August 24, 1945

• With the lifting of restrictions on gasoline, many people took to the highways Sunday. One of the most popular picnic grounds proved to be Tarkio’s community park. More than 275 people were counted there, where most of them were attending family reunions.

• Carl Chambers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chambers, formerly of Tarkio and now of Buena Park, California, is now a first officer for Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. (TWA) after spending three years training fighter pilots in the United States. Carl learned to fly through a civilian pilot training course at Tarkio and earned his private and commercial licenses before reporting to Miami, Oklahoma, in February of 1942 as an instructor at the Royal Air Force training school. There, he taught primary flight to the boys of the RAF. He later enlisted in the Air Corps reserves.

• Atchison County remains Missouri’s greatest corn county, the bulletin of the 1944 Missouri Farm Census by counties shows. Not only does it head the list in actual number of bushels produced, but it stands at the top in yield per acre. [Production of corn in Atchison County is now around 460 million bushels per year.]

August 27, 1970

• Emmett Burk, Tarkio butcher for the past 47 years, has retired from his position with Hess Food Market. He was taught the trade starting in 1923 with Pyers, and has worked in the same location since 1941 with Kirkendolls, then with Hansens and for Hess since they bought the business in 1952.

• The Farm and City Supply, owned and operated by Lee Grossman, has moved to 205 Main Street, formerly the Hy-Vee Store.

August 24, 1995

• Sprint United Telephone recently made a donation of $7,500 to the Heartland Academy Board of Directors for use at the Heartland Recreation Center in Tarkio.

• The City of Tarkio has announced new telephone numbers for the Tarkio Police Department and for City Hall. The Tarkio City Police can now be reached by calling 736-5522 and City Hall (the City Clerk/Collector) may be reached by calling 736-4821.

• Missouri corn production is forecast at 142 million bushels, down 48 percent from the 1994 crop. The forecast yield of 105 bushels is down 14 bushels from last year’s crop. The local area has received much-needed rain as planting was delayed by a month due to the wet spring.