April 8, 1949
• The B.P. Hunter Store advertised: Crisco, 3 lb. tin, 89¢; Golden Crust bread, 16 oz. loaf, 10¢; Armour Star sliced bacon, 63¢; and Hy-Klas Grade A pasteurized milk, 17¢.
• Reports made at a board of directors meeting of the Fairfax Kiwanis Club Tuesday noon indicates that between $38,000 and $40,000 worth of stock in the Fairfax Community Hospital has been sold up to that date. The goal is $50,000.
• Mr. and Mrs. Everett Curry have purchased a lot with 100 foot frontage east of the George Green residence. They bought 50 feet from Mr. Green and 50 feet from Roy Haun. Mr. and Mrs. Curry expect to start building a modern home on the lot soon.
• Bob “Bud” Oswald has leased the Smith Service Station and is now operating the station under the name of the Oswald Service Station.
• The Veterans Administration indicates on-farm training may be given as long as it is necessary to meet the veteran’s individual training needs. More than 28,000 tons of limestone were spread by Missouri veterans taking on-farm training in a 12-month period ending July 1, 1948.
April 10, 1974
• The athletic banquet will be held Monday, April 22, in the high school cafeteria with Bob Iglehardt, NWMSU Head Basketball Coach, as guest speaker.
• A barn on the farm occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Paris and family east of Fairfax was destroyed by a fire Sunday morning and another small shed also burned. The family had been burning an area around the building but thought the fire had been put out. A tractor that was housed in the building was saved but corn and hay were destroyed.
• Mr. and Mrs. Don Maris returned Monday from a 15-day trip to New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti. They left by charter jet from St. Louis in company with 175 Scottish Rite members and guests. The travelers spent four days in each country visited.
• David Portis sustained a serious injury last week when a spring broke and struck him in the face while he was working on machinery at his farm. He was taken to the hospital in Fairfax then transferred to Omaha for repair of a fractured jaw bone.
• The Atchison County Art Fair, consisting of posters, collages, decoupages, and crafts made by the county’s elementary students, was held in the lunch room of Fairfax School last Saturday.
• The Golden Arrow Bow Hunters presented a check for $153.25 to the Fairfax Community Betterment. The gift was a result of a benefit fish fry the bow hunters held.
April 8, 1999
• A total of 490 people enjoyed a “second serving” at the second annual Community Hospital Association’s Celebrity Waiter Dinner in Fairfax March 27. Over $22,000 was raised.
• Fairfax students participated in Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart sponsored by the American Heart Association and raised $3,000. The top three donations were earned by: John Gilbert, $329; Shelby Zirfas, $318; and Judy Collins, $312.
• Fairfax R-3 cheerleaders were selected for the next school year’s sports season. The basketball cheerleaders are Megan O’Riley, Janah Heits, LeAnn Graves, Jenea’ Kemerling, Jamie Whittington, and Jessica Ray. The football cheerleaders are Katy Hunter, Janah Heits, Jamie Whittington, Traci Davis, Jessica Ray, and Jenea’ Kemerling.
• Students at Fairfax R-3 wrote and illustrated books over the last several months and the books were recently published. The students had an opportunity to read their work to other students and parents on Author Day Wednesday March 31.
