September 21, 1951

• Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “Royal Wedding” with Fred Astaire and Jane Powell and “Chain Lightning” starring Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Parker.

• Real estate transfers include: Arthur Phelps to Otto Ramsay and wife, $8,000, L5 and part of L6, B1, Sav. Addition, Rock Port; Myrtle Graves to Thomas M. Clark and wife, $1, L20, Ad. 4, Fairfax; Mabel L. Haskell to John Gaffney, $8,000, L11 and 12, B4, Ad. 3, Tarkio; and Juanita Haun to Leslie O. Beck and wife, $450, part S1/2, L5, Ad. 3, Fairfax.

• A report released from the State Conservation Commission states that 2,208 hunting and fishing licenses were sold in Atchison County in 1950, with proceeds of the sales totaling $5,322.70.

• The fourth graders at Fairfax are learning to write letters and chose to write to the students at Tama County Indian Reservation School in Tama, Iowa.

September 23, 1976

• The Fairfax Community Hospital Association showed its appreciation to 15 candy stripers for the many hours of work they donated to the hospital this past summer. Joanne Graham and Brenda Hogue were awarded caps for working at least 150 hours. Others who participated were Margaret Cleveland, Vickie O’Riley, Joni O’Riley, Kim Sturm, Mary Chandler, Linda Henson, Linda Graham, Krys Fisher, Mary Jane Freeman, and Linda Whitford.

• M.B. McCallister, Kansas City regional manager for International Harvester, Co., presented two plaques and a desk set to E.C. Carter, manager of Fairfax Implement Co., in recognition of his appointment as an “XL Dealer.” The awards were presented September 16 at a dinner held at the Walnut Inn in Tarkio. Carter is the second Missouri I.H. dealer to receive the award.

• Three Virginia men are in the Atchison County Jail being held on $2,500 bond each, charged with possession of 165 pounds of cut marijuana. A farmer discovered the marijuana, valued at $52,800, drying in a pasture area near Charity Lake, north of Rock Port. The three arrested men had flown from Washington, D.C., to Omaha, Nebraska, and rented a car for the trip to Atchison County. They planned to smuggle the marijuana past Omaha airport security guards and back to Washington, D.C.

September 20, 2001

• On Tuesday, September 11, with the overwhelming emotions and not knowing what would happen following the terrorist attacks on the east coast, people began to line up at gas stations all over the nation to fill up their vehicles. In Fairfax, the gas prices never went above $2 a gallon. Ted Simmons, co-owner of Simmons MFA in Fairfax, said in his 29 years of business, he’s never seen anything like it. Due to the panic, Ted said, “We ran out of regular unleaded around 5:30 p.m., but had premium on hand. Business started picking up around 3:30 p.m. and just got worse. The cars were lined up clear down the street.” They sold 1,800 gallons. Speedy’s Convenience store in Fairfax sold around 2,000 gallons and ran out around 6:30 p.m. MFA in Fairfax also ran out of gasoline late Tuesday.

• The Fairfax Lady Bulldogs won their own volleyball tournament held Saturday, September 1. Katie Heitman and Janah Heits were named to the All-Tournament Team.

• Fairfax Community Hospital Association had approximately 30 team members participate in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event held in Maryville, Missouri, Saturday, September 15. The event raised over $65,000 with Community Hospital Association pitching in over $4,000 of that total.