May 24, 1934

BARROW AND

PARKER SLAIN

Careers of the nation's noted desperadoes come to sudden and violent end. Outlaws die in Louisiana Wednesday from guns in hands of Texas officers headed by old time Ranger Frank Hamer.

Clyde Barrow, desperate killer, and Bonnie Parker, companion in crime, were shot to death Wednesday by a squad of Texas officers at Black Lake, 90 miles south of Shreveport.

Barrow, who is wanted for a dozen different murders, several kidnappings and a series of robberies, and the woman were slain on the road when they drove their automobile into a trap laid by the officers.

Making a vain attempt to run the gauntlet under a withering fire of the officers, Barrow and Bonnie died in the front seat of their car.

Frank Hamer, a former Texas Ranger, B.M. Gault, highway patrolman, and Ted Hinton and Bob Alcorm, Dallas county deputy sheriffs, ended the career of the notorious pair.

TEXAS CAN CAST 1,270,000 BALLOTS

IN THIS YEAR'S

ELECTION

Texas' voting strength for this year's elections has been estimated at more than 1,270,000 by the State Comptroller's department.

The estimate was based on payment of 1,105,508 poll taxes with an additional 15 per cent exempt from payment. Exemption filed numbered 27,763, but the bulk of exemptions are not required by law to be filed.

Poll tax receipts in 1932 totaled 1,043,418, while exemptions raised the number of qualified voters to 1,199,931.

While receipts for voting purposes this year exceeded by 62,000 the 1933 total, they fell behind the totals in three preceding election years.

FAST PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH

TEXAS

Beginning last Sunday, the Burlington, Rock Island Railroad instituted fast passenger service between Dallas and Houston.

Between Dallas and Houston the train makes three stops: Waxahachie, Corsicana and Teague, and is the shortest railroad passenger service between North and South Texas.

Going south, the train arrives in Teague at 10:25 a.m.: going north at 7:30 p.m

May 21, 1959

1,030 STUDENTS GIVEN POLIO SHOTS

LAST WEEK Dr. W.N. Sneed, county health officer, and C.N. Williford, director of the Freestone County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, reports 1,030 were given polio inoculations in clinics held in various schools in the county last week.

The vaccinations were given through the local NFIP chapter in a program to have every child possible inoculated.

EAGLE TALES STAFF

ELECTS NEW

OFFICERS

Wednesday morning, May 13, the Eagle Tales staff elected a new staff for 1956-60. The new officers are: Billy Daniel, editor; Kathy Davis, coeditor; Linda Oakes, columnist; Ginger Harris, society editor; Lucille Crouch and Loyd Lott, spotlight editors; and Jo Turner, junior high and elementary editor. The staff sponsor for the next year is Mrs. Grace Carroll.

Outgoing staff members are: Mrs. Alvin Winkler, sponsor; Francis Stone, coeditor; Jo Watson, columnist; Joan Young and Jerry Robinson, sports editors; and Jimmy Lee, elementary editor.

The staff plans to join the Interscholastic League Press Conference nest year.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS FOR POSTAL

CLERK-CARRIER

The U.S. Civil Service Commission has announced examinations for substitute clerk-carrier at $2.00 per hour for employment in the Fairfield, Texas post office.

Further information and application forms may be obtained at the post office.

The purpose of the examination is to establish a Civil Service register adequate to provide the Fairfield office at least three eligible available persons for any vacancy which might occur during the next six months.

May 24, 1984

ONE DEAD, ONE

CHARGED IN

SHOOTING INCIDENT

One man was killed another arrested for homicide Sunday at Pyramid Cattle Company Ranch at Stewards Mill.

The incident is being investigated at this time by members of the Freestone County Sheriff's Department Bill Madding, detective, is handling the investigation.

Fermin R. Flores, 31, was reportedly shot several times with a caliber .22 rifle and Ramon Cedra, 32, was arrested and charged with homicide. He was later released on bond.

According to Mr. Madding, a knife was found lying next to the body and details of the shooting are still under investigation.

FAIR QUEEN COULD

BE MISS TEXAS

Chairman Diane Daniel states this week that for the first time the Queen's Coronation during Freestone County Fair in August will furnish a contestant for the Miss Texas Pageant scheduled next spring in Fort Worth.

Work has been underway for many years in an effort to make this a qualifying event for the Miss Texas Pageant and Mrs. Daniel expressed her elation that the goal has finally been reached.

Several rule changes or clarifications must be made in order for the coronation to qualify a contestant, the main criteria being a young lady between the ages of 17 and 26; must graduate from high school by May of 1985; must be single, never married and never pregnant.

In addition, a contestant's talent must be no more than three minutes in length, a three- minute private interview with judges is required; and there must be a bathing suit competition. The latter must be closed to the public if the girls desire it be that way.

SOCCER FIELDS ARE

NEEDED

Ronnie Powell has accepted the responsibility of chairman for the newly formed Soccer Association for youngsters in Fairfield and the organization is sorely in need of playing fields for the coming soccer season.

"We estimate we will have between 500 and 600 boys and girls in the program," Mr. Powell stated earlier this week. "This creates a need for three fields and necessary parking area which amounts to some seven to ten acres."

May 27, 1999

GRAND BAND LEAVING SATURDAY

FOR FLORIDA

A crowd of more than 150 leaves Fairfield this Saturday for the Grand Band from Eagle Land's "Florida '99" trip, which takes the Fairfield high school band and their sponsors to Orlando, Florida for a trip to the Disney World complex to lead the Main Street Electric Light Parade next Monday.

Over the past few months, band members along with the Fairfield Band Boosters have raised more than $100,000 for the trip. Each traveler contributed and raised a total of $676.

Preparations begin this Friday immediately after graduation, when the band van will be packed up and Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer will drive it to Orlando, arriving Sunday around noon.

The van will carry shoes, equipment and various other items necessary for the band.

Three tour buses will depart FHS at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, carrying the group to Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, where 137 will fly Delta and the rest will fly American Airlines to Florida.

CELEBRATION KICKS

OFF JUNE 14; SOME CHANGES PLANNED

FOR FAIR

A few changes have been made for the 75th Annual Freestone County Fair, set to run June 14-19, compacting the calendar of events into six days rather than eight.

The schedule returns to the pattern of former years, with the parade on Monday, the queen's coronation on Tuesday, the market animal competition starting Wednesday and the livestock sale on Saturday.

This year's fair is dedicated to the memory of Joe Richards and in honor of John Pritchard.

Promising a week of entertainment including rodeos, dances, home economics exhibits and Go- Texan competition, most events will be held at the W.L. Moody Reunion Grounds east of Fairfield on Hwy. 84.

FAIRFIELD SALES

TAX MONEY RISES

Sales tax revenue to the City of Fairfield increases a bit in May, stopping a trend of income drops, at least for this month.

The city receives a check for $93,119 this month, a 2.49 percent increase from the $90,857 of sales tax revenue realized in May 1998.

The payment is reimbursement for taxes collected on March retail sales and reported to the state comptroller in April.

Checks totaling $254.4 million were mailed from the comptroller this month to the 1,098 Texas cities that collection the optional tax, a 12.7 percent increase from May 1998 payments of $217.6 million.