Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
Thursday Nov. 30, 1995
Sect. 2, Pg 8

Photo
    That's Dennis Harrison, sitting on a Plymouth which belonged to his aunt and uncle, Helen and Charles Multer. He was seven years old when the picture was taken. Harrison, who lived north of Wayne City, passed away in 1993.

     Marriage licenses: Arthur Fleellarty and June Marie McCleary; Victor J. Miller and Joyce Lambrich; Donald M. Thomas and Margie L. Tucker; Stanley Peddicord and Lorena Burkett; Squire Veteto and Maud Monroe; Lowell Wilkens and Ruby Milner . . .  E. A. Martin, well-known veteran Fairfield Hardware Store merchant dies at age 77 . . . Lt. John Reeder weds Lt. Naomi Ruth Johnson, of Smithfield, N.C. . . . Roy Ferguson, well-known western Wayne farmer, dies at his home near Bailey church . . . Orvil Stevens, 40, of Winnebago, a former Keenes boy, dies . . . The Fairfield Mules lose to Mt. Vernon, 54 to 34 in the first loss for the basketball Mules. Boyd Wilson had 14 for Fairfield . . . An infant son of Rev. and Mrs. Niles Stone dies at Browns . . .  Mrs. Lula Clemmons, mother of Earl Clemmons of Barnhill, dies at her son's home . . . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, of Hickory Hill Township, observe their golden wedding anniversary . . . Ted Duke, former Wayne County boy, dies in Colorado . . . Miss Richael Johnson,  former Boyleston resident, dies at Edwardsville . . . Wilson (Sis) Lasater and brother, Bob Lasater, lease the West End Phillips service Station.  Frank Dixon gives up the station lease . . . Robert McDowell dies at his home south of Mt. Erie . . . A wolf hunt is underway at Rinard . . . Howard E. Hammil, 54, of Fairfield, dies while attending a movie at Rochelle . . . Ira Yoho purchases the White Kitchen Cafe from Mr. and Mrs. Everett Englebright . . .  Capt. Robert Sessel Brown returns from duty in the European War zone . . .  Albert A.  Bratton dies near Cisne . . . Pictures of the Lions beauty show festival appear in the Press . . . The FCHS student body is honored for its war bond sales achievements.

    Three new county officers are set to take over, James Wilson as circuit clerk; Willard Pearce, as states attorney; and Robert McNeill, as county coroner . . .  Mrs. Ida Upton, of Fairfield. dies . . . One Wayne County coonhunter is jailed after reportedly firing his gun at a fellow hunter . . . The Fairfield Lions Club nets $1100 from its fall festival and will use the entire sum to buy air-conditioners for Fairfield Memorial Hospital úÀ . . Effie C. Groves, of Orchardville, dies . . . There are fears here that new Gov. Otto Kerner may change the Interstate 64 location back north along Route 50 úÀ úÀ úÀ Mrs. Ivan Morris, of Fairfield, dies úÀ . . Fire damages the Uptown Coin Laundry.

     Ray Burroughs is elected president of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce .  . .  Some fear Airtex may leave Fairfield because of a long strike but union leaders insist this won't happen . . . Marriage licenses: Harold D. Allen and Mary Ann Holleman; Lewis DeSelms and Edna Miller; Philip Schell and Janice Shannon; John R. Downer and Judith Williams; Bennie Barbre and Helen Dalton . . . Central office equipment delay is forcing a delay in turn on of the new dial phone system at Cisne . . . Hundreds turn out for the Santa Christmas parade in Fairfield .  . . $1314 is collected so far in the Wayne County C.R.O.P. drive . . . Elmer Ile, of Ellery, is hospitalized after a heart attack . . . Production will begin soon at the Rex Filter plant at Barnhill . . . Fairfield's official census is put at 6362.

     Fire heavily damages the Myrtle Carrell home on West College.
     Wayne County's elderly must apply annually for their $1500 homestead tax exemption. Around 1200 senior citizens are involved.
     A new ceramic boutique shop is opening at 105 Elm Street. A group of hobbyists are involved.
     A state Dept. of Agriculture expert talks to city and county leaders on steps coming in the future to control pollution down even to the level of the feedlot farmer.
     The Press says the Boyleston water system will hopefully be completed in 30 days time.
     Some changes are coming in the county 4-H program, which currently has membership of over 500 boys and girls, up from 291 just two years ago.
     The group pushing Fairfield as a new country music center adopt a name of "Stars of Country Music" for their operation here.
     The Harold Austin home south of Sims is badly damaged by fire.
     Ronnie Ellis, a Press paper boy, is hurt when his bicycle collides with a parked car.
     Rev. Chester Hout, pastor of Ellen Moore United Methodist Church, will speak at the Fairfield union Thanksgiving service.
     Fairfield stores will be open nights to eight o'clock for the Christmas season, beginning Dec. 4.
     Mrs. Sue Odum is elected treasurer of a newly formed Wabash Valley Association of Teachers of English.
     Stewart Curry, a former Fairfield resident, now of Crawfordsville, Ind., suffers a heart attack.

     Fairfield's temperature dips to a cold 12 degrees but still no snow here.
     Coach Tom Murphy's Cisne Lions win their third straight.
     The Press publishes a page of photos of contestants for the Lions "Miss Fairfield" festival.
     Miss Denise Schoenborn is crowned as the new "Miss Fairfield." Runners-up are Jill Musgrave and Barbara Robinson.
     Two Mt. Carmel men take first option to buy the Holiday Ranch Motel at the west end of Fairfield.
     Five persons are injured in a head-on crash at the Koontz Cemetery hill south of Fairfield.
     Charles Shepard, of Mt. Erie, is hurt in a farm accident while hauling hay.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 12 to 64.
     The state condemns the Wayne County Jail as a fire trap; other area jails at Carmi, Mt. Carmel and Albion are also criticized.
     FCHS students will offer a play in January. Bruce Dawson, Margaret Gabbard, Stephanie Meyer and Rick Wheat head the cast.
     Vicki Buchanan, a student at McKendree College, is a sophomore homecoming attendant   Wallace Young, a retired farmer, dies at the Flora hospital.
     Colvin's Red & White offers sirloin steaks at $1.09 a pound.
     Dr. C. J. Jannings writes a letter to the Press opposing a national health care system.

     Three Fairfield women seek the Democratic nod for county treasurer - Gayla Vaughan, Georgia Isle and Vera Loftin.
     Nineteen girls seek the Miss Fairfield crown at the Lions Club's 40th annual fall festival.
     An alley running beside the Bruce Gualdoni Insurance building is made one way.
     A new scholastic letter program is being initiated at the Fairfield Junior High.
     Fairfield Jaycees start sale of 250 Christmas trees on the lot east of the Phillips 66 station.
     The Press publishes a listing of the times Santa will be in Fairfield this yuletide season.
     Fairfield has had over ten inches of rain during November. The normal is 3.66 inches for that month.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 34 to 65.
     The Press publishes a page one photo an aerial shot of Golden Gate, which is surrounded by flood waters.
     Jimmie Joslin, 52, former Fairfield city street superintendent, dies in St. Louis.
     Mrs. Mary Lou Grimes undergoes major surgery at an Evansville hospital.
     Orville Talbert will deliver the eulogy for the Fairfield ELks Lodge memorial for deceased members.
     Heavy rains and mud have slowed oil work in Wayne County.
     Gladys Jackson is new president of the Wayne City Homemakers unit.

     The Press reports that Fairfield Memorial Hospital is one of the city's biggest businesses, with 119 workers and a $3.4 million operating income.
     Miss Shelly Vaughan is crowned as the new Miss Fairfield. Angela Mathews is first runner-up and Lori Sullivan, second runner-up. Greta Vanway is Miss Congeniality.
     Walt Jones, former Fairfield mayor will seek the GOP nomination for county clerk.
     The modern duplex apartment building at S. E. Fifth and Delaware is badly damaged by fire.
     Opponents to a Little Wabash River conservancy district plan call a public meeting.
     The Press reports the state may be backing away from suing Wayne County over its jail conditions.
     Mrs. Phyllis Boyd, 63, dies at her home.
     Mrs. Darrell Koontz, 45, dies at the Carle hospital in champaign.
     James C. (Jim) Wood. 52, of rural Fairfield, dies.
     Fairfield temps range from 18 to 56.
     Joseph Slater, a Fairfield minister, announces a call for an anti abortion meeting here.
     A rural Wayne City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dawnen, observe their 50th wedding anniversary.
     The new Dyball Sunshine House for handicapped persons is expected to open before Christmas.
     The CP Youth float wins first prize in the Fairfield Retailers Christmas parade.