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Alma’s BBQ leads four new eateries set to open

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Alma’s Smokehouse BBQ and owners Jesse and Susan Martinez, as well as partners John and Amelia Valdez, lifelong Ennis citizens, already have one popular spot, a haven for those with a hankering for barbecue. It is located on the Hwy 287 service road across from Love’s Travel Stop.

They plan to kick-start a second location, on 200 S. Kaufman St., across from Bella Italia, in March. The same Mesquite pit-smoked, bodacious BBQ, and all of their fix-in’s and a dessert packed deli, is in the final stages before their doors swing open.

Elvis caused worry for Ennis PTA in 1956

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Elvis in Ennis?

Well, not quite. But his music and public image thoroughly upset a group of educators and parents of teenagers at a PTA conference here in town, according to a 1956 Associated Press report. All agreed it was the “desire to conform” that was causing teens to “join the squealing throng of Elvis admirers.” The issue was actually addressed as a serious mental health concern for Ennis high schoolers.

SMU Day

NARFE February Meeting Canceled due to Covid

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The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will not hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting in Corsicana on Feb. 9, 2021, due to the CoronaVirus.

For membership information contact the closest NARFE representative, in Corsicana 903-874-3092, in Ennis 214-949-6197, in Waxahachie 469-552-6649, in Red Oak 412-722-6307, and in Midlothian 972-268-5793.

Fish tale

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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. Owen Satterfield of Ennis drove his ball from a tee at the Lakeside Country Club today. The ball fell in the lake and killed a fish.”

Can you hear me now?

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C.W. Duke of Ennis would have answered “yes” in 1930 when a plane ride reportedly restored his hearing. According to an AP release, Duke allowed a stunt pilot to go into a nose dive during a flight recommended to benefit – if not cure – the deafness in his left ear from which he had suffered for eight years. Duke told reporters on landing that his hearing had completely returned.

Citizens Accused 01/24/2021

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*The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt. Joshua Joe Barton, 21, Ennis. Burglary of habitation. Booked

Humor on file: Some items of local levity

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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. A couple of years ago I first shared some of these funny bits from the past and I was asked recently to collect a few more. I was happy to oblige and in fact very much enjoyed turning up some of these new additions.

1900's Postcard depicts Ennis Main Street

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This postcard, dating to the early 1900s, shows the corner of Ennis Avenue and Main Street with only horses and wagons in sight – not a single automobile. Courtesy Ennis Public Library

 

 

Citizens Accused 01/17/2021

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

Jaime Benavente Sanchez, 51, Ennis. Driving while intoxicated 2nd. Booked on 01/12/2021 by
Ennis PD.

Last Sunday was snow much fun

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Cousins Elaina and Fabian enjoyed playing in the snow.  Families all over Ennis enjoyed the rare sight of snow last Sunday. The Riddles family built a snowman.

Courtesy Photos