Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
Thursday, July 20, 1995
Sect. 3 Page 6
 
 

      Wayne County exceeds its 7th war loan quota of $600,000 by $325,000 . . . Miss Mary Elizabeth Vaught, of Fairfield, weds Lt. (J.G.) Earl Neal, of DuQuoin .. .   The number of farms in Wayne County is 3,042, down from 3,452 in 1935, according to a new agricultural census . . . Lt. Lowell Schurr, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Schurr, of Enterprise. is reported missing in action over Bornes . . .  A new $250,000 structure is planned by the Chefford (Airtex) Company, on a 13 acre site in southwest Fairfield . . . The horses from the Emmett Hoffee stables of Fairfield won all four races at the Fourth of July celebration here . . . Marriage licenses: Homer Prince and Ruby McFall, Jack Jamerson and Margie Bolerjack . . .  Mrs. Corlaee Reistead former Fairfield resident, dies in Springfield . . . Miss Clara Hanna, well-known Fairfield resident, dies at her home on East Center Street . . .  Mrs. Jim Black, of Marion, former Fairfield girl, dies at a Herrin hospital . . . An Odin man, George Chaudoin is killed in a truck accident . . . Thieves have been getting into cars parked in the Cambridge Court property .  . . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barth move from the Steiner Apartments to the home of Mrs. E. H. Childress . . .  The Sunderland Acceptance Corp., a new auto finance firm here, moves to the new Giannopoulos building at the rear of the Ration Board office on West Main.  Organizing the business are Joe Sunderland, A. W. Modert and M. R. Wingert . . . Ed Johnson, clerk in the Johnson Store, undergoes surgery at an Evansville hospital . . . John Henry Bowman, former Fairfield boy, is wounded in action in the Pacific war zone . . . Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. French, of Metamora, buy the 80 acre C. E. Vick farm in Jasper Township and will move there.

     Weldon Kendrick begins his duties as the new Fairfield High School superintendent . . . Marriage licenses: Jack Case and Janice Bosley; Galen Hosselton and Karen Smith; Charles Hedden and Dorothy Downen. Robert Esmon and Carol Garrison . . . Mrs. Ted Doyles, 53, is found dead in bed here . . . Mrs. Jesse A. Lane, mother of Jimmy Lane, dies at age 81 . . . Over 2,000 see fence-busting stock car races at the fairgrounds, sponsored by the Fairfield Lions Club . . . Cisne C.A.P.E plans a watermelon day . . . Earl L. Allison former Leech Township boy, dies. He was the Mt. Carmel newspaper editor for many years . . .  The Wayne County Fair proves a money maker, although gate and grandstand admissions are down . . . Mrs. Charles Funkhouser, of Mill Shoals, dies . . . Mrs. Wallace Edwards, a new resident of Geff, dies . . . Miss Kay Musgrave, Fairfield girl, wins the "Miss Wayne County Fair" queen title . . . Jean Hightower, girls auto thrill show driver, seriously injured in a wreck at the county fair, is released from Memorial Hospital.
 
 

     William Isle resigns as organization director for the Wayne County Farm
Bureau . . . Construction begins on two new city-owned parking lots . . . Mrs.
Cloyd Sims, of the Covington neighborhood, dies . . . Landing lights and a beacon are obtained ffor the Fairfield Municipal Airport . . . A $337,000 budget is approved for the Fairfield High School . . . Leland Barnes, of Cisne, is elected chairman of the Wayne County Ag Extension Council . . . A $750,000 project to double the city light plant output is under study by the Fairfield city council.
 
 

      Five slot machines seized by officers in a raid against a Fairfield club will be destroyed by court order.
      Fairfield temperatures range from 59 to 92.
     New "Fairfield Welcomes You" signs are being erected at entrances to Fairfield. The Chamber of Commerce is putting up the signs.
     The Fairfield Jaycees seek entries for their annual Soap Box Derby.
     Fairfield Memorial Hospital will gain $10,000 or more in a bequest from the late Grace Borah estate.
     A new engineering firm, B & R Surveyors and Engineers, is locating in Fairfield.
     The state approves stop lights for the Fairfield National Bank corner at Main and East Third.
     Rebecca Burris gets the top bass catch in a contest sponsored by the Hills Sporting Goods store.
     Mrs. Jerry Musgrave is named manager of My Fair Lady Beauty Salon.
     A Fairfield youth is ticketed for throwing eggs in the city park swimming
     A. B. Lambrich oil well near Enterprise comes in a 65 barrels of oil a day.
     A farm chemical spray unit is blamed for a foggy condition which halts traffic on Rt. 45, near Cisne.
     Food Park advertises tomatoes at 29 cents a pound.
     Wayne-White Electric Coop awards a Carmi firm a $331,000 contract for a new 19 mile transmission line in the Enfield Crossville area.

     Randy Lewis is pictured as the new Fairfield Amateur Open golf champion.  He's from West Frankfort.
     The new American Legion officers are pictured, with James Stroud as commander.
     Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Hubble of Jasper Township are observing their 50th wedding anniversary.
     Gene Johnson and Kenneth Sledge manage a Wayne City softball team to a first place win in a tournament at Mt. Vernon.
     Three new FCHS teachers are hired. Pictures of Tom Tucker and wife, Janice Tucker, are pictured. Roger Jamison is a new science teacher.
     1300 people pack the fair grandstand for an opening evangelistic program.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 57 to 90.
     County and city police will share eight new emergency radio units, supplied by the state.
     Adlai E. Stevenson II, the Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator. is coming to the Wayne County Fair.
     Lloyd Rose is a new sub clerk at the Fairfield Post Office.
     The money bag stolen recently from Eckleberry Standard Service Station is recovered in the Leo French Park lake.
     Gary Locke is attending state trooper school in Springfield.
     The 300 deer quota for Wayne County has been filled, the state says.
     Rep. Ben Blades, Clyde Robbins, Jack Copeland, Tommy Cannon, Bill Hoffee, Bernard Berg, Leslie Scarbrough and Charles Kanady attend the State GOP convention in Peoria.
     Mrs. Elva Simpson dies at age 73.
     Key Market advertises center cut pork chops at 79 cents a pound.

    Ted Davis is named Frontier College's new Dean of Instruction and LaVonna Bryant is named the college's administrative assistant. Don Donnay moves from a Frontier post to Dean of Olney Central College.
     A gift package is proposed to be issued to Fairfield newcomers. The Fairfield B & P W Club is spearheading the project.
     John Daubs, the city's garbage contractor, says he needs more room, with space running out at his present landfill southeast of Fairfield.
     Walter J. Horner, Jr., from La Grange, is new owner of the B & B Tavern at the Sims crossroads. It is renamed as the Teepee Lounge.
     Fair gate and grandstand receipts are up sharply for this week's county      CHPSI will hold hearings on a Fairfield Memorial Hospital plan to convert 29 acute care beds to 23 skilled care beds.
     The Press will publish a special section Monday on the 50th anniversary for   Airtex Products in Fairfield.
     A Soil District conservation airlift is carded for this weekend.
      Kenton Lingafelter, 77, of Fairfield, dies.
     Gary Carter is installed as new president of the Fairfield Lions Club.
     The Danny Harrisons have a new baby girl.
     Robert and Valerie Kamp have a new baby boy, their first child.
     William C. Mossburger celebrates his 94th birthday.
 
 

     The Press prints a 32 page special section honoring Airtex Products, the city's largest industry, on its 50th anniversary.
     Matt Kinney has the grand champion steer at the 4-H fair show. Stephen Sork had the grand champion wether.
     Wayne County farmers, needing rain get a good one but are ready for more.
     There's a big crowd downtown for the annual Fairfield Sidewalk Day Sale.
     Twelve girls will seek the Miss Cisne Reunion crown. They are Traci Ellis, Roxanne Rahn, Melanie Walker, Sandi Mix, Cherie Rapp, Janie Endsley, Gina Young, Brenda Milner, Renee Schwarzlose, Tammra Obrecht, Kirn Lowe and Patti Howard.
     A blue grass country music show will be held this weekend at French Park.
     The Cisne State Park will hold open house to show off its half million dollar facelift.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 57 to 91.
     The county fair total income from gate and grandstand fees came to over $12,000, nearly $700 above a year ago.
     The eighth annual Corn and Soybean Field Day at Almo Farms south of Wayne City, will not be held this year
     County tax bills will be mailed out around Aug. 15 this year.
     William Pierce McNeely, 82, dies at his home. He was a retired Geff farmer.
     Mrs. Harry (Hap) Baker dies at Memorial Hospital.
     A county 4-H auction brings in $17,527.