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Every year, Meeker high school students applying for a Freeman Fairfield scholarship are asked to write an essay about the man and his contributions to Meeker. May 9 is the anniversary of Freeman Fairfield’s birth in 1899. Fifty years ago, the community celebrated May 9 as Freeman Fairfield Day. Somewhere along the way what was supposed to be an annual celebration fell off the calendar.
Fairfield was born in Meeker to…