November 26, 1948

• Ray C. Whitford, who since 1903 has been connected with the Exchange Bank of Fairfax and is now president, announced the sale of a controlling interest of the well-known banking institution to Ben L. Johnson of Iowa Falls, Iowa. Mr. Johnson is expected to take over the management of the bank on or before December 15.

• Chambers and Burke have reopened the Fairfax Hog Yards and are again providing a home market for fat hogs. The yards have been closed for several months.

• Corporal Harold Keith Townsend, who has served in the USAF for 28 months, arrived home Monday and surprised relatives and friends by bringing home with him a wife and son. Harold was married soon after going to Munich to Miss Edith Platzer, an Austrian girl. Their young son is Ralph.

• Mr. and Mrs. Hiram True and daughter, Julia, left Monday night for West Point, where they will spend Thanksgiving with their son and brother, Cadet Everett Lee True, and attend the Army/Navy football game in Philadelphia.

• Jorgensen’s Cafe, run by Bob and Edith Jorgensen, opened Saturday after being closed some two weeks for redecorating and improvements.

November 29, 1973

• John E. Jones, senior lieutenant in the United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps, recently received the Navy Commendation Award for service he rendered while in Vietnam. “As Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of Construction in Bihn Thuy, Vietnam, Lieutenant Jones supervised over $7.8 million of new construction for various government agencies. In performance of his duties, he traveled thousands of miles by vehicle along roads involved in hostile military activity and by air in low-flying aircraft over enemy infested areas, as as assumed a defensive position when the vicinity of his compound came under enemy attack.”

• Three members of the Fairfax football team were elected to positions on the 275 Conference squads for the 1973 season. They are: Marion Oswald, defensive linebacker; Rick Martin, safety; and Mark Smith, defensive tackle.

• Fairfax merchants are opening a “Shop At Home” promotion for the Christmas season this week with announcement of many prizes to be given away the Saturday before Christmas. At the top of the list is a color television.

• A truck missed the corner of the west end of Fairfax’s Main Street Wednesday and proceeded across the tracks. The driver turned into Fairfax Elevator’s drive to turn around and backed too far north. His rear wheels went off the grade in such a manner that it turned the vehicle onto its side. The cargo, consisting of soap and peanut butter, had to be unloaded before the truck could be uprighted.

November 26, 1998

• The Fairfax R-3 teachers held an academic pep rally on Thursday, November 19, in observance of National Education Week. Students from the early childhood center, elementary, and high school put on a skit for entertainment.

• The Fairfax Tiger Cubs recently donated books to Community Hospital in Fairfax. This was the final requirement for the Cubs to earn their reading patch. The Scouts presented the hospital with children’s books to be used in the new pediatric room.

• John Gilbert, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Fairfax, is having a ball playing wheelchair basketball with the Red Dawgs team in Omaha, Nebraska.

• The Fairfax R-3 School Board voted to purchase a handicap accessible school bus. The bus has one wheelchair seat and 53 passenger seats, priced at $38,400 minus trade.