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The Fairfield Recorder
THE COUNTY PAPER—PUBLISHED WHERU THE GREAT HIGHWAYS OP TEXAS CROSS
irBNTY-THIRD YEAR
FAIRFIELD. FREESTONE COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUG. 4. 1949
NUMBER
GEORGE 1 BEN SON
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C-C Names Directors. Fair Committees
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE
THINK 7
If I were a Congressman, I can
fine that moat of my waking
would be spoilt wondering
her or not I had correctly un-
the will of the people and
her they understood the na-
of the issues .before Con-
I would be much concerned
fcect the positioii of the people
■jtyr district, particularly on na-
il issues that affect all of
fiwerica. In fact, the thinking of
People throughout the country
lid be like meat and drink to
Nffc
I am happy to believe this is
Kibe case with most of our Con-
sen. Of course, there is a
I that the people might be
j, An informed Congress-
will then act upon his own
tions, when the test comes.
Id more often than not, I be-
lt we can safely feel that
an opinion is informed pub-
Rfe opinion. If this he so, then
tfablic opinion is indeed worth the
Rpring to any Congressman.
| , On the Bandwagon
Once in awhile we are fooled
|iato believing that those who
the most noise about some-
|thing are an index to what is in
■minds of moat of the people,
who plead special causes
generally the most noisy,
these groups, with
on all sides, get the
of the public. Sometimes
JHr do not. At any rata, what
|nr Congressmen need to do is get
Pi sctusl thinking of the people,
M*t just listen to the fellow who
l hu the most to say.
I There’s the National Education
■Nation. For years on end
• them T Well, a lot of good
Me have climbed on their band-
it, and they have made plenty
^^■Nvay in the very halls -of
t Federal aid has become
^■^HticaT’ issue. N. E. A. a
1 time ago turned on the heat,
Foe t° anybody who opposes
l!
wWhat is public opinion on “fed-
HP aid?” Recently, the Detroit
99 and the Omaha World-
lid asked their readers to
some questions. One was:
you favor federal aid to edu-
In Detroit, a great in-
*1 center, the vote was more
IAib three to one against federal
HR. In Omaha, center of a huge
ng area, more than ten to
(|9 were opposed to it. In both
only 2,807 votes were for
9l aid, 124279 against it.
ers of these two great
•per* spoke out, on other
ons involving more federal
ding and more control of peo-
PM*. They wrote to Congress.
I Were opposed nearly ten to
HR h> the administration’s hous-
Ht bill, just passed. They oppos-
W*» Brannan farm plan 20 to
In Nebraska, fewer than
IP favored compulsory health
out of nearly 6,000 re-
Bg.
Jji’ Listen to the People
|W* big margin, readers of the
u’t News wanted to cut gov-
nt spending and to make
IPfsderal government more effic-
along lines proposed by the
!"r Commission report. The
more than 20 to one, on
questions together. In
Iska, only token sympathy
HI he found favoring more
pay for the Truman social
w***ani' All this leads me to
^Ifcr whether our political lead-
Kf *re n°t pretty far behind the
|L’n 'n* °f the people on some of
. I?0*4 *mPortnnt issues.
■E""* Congressmen occasion-
leem unaware of the will of
H^Mople, the President seems
*o. For instance it
take the President six
longer than the general
^^K-to realize that danger of
inflation was past. It
8ly befits the President and
^U_^*mher of Congress to look
the people and see and
_ ft is not always wise to
Jr4 the place where the most
[ "i"! kicked up. Our lead-
to give the people a
1 ‘•d listen to them once in
New C-C Directors
To Take Office
Five new directors to serve on
the Chamber of Commerce were
selected this week by ballot. These
five with the ten holdovers will
meet next Tuesday night and
perfect the organization for the
next twelve months.
The ballots were canvassed at
a special meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night, and
the following were named: Watt
Newman, Rankin Gilpin, Henry
Cole, Frank Peyton and 0. B.
Utley, Sr.
This ends the first year for the
local chamber, headed by C. E.
Childs as president.
All directors are urged to be
on hand Tuesday night, to set up
the new organization, and lay
plans for the coming year.
J. C. Scruggs
Dies Monday In
Local Hospital
John Garter Scruggs, 66, died
Monday morning in tne local hos-
pital after an illness of many
months. Rev. R. K. Anderson of-
ficiated tor the graveside rites
netd at the Antioch cemetery at
2:30 Tuesday afternoon.
Pallbearers were Emmett Self,
Clobe Gunter, Cullen Gunter, Jud-
•on Crouch, Clyde Burton and
Loy Burton.
Mr. Scruggs was born the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scruggs in
Tennessee, September 29, 1882.
He was married to Miss Sarah
Burton, and had lived for 40 years
in the Turling^n -op.mur-J-
Survivors are his wife, e%nt
daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Mae
Crouch, Mrs. Jewel Crouch, Mrs.
Willie Fae Self, Mrs. Mary Lee
Gunter, Mrs. Ellen Gunter, Sarah
Ann Scruggs and Grace Scruggs,
ail of Fairfield; and Mrs. Louella
Arnett of Kingsburg; five sons,
Clarence Scruggs, Lynn Carter
Scruggs, Newman Scruggs, Clin-
ton Scruggs, of Fairfield, and
Jimmy Scruggs of Kingsburg.
One sister, Mrs. Mary Horne, of
Sweeney; two brothers, Walter of
Houston and J. M. of Navarro;
seven grandchildren and a number
of other relatives in Fairfield and
Navarro also survive.
Lester Scruggs and Obie
Scruggs of Hubbard, a number of
nieces and nephews from Sweeney
and Newt Horne of Navarro were
among out of town relatives hero
for the funeral.
Measuring Of
Peanuts Completed
By NORMAN H. LAMBERT
Secretary Freestone (bounty ACA
During the past few weeks field-
men from the AAA office have
measured 1,408 acres of peanuts
which represents the acreage on
97 farms that have planted pea-
nuts to be picked or threshed for
market purpose. Out of the 97
farms measured, there were 38
that had acreage planted in ex-
cess of their allotment.
In order for these farmers to
avoid paying a penatly and be
eligible for price support on their
alloted acres, they must dispose of
the peanuts on the excess acres in
such way that they cannot be
picked or threshed.
Several farmers have ask the
question, if peanuts from excess
acres were dug and baled for hay
would it qualify them for getting
a with-in allotment marketing
card. The answer is no, since the
regulations specify that excess
peanuts must be disposed of in
such manner that they Cannot be
picked or threshed at any time.
Peanuts may be dug and ground
for feed, hogged off, or any other
method that will destroy the nuts.
It will be the responsibility of
the producer to measure alloted
acres and to notify the county
office when he is ready to dispose
of his excess acres.
We expect to have marketing
cards ready, for with-in allotment
farms, well ahead of harvesting
time. Each producer will be noti-
fied when to cadi "at the office for
his card.
J. 0. Nash
Speaker At
Rotary Meet
Fairfield Rotarians and visitors
enjoyed a Fine talk by J. O. Nash,
member speaker, who talked on
“The Constitution of the United
States.
Mr. Nash introduced his daugh-
ter, Dixie, who gave two piano
numbers.
lyadies’ night will be observed
Tuesday night, August 16, with
Alton Parker in charge of the pro-
gram. *
• Visitors introduced were Roy
Childs, Grand Prairie; Rual Wil-
son, Teague; W. C. Hodge, Corsi-
cana; W. A. Posey, Wortham, S. J.
Scott, Teague; Rufus Bond, Donie;
and Ralph Reed and Jimmie Reed
of Dallas.
Frank Peyton will have charge
of next week’s meeting.
Girls To Enter
WAC In Mexia
Freestone-Leon
Baptist Meet
In Ehpesus Church
The Freestone - Leon Baptist
Association will meet for the
monthly worker’s conference with
the Ephesus Baptist Church Mon-
day night, August 8, at 6 o’clock.
The program follows:
6:00 Song and prayer.
6:10 Supper served by church.
6:40 Board meeting. W. M. U.
meeting.
7:15 Song service.
7:30 Devotional, Mrs. Haynie
Copeland.
7:40 The Bible Doctrine of Bap-
tism, A. P Hamrick.
8:00 The Bible Doctrine of tha
laird’s Supper, P. H. Bailey.
Special music, Charles Vermil-
lion.
Announcements.
8:10 The Atonement, M. O.
Cheek.
All memlbers and visitors are
invited to attend this meeting, and
it is hoped a large number will
attend from Fairfield.
FAIRFIELD MABOKIC LODGE
TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT /
The Fairfield Masonic Lodge
No. 103 A. F. and A. M., will
holds its regular meeting Friday
night, August 6. Members are
requested to be present. Visitors
are cordially invited to meet with
us.
L. J. DA.VIS, W. M.
Three girls will be sworn into j
the Women’s Army Corps for a
period of three years on the Dr.
I. Q. program in Mexia Friday
night, August 5. They are Marie
Russell of Dallas, formerly of
Fairfield; Joyce Hancock and
Joanne Gardenhire of Mexia. The
Dr. I. Q. program and induction
ceremonies will take place at the
Black Cat Stadium. In case of
rain the presentation will be in
the municipal auditorium.
Capt. Howard B. Bowden, the
commanding officer of the Waco
recruiting district, will swear the
girls into the WAC, assisted by
Master Sgt. William H. Rosser, in
charge of the Mexia recruiting sta-
tion; and Sally T. Mariotti, WAC
and WAF recruiting sergeant in
charge of recruiting in this area.
Special guest will be Capt. Lallah
C. Stivers, WAC and WAF recruit-
ing officer of the Texas recruiting
district.
The newly inducted members
will leave immediately after the
program for ten weeks basic
training in Camp I,ee, Va.
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Outdoor Services
Sunday Night
Rev. David Parsons of the
Presbyterian Church announces
that the evening services at that
church will be held on the lawn
at 7:45. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Former Freestone
Countian Dies
In Lubbock
James Lee Lane, 76, former
resident of Freestone County, died
in Lubbock July 23, where he had
made his home in recent years.
Funeral services were held the
following Monday from the Cen-
tral Baptist Church there with
Rev. Jack Welch and Rev. E. H.
Carson officiating. Burial was
made in the Tech Memorial Ceme-
tery.
Survivors are h!s wife, and four
sons, B. W. of Lubbock; Claude
and Alvie of Sweetwater; and
Seth of HoustnpjZtfour daughters,
Mrs. E. C. Garrison of Ennis:
Mrs. Sam Federick of Frost; Mrs.
Granville Sudduth and Mrs. Jethro
Sims of Lubbock.
Also surviving are three broth-
ers, Ben of Buffalo; J. K. of Pales-
tine; and S. S. of Houston; and
two sisters, Mrs. Will Bennett of
Gladewater and Mrs. Walter
Daniels of Dawson.
Final Rites Held Revival Begins At I Scheduled
Tuesday Morning Assembly Of God For September 5-6
For Floris Schick Church Monday
Mow Pastures
For Better Grass
Many stockmen realize the value
of keeping pastures mowed. This
serves several purposes. First of
all it gives the grasses a better
chance with the never ending
struggle for existence with weeds.
Then the grass is tender and of
better quality, higher in vitamins
than the older and tougher plants.
It keeps grass growing over a
longer period of time.
Also mowing helps to form a
mulch on top of the ground which
helps to conserve moisture and
eventually go hack to the soil to
serve as plant food. So you see
there are many reasons that it
pays to mow pastures.
An animal will find a mowed
spot in a pasture in very little
time and will spend much more
time grazing in that spot than it
will where the pasture has not
been mowed, according to County
Agent J. H. Pritchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watson
visited Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Simpson in Brenham, Sunday.
Final rites were held Tuesday
morning for Floris Schick, 46, of
Dallas, at 10 o’clock from the
Burleson Funeral Chapel. Rev. G.
W. Elmore, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, officiated, with
music presented by a mixed choir
and organist, Mrs. R. G. Dickie.
Burial followed at the Fairfield
cemetery.
Pallbearers were T R. Lindley,
Rankin Gilpin, Dick Schick, Tom
Covey, Jr., C. T. Stevens and Joel
Bonner.
Mr. Schick was horn June 6,
1903, in Oleda, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. (J. C. Schick. He at-
tended the Teague schools and was
an electrician by profession. He
was married to Miss Josephine
Newell January 1, 1934, in Fair-
field. To them were born three
sons, Floris I^ldon, 14; Joe Proc-
j tor, 8, and Billy Newell, 3.
Death came to Mr. Schick Mon-
day morning in the Fairfield hos-
pital following an illness of six
weeks, and major surgery, per-
formed last week.
Besides his wife and sons, he is
survived by his mother, of Teague;
and four sisters, Mrs. Joel Bon-
ner, Fairfield; Mrs. Edith Proctor,
Dallas; Mrs. C. T. Stevens and
Mrs. T. T. Covey gf Waco; and
three brothers, Earl, Pam pa; Paul,
Plainview, and Matthew, Teague.
Relatives attending the funeral
services from out of town were:
Mrs. Lowell Jacks, Mrs. T. T.
Covey, Mrs. Carlene Smith and
Mrs. Gius Hemandey of Waco;
Mrs. A, A. La Baure and Mrs.
Zt^W Staner of Houston; Mrs. D.
L. Dupuy, of Texas City; Mr. and
Mrs. Wynn, M. Bailey, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Proctor, of Dallas;
Earl Schick, Pampa; Paul Schick,
of Plainview; Tom Covey, Jr., of
| College Station; Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Stevens, of Waco; Mrs. Edw.
Manahan, of Teague, and Mrs.
Bessie Mayo, of Kirven.
Texas Well Has
Good Showing;
Casing To Be Set
The Texas Company Northern
No. 1 is down around 8,300 feet
and preparations are being made
to set casing and finish the well.
It is reported that this well will
make a gas and distillate producer
and is located approximately 5,000
feet from the McKnight well which
is a good producer.
The Carter-lGragg Oil Company
C. B. Robinson No. 1 is reported
coring last night at around 7,100
feet. Good showing has been en-
countered and there is a possibility
this well will make a producer.
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Remodeling At
Cole Cleaners
Remodeling and painting is un-
derway at the Cole Cleaners this
week. The walls and ceiling are
receiving a nice new coat of paint
and when completed will he an
improvement to the cleaning estab-
lishment.
Rev. Wm. Metzgariof Neder-
land will begin a revival at the
Assembly of God Church Monday,
August 8th. Services will begin j
each evening at 8 o’clock,
will be good music and special
singing. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Fairfield Trims
Palestine Club
Tuesday Night
Directors of the Chamber ot
Commerce met Tuesday night in
called session, to name commit-
tees for the Freestone County
Boys Club and, Livestock Show
scheduled for September 5-6.
According to advance reports,
this year’s show promises to b*
the largest ever held in FairfieM,
and everything will be done to as-
sure its success. The premium list
is larger than ever and should
draw many entries. An exhibit
building has been finished and ad-
ditional bleachers have been erect-
ed at the rodeo .a reha to insure
plenty of seats for the rodeos
and other entertainment that will
be held in the arena.
Following are committees nam-
ed to work out details for the
fair:
Executive: W. A. Parker, F. Bf-
Sneed and C. C. Linnenberg.
4 Rodeo: Suel Hill, O. B. Utley,
Jr., Jim B. Bonner and Deb Mont-
gomery.
_ Grounds: H. E. Richards, I*. J.
____Davis and Jack Ross.
Sale: F. R. Hill, John Pritchard,
F. B. Peyton, H. H. Burleson, and
O. R. Utley, Sr.
Parade: A. H. Bass, O. B. Ut-
ley, and Milton Loper.
Concession: J. E. Lott and A-
E. Stroud.
Publicity: Joe Lee Kirgan.
Entertainment: Wm. Max Hunt-
! er and Edward Mercer.
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Behind the hurling of L. J.
Davis, the local softballers won a
6-3 decision from the Palestine
club, Tuesday night, at the new
baseball grounds.
Fairfield made six runs off three
hit* dvp to error* (.by the Pales-
tine players, and the rock pile in
center field. The three Palestine
runs were unearned, Fairfield
making several errors in a row.
Fairfield defeated Eureka last
Thursday night 8-7 and. Friday
night the Teague club whipped the
locals by a score of 10-5.
There will be a game tonight,
Thursday, between Fairfield and
Centerville, here.
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Freestone County
BTC Met In Dew
Sunday July 31
The county wide B. T. C. of the
Baptist Missionary Association
met in Dew Sunday. The churches
represented with programs were
Teague, Fairfield and Dew.
The following officers
elected for the insuing
President, Richard Smith,
field; vice-president. Bob
Ham, Dew; secretary, Laura Pearl
White, Dew; assistant secretary,
Esther Mae Black, Teague; and
reporter, Doris Wood, Teague.
The offering from this meeting
went to the seminary of Jackson-
ville College. The next county
meeting will be held in Fairfield
October 30.
Kirby Beaten;
Therrell Charged
*
Saturday agaiinst Groe.shock’s ex-
mayor, Allen Therrell, following
incidents which took place Thurs-
day night when Judge Fountain
Kirby was reportedly severely
beaten. His condition is reported
improved in a Groesbeck hospital.
The Limestone County grand
jury was in session Monday morn-
ing but according to reports no
action will be taken until the-
judge is able to appear and make
his statement.
were
year:
Fair-
Riley
Rev. Ben Stohler
Holds Meeting At
Malvern Mission
Rev. Ben Stohler, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Fairfield, is
holding a revival meeting at Mal-
vern Mission this week. The
church is having vacation Bible
school in the morning and services
daily at 8:00 P. M. Mrs. Stohler
accompanied him Tuesday night,
and others from the local church
plan to attend some of the ser-
vices.
Mr and Mrs. Gale Henderson
and children of Fort Worth, visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Ed Henderson
last weekend. They were return-
ing from a vacation trip to Gal-
veston.
Kimbell Writes About Cannery
The following is a letter from
Kay Kimbell, president of the
Kimbell Milling Co., Fort Worth,
written July 29, to C. E. Childs,
president of the Fairfield Cham-
ber of Commerce:
“Mr. E. Childs,
"Fairfield, Texas,
“Dear Mr. Childs:
"Thanks for yours of the 27th.
We will be glad to keep this $3,-
000.00 with you as long as possible,
which we hope will be some time.
We appreciate the citizens of
Fairfield getting up this amount
but we made a had deal with you
when we 1st you off for the $3,-
000.00. We would have been much
better off If we had gone ahead
and let the Chamber of Commerce
put up the building. Anyway, you
have a nice little canning plant,
and all we lack now is getting the
farmers to produce more tomatoes
and berries, ami at a little later
date we might be interested in
putting in a pea line there, pro-
| vided we could get sufficient pea-
produced.
“You realize the price is still
high on the farm commodities on
which the government is guaran-
teeing the price, or rather a loan
on same, hut products that are
not so guaranteed are gradually
seeking lower levels. This year
there was not a chance for us to
make any money oat of tomatoes.
While we paid 10c less per bushel
for tomatoes this year than last
year to begin with, as last year’s
price was 50c, however we finally
paid 50c at Fairfield, and Fairfield
was the only point where we paid
that price. Now when you stop to
think cans are up 8c, and tomatoes
sold as low as 25c less than last
year, this mndo 33c out of pocket
more cost to us than last year,
and we just did make a little
money last year, so it looks to us
now like the entire tomato crop
will move at an actual financial
loss, but I do think we made some
money on berries.
“Peas sold about as cheap as
they ever sell, but the consumer
trade just won’t take them. The
housewives just mad* up their
minds they were going to buy their
groceries for less, and most all
canned goods are less than they
were a year ago.
“We hope that your Chamber
of Commerce will get behind this
tomato and berry business ns we
need far more than we received
this year. The number of cases
linked at Fairfield this year
would never show anything but a
financial loss. We need several
times the amount we received.
• “Glad to note about Kimbell
products and hope the merchants
of Fairfield will give our Waco
house a nice volume of business.
"With very best wishes, I am
“Sincerely yours, ,
“KAY KIMBELL,
“President.”
Methodist Women
Sponsor Book
Review Monday
The Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service of the First Method-
ist Church were hostesses to the
women from the First Baptist
Church and the Presbyterim
Church Monday afternoon for a
book review.
Mrs. Gail Zoda of Cayuga re-
viewed the book, “Mrs. Wu.” The
attendance was good and the pro-
gram appreciated and enjoyed.
Punch and cookies were served
to the members and guests preg-
ent.
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