March 15, 1951
• Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “Colt 45” with Randolph Scott and Alan Hale and “Copper Canyon” with Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, and Macdonald Carey.
• A 61-year-old Flint, Michigan, woman met her 51-year-old half brother for the first time Monday, March 5, in Fairfax. The woman is Mrs. Arizona Ostrom and the half brother is William A. Perkins, known to his friends as Bill.
• The 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Martin, highly esteemed citizens of Fairfax, is Thursday, March 15. Mr. Martin came to Fairfax when he was six weeks old. The family settled in this community and purchased land that is now the northeast part of Fairfax, including the Fairfax park and school building. Mrs. Flo Frances (Dragoo) Martin was born in Langdon. The couple married March 15, 1891, at her father’s home five miles northeast of Fairfax by the Rev. Maggie Wallace.
• Girls in the physical education class of the Fairfax High School have organized a basketball team, which is coached by Miss Rockwell. The team includes: Jane Close, Rita Hayes, and Jerry Ann Davis, forwards; and Phyllis New, Donna Thiesfeld, Wilma Jones, and Marjorie Thomson, guards.
March 18, 1976
• The history of the Steele Farm stretches back to 1855. The first owner was George H. Vaughn, who in September of 1855, obtained 160 acres as a land grant to soldiers for land located about four miles northwest of Fairfax. That same year, he sold it to his brother-in-law, Thomas Singleton Steele, for $400 at $2.50 per acre. The farm ownership changed hands over the years. In September of 1968, following the death of then owner Raymond Emery, the land was divided up to his five children.
• Mr. and Mrs. Tony Harmon of Fairfax announce the birth of twin sons born March 11 at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Travis Lanning weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces, and Troy Thomas weighed 4 pounds, 13 ounces.
• Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the oldest portion of the current Fairfax School. On March 19, 1926, Dr. Fred Keller, head of the department of education at Maryville State Teachers’ College, presented the dedicatory address for the “splendid new school house.”
• Frank Sparks, 68, passed away March 13 at Community Hospital in Fairfax following a lengthy illness. Frank, his wife, Valora “Betty” Lewis, and four children moved to Atchison County in 1936. Frank was engaged in farming until 1963 at which time he worked as a carpenter until three years ago when he joined the staff at Sly Lumber Company.
• Mrs. Pat Danner, a candidate for U.S. Congress from the Sixth District, visited the Kountry Kitchen in Fairfax on March 11 and was guest at a “get acquainted” coffee gathering there. She also visited the participants at County Government Day in Rock Port, attended the Rock Port Rotary Club meeting, and visited the Mule Barn Theatre in Tarkio.
March 15, 2001
• John Gilbert of Fairfax plays for the Nebraska Red Dawg Junior Wheelchair basketball team. The team qualified for nationals to be held at the Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is John’s third year playing for the team and this year, he has a starting position.
• Community Hospital Association announced the installation of new DuoDiagnost equipment, one of only 300 in the nation, in its radiology department.
• Fairfax High School basketball players recently received All-Conference and All-District honors. They include: All-Conference – Katie Heitman (unanimous selection), Janah Heits (honorable mention), and Nic Smith (unanimous selection); and All-District – Katie Heitman (1st team), Janah Heits (2nd team), Stephanie Sinkhorn (2nd team), and Nic Smith (1st team).
