The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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THE. Fairbsd ..Recorder
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, IMS
By VAl'DIENE K, BOYD
NUMBER 49
Annual County Fair Starts Thursday
Apparently everything is in readi-
ness for the annual Freestone Coun-
ty Fair to be held this week end.
Busy Freestone County Fair week,
with helping decorate two floats,
preparing family camp and food for
the annual celebration keeping us
quite busy. Looking forward to see-
ing everyone at the fair. Nice show-
ers the first of the week helping to
boast enthusiasm for the affair. Hop-
ing for settled dust and cooler tem-
peratures.
* * *
We got off to a slow start on the
fair having accompanied "my bet-
ter half" on an eight day trip to
Carlsbad, Cloudcroft, White Sands,
Roidoso, Santa Fe and Taos, N.
M. We arrived in Cloudcroft just
before noon — in time to enjoy the
warmth of the huge fire in the fire
place, the pleasant aroma of the
pines and later a heavy rain and
small pellets of hail that left a
fairyland appearance of snow on
the mountainsides. The Santa Fe
area is so rich in Spanish and In-
dian history and those responsible
are to be commended for the suc-
cess they have had in preserving
and maintaining the early day cus-
toms and atmosphere.
M9 and°Farewell w^con*™ £ His*°rica I MarkcfS
ter appreciate his comments in
"Big D" in the Dallas Morning
News, and have a keener interest
in the happenings there both to-
day and yesteryear. Believe we
saw some of the people he has
written about. Yes Sir — a place
of many memories for its former
citizens and one can plainly see
Lariats' Chamber of Commerce
doesn't have the problem of the big
city officials — and there is space
enough to settle, one way or an-
other, any crisis which may arise.
Hope to read more about it in "Big
D."
To Be Dedicated
At Butler Homes
The Freestone County Historical
Survey Committee will dedicate an
official Texas Historical Marker for
the Butler Soldier's Homes at 2:30
Sunday afternoon, September 5. The
marker will be placed in Butler at
the intersection of U. S. Highway 84
and the Pine Top road, just west of
the Homer Edwards store.
In November, 1863, the Commis-
sioners Court of Freestone County,
realizing that the expenses of sol-
diers traveling to and from the army
,,, , , . . . I w ere falling too heavily on a few
We are looking forward to seeing. citizens directed the Committee on
the Tommy lurners of Waco 1 he is I Ways and Means to give notice that
chief of the Central Texas Bureau of j they would draft on the treasurer
The Dallas Morning News) who an-'for bills- Properly autnenticated, for
nually plan their vacation so that' entertajni"g soldiers' In January,
.. , , 1865, the Court ordered “that all per- *y Davis officiating. Interment in the
Uiey can be here for the Freestone'^ who sha„ register their names
County Fair. Tommy will also be one | as k of a soldiers’ Home shall
of the special guests in the parade. ()e
At last report (to us) he had
No information had been released
at press time concerning the full
program of activities for the three
days; however, fair commissioners
have informed us that a full pro-
gram has been planned with enter-
tainment to suit all ages most of
every day.
The fair will begin with the parade
through downtown Fairfield led by
Attorney General Waggoner Carr at
3:30 p. m. Then, Thursday night at
Fairfield Negro
Man Killed
Near Lewisville
Woodrow Shed Jr., Negro male, of
Fort Worth was killed in an accident j
while working at a construction site
in Lewisvlle. Funeral services were
held Sunday, August 22, at 2 p.m.
at Bethel Church with the Rev. Kel-
Eagle Field, the annual Freestone. will be presented during the day At < time visiting old friends. At least
County 1- uir Queen s Coronation will, last reports, a kid rodeo was being ' two former classes of Fairfield High
be staged to cap the first day's ac- considered but no definite plans were' School have planned reunions. They
tivities. Nineteen young ladies from | disclosed to this writer Check at are the Class of 1950 and the Class
over the county are entered in the J the fairgrounds on this event The'of I960
Queen’s contest. | annual style show will begin at t ^
Friday morning Ihe livestock judg- j P- nr Saturday under the pavilion
ing will take place During the day and th,> final Performance of the
Friday there will be various kinds*,ode° Wl11 b®gln..ft1 8 p m Special,
of entertainment under the pavilioni t!n*rta‘"men< begin at 8 p. m ,
with special entertainment planned 1 ^ pav'Lon for those not at‘
to begin at 8 p. m. Friday. The) 1a_nd„t^Se.!T° j0'
first night of the two night rodeo j
will be Friday night starting at 8
o'clock. This year's rodeo will fea-
ture Bob Turner of Waco as clown
and the show will be produced by
L. J. Huffman of Hewitt.
Saturday morning the livestock
auction will highlight the activities
and entertainment under the pavilion 1 everyone is expecting the usual good
ter activities will bring the 1965 fair
to a close.
A carnival will be operating all
three days at the fairgrounds and |
various other activities will be an-1
nounced at the fairgrounds during i
the fair.
A big fair has been planned and I
permitted to charge the county
... , , ., . ex‘. certain specified rates for such ser-
pressed his preference to ride in a! vjce
The Indians from the nearby pu-iff fi"stead.(of horseback to which, j feder#te money
.....^ _ hke this writer, he is unaccustomed.! „
They were to be paid in Con-
eblos daily display and sell their art
and other wares on one entire side of
the plaza block, and Saturday and
Sunday they held their annual fair
when local merchants sponsor booths
in the street and the Indians display
their merchandise in colorful attire-
each booth had a sign stating the
pueblo from which they came, and
each one was judged and awards
were given to the winners. Our stay
at the La Fonda Inn (Inn at the end
of the trail* was also an experience
we will long remember. Time nor
space will permit me to say more,
but New Mexico is a beautiful state
with its variety of scenery and cli-
mate.
* * *
We came through Paul Crume's
hometown of Lariat just after com-
Sand Hill cemetery.
Shed, a former resident of Fair-
field, was 19 years old, the son of
Rodie and Woodrow Shed.
In addition to his parents, surviv-
ors include his wife of Ft. Worth;
He and part or’ all of his family has | Freestone Ck>unly, soldiers’ homes * three brothers, four sisters and other
been faithful visitors to the Fair
since the centennial celebration in
1951 and the revival of the annual
homecoming.
* * *
DON'T GIVE UP - Twixt fail-
ure and success the point's so fine
Men sometimes know not when
they touch the line. Just when the
pearl was waiting one more plunge.
How many a struggler has thrown
up the sponge! Then take this hon-
ey from the bitterest cup: "There
is no failure save in giving up!"
—Author unknown and reprinted
from "Cheer", an edition publish-
ed monthly by E. C. Palmer Pap-
er Co.
(See AROUND TOWN-Page 8)
were outstanding. The two at Butler | relatives,
were so widely known during the|
Civil War that the Texas State His-
torical Survey Committee and the
Texas Historical Foundation decided
to erect a marker at Butler near the
j site where the large two-story plan-
I tation home of Hillary Manning stood.
Buffalo Riding Club
Set-s Trail Ride To
Freestone County Fair
The Buffalo Riding Club has made
Butler Academy, established at least! Plans t(* ride in the Freestone Coun-
a hundred years ago, once stood! Fair Parade on Thursday, August
nearby. Some distance southeast was j 26.
the William McDaniel Soldiers’ i The riding club will leave Buffalo
Home. jat 6:30 a.m. Thursday by horseback j riding
W. R. Beaumier, editor of the Luf-1 and will stop at the Joe Richards’! Orand.
Fair Parade At 3:30 To
Kick-Off Annual Fair
Homecoming For
FHS Exes Set
The second annual Ex-Students
Association of Fairfield High
School has been set for Oct. 15.
On this weekend the Fairfield Eag-
gles will play the Buffalo Bisons
at Eagle Field.
President Tas S. Watson Jr. ur-
ges all ex-students to remember
this date and watch The Recorder
for further plans as they are made.
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
For Jessie Morris
Funeral services were held at
Mrs. Pat Wood, chairman of the | well as bands from Fairfield and
1965 Freestone County Fair Parade,; Teague
has announced there will be 33 en-' . “ . . . - - - ----- —
tries in this year's parade which | Another new Participating group in j Capps Chapel Saturday, August 21.
will begin at 3 30 p. m. The theme the Parade this year will be the Buf- for Jessie Morris. Rev Jack McDan-
of the parade this year is
to
The Fab-
ulous Fifty” with most states of the
nation being represented by floats
or cars gaily decorated and some
carrying beautiful young ladies.
Leading this year’s parade will be
Attorney General W’aggoner Carr
riding in a convertible. Another spe-
cial guest in the parade will be Tom-
my Turner of Waco, head of the
Central Texas Bureau of the News
of the Dallas News, who will be
with Mayor and Mrs. Jim
falo Riding Club which will make iel- Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
a trail ride from Buffalo to Joe and Rev 000 Wiliis’ Pastor of the
Richards’ Maysel Ranch east of,
Fairfield. According to the latest re-,
ports, approximately 108 horses and;
riders and six wagons will be in-
cluded in the group and all plan1
to be in the parade.
kin Daily News and chairman of [ Lake to eat lunch and water their
Area 6. Texas State Historical Sur- j horses, then on to Fairfield for the
vey Committee, will appear on the parade at 3:30 p.m.
dedication program. Ed Link, III, of I The club recently traveled from
Palestine, great grandson of Hillary j Centerville to the Madisonville Rodeo 1 Oglewanagi Indian Dancers of Mexia
i Manning, will unveil the marker. | with 108 horses and seven wagons. | will participate in the parade as
Mrs. Wood stated there will be
approximately 10 floats and 23 cars
in the parade. In addition to the dec-
orated cars and floats, the fameu
First Methodist Church, officiated
with interment in the Mt. Zion Ceme-
tery.
Mr. Morris, a longtime resident of
Freestone County, was born October
17, 1894 and died at the Freestone
„ ,, ... . .County Hospital on Friday, August
Some 15 entries have been made ^ after a short jllness He was a
in the decorated bicycle division | retired construction worker
u ich is makng its first appearance, Survivors include five sisters. Mrs.
m the annual fair parade. j Mattie Lee and Mrs. Lula Roberts of
The parade will follow the same j Fairfield, Mrs. Icy Goodman and
course as last year, beginning at! Mrs. Ola Graham of Houston and
the top of the hill near the Metho- Mrs. Mary Emmons of Teague; also
dist church and continuing south on i a number of nieces and nephews.
Mount Street to Commerce Street. | Pallbearers were Riley Robertson,
There it will turn east and continue! Tony Campagna, Billy Roberts, Min-
toward the fairgrounds on Com-! yard White, Ga'e Weaver and A B.
merce. 1 Jaster.
KARLA SIMMONS
PATSY FRYER
BEVERLY BILDERBACK
MONA FARQUHAR
SUSIE LAWRENCE
MICHELE FERGUSON
DIANE WALLER
BEVERLY BLOUNT
JOAN HILL
1964 QUEEN SUZIE DOBBS
SHERRI CARROLL
Freestone County Queen’s
Contest Draws 19 Entries
ELIZABETH CALAME
GAYLE COLLIER
BEVERLY ROBISON
The Queen’s Coronation at the 1965
Freestone County Fair has drawn
19 contestants from over the coun-
ty. The coronation will be held
Thursday night at Eagle Field at
the fairgrounds beginning at 8 o’-
clock.
When the contestants have run
through their routines and the judges
have made their final decision, Miss
Suzie Dobbs, the 1964 fair queen
from Teague, will crown the new
Queen of the 1965 Freestone County
Fair,
Entered in the coronation competi-
tion this year are the following
young ladies:
Barbara Reed, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Hugh D. Reed Jr., of Fair-
! field will represent the Fairfield Fu-
! ture Homemakers of America. She
is 17 years of age and will be a high
school senior this year.
Jenny Watson. 17 year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tas S. Watson
Jr. of Fairfield will represent the
j Fairfield Rotary Club. Jenny will
| be a senior at FHS.
rvauine ivy. aaugnter oi Mr. ana
Mrs. Bradford Ivy, of Fairfield will
represent the Fairfield Young Home-
makers. She will be a junior at
FHS this fall.
Sherri Carroll, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Carroll, of
Streetman will represent the Fair-
field Uons Club. Sherri will be a
senior at FHS.
Beverly Robeson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Robeson, of Fairfield
will represent the Fairfield Garden
(Se# QUEEN—Page 8)
NADINE IVY
BARBARA RBCD
JENNY WATSON
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1107396/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.