June 29, 1950
• Charles Tudor, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tudor, who live between Fairfax and Corning, was drowned about 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon when the motor boat in which he and his companion were riding capsized and sank in Big Lake.
• When Ira Davis was admitted to the Fairfax Community Hospital Wednesday, he was number 500 on the list of patients who have been admitted to the hospital since the doors of the institution were opened for patients on November 7 last year.
• Billy Umbarger left last Friday on a trip that will take him to the National Boy Scout Jamboree, which will be held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Billy left St. Joseph Sunday night on a train which carried 72 Boy Scouts from this area.
• H.O. Bowen is in Fairfax this week decorating store windows with rodeo pictures that advertise the 4-State Roundup. Bowen has done this type of painting in many of the largest cities that hold rodeos.
• Friends and neighbors of Frank Erwin gathered last Thursday at his farm with 24 tractors and cultivators and cultivated 70 acres of his corn.
July 3, 1975
• Jurine Straub, who started working at Community Hospital Association the day it opened in November 1949, headed a list of 67 hospital employees honored at a service awards program last Tuesday evening, June 24, at the Mule Barn Theatre in Tarkio.
• Plans are being finalized to open the NoWeMo Achievement Workshop July 7. Fifteen employees have been approved by Vocational Rehabilitation and the State Department of Education.
• The flower-decked lawn of Mrs. Mildred Fletcher drew praises from Garden Club judges and was awarded “Lawn of the Month” for July. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor received Honorable Mention.
• The Fairfax City Council has adopted an ordinance requiring the city clerk to review and provide for issuance building permits and establishing certain construction standards consistent with the need to minimize flood damage. The need for such an ordinance resulted when the Corps of Engineers designated certain areas of Fairfax as flood-prone.
June 29, 2000
• Three businesses in Fairfax have agreed to let residents get water from their personal water wells to help lessen the strain during the water crisis. These businesses are Fertilizer Service, MFA Agri Service, and Yocum Fertilizer.
• The Fairfax Board of Education met June 22 and accepted Krista Sly’s resignation as elementary principal and approved her request to fill the first grade teaching position.
• The Fairfax Kiwanis Club met June 20 at Community Hospital with 16 members and six guests present. Former Fairfax resident Norbert Lodygowski was the guest speaker. He and his wife, Rev. Sharon Lodygowski, were celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary with a trip to Des Moines, Iowa, to visit her parents and to Fairfax for a visit. Rev. Sharon was the Presbyterian minister in Fairfax for a number of years.
