroad-employed brothers who shared a room in Ennis on stopovers actually went two years without even seeing each other, or so a 1939 syndicated column claimed.

Fish tale - UP International supplied the following brief to newspapers in 1937 about an event that took place at the old Ennis Country Club: “Ennis, Tex., April 21. Helpful hint to fishermen: Take up golf.

Ocie Lee Henry, 53, Ennis. Possession CS PG 1 LT1G. Booked on 06/01/2021 by ECSO. *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

Ennis Independent School District has announced the 2021 teachers of the year.  Georgina Hurtado teaches at Carver Early Childhood Center and has been named Elementary Teacher of the year.  She will move on to the regional level and be con