September 23, 1949

• Funeral services were held for Arthur L. Hackett, a resident of Fairfax since boyhood. At one time, Athur operated the Fairfax grain elevator. He also owned a furniture business under the name of Hackett & Sons. He was one of the first to develop the motion picture theatre business in this area, establishing the Crescent Theatre here in 1911. He owned the theatre in Fairfax until two years ago.

• Several car loads of feeding cattle have been unloaded at the Fairfax stockyards the past week. Sixteen of these cars came for J.N.M. Youel and five car loads went to Tarkio the same day. Ed Hunter received eight carloads on Saturday and another seven went to Tarkio. On Monday, 13 car loads were unloaded at Tarkio and one in Fairfax.

• Nineteen carloads of material have been received here for the construction of the corn storage bins that are to be built here and at Rock Port. In the shipments are 10 cars of sand and gravel, two cars of cement and 10 cars of steel for the grain bins.

• Christopher Long, assistant manager of a 1,200-acre estate near Cambridge, England, spoke to members of the Kiwanis Club at their noon luncheon Tuesday in Fairfax. Christopher is one of four English boys who have come to the United States to observe and study our methods of farming.

• Fairfax and the Fairfax Forum will be featured in a 15-minute broadcast over KMA Sunday, September 25, during “The Country Editor,” a regular Sunday afternoon feature of KMA. Some historical facts and present-day activities and improvements will be enumerated.

September 26, 1974

• The Community Hospital Association will operate an ambulance service for the Atchison-Holt Ambulance District effective October 1. The decision was reached in a meeting Monday evening when plans to supplement private service being discontinued October 1 had to be finalized.

• Abie Showalter will be calling the annual Fairfax Community Club Auction Saturday evening in the Exchange Bank parking lot at 7:00. A large variety of items have been donated, some of which include: antique printer case, Fairfax Forum; five chicken dinners, Dairy Diner; cassette tape player, Bradfield TV and Appliance; and a box of groceries, Smith’s Tobacco Store.

• Greg and Jeff Johnson showed off the giant pumpkin grown by their grandpa, Bill Oswald. The 162-pounder was grown from Big Mac seed and will go on the auction block Saturday evening.

• Reta McCartney was elected Fairfax Student Council President. Class presidents include: seniors – Gary Johnson; juniors – Debbie Moore; sophomores – Roger Pennel; freshmen – Daun Thompson; 8th graders – J. Smith; and 7th graders – Kent Fisher.

September 23, 1999

• New officers were elected to the Fairfax Optimist Club. They are: Norman Simmons, president; David Scarbrough, D.D.S., vice-president; Jay Smith, secretary-treasurer; and Wayne Freeman, Dorothy Benson, Sam Creed, Ben Umbarger, and Bill Slaughter, board members.

• Employees of Community Hospital enjoyed a beautiful fall picnic Friday, September 17.

• Elsie O’Riley of Fairfax was honored Friday, September 17, with a decorated cake for her 80th birthday from the Fairfax R-3 teachers. On Sunday, she was surprised with a limo ride after church.

• The Fairfax Wolverine 4-H Club kicked off its new year by making scarecrows and planting mums for the flower barrels on Main Street in Fairfax. At their meeting, the members voted to sell Tupperware and donate the proceeds to Ed and Carol Ball of Fairfax, whose home was destroyed by a fire.