Around Town

Husband and wife duo Floyd and Fay Casebolt first came to the EDN as editors in 1948, left briefly to launch a paper in New Mexico, and returned to the Bluebonnet City by the mid-1950s. The pair’s distinct personalities, their dedication to community reporting and their personal involvement in charitable programs made the Casebolts beloved figures for over 30 years.

Floyd was still editor when he died in 1985 while Fay carried on as social editor until 1993. She passed away ten years later.

The move toward a more moral society was on such a roll that even newspaper cartoons caused controversy in Ennis’s early days. In 1906 a group of concerned female citizens, calling themselves The Mothers Club, publicly protested against the publication of the funny pages in local papers. After a lecture called “How Can We Cultivate a Taste for Good Literature in Our Homes?” it was unanimously agreed that newspaper cartoons “were detrimental to clean language and the recognition of pure art and real humor.”

The Ennis City Jail was either unguarded or somebody was asleep on the job in 1914 when eight prisoners escaped by “prying off the door.” The incident made national news.

After a year off due to Covid, Blues on Main returned downtown for their 11th year. Having changed names and locations while building the event, the unity encourager began in 2009 at the old park by the swimming pool, then relocated to Roger Maise Park, to Veteran’s Memorial Park and in recent years, to downtown on Main Street.