Locals report many flying saucer sightings.

The high school gym is open 3 nights a week for all district patrons to participate in a physical education program over the summer.

Nearly everyone takes the day off to watch the broadcast of Neil Armstrong's moon walk.

Mrs B L McMillan Jr and Mrs Horace L Fry became the first women elected to the Federated Church's Board of Elders. 

Spearville gets its 5-digit zip code, 67876. Businesses closed in November during the hour of services following JFK's assassination.

Victor Claussen and Michael Hornung invented what would become the E-Z Fold, an electric basketball hoop, for the high school gym. Harold Key welded the first ones. 

World War II ends. Eleven community members were killed in action: Anthony Duesing, Gregory Scheve, Kenneth Buckles, Arthur M Barrett, Carl Heskamp, Ole Rosproy, Edward Ackerman, Ralph Rankin, Billy Kisner, LeRoy Schmidt, and Warren Perkins.

The year begins with 97 Spearville High School alumni enlisting in the Armed Forces. Back in town, the community makes 111% of their quota in the Fourth War Bond Drive, continuing the streak of generosity synonymous with Spearville.

The old hose cart pulled behind a pickup truck is replaced by a real fire truck.

The United States fully entered the Second World War, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many young men in Spearville enlist in the military.