Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
Thursday, August 3, 1995
Sect 2, Page 8

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     These Students were in the Fairfield Public School No. 1 second grade class in 1943. The only students we can identify in this picture are: Marjorie Ann McCoy, forth girl from the left in front; Ruthie Parker, next to the last girl in front row; Laura Burton, third girl from the right in top row; Phyllis J., forth girl from right in top row; and Elaine Bosley, who is not located. Can you name the others?

     Marriage licenses Harry Neiquist and Bessie Johnson; Forest E. Hill and Floretta Campbell; George C. Jones and Anna Vest; James Weisenberger and Irene Campbell; William W. Nelson and Doris Lee Walters . . . Mrs. Emma Fitch, 91, widow of the late William Henry Fitch, dies at her home in Elm River Township . . . William H. Carson, of Cisne, dies . . .  William Miller, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Miller, former Fairfield residents, now in Grayville, is killed and a neighbor boy serious injured when struck by a car while riding bicycles on the highway near Grayville . . . Miss Ruth Boggs, daughter of Dr. J. C. Boggs and Corine Boggs here, gets a scholarship to the University of Illinois . . .  Kelley Daniels, 40, former resident of the Covington vicinity, dies in a St. Louis hospital . . .  Miss Dolly Corder, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. (Happy) Corder, weds Cpl. Rudolph Fopper, of Bartelso . . .  Leo Ohman, industrial manager for the Chefford company, makes his solo flight at the Fairfield airport. Carl Edminson was the flight instructor . . . Miss Vivian Simmons, daughter of Mrs. Beulah Simmons here, weds T/Sgt. Eugene Lewis, of Flora . . .  Roy Clipplnger, Carmi newspaper publisher, receives the Republican nomination for Congress. Lt. JG James S. Heidinger, son of the late Congressman, places second in the race . . .  Mrs. Florence Spriggs-Yockey, former well-known Rinard resident, dies at Decatur . . . Mrs. Carrie V. Harrison, mother of Vern Harrison, dies here . . . Harold N. Brown is elected president of the Wayne County War Fund committee . . . W. L. (Mutt) Montgomery is new county veterans adviser . . .  Mrs. August Martin, former Leech township resident dies at Terre Haute. Ind . .  . Harry Wilson, son of the late Squire Ed Wilson is killed in a car wreck near Versailles Ind.

     Republicans nominate Richard Nixon for President, with Henry Cabot Lodge as his running mate . . . The Legion loses $700 on a wrestling show . . . Joseph O. Crews, of Mt. Erie, dies . . . Mrs. C. H. Rosenberger, 87, of Fairfield, dies . . .  Roscoe Ingalls, former well-known Cisne man, dies in Enfield . . . Robbs Coffee House is closed for remodeling of the downstairs floor . . . New FCHS principal Weldon Kendrick rents the George Cravens property on East Center .  . .  Mrs. Hazel Clutts, mother of Mrs. Kermit Kruger here, is fatally injured in an auto accident . . . Mrs. C. E. Castle lifelong Fairfield resident, dies . . . National Supply Company opens a repair office here . . . The city of Fairfield goes on a demand gas route to get more gas .  . . Mrs. Belle Giannopoulos purchases the Ivan Leathers property on Epworth and moves there . . . Mrs. Roy Totten is a patient in a St. Louis hospital . . . Dr. Walter Smith, First Methodist pastor here, will head the county's CROP drive.

     Leonard Robertson is found dead on a farm in the Covington neighborhood . . .  Twenty-seven Fairfield ladies enroll in a hat-making class . . . The Fairfield C of C is studying a proposal to establish an industrial fund . . . New fluorescent lighting is being added at Fairfield High School . . . Ross Kelly suffers a stroke . . . Hazel Taylor, of Wayne City, is employed as chief machinist for the Fairfield Garment factory . . . An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bailey of Keenes dies . . .  The city will take bids for a new lightplant boiler . . .  Airtex now has 875 workers on the payroll . . . Wayne County corn and soybeans are looking excellent, the Press reports.

     Eldon Simpson is elected new president of the Wayne County Senior Citizens organization, succeeding Charles Fishel.
     Hamrnack's Studio is seeking pictures of former Fairfield mayors.
     A state $70,000 grant. double that of last year, is announced for the handicapped program of the Wayne County Association for Retarded Children.
     Becky Vaughan, Vickie Miles, Terry Musgrave and Teresa Wilson are named as the county's 4-H models to model at state fair. Patty Mayhue and Carole Ann Young are alternates, along with Cheryl Green and Angie Fry.
     The Press lists programs planned for this year's Cisne Reunion, which opens Aug. 19. It will open with a Church Day program.
     The Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District will hold its second conservation airlift to be held at the Fairfield airport on Tuesday.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 68 to 91.
     Marriage licenses: Marvin D. Fry and Garnetta Carlean McCormick; Robert Herbert Burroughs and Anna Elizabeth Windland.
     The Wayne County board of tax review has gotten only 60 complaints this summer, about half the normal number. Everett Kittle is board chairman, with Walter R. Davis and Arthur Wood as members.
     Mrs. Leonard Morris, Mrs. Bill Worley and Mrs. Guy Fearn judge exhibits at the fair in Olney.
     Mr. and Mrs. Bill Trotter are improving from accident injuries at Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
     Leslie Pappas, of Cambria, who has pastored the Hurst Baptist Church for five years takes a pastorate at Crab Orchard.
     Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baumgarten attend a district Eagles meeting in Eldorado.

   Attorneys for Clarence Eugene Wilson ask that he beheld at the jail in Crawford County and allowed more family visits. He is charged with murder there but the court has ordered the trial be held in Fairfield.
     Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harl, Jr., Rt. 2, Fairfield, have a new baby son.
     Mr. and Mrs. Butch Hedrick, of Mt. Erie, have a new baby son.
     A Springerton soldier, SP/4 Steve Lee Inboden, formerly missing in action, has been declared killed in action June 30 in South Vietnam.
     Mr. and Mrs. John Veatch observe their golden wedding anniversary.
     Brad Worley has a grand champion female at the county 4-H fair livestock competition.
     The Press has a page of pictures of the English minister, Rev. Paul Hardy, who is preaching for several weeks at Fairfield First Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Krause, Methodist pastor here, is in Rev. Hardy's pulpit in England.
     The Fairfield fire department is sending out sign-up notices for rural families.  The number in the plan is reported to be down.
     A group of young people present an all-musical show at the city park bandshell.
     The City of Fairfield gets its 11th Pedestrian Safety Achievement Award.
     Bi-State Express here is being acquired by J. W. Ward Transfer of Murphysboro.
     Fairfield temps range from 61 to 95.
     Harold Gibbs, of Clay City, is re-elected president of the Elm River Chowder.

     David L. Rodgers, 20, of Cisne, is killed in a highway accident at the edge of Flora. He was on a motorcycle and crashed into the wreckage of an earlier highway accident.
     Bruce Gualdoni announces plans for a new building to replace a burned out insurance office facility.
     A Battle of the Bands is planned for Wayne County fair entertainment.
     An estimated 600 students will be attending Fairfield High this fall, with Aug.  22 set for opening of classes.
     A 30-day grace period for Illinois motorists to wear their seat belt is up and use of seat belts is now required.
     Four incumbents have taken out petitions for re-election to the FCHS board-Carroll Courtright, Fred Smith, Sherrill Staley and Dr. Marcus Brown. Janice Schroeder and Ron Weedon also have petitions out for the FCHS Board.
     Fairfield temps range from 63 to 89.
     Mitch Fenton narrowly escapes his burning home northeast of Fairfield.
     The Press has a page one photo of the $5 million sewer plant under
construction here.
     Mrs. Ruby Heidinger, 69, dies at Good Sam Hospital.
     Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Anthony, of Flora, former Cisne residents, are observing their 65th wedding anniversary.

    The Fairfield Soccer Association season will begin Sept. 2. Alice Jordan is president of the association.
     Wayne County's jobless rate is put at 17.3 percent, second highest in the      Fairfield Memorial Hospital adds telemetry monitoring of patients.
     The Mill Shoals grade school registration is set for Aug. 8, 9.
     Construction is set to start on a new Best Western Motel at the Grayville exit of I-64.
     The Cancer Society is conducting a Jail or Bail fundraiser in downtown Fairfield.
     Mrs. Dorothy Meritt is a new Fairfield police dispatcher.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 57 to 84.
     Eddie Hurd, president of the Elm River Chowder, names his top committees for this year's chowder.
     Montgomery Ward is closing its catalog store in Fairfield.
     Steve Wheeler, 31, Fairfield oil worker, is critically injured in an oilfield accident.
     King Street is being widened in the Fairfield High School area
     Robert H. Smith, 67, Fairfield police dispatcher, dies following a stroke.
     Glen Zimmerman, 81, former Zif Township assessor and retired teacher, dies at the Flora hospital.
     The village of Geff applies for a $190,000 grant to upgrade its water system.
     Seth Flexter and Andrea Harrell are crowned king and queen at the Johnsonville Community Days celebration.