August 5, 1949

• The Burlington has posted notices on all its depots in this area telling the public that its depots will close on Saturdays and Sundays effective September 1. This means that in all towns except larger cities, there will be no freight or telegraph services those days. Trains will run, and waiting rooms will be open before train time, but tickets will have to be purchased on the trains.

• Two of Fairfax’s newest citizens, both boys named “Wake,” were born at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville last Thursday, July 28. They are not twins, but second cousins. 

• Robert Bowness, 16, an upcoming junior at Fairfax High School and of the Daleview neighborhood, lost his left arm Monday afternoon after he got it caught in the mechanism of an automatic hay baler and could not release it. Robert’s condition is critical.

• It is estimated that more than 200 persons visited the Fairfax Community Hospital Saturday afternoon and Sunday to see the sample room at the new facility.

• Atchison County pioneer and Fairfax’s oldest citizen, Mrs. Emma C. Whitford, 96, passed away last Thursday after a long illness. Emma Caroline Strickler was married to Edward C. Whitford in January of 1871. They came to Atchison County from Illinois in 1873 and Mrs. Whitford made her home here for 75 years. They first lived on a farm, but moved to Fairfax in 1885. 

August 8, 1974

• Three farmers from Atchison County have entered the annual MFA corn growing contest. They are O’Neil Miles, Bill Umbarger, and Dean Bolton, all of Fairfax.

• Voter interest in Tuesday’s primary was scant and only about 1,200 persons in the county took the trouble to go to the polls. Gordon Clifton was the successful candidate for the Democratic race for Atchison County Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds.

• William Stanley McKenzie, 40, of Fairfax was killed when a tractor he was driving overturned onto him while he was mowing a steep incline near Mt. Moriah. His 14 years as an active volunteer in the Fairfax Fire Department were recognized by the black draped fire truck in the funeral procession.

• Temper flared, a shoe flew, and glass went flying as a distraught motorist gave her car the boot at the Dairy Diner in Fairfax last week. The incident turned into a comedy of errors as the agitated woman, unable to start her car, gave it a resounding kick. Her clog-type shoe flew off and shattered a window at the restaurant. After a serviceman was called to fix the car and she paid for damages done, she was on her way, poorer, but hopefully, wiser. 

 August 5, 1999

• Lane, Aimee, Amber, Kaitlin, and Emily Seymour recently returned from a three week trip to Hawaii and Australia. The Seymours traveled to Australia as part of the Navigators, an international non-denominational Christian group. While in Australia, they attended a wedding, stayed on a sheep farm, ate real whipped cream and mandarin oranges, watched an Australian football game, visited the military war museum in Canberra,visited the opera house in Sidney, and visited the 2000 Summer Olympics grounds in Sidney. 

• Mack Miller of Tarkio, president of the Exchange Bank of Fairfax, has been inducted into the 50-Year Club of the Missouri Bankers Association.