January 5, 1951

• Awards in the annual corn yield contest sponsored by the Fairfax Kiwanis Club were presented Tuesday. Six of 11 contestants were awarded trophies and cash prizes, including: 1st, Garth True, 121.2 bu./acre; 2nd, Marlin Smith, 101.8 bu./acre; 3rd, Melvin Miles, 101.4 bu./acre; 4th, Jackie Bolton, 99.09 bu./acre; 5th, Marvin Peters, 96.1 bu./acre.; and 6th, Donnie Burke, 96 bu./acre.   

• Fire of an undetermined origin destroyed a large double corn crib and about 5500 bushels of corn Saturday on the farm of Mrs. Una Donnell, five miles northeast of Fairfax. Two steel wagons, a wooden wagon, and a 40-foot grain elevator were also destroyed.

• Robert Thomson, Miss Letha Curry, and Robert Thomson, Jr. will move the latter part of this week to a farm near Lathrop, Missouri. Mr. Thomson has lived in this community for 65 years since coming here directly from Scotland as a boy. Miss Thomson has spent her entire life in Fairfax.

• January 1st was an important day for many throughout the country. That day, coverage of social security was extended to approximately 12 million people, including the self-employed, farm, household workers, employees of non-profit organizations, employees of state and local governments and certain federal employees.

• Showing at The Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “Riders Of The Whistling Pines” with Gene Autry, “Three Came Home” with Claudette Colbert; and “Tell It To The Judge” with Rosalind Russell and R. Cummings.

January 8, 1976

• The Don McCartneys enjoyed a mid-day surprise visit Saturday evening when the University of Warrensburg girls’ basketball team, coaches, and managers stopped by while enroute to the their game at the University of Nebraska Saturday night. Their daughter, Reta, is on the team.

• Ray Trauernicht was installed as worshipful master of the Fairfax Lodge A.F. & A.M. 483 at ceremonies held Saturday night. Other officers installed were: senior warden – Jack Kruse; junior warden – Danny Kemerling; secretary – Ben Umbarger; and treasurer – Robert Gaines.

• Floyd Simpson has been employed by the City of Fairfax as a full-time policeman. This was made possible by a matching grant obtained with the assistance of the Northwest Missouri Regional Planning Commission. The total grant is $6,000.

• Mrs. P. L. Wyman was guest of honor at an open house Sunday celebrating her 90th birthday. Over 100 relatives and friends were present, including her daughters Martha Martin, Mary Louise Sims, and Elaine Yates who acted as hostesses.

January 4, 2001

• The third annual Community Hospital Association Coed Volleyball Tournament will be held January 27 at the Fairfax High School gym.

• Extremely cold weather and snow have left Fairfax residents shivering. A temperature of 12 below zero was registered on Tuesday, January 2, at 8:00 a.m.

• Charles and Helen Golden of Fairfax enjoyed Christmas in New England. They spent time with family members and enjoyed sightseeing, picture taking of covered bridges, and tasting maple syrup and all the fresh sea food they could get, as well as taking part in snowboarding, skiing, snowmobiling, and ice skating in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.

• A graveside memorial service and inurnment were held January 2 at Center Grove Cemetery in Westboro for Margaret Irene Dunham. Margaret worked as a bacteriologist in the 2nd Army Area Medical Laboratory in Fort Mead, Maryland. She and her husband later moved to Westboro where Dr. Dunham opened his veterinary practice.