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The Fairfield Recorder
_ ESTABLISHED 1876—THE COUNTY PAPER—PUBLISHED WHERE THE GREAT HIGHWAYS OF TEXAS CROSS
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1965
NUMBER 40
By VAUDIENE K. BOYD
The Texas Press Messenger, mon-
thly publication of the Texas Press
Association, devoted almost an en-
tire page to an article on this col-
umn, my card collection, the editor
and other members of the Kirgan
family, publishers of The Recorder
since 1901, in its June issue. We are
grateful to Vern Sanford, TPA mana-
ger, and his staff for their thought-
fulness and the generous space giv-
en. Noted too on the front • covert
page, pictures of the new Press Club
of Dallas. The TPA annual conven-
tion will be held in the Baker Hotel
in Dallas June 17-19.
* * *
Visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
White Jr. in Dew Friday afternoon
and with Elbert Daniel who was
in their store at the time. They
told me some interesting things
about two early-day communities
in Freestone county. They were
David's Mill and Mills located
about three miles apart some-
where along the old road between
Teague and Luna. Mr. White said
his great-grandfather, Wm. David,
bought the machinery in Galveston
for the sawmill and hauled it to
the site that became known as
David's Mill. There was also a cot-
ton gin and general merchandise
stores — supply centers — in both
communities. They said some of
the heavy machinery remained
there until just before World War
II when the big hunt for scrap me-
tal was on and it was sold to some-
one and removed.
Mr. White also had a framed copy
of some information on the Masonic
lodge. It read: “David’s Mill Lodge
No. 318 — Petition for dispensation
of charter empowering them to meet
at David’s Mill on the second Satur-
day of every month and recommend-
ing Bro. W. G. Mclnnis to be their
first Master; Bro. W. G. Blain, their
first senior warden and Bro. L. J.
Hale, the first junior warden, was
dated March 25, 1869, and signed by
the following: W. G. Mclnnis, the
Rev. B W. Acuff, L. J. Hale, R. P.
Varnell, Jacob Miller, all of Gray-
son Lodge No. 265; W. G. Blain, Wm.
David, E. Hobbs, the Rev. Gibson W.
Murray, J. A. Womack, all of Fair-
field Lodge No. 103; G. W. Ingram,
Military Lodge; G. H. Black, But-
ler Lodge No. 140; L. T. Eppes,
Jackson Lodge No. 45, La. Certificate
showing dispensation granted was
dated June 17, 1869.
Other names appearing in the rec-
ords, a number of them visitors from
nearby lodges were: G. K. Anderson,
A. R. Anderson, James I. Anderson,
James Betts, Harris Bishop, Aaron
Black, Wm. Blakeley, A. B. Corley,
W. T. Carley, W. A. Clark, W. A
Cobb, Thomas Cockran, Wilburn Cur-
ry, J. C. Davis, N. F. Davis, F. M.
Deloach, L. F. Deyer, A. C. Elkins,
J. J. Foreman, W. Z. Foreman, Wm.
Holoway, J. W. Humphries, L. A.
Gilliland, John Haley, F. D. Hall-
mark, J. M. Hallmark, W. H. Hall-
mark, G. W. Jefferson, F. J. Kil-
bom, J. B. Kilbom, Iverson W. Lane,
J. W. Lane, E. A. Mason, C. May,
P. R. McSwane. J. B. Philpott, John
B. Reynolds, M. R. D. Richards, T.
M. Richards, W. L. Rigsby, Issac
Roberts, F. M. Settle, J. B. Shirley,
J. T. Smith, Marshall Smith, R. L.
Smith, James Stean, E. N Sylves-
ter, J. B. Tacker, Peter Taylor, W. I
H. Terry, L. W. Traweek, G. W. Tur-
ner, Albert M. Walker, G. W. Walk-
er, E. Weaver, A. A. Wilkins, J. G.
Winston, C. J. Wright, Butler W'ebb,
J. W. Cannon, W. D. Hale, Jesse
Hobbs and T. C. Harper.
New Fire Truck Ordered;
Still $2,000 Shy Of Goal
BUFFALO POST OFFICE GOING UP—The exterior of the new Post Office Building in Buffalo is al-
most completed as the above photo shows. Much work is yet to be completed on the interior but re-
ports have it that the building will be ready for occupancy probably sometime in August or September.
The new post office is being constructed on the lot behind the bank. —Recorder Photo.
Fairfield Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment secretary Burton Newman an-
nounced this week that the chassis
for the new fire truck has been or-
dered with delivery set for July 1.
According to Mr Newman, deliv-
ery of the chassis will be made to
Central Fire Truck Corporation, Man-
chester, Mo., where the necessary
equipment will be installed. The
pump factory will require 120 work-
ing days for installation of the equip-
ment with tentative delivery date set
for Jan. 1, 1966.
The chassis cost $5,381.00, the
pump, equipment and hose will cost
$12,750.00 and $597.85 was spent for
two masks, air packs and extra
tanks, these purchased from W. A.
Neel Associates, Waco, for a total
cost of $18,728.85. This means that
collections to date are approximately
$2,000 short of the needed funds to
complete the purchase.
received j lUtnee Slone Jr
Additional donations,
since last week, include the follow-1 Mac" Terrv
ing: 1 9
Mrs. Ester
J
50 00 R
Thompson
Louis Chappell 20.00
Lone Star Gas Co. $300.00
Nathen W. Barnes 15.00
Roy Casey 15.00
Una Loyd Glazener 15.00
T, K Childs 13.00
POST OFFICE-FEDERAL BUILDING SHAPING UP—The new Post Office and Federal Building in Fairfield is near completion as
far as its fmal exterior shape is concerned. However, it is far from completed as far as what the final appearance will be. At this
time work is progressing nicely after recent rains caused delays, but everything is on schedule, according to reports. Tentative comple-
tionjdate is in September.___ -Recorder Photo.
Revival Set At
Round Prairie Church
BILLY WILLIAMS
We felt extremely flattered with
the publicity in the Texas Messen-
ger and than came "Denton Do-
ings" published by E. J. Headlee
and wit# Betty, with an appreciat-
ed article on the honors extended
to L. R. Boyd by Ford Motor Com-
pany on his recent 50th anniver-
sary as a Ford dealer in Fairfield
and Teague. The Headlees frequent-
ly "boost our ego" with kind,
friendly remarks in their publica-
tion.
* • •
Happy birthday wishes to C. L.
Williamson. June 26 — Charles Mac
Robinson. James Stephen Talbott,
June 27 — Barbara Reed, Mrs. Tas
'Geneva) Watson Jr . Frank Peyton
Jr., June 28. Wedding anniversary
congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Joe
D. Crossno, June 25 — Mr and Mrs.
Bill Easterling, June 30.
(See AROUND TOWN—Page I)
Billy Williams of Avalon, Texas
will be the evangelist In a revival
effort at the Round Prairie Baptist
Church. June 21 through June 27,
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. each
evening.
Pastor M. R. Fulmer invites all,
who can. to attend the services.
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String band To
Perform On Square
Some of the local merchants are
again sponsoring a musical program
which will be held on Friday night,
June 18, on the square at 8:00 o'clock
The program will feature the string-
band of Junior Solley and the Drift-
ers.
The public, both young and old, are
asked to come out and enjoy the mu-
sic. Admission is free.
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Mt. Zion Memorial
Memorial services for the Mt. Zion
Cemetery will be held this year on
Saturday, June 19.
Services will be at 11:00 a.m. with
a picnic lunch following.
Scout Troop 68
Attends Summer
Camp At Tahuaya
Local Boy Scout Troop No. 68 and
leaders, F. B. Peyton Jr. and Gene
j Stahl, joined other scouts in the Heart
’O Texas Council for their annual
outing at Camp Tahuaya near Belton
last week. There were 155 boys from
nine troops in this camp, one of sev-
eral of the Council to be held this
summer.
Scouts from Fairfield in attendance
were Rodney Chadick, Jim Robert-
son, Lee Kirgan, Robert Levacy,
John Watson, Leon Randolph and Bill
Robertson.
Jim Robertson and Lee Kirgan
earned badges in the mile swim test.
Rodney Chadick earned a merit
badge in cooking; Jim Roberson and
Bill Robertson earned badges in
swimming: John Watson earned a
badge in life-saving.
Mr Peyton said one scout finished
his first class requirements and sev-
eral others finished most of theirs.
He said one-half of each scouts’
camping fee was paid for by the
troop from money made at their ro-
deo concession during the Freestone
County Fair.
Mr. Stahl received a call out for
the Order of the Arrow, Each boy
cooked at least one meal at the
campsite. All boys enjoyed the swim-
ming pool, rifle range, lake and mess
hall.
Hunt Deep Well Test
Now Below 5,000 Feet
Spudding in of the deep well test
southeast of Fairfield took place on
Friday. June 4, and at this time the
well is reported to be below 5.000
feet. The location is on Athel Ivy’s
land near Post Oak.
Hunt Petroleum Corporation of
Dallas is drilling the well which,
when completed, according to the
permit, will be the deepest well ever
drilled in East Texas. The permit
calls for a well 19,000 feet deep that
will be the first to penetrate the salt
strata if all goes according to pre-
sent plans.
Hunt's deep hole will be the No. 1
Athel Ivy unit and is located more
specifically 467 feet from the north
and west lines of William Fain Sur-
vey A-231 and a 220-acre tract. Ac-
cording to reports, the permit filing
carried no formation objective but
the projected depth, if reached,
should take the hole through the Ju-
rassic into the Paleozoic.
The nearest deep hole to the Hunt
site is in the Reed field four miles
west of Fairfield. It was a 14,331-foot
test made by Texaco, Inc., in 1947
(See DEEP WELL—Page 8)
New Schedule
For Mail Service
Now In Effect
Postmaster Wayne C. Donaldson
advises that the Fairfield Post Off-
ice has now started receiving and
dispatching mail through the Pales-
tine, Texas Sectional Center. This
Sectional Center serves 33 satellite
offices. Winkler, Streetman, Kirvin,
Teague, Freestone, Buffalo, Donie,
Oakwood and Fairfield are served
by one star route truck leaving Pal-
estine about 5:15 a.m. and arriving
in Streetman about 7:20 a.m. This
same route leaves Streetman about
4:30 p.m. and arrives in Palestine
about 7:15 p.m.
Fairfield mail arrives about 7:05
a.m. and is worked in the boxes and
on rural routes by 8:30 a.m. This is
the only mail received each day
Only one mail is dispatched each
day. Monday through Friday the mail
leaves at 5 p.m. and should be de-
posited in the office or street collec-
tion box by 4:30 p.m. On Sunday,
Saturday and Holiday the mail leaves
at about 4 p.m. and should be de-
posited by 3:45 p.m.
Postmaster Donaldson states that
all mail that can be mailed early in
each day should be deposited to
avoid the 4:30 p.m. rush. Mail not
deposited by 4:30 p.m, stands a good
chance of missing the only dispatch
of the day resulting in a 24 hour de-
lay of that mail. Other offices and
transportation routes depend on our
star route departing on schedule.
The Fairfield office and all satellite
offices in the Palestine, Texas Sec-
tional Center need your help by
mailing early in order to give you
as good or better mail service than
you had prior to June 12,
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Antioch Church To
Meet In Courthouse
The Antioch Baptist Church will be |
meeting in the Courthouse for the
next few Sundays due to work being
done on the church building.
Services are as follows; Sunday
School, 10:00 a.m.; Preaching, 11:00
a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and BTS, 6:30
p.m.
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Antioch Memorial
Announcement has been made that
memorial services will be held at the
Antioch Baptist Church on Friday,
June 25.
15.00
1500
10 00
10.00
10 00
5 00
500
500
5.00
3.00
10 00
10.00
5.00
J. Barber
J. Crossno
Travis Stripling
Mrs. Tossie McGuyer
Mrs. Grace Fischer
William Mcllveen
W. K. Sides
Millard Morris
Randolph White
Crystal Ice Co. Additional
Horace Owens
If you haven’t made your dona-
tion, you are urged to please do so
as quickly as possible, by sending it
to W. F Tate, City Hall, Fairfield.
Texas.
The list of donors published last
week contained one mistake. The list
given The Recorder to publish should
have read as follows:
T. J Hall Estate $100.00
W W, Steward Jr. $100 00
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First Baptist Church
To Hold Revival
June 21-June 27
JUNIOR HILL
The First Baptist Church of Fair-
field will hold a revival starting Mon-
day, June 21 through June 27. Junior
Hill of Birmingham. Ala,, will be the
evangelist with Don Phelps as sing-
er.
Services will be at 7 o'clock each
morning, except Saturday, and even-
ing services will be at 7:30.
Pastor James Bishop invites all to
attend and states the nursery will be
open for each service.
Funeral Services
Held Thursday
For Mrs. J. W. Hatch
Funeral services were held from
the First Baptist Church in Buna
Thursday of last week for Mrs. J.
W. Hatch, 55, mother of Mrs. Ron-
nie Mitchael of Fairfield. Burial took
place in the Buna cemetery.
Mr. Mitchael is assistant plant su-
perintendent of Texas Telephone and
Telegraph Company. Mrs. Mitchael
is employed in the office of W. W.
Steward Jr. A number of local
friends attended the rites in Buna.
'Bye Bye Birdie’ Next
Dallas Summer Musical
Ward Prairie To
Hold Revival
Revival services will begin at the
Ward Prairie Baptist Church Mon-
day, June 21 and continue through
Sunday, June 27 Services will be at
10:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.
Rev. Duane Turner of Gilmer will
be the evangelist.
Everyone is invited to attend these
services.
From June 21 to July 4 the State
Fair Music Hall in Dallas will swing
with the first Dallas-produced pre-
sentation of “Bye Bye Birdie,” the
is by Charles Strouse and lyrics by
Lee Adams, also represented on
Broadway this past year by “Gold-
en Boy,” starring Sammy Davis.
„ , . . . , . | Raul Julia will play the Elvis Pres-
gay, fast-paced storv of teen -agers . . , . . ,
..Ja ___l. u I le> 1>P« sinSer wh° >s about to van-
and their rock-and-roll idol. With;
Roger Smith as the energetic mana-
ger, and Rose Marie as his domineer-
ing mother, it will also feature
Elaine Dunn in the dancing role of
Rose Grant.
ish into the army, and Jackie Cronin
will be the young Sweet Apple, Ohio
girl picked by his manager to re-
ceive his farewell kiss on nationwide
television. Others n the cast include
t- „ , , William Le Massena. Lucille Benson
Famous for ,ts Gower Champion and Richard Rothbard
choreography, its Telephone Scene ^ Mane a 1963 Emmy
Award nomination for her charac-
of dancing and singing teen-agers
and the hilarious Spanish dance that
breaks up the Shriners’ meeting.
terization of the gag writer on the
.. .. , , _ . Dick Van Dyke show She has also
Bye Bye Birdie first rocked Broad ._____. „ .. ..__.
........... been seen in continuing starring rol-
periormances June 21-July 4 as the second Dallas Summer
Musicals production of the season. Television’s Rose Marie, top
left, and Roger Smith head the cast ejith Elaine Dunn and
newcomer Raul Julia in featured roles.
way in 1960-61. It played 18 months
and won the 1961 Tony Award for the
best musical of that year.
The book for “Bye Bye Birdie’’
was written by Michael Stewart,
whose more recent ‘‘Hello, Dolly!”
has broken world’s records Music
seen in continuing starring
es in “The Bob Cummings Show”
and “My Sister Eileen ” She began
her stage career at the age of three,
and appeared as Baby Rose Marie
with all the top names of the day.
(See BYE BYE BIRDIE—Rage t)
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1965, newspaper, June 17, 1965; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106979/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.