December 24, 1948

• Melvin Bros. Home and Auto Supply Store advertised: Come to our Christmas Party Friday evening, December 24. We hope you will be on hand at 8:00 p.m. for at that hour we will present someone with a $269.95 Recordio Radio-Phonograph. With it, you can make your own records, play records, or use it as a radio. You will also find big price reductions.

• Oaks Scarlett has purchased the 200-acre Byron Hunter farm, which is located just north of the Scarlett farm in the Milton community.

• Kemerling’s Cafe, popular eating place of former years, is again open for business. The place has been remodeled, modernized, and new equipment installed. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kemerling are the owners.

• Dolls made by Fairfax women were on display and for sale in The Forum window. The funds are going to the county polio fund. Forty-seven dolls were put on display the latter part of last week and by Wednesday evening there were only two left.

• There was quite a scare in the courthouse at Rock Port about ten o’clock Tuesday morning when electrical wiring on the Christmas tree in the downstairs corridor shorted and set fire to the decorations. The blazing tree was tossed out the front door and the only damage was a scorched spot on the floor.

December 27, 1973

• James Dale Mayes, 47, a Fairfax High School 1944 graduate, died from smoke inhalation in a fire at his home in Kansas City Saturday. His 13-year-old daughter, who was also at home at the time of the blaze, escaped uninjured.

• It was a lucky day Saturday for many local patrons in a huge group assembled for the gift distribution sponsored by merchants, the Community Club, and American Legion. Dozens of prizes were awarded simply for registering in stores of participating merchants and no purchase was necessary. Mrs. Mamie Deatz was the lucky winner of the color television.

• A report on the National Agriculture Outlook Conference held annually in Washington by the Department of Agriculture was published in the Kansas City Star Sunday. Dr. George Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.D. Green of Fairfax, was widely quoted in predicting a recession in 1974. In spite of the energy crisis and other factors, Dr. Green and other economists agreed that U.S. agriculture will probably be affected less than other segments of the economy.

• As a part of NWMSU’s expanding educational offerings, the department of foreign languages will offer a five-hour undergraduate course in beginning Spanish via public radio KXCV (90.5 FM) during the spring semester. The class will be taught by native speaker Dr. Luis Macias, associate professor of Spanish. The class will include radio broadcasts Mondays and Wednesdays, a 90-minute classroom session on Thursday evenings, and a minimum of 13 hours of practice in the university’s sound laboratory.

December 24, 1998

• Fairfax fourth graders make plans for Christmas vacation: “On Christmas break, I want to play and spend time with my family. On Christmas, I’m going to sleep and eat all day.” Logan Pyeatt; “Over Christmas vacation, I plan on reading books, sleeping in, and playing with my sisters.” Kaylyn Sly.

• Colby Morris received the Bah Humbug Award at the Fairfax School. Mr. Morris received the award during the decorating contest because he still had Halloween decorations hanging up.

• The Kiwanis Club Corn Yield Contest winner was Tim Oswald with 197.30 bushels per acre.