The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1W5
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DiNT—NATIONAL
■DUCAT!ON HOfttAM
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THE REDS AGAINST THE FBI
Through his 40-year career, at-
tacks on FBI Director J. Edgar Hoo-
ver have kept pace with the general
efforts of the Left to protect its ex-
tremist elements by dismantling eve-
ry possible internal defense of the
country against Communism. In these
prolonged attacks from the radical
left, its publications and pseudo-libe-
ral spokesmen have mouthed and re-
peated unfounded charges that
amount to exactly nothing. Martini
Luther King undertook criticism that
fell into the same category, along j
with the Newsweek statement that
Hoover would be fired.
Most Americans do not require ans- ^
wers to these false charges, for they
take great pride in the accomplish-
ments, the effectiveness, and the pa-
triotism of Mr. Hoover and his
agents. The critics, however, seem
to care nothing for the FBI director's
accomplishments nor for the princip-
les of justice, law and order, and
good law enforcement. What they ob-
viously fear most, despite the shel-
ter they take behind a civil rights
halo or other pretense, is the success
of the FBI as an anti-Communist
force in America.
Now They're On Campus
NUMBER 31
Fire Department Receives
$1,000 Donation This Week
A $1,000 donation to the Fairfield j ard's contribution is as follows
Volunteer Fire Department this week ! Dear Mr Bergstrom:
boosted the total collected thus far
to approximately $11,000 This leaves
a balance of approximately $7,000 re-
maining before the new unit can lx*
purchased.
Members of the department an-
swered a call from the O. P Leon-
ard place northeast of Fairfield and
extinguished what could have been a
serious lire before extensive damage j
Baseball
Today
Junior Winners 4-H Cooking Contest—Sharon Wood, left, and Dawn Rose Newman.
could be done. This week Mr Leon-
ard presented Fire Chief Brent Berg-1
strom with a check in the amount
of $1,000 to aid in the purchase of the!
new equipment. Other contributions i
by local citizens raised the total to
the $11,000 mark from $9,300 of a
week ago.
The letter accompanying Mr. Leon-
Fairfield High School's newly or-
ganized baseball team registered
its first win of the season this
week, downing Wortham's Bull-
dogs. Today, Thursday, at 4 p.m.
the Eagles will take on Oakwood at
the local ball park. Everyone is
cordially invited and urged to at-
tend the game according to Coach
Alfred Barbre.
Currently, the Reds appear to lie
making their best headway on col-
lege campuses. In a recent inter-
4-H Cooking Winners
To Nacogdoches Contest
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By MARY SUE BONNER
County Home Demonstration Agent
Do you know food and nutritional
view Mr. Hoover told U. S. News it I facts? The seven girls in the Free-
World Report that the FBI had “ab-J stone County Favorite Food Show dis-
solutely no interest” in legitimate j played r. knowledge of food and nu-
activities of students, but that it I trition, and a skill in preparing and
would have a responsibility to inves- [ serving a favorite food. The event |gue' Vickie Graves won a first place
ligate where any activities involve'
Bean Casserole. Dawn Rose and Sha-
ron were the two top scoring girls
who will represent Freestone County
at the District Favorite Food Show
in Nacogdoches, at the SFA Student
Center, Saturday, April 24, 1965.
Senior participants were from Tea-
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violations of federal law.
But Mr. Hoover went on to say
‘‘I have long been concerned over
the efforts of the Communist Party,
as well as other subversive organi-
tions, to spread its influence in stu-
dent circles. Members of the Com-
munist Party of America frequently
have appeared as speakers on col-
lege campuses. They have attempt-
ed to portray the party as a legiti-
mate political organization, when,
as a matter of fact, it is an insepar-
able arm of the international Com-
munism movement, which is under
the control of the Soviet Union.
Trouble Source: Left
was last Saturday in the Fairfield i Cherry Surprise Cake. All thiee
Homemaking Department. 1 won ^rst place awards: but Kit-
ap . . . , ty Glazener, who entered ‘‘The
Ah the participants are outstand-
ing winners because they have
achieved many qualities of good ci-
tizens through carrying out this dem-
onstration. Other than acquiring a
knowledge of food in a well balanc-
ed diet and skill in preparing food;
they have learned to work with peo-
ple, to organize work, to teach other
people, and to be a well poised per-
son.
They have also learned the impor-
tance of keeping a record which will
be valuable to them as adults.
The participants have been enroll-
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Jtinguishing the fire at our place on
! the night of April 3. I would appr»'-
! want this letter to express my I date it very much if you would ex-
appreciation for the fine, efficient! press Mrs. Leonard's and my appre-
job the fire department did by ex-i nation to everyone that was'so help-
ful in extinguishing the fire . . .
Enclosed you will find a check
for Si.000 for my contribution toward
the purchase of the new truck.
Respectfully,
O. P, Leonard
On Wednesday night. April 21. Tex-
J as Drive-In Theatre will donate its
proceeds to the fire department and
Mr. Bergstrom urges everyone to
keep this in mind. A family film will
be shown, but the title was not
available in time for publication.
Fire Chief Bergstrom expresses his
sincere appreciation and that of the
department for the splendid coopera-
tion with which solicitations are be-
ing met. He urges everyone who
plans to make a donation to please
j do so as early as possible so that the
i goal of $18,000 may be reached at
| an early date. He continued, "We
j need the money just as soon as we
J can get it since it will take several
J months for delivery of the truck af-
ter the order is placed.”
Mail or give your contributions to
any member of the fire department
or to W. F. Tate at City Hall.
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ed in Food and Nutrition subject mat-
“I have taken the position that it j ter groups in 4-H clubs over the coun-
1 ty. Those participating in the show
in the Junior Division were: Eliza-
beth Bonner entering Potato Fluff
and receiving a second place, Terry
Hoeinghaus displayed Swiss Steak,
taking another second place. The
two first place winners in this divi-
sion were Dawn Rose Newman dis-
playing a Bean Salad Deluxe, and
Sharon Wood, entering with Green
is unfortunate that some colleges
have provided avowed Communists
—some of whom have been convicted
and have served time in the peni-
tentiary—a platform from which to
espouse their godless ideology of
chicanery, deceit, and treachery.”
Such a position is plain enough, and
it is just this position that infuria!es
the liberals who clamor about it un-
der the guise of “freedom of speech ”
Governor Brown of California has de-
cried the anarchy of Berkeley, but
he will have to look more carefully
toward the Left, where he will find
his trouble.
Having failed to abolish the FBI or
remove Mr. Hoover, the Leftwingers
are now going all out on the excuse
of the recently enacted civil rights
laws in plugging to revamp the FBI
into a colossal national police force
that would take over all law enforce-
ment from local officials. This new
line of attack no longer indicts the
FBI as too powerful or dangerous to
democracy. It insists that it is not
doing its job and is not powerful
enough. The inference is that Mr.
Hoover should be replaced with a
“liberal” director, who would head
up a tremendous gestapo strong
enough to protect presidents from
assassination and enforce civil rights.
Opposes National Polka
THE BOOKWORM
Thing,” a meat dish, and lxiretta Ca-
dro entering So-Good Baked Beans;
are the top scoring girls in the senior
division who will represent the coun-
ty at the District Food Show.
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Local Chapter
Observes FHA
Week April 4-10
April 4-10 was Future Homemakers
of America Week all over the Unit-
ed States. FHA'ers everywhere work-
ed and planned to fulfill projects to
exhibit during that week to express
the meaning of the organization.
What is FHA? That is the question
60,000 Texas FHA’ers tried to answer
during FHA W'eek. All the local week
, TV
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Funeral Services
Held Saturday
For L. M. Awali
Senior Winners 4-H Cooking Contest—Kitty Glazener, left, and Loretta Cadre.
LETTER TO
EDITOR
As an appeal to the people of Fair-
field and Precinct No. 1, that use
our County Roads to dispose of your
garbage, trash and dead animals:
I am sure each of you know it is
activities will be followed up by the against State Laws to do this, but I
Fairfield Public Library — Open
9.00 a m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, 6:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, History
Clubhouse. Main at Bateman Road.
The Fairfield Public Library is en-
joying unprecedented popularity. Last thin this in FHA. She ieams'to man-
state convention in Dallas, April 23-
24. The 1965 state convention will be
the scene of additional efforts to clear
up misconceptions about FHA and
its objectives—and to spark enthu-
siam among the new members in its
goals and philosophies.
Most people think of FHA as an
organization that teaches girls to
cook and sew. In one sense they are
right, but a girl learns much more
Tuesday 75 juveniles and 5 adults
were served. We are anticipating the
day when we can offer full library
service every day and can provide a
reading room and periodicals.
All the organizations in town are
cooperating in an effort to observe
National Library Week. NLW is the
last week in April and the annual
drive will be April 26. Plan to give
ail you can and read KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!
Memorials received from Sue and
Mr. Hoover’s critics know that he Corder Thornton in memory of Loyd
has consistently opposed establishing
age time, money, and home; to value
herself and want to be a successful
person; to cope with responsibilities;
to work together to organize ideas:
and to express her thoughts and feel
ings.
The Fairfield Chapter of the Fu
ture Homemakers of America filled
their week with activities to cause
notice to their organization. Monday,
April 5, FHA’ers presented the teach-
ers with a bouquet of dogwood blos-
soms which were placed on their
a national police force. This position
is purposely misinterpreted by some.
The FBI is only an investigative
Await, Mrs. Kitchen’s second grade j **eak . f
in memory of Ralph Kitchens, Tau ‘ SC acu y w as
Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma “To
Light a Candle” written by W. H.
agency, and that only where some Pisher m memory of Mrs. Vernon
257 federal statutes are involved. Mr.
Hoover has said: ‘”nie danger of a
national police force is that it cen-
tralizes into one place and into the
hands of one man too much authori-
ty.” The FBI director has also said
repeatedly that he will not to'erate
political pressure, nor will the FBI
yield to pressure groups which seek
to use the Bureau for their own self-
ish aims.
The Communists have always want-
a national police force, whenever
^ey can control it Every Red society
maintains a strong secret police
setup, for they know it is required
Sm LOOKING AHEAD—Page 5
Steward.
New juvenile books: “We Were
There at the Battle of Bataan," “We
Were There at the Normandy Invas-
ion,” and “A Horse Named Sum-
mer.” Aiso a new adult book entitl-
ed “Raising Game Birds in Captiv-
ity.”
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs M. O. Grayson of
Euless are the proud parents of a
baby boy, Curtis Neal, born on April
6, weighing 5 lbs. 12 V4 ozs. The Gray-
son's have another son, Keith, age
1V4 years. Mrs. Grayson is the form-
er Wilma Bain
for the entire week The high
served refresh-
ments Wednesday in the Home Eco-
nomic’s Building. Thursday, the FHA
presented an assembly on American-
would think that each of you would
have enough community pride and
respect for your neighbors not to do
it.
As for what it costs me as your
precinct commissioner, it is no more
than it cost you, for it is our Tax
Dollars that we spend to try to keep
the proper drainage around the brid-
ges. culverts and ditches, but each
year I find that we are fighting a
losing battle.
I am using this method to ask you
to ask yourself; “Would I appreciate
my neighbor dumping his trash and
dead animals on my property?” I
am afraid your answer would be No.
This practice causes our citizens
that are trying to build up their
lands, not only to help this genera-
tion but the generation to follow, un-
told trouble and money by ruining
tires on their tractors and mowing
machines on broken glass, sharp
metal and wire that is washed on
their land after heavy rains.
I would like to suggest that each
of you as individuals and business
firms, that feel you are not finan-
cially able to hire someone to pro-
perly dispose of your waste, contact
Loyd Marcus Await, 63, longtime
resident of Freestone County, Texas,
died after an extended illness in the
Freestone County Hospital. Funeral
services were held on Saturday, Ap-
ril 10. at 2.00 p.m. at the First Bap-
tist Church with Rev. James Bishop
and Rev. H. L. McKissack officiating.
Interment in the Fairfield Cemetery.
Mr. Await was born on August 30,
1901 and died on April 19, 1965. Be-
fore his illness, he was an active
member of the Fairfield Lions Club.
Chamber of Commerce and the First
Baptist Church in Fairfield. He had
a great love and talent for singing
and spent a great deal of his time
singing in religious groups at revi-
vals throughout the county. In the
1930s and 40s. he drove a school bus
carrying children to different func-
The combined choirs of the First Mr. Neal Bass, narrator for the Itions for Mie school, becoming friends
Methodist and First Baptist Church- evening, will present scriptures from'with man-v of the children of that
the Bible between certain selections time. Mr. Await also worked for
The soloists participating in the many years with Parker Chevrolet
cantata are. Mrs. Neal Bass. Mrs. Company’ Parker Motor Company
City Church Choirs
Unite For Cantata
es will present an Easter Cantata en-
titled “No Greater Love" on Sunday
evening, April 18, at 7 30 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church in Fairfield.
The cantata, an inspiring message
in song, takes Jesus from his Bap-
tism through his Resurrection.
Parker Motor
Joe Lee Kirgan, Jr., Mrs. Jerry'and Awa!t Whole“le-
Webb. Mr. Jerry Brim, and Mr. Don I Suvivors include his wile, Nora; a
Phelps. ! son, M. C. Await: a daughter, Mrs.
The accompanists are Mrs. James | ol St.^Petersburg, Fla-!
Bishop and Mrs. Nancy Barnes.
ism. FHA ers decorated and served, someone you know that has a dough-
at the Sports Banquet Fiiday night jout They would probably be happy
Easter Sunrise
Service Sel For
Ml. Zion Park
Sunrise service will be held at the
Mt. Zion Prayer Park on Sunday,
April 18, at 6:00 a.m. This service
will be sponsored by the Fairfield
Ministerial Alliance and all the Fair-
field churches
Rev. Glenn Montgomery will bring
the message and special music will
| be presented by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Cox and others,
j We urge your attendance,
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1 Father Of Local
Woman Dies Monday
The National Homemakers of
America’s overall goal is to help in-
dividuals improve personal, famity,
and community living. The national
organization has four main objec-
tives. The first objective is 'Discov-
ering Myself and My Worth to Oth
ers.' ‘Contributing to the Joys and
Satisfactions of Family Living' is
second The third objective is
‘Strengthen My Education for Future
Roles ’ 'Launching Good Citizenship
Through Homemaking' is the fourth
national objective. Although these
arc national objectives they also ap
ply to state and local chapters
for you to use it, if not I would be
glad to work with you on finding such
a place.
Respectfully,
Hugh Harris
Commissioner Precinct No. 1
WMC Bake Sale
It has been announced that the
WMC of the Assembly of God Church
will sponsor a bake sale on the Court-
house Square. Friday, April 9. at
9:00 a.m Come by the square on
Friday morning for your bakery
needs.
Dr. and Mrs. M. S Mcllveen were
notified early Monday of the death
of her father, J. A. Rollins in We-
woka. Okla. Mr. Rollin’s death fol-
lowed an extended illness.
Funeral arrangements were incom- \ ^mrnons- Ronnie Burdette and Glenn
plete when Dr and Mrs MeUveen MrAf*am“ were all on hand to help
The cantata will be directed by Mr.
L. C. Williamson who is music direc-
tor at the First Methodist Church and
band director at Fairfield High
School.
Everyone is invited to attend
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Mt. Zion Prayer
Park Shaping Up
For Summer
During the last two weeks much
working has been put into the clean-
ing up of the Mt. Zion Park. Rev. Bil-
lie Bonner, pastor of the Fairfield
Methodist Church, has had two men
there on several days, cleaning and
burning brush. Commissioner Hugh
Harris sent a crew out to remove the
mass of rock left there some years
ago by the Highway construction
crews. We are glad the county could
use this in some way
Mr. Joe Richards and a hired hand,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fred Emmons,
Homer Kountz, E. J. Emmons, Lovic
three brothers, L. P. Await and Jes-
sie Await, both of Fairfield; Ocie
Await of Mexia: a sister, Mrs. Jose-
phine Riggs of Bellaire; three grand-
children, Marc AwaK, Sharon and
I. *e Smith, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Edward Watson,
Edd Bonner, Forest Wood, Lendon
Red. Eugene Davis and Jack Robin-
son. Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
J. H. Keller, Jr., Dr. L. L. Bonner,
Hugh Whitaker, Clifton Childs, Mar-
vin Harris and Dr. Joe D. Crossno.
left for Wewoka Monday.
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Barbecue Set
Plans have been completed by the
Freestone County Coon and Fox Hun-
ters Association for their annual bar-
All this help is greatly appreciated.
A wider drive is also being pre-
pared for the entrance to the area.
More than $75 00 from the Pastor’s
Fund lias gone into the construction
of the Altar, the Cross and the clean-
ing of the prayer park. The Metho-
beque. The barbeque will be held onjdist Youth Fellowship have paid
Saturday. April 17, at the Freestone $40.00 to cover the cost of the light
County Fair Grounds at 7:30 p.m. 'bill for one year.
Baylor University
To Observe Law
Day On May t
WACO — Baylor University School
of Law will observe Law Day May 1
by honoring a former Texas gover-
nor and having a former U. S. Sena-
tor as guest speaker.
Price Daniel, former governor and
now a practicing attorney in Austin
and Liberty, will receive the annual
Baylor lawyer award at the Law
Day banquet. Daniel received his
bachelor of arts degree in journalism
from Baylor in 1981 and his Bache-
lor of I«vws degree in 1982. In 1961
Baylor awarded him an honorary' de-
gree of Doctor of Laws.
Law Day speaker will be William
A. Blakely of Dallas, a former U S.
Senator and a long-time benefactor
of the Baylor School of Law.
(Sm BAYLOR—Pag* >)
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