The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
The Fairfield Recorder
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1*44
NUMBER 44
By VAUDIKNK K. BOVD
Scattered showers in the Bi-Stone
area the past few days have been
most welcome and we have reached
the point that every drop of rain
counts and is appreciated. We visited
in Wichita Falls Sunday and went by
way of Mexia, Hubbard, Weather-
ford, Jacksboro, etc,, and except
for two, or maybe three, small areas,
were dry and withering just as the
plants, trees, crops and pastures
are here. Groesbeck and Mexia re-
ported heavy showers Saturday and
rainfall in Teague Monday afternoon
measured 6 inch. Surely there is
more to come—and soon.
& State Historical Group Freestone Has
t c v n 77 Accidents
Adopts 5 Year Program Recorded For '64
J. C Leadbetter, Jr., of Houston
is kept quite busy at AMF Tubo-
scope, Inc., with a project of mold-
ing polyester. The company's pub-
lication Tuboscoper, states that in
"November, 1963, Plant I of the
Houston Coating Division began
applying an epoxy coating to an-
tennae for a Minute Man missile
complex. Later in January, the or-
der was extended to include the
application, by a molding process,
of polyester to the outside surface
of the 'casing' portion of the an-
tennae.
Parade, Coronation, Rodeo
To Highlight Annual Fair
Plans for the 1964 annual Freestone ■ tacting persons to sponsor floats I Individuality will be stressed in
leased Navarro, Henderson, Lime- [ County Fair are well underway re- Anyone interested may contact Mrs t)-,e para(je ant| no centra] theme U
State Historical Survey Committee I tures in hotel rooms or informative stone and Freestone Counties’ Rural! ports Thomas Allen, general chair- Ann barker, Mrs Hubert Reynolds ( ...
in lia Mwnaa n.,aaiaal« ■■ a ,ilaa -1- —— ~4_ —-----._ • A/V'iHnnt ClImmnn, fa, ika fiaat -I- I Mi.SS Mary SUe Williams Or Ml'S. ^ ^ I H (Oinmit Ot W1 , Ot f
A dynamic five-year program of | It contemplates the cooperation of
historical Recordation, Appreciation, j tourist-related businesses as hotels.
Marking, Preservation and Surveys j restaurants, service stations, etc.,
was put into action by the Texas j to use Texas history subjects in pic-
CORSICANA (July 14)-Sgt. J. F
I Scott, Supervisor of the Texas High-
way Patrol in the Corsicana Area re-
ness of the unique history of Texas
by visitors and by Texans themsel-
ves through state and local efforts,
"The 21-point program has grown
out of the tremendous county approv-
al of and response to the new His-
torical Preservation Laws passed by
the last Legislature and Governor
John Connally’s plans to make tour-
ism one of the great industries of
Texas,” said Committee President
John Ben Sheppard of Odessa.
Workshops in 31 Texas centers will
be set for members of County His-
torical Survey Committees, Commis-
sioners Courts, City Councils and
Chambers of Commerce, and tourist
officials to put the RAMPS pro-
gram into action.
A major goal of the RAMPS pro-
gram is the erection of 5,000 offic-
! ial Texas Historical Markers and
| Texas Historical Building Medal-
| lions within the next five years—
: in addition to the some 1200 histor-
ical markers previously erected
After several weeks of expert-! by the state and the 1500 markers
mental work by research and produc-1 erected in the past two years. These
tion people most of the questions new markers, 1000 each year, will
were answered and a 15,000 pound j be erected in a joint state, county-
mold had been bought and installed. ■ city and privately-financed program.
Operations began immediately in a \ Seventy-five percent will be located
small annex plant under supervision j for tourist consumption with 25 per-
cent marking actual sites.
in its summer quarterly meeting. ] placemats in restaurants. j Accident Summary for the first six
‘ RAMPS’’ as the plan is called, is j With the acceptance of the RAMPS i mwnths of 1964
designed to bring about an aware- Program by the Historical Survey I Highway Patrol in the Corsi-
Committee in every county in Texas,' cana area investigated 319 rural
history will be preserved and made ' traffic crashes during the first six
available. Plans are to furnish tech- j months of 1964. As a result of these
nical assistance and guidance in the I 318 crashes, 13 people were killed,
establishment of permanent, safe! *7° injured, and the combined prop-
archives in every county, to have a | «?rty damage amounted to $217,881.00.
history of every county written and • For the same period of 1963 the
of J. C. Leadbetter " Mr. Leadbetter
and 10 others involved in the project
have completed as many as 10 units
a week, and moved to larger plant
in South Houston. I am not familiar
with these terms, but the entire
front page of the magazine was de-
voted to this Division and was very
interesting.
From Sunday's Houston Post:
What's In A Nama? Dow in Froe-
stone County, was known as
Sunshine for more than 3D years.
For some reason, the postal auth-
orities decided that the name had
to bo changed, and the residents
swapped Sunshine for Dow.
Happy birthday wishes to Mrs.
.lohn Alford. Bill Boyd V in Houston,
August 2 ... Loyd Lott in Dallas,
Mrs. E. D. Terry, August 3 . . . Rob-
ert Clayton Childs, Mr. Marvin Wat-
son Jr., August 4 . . . Dickie Eubank
Jr. in Dallas, Mrs. Frank Bragg,
Denise Alford, August 5 . . . Mrs.
J. E. Lott. August 6 . . . Justine
Phillips, August 7 . . . Donna Lynn
Davis, Mary Sue Williams, Judy
Terry, Sarah Alice Childs, August
8 . . . Sheila Davis, Billy David
Robertson, Mrs. Jan Engelby, August
week were Mrs. Howard Watson,
9. Those who had birthdays this
week were Mrs. Howard Watson.
Mrs. Johnnie Hill and the Rev. Billie
B. Bonner, July 27 . . . Rebecca
Robinson, July 28 . . . Francis B.
Fryer, Gary Stephenson, July 29 . . .
Jerry Richards, July 30. Wedding
anniversary congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Steward, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewitt Emmons, August 1 . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barber, August
8 . . . Mr. and Mrs. Don Engelby,
August 9 Belated congratulations to
Mr and Mrs. H. W. Carroll who
celebrated an anniversary July 28.
These markers will cover Texas
history from the archeological finds,
old Spanish and French explorer
routes and Indian culture, through
the days of the Texas Ranger, the
cattl*-strives and the railroad move-
ment to the history of industries,
educational institutions and famous
Texans.
Included are markers giving the
name, founding and history of each
town and stream in the state with
special emphasis on those with un-
usual names. Ghost or oddly-named
and promotional towns that never
materialized will be marked.
The Texas State Historical Survey
Committee serves as the clearing
house for historical information which
will be used in more than 1000 Texas
Historical Tours 'each county will
be included in at least one tour), in
a statewide historical road map.
Calendars of Historical Events and
in the compilation of directories and
guides of Texas Historical Museums
and their collections, official Texas
Historical Building Medallions and
all official markers in the state.
published. Every county that so re-
quests can secure consultants for
advice and assistance in the fields
of restoration of houses and build-
ings, museums, archives and papers,
and tourism.
man of the fair. Committees have
been appointed and are working hard
to prepare for the event which will
take place Aug. 27, 28, 29 at the
fairgrounds in Fairfield.
Activities will begin at 5 p. m.
Thursday, Aug. 27, with the parade
through downtown, says Mrs. Max
Wood, chairman of the parade com-
Wood.
Corsicana area reported a total of! mittee. Her committee is busy con-
275 rural traffic crashes resulting in
death to 12 people, injury to 140
people and a combined property dam-
age amounting to $215,044.00.
Sgt. Scott pointed out that although
The RAMPS program is design-1 total number killed is about the
fed to benefit the counties as well as j same as for the same period last
the state, with information and re-1 year, increasing awareness by mo-
torist, of the dangers of vehicular
travel must come. Otherwise the re-
sults will be tragic as well as cost-
ly.
sources flowing up and down, to
accomplish the ultimate goal of pre-
serving and displaying the unique
history of Texas," said Mr. Shep-
perd.
R. C. Roberts'
Final Riles Held
In Oklahoma
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m. Sunday, June 28. for Reuben
Clayton Roberts, 73, of Snyder. Mr.
Roberts, son of Mrs. Minnie Roberts
of Fairfield, died June 25 in El Paso.
Bro. Raymond Murray. Church of;
Christ minister, officiated at the
services held at the Calloway-Smith
Funeral Chapel in Rush Springs,
Okla. Burial was in Rush Springs
Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts, a retired electrical
engineer, was born in Freestone
County on Nov. 18, 1890. He had been
a resident of Scurry County for sev-
en years and was a member of the
Methodist Church and the Interna-
tional Order of the Oddfellows.
Survivors include his mother; one
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Belle Hucka-
by of El Paso; four sons, Alton Rob-
erts of Snyder, James Roberts of
Rush Springs, Travis Roberts of San I
Diego. Calif., and Wood Ross Rob-1 Ann Bonner- chaPter President, ap-
erts of El Paso; two sisters, Mrs. j P°'nie(i the Float Committee.
Lillian Lear of Delta, Colo., and Mrs. ] comrrl'ttee is composed of
Joe Fred Emmons of Fairfield; 11 chairman, doan_^!'^: J-inda Coates
grandchildren and four great-grand-
Open House Set
For Workshop Friday
"Christmas in July” workshop is
being sponsored by the Homemakirig
Department of Fairfield High School
and Fairfield Garden Club this week
at the homemaking building. Open
House will be held from 2 p. m. to
4 p m. Friday, July 31.
The public is cordially invited to
Freestone county recorded 77 acci- .. . .
dents in the first six months of 1964. | a,ttend *h‘s "I*" house and insPect!
Eight deaths, 42 persons injured lt(n“'»f handwork made during the
and a total damage to property of j workshop, which will be on display
$45,215 were the results of these
accidents.
During the month of June, Free-
stone County reported 14 accidents
resulting in two deatHs, two persons
injured and $9,030 in property dam-
age. i
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Miss Myrtle Hair
Guest Speaker
At FHA Meeting
MISS BARBARA FRYER
Eagle Footballers To
Report On August 17
I
“Keep dry, warm feet and a cool
1 head," Miss Myrtle Hair, Fairfield
school teacher for many years, ad-
vised the Fairfield Chapter of Future
Homemakers of America. Miss Hair
was guest speaker at the monthly
meeting of the club held last Thurs-
day at 2 p m. in the homemaking
building.
Miss Hair, introduced by Barbara
Reed, chapter 1st vice-president, dis-
cussed "Time Management.” She
stated that, regardless of how busy
a girl's time schedule, she should
) always maintain three things: her
I health, composure and sense of
humor.
children
Mrs. Emmons and Mrs. W. C.
Glenda Cherry, Patsy Fryer and Bar-
bara Reed
Present at the meeting were seven-
Newton and daughter. Renee, of Elk- teen. members, one visitor and the
hart, were in El Paso at the time of advisor, Mrs. Alliene Allen. Re-
his death.
Phil Silvers To Star Next
Dallas Summer Musicals
Make piano to moot your frionds
at Freestone County Fair August
27-28-2*.
Received a post card tor my col-
lection from Rena Day who was
visiting Alice Kate Davits. and
Mrs. Lou Mayor and her cousin,
Louisa Shaw (format-! y Louisa
Harrison of Fairfield) In Hally-
wood and San Francisco. She told
of seeing Jackie Ceegan and athar
celebrities and vMHng popular
plgfll Iglufir,
An uproarious, rollicking burles-
que—fast, bouncy, broadly comic—
the fifth musical of the Dallas Sum-
mer Musicals season, “Top Banana "
opens at the Music Hall on Monday,
Aug. 3, with television's “Top Ban-
ana" in the principal role—none oth-
er than Phil Silvers, in person.
A spoof based on the career of
Milton Berle, “Top Banana” was
written by Hy Kraft and Johnny
Mercer. It played a full 356 perform-
ances on Broadway, after which
funnyman Silvers and others of the
New York cast took it on tour with
equally great success. It was later
made into a movie.
Phil Silvers made his stage debut
at the age of 13 in New York’s Pal-
ga nhis own show in 1955. Originally^,
called “You’ll never Get Rich,” it
has included the well-known Sgt.
Bilko and Harry Grafton series. He
won 3 Emmy Awards in the same
year—as best comedian, best actor
in a continuing series and best com-
edy series—plus 3 additional Emmys
in later years, and TV’s ’Entertain-
er of the Year” in 1957.
On the stage he also won honors:
The Donaldson Award for excellence
and the Antoinette Perry Award. Re-
cently he returned to Hollywood to
co-star with Tony Curtis in “Forty
Pounds of Trouble" and in “It’s A
Mad, Mad. Mad, Mad, Mad World.”
'Top Banana” will be directed by
Lou Wills Jr., a member of the orig-
freshments were served by the jun-
ior class with Beverly Robeson as
chairman of the refreshments com-
mittee.
Miss Margaret Fitzgerald of Pal-
estine will speak to the chapter
August 14. Her topic will be “Life in
South America.” All members are
urged to attend this meeting. It will
be at 2 p.m. in the homemaking
building.
Jerry Brim, head football coach,
and assistant coach, Alfred Barbre,
have been working hard to get every-
thing ready and to stage a “warm"
reception for August 17 when foot-
ball workouts begin in Fairfield.
Each returning squadman has re-
ceived a tetter about-doing some
early training, according to Coach
Brim, but all boys interested in play-
ing should do some running to accli-
matize himself to the heat. A “B”
team will be organized for the
younger boys who are interested.
Equipment will be issued at 2:30
p.m. in the gym Monday. Physicals
will begin at 4:00 p.m. followed by
a skull session at 5:15 p.m Actual
workouts start at 6 00 p.m.
On Tuesday, August 18, parents
are invited to attend the scheduled
workout at 6 p.m. and then remain
for a reception at 7:30 p.m. The pro-
Bake Sale Tuesday
The WMS of the Assembly of God
church will sponsor a bake sale on
the courthouse lawn Thursday,
Aug. 6.
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CORRECTION
Last week’s issue of the Recorder
failed to list Raymond Gilmore of
Dallas as a pallbearer in the funeral
of Joe Fryer held July 16. A correc-
tion is also made regarding the age
of Mr. Fryer, printed as 43. Mr.
Fryer was 42 at the time of his
death Wednesday, July 15.
gram will begin as C. M. Wood,
superintendent, introduces Alfred
Barbre, the new assistant coach.
Coach Brim will then make a short
talk on “Football at Fairfield High
School."
Refreshments will be provided
and 1963- Baylor Football Highlights
will lie shown. The film includes
Baylor's 7-0 loss to National Champ-
ions Texas. Coach Brim urges all
parents to attend the workout and
reception.
Fairfield football schedule for the
coming season is as follows:
Sept. 4 — Westwood—here.
Sept. 11—Centerville—there
Sept. 18—Teague—here.
Sept. 25—Wortham—here.
Oct. 2—Malakoff—there.
Oct. 9—Open.
Oct. 16—Buffalo—there.
Oct. 23—Rosebud—here.
Oct. 30—Bremond—there.
Nov. 6—Groesbeck—there.
Nov. 13—Franklin—here.
material, furnish extra help and off-
er ideas, but it urges those who have
floats to be as original and indepen-
dent as possible.
Other highlights of the fair include
the Queen’s Coronation on Thursday
night in the rodeo arena. Mrs. Wil-
ma Martin, chairman of the corona-
| tion committee, stresses that all or-
j ganizations should choose a queen
i candidate and turn in her name be-
I fore the deadline of Aug. 10.
The names of eight candidates have
I been submitted to Mrs. Martin so
! far. The candidates and organiza-
tions which they represent are as
follows: Betty English. Lions Club:
Julie Ann Childs, History Club:
Jackie York, Chamber of Commerce:
Linda Coates, FHA; Beverly Robe-
son. P-TA; Jenny Watson. Garden
Club; Barbara Fryer, Fairfield
Young Homemakers; Mona Far-
quhar. Wortham Study Club.
On Friday and Saturday nights,
the annual rodeo will tie held in
the arena. Joe Richards is chairman
of the rodeo committee
Other fair committees and chair-
men include 4H Club-Livestock. J.
H. Pritchard; Style Show, Mrs. Ai-
liene Allen; Concessions, Willie Frank
Tate. These people may he contact-
ed for additional information.
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Former Local
Woman Dies
A! Big Spring
Mrs. Belle McAdams of Big Spring
died Sunday, July 19, after an ex-
tended illness. Funeral services were
held in Big Spring July 20 at 3:00
p.m. with burial immediately fol-
lowing.
Mrs. McAdams, the former Belle
Await, was born at Stewards Mill
and lived there until about 15 years
ago when she moved to Big Spring
| to be near her children.
She is survived by two sons. Gar-
ner and Thomas McAdams, and one
daughter, Mrs. Wiley Barnes, all of
Big Spring: two sisters, Mrs Samp-
son Lamb of Wortham, and Mrs.
Laura McLeod of Brownwood.
Friday Is The Deadlhe
For CCC To Take Title
USDA announced that CCC will
take title at close of business July
31, 1964, to all 1963-crop loan cotton
• upland and extra long staple) on
m
5
ace Theatre. A veteran of Minsky’s! inal Broadway cast. Also from the
four-a-day burlesque, be made some
two-score films, including “Hit Pa-
rade,” "Cover Girl” and “Tom, Dick
original cast will be Herbie Haye,
Joey Faye and Walter Dare Wahl.
Completing the Dallas cast will be
and Harry.” After a long run on Sherry O’Nell, Maureen Bailey. Fred
Broadway in "Hugh Button Shoes” Kimbrough. Emmett Oldfield, Arth-
he created the top role In “Top Ba- ur Keegan, Gina Carr, William Le
nana,"—a vigorous distillation of Massena and Ray Anderson
burlesque as be himself had lived | Tickets for “Top Banana” are on
sale at the State Fair box office,
1924 Elm Street Dallas, and at eight
other suburban box offices.
His highest honors have come in
the field of television, where he be-
Bespectacled funny-man, Phil Silvers, in person, will repeat his Broadway hit, "Top
Banana," as the fifth musical of the Dallas Summer Musicals season. Aug. 3 through 16
at the State Fair Music Hall, Dallas. With him will be the comedian-brothers, Herbie
and Joey Faye, Sherry O'Neil and Maureen Bailey.
which loans have not been repaid
before that time, except for cotton
on which CCC demands payment on
earlier date and cotton with respect
to which there is a basis for a claim
against the borrower.
As provided in loan agreements.
CCC will not pay for any market
value which such cotton may have in
excess of amount of loan plus char-
ges and interest. Notice that this
1963-crop loan cotton will be acquired
by CCC being given now so borrow-
ers will have sufficient time to re-
deem their cotton and mills and mer-
chants will be able to obtain any
additional cotton they may need from
loan before that date.
Any such cotton represented by
warehouse receipts sent to local
banks at request of producers and
purchasers of their equities must be
redeemed by payment at local banks
by close of business July 31. Any
repayments by mail must tie re-
ceived by CCC or by local bank
before close of business July 31.
Through July 3. 1964 total of
8,087.657 bales 1963-crop cotton was
reported pledged for loans. As of
same date. 1,878,048 hales had been
redeemed, which left loans outstand-
ing on 6.208.709 bales.
Come To The Freestone County Fair August 27-28-29
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