Wayne County Press
Fairfield IL.
Thurs, Dec. 22, 1983
Section 2,  Page 8

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The little girl perched on Santa's knee is Brenda Ortman.  At right is her sister, Paula. They are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ortman of Fairfield Brenda and her husband, David Meisner,  reside in Las Vegas, Nev. David is in construction work and Brenda is a Realtor with Merriel Lynch. Paula and her husband, Earl O'Malley live in Oak Park. Earl is a coach at the Oak Park High School and Pauia is principal of an area grade school.

The Schuyler Fearn store in Geff is burglarized.  Thieves take jewelry, clothing and shotgun shells valued at $100 . . . Dellos Thomas weds Miss Eula Sizemore . . . George Loker and wife, of near Keenes, win the first Press Baby Derby, with a new baby son born fifteen minutes after the start of the new year . . A. J. Poorman, J. W. Barth, E. H. Childress, A. I. Steiner, Harry K. Johnson, George W. Johns, Curtis Forth and D. L. Garrison are elected directors at the Fairfield National Bank. A. J. Poorman is re-elected president . . . J. W. Barth is elected president of the Cisne State Bank, and F. M. Brock, vice president . . .  Frank Mateer is elected president of the Wayne City National Bank . . . The first call is issued for the letters to the 45th annual Pink Press . . . The Fairfield city council is Considering a new beer ordinance which would permit sale of beer stronger than 3.2 percent alcohol . . . The Press has a column of Fairfield residents and their new year's resolutions Abe Martin's resolution was to make the Fairfield Mules basketball team win the district, regional and State basketball tournaments this year . . . A total of 405 births is recorded in Wayne county the past year, along with 187 deaths In 1933. . .  In 1983, 150 couples got marriage licenses . . . Mrs. Julia Payne, Wayne City, dies . . . The Fairfield Rotary Club is host to Russian, Filipino and Chinese students from the University of Illinois . . . Miss Aline Rinard daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rinard, of near Fairfield, weds Walter Hooper. former Merriam boy, in Oregon . . . Miss Eleanor Haefele weds Howard Littell . . . The Flora Journal-Record, a semi-weekly, discontinues and the Daily News becomes the Daily News-Record, with Loren E. Wood and sons the publishers.

A chicken pox epidemic hit the Fairfield area . . . William S. Hubble dies in Zif township . . Marriage licenses: Kell Hamilton and Delia Rarrig . . Truman Tom Willis, former well-known Fairfield jeweler, dies at Mt. Carmel . . . Last call is issued for letters for the 60th Pink Press . . . Miss. Doris Jean Whitacre will wed Calvin Whiteside . . .  William Dorsett is elected president of the Ambraw-Wabash Area of Boy Scouts . .  . Wayne City wins its first annual holiday basketball tournament . . . Miss Thelda Richardson weds Sterling Garrett . . .  A new modern laundry is installed at the Brown Hotel by M. W. (Bozo) Jones and Harold Jones . . A dedication program is being held this week for the beautiful new $250,000 Cisne high school building . ., Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson open a new paint and wallpaper store at Cisne . . . John C. Drake dies here at age 89 .  . . George Taaffe. former Fairfield man, dies at Cherryville. Kans. . . .  Woody C. Minter, Wayne City farmer, dies . . . Mrs.  Opal Cochennour is appointed assistant city collector, succeeding Mrs. James Norris who has resigned . . . Herschei Higdon buys the interest of his partner, Orlan Brach, in the Fairfield Wholesale Grocery Company . . . The Fairfield post office is now closing at six o'clock, an hour earlier than before . . A Rinard couple, Mr, and Mrs. Jubal Daughcnbaugh, win the Press baby derby . . . Rev. Isaac Johnson, Wayne City, dies .  . . Mr. and Mrs. John Childers, of Carmi. expect to return to Fairfield and open a restaurant at their building on Ellm street, west of the Chefford plant.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Reever, Fairfield, win the Press baby derby competition, with a new baby boy born at 6:21 on New Year's Day. . . Frank R. Reed, 42, well-known Big Mound township farmer, dies at Memorial Hospital. . . Mrs. Ida Stanley, 82, of Geff, dies at the home of a son, Melvin West, in Indianapolis, Ind. . . Fairfield temperature this Week ranges from 5 degrees below zero to 48. . . Leo French Fairfield park superintendent, is named to oversee operation of the Fairfield community center. . . The public is invited to a 12th night ceremony at the city park. . . The last call is issued for letters for the 70th Pink Press edition. . . Marriage licenses: Leroy W. Gammon and Mildred Johnson; Wendell Lowery and Mary C. Garrett. . . E. L. (Shorty) Owen is closing his feed and produce store on East Court street. . . Martin Caldwell, Fairfield oil man, suffers a knee fracture while vacationing in Colorado. . . Hon. S. O. Dale journeys to Springfield to be sworn in for his 7th term in the Illinois legislature. . . Harry R. Clark, 68, former well-known Fairfield resident and businessman, dies at Peoria. He operated the Ford agency here many years. . . Prof. and Mrs. Herall C. Largent buy the Mrs Virgil W. Mills home on East Center. . . Philip King, of Goldengate, submits to surgery in Evansville for the removal of his right eye. . . Mrs. R. O. Leach, of rural Fairfield, suffers a stroke. . . Zack Smith, a Fairfield alderman, says he will not seek re-election. . . John Thomas Cline, 54, dies at Rockford. . .
Mrs. Lucy Young, 86, dies at her home on West Court. . . Mrs. Robert Dyball heads a county polio fund drive. . . Lawmen haul in cars and men in a raid on a bootlegging joint southeast of Fairfield. . . Harvey Desch, employee of Shoreline Petroleum, suffers a badly crushed hand in working on a diesel engine. . . Ross Payne, of Mt. Vernon, a native of western Wayne county, dies. . . The county board is considering two applicants for county supt. of highways -incumbent T. J. Vaughan and Tom Murphy, an area state highway employee. . .
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Dickey attend the Rose Bowl game and the Rose Parade. . . George Singleterry, age about 80, a former Sims-Wayne City resident, dies in New Mexico. . . Horace T. Johnson is continuing as chairman of the county Red Cross blood program. . . W. A. (Doco) Young is home from the St. Louis hospital. . . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howey attend the furniture mart in Chicago. . . A holiday bowling tournament in Fairfield draws 250 area bowlers. Steve Kincaid and Bill Theofanopoulos win the doubles crown.
Mrs. Sam Carter is installed as Noble Grand of the Fairfield Rebekah Lodge. Harry H. Friend, 84, dies at Bluford. . . Mrs. Olive Powless, 80, of Johnsonville, dies.

Elias Simpson is elected new county ASC chairman here. . . Ten FCHS musicians are named to take a European tour next summer. . . Fairfield High residents are asked to take part in goal talks for the district. . . The clubs here are planning Christmas parties for 99 young folk. . . The Fairfield park board accepts a bid of $2900 for a new, Keith Memorial Shelter at the Leo French Park as a memorial for longtime park board member, the late Lewis E. Keith. . . The Fairfield city council approves request from local clubs to be open to a later hour for New Year's Eve parties. . . A special meeting of the county board is called to act on a new election plan for county board members. . . Charles Atkinson, 77, retired Geff farmer, dies. . . Robert S. Vertrees, 55, of Fairfield, dies at the Marion VA Hospital. . . Mrs.  Maude Jordan, 89, a Goldengate resident for many years, dies at Memorial Hospital. . .
Carl Shaw is elected Excellent High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons. . .The Fairfield city council is seeking a new set of stop lights at First and Main, and at First and Delaware, for a cost of $24,000. . . The Mt. Erie Ruritans host the largest ever convention of the Lincolnland District of the Ruritans. . . Dist. Governor Bob Wolfe, Mt. Erie, presided. . . Mrs. Buel DeMier suffers a heart attack. . . The powerful Cisne Lions basketball team suffers its first loss of the year. . . Seven charter members of the Wayne County Homemakers are honored at the organization's annual meeting - Mrs. Raymond Lyons, Mrs. P. C. Hill, Miss Anna Shilling, Miss Alice Shilling, Mrs. Ethel Felix, Mrs. Elsie Smith and Mrs. Vada Bunting. . . Janice King is Mills-Prairie High homecoming queen.

John Spence Republican committee chairman in Wayne county for many years, is giving up that post. . . A HUD appraiser is expected to give approval to a N.W. Seventh site for a new county housing project. . . Christmas mail is up sharply here, Postmaster William Etheridge reports. Mrs. Leona Bullard, Mrs. Erma Murphy and Ruth Carter get 20 year pins from Fairfield Memorial Hospital. . . Layton Atwood, Mt. Erie, is named chairman of a new four county utility committee. . . An Alton man is jailed here for allegedly bilking a number of Fairfield business places of about $1,000. . . No one from the public shows up for a Fairfield High board discussion on policies and goals for the district. . . Glen Posey, 55, retired oil worker, dies. . . Mrs. Wilford Cates, 85, Well-known Fairfield resident. dies. . . Preston Simmons, 81, a retired Geff rural mail carrier, dies at Way-Fair. . . Brad Henson, 67, well-known Wayne county auctioneer, dies at his home in Orchardville. . . William Ernest Dallas, 83, a retired Sims farmer, dies. . . Charles B. Cunningham, 75, father of Mrs. T. O. Mathews dies at Washington, Ind. . . The JOY class at First Christian church has a live manger Scene. . . Fairfield gets a two inch snow. . . The Geff Eagles win their own holiday tournament. . . Rev. Larry Werries is named pastor of the Wayne City First Baptist church.