Around Town

The Ennis News is proud to announce the winners of our September Coloring Contest sponsored by Prachyl Insurance Agency.

Last week, a local artist and photographer, Julia Schloss, was involved in a fashion shoot for a forthcoming book for which another local, writer Randy Bigham, is contributing as an adviser.

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.

C.W. Duke of Ennis would have answered “yes” in 1930 when a plane ride reportedly restored his hearing.

The 1960’s hit by the Blood, Sweat & Tears made riding the ferris wheel popular again. Autumn Daze began with the Hay Maze, and then came the arrival of what has become an annual family hit, the fall carnival.

Ennis people and events have often made regional, even national, news. And on occasion, a note of levity marked the various stories of local interest that appeared in daily and weekly newspapers across the country.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will hold its monthly meeting at the Sirloin Stockade in Corsicana on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, from 11 a.m until 1 p.m.

For lovers of local history, the name Evelyn Goble will likely ring a bell. She died in 2009 at the age of nearly 100, fragile in body but not in mind.

Tristan Clark, 20, Ennis. Interfere w/emergency request for assistance. Booked on 10/21/2021 by Ennis PD. Frank Herrera Fira, Jr., 48, Ennis. Tamper/fabricate physical evidence w/intent to repair, parole violation. Booked on 10/21/2021 by ECSO.