April 2, 1948
• Everett Curry sustained a painful injury Monday morning when a ring he was wearing on the third finger of his left hand caught on a bolt in the cleaning machine he was operating and pulled the ring back into the palm of the hand. It took eight stitches to close the wound.
• M.M. Hopkins has been employed by the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Association as caretaker for the cemetery. The cemetery has not had a regular caretaker since Pat Nottingham had to give up the work last year due to poor health.
• Three persons have filed for city offices in the election to be held next Tuesday, April 6. W.R. Catron asks to be re-elected as city marshal, Harry Emrick for city collector, and N. F. Dragoo as police judge.
April 5, 1973
• Jess Bowman and John McConnell, both members of the John Richards Post No. 286 of Fairfax, have recently received the American Legion Gold Certificate for 50 years of continuous membership. The certificates were signed by Joe L. Mathews, national commander.
• Edward White, Fairfax, was a consignor to the March 26 record-setting Northwest Missouri Shorthorn Show and Sale in Maryville. Thirty-four bulls averaged $701 and 31 females, including many heifer calves, averaged $442.
• A new business opened on Main Street in Fairfax this week which continues interest of its two owners, Mrs. Sue Schooler, proprietor to The Book Nook, and Mrs. Eloise True, displayer of antiques. A wide-selection of interesting and hard-to-find books are attractively displayed along with antiques collected by the Trues over many years of searching.
• Two pieces of property owned by W. W. Dunmire were sold to the highest bidder at a public auction Saturday. Russell Ireland was high bidder on the property known as the Beehive, with an offer of $825. Ireland owns the house and lot which adjoin to the north. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Younger bought the other residence property for $3,100.
• The annual athletic banquet was held March 23. Two athletes received special awards. Marion Oswald was presented “Best Defensive Football Player” and Jim Davis was “Best All Round Athlete.” A fine banquet was served by the 49’ers Hobby Club of Fairfax and H.A. Sly was elected president of the Lettermen’s Club.
April 2, 1998
• The Fairfax Academic Team placed second in the conference meet with nine schools competing. Trudy Heitman was Fairfax’s top scorer with 200 individual points.
• Supplies are starting to arrive for the storm sewer project in Fairfax. Ninety cement tubes weighing 15,000 pounds each will be installed along Denny Street from North 4th to South First Street.
• The west wall at the old Stoner Machine Shop collapsed Thursday. Several years ago, the building had a fire and there was no roof. With the high winds, the wall could not stand alone. City employees used a back hoe to nudge the front wall in before it could fall, too.
• Sabrina Nemyer and Rachel Sipes have been selected to be the Boss the Bulldog mascot during next school year’s sporting events.
