February 23, 1951

• Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “Mighty Joe Young” and “Three Little Words” with Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, and Arlene Dahl.

• If you can sing, play any kind of instrument, or entertain in any way, the Fairfax FFA welcomes you to enter a local talent contest to be broadcast on KFEQ. The event will be held Tuesday, February 27, at Fairfax High School. Admission is 25¢ and 50¢.

• Three travelers died in their car on County Highway T seven miles north of Rock Port. It is assumed that the driver, Mrs. Pearl Edith Cavner, 41, pulled over due to being sleepy and left the car running. Carbon monoxide fumes entered the vehicle and killed Mrs. Cavner, her 10-year-old daughter, Darla Jean Cavner, and Lyal Durwood Moore.

• At least five local businessmen were defrauded Tuesday afternoon by a check forger, who took over $200 of their cash and left town on the 9:30 bus.

• Ben Hammond, cartoonist for the Wichita Eagle, provided entertainment at the Kiwanis Club’s Ladies Night Tuesday. After dinner, the crowd was entertained by Mr. Hammond through the drawing of cartoons, ventriloquism, and the painting of pictures.

• Specials at B.P. Hunter Stores: Folger’s coffee, 85¢ per pound; Pillsbury flour, 10 pound bag for 89¢; large box of Tide, Oxydol for 31¢; and Hy-Klas Grade “A” pasteurized milk, 18¢ per quart.

February 26, 1976

• Fairfax High School Boys’ Basketball Coach Garey Smith recognized senior co-captains Gregg Smith and Glen Arnold with plaques Friday night after the Fairfax/Hamburg game. The Bulldogs and their parents were treated to homemade ice cream and cake by Coach Smith and his wife after the game.

• A severe electrical storm and rain, which turned into high winds, snow and blizzard conditions, struck Fairfax late Friday night. Lightning hit the home of Varick Graves south of Fairfax, blowing out three windows of the home, breaking the sill and blowing a hole the size of a basketball in the north side wall.

• Bob Smith of Fairfax enjoys painting signs for a living and painting for fun. He created a beautiful painting in 1974 of Fielder Vaught of Fairfax on a “Go Devil” plow with horses. The painting hangs on the wall of Bob’s shop above Pearce’s Variety store.

February 22, 2001

• Fairfax R-3 Students and Teachers of the Month are: Andrea Ilsley, Sarah Johnson, Jennifer Wooten, Kyle Rentschler, Crystal Beck, Frank Quattrocchi, and business teacher Tiffanie Sly.

• Glen Road, an Irish traditional music trio, will perform at the State Theatre in Mound City, Missouri, Friday, February 23. The trio includes: Turlach Boylan, a flute player from County Derry, Ireland, now living in Houston, Texas; Mike Dugger, who began his career as guitarist with the acclaimed Celtic band Scartaglen and then quickly graduated to playing tenor banjo and fiddle (he also sings and is a noted composer and songwriter); and Brendan Bulger, a former All-Ireland champion and featured soloist with the Plymouth, Massachusetts, Philharmonic Orchestra.

• At The Mane Thing in Fairfax, Betty Wennihan has displayed Valentine’s Day cards exchanged between her parents when they attended Irish Grove and Angel Country Schools around 1910. Most of the cards were made in Germany and range in cost from 10¢ to 75¢.

• Beri Hawkins and Mary Bosch are now in partnership at Sunshine Alley Tanning Salon in Fairfax. The salon has added many craft and gift items, including pictures and picture frames, pillows, quilts, baskets, and candles. Beri and Mary also offer balloons for special occasions.

• The Fairfax High School FCCLA Sweetheart Royalty includes princess Janah Heits, prince Michael Oswald, king Brice Ball, and queen Jennifer Ray.