May 31, 1946

• Dayne Stout, field executive of the Pony Express Council, will present the charter to the newly organized Cub Scout troop of Fairfax Monday. The new troop has 10 members and Newell Green is the cub scoutmaster.

• Twenty-nine cars of the Burlington’s 114-car southbound No. 72 fast freight train were derailed at Corning, Missouri, Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the wreck, but from the standpoint of property loss, it probably was one of the worst wrecks the road has suffered in this area in many years. Much of the train was made up of empty oil tank cars. There were several cars of wheat, one car load of hogs, a car of lumber, and one car of ale among the wrecked portion of the train.

• Dr. J.M. Davis, Atchison County physician and deputy state health officer, has ordered all dogs in the county shut up and confined for a period of 15 days after May 27. A case of rabies was reported northwest of Tarkio and the order is a precautionary one with the idea of keeping all dogs in the county under observation until danger of infection from the original case is past.

June 3, 1971

• Favorable weather has meant lots of practice for Little and Pony Leaguers who open the season Friday in Mound City. The ball players should appear real sharp to start the season with 15 new uniforms and other new equipment.

• Special recognition was given the confirmation class at the United Methodist Church Sunday. The young church members who recently completed the course are Linda Scarlett, Jimmy Ball, Christine Gomel, Chris Bradfield, Bobby Schooler, and Robbie Bowness.

• In addition to showing the grand champion at the South Iowa Poultry Association’s 8th annual show in Clarinda May 22 and 23, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaught brought home eight other trophies, 16 blue ribbons, nine red ribbons, and eight yellow ribbons.

May 30, 1996

• A memorial service was held at the school last week in honor of Donna Portis. Mrs. Portis taught in the elementary school at Fairfax many years. Books were donated in her memory, a tree was planted, and a bench was set on the playground.

• First graders in Mrs. Jan Taylor’s class at Fairfax took a trip to Community Hospital, Fairfax, where the students learned what it would be like to be a patient undergoing tonsillectomy surgery when a pretend performance was enacted.

• Over The Back Fence by Nancy Gaines: “How about this weather? It rains an inch at will lately. Tarkio River was at flood stage, the area was in tornado alerts, and this has been going on for a week now. So far, there’s been no serious damage, but no crops can be planted in this kind of weather and that is serious. Maybe next week.”