October 10, 1947

• Mrs. Marvin Schooler won first prize in the St. Joseph News-Press final snap shot contest and winning pictures were in Sunday’s paper. The winning picture was one of her two sons, Jimmi and Barry, one of whom seemed to be using a convincing argument on the other. The picture was entitled “You Don’t Say!”

• The two-story farm home of Tom Walker, about one-half mile north of Nishnabotna, was destroyed by fire shortly after six o’clock Saturday morning.

• Cline Hawkins needed a handyman jack one day last week and asked Paul Davis for the loan of his. Paul told Cline to take it from the trunk of his 1941 Ford parked near the Sly hardware store. Cline took the jack out of a ’41 blue Ford that looked like the Davis car. When he went to return it, he found Paul still had his jack in his car, so now he knows he borrowed the jack from another party, but does not know to whom he should return it.

October 12, 1972

• Postmaster Doyne Swan has announced that effective October 14, the service window will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Saturday.

• The Fairfax Ministerial Alliance has designated Sunday, October 29, as Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day. Youngsters will be going around that day to collect donations. Following the fund drive, the youth will gather at the Presbyterian Church to count and roll money and to have a pre-Halloween party.

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Resler, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, will leave New York City October 22 for Zaragoza, Spain, where Tom will be working as director of nuclear programs for Walthon Weir Pacific S. A. of Zaragoza. Tom is the son of Mrs. Robert H. Resler of Fairfax and the late Mr. Resler.

• When Richard Laverne Curry of Bedford, Iowa, retired recently from the the U.S. Air Force, he was the third member of his family to have completed a military career. Willis Dean Curry retired from the Air Force in 1968 and John Wayne Curry received a medical discharge from the Navy in 1952, one year short of 20-year retirement. All of the men were born near Fairfax.

October 9, 1997

• Fairfax Kiwanis Club enjoyed a steak cookout at the city park last Tuesday night with 57 present. The 25-year members received the Legion of Honor awards. They were Bob Alldredge, Gene Bradfield, Gene Carder, Harry Emrick, Ralph Hackett, Mack Miller, Charles Norton, Waldo Thomson, Gene Thomson, and Doyne Swan.

• The Fairfax Band, with over 50 members, won their class at Clarinda, Iowa, Band Day. The band is led by instructor Bill Wells and drum majorettes Trudy Heitman and Brandee Hawkins.

• On Tuesday, September 30, nine freshmen were initiated into FHA. The theme this year was “The Brady Bunch.” Each girl dressed up as one of the Brady family members. In the evening, the FHA Chapter held a ceremony to officially initiate the new members. Initiate chosen as the most fun for the day was Stephanie Beck.

• Ten freshmen, two seniors, and one sophomore all had a blast waking up early to go around town singing and just flat out being embarrassed, just to join the Fairfax FFA Chapter. The costumes ranged from simple (baby) to elegant (ladies) and heavy clothing (hunting, suits, and ties).