October 28, 1949
• Showing at The Fair Theatre: “Every Girl Should Be Married” and “Raw Deal.”
• Construction of the 14 corn storage quonset bins on the Seymour land just west of the Community Feed and Grain company in Fairfax is about complete. The 14 bins have a capacity of 35,000 bushels each.
• The Fairfax Community Hospital Corporation and Community Hospital Association announce that an open house will be held at the hospital Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6, and after that, the hospital will be ready to receive patients. It’s been a long wait – three years – since the initial moves were made to build a hospital.
• Five new Boy Scouts registered for the coming year, which starts in November. They are Gerald Fears, Kenneth Oliver, Gary Davis, Gary Green, and Buddy Whittington.
• Corn picking has started in this area and yields are far from normal. Late planting, heavy rains, floods and storms all helped to contribute to the poor crop conditions that prevailed here during the growing season. Many farmers report not more than a half crop. Some report more than a half yield, but the average will not be far above that mark.
October 31, 1974
• After a long dry spell, rain fell in Fairfax and the surrounding area Tuesday and Wednesday, the first plentiful rainfall in several weeks.
• When a package addressed to the publisher of this paper arrived last week containing a copy of “Wacky Wednesday,” a child’s beginning book, it was discovered that the illustrator of the Theo LeSieg book was none other than Fairfax native George Booth. George had his introduction to journalism as a youth working for The Forum. He is now a successful cartoonist and commercial illustrator living in Stony Brook, New York, with his wife and daughter.
• Fairfax High School Homecoming King is Larry Hawkins and Queen is April Ilsley. As part of the homecoming festivities, homecoming kings from the past 10 years were recognized. Eight were present, including Lyle Oliver, Stan Osburn, Mick Lewis, Scott Hawkins, Jay Smith, Harold Gomel, Richard Hawkins, and Marion Oswald.
October 28, 1999
• Fairfax native Wayne Stepp stepped down as the head of the Salvation Army Seeing Help (SASH) program he founded six years ago. There are about 40 who are blind or partially blind in the program, which is run by 20 volunteers. The organization helps by taking them to the beauty shop or doctor’s office, grocery stores, etc. It also purchased a $5,500 Arkenstone reading machine, now at the Independence, Missouri, School District’s adult education area, that reads books to those who can’t read for themselves.
• Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jones of Fairfax attended the Specialized Pilot Training Class 99-15 graduation at Columbus AFB, Columbus, Mississippi, Friday, October 1. Their son, Captain Paul Jones, was a graduate and received his silver pilot’s wings. He has been selected for the F-16 fighter and assigned to Luke AFB in Arizona.
• Mrs. Myrtle Green will be celebrating her 90th birthday Monday, November 8.
• A combine owned by Richard Heits of Fairfax was destroyed by a fire Friday, October 22, west of Corning, Missouri.
• Gene Carder of Fairfax recently retired from Sprint after 39 years of service. Gene first worked for United Telephone until Sprint took over the company.
