Wayne County Press
Fairfield, Illinois
Thursday Oct. 19, 1995
Sect. 3  page 2

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     They are Geo. W. and Emily Ida (Lowe) Stephens, the parents of Mrs. Fairy Niccum of Queen City, Tex., formerly from here. The couple was married Nov. 11,
 

     Marriage licenses: John Lee and Helen Cox; Ray Eads and Zelma Schlach . . . Joe Price, of Fairfield, is named assistant fire chief and there will now be a fireman on duty 24 hours a day . . . Mrs. R. H. Hodges chairs a Heart Fund campaign by young people in Fairfield . . . Prof. A. Lyman Talbert, of Fairfield is elected president of the Southeast Division of the Illinois Teachers Association .... Boys from the early 1900s meet at Copeland Cafe. Arranging the meeting were Carl Carson and Editor Fred Wood the latter from Sibley. Dwight Tromly Twain Curry, Karl Goodall, Ed (Buck) Wilson, J. D. Knodell, Bert Swan, Ed Dickey, Prof. H.D. Willard and Press Editor E.H. Childress attend . . . A reception welcoming home various servicemen from Fairfield is held at the high school, with Legion Commander Charles A. Simmons in charge . . . Lt. Gene Hubble, son of the Ora J. Hubbles here, weds Isabelle Ann Lewis, of Benton . .  . Charles A. Barnett. of Wayne City, dies after a long illness . . . D. L. Garrison, vice president and cashier of Fairfield National Bank, weds Doris Dixon, of Stronghurst . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schedel, of Bloomington, sells his S.E.  Sixth property here to J.E. Pollard . . . Mrs. Ernest Fansler, former Wayne County resident, dies at Arcola . . . Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Stull, of Geff, are wed fifty years . . . The Harvey Hallams have a new daughter . . . Fire damages the roof of the Gib Stierwalt home . . . Mr. and Mrs. Orval Isom, near Enterprise, have a new son . . . The Robert Bruce Johnstons have a new son . . .  John Taaffe, Sr., dies at his home east of Fairfield . . . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harl have a new daughter, Dorothy Sue . . . Arch Labaw, former Wayne City resident, dies at Chicago.
 

25 Years??

     C.D. Beiswenger is retiring after forty years as a Standard Oil bulk dealer with over 600,000 miles of truck travel recorded.
     The Jim Hutchcraft home burns south of Beulah's Cafe.
     Kathy Cox, Gail Elliott, June Greifzu, Angie Major and Tammy Garrett are Merriam School varsity cheerleaders.
     Elmer (Red) Hutchcraft, county dog catcher, gets an added title, as county rabies inspector.
     Norman Massie is new president of the Wayne County Fair, succeeding longtime chief, Frank Dixon.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 32 to 69.
     A 165 ton 10,000 hp motor, is headed for Trunkline Gas at Johnsonville.
     Carol Young is crowned as Fairfield High homecoming queen.
     A fire bug is suspected for some rural fires north of Fairfield.
     Mike Tickner, William G. Bennett, William E. Hoffee, Milford Boyd, Preston Mathews, Everett Weaver, James Griffith, E.N. Carter, Darrell Linne and Charles Vaughn are nominated for the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce board.
     A new Fairfield leaf collecting plan is announced.
     Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Otey buy a home at 502 S.W. Fourth.
     Hubert H. Sutton heads the Wayne County Con-Con committee.
 

     Committee members voice Opposition to school consolidation.
     Cy's Ice Cream Shop has been selected as a new Greyhound depot.
     Fairfield plumber Ron Miller, of Miller & Sons, is seriously burned in an accident at the plumbing firm. He sustained third degree burns in the chest area and second degree burns about his face.
     Fairfield Lions Club members sold all but 55 of 1,000 bags of Halloween candy, collecting $1,900 from candy sales.
     Bud Feather announces his candidacy for Sheriff, seeking nomination from the Wayne County Democratic Party.
     Jim Rose, well-known Fairfield man, was elected president of the Fairfield Country Club. Nash New is vice president.
     The 1985 fall harvest should bring in $43 million to Wayne County, estimates Extension Adviser Walt Townsend. Yields are good, but prices are low, keeping the value well below harvest worth over $60 million a few years ago.
     A Sims man, Art Baker, about 72, is killed in a single-vehicle accident when his pickup left the roadway, crossed a ditch and hit a tree.
     Oilfield worker George Walter Rankin, 34, Fairfield, dies of an apparent heart attack. He was on his way home from work when he collapsed.
     Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Xanders celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary while Mr. and Mrs. Louis Talbert observe their 50th.
     Lisa Meritt, FCHS senior, wins the girls golf sectional, shooting an 82 on the 18-hole course in Belleville.  She moves to the state round.
     Marty Slover is a new seventh and eighth grade teacher at Sims Grade School. He will also coach.
 

     A shrinking tax base faces Wayne County's schools it cost the schools well over $6 million in equalized assessed valuation.
     A rural Ellery woman, Dena Moore was critically hurt when her car Collided with a two-ton truck. Her condition at an Evansville hospital has been Upgraded to serious.
     A ladies group at the Ellen Moore United Methodist Church has asked the city to approve a list of restrictive recommendations governing trick-or-treating this
     Misty Richards, 16, is the first contestant to sign up for the Lions Club's Miss Fairfield pageant.
     A group of Fairfield area educators are still exploring the possibility of forming a Fairfield unit education district.
     Sammie Matthews, 74, retired Fairfield farmer, dies just three weeks after his wife, Colena, was killed in a car crash.
     The Fairfield Mules squeak by Lawrenceville, 9-7. Chris Foley rushed for 100 yards.
     The Cross Country Mules finish fourth in the NEC while the girls tennis team clinch an 8-4 record - their best ever.
     Lisa Meritt takes sixth in the state girls golf match.  She fired an 87 to place high among the 99 competitors.