FORM 10-Q
                                     
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
                                     
                QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For Quarter Ended                MAY 31, 1998


Commission File Number             1-5807


                          ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
                     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               TEXAS                                       75-0256410
       (State or other Jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

      107 N. Sherman Street, Ennis, TX                       75119
     (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)


                               (972) 872-3100
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                  No Change
           (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                      if changed since last report.)


Indicate  by  check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed  all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange  Act
of  1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter prior that the
registrant  was required to file such report), and (2) has been subject  to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                                                    Yes  X       No.

Indicate  the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's  classes
of common stock, as the latest practicable date.



           Class                               Outstanding at May 31, 1998
Common stock, par value $2.50 per share                16,437,685

                                     
                        ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
                                     
                                   INDEX
                                     


Part I.   Financial Information

   Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets --
     May 31, 1998 and February 28, 1998                  2

   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings --
     Three Months Ended May 31, 1998 and 1997            3

   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash
     Flows --Three Months Ended May 31, 1998
     and 1997                                            4

   Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial
     Statements                                          5

   Management's Discussion and Analysis of
     Financial Condition and Results of
     Operations                                          7


Part II.  Other Information                              9


                                     
                      PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                                     
                ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                          (Dollars in Thousands)
                                                     May 31,    February 28,
                                                      1998          1998
                                                   (Unaudited)
                                  Assets
Current assets:
  Cash and equivalents                               $27,981       22,700
  Accounts receivable, net                            17,997       17,980
  Inventories                                          6,685        8,063
  Other current assets                                 4,628        4,917

          Total current assets                        57,291       53,660

Property, plant and equipment, net                    33,766       34,852

Cost of purchased businesses in excess of amounts
  allocated to tangible net assets                     4,528        4,574

Other assets                                           1,206        1,388

          Total assets                               $96,791       94,474
                   Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
  Current installments of long-term debt             $   192          191
  Accounts payable                                     4,430        4,759
  Accrued expenses                                     7,301        5,446

          Total current liabilities                   11,923       10,396

Long-term debt, less current installments                181          206

Deferred credits, principally Federal income taxes     2,331        2,200

Shareholders' equity:
  Common stock, at par value                          53,125       53,125
  Additional capital                                   1,040        1,040
  Retained earnings                                  120,019      119,335
                                                     174,184      173,500
  Less:
     Treasury stock                                   91,828       91,828
          Total shareholders' equity                  82,356       81,672

          Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $96,791       94,474

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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                ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
              (Dollars in Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)
                                (Unaudited)

                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                            May 31,

                                                       1998       1997

Net sales                                            $36,334     37,896

Costs and expenses:
  Cost of sales                                       24,812     27,020
  Selling, general and administrative expenses         6,741      7,414

                                                      31,553     34,434

Earnings from operations                               4,781      3,462

Investment and other income                              325        268

Earnings before income taxes                           5,106      3,730

Provision for income taxes                             1,874      1,390

Net earnings                                         $ 3,232      2,340

Weighted average number of common shares
 outstanding                                      16,437,685 16,438,279

Per share amounts:
  Net earnings per basic and diluted share of
   common stock                                        $ .20        .14

  Cash dividends                                       $.155       .155






See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                          (Dollars in Thousands)
                                (Unaudited)


                                                     Three Months Ended
                                                          May 31,

                                                       1998       1997

Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net earnings                                       $3,232      2,340
  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to
   net cash provided by operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization                    1,356      1,460
     Changes in assets and liabilities                3,234      2,339
     Other                                              152        504
       Net cash provided by operating activities      7,974      6,643

Cash flows from investing activities:
  Capital expenditures                                 (571)    (4,861)
  Other                                                 450         21

       Net cash used in investing activities           (121)    (4,840)

Cash flows from financing activities:
  Dividends declared                                 (2,548)    (2,548)
  Other                                                 (24)       271

       Net cash used in financing activities         (2,572)    (2,277)

Net changes in cash and equivalents                   5,281       (474)

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period          22,700     18,494

Cash and equivalents at end of period               $27,981     18,020






See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

                                     
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                        ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
           NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1. Basis of Presentation
   These  unaudited  condensed consolidated financial statements  of  Ennis
   Business  Forms, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Company"),
   for  the  quarter ended May 31, 1998, have been prepared  in  accordance
   with  generally  accepted accounting principles  for  interim  financial
   reporting.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information  and
   footnotes  required  by  generally accepted  accounting  principles  for
   complete  financial  statements and should be read in  conjunction  with
   the   audited  consolidated  financial  statements  and  notes   thereto
   included  in  the  Company's Form 10-K for the year ended  February  28,
   1998,  from which the accompanying condensed consolidated balance  sheet
   at   February  28,  1998  was  derived.   All  significant  intercompany
   balances  and  transactions have been eliminated in  consolidation.   In
   the  opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only  of  normal
   recurring  adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation  of
   the  interim financial information have been included.  The  results  of
   operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of  the
   results of operations for a full year.

2. Earnings Per Common Share
   The  Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
   Standards No. 128 (SFAS 128), Earnings Per Share, in the fourth  quarter
   of  fiscal 1998, which requires companies to present basic earnings  per
   share  and  diluted  earnings per share.  Basic earnings  per  share  is
   computed  by  dividing income available to common  stockholders  by  the
   weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the  period.
   Diluted  earnings per share reflects the potential dilution  that  could
   occur  if  securities  or  other contracts to issue  common  stock  were
   exercised or converted into common stock.  The Company has restated  its
   May  31, 1997 earnings per share calculation to reflect the adoption  of
   SFAS 128.

3. Stock Option Plans
   As  of  May 31, 1998, the Company has reserved 308,337 shares of  common
   stock  under  incentive  stock options plans.   On  June  18,  1998  the
   shareholders  approved the Ennis Business Forms, Inc.  1998  Option  and
   Restricted  Stock  Plan which reserved an additional 820,000  shares  of
   common stock.

4. Inventories
   The  Company  uses the Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) method of  pricing  the
   raw  material  content of its inventories, and the  First-In,  First-Out
   (FIFO)  method  is  used to value the remainder.   The  following  table
   summarizes  the  components  of inventory at  the  different  stages  of
   production (in thousands of dollars):

                                  May 31,       February 28,
                                    1998           1998

          Raw material            $3,847           4,640
          Work-in-process            883           1,065
          Finished goods           1,955           2,358

                                  $6,685           8,063


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5. Comprehensive Income
   The  Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
   Standards  No.  130 (SFAS 130), Reporting Comprehensive Income,  in  the
   first  quarter  of  fiscal 1999, which requires  companies  to  disclose
   comprehensive   income  separately  of  net  income   from   operations.
   Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity during a  period
   from  transactions and other events and circumstances from non-ownership
   sources.   It  includes all changes in equity during  a  period,  except
   those  resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.
   The  adoption of this statement had no significant effect on the Company
   for the quarters ended May 31, 1998 or 1997.





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             MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                    CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Liquidity and Capital Resources
      At  May  31, 1998, the Company's financial position continues  to  be
strong.  Working capital increased from $43,264,000 at February 28, 1998 to
$45,368,000  at  May  31,1998.  The increase is due  to  cash  provided  by
operating  activities.  The Company has $27,981,000 in cash and equivalents
and $181,000 in long-term debt, less current installments.

Results of Operations
     Net sales for the first quarter ended May 31, 1998 decreased 4.1% from
the corresponding period in the prior year.  The sales decline in the first
quarter  is  attributable  to the sale in January  1998  of  the  Company's
commercial printing operation in Seattle.  Sales for the first quarter,  as
compared  to  the  same  period  last  year  after  excluding  the  Seattle
operation's sales, were flat.  Gross profit margins increased 5.9%  in  the
first  quarter  compared to the same period in the prior year.   The  gross
profit  margin  increase  was the result of increased  selling  prices  and
productivity  improvements.  Selling, general and  administrative  expenses
decreased  9.1%  in the first quarter compared to the same  period  in  the
prior  year.  The decrease is primarily due to the sale in January 1998  of
the Company's commercial printing operation in Seattle and restructuring of
the  Company's  sales force. Investment and other income increased  in  the
first  quarter  from  the same period in the prior year  due  to  increased
amounts  of funds available for investments.  Net earnings increased  38.1%
for  the  first  quarter from the corresponding period of the  prior  year.
Basic  and  diluted earnings per share increased $.06 for the three  months
ended  May  31, 1998 from the corresponding period of last year.   The  per
share   earnings  were  based  on  three  months  weighted  average  shares
outstanding  of 16,437,685 and 16,438,279, for three months ended  May  31,
1998  and  May  31,  1997.  Net earnings and earnings per  share  increased
because  of  the  aforementioned  increased  selling  prices,  productivity
improvements  and  decreased selling, general and administrative  expenses.
The  effective rate of the Federal and state income tax expense  was  36.7%
for the first quarter and 37.3% for the same period in the prior year.

Accounting Standards
      In  June  1997  the  FASB  issued Statement of  Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information."   This  statement, effective  for  financial  statements  for
periods  beginning after December 15, 1997, requires that a public business
enterprise   report  financial  and  descriptive  information   about   its
reportable   operating  segments.   Generally,  financial  information   is
required  to  be  reported  on the basis that it  is  used  internally  for
evaluating  segment performance and deciding how to allocate  resources  to
segments.   The Company is reviewing the provisions of this statement  and,
if  necessary, will change its current reportable business segments to ones
reflecting the organizational structure of the Company.

Effect of Year 2000 Issue
      The Year 2000 issue results from the fact that many computer programs
have  been  written  using  two  digits rather  than  four  to  define  the
applicable year.  Programs written in this way may recognize a date  ending
in "00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000.  This could result in a
system  failure or miscalculations causing business delays and  disruptions
of  operations.   The Company has established a committee to  oversee  Year
2000  compliance.   The  committee has made a preliminary  assessment  with
respect to significant financial and accounting systems and determined that
these  systems  are  substantially in compliance.  The  committee  will  be
assessing  auxillary  systems  as well as integration  with  customers  and
suppliers.   The total cost and time which will be incurred by the  Company
associated  with the effect of Year 2000 compliance has not been determined
with certainty, but the Company believes that Year 2000 compliance will not
result  in a material adverse effect on its financial condition or  results
of operations.

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This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements that reflect  the
Company's current view with respect to future revenues and earnings.  These
statements  are  subject  to  numerous uncertainties,  including  (but  not
limited  to)  the  rate at which the traditional business forms  market  is
contracting,  the application of technology to the production  of  business
forms,  demand  for the Company's products in the context of a  contracting
market,  variability in the prices of paper and other  raw  materials,  and
competitive  conditions  in the business forms  market.   Because  of  such
uncertainties,  readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance  on  such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of July 14, 1998.


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                        PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a)  The Company held its Annual Meeting on June 18, 1998.

(b)Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14; there
   was no solicitation in opposition to management's nominees for
   directors as listed in the Proxy Statement and all such nominees were
   elected.

   Directors elected were:
                                                            Broker -
     Nominees for Director  Votes Cast for  Votes Withheld  Non-votes
     Harold W. Hartley        13,397,970       574,427        None
     Pat G. Sorrells          13,401,176       571,221        None
     James C. Taylor          13,390,092       582,306        None

(c)Briefly  described below are the other matters voted upon at the  Annual
   Meeting  and  the  number  of  affirmative  votes  and  negatives  votes
   respectively.

      (1)   Selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as independent  auditors  of
      the Company for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1999.

                      For                      13,849,057
                      Against                      56,620
                      Abstain                      66,719
                      Broker - non-votes             None

      (2)   Adoption  and approval of the Ennis Business Forms,  Inc.  1998
      Option and Restricted Stock Plan.

                      For                      11,560,542
                      Against                   1,185,296
                      Abstain                   1,226,559
                      Broker - non-votes             None



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                                SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.



Date  July 14, 1998             /s/Nelson Ward
                                Nelson Ward
                                President and Principal Financial
                                and Accounting Officer


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                                SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.



Date  July 14, 1998
                                Nelson Ward
                                President and Principal Financial
                                and Accounting Officer



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