The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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BSTIBUSHED 187$—THE COUNTY PAPER-PUBLISHED WHERE THE GREAT HIGHWAYS OP TEXAS CROSS
SEVENTY-flFTH YEAR
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gg VAUDIENE KIRGAN
vfe have certainly enjoyed all
kinds of weather in the last week
from sunny summertime to winds,
rplHer winds, rain, sleet, snow, ice
snd plenty cold. I don’t mean to
liave the impression that I think it
Wall unusual. We have seen all of
(ktte. plus a sandstorm, in one
Siy, But that is unusual.
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Have you given to the March
d Dimes? Have you given all
yon possibly can? If not, go to
the Womanless Wedding in
ftague Monday night. And make
your plans to attend the musical
to be presented here by local tai-
nt, Feb. 16. Less than 1300
«as made for the MOD by the
p.-T.A. Party, History Club cake
sale, and coffee drinkers last
week. Party, $75; coffee, $80;
History Club, $140. Way short
of Quota.
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Angie Mae Bonner (wife of Ed
«nd mother of Andy and Mike)
should foel real proud of her repu-
tation for baking good cakes. She
reportedly baked a nice big cake
L Friday for the History Club cake
wle on Saturday. ..Ed wanted a
piece of that oake so badly Friday
1 night, after she repeatedly refus-
ed to cut it, he just shelled out two
! dollars snd bought the cake from
1 hie wife. We are wondering if he
[ tot her est any of it. Also, Mar-
I jorie Bass (wife of A. H.) was
disappointed when she went for the
cake, for she had planned to buy it
i for herself. My cakes, for some
j Tenon, just don’t warrant such
| demand.
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If you think it’s cold here
this week, Tta even colder where
' Prt William V. Nash (Bill) is
with the U. S. Air
Wyoming, with 40 be-
ttot tt was still
egh here for some fancy
■lelgh riders Tuesday. Those
I Managed to see in passing were
Sonny Schick, David Denton,
Mack MacFarling, Don Allen—
in the car, Shirley Thornton and
Dixie Nash. Having such fun,
toe.
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J. G. Smith of Dew was in the
loffke to put a^asYfied ad in The
llecorder. When asked in how
Itoany issues he wanted it to appear
Bw »lid, “Just once, plaase, that
I*® b* enough.” Said when he had
Mug to sell he put an ad in the
order and always sold out quick,
i believe this and are glad lots
other people are sold on the
'too.
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W. R. Hall and the Pres-
rtan Church received a letter
_week written Dec. 5, from
ev. and Mrs. W. Frank Mc-
„■ Jr. (formerly pastor
[***) who are missionaries in
yj** 8elgian Congo, Africa. Ex-
|pressed appreciation fot; The
Recorder sent to th4m bv the
1^burcn. ftev. Mc-
I toy s father, mother, ’ and
|*™r *re also missionaries in
I Africa, and t in Ahjjr
letter “all of
P together.
The MgKTTdj* fi^tnany
« who’ll be glad to hear of
Clyde M. Sbeed
Completes$\&M
Short Coui
and sewage
short school
rday at Texas
oe H. Sorrels,J
gineering De.
A successful wa
treatment k bora to!
was completed Sa1
A. & M. College,
professor, Civil
partment, A. & M^ was in chargg
of the school. 4
Attending the sport school werp
Frank P. Boone, plant chief, Jack^]
boro; Herbert J.f Bryden, filter
plant operator, Hobstown; Loy L.
Conner, assistant superintendent
water and sewage, Woodville;
Claude C. Humphries,, superinten-
dent water and sewage, Jacksboro;
J. L. Lamb, secretary-treasurer,
water-sewer maintenance, Deer
Park; Matt R. Lewis, sanitary in-
spector, Sheppard Air Force Base,
Wichita Falls; Marvin A. Nelson,
superintendent water and sewage,
Eagle Pass; Octavio R. Ramirez,
water plant operator, Edinburg;
Ben F. Rikard, superintendent pub-
lic utilities, Hearne; T. T. Shaw,
laboratory technician, Pasadena;
Clyde M. Speed, superintendent
water and sewage, Fairfield; C.
W. Stephenson, assistant superin-
tendent and laboratory technician,
water and sewage, Temple; Uhlan
R. Williams, chief se-wage plant
operator, Bryan.
Three men from Venezuela, with
the Industrial Extension Service,
A. & M., also attended. They yvere
C. Arismendi, A. Lampart and B.
Torres. They were sent here by
the Venezuelan government for a
period of training in laboratory
and field work in water and sew-
age treatment. y
Feb. 5 Date Set /
For Womanless
Wedding In Teague
The Womanless yfedding play-
let sthedulod for /Monday night,
Dan. 29, in Teague', and postponed
beca se of inclement weather will
be presented Monday night, Feb.
5, weather permitting.
The comedy will He presented in
the City Hall Auditorium at 7:30.
Admission price is 50 cents. En-
tire proceeds go to the March of
Dimes.
The cast for the hilarious show
is made up entirely of the local
men. You’ll not want to miss it.
Enjoy an evening’s entertainment
as you give to the March of
Dimes.
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Rites Held Monday
In Wortham For
Jess Dawson
Funeral services were held in
Wortham Monday afternoon for
/ess.. Dawson, who died at McClos-
1ijl;^Mspi^al in Temple Saturday.
HujBlY took place at Woodland
celnetery, Kirven. ,
Mr. I'awsoh formerly
Twenty-Three
Draftees To Be
Inducted Feb. b
The local Selective Service Board
reports receiving orders for 16
draftees for induction March 16.
On the same day, 32 men will re-
port to take pre-induction physi-
cals.
Mrs. Fern Simpson, clerk, names
the following, .who will leave Feb.
6, for induetiop: Jim F. Ketchley,
John S. Burke, of Marquez; L< u-r
D. Sawyers, of Wortham; J. E.
Evans, Melvin Roe Waldrip
Donie; Wiley Byron Knight, of I
Centt l'villc; Travis Jackson Oden,
Frank Oliver Gilbert, of Leona;-]
Irvin Oneal Fatton,- of Teague;
Lewis Ernest Collins, of Buffalo;
Clarence Robert McKnight, of
Edward Mercer
Speaker At Rotary
Club Wednesday
Edward Mercer, superintendent
of Fairfield schools and member
of the Rotary Club, was speaker
at Wednesday’s luncheon of the
club.
Mr. Mercer used 4s his subject,
“Fairfield, As I First Saw It, As
It Is Now, and In the Future.”
“When I first saw Fairfield four
years ago the town didn’t look
very progressive, dirt streets and
of I little signs that it woul^ ever be
a growing community. Today the
town is paved, street signs are
at each intersection, the town has
been lighted, natural gas installed,
and work is now begun to im-
prove the telephone system,” Mr.
flynn; Alvin Thomas Winkler of j Mercer said. He told of the enlarg-
ing of the school system, the ad-
dition of a gym., and auditorium
combined at the high school, and
the work now in progress on the
new grammar school and the gym
(See ROTARY, Fage 8)
Fairfield; and William E. Wilson,
of Normangee.
Colored: Herbert Hoover Carroll,
Octaba L. Clover, of Buffalo; Cain
Allen, Jr., Naymond Glover, Ray-
mond Glover, of Oakwood; Ozell
Summuel, of Wortham; Elton Har-
rell, of Normangee; Norman S.
Thomas, of Teague; Zeb Scott, of
Centerville; and Lynn Anthony, of
Jewett.
Fifty-two draftees will report
Feb. 14 for pre-induction examina-
tions.
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Boy Scouts
Of America, A
Community Asset
February, a month of notable
birthdays, sees the celebration of a
“birthday” in which all Americans
can properly join. Boy Scout
Week, Feb. 6 'to 12, reminds us
that one of America’s largest youth
organizations, has reached another
milestone.
The Boy Scouts of America has
reached its 41st anniversary. Since
Feb. 8, 1910, more than 17,750,000
American boys and men have been
influenced by the Scout Oath and
Law. They have behefitted ’ by
using their leisure-time energies
in outdoor living and activities of
cultural and practical values which
lead boys to become dependable
men.
The Scouts, observing their 41st
Anniversary during Boy Scout.
Week, are launching a nation-
wide “good turn” to meet an
emergency need for clothing in
several countries around the globe.
A. P. Rowland, president of the
Heart O’ Texas Council, announces
all twelve districts of the council
are making plans to carry out the
clothing collection in the various
communities here in Central Tex-
as. Chairman of the Freestone
district
Teague.
is W. II. Buttrill, of
Rites Friday For
Bobby Missildine
Funeral services wore held
Plans Made For
Annual MPCA
e
Meet In Mexia
Lloyd Webb, manager of the lo-
cal office for the Mexia Production
Credit Association, reports he at-
tended a meeting in Mexia Wed-
nesday of last week, where plans
were made for the annual meeting
of stockholders in the Association
and their wives.
February 10 is the date set for
the annual event which will be held
in the high school auditorium in
Mexia.
Basketball Tourney Here
Friday-Saturflay, Feb. 2-3
Play
North Zone District'wi
DR. STIJART A. MacCORKLE
(left), head of the University
of Texas Institute of Public Af-
fairs, is congratulated by Gov-
ernor Allan Shivers on his selec-
tion as executive director of the
Texas Economy Commission.
University regents havp granted
Dr. MaeCorkle a leave of ab-
sence to direct the commission’s
government and present a re-
research into the Texas state
form program of efficiency and
economy.
Singing At Teague
Monday Night
„ SjsgWS.fronJ Freestone County
and surrounding territory will
gather at Ham’s Chapel in Teague
Monday night, February 5, for an
evening of good singing.
The Wallace Tanner Quartet of
Tyler, Athens and Corsicana Quar-
tets and singers from Fairfield,
Buffalo, Centerville, Mexia, Groes-
beck, Shilo, Wortham, Curry ami
Donie are expected to attend.
Everyone is invited. Song ser-
vice begins at 7:30 p. m. A large
crowd is expected.
Fairfield Eagles
Defeat Wortham
In basbetball games played
Thursday night in Wortham, the
Fairfield Eagles were winners in
both A and B team games. The A
team game score was 33-31. The
B team game score was 28-24. .
The Fairfield Independent team
lost to the Wortham Independents.
Traffic Crash
Sunday Kills One,
Injures Four
An automoGile-piekup collision
in the city limits of Fairfield Sun-
day noon took the life of one and
left four seriously injured. Mrs.
Sara Bell LaFayette, 82, of Dal-
las, died at the Fairfield hospital
about three hours after the crash.
Injured were her son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. 1). J. LaFay-
ette and their son, Donald, 14, all
of Dallas. The fourth victim is
Thelma Washington, riegress and
driver of the pick-up, according to
Sheriff Homer Robertson. They
were brought to the hospital in
ambulances from Capps Funeral
Home and Burleson Funeral Home.
Mrs. LaFayette, her son and
family were enroute to Dallas
from a visit with another son in
Conroe.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday morning in Corsicana for
Mrs. LaFayette, where she for-
Less Than $300
Added To Polio
Fund Last Week
Less than $300 were added to the
polio fund in the first week of the
annual March of Dimes in Fair-
field.
» The party tyeld in the gym Thurs-
day and sponsored by the Parent-
Teachers Association, brought $75.
The eoffee sales, donated Friday by
all local sellers of coffee by the
cup, prought $80; and the cake
sale, sponsored by the History
Club brought $140. These are ap-
proximate figures.
The musical for the March of
Dimes will bo presented at the gym
Friday night, Fei >. 16. This will
be a full evening’s entertainment
by the school band, men’s chorus,
girls choral club, quartets, and oth
er local talent.
The Womanless Wedding sched-
uled for Monday night in Teague,
was postponed because of bad
weather. Monday night, Feb. 5
t The Fairfield Eagles will
hosts to the
I 10-B basket! all tournament here
Friday and Saturday. Associa- ski
tion officials from Groesbeck will
officiate.
I The district teams are Wortham/
ITauie iliii, Fairoaks and Fairi-
field. The teams will draw for
iheir places in play before ttl*.
games Friday night." Two games
will be played Frfday night,K
Saturday morning, one Saturday
afternoon, one Saturday night. The
championship game may be played
Monday night. ’
According to Coach Doyle Tierce
the winner of the first game Fri-
day night, and the winner of the
second game Friday night, will
play at 11 o’clock Saturday morn-
ing. The losers of the first two
games will play at 10 a.m. Satur- ;
day. The winner of the first gam*
and the loser of the second game
Saturday morning will play Sat-
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The winner of games four and
five will play the' sixth game of
the tournament Saturday night. If
the winner of the fifth game should ,
win the Saturday night game, the
seventh and championship game
will be played Monday night, j
If the winner of gamo four wins
game six Saturday night, they will
be champions of the district with-
out a seventh game.
Admission prices for each ses-
sion will be 36 and 20 cents. The
admission price for the champion-
ship game will possibly be slight-
ly higher.
Sale Of Poll
Tax Continued
La-, Tuwday
W. H. McSpadden, ^
County Tax Collector, said Tues-
day that 1900 iiad bought poll tax-
es, and he expected a final total
of approximately 2500, which is
iar short of previous years.
l’ayment on slate, county, school
and road taxes is good.
Mr. McSpadden said that auto-
- .ula
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morly lived. Local arrangements has been set for the presentation,
Slfoys
far I.
lUv! & ' *tl
ff|jSiirvivors include his mother, one.
Ruby, of Waco; two sons,
thir
Weather
to create around,town. With
ption of very few, all pass-
exchange a few friendly
cozy groups found gath-
•round fires and over coffee
one seems to be in a hur-
F* on,y because of slippery
end sidewalks, but no one
to feel the need to rush.
W*t as though the weather
tosson for relaxing and tak-
“togs easy. Exception* to
jjto the cattle owners who find
duties in caring for their
Me almost douMed.
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Sure to attend the hasket-
■ **mea to be played here
weekend. It’* the district
tournament. Two game*
pUy,d Friday night, two
B, -*y m»rnlng. one Satur-
ISight *r°<‘n *nd Saturday
R. D. Steward
Streetman and Fairfield, and was'] afternoon for Bobby Mack Missil- | ^^yjj|*ded DCffrCC
lived in the Lake Chape! Cemetery Friday
l ...... r II il.. M.. A. tt: ,.:l i
employed at a fftcftl .hTfteksmith
shop b(?fore going >4» McClosUy
about 181 months itgqj. He was
of »w6*ia w
/•/Survivors include h
WWkhtiu', Ruby, of w
Odell, dr Kirven and Glen of Buf
falo.
dine, six months
Mrs. Bowie M
old son of Mr. and
-.ildine of Pales- I
tine. The Rev. D. Dewey Morgan
officiated.
Survivors arc li: parents, grand-
parents and other relatives.
Burleson Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Roger David Steward was among
those listed by Texas A. & M. as
receiving baronial rente degrees
Friday, Jan. 26, after having com-
pleted degree requirements at the
end of the fall semester. Steward
were made by Capps Funeral
Home.
Mr. and Mrs LaFayette are each
reported to have sustained a dis-
located hip, painful bruises and
lacerations. Donald suffered a
broken leg. a head inju^nf bruises
and lacerations. Y'
Thelma Washington sustained a
broken leg and facial lacerations.
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PEYTONS TO DAI.LAS
Mr. and Mrs. F. It. Peyton were
in Dallas last week where they
previewed the latest 1951 spring
and. summer fashions. Many de-
signers and fashion experts were
present to answer questions and
was awarded a degree in geology. I explain 1951 summer trends.
Ne noticed during th# N()kCS OdDOSCS’
’ is the friendliness it .
Move To Eliminate
Road Program
Senator George Nokbs of Corsi-
cana said in Austin this week that
he will oppose the move under-
way to eliminate the farm-to-mar-
ket road program sot up by the
51st legislature.
Nokes, a strong supporter of
farm roads, said that the $15,000,
000 yearly road appropriation must
be continued in the interest of
Texas economy as well *s the na-
tional emergency.
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LAkGF. CROWD
AT BENIHX SHOW
A large crowd of observers gath-
ered at Fairfield Plumbing Com-
pany Saturday afternoon for tfio
demonstration of the new Bendix
Washing Machine made possible
through the plumbing company and
Uni Store. Elach lady was present-
ed * gift
Sparks From The Capitol ■ ■ .
By JIM SPARKS
Lawmakers have now entered in-
to the first phases of committee
hearings, during which each bill
is discussed, amendments offered,
“weeding out” Kid or dbjeetion
able features, and a report is made
tq the house as « whole on whether
the bill shoubQf^
Committee work continues to
add new records to those already
marked up by this session. Never
before had committees organized
and held so many hearings on
bills at this point. Top priority
over all other matters has been
given to legislation concerned
with national defense. Military
be several weeks yet before the
big money bills are ready for con-
sideration. To study and prepare
these bills, the House Committee
is divided into four sub-commit-
tees, in order that close attention
can ;i e given each of the four main
purposes for which state money is
spent: state departments, higher
education, special schools and hos-
pitnls and courts. Chairmen of
these sub-committees are: Jack
Cux, Breckenridg-’, Stophens Coun-
ty; W. R. Ghambers, May, Brown
County: Albert M. Jones. Valley
Mills, Bosque County; and Tom
Gheatham, Cuoro, DeWitt County.
liep. Jerry A. Steward, Fair
field, is a member of this commit-
Affairs Committee in the House is | Also, he l« chairman of.the
led by J. T. Rutherford, Odessa.
Eetor County;, in the Senate by
Wayne W. Wagonseller, Stone-
burg, Montague County.
Next in Importance are matters
of state finance. Howsver, it will
Committee on Interstate Coopera-
tion, and is on the Labor and Elec-
tions Committees-
In the Senate, however, one gub-
dttee hears all four bill*, in
that a close watch «an ba
conu^i'
kept on the total amount of money
spent for all purposes. Members
of this sub-committee are: Chair-
man Ott.is E. Lock, Lufkin, Ange-
lina County; Keith F. Kelly, Ft.
Worth, Tarrant County; A. M.
Aikin, Jr., Paris, Lamar County;
Jimmy Phillips, Angleton, Brazor-
ia County; and Wardlow Lane,
Center, Shelby County.
Thus, the work of each house is
made to serve the purpose of the
other.
Another matter being freely dis-
cussed and debated is legislative
re districting. House Chairman of
this committee is William S. Fly,
Victoria; Senate, Rogers Kelley,
Edinburg, Hidalgo County; and
Kvle Vick, Waco, McLennan Coun
ty-
These and other matters to come
before the legislature, will be re-
ported to you by this column, with
the progress of each Legislative
week.
woat.her permitting.
The school students are collect-
ing dimes through their class-
Scouts Will
Collect Papers
February 12
The local Boy Scout troop will
pickup your papers, card oard and
magazines February 12. You are
requested to save your paper, keep
clean and dry, and stack on your
front porch on the afternoon of
that date. They will be collected
after school hours.
Scoutmaster Gene Howard says
the scouts will have a display in
the window at Gilpin Drug during
Boy Scout Week, Fe(>. 6-12. They
invite you to notice this exhibition
of scout wodk.
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Rep. J. A. Steward
On Committees
Rep. Jerry A. Steward is chair-
man nf the committee on Interstate
Cooperation and is a member of the
I.abor, Elections and State Finance
committees.
Schools Closed
Tuesday Noon
The Fairfield schools, like many
others, dismissed classes at noon
Tuesday to be closed through
Wednesday. Superintendent Edw.
Mercer said unless weather con-
ditions improved they would not
have school today. Attendance
Tuesday morning was far below
the average.
mobile licenses will go
Feb. 1.
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Death Claims
W. D. Cornelius
Here Sunday
W. I). Cornelius, 77, died at his
home here Sunday after suffering
a heart attack. Funeral services
were held at Riddle Chapel in
Mexia Monday afternoon with the
Rev. E. Fray officiating. Burial
took place in the Fort Parker
Memorial Cemetery. i • A’
Survivors include three sisters,
Mrs. Reagan Emmons, Fairfield;
Mrs. J. R. Radford, Ranger; and
Mrs. Carl Witt, of Three Rivera!
two grandchildren and tjvo great*
grandchildren.
Miss Leila Weaver
To Speak at P.-TA.
Miss I/?ila Weaver of Teague,
former school teacher, will gp6ak
at the Fairfield Parent-Teacher*
meeting Tuesday, February 6, at
3 p. m. in the homemaking build,
ing. Miss Weaver will speak on
"Who Is A Good Citizen.”
Members of the senior class will
be guests and their parents are
uhgod to flUuuL • Everyone is in-
vited to be present.
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