April 23, 1948

• Five thousand gallons of gasoline in flames threatened Fairfax early Tuesday morning with the most disastrous fire in its history. A big gasoline transport heading south got out of control when the air brakes failed. The truck struck an embankment then turned over in the open ditch beyond. The truck burst into flames immediately after gasoline shot from the crashed truck and traveled 75 feet east and drenched the house of Mr. and Mrs. Will Shineman and their three children. The family made it out of the house immediately before it caught fire, but it is now just a charred shell. A coal shed southwest of the burning transport caught fire too, but a steady stream of water put the flames out. Thanks to the wind direction and the fire department, with the help of Tarkio and Rock Port’s departments, the town was spared.

• One of the large trailer trucks of Warren Chambers, which was parked on the east side of his house, started rolling Sunday morning and crashed into the rear of the Thiesfeld feed store, doing some damage to the building, but little to the truck.

• George Miles, Jr. of the Bellevue neighborhood returned home Wednesday of last week from a St. Joseph hospital, where he had been since Friday before, suffering from a serious spine injury. Junior was using a tractor equipped with a hydraulic shovel and loading manure when the tractor upset and threw him to the ground. He was struck in the back by a part of the machine.

• Miss Beulah Hunter was the high bidder for the business building owned by the Jerry P. Combs estate. Miss Hunter’s drug store is located in the building. The building was sold on an order of the probate court.

April 26, 1973

• Preliminary work on I-29 just north and east of Craig is taking shape as Ideker Construction, Mound City, contractors for this section began clearing and grading work.

• Centerview Fishing Lake four miles north of Tarkio on U.S. 59 and 2 1/3 miles east will be opening Sunday, April 29. Freshly restocked water, snack bar, camp sites, and a picnic area await.

• Elmer Cottle has donated a field of corn to Fairfax R-3 seniors for the picking and the class is making a good profit on the venture. Mr. Cottle was unable to harvest the corn last fall and winter and gave the class the opportunity to make some money for senior trip while clearing his land for planting.

April 23, 1998

• The sixth grade students at Fairfax competed in the “Mind Your Own Business” contest at NWMSU in Maryville March 31. Lacy Moore placed second in the sole-proprietorship and won a $100 Nike sports jacket, two books, and a plaque. Lacy’s business design was E-Z Brace, to be worn on weak ankles, which included a pocket for a cold or hot pack.

• Over The Back Fence by Nancy Gaines: “Mushroom hunting time! Used to go with a bread sack and scared spitless! I never found the things, but I sure knew how many snakes I had seen. Since I couldn’t add to the skillet, I was left at home. I could cook them though.”

• Thirty-five acres at the northwest edge of Fairfax, known for many years as the rodeo ground, was sold last week by James R. Sly to Mack Miller.