The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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EIGHTY EIGHTH YEAR
The Fairfield. .Recorder
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1W4
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By VAUDIEXE K. BOYD
Texas is spending hundreds of
thousands of dollars to make Ihe
state more attractive to tourists and
to advertise its beauty, recreational
and educational facilities. Yet Tex-
ans are doing much to destroy its
natural heauty especially along its
highways and country roads In
visiting other states and sections of
our own, one cannot help comparing
some truly beautiful, scenic drives
to those, that in some areas, are
most unattractive and boring to the
traveller. We would prefer that some
of the time and money being spent
to beautify Texas be spent on pre-
serving its natural beauty, especial-
ly trees along the highways. Land-
owners can cooperate too, by keep-
ing their properties along the high-
ways clear of debris and making
them more sightly.
* * *
Som* people may not appreciate
the trees, but many, many do as
evidenced by Sunday afternoon rid-
ers as well as travellers who crowd
the tree-lined scenic drives in East
Texas. Many drivers will choose a
longer, more interesting route over
a shorter tirosome one simply be-
cause the prettier ones are more
restful than less eye-appealing roads.
* * *
Even in our own county rural
roads are often made unsightly by
thoughtless citizens who dump trash
and debris on right-of-ways and in
roadside ditches And our beautiful,
winding, shady lanes, sought out by
those who enjoy beautiful scenery
off busy highways, are rapidly dis-
appearing. There are “Plant A Tree”
programs encouraged, while at the
same time large trees, which re-
quired many years to reach their
towering heights, are being destroy-
ed. We would like to see a project
launched by the garden clubs of
the county to “Save The Trees.”
This is one way to beautify our
country and state and make travel-
ing its highways and roads much
Irnore enticing and pleasant. Nature
provides much beauty and color with
various plants and wild flowers
which make Freestone county high-
ways as beautiful as any, and with
our cooperation she will do much
more.
NUMBER Tl
TTT, Subscribers Differ On
Rural Phone Rate Increase
Effective the first of January, 1964, \ sentiftives, politicians and televi-
rr^l___1_____ • rw_l_ i r. t •
ed to remove their telephones: three:
urge everyone opposed to the in-
creased rate to be in Austin Satur-
day morning, Feb. 15, at 10 o'clock
to attend a hearing before the House
investigating Committee; four: make
l ........................ a formal complaint to Texas Tele-
rural subscribers up to the same | coming Democratic Primary, Joe: phone & Telegraph Company about
Texas Telephone & Telegraph Com- sion station representatives attended
pony notified subscribers on rural this meeting which was moderated
' lines in most areas served by the j by the Rev. Collin T. Furr, pastor
company of a rate increase which ! of the Methodist church in Elkhart,
would, according to company spokes- i Among those present were Senator
men, nring the minimum rate for Bill Moore, his opponent in the forth-
JJ^yERDE CANNON REMOVED FROM COURTHOUSE LAWN — Commissioner of Precinct One
Hugh Harris, center above, looks on as Hie old cannon is removed from its resting place of many years,
recently. The cable which lifted the 800-plus pound field piece is shown wrapped around it and Jack
Ritter and Buddy Day chipped away enough of the concrete to loosen it. The cannon was taken to
Teague to be mounted on its new carriage being constructed by Phil Weatherholt and his committee.
inadequate and poor service; five:
discussed what to do about their
problem in the future.
According to company spokesmen,
each exchange was notified of the
level all over the territory the com- j Cannon, Rep. Rayford Price, Rep.
pany serves. Bill Satterwhite, Rep. Charles Wil-
Since that time, some subscribers son. Land Commissioner Jerry Sad-
have taken issue with the company !er and candidate for the U. S. Con-
that the rate increase is unjustified gress Benton Mussellwhite.
CmunK “JS, 1 .f'Tf SerVkt According to Moderator Furr, this 1 willingness of the company to ap-
have formed" 1 central' committee meetin* WaS hcld to determine the \ pfar befol'e( 3 gatherif of the pe0‘
to deal with the situation as they ,,est course of actiun for thc sub-1 Pje served by the exchange and ex-
see fit in the best interests of those scribers °PP°sln6 the rate increase | P|ain jj* neeed f°r increased^rates so
it represents ,0 ,ake a,ld as a result of this meet- ‘u"‘ “ 'J
Thursday night, a meeting of in-'mK' anolher was *et f°r Monday
night, Feb. 10, to be attended by
elected or appointed representatives
of each exchange at which time a
terested subscribers from most o(
the 50 exchanges served by Texas
Cannon Removed From
Square For Remounting
The old Valverde cannon was re-
moved from the courthouse recent-
ly after resting on its concrete mount
for many, many years. It was taken
to Teague where Phil Weatherholt
and his committee are in the pro-
was apparent no one in Fairfield
could give the date so it is not
known whether he has such a re-
cord. If anyone reading this story
possesses this information, both
The Fairfield Recorder and the Free-
stone County Historical Survey Com-
It is surprising how many littar-
bugs (her* are in spite of Hie pleas
of citizens and organizations to eli-
minate this unnecessary evil. It is
impossible for highway maintenance
crews to cover every mile of every
road everyday, so it is the responsi-
bility of of all citizens to help keep
our highways as attractive as pos-
sible.
cess of mounting it on Its new car- i niittee, L. L. Notley of Teague, chair-
riage as a more suitable mount and man- would appreciate very much
for its appearance in the Battle of|^our P°rNVarcting said information at
Mansfield celebration in Mansfield. ! ‘nce
La., April 4. | Another recent development con-
Many pages have been written by j ‘ erning this historical cannon, was
various historians concerning this • the report from a man in West Texas
old field piece and the battles in I that this was not one of the can-
which it was used. Much has been I „„„„ . .. ,, , , „ ..
. . .. ... ., nons in the Valverde Battery. For
recorded of its use in the old re- '
years, most uninformed citizens,
Happy birthday wishes to Henry
McCormick, Beverly Ivy, Johnny
Cole, Tolbert Casey Jr., Mrs. J.
T. Dodd, Judy Coates, Feb. 18 . . .
Lendon Red, Ben Bonner, Feb. 19
. . . Fred Williamson in Houston,
Feb. 20 . . . Mrs. Billie (Jean) Bon-
ner, Linda Fryer, Feb. 22 . . .
Nancy Heath in Arlington, Feb. 21
. . . Mrs. Herman York, Feb. 23 . . .
T. A. Mcllveen, Grady Ivy, Feb. 24.
unions here and of its standing on
the courthouse lawn on its original
carriage for many years prior to
being mounted on the concrete stand.
However, in checking this week to
secure additional information that
might be available concerning its
later years, no record can be found
of the date it was mounted on the
concrete. Every available source
was checked and almost everyone
remembered it before and after its
most recent mounting, but no one
can pinpoint the date.
P. D. Browne, the man we always
look to for Freestone County his-
tory, could not be reached after it
That follow who is acting so smart
—toll him ho can't even write eleven
thousand, eleven hundred, and
eleven, and get it right the first
time. (Quoted)
Rev. T. B. Levocy
Installed Pastor
Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Thurman B. Levacy was
installed as pastor of the Fairfield-
Harmony Presbyterian Church, Sun-
day afternoon, at 4:00 p.m.
The Rev. Edward S Bayless, pas-
tor of the Oak Cliff Presbyterian
Church presided and propounded the
Constitutional Questions to the pas-
tor and the Congregation. Rev. P.
J Garrison, Jr., Executive Secre-
tary of Northeast Texas Presbytery,
preached the sermon. Rev Eugene
E. Wood, pastor of the Westminister
Church, Corsicana, gave the charge
to the Congregation and Elder Ro-
ger Steward of Fairfield gave the
charge to the pastor. Other mem-
bers of the Commission from North-
east Texas Presbytery were Elder
B. R. Bonner from Patterson Me-
morial Church, Eureka and Elder
John McGilvary from First Church
Streelman.
Coffee, cookies and punch were
served to guest and members of the
congregation at the close of the serv-
ice.
W. B. Duke
Announces For
State Representative
In announcing my candidacy for J
State Representative of this Dis-
trict I would like for the people to
know that I do so only after much
serious thought and consideration,
regarding this very important posi-
tion of responsibility, in our state
government.
I feel there is a great need for
experience of business and sound
common sense judgment as well
as legal ability and training, if we
are to find a workable solution to
successfully solve the problems of
our state government.
I wish to make it clear that I
am running independent of any or-
ganization or group, and that I am
running as a candidate of all the
people in this district, where I was
born and reared and have lived most
of my life. Being acquainted and
faced with the problems, trails and
tribulations facing other citizens of
this district, famaliarizes with the
ever increasing burdens we all face,
j striving to make an honest living
as we go about our way of life.
| I also wish to state that: I will
wage a dean hard and vigorous
campaign for this very important
position in our state government on
my own merits and qualifications,
and not the demerits of anyone else,
conducting this campaign in keep-
ing with the dignity of the office
at all times
Throughout the years I have main-
tained a keen interest in the af-
fairs of government and at all times
will work to safeguard the best
interests of my fellow citizens, re-
gardless of station in life or pro-
fession.
(Sm DUKE—Pag* 8)
such as this writer, assumed the
cannon to be of steel and the records
clearly show the Valverde cannons
to have been made of brass.
Mr. Weatherholl’s committee has
reported, however, that when this
question was raised, the barrell was
scraped in several places and was
proved to be solid brass. Now, in ad-
dition to the work of completing
the carriage, • Mr. Weatherholt will
probably be in search of a good
brass polisher to restore the bright,
brass tone to the barrell. We are
sure volunteers will be welcome.
According to reports, the cannon
will be mounted on the carriage and
the restoration work completed for
the most part, within the next few
days.
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License Plates
Now On Sale
Tax Assessor-Collector Jerry Jones
announced this week that sale of1 high principal, play will begin in
1964 automobile licenses plates has! the meet at 2 p.m. Saturday with
begun. You may obtain your plates I two games scheduled in this session,
between the hours of 8 to 5 week j Play will resume again at 7 p.m.
days. The office will remain closed with two final games on tap.
on Saturdays. Taking part in the one-day meet
Telephone was held in Elkhart Some ----------— -......-.......- -
300 subscritters, newspaper repie def,n,te plan of action would be
i--- set forth. Approximately 48 repre-
sentatives were present and a five
ixnnt program was adopted. Number
one a central committee was form-
ed and would act as a standing com-
mittee to represent the people in-
volved m this “fight’ until it is fin-
ished, two a resolution was adopted
that there would be no misunder-
standing as to what the company
must do. The company has stated
that such meetings were set up in
all areas of their operations and the
reason for the increase explained to
the people.
W. G. Winters, president of the
company, has stated that the com-
pany feels it is justified in asking
this increase for several reasons
some of which are: to assure stock-
holders of a fair return on their in-
vestment; to make the rural rate
stating in so many words that the! uniform for all rural subscribers,
l»eople would pay only the old rate i and to be able to continue to meet
and if the company would not ac- J their payments to the REA for their
cept this for the company to be ask-
loan and its interest in the face
of rising equipment and maintenance
costs.
A spokesman for the people at the
Monday night meeting stated that
everything will probably be settled
within a month, in his estimation.
Funeral Services
Held In Tyler
ForWarrenMo()re Ag. Commissioner
While Tells Of
Future Deadlines
DONATION TO HELP MOUNT CANNON-Po*t Commander James
Baker, left, is shown presenting a check for $150 to Tas S. Watson Jr.,
member of the Freestone County Historical Survey Committee, from the
local American Legion Post. This money wilt be added to that already
collected for expenses involved in building a new carriage for the
Valverde cannon. Additional funds are needed for this project and do-
nations may be sent to Mr. Watson in Fairfield or L. L. Notley in Teague.
_ —Photo by Whitaker
Fifth-Sixth Grade Meet
Set Here For Saturday
A fifth and sixth grade basketball are Fairfield, Teague, Palestine and
tournament is scheduled for Satur-1 Mexia. Fairfield and Teague pair
day, Feb. 15, at Fairfield High Ioff to get the tournament underway
School gymnasium with four teams «"d ,wi|! * fo1'
lowed bv Mexia and Paladins
from this area participating.
According to Don Emmons, junior
Future Citizens of Fairfield
Pfcturod above are some of Fairfield s Future Citizens rocentty photo-
hi The Recorder They or* toft to right; Don
Loo Hill, 8 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hill; Jehn Edward
Finch, » year Md son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pinch; Vkkia Ranee
Johnson, 18 month old daughter of Mr. end Mrs. O. S. Johnson of Rt. 3,
Kathryn Louise Terry, 17 month aM doughts. of Mr. end Mrs.
Jock P. Tarry; Michael Eugene Or and. 4 month aM ton of Mr. and Mr*.
James F. Orand of Rt. % Fairfield; and Angelo Rico. S month oM
daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Donald Rico.
lowed by Mexia and Palestine.
Everyone is cordially invited to at-
tend and back the team of your
choice.
Form I040A Will
Be Sufficient For
Most Taxpayers
‘Perhaps you, too, can use the
simplified federal income tax Form
104OA,” reveals Walter H Hill, ad-
ministrative officer of Internal Re-
venue Service, Waco, Texas.
Revenue’s vest pocket size tax
form may be used by individuals
with total income of less than $10,-
000, consisting of wages reported on
Form W-2 and not more than $200
in dividends, interest, and wages not
subject to withholding.
Husband and wife may file a joint j
1040A return for 1963. if their com-
bined income doesn't exceed the
stated limits.
“Taxpayers using Form 1040A au-
tomatically claim the standard 10
percent deduction allowed for such
personal expenses as contributions,
(Sm TAXES—Pay* f)
and civic leader, former U. S. At
(orney and Naval Intelligence Officer
in World War II, died Saturday
morning. Feb. 9. after a short ill-
ness in a Tyler hospital.
Funeral services were held in Ty-
ler. Sunday. Feb. 10. at Marvin
Methodist Church with Dr. Harry
Rankin, pastor and Dr. Wallace
K. Kerr, former pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Moore was born on a farm in
Freestone County, attended gram-
mar school in the Kirvin community,
and graduated from Teague High
School. He was a 32nd degree Ma-
AUSTIN— (Special)—Cotton plant-
ing and plow-up deadlines were an-
nounced for area farmers by Agr-
iculture Commissioner John C.
White this week, along with a state-
ment concerning the U.S.D.A. cot-
ton acreage allotment program
Fanners in Zone 6 of the Pink
Bollworm control program can leg-
ally begin planting their fields on
son and a Shrmer. At the time March 20, and continue through mid-
of his death Mr. Moore was a; niKht. May 31. Deadline for clear-
member of the State Democratic
Executive Committee
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Lillian Moore: one daughter, Karen
Moore; and one son, Warren G.
Moore Jr., a student at Lawrence-
ville School. Lawrenceville. N. J.
Other survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Moore of Fair-
ing the fields of stalks and thus de-
stroying winter hibernation quarters
for the destructive cotton pest is
midnight, November 30, White said
Commissioner White also pointed
out that a great deal of confusion
still exists among farmers concern-
ing return of their unwanted acre-
age allotment permits to local Agri-
field, four brothers and three sis- j cultural Soil Conservation and Stab-
ters. | (Sm DEADLINES—Pag* 5)
Mexia PCA Celebrates
30th Anniversary Feb. 15
MEXIA—(Special1 — The 30th an-1 Leon and Limestone counties will
niversary of the Mexia Production
Credit Association, providing agri-
cultural financing services for its
three-county area since 1933. will be
highlighted Saturday, February 15,
by the 30th annual stockholders'
meeting at the Mexia High School
auditorium.
Several hundred farmer and ranch-
er stockholders from Freestone,
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY
Joe Fryer announces the com-
pletion of the new home for Mr.
and Mrs. Max Hunter. The house
will be open to the public Sunday
from 3:00 to 5 00 p.m.
m1
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JAMES A. ROGERS
register for the meeting beginning
at 9 a m.. General Manager B. M.
Davis of Mexia announced. The busi-
ness meeting will open at 10 a.m.,
followed by a barbecue luncheon to
be served to all stockholders and
guests at noon in the high school
cafeteria.
“We want to urge all our members
to make every effort to attend the
meeting.” Davis said. “An informa-
tive, interesting and entertaining
business meeting has been planned,
to highlight our 30th anniversary
celebration,” he declared, “and this
is the one time each year our
members have the opportunity to
gather to conduct the business of
their association.”
Guest speaker at the business
meeting will be James A. Rogers,
field credit examiner with the Fed-
eral Intermediate Credit Bank of
Houston, discount and supervisory
agency for ail 36 groups in Texas.
Riigers, who was formerly general
manager of the Tyler Production
Credit Association, joined the bank
staff in 1%2 He in a graduate of
Texas A&M University.
"We are very privileged lo have
Mr Rogeiv as our speaker.” Davie
commented He has a broad bark
(Baa PCA—Page 8)
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1964, newspaper, February 13, 1964; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106769/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.