ENLOE
(southeast of McKinney on the west side of the
East Fork)
ENLOE JOTTINGS
Daily Courier Gazette, Early 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
This school
community is located only about four miles settlements of our county. This Daily
Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette scribe on a recent visit to this
vicinity called at the home of Miss Dovie Enloe, who has reported for our paper
from the Enloe community for a quarter of a century. She is a very unusual
character.
Miss Dovie has lived
all her life in the same house, which her parents, the late Rev. Abe Enloe and
wife, pioneer settlers established for themselves in their younger married life.
Rev. Abe Enloe, who has been dead for many years, was a rugged, noted type of
Baptist pioneer preacher, who in his active days, preached at many points over
the county, and who was known far and wide as "The Marrying Parson." The Enloe
Schoolhouse and district was named in his honor.
Miss Dovie's
brother, Tobe B. Enloe, lives in the home with his sister. Together, this
brother and sister, have raised two motherless little girls to young womanhood.
They are Miss Minnie Faye Enloe, still with them, and who attends McKinney High
School, while the other one, Miss Ida Mae, the eldest, is now the wife of Lewis
Enloe, they residing at the present time in Pasadena, California. Miss Dovie
also reared another little orphan girl, Annie Hudson, who was only four years
old when she took her. She is now married to Frank Morris, a contractor, and
lives in Dallas. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, Joe Morris, prefers
country life to living in the big city and so spends most of his time with his
uncle and aunt, out here on the farm, and attends the Enloe school.
Truly, Miss Dovie
has lived a life of service and devotion to her loved ones, her neighbors and
her community and has ever been and is an uplifting influence. She is loved by
every acquaintance. One of her virtues is to repeat no gossip. She makes it a
rule to speak kindly of others, or keep silent. How this newspaper
representative did enjoy her visit with this dear Christian woman, friend of
orphans and of everyone else, who tried to do right.
While in her home,
Miss Dovie showed us a bottle that was patented in 1863, and presented to her
parents when they were married. The bottle is of quart size and designed in the
shape of a log cabin, with doors and windows and its neck representing the
chimney of the house. It was given to the young married couple to be used for a
camphor bottle. Folks in those early days used whiskey and camphor gum in making
camphor and disinfectant. For seventy years, the bottle has been empty only one
time, when its contents were used up by a sick neighbor to whom the bottle and
lotion contents had been loaned. Of course, this bottle curiosity is highly
valued by Miss Dovie. Miss Evelyn Randles spends nearly every day in the Enloe
home, while the other members of her family are away. These two ladies being
most devoted friends and congenial companions.
Another very
interesting visit was made by us - this one to the Enloe School. It was a recess
period, while the children were merrily playing about on the campus. Mrs. Carl
Padgett is the teacher. She has twenty-eight pupils enrolled. The Enloe School
under her direction has the reputation of being one of the best district schools
being taught in the county this year or that has even been taught at the Enloe
Schoolhouse. The people of the community greatly appreciate their school and the
services of their capable teacher. The School Board members are Milton Drake,
Chairman; V. W. Wilson and B. S. Bassham.
We were pleased to
receive the Weekly Democrat-Gazette subscription from Mrs. Ed Hones, who lived
in the Bishop community. She also subscribed for the Semi-Weekly Farm News at
Clubbing rate - each a dollar paper, but when taken together, only $1.50. They
constitute a mighty fine combination for news - county, state, national and
worldwide. Mrs. Hones and her husband are tenants on the Dabney farm. Their six
children are Miss Loma Lee, who attends the McKinney High school, Eddie B.,
Walter B. and Franklin, all pupils of the Bishop School. The smaller children,
Jeanetta and baby, Leon, were at home, being too young for school yet for while.
The Enloe and Bishop
communities are both populated by a worthy class of farmers, who live in good
homes and pursue the even tenor of their ways and worthy citizenship. These
thrifty farmers are anxious to get their late winter and early spring farm work
in shape and, wherever the land is dry enough, can be seen in the fields, at
work, preparing for 1938 crops. It is needless to say that we enjoyed our brief
visit among these good people and forming new acquaintances as well as renewing
old ones. It is inspiring to mingle with our rural population, the "Bread
Basket' of the world. Their industry, infectious hospitality and friendliness
bespeak their inmost character and virtues that make them the stabilizing
influence and balance wheel of our mighty Republic.
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
"Enloe- Collin County Communities," Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano
Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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