The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1954 Page: 1 of 10
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Saturday, May l,"'1Tas been
aated as Straw Hat Day in
jrfleld. Local merchants have
|| wonderful display of the latest
tatraw styles and colors, to
lit each individual. Be sure to
one, or get out the old one—
jj^y wear a straw hap Saturday,
®d in the summer days to fol-
l»w.
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Was sorry to have missed
the TV presentation of the
• State FHA meet in Fort
Worth Saturday. Heard Fair-
Held was well, and very cap-
ably represented at, the state
Meeting Thursday, Friday and
Saturday (story elsewhere in
this Issue). Especially by pret-
ty, popular Sue Wood in her
TV appearance Saturday that
■any local citizens witnessed
and made most complimentary
l reports.
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Don’t know much about the
mechanism of the automobile,
but it seems the manufacturers
.leached the top in design and
colors in most of the new cars.
Have you noticed this while
watching highway traffic, or in
any'•group of parked cars. They
honestly look like an Easter
egg counter display on big scale.
ESTABLISHED COUNTY PAPER PUBLISHED WHERE THE GREAT HIGHWAYS OF TEXAS
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY. Ti^ THURSDAY. APRIL 2t> lt>M
CROSS
Eagles Lose To
Mart; Play Marlin
Here Today
By JAMES McILVEEX
Eagle Tales Sports Editor
The Fairfield Eagles tangled
with the Mart Panthers in Mart
Tuesday and came out battered
with a score of 12 to 1.
The Eagles’ district record
now stands at 4 won and 4 lost
Mexia and Mart are tied for
first place in district play, with
one loss each.
Fairfield will play Marlin here
today, April 29, and Hearne at
Hearne May 4 to close the 1954
season.
Mart blasted out 12 runs while
limiting the visitors to one run
Tuesday'. The base hits were
much closer than the score.
Mart collected nine hits and
Fairfield got seven. Mart, how-
ever, got better mileage from
their hits. The Eagles’ only
extra-base hit was a double by
Freeman. Emmons collected two
singles in two official times at
bat.
Fairfield loaded the bases
three times but managed only
one run.
The ball game was very close
until the Mart half of the fifth
inning. Up to this point
Eagles were trailing by a 1 to 2
score.
Mart sent 12 hatters to the
plate in the wild fifth. They
John Ben Shepperd
Asks Re-Election
To State Office
Sue Wood, ^
Martha Robertson
Awarded Degrees
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NUMBER SI
Texas Attorney General John
Ben Shepperd formally filed for
re-election to a second term to-
day, subject to action of the
Democratic primary
In his announcement Shep-
perd pledged continuing war by
his office on “Crime, Commun-
ism and Corruption.’’
Shepperd, who was elected
the I Attorney General in 1952, after
‘serving two years as Secretary
of State, is 30 years of age and a
native of Gladewater.
He is married to the former
The State Degree of Achieve-
ment, the highest award obtain-
able in the Future Homemakers
of America, was awarded to
Miss Sue Wood and Miss Martha
Ruth Robertson at the State
Convention of the organization
held in Fort Worth April 22-24.
This degree is given only to J
those members who have shown (
growth and development as Fu-1
lure Homemakers, indents, ami [
community members. Miss
Wood is a senior and president
of the local FHA chapter. Miss
Robertson is a past president of
the Fairfield Homemakers and
is incoming Treasurer of Area
VIII. She is a member of the
Junior Class.
Edward Mercer, superintend-
ent of the Fairfield schools, re-
ceived honorary membership in
the Texas Association of the Fu-
ture Homemakers of America,
the highest possible for the Fu-
ture Homemakers of this state
to bestow upon 'non--members.
The theme for the convention
was “Good Family Life For
All,” and featured Bill Martin,
Jr., the Winston Storyteller, as
guest speaker. Mr. Martin dis-
closed his belief that three,
things hound a family closer
'together: family uor 'nip, group
iiigmg, and story telling.
Terry Enters Sheriffs Rate;
Deadline Monday, May 3
Demo Comm. Votes [Martha Robertson
No Cross-Filing Elected To Attend
In Primary Election'Girls State
W. R. Boyd, Jr., was in Dallas)
[Saturday attending a meeting of
the Stale Democratic Executive
Committee, of which he is a
member. At this meeting the
committee passed a resolution
prohibiting cross-filing by candi-
dates for nomination in the
Democratic Primary election. |
"In other words," Mr. Boyd
said, “no one can run in both |
the Democratic and the Republi-
can primaries at the same time.’’
The state executive committee
makes the rules governing the
operation of the Democratic
Party in Texas where there is
no specific law which applies.
State law permits cross-filing in
the general election.
Deadline For
Student Transfer
Changed To June 1
what they thought in
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! base hits, including two double
before an out was made. When]
the inning ended Mart had I
scored once more for a total of
(See BASEBALL, Page 8) |
Rites Held In
Wortham For
Mrs. Anna Wilson
land they have two sons. Sklppy
| and Johnny , and twin daughters
Suzanne and Marianne.
Fairfield Wins
Grade School
Meet Here Sat.
The Fairfield Grade
won the county grade
attending the convention were
Area VIII President Faye Stone;
Nancy Williford, voiing delegate
i from the Fairficid chapter;
I Gy rme Thornton, Mrs, Alliene
Allen, Fairfield advisor; and
Mrs. Edward Mercer.
>otf
Malx-rn I). Humphrey, Jr.,
who recently completed his
Work for master^ degree at
Texas A. and M. College, has
•ecepted a position as statlstlc-
**n with the United States
Department of Ariculture at
Agriculture Marketing
Serviee offiee in Austin. He
Ipft Sunday to
Monday.
Funferal services were he]
from the Methodist Church In
Wortham recently for Mr^.
Anna Elizabeth Wilson, with
the Rev. R. L. Ryburn of Kir-
vin officiating. He was assisted
by the Rev. Mr. Turner, pastor
of the Wortham Methodist
Church. Burial followed at the
Wortham cemetery.
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School
school
jjdjrack meet here Saturday, for
)n the third year. Other participat-
ing schools were Wortham and
Teague.
The meet began with the
seventh and eighth grade boys
and girls holding field and track
events on the football field, and
the fifth and sixth grade boys’
and girls' softball on the main
campus.
Such pretty pastel shades in scored seven runs and got five' Sirichcr of \ orktown others from the Ural maptei
long streamline design with
shiny chrome trim. From my
desk at this writing I see a two-
toned light blue and grey; a
. flamingo red; two-toned grey and
dark blue; two shades of green
combination; cream; a light blue;
a deep cream almost yellow;
light green; a tan-dark brown
aomblnation; a sky blue and
cream. Don’t see how they can
be improved on in 1955. (That’s
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Ike second annual open
tone at Rank State Hospital
la Bask May 7 and 8. Mayor
L W. Thornton received a
•pedal Invitation to attend
•nd to tell his neighbors that
they too may go. Beginning
•t 9 A. M. each morning, a
guided tour will begin every
five minutes and refreshments
Will be served. At 10 A. M. and
3 P. M. a special 30 minute
program will he presented in
the chapel by the patients.
Every interested ritizeh Is in-
vited to attend.
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The Rev. and Mrs. James Mor-
gan attended homecoming at
the Bon Wier Baptist Church
Sunday, the last day of a revival
meeting which he held there
last week. Mrs. Morgan was
reared in a nearby community
and the Rev. Mr. Morgan was
ordained to preach in this
church while he was teaching
school in Bon Wier about 35
years ago. They report a wond-
erful visit with old friends, and
an inspirational revival meeting.
Holds Revival
At Bon Wier
The Rev. and Mrs. James Mor-1 second.
Local Future
Homemakers
Honor Day Apr. 21
Wednesday morning, April
21, was honor day for the Fair-
field Future Homemakers. The
meeting was called to order
with Yvonne Scott leading the
FHA prayer song. Sue Wood in-
troduced the platform guests.
These included Edward Mer-
cer, superintendent, who re-
ceived his State honorary de-
gree at the state meeting in
Fort Worth Friday; Mrs. T. W.
The deadline for filing applica-
tions for transfer of students in
1 Free, tone County has been
changed to June 1, according to
Ruel Wilson, Freestone County
school superintendent. Formerly
parents had until July to make
application for transfer of school
children.
Mr. Wilson said applications
for transfer will be accepted at
his office during the month of
May. V
Transfer application** will be
reviewed, passed or at
the regular County Boara meet-
ing June 2. All interested per-
sons are urged to attend the
above mentioned board meeting.
I Please contact your local school
officials or county school sup-j
erintendent for application
blanks.
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'
. Edgar Terry this week an-
nounced his candidacy for slier-
I iff of Freestone County. “He Is
[the third candidate in this race,
[ with the deadline for filing Mon-
| day, May 3.
j Other candidates are Steve
| Campbell, and Hepry Brown, -
seeking re-election.
| Wesley Teer entered the race
for constable of Precinct 1 last
week, making five seeking nomi-
nation in tlie primary election,
to this office. Others are
L. E. Bain, W. R. McLeod, Ern-
est Folk and Raymond Rankin.
Sam R. Caroll, Jr., A. H.
Ben brook and Rufus H. Bond
are candidates for county judge;
W. H. McSpadden and Bruce
Allen, for tax assessor-collector.
Jim Billie Bonner is asking re-
election as commissioner, pre-
cinct 1; and is opposed by Guy
Coleman. ’ ■!&*
E. H. Ezell asking re-election 1 ■
as commissioner of precinct 3,
is opposed by Ben Clary and
Tom Nesbitt. ' .
Candidates for commissioheir.
of precinct 4 are Jack Cooper,
re-election, and Charles Bounds;
for constable, precinct 3, Hollis
Daniel, re-election, and W. H.
Filba; justice of peace, precinct-
! 1. Willis Young and Homer Lee.
j All other offices are unopposed,
t al to date, with Monday tfyl
the regular meeting of the auxil-!ilne for y>Hng|
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Martha Robertson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Condia Robert-
son, was elected by the local |
American Legion Auxiliary as
their representative to attend
Girls'State in Austin in June.
Ann York, daughter of Mrs.
Maliel York, is alternate.
The selections were made
.
Freestone-Leon
Co. FHA Offices
Consolidated Mon.
_ __ Winning events for the local,
1U‘V. James Morgan school tor the seventh and)
‘eighth grades were:
Boys 190 >ard hash Glen | ’|'|U),-rit, ,n \iea Mill mother and
\\ hiteside. second. j (.jK,p|(,r honorary member:
(.iris 100 >ard das'll Joan I u11,.n District II first vic<
doling, til l f.mma .lean iv J • J pre idi'O M.i-tha Ruth Robert-j
j son. Area VIII treasurer fori
gan returned Monday from Bon | Boys high jump— Buddy Ault- and Faye Stone, Area
Wier where he conducted re- nian- fouith.
vival meeting services last week, Girls high jump Emma Jean
closing Sunday night. He ro-Mvy, first. Joan \oung, second,
Suel Hill Speaks
At Rotary Club
Bms| Meet Wednesday
The ot her plat- i
the chapter I
ports there were nine additions Willie Lee Shanks, thud
to church, seven for baptism.
The Rev. T. J. Seamans is
pastor.
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Recent Donations
Cemetery Ass’n
Recent contributions to Fair-
field Cemetery Association:
begin duties
Birthdays . . . Mrs. A. B.
•faster, Houston, May 2 . . . Her
J)le Schaefer, Canton, May 17 . . .
George English, May 18 . . . Billy
Paul Withrow, May 18 . . . How-
ard Watson III, May 19 . . .
James Steven Await, May 20,
Ws first Mrs. John Mc-
Lachei n, May 20 . . . Edwin Kir-
s';111' May 2 . . Mrs. George
tubbs Wortham, May 2 . . .
reddle Lee, May 21 . ' . Bruce
* arker, May 22 . . . Tommy Jean
, lpin. May 23 . . . Gynne Thorn-
“n. May 23 . . Hulen Kirgan,
«exia, May 30 . . . Leslie Rad-
1,,,. ’ v“ay 2 • ‘ • Mr and Mrs.
y Newman, wedding anniver-
*ary, May 17.
Lonine Childs
. $5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Rankin
. 2.00
Mrs. J. O. Svvinburn .
5.00
P. S. Lake
. 5.00
Mrs. Bennie McDonald
. 5.00
W. F. Iluckahv
2.50
Mr:;. Hubert Park'"'
2.50
Mrs. .1. W. Withrow
2 .30
Mrs. John Hancock
2..30
Mis Charlotte Ruth
Iluckahv
2 3(1
Mrs. Callic Terry .
3 oo
Mrs. I) A. Manahan
a 00
Mrs. T. F. Manahan
3 00
Mr and Mi s. C. B
Williamson
io
Sale of two lots
3000
Many thanks for all
dona-
Members of
_______and sponsors
tn» frV®* b*t details
“Henlor Trip" «*>■-
- a*ound town, p*** *>
Memorial Services
Birdston Cemetery
Memorial services will he
held at the Birdston Cemetery
near Stroetman, May 1 Every-
one is cordially invited to at-
tend.
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HAM FAMILY
REUNION MAY 2
Boys’ 50 yard dash—Glen
Whiteside, second; John Laird
Bonner, third
Girls’ 50 yard dash—Emma
(See TRACK MEET, Page 8)
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Zachry Pipeline
Company Moving
To Crockett
Pete Murphy, office manager
for the H B. Zachry Pipeline
Company, reports the local crew
is making preparations to move
to Crockett in the near future
where ' ic \ will headquarter
tenipor.ii d v
Mr. Mm piiv ■ t at eq lie and I >
B. Shi iiin : u| erintendent,. and
t he cut li e P .| ee :n e eppreciat i\ ■ ■
of the interest, kindness, and co-
operation of the people of Fair
field shown them while in the
city and he. .me of these
courtesies we hope we shall
have the opportunity to work in
and from your citv again soon "
The Zachry Company is lay-
ing a 30 inch line for the Mag
nolia Petroleum Company from
Corsicana to Beaumont.
VIII president,
form gtie-t- wen
officers.
The girls receiving the jun-
ior degree were: Pat Shubert,
i Dorothy Johnson, Shirley Jones,
(See HOMEMAKERS, Page 8)
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Mrs Sallie May
Dies In Kirvin;
Rites Held Sunday
Mrs. Sallie May. 87, died at her
home in Kirvin Saturday. April
24. following an illness of sever-
al years, four years of which
she was confined to her bed
Funeral services were held from
| the First Baptist Church in
1 Kirvin Sunday, with the Rev.
]<> p ll. rringtoii officiating. |
I Bni aiI |ollowed at M oodland
| ( Vmeter\ i
i i w ere Oliver Tims, j
ions. Jr.. Joe Richard- j
( oloman, I’.mwning
,T<>in Tims, and Jim
Suel Hill chief of the local
volunteer fire department, was
guest speaker at the Wednesday
noon meeting of the Rotary
Club. He spoke on “Work of the
Eire Department of Eairfield.”
Mr. Hill, local farmer, ranch-
er and business man, pointed
uuy at the Presbyterian Church
April 23. Mrs. M. D. Humphrey,
president, presided.
Mrs. Ben Capps, Jr., was direc-
tor for the program on “Mexico
and the Good Neighbor Commis-
sion.” After refreshments were
served, a film, “American Road,”
was shown by M. D. Humphrey.,
Miss Robertson was chosen tc#
attend. Girl* StatP un qualifica-
tions of leadership, character,
courage, honesty, scholarship,
cooperations, and physical fit-
ness.
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Re-Construction
Iris Theatre
To Begin Soon
Preparations wore begun here) unit and Miss Ruth Hunter will
this week for removal of debrisi be the county office clerk,
from the charred ruins of the I ■ ■ NtlvsJ
Ins Theatre aim T A. Mcllveen, |
local manager, stated reconstruc-
tion will begin in the near
fut ure.
E. I,. and Buddy Harris, own-
ers, were here Wednesday andjrp »» ~ . _
according to Mr. Mcllveen theujlO Meet 1 Olligflt
x,*W
Th% Leon
at CenterfyTHe
dated with the Freestone Coua3
ty office. Effective on Mondhy,
April 26, Freestone and Leon
Counties will be worked as a
unit with the headquarters of-
fice in Fairfield. There will b«
a part-time office at the court*
house in Centerville.
O. H. Juren will be the super-
visor of the newly organised
Freestone-Leon
Broiler Growers
plans call for a modern and at-
tractive theatre to replace thej A meeting for broiler grower*
out the need of every precau-|l,ne destroyed by fire March 14. (of Leon and Freestone Countie*
tion for fire prevention, and On this date the Fairfield Motor will be held in Buffalo tonight,
pictures and slides on the city’s | Company also burned and
Nicholas & Jones Grocery and
Hill Hardware and Appliance
damaged by the fire.
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recent major fires were shown.
Elmer McVey and Robert
Mortimer were in charge of the
program.
C. M Wood presided for the.
business session and welcomed
Jack Robinson. Walt Newman,
Marvin Harris and Bob Stevens
as v isitors; also Wright Kinche-
ioe, Mexia Rotarian.
Alton Parker will lie in charge
of next week’s program.
April 29. The meeting will be-
gin at 7:30 in the agriculture
building.
K. A. Anderson
Elected Head
East Texas C. C.
Anyone interested In the
broiler growing industry is in-
vited to attend the meeting in
Buffalo.
I Baillio.ii
J R So
| son. < ’IiIf
Session
Tims.
Mr- M
Hill. Ala .
Texas at»
ini' lived
K. A. Anderson, prominent
businessman of Palestine, was
elected president of the East
I Texas Chamber of Commerce at
! its; annual convention in Beau-'
| mont April 22-23. Mr. Anderson |
| is in ttie outdoor advertising
line mess in Palestine and Grecn-
| viltc and is president of The K-
Associa-j Way Maintenance Co., a paint-
firm. He also
Parents-Teachers
To Install New
Officers May 4
The 1 ’arent-Teai her
tion of the local school will hold | mg contracting
'the final meeting of the year at
'va born in Snow |||,,. band room Tuesday after-
18oo. and moved to noon, Mav I, and new officers
00 years ago. h,av-,wj|| installed Meeting time
Freestone County j js ;i o’clock.
since that time. She was married i officers to be installed are
Fellowship Supper
At Methodist
Church May 5
Members of the Methodist
Church will meet at the church
Wednesday evening, May 5, at
7 o’clock for a fellowship sup-
per In observance of family
The Ham family reunion is an-
nounced for Sunday, May 2. The
reunion will be held at Forrest j week. All members are urged to
Piuk in Furt Worth. bring a covered dish and attend, friends.
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to the late William Browning
May, Mav 17, 1899. She was a
member ol the Baptist Church,
and of the Order of The Eastern
Star, When a voting woman she
taught school at Woodland, near
Kirvin.
Survivor in,-hide three (laugh-j
ters, Mrs. It. V
and Mrs. C H. (Sarah) Long,
both of Waco; and Mrs. J. M.
iFemnie) Vanderlaan, of Cle-
burne; five granddaughters, one
grandson, one great-grandson;
other relatives and a host of
Mrs. Woodrow Ivy. president;
A C. Hart, vice-president; Mrs.
Clois Ivy, treasurer; Miss Kath-
erine Steward, secretary.
Mrs. Edward Barker will he
presented as soloist during the
entertainment hour
Notice has been received that
(Kate) Mitchell) the PTA cook hooks have beer!
shipped It is possible the ship-
ment will arrive in time for
this meeting.
All members are urged to at-
tend this last meeting of the
1953-54 Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion.
owns The K-Way Builders Sup-
ply Company of Fairfield and
the Circle K Hereford Farm near
Palestine. He is at present Dis-
trict. Governor of Rotary Inter-
national. District 190, and holds
a number of other positions of
leadership in local, regional, and
state organizations.
Masonic Lodge
("all Meeting
A call meeting of the Fair-
field Masonic Lodge will be held
Saturday night for work in the
Master’s degree. The time will
be 7:30. All members are urged
to he present. Visitors are wel-
come.
JOE LEE KIRGAN, W. If.
FAR EAST (FHTNC) —Per-
forming his duties aboard the
fleet oiler USS Chikaskl* ** ’
Bobby T. DeBorde,
USN, son of Mrs. Susie J,
i Horde of Fairfield. The IgMB
askia supplies oil to the ship*
of the Fleet's mobile air arm,
Task Force 77. Durtn|^^^|
tour of duty in the Fair Ea*t
she has made stops in For-
mosa, the Philippine*, Hong
Kong, Sasebo, Japan, and ha*
operated along the coasts of ,
Korea.
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