June 15, 1945
• Canning will start next Monday, June 18, at the community cannery sponsored by the high school and supervised by the vocational agriculture department.
• Students attending the Methodist Youth Conference at the college campus will have a camp fire program tonight. The students have charge of their own programs and invite the public to attend.
• Redecoration at the Royal Cafe, owned by O.E. Ellsworth, was completed last week. New light fixtures have been installed and a new blue linoleum-topped counter and stools have been added. The walls are finished with a light blue wallpaper and wainscoting of a paper that simulates wood.
June 18, 1970
• Achieving First Class Rank in Scouting at closing ceremonies of the Girl Scout meeting at St. John’s Church recently were Misses Janet Vette, Julia Rolf, Carol Halliday, Sharon Lang, and Miriam Sickman. The girls also received the God and Community Award.
• The Allen-Schiffern Unit 199 of the American Legion Auxiliary of Tarkio observed the 50th anniversary of the National Auxiliary Sunday, June 14, at the Legion hall with a tea. The local unit was chartered June 1939.
June 15, 1995
• An open house is being held Friday, June 16, for the Main Street Shop located in the Northwest Missouri Learning Center, Inc., at 606 Main Street in Tarkio. The Main Street Shop is a small craft consignment shop featuring crafts made by the people who attend the learning center.
• Every generation has its outstanding personalities and Claude Templeton most certainly holds that position of honor in Tarkio. Witty and wise in community affairs, he filled the bill as a great leader. Perhaps Claude’s greatest service to this community was his weekly column in the Avalanche. As part of Atchison County’s 150th anniversary, Claude’s book, Meows, Purrs, and Hisses, is printed and ready for your reading enjoyment. It contains over 200 pages of amusing stories about banking, folksy discussion on gardening, a diary of his world travels, some patriotic pieces, poetry and some of his columns.
