The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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'HERS — Willett, F. Ayers, Mary Belle Owens, Charlene Lambert
BUly Willbanks
Mary J. Clark
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nan with in-
hg which ar*
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[Eddy.
by ideas,
Lto, but to thOjj
Ito was debtor.
and second grade
KM' making Hallowe’en
in ovr art classes. We
E|fe an old witch, on her
bats, owls, black cats, ghosts
Efc-o-lanterns, large and small,
jg looking pretty spooky
room.
hope everyone will come to
Bplllowe’en carnival . Friday
“Sjy* are going to have a parade
iting to see a lot of spooks,
will be given to the one
ig best costume,
room mothers, Mrs. Walter
and Mrs. Minyard White,
our room this afternoon.
^H.are working on our program
ETyriday. The first grade will give
two little playlets, “Ten Little* Jack-
■Lm terns,” and “October.” The
Hp. grade will give “Peter’s
and “The Spooks Sur-
Both groups will sing a Hal-
,j’«n song.
[immy Carl Haskins end Macky
were absent today. We hope
will be here tomorrow.
Hp room monitors for this week
Jp June Fore and Glinda Ann
jjhrens.
Jamie McCeig, Bonnie White and
Davis Johnson were visitors in our
Hv last week.
Kelda Lane brought 25c for the
W$t Fund last week after we had
,#Bt the other names in. That made
total of |6.40 for our room.
(Elbe first grade have learned to
BbJ well enough to get a book. Wa
Jpa all very happy to have a book
^K-sre working hard.
The second grade has finished
R|r tests and we are ah proud of
good grades.
ilyn White’s name was left
contribution list of the War
Fund last week.
We are glad to have Walter Bos-
U a new pupil in the second
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AND FOURTH
Our room has begun to look like
■ expect the spooks and goblins to
Ht US any day now. We have made
kinds of decorations, some free
land drawings and some from cut
'let patterns. We plan to use them
'p decorate our booth at the carni-
val Friday night.
Marjorie Dell Lane brought in the
.Jilt contribution to the War Chest
Drive. That made our room total
18.50. We hope our money can oe
Im to help children who are not as
Hrtunate as we are.
Our monitors for this week are
Wilburn Fred Long, Harrel McCeig,
ilybil White and Shirley Lancaster,
fkey report that the fourth grade
JM* are ahead of the third
fee in our health contest.
Our best answer of the week
tomes from Billy Donald White. He
•syi * good health rule is, "When
you are going to the store take your
;|aby brother with you.” He is no
’*»bt
tion.
unmie Ray and Jessie Bosley
to school this week. That
_l*» twenty-three in our room,
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PIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE
referring to candy consump-
mjp Wynyard Carter. Sybil Clark
I ! After a
■Meting
week of taking tests and
papers the 5th and 6th
Its are settling back down to re-
fer work this week. We feel as if
HI know all about taking tests now.
We are planning and looking for-
ward to our Hallowe’en Carnival
Friday night. We have been told
that our room will get all the money
we make, so that-makes us even
more interested. Each person is sup-
posed to bring one half cup of su-
gar to be used for punch and coffee.
Some are going to bring cakes.
Donald Hartley and Paul Lancas-
ter are in charge of keeping our
room clean this week. They take
our names if they find any paper or
books on our desk.
Mrs. Wilson and our room mothers
have promised us a surprise for Fri-
day afternooh.
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SEVENTH AND EIGHTH
By Bob Clary
Those from our room who contri-
buted to the War Chest Fund we-e:
Opaline Long ...................................25
Oliver Swinburn ..... .25
Charles Sneed Black ............ 75
Laura Pearl White ................... 25
Bob Ward Clary .................. .25
Clara Beth McAdams ............... .25
F. W. Tubb ........ 25
Bonita Hartley ........ 25
Betty Anne Gehrels .........................25
Dwain Lane ........................ 25
Dale McCeig _______________ 25
We are happy our first six weeks
tests are over. Some of our grades
were very good while others were
not.
We are enjoying our workbooks in
English and also in history.
The Hallowe’en Carnival for Fri-
day night is the big event for this
week. Our room is planning a contest
for the prettiest girl and the ugliest
boy. Cakes will be given for prizes.
We also plan to sell peanuts, pop-
corn, home-made, candy and pie. Our
room mothers, Mrs. Ben Clary and
Mrs. Dalton Hartley, are going to
help us.
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NINTH AND TENTH
Felix Ayers
The ninth and tenth grades took
their six weeks tests last week.
Everyone made good grades on most
of the tests.
We are getting ready for some
real fun Friday night at the Hallo-
we’en Carnival. We hope it is a suc-
cess.
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P. T. A. MEETS
The Dew P. T. A. met October 10.
1944, for a social meeting with 13
members and one visitor present.
The program opened with the group
singing “America.” Mrs. Bess ClarK
gave a discussion, “The American
School.” “The American P. T. A.” by
Mrs. J. C. Lambert; song by LaUra
Pearl White and Madylyn Allen;
“The Essentials of a Good School
and Good Community” by Mrs. J.
Coy Williams; “How to Kill an Or-
ganization” by Miss Mattie Ander-
son; a song by Mrs. Charley Rogers;
“A Parent’s Prayer” by Mrs. Daisy
Gehrels. Mrs. Lambert called for
business concerning the organiza-
tion. We decided to have our Hallo-
we’en Carnival on Friday night. Oc-
tober 25, also to buy some modeling
clay for Miss Mattie’s pupils. The
meeting was then adjourned.
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Approximately 00 per cent of the
persons enrolled in educational in-
stitutions in the United States at-
tend public educational institutions.
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THE FAIRFIELD RECORDER, FAIRFIELD, TEXAS, OCTOBER 28, 1944
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JAMES E. TAYLOR
CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATOR 6TH DISTRICT ;;
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Special Election, Tuesday. November 7th
James E. Taylor is a native Texan and a graduate of Baylor
ji, University.
m In 1938 Mr. Taylor was elected to the House of Representatives.
■ In 1940 he was re-elected for a second term. His leadership in the
, Bouse was evidenced by the fact that he was chairman of the sub-
committee wtych drafted the natural resource bill of 1941, and he
vice-chairman of the House committee on Revenue and laxa-
* «on. The natural resource bill yielded sufficient funds to finance old
r,, *•* pensions, teacher retirement stipends, aid to the blind, and
a*si*tance to dependent children.
Jame* E. Taylor enlisted as a private in the National Guard,
a—-fens, Texas hi 1938. He went overseas as a Captain in the famous
*®th (Texas Division); he has received two promotions. He has been
the firing line in all major engagements of this Division, in-
ding Salerno, Anzio Beach-head, Cassino, Central Italy, and the
Dan frontier as a Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander.
If elected, Lieutenant Colonel James E. Taylor can serve us.
(Political Advertiaament Paid for by Friends)
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War Chest Funds
Raised at Dew
Following la a list of contributors
tp the War Chest Fund from Dews
Lambert Estate Gin___ 860.00
School children__r___________ '26.75
Mr. and Mrs. M.. C. Lancaster 25.00
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Willett_____15.00,
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Clark ______ 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson___ 10.00
Anonymous ................................ lft.OO
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Black _______ 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Moore 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lancaster 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Daniel ___ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Black ...... 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lambert___ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Smith ........ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith ________ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Smith_____ 5.00
W. F. Swinburn ...... 5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
3.C3
3.00
Mr. and Mrs. Walton White ____
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Black ______
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Atchley _J
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. English___
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith _____
Mrs. N. E. Simmons ............
Mrs. Mattie Maddox .............
F. W. Woodall
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lane_____ 4.50
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Atchley 4.00
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hughes, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Atchley ......
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Ham ...... 2.50
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrison 2.50
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clary ........ 2.50
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrison___ 2.60
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Dunlap .... 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wright _____ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Winston ____ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White ____ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. English _____ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pollard _____ 2.00
Mr. nad Mrs. Minyard White _ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Lancaster 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lampier__2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph White 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Ayers ____ 2.00
Mrs. Etta Nash ........................ 2.00
C. P. Kilgore ........................ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCeig .... 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Hartley 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. White, Jr. 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Atchley 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. R- W. Martin__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rogers .. 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Willett _ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Carter__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Burley Brooks__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moore, Jr.__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith ........ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Rawls____ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gehrels____ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. Armstrong__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Clary _______ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pruitt__1.00
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Larkin __... 1.00
T. L. Yerby ................ 1.00
Alton Willbanks . 1.00
Mrs. F. B. Willbanks ____________ 1.00
Mrs. Kate Lancaster ................ 1.00
Audrey English ....... 1.00
M. M.. Dittess 1.00
Millard Hartley ..............- 1.00
Mrs. Ida Clary .... 1.00
Mrs. Kate Henderson .......... 1.00
W. D. McKinney ......... 1.00
Bryan Harrison ........................ 1.00
Mrs. Talmage Pickens ----------- .50
Billie Woods ________________
John Windsor ........................
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Vernon Levels V
Mary Jefferson _
Eva Johnson .. .,
George Brown _____
Bennie High ___ .60
Lummie Jones ______ .. - 1.00
Henry Gibson ^___ 1.90
Archie Polk :_________■ m 1.00
Ramos Beck________1.90
John Brown ...._____1.00
Vick Huckaby __________ 1.00
Barney Jones _..L..................1 1.00
William Hays 1.G0
Harrison Adkins ________________ 1.00
Lee Beck ____...... ..... _____________ 1.00
Total ,..._____________ $68.75
Quota for Dew and Avant _ 8400.00
Total raised ................... 8400.59
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SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
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Our aim is to Rive the public the very best service
possible, and we solicit on this basis you#—
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J. J. BARBER, Owner
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Total ............................ $336.75
Dew and Avant Colored:
F. W. Mcllveen ........................ $ 2.09
A. B. J. Mcllveen .........—....._ 2.00
J. M. Woodson ______________________ 2.00
Harvey Ward .......... - 1.00
Easter Ervin .......... LOO
Minnie McDonald ...... — 100
Lola Daniel --------- L00
Hortense Levels --------- -....... LOO
Eldridge McDonald ........— L00
Lola Daniels .....................-.......... LOO
Era Levels L00
Robert Banks . L00
Alfred Tatum ..... L00
Homer Brown ------------------- 75
Mary Tatum ........ —- L00
Lupearl Peterson ------ 100
Cortez Gillespie ........................ 1.00
Wilmer Porter .................-.....- L00
Ernest Nemmons _.-------- 100
Willie D. Tatum ..................... L00
Maude Grayson -------------------- L00
D. D. Daniels .... —..... LOO
Mazrine Tatum —.......... 100
G. L. Daniel .......... 100
John Henderson ------------.......- 1.00
Anne Tatum -------------- LOO
Emogene Tatum -------—......... LOO
Robert Stewart ------ L00
E. M. Griggs ......-.................. 100
Israel Grayson ...................50
Ella Huckaby .............................50
L. Huckaby .................... 100
%Cora Collins ................-.......... L00
E. Felix ------------- I-00
C. McDonald ............. - L00
Henry Brown ...................... L00
Johnny Collins ..................- L00
Ella Banks ----------L00
Carrie Tatum .......... 1-00
Andrew Washington —j.------- LOO
Dixie Fantroy ....................— 100
Enoch Channel —--------------- -60
Arthur Johnson ..... — 1.00
Clarence High ------------------- 1-60
Annie E. J. Tatum ----100
Charlie Gibson ----------- 1.00
Essie Brown ---------- .60
Lonnie McDonald--- 1-00
L. C. Scott--100
Dr. W. R. McLeod
VETERINARY SURGEON
Office at Residence
Phone 23F21
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and let us take your order
today.
CLEANING AND
PRESSING
Phone 118
SERVICE CLEANERS
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FAIRFIELD
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Freestone County Treasurer’s Quarterly Report
BOND AND WARRANT INDEBTEDNESS OF FREESTONE COUNTY,
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From June 30th, to September 30th, 1944,
TEXAS
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BONDS
Road and Bridge Funding —
County Wide Series “L” —
Freestone County Refunding
R. D. No. 1 _____________________
R. D. No. 3 .......................
R. I). No. 6 ________________________
R. D. No. 9 __________________
R. D. No. 11 ............................
Date
Issued
5-10-29
___2-1-24
_ 8-10-37
.2-11-18
11-15-16
____3-1-18
1-10-18
4-10-20
Original
Amount
$ 53,931.59
632.000. 00
50.000. 00
150.000. 00
20.000. 00
75.000. 00
30.000. 00
30.000. 00
Outstanding
28,000.00
511,000.00
27,000,00
. 20,000.00
m
> * 1
6,500.00
8,000.00
4.000. 00
6.000. 00
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' Total Bonds .................
All the above Road District Bonds have been assumed by the County and
rate services all issues. _____, •* "
WARRANTS— v
General Funding:
1928 Series Warrants ____________________—.............................-----------------
1931 Series Warrants -------- ------------------ —
Road and Bridge Machinery Warrants—Precinct No. 2 ........
Road and Bridge Machinery Warrants—Precinct No. 4
Total Warrants ------------
Total Bonds ________________
____________8610,500.00
County-wide Tax
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44,000.00
37,000.00
.... 2,300.00
1,000.00
84,300.00
610,500.00
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Total Bonds and Warrants
Sinking Fund Cash............................. 18,570.73
Sinking Fund Securities —....................... 7,400.00
Total County Net Debt
PRECINCT INDEBTEDNESS—
Precinct No. 2 Refunding .........................
Road and Bridge No. 3, Script Warrants
Road and Bridge No. 4 Script Warrants
Road and Bridge No. 4 Main. Warrants
. 8694,800.08
26,976.73
8668,829.27
6,000.00
6,000.00
7,545.34
20,000.00
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FUND
Jury ..................
General
General Funding No.
Per. Imp.
R. & B. General ......
Rd. & Bridge No. 1
Rd. & Bridge No. 2
Rd. & Bridge No. 3
Rd. & Bridge No. 4 ..
R. D. No. 1 __________
R. D. No. 2 _____________
R. D. No. 3 ............
R. D. No. 4 .............
R. D. No. 5 _______________
R. D. No. 6 .................
R. D. No. 7 _____________
R. D. No. 8 .............
R. D. No. 9 ----------
R. D. No. 11 _________
Rd. Sinking Fund
Salary Fund ---------
TOTALS
Balance
6-30-44
6,451.33
.23,802.95
Total Precinct Warrants_______;
Receipts Available Paid Out
839,545.84
178.25
1,763.55
$ 6,629.58
25,566.50
643.70
5,031.26
Balance
9-30-44
8 5,985.88
20,535.24
6,509.36
124.76
6,634.12
34.93
6,599.19
....... 4,873.67
142.58
5,016.2.5
950.85
4.065.40
...... 2.193.110D
207.37
1.925.740D
305.86
2.231.60OD
_______ 5,019.82
905.76
5,925.58
3,621.49
2,304.09
_____ 566.23
896.61
1,462.84
1,260.28
202.66
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....... 1,633.1 ton
720.21
912.90OD
4,409.74
6.322.640D
5,923.980D
1,412.86
4.511.120D
1,831.79
6.342.910D
1,391.87
144.41
1,536.28
1,468.87
67.41
3.90
22.61
26.51
26.51
.8.79
m
8.03
.76
8.79
2,252.49
10.97
2,263.46
646.15
1,617.81
41
____ 12.30
.43
12.73
12.73
13.67
17.86
31.63
1.11
30.42
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5.00
3.72
8.72
8.72
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51.04
.37
61.41
51.41
m
__ .21
41.20
41.41
41.41
.20
19,968.58
2.73
213.89
2.93
20,182.47
8,210.93
2.93
11,971.64
4,778.50-
3,645.55
8,424.05
6,878.16
1,546.89
$65,958.95 $10,516.45
$76,475.40 $35,295.12
$41,180.28
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This report does not include September 1944 collections.
We hereby certify that this report is true and correct.
COMPTON WHITE
County Avditor
Approved this the 9th day of October, 1944: ”*7Y''' IT*
HENRY McCORMICK
County Treasurer
A. H. BENBROOK,
County Judge;
ESTON TURNER,
Com. Prect. Ne. 1}
T. E. MARTIN,
Com. Prect. No. 8;
E. H. EZELL,
Com. Prect. No. I;
R. G. BOUNDS,
Com. Preet No. 4.
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