May 10, 1934 MANY ATTEND BEER

TRIAL HERE

As advertised old man Beer was put on trial here Wednesday night at the First Baptist Church, and a crowded house was present. The verdict was guilty.

BABY SWALLOWS

OPEN SAFETY PIN

The 10-month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willard was carried to Dallas last week, having swallowed an open safety pin.

Fortunately, no ill results followed. They were accompanied by Mrs. John Manahan.

LAST FRIDAY'S

STORM COVERS

LARGE PART OF

FREESTONE COUNTY

The central and northern half of Freestone County was visited by a destructive rain, wind and hail storm Friday night.

Plate grass windows and roofs were damaged at Wortham and in the vicinity of Fairfield, crops and gardens were damaged by rain and hail.

The heaviest part of the storm seemed to be about four miles north of Fairfield, and through Ward Prairie and Pilot Knobb neighborhood.

Farm lands were badly washed and a great deal of cotton will have to be planted over.

May 7, 1959 POLIO CLINICS TO BE

HELD IN COUNTY

SCHOOLS

Dr. W.N. Sneed, county health officer, and C.N. Williford, director of the Freestone County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, announces a series of polio clinic to be held in Freestone county schools.

School children desiring the polio shots will be vaccinated. Parents of children of preschool age are also urged to start their polio shots during the clinics.

Second inoculations will be given in two weeks.

These clinics are held through the local NFIP Chapter. It is hoped that every child who has not had the Salk Vaccine shots will take advantage of this opportunity.

JOHN C. BAGGETT DIES IN ACCIDENT IN

TEAGUE SAT.

John C. Baggett, 75, of Teague and former county clerk of Freestone county, was dead on arrival at a Teague hospital after being struck by an automobile at about 7 p.m. Saturday.

According to reports Thomas James, 16-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. George James of Teague was driver of the automobile which struck Mr. Baggett as he started across the street near the Methodist Church in Teague.

It was reported to have been raining at the time of the accident.

According to unofficial reports his death was ruled accidental.

DR. KELLER TALKS ON CANCER AT PTA

MEETING TUESDAY

Dr. John Keller Jr. was in charge of the program at the Fairfield Parent- Teacher meeting Tuesday night, held in the high school library.

He spoke on cancer with film illustration, which stressed regular examinations, particularly of the breast.

Dr. Keller said cancer can often be discovered in its early stage when treatment is most successful. He also discussed some of the treatments for cancer.

May 10, 1984 PROJECTIONS SHOW NEEDS IN PROPOSED

BOND ELECTION

According to Superintendent A.D. Whitaker and the Fairfield Independent School District Board of Trustees, there is an urgent need for citizens of the district to approve the $5,000,000 bond issue which has been set for Saturday, May 26.

In analyzing the growth needs for the district's schools, Mr. Whitaker is asking the public to consider that, even with the use of a conservative three percent enrollment growth projection, the school district population will increase by at least six hundred students between now and 1988.

For example, the Elementary School now houses almost six hundred students but projections show the need for additional space for over one hundred students by 1988.

The Intermediate School currently has approximately four hundred students. The enrollment for grades 4, 5 and 6 by 1988 is projected to surpass the five hundred mark.

The Junior High enrollment is 261 and is expected to increase to 333. The High School enrollment is currently 455 and will exceed 600 students by the 1988-89 school year.

Additional space is urgently needed.

WOMAN KILLED HERE IN CAR-TRUCK

WRECK

A Teague woman was killed and a Fairfield man injured slightly Friday morning in a collision at the intersection of I-45 and the West Service Road.

The accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. and involved an automobile and a tractor-trailer gravelhauling rig.

Pronounced dead at the scene was Mrs. Patricia Kovack, 37, of Teague who was also the driver of the 1973 Ford Torino and the only passenger in the car.

Driver of the gravel rig was Troy Lee Solomon of Fairfield.

According to the investigating officer, the automobile was traveling south on the service road and failed to yield the right-of-way at the intersection. The truck was traveling west on Highway 84 and struck the car in the eastbound lane as it attempted to avert the accident.

SESSIONS WINS EASY

VICTORY

In the most clear-cut victory of election Saturday, Sheriff J.R. Sessions Jr. was returned to office by a 2,000-vote margin over opponent J.B. (Buck) Bonner.

Voting, though not by large numbers, left only one race in the county for the second primary and that was in the Commissioner, Precinct 3 spot.

May 13, 1959 NEW COUNTY AGENT

REPORTS ON JUNE 1

New Freestone county extension family and consumer sciences agent Wendi L. Green is no stranger to Fairfield, and returns to town after previously serving as a home economics teacher at Fairfield high school.

The new agent starts working officially June 1, just in time to help out with the 75th annual Freestone County Fair.

Mrs. Green says she has always wanted to work for the extension service, but she knew she had limited area to work in since her husband, Ray, is a 27-year veteran of Big Brown Steam Electric Station in Fairfield.

When the Freestone county spot came open, she says, "it was like it was meant to be."

The Greenville native grew up in the north Houston area and earned an associate's degree in general education from Navarro College in 1980.

She followed with a bachelor's degree in vocation home economics from Sam Houston State University, and between 1994 and 1997, completed 25 hours of graduate work in business, early childhood, home economics and counseling.

POWER PLANT TO

USE LESS WATER

Energy Power Group, which announced plans in April to build a gas-fired electric plant near Fairfield, decided last week to change the design of its facility to cut its estimated water use by some 95 percent.

The company originally estimated water use for the plant at six million gallons per day, but a design change cuts use to 250,000-300,000 gallons per day.

Water consumption from the Wilcoxen Aquifer had alarmed some area residents the past few weeks with concerns that underground water supplies could be depleted.

Several persons appeared at a country commissioners court meeting recently to express those concerns.

As announced last month, the power plant would use a water cooling tower to control turbine temperatures. That technology is being changed to a dry cooling system.