May 4, 1945

• A new produce firm made its advent in Fairfax Monday, known as the Fairfax Produce Co., owned by James E. Hunter and Dean R. Farley. The owners bought the business, equipment and stock of J.O. Bolin & Son Produce Saturday and took possession Monday morning.

• Everett Lee True was elected to the office of reporter in the State Association of Future Farmers of America at their state convention in Columbia Saturday, April 28. This year, Everett Lee’s farming program consists of four brood sows, 19 sheep, two beef heifers, 20 to 30 acres of corn, and various improvement projects on the home farm. His profits for the first three years of vocational agriculture total approximately $1,500.

May 7, 1970

• The small unit of Fairfax track boys showed their ability as they gathered in 10 medals and 16 points at the district track meet for a 5th place rating out of 24 class “S” schools. They included Lane Seymour, John Ball, Mike Irvine, O.C. Swackhamer, Jr., Larry Vaught, and Richard Hawkins. Placing in the district meet were the 2 mile relay, mile run, low hurdles, and 880 yard relay.

• Three juveniles were apprehended late Monday near Rock Port after engaging in a car stealing spree in Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri. The youths, two from Omaha, Nebraska, and one from Sioux City, Iowa, stole Harold Kottman’s car parked at his home near the Fairfax High School. The Kottman car was found later behind the storage building near O.C. Swackhamer’s, but nothing was missing except about a quarter tank of gas.

May 4, 1995

• Jim Pearce tore off the back of his building. The “sidewalk superintendents” were out in full force last Thursday on Main Street to watch the work crews. Coffee and plenty of conversation was the order of the day. Jim knows the building is over 100 years old and it was the E.H. White Store.

• Lela and Winzel “Shorty” Fair have constructed 43 shelves, which were painted by John Egeland and Rose Adamson, and hung in patient rooms at Community Hospital, Fairfax, to hold plants, cards, and knick-knacks. Earle E. Sims donated another one of his unique pieces of photography art work, now on display in the front lobby, depicting scenes of Fairfax before the 1900s and early depot days.