January 19, 1951
• Tuesday, the mercury was up to the 60s here, setting an all-time record for January 16. Snow and rain, which have been predicted at times for the past few weeks, have yet to materialize. This section has enjoyed one of the most agreeable winters in years.
• Only two 18-year-olds registered in December for the draft. They are Paul Boyd Mather and James Edward Creed, both of Fairfax.
• Miss Armell Havenkamp of Seneca, Kansas, started her duties as a registered nurse at the Fairfax Community Hospital last week.
• John Curry has sold his 93 1/2 acre farm southwest of Fairfax to Virgil Rosenbohm of Nishnabotna for $25,500. Mr. Rosenbohm, his wife, and two children will move to the residence in March.
• Showing at The Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “The Rustlers” with Tim Holt and “Annie Get Your Gun.”
January 22, 1976
• Greensleeves Magic, winner of the Berstein Award for Children’s Drama, will be presented Thursday, January 29, at the local gym for Fairfax Elementary School students. The play will be presented by Tarkio College and the Mule Barn Theatre.
• Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), former vice president of the United States, was guest of Congressman Jerry Litton Sunday on “Dialogue with Litton” at the Plaza Inn International in Kansas City. Several Fairfax area residents attended.
• The 45th annual Fairfax Invitational Basketball Tournament was a crowd pleaser. The tournament attracted an average of 1,200 persons Monday through Thursday nights. Friday night’s crowd topped more than 1,700. Northeast Nodaway girls’ and boys’ teams won.
• The first of the winter adult farm meetings was attended by 26 men Monday evening at the Elkdale community center. They heard Leo Brazyn of Monsanto Chemical discuss factors that affect the performance of chemicals and showed a film to demonstrate. J. Hayden Pyeatt is coordinator of the meetings.
• The Forum is spotlighting business owners: “Shortly after 8 o’clock Monday through Saturday mornings, Miss Beulah Hunter opens her sundries store for business in downtown Fairfax. She’s been serving her customers since December 12, 1927. But her background as a local businesswoman goes back 60 years when she began working at the former Fairfax Mercantile Store on November 1, 1914. Beulah lives in the same house in which she was born (November 9, 1887) at 4th and Broadway in Fairfax.
January 18, 2001
• Katie Heitman and Nic Smith were named to the All-Tournament Teams during the Fairfax Invitational Basketball Tournament held January 8-13. Katie is a sophomore and the daughter of Bill and Patsy Heitman and Nic is a senior and son of Bill and Vickie Smith, all of Fairfax.
• Eloise Puckett True was presented with a 50-year membership certificate of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Mrs. True was a charter member of the William White Chapter when it was formed 50 years ago. Mrs. True’s patriot ancestor was Thomas Puckett, who served during the Revolutionary War in the state of Virginia.
• Funeral services were held January 13 for Mildred Lorene Price, 84, of Tarkio, formerly of Fairfax. Mildred worked at Community Hospital in Fairfax for 31 years. She started as a nurses’ aide and retired as a surgery tech. She was a member and past deacon of the Fairfax Presbyterian Church and was a former member of the Tamasha Club and the T.E.C. Club.
• Alyssa Wiley, a Fairfax eighth grader, placed 4th in the District Hoop Shoot held in Maryville January 13. Alyssa hit 13 out of 25 free throws, placing fourth out of seven competitors in her district class.
