February 6, 1948

• Bob Irvine has sold his residence property on South Broadway to Sam Fletcher. Reported price was $6,750. Bob has leased the farm of Mrs. Harold Volker and will move to it in the spring. C.P. Kincannon has purchased the new residence property of Dwight Sliger. Consideration was reported at $5,000.

• The Skidmore, Missouri, schools were closed part of this week due to the city’s two water wells going dry and severe weather preventing work of putting in another well. Water is being hauled from Maitland, Missouri, and being pumped into the Skidmore water tank.

• Paul Strough has purchased the Ward Stevenson farm of 183 acres two miles east and one mile north of Dotham. This is a well-improved place and lays just west of Mr. Strough’s home place of 160 acres and makes him the owner of 343 acres.

• Harold Ray, who has been employed for the past two years by the Fairfax Truck & Tractor Company and of late by the Craven Implement Company, has accepted a position with the Production Credit Association.

• Boys participating in supervised farming in vocational agriculture at Fairfax High School are getting into the big money with their projects. A total net profit of $11,416.03 for the 24 boys was recorded for 1947. Total estimated value of the products produced in completed projects is $32,160.84.

February 8, 1973

• Fairfax R-3 High School’s 1973 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow is Kay Jean Hawkins. Selected by score in a written knowledge and attitude exam taken by senior girls, Kay Jean will receive a specially designed award from General Mills and will be eligible for state and national honors.

• On Thursday, February 19, “Farming Frontiers Day” will be held at the Tarkio Equipment Co. Don Cannon, Branch Manager, Kansas City, will be the guest speaker and there will be a film shown on the new John Deere line of equipment, followed by lunch.

• Doyne Swan, Fairfax postmaster, states that due to road conditions, the rural carriers have been unable to deliver some mail.

• The Forum welcomes article contributions from the faculty and administration of Fairfax R-3 in its annual vacation issue. While the Sims are vacationing in the Caribbean, school personnel bring in information concerning various activities in the school system. Coordinating the material was Mrs. Adah Pyeatt, even though a trip to the hospital interfered slightly with plans.

February 5, 1998

• Over The Back Fence by Nancy Gaines: “Thought for the day… ‘Actions, not words, are the true characteristic mark of the attachment of friends.’ G. Washington”

• Fairfax High School held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for the new elementary and library additions. The new chemistry lab has state-of-the-art work stations as well as computer systems when experiments are too dangerous or too costly to perform. A new safety feature is the fume hood. This was a $25,000 project.

• Robert and Marjorie Bennett of Fairfax are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. The Bennetts were married Friday, February 13, 1948, in Sidney, Iowa. Robert is a veteran of WWII, having served in the Navy in the Pacific, and is a retired farmer and carpenter. Marjorie is a retired pharmacy tech from Community Hospital, Fairfax.