October 21, 1949
• No more will the soft-spoken, kindly voice of Henry Field be heard over the air, for early Monday morning, death claimed the pioneer Shenandoah, Iowa, seedsman, radio operator and agricultural leader. His friendly voice was listened to by thousands who tuned in regularly to his Letter Basket broadcast, the oldest commercial radio program on the air.
• Eighty people attended the banquet of the Men’s Club of the Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening. Bus Entsminger, football star and quarterback of the 1948 Missouri University Tiger Football Team, was the guest speaker of the evening.
• Showing at The Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “Back Trail,” “In This Corner,” “Little Women,” and “Blondie’s Secret.”
October 24, 1974
• Sixty youth of the Fairfax Baptist Church and invited guests went to Worlds of Fun near Kansas City October 19. The group traveled in the Good News Express No. 2, the Baptist Church bus.
• Airman First Class David Martin, a 1973 Fairfax High School graduate, has graduated from Lowry AFB, Colorado, from the U.S. Air Force nuclear weapon specialist course. Airman Martin was training to assemble and repair nuclear weapons and has been assigned to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, for duty with a unit of the Strategic Air Command.
• Eveta Adams, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Adams, won first place in the Junior NATRC Horsemanship Trail Ride at Indian Caves near Nemaha, Nebraska. She made the two-day, 50-mile ride on a borrowed horse after her own mount was declared ineligible.
• John Ball, a 6 foot, 185 pound senior tailback from Fairfax had a super night in the William Jewell Cardinals vs. Ottawa Braves game in Ottawa, Kansas, Saturday night, October 19. The Cards won 24-38 in a game that saw Ball with 124 yards on 28 carries and score three touchdowns.
• Community Hospital Association in Fairfax has been presented with the estate of Mary Frances McQuitty, which amounts to around $90,000. She had left her estate to the City of Tarkio for use to build a hospital, but should it not be accepted for that, then the estate would then pass to Community Hospital.
• It’s homecoming week at Fairfax High School and the theme is “Happiness is Football.” Homecoming queen candidates are Joyce Graves, April Ilsley, Laura Bradfield, Terri Miller, and Barbara Bolton, and king candidates are Gary Taylor, Mark Smith, Larry Hawkins, Gregg Smith, and Danny Payton.
October 21, 1999
• Fairfax R-3 Schools has received notification from the Missouri Department of Elementary Education and Secondary Education of the awarding of a $50,000 technology grant for the district.
• Beautiful mums are planted around the driveway at the Hal Davis farm southeast of Fairfax. The mums were first planted 10 years ago. Each year, he ends up losing around six to eight plants. He then cuts a section off of another plant and replants it where one has died out to keep the garden looking nice.
• Sharp’s Grove Methodist Church in rural Craig, Missouri, has recently received a steeple. Church members started raising money last winter to purchase the steeple, which came from Texas. Lynn Pyeatt, John Burke, Jess Knapp, and Mike Whetsel donated time and equipment to help put the steeple up on the church Saturday, October 16.
• The Fairfax Marching Pride placed third in its division at the Northwest Missouri State University Homecoming Parade in Maryville October 16.
