January 19, 1945

• Due to labor shortage and other conditions not likely to be corrected for the duration, Davis & Chambers have closed their service station, known as the Fairfax Oil Co., on west Main Street. Jerry Davis, who has operated the station, will continue his tank wagon service. This leaves Fairfax with only two stations. Before the outbreak of war, five stations operated here.

• The German flag in The Forum window is the first Nazi flag captured on D-Day and taken by Paratrooper James W. Flanagan, former Fairfax boy, who became a national figure because of capturing it. Jim sent the flag back to his mother, Mrs. Mac Flanagan, who has been good enough to loan it to The Forum for a few days so his Fairfax friends can see it.

• A basketball game that can be described as a real thriller was played at Oregon Tuesday night between Fairfax and Oregon high school teams. The game went into two overtime periods required to break the tie, with the game ending in a score of 34-32 in favor of the Bulldogs.

January 22, 1970

• Girls in the newly organized troops of Girl Scouts in Fairfax received their pins in investiture ceremonies at the school cafeteria Tuesday evening. Following the program the girls and their parents and friends enjoyed a social hour.

• The Fairfax kindergarten class is now up to 29 students, 16 boys and 13 girls. The new boys are Van Johnson from Craig and Emery Darling from Iowa.

• Ed White found a shattered balloon attached to a name card in his alfalfa field recently. The card indicated the balloon had been sent aloft as an experiment by a fifth grade student at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. White plans to comply with the request and return the card with information as to where it was found.

January 19, 1995

• The Fairfax Bulldogs placed second in the Fairfax Basketball Tournament, losing to the Tarkio Indians 59-65. The Fairfax Lady Bulldogs placed fourth and won the Sportsmanship Trophy.

• Fairfax Sorosis met January 16 at the home of Nola Ilsley with 16 members present. Grace Finch gave a very interesting program on the women of the Bible. Over 300 women’s names are mentioned in the Bible. Sarah was Mother of Nations and lived to age 127, the only age recognized in the Bible. Roll call was answered by “my favorite woman of the Bible.”