August 19, 1949
• Showing at the Fair Theatre: “Campus Sleuth” (a comedy) and “Crossed Trails” (a western), “Fort Apache” with John Wayne and Henry Fonda, and “The Search” (a story of Europe’s displaced children).
• S.W. Skelton of Fairfax was named lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis Club Division 13, which is made up of nine Kiwanis Clubs of northwest Missouri. He will succeed Dr. Bruce McRae of Craig, who was lieutenant governor the past year. Mr. Skelton is the superintendent of Fairfax schools and was a charter member of the Oregon and Fairfax Kiwanis Clubs.
• Twelve Boy Scouts and their leaders enjoyed an overnight camp in the Herb Smith timber south of Fairfax Monday night. The boys had a wiener roast and then their guest, Wendell Bratt, Chief Scout Executive of the St. Joseph Pony Express Camp, spoke on “laws, oath, and pledge.” Tuesday morning, the Scouts made and enjoyed their own breakfast before breaking camp.
• Roy Hedrick has purchased from Mrs. Ida McCollam the residence property which was partly destroyed by fire when an oil transport burned near it some two years ago. The property is being repaired and when repairs are finished, the Hedrick family will move into it.
• The Hope Circle class of the local Presbyterian Sunday school wrote the worship material for the Westminster Quarterly for the Sunday of August 21. There are around 60 members of the class and Mrs. Hope Youel is the teacher.
August 22, 1974
• Fairfax R-3 School will open Wednesday, August 25. Seven new instructors have been employed and a new bus has been purchased and will be put into service on the southeast route driven by Wayman Park. High school juniors and seniors will be given the opportunity to attend classes at the Vocational Training School in Maryville. This is the first time this service has been made available to local students.
• Gloria’s Beauty Salon moved to the Schooler building, which also houses the Fairfax branch of the Atchison County Library, from the Mulvania building.
• Jack Stoner and sons have opened the Texaco service station in Fairfax and will hold an open house Saturday. They welcome everyone to stop by for hot dogs and refreshments and to get acquainted with the services they plan to offer.
• Around 100 people turned out Sunday evening to enjoy the religious western “The Gospel According to Most People.” Since it was a clear evening, it was not dark enough to show the film until 8:30. While waiting, the people enjoyed singing familiar gospel hymns from memory.
August 19, 1999
• Winners of the Fairfax Fair contests were: Little Mr. and Miss Fairfax – Nicholas Simmons and Kelly Brown; Junior Miss Fairfax – Bethany Graves; and Miss Fairfax – Holly Clement.
• Wayne and Lorena Freeman were this year’s Fairfax Fair Parade Grand Marshals. The Freemans are longtime residents of the community, having moved to the Fairfax area after they were married in 1947 and have been farming here for over 50 years.
• Esther Southard of Fairfax had a photo published in Cappers Weekly. The photo was of her rose bush, that was planted by her mother-in-law about 25 years ago. It was in the recent edition along with other pictures of spring flowers.
