January 17, 1947

• The Schooler Furniture Company will open its doors Saturday with a brand new stock of modern furniture, home furnishings and floor coverings. The Fairfax Cleaners, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Curry, is already in operation, after waiting almost a year for necessary equipment. They have installled the latest type of cleaning and pressing equipment.

• Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, a former superintendent of the Fairfax public schools, died at the age of 81 years December 31. At the time of his death, Dr. Hewett was director of the Museum of New Mexico and School of American Research. He was a pioneer in American archaeology. He attended Tarkio College and his first wife was Cora E. Whitford of Fairfax, whom he married in 1891.

• The Martin farm, just north of Fairfax on Highway 275, was sold last week by Lee Martin to E.F. Youel for $375 an acre. The farm is a well improved one of 40 acres. This price, so far as The Forum knows, is the highest that has been paid in this section of the state since immediately following World War I, when land values went skyward.

• The variety store of Miss Pauline Hackett in Fairfax was burglarized last Thursday night or Friday morning. The thief or thieves opened one of the cash registers and took about $10. A money sack in which there was about $24 was also taken. At the Kemerling Cafe, the thieves were able to enter the basement, but there was no door in the basement leading into the interior of the building so they came out and tried to pry open the kitchen door, but did not succeed.

• James Steele of Fairfax is in a hospital in Sabetha, Kansas, suffering from what is believed to be minor injuries he sustained Friday of last week when his airplane crashed near that city. The plane was being used in a coyote hunt and James was piloting. A passenger escaped with cuts and bruises.

January20, 1972

• Charles A. Wells, 94, of St. Joseph, died Monday at a nursing home there. Mr. Wells was born on a farm south of Rock Port. He served as clerk of Atchison County for eight years and was the youngest person ever elected to office in this county.

• Henry W. Husing, 85, of Rock Port died Saturday at his home. He was born in Osnebruck, Germany April 11, 1888, and came to Atchison County from Germany in 1909 and worked in the St. John’s area for a while. Henry farmed during his early married life, but was a baker by trade and operated bakeries in Tarkio, Fairfax, and Rock Port. He also worked for the city of Rock Port and the courthouse.

• The Fairfax High School Majorettes were established in the fall of the present school year to be used as a special feature at home football games. The Majorettes are now featured at many of the home basketball games. Members are Joy Oswald, Jayne Sly, Rita Hawkins, Gale Seymour, Kathy Muldrew, Roseann Cooper, and Jony Lawrence.

January 16, 1997

• Over The Back Fence by Nancy Gaines: “The weather has to be bad, it is annual Fairfax Basketball Tournament and Northwest Press meeting time. Both events seem to bring out the worst in Old Man Winter! For a week now our highs have been in the single digits and when the wind was up, 60 below wind chill was the reading.” “I invite you to come to the Christian Church Sunday morning. A special song will be sung by Betty Wennihan. How many of you know a person who wrote a song and it was published? Well Miss Grace Finch’s father did and that song will be presented Sunday morning by Betty…”