Around Town

CORRECTION: Autumn Daze
The Ennis News reported erroneously
last week that Oct. 26 and Autumn Daze
would also return, complete with entertainment
venues. That will have to wait until

Friends of the Library Book Sales Canceled for 2020

This year marks the 93rd anniversary of a Texas tragedy in which a favored son of Ennis lost his life. Jack Castellaw, 21, son of a local pharmacist, was among 10 Baylor Bears players, coaches and fans killed when their school bus stalled on a train track at Round Rock and was struck by the Sunshine Special. En route to Austin to defend their standing in the Southwest Conference, the Baylor basketball team instead became victims of lax railroad safety laws.

Katie Daffan’s wedding

Early Ennis writer

Katie’s dad

A decade before the Depression we have heard so much about, there was a brief economic slump. It happened in 1921, and Ennis, like many cities, was hit. The Ennis National Bank didn’t open its doors on Nov.

In 1950 fire damaged the Ennis Municipal Hospital, a three-story brick building on Lampases St., designed by Hix McCanless, Ennis’ foremost architect and at one point city engineer. The fire began in an electric motor on the roof of the hospital.

Oak Timber Senior Apartments Christmas Fundraiser

*The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.