Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
Thursday, July 6, 1995
Sect 2, Page 4
 

    The picture was taken at Schurr's Machine Shop in Enterprise on June 23, 1915.  It was sent by William Schurr to Elwell Holman of rural Cisne, thanking him for his patronage.

50 Years Ago
 

     Marriage licenses: Lewis R. Smith and Laura Belle Deem; Everett Ray and Elsie Gammon, Lester  Thomason and Viola Solomon . . . W. Walter Childress of Fairfield retires as a railway mail clerk.  He had traveled over 2 million miles in the 37 years he had served Uncle Sam . .  . Miss Margaret Spence daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Spence of Geff, is on the honor roll at MacMurray College . . . Leo McLean, former Fairfield garageman, buys the William Nichols paint shop property on East Court and will construct a modern new business building there .. . Sgt. Ivan Dale Barker, brother of Eula and Robley Barker here, is reported missing over Tinian . . . The War Department notifies Mr. and Mrs. George C. Braddy, former residents of Keenes, now of Steward, that their son, Pvt. George C. Braddy, dies aboard a Japanese prison ship . . . T. A.  Wilson, a native of Fairfield, dies at a Belleville hospital .  . . A. Lyman Talbert succeeds Harold N. Brown as president of the Fairfield Rotary Club. J. D. Knodell is vice president; Kelley Loy, secretary and Dr. W. H. Pole. treasurer .  . . Charlene Valetta Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cox, dies after a long illness, at the age of seven . . . John Elliott, father of Virgil Elliott, Fairfield grocer, dies at a Mt. Carmel nursing home . . . A big crowd estimated at 2500 attends the Chefford Company picnic. Three steers and six hogs were barbecued for the firm's tenth anniversary . . . Sherman Talkington, of Barnhill, dies at an Evansville hospital . . . The Fairfield Memorial Hospital Association buys a 13 acre site on outer West Main for the new hospital . . .  Mrs. George Pruitt, of Cisne, dies at the home of a daughter, in Dixon . . .  Raymond Forth, former Fairfield man,dies in Michigan . . All Greyhound bus service through Fairfield is halted due to a labor dispute.
 
 

     The Press publishes a page one picture of the new lighted cloverleaf intersection west of Fairfield . . . Wayne City residents will vote on formation of a sanitary district . . . Miss Mildred Martin, county office clerk for the Farmers  Home Administration, receives an FHA Superior Service award . . . Charles (Chuck) Veatch and Roy Scott are nominated for commander of the Anthony Wayne American Legion Post 176 here . . . The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce board agrees to pay the light bill for the new lighted Airtex sign west of the city . .. Exalted Ruler and Mrs. Robert Overbee go to Dallas, Tex., for the national Elks convention . . . Miss Elizabeth Jane Alexander, former resident here, dies at Pine Bluff, Ark.... Thirty Fairfield girls have representatives at a special sale clinic . . . The Fairfield grade school budget for the coming year is set at $420,000 . . . Rick Laboratories has decided not to locate in Fairfield but instead will locate at Mt. Carmel . . . Robert Merritt and Mrs. Don Riggs are employed as new Fairfield grade school teachers . . . Marriage  Licenses: Melvin Wise and Raymonda Anderson; Thomas Mahan and Janice Jamerson . . . Four girls are seeking the "Miss Wayne County Fair" queen titles . . . The Press carries a survey of local residents on whom they think the Democrats will nominate for president . . . Lyman Shaw, contractor for the state highway garage now under construction in south Fairfield, dies of a heart attack at Mt. Carmel . . . Mr. and Mrs.  Herall Largent sell their home on East Center to Mr. and Mrs. E. N. (Newt) Carter. The Largents are moving to Carbondale where he has taken an SIU administrative post . . . Twins born prematurely to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dale Byars, die . . . Wild Bill Dongson former world wrestling champ will head a wrestling show here later this month . . . A $6,000 blacktop project is started on the north side of Fairfield Memorial Hospital for more parking.
 
 

     Herman McDonald, longtime Fairfield High School ag instructor, is retiring.
    The Fairfield Fourth of July celebration will include a tape from President Richard Nixon on the importance of
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     Rev. and Mrs. Paul Hardy, from England, settle in for their stay in Fairfield, where he will preach several weeks at the First United Methodist Church.
     F-W Mfg. temporarily ends manufacturing at Wayne City.
     Fairfield rural residents will get improved phone service in 1971 when GTE will cut their 10 party lines to four party service.
     Gary Emory is the new Metropolitan Insurance agent in Fairfield.
     David Gershenson, a medical student in Nashville, Tenn., is in summer practice here, assisting his father, Dr. D. A. Gershenson, longtime Fairfield family physician.
    The pair sought for the Mt. Erie State Bank robbery are caught at Danville.
Most of the $17,000 loot they took is recovered.
     Fairfield temperatures range from 62 to 97.
     A former Fairfield man takes a car of Brown Chevrolet out for a ride, shows
it to his mom and dad and then takes off. He is now being sought by police.
     A majority of Southern Illinois Republican chairmen endorse Judge William
Eovaldi, of Benton, for nomination to the Illinois Supreme Court.
     County officials see a 10 to 20 percent drop in county tax revenue in 1971.
 

     The Fairfield Rotary Club officers are pictured in the Press. Jim Coale is the new president; Hubert Sutton, vice-resident; Bill Bennett, treasurer; and Fuhrer D. Dickey, secretary.
     Wayne  City's new Teen Center is opening this week.

   Mr. and Mrs. Dias Burton, of Cisne are observing their golden wedding anniversary.
     John Robison is elected president of the Southeast Illinois Bar Association., Albert W . McCallister, of Carmi, is president of the new group.
     Over 100 are expected to compete in the ninth annual Fairfield Amateur golf tournament. Bob Jones is general chairman.
     Eleven GOP Judicial Convention delegates are named from Wayne - John C.
Robison, Lionel E. Clark, Willard Pearce, Wiliiam E. Hoffee, Joe Harrison,
Richard Cochran, Francis Feiger, Gerald T. Quindry, Ben C. Blades and T. O. Mathews.
     Premature lighting of the American flag and one helper throwing his lighting flare in the water sends most of the crowd home early at the Fairfield fireworks
     Fairfield temperatures range from 60 to 97.
     Landscaping work, long delayed begins at the Fairfield High Rise on North First Street,
     The Fairfield C of C will study a new plan for a Voluntary Action Center
     The James McGills will open a new salon in Mt. Vernon.
     Vandals damage the Mills-Prairie school east of Mill Shoals.
     Two young visitors from Denmark are staying in Wayne County for a visit.
     Miss Maude Trornly, 89, oldtimer here, dies.
 

     Many area motorists are resisting the wearing of seat belts. A Press survey showed 100 Fairfield drivers wearing, them and 213 not wearing them.
     Big fireworks shows a re set for Fairfield and Wayne City.
     The Press reports that Wayne County tax bills will be about the same as last year. Property valuations are down about four percent, says County Clerk Evelyn Hodges.
     The Fairfield Retail Merchants are planning for their annual Sidewalk Days sale in late July.
     Two Illinois Public Health officials caution Fairfield Fall Fun Fest officials on steps to take in frying and serving free fried chicken at the fall celebration.
     Box seat tickets for the county fair entertainment go on sale.  There's a $75 price for a box seat section of four seats for the week.
     Other area towns are seeking a move of Wayne City Products, Inc., to their communities.
     Roy and Bonnie Atwood, of Cisne are new owners of the Western Auto Store in Cisne.  Longtime owners Burl and Opal Cates have operated the store 24 years.
     Marriage licenses: Jeffrey P. Angle and Georgia A. McClellan, Mark A. Auvil and Jamie Lee Tibbs.
     The city of Fairfield fires up their big boiler at the light plant, as a once a year custom required by the state.
     Forrest Ruckman, 67, retired Fairfield butcher, dies at an Evansville hospital.
     Mrs. Art Janes, 80, dies at Hoffman Estates. Rites are held here.
 

    The Fairfield Jaycees experience a nightmare at their big Fairfield fireworks show, as their cache of fireworks catches fire and explodes. Nine
people are injured.
     Wayne County schools will get an extra $210,000 in state aid for the coming
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    School consolidation will not be forced in Illinois.
     Mrs. Ray McCullough wins the Cabbage Patch doll given away by the Wayne
County Cancer Society Unit.
     J. E. Fleming is selling his interest in the J. E. Fleming & Co. business to
two younger associates, Marion G. McDowell, Jr., and David Kenshalo.
     A free Singles Club is being formed in the Fairfield area.
     Fairfield Memorial Hospital raises its room rates eight dollars a day.
     The Press says the state is expected to fund road work for the Clay City to Fairfield.
     The Wayne County Press is named a 1985 Centennial Business.
     Mrs. May Wood, retired Ellery postmistress, dies at Carmi at age 94.
     Frank Cavanaugh, Airtex VP of sales, is taking his retirement.
     Mr. and Mrs.  Ellis Richardson, of Wayne City, are observing their golden wedding anniversary.