July 27, 1951
• Tulsa cowboy Leon Frakes suffered two broken ribs during the bull riding contest at the rodeo Friday night. Frakes was atop a wild one when he emerged from the chute and fell off. The bull stepped on him before he could get out of the way.
• George Gubser’s Mercury car was stolen in Omaha, Nebraska, Sunday night of last week. The car was found by police the next morning outside the city; however, it was stripped of wheels, tires, radio, battery, and about all other accessories.
• Rodeo notes: Some 360 large watermelons were cut up and sold by the slice by “Melon King” Naylor Lackey and the melons were tip top in taste. Features worth mentioning were E.A. Brumley and his wonder dogs, Jiggs and Flora, who performed amazing feats in penning sheep and ducks in imaginary pens and corrals in the arena. The Walling Sisters also had a spectacular car hurdling act and along with Betty Talkington in trick and fancy riding and roping brought thrills to the crowds.
• Specials at Conn’s Grocery include: Swift’s premium frying chickens, 63¢ per pound; Duchess apples, 3 pounds for 29¢; Musselman’s pure applesauce, 6 No. 303 cans $1.05; and I.G.A. pork & beans, 6 1 pound cans for 66¢.
July 29, 1976
• Mrs. Terrilyn Keever Weichinger has been hired to teach home economics at Fairfax R-III during 1976-77. Mrs. Weichinger taught junior and senior high home economics at Maysville. She is regional president elect of the American Home Economics Association.
• About 60 riders are expected to participate in a competitive trail ride Saturday and Sunday in the Missouri River bluffs west of Fairfax. The trail ride is sponsored by the Nebraska Competitive Trail Ride Association. Local riders competing will be Glenn and Evetta Adams and Dale and Dorothie Seymour and Jack Graves is trailmaster. The trail ride will begin each morning at 7 o’clock and novices will travel 15 miles each day and open division riders will travel 25 miles daily.
• James Wesley McNeal, 70, died July 22 at Fairfax Community Hospital. Mr. McNeal worked in the Exchange Bank of Fairfax and Sly Hardware Co., both in Fairfax, and Paxton and Gallager Wholesale Hardware Co. in Lincoln, Nebraska, before retiring to Rock Port.
• About 400 people attended the ceremonies Wednesday morning near Corning, Missouri, to dedicate the opening of I-29 between Craig and Rock Port. The 18.7 mile segment is the final Missouri link in the I-29 system.
July 26, 2001
• As many residents have noticed, the City of Fairfax has hired two new employees in the last several months. Travis Husing, Mound City, Missouri, began his full-time duties in May and Dewayne Clark of Fairfax began his part-time duties in April.
• Phyllis Bradfield was named the 2001 Auxilian of the Year presented by Community Hospital Auxiliary.
• Under the direction of Sarah Osburn, the Fairfax Community for Kids Daycare held a photography camp. The kids learned about cameras and made their own view finders and zooms.
• The Fairfax Library Summer Reading Program “2001 Places To Go” is underway. Twenty-six youth are taking part.
