December 29, 1944

• Miss Francil Dunfee has been promoted to supervisor of personnel in the office division of the Martin bomber plant near Omaha, Nebraska. Miss Dunfee, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Dunfee, has 235 employees under her supervision.

• Lieut. Wayne Driftmier, former student at Tarkio College, who is with MacArthur’s headquarters in the finance division somewhere in the Philippines, and his brother, T/Sergt. Howard Driftmier, met recently for a few hours visit. This is their first war meeting and needless to say both were very much surprised. They are located close enough to each other to be able to meet often for awhile.

January 1, 1970

• Missouri Beef Packers will retain their name, even though they are expanding facilities in Texas. In a report to shareholders, MBP officials report sales of $221,572,842 for a 78 percent increase and a net profit of $1,916,616 for a 107 percent increase plus an extra ordinary profit of $11,595.

• The Tarkio High School Indian cagers closed out pre-Christmas play with two conference victories, defeating Rock Port 67-44 and West Nodaway 55-40. The girls’ team split these two games, winning by a score of 41-24 at Rock Port and losing to West Nodaway 48-33.

• Atchison County Farm Bureau member Harry Broermann, Tarkio, attended the 50th anniversary convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington, D.C. December 7-11. Both President Nixon and Vice-President Agnew made special appearances during the convention.

December 29, 1994

• Shane Bredensteiner of Westboro, Missouri, a graduate of Tarkio High School, received the highest degree awarded by the National Future Farmers of America (FFA), the American FFA Degree. Bredensteiner was one of the 1,445 members who received the degree at the 67th National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Dave Laur, a Westboro, Missouri, farmer and Northrup King Company dealer, recently graduated from the Sustaining Resource training program. The Northrup King sponsored seminar focused attention on the importance of seed dealers helping customers solve and prevent problems. A total of the sessions encompassed more than 80 hours of training for top performing Northrup King dealers.