October 26, 1945
• Starved for victory after three consecutive years of defeat, the Tarkio Indians beat the Rock Port Blue Jays 14 to 6 on the Tarkio Football Field Friday night. Although the score wasn’t that high, the attendance was. Various estimates place the crowd at anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 spectators. When the game ended, the highway between Rock Port and Tarkio was a solid stream of cars from town to town, cars running so close together that there was little passing or cutting in by those who are usually in a hurry to get there first.
• Fire destroyed a washhouse and its contents at the home of Leonard Grubb, on one of the Stevenson farms halfway between Rock Port and Tarkio last Saturday shortly after noon. The fire was caused by an oil stove. Lost in the fire was a washing machine, a cream separator which did not belong to the Grubbs, several gallons of sorghum, some soap, and other things. The dwelling, near the washhouse, was somewhat scorched, but did not take fire.
• The Burlington station at Langdon is the latest which is coming under the railroad’s rehabilitation program for depots along the main line in this territory. There will hereafter be but one waiting room, the space north of the operator’s office being added to the freight room of the building. The interior and exterior will be improved in various respects, making it more comfortable for the company’s employees and more convenient for the traveling public. Other nearby stations where improvements have been made or are being made include Watson, Corning, Craig, and Fortescue.
October 29, 1970
• Mrs. Christopher “Kit” Bond was in Rock Port October 22 campaigning for her husband, who is candidate for state auditor. She spoke at Republican campaign headquarters that day.
• Virgil Walter, postmaster of the Rock Port post office, today issued a reminder that postal customers can save money by mailing packages before November 14 when a 15% rate increase goes into effect.
• Police radar has been guiding drivers to magistrate court. The Tuesday session was deluged with radar speeding charges in nine cases. Most spectacular of the radar cases was a double charge against a 26-year-old Fairfax man for exceeding the night time driving speed limit twice in 33 minutes. The man ran the radar at 84 mph in a 65 zone at 10:05 p.m. headed east on U.S. 136 and 33 minutes later was clocked at over 100 going west. The officers reported that the driver indicated he was trying to outrun them the second time, but was held up by a slow moving car. He was fined $18 on the first violation, $50 on the second, and $11 in court costs. He used a 1957 Chevrolet in his dashes past the radar.
October 26, 1995
• Atchison County Head Start held a trike-a-thon to raise money to purchase educational equipment for the students to use at home. The students did an average of 80 laps around the Memorial Building and over $600 was raised.
• Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative has been hard at work putting in new lines and poles for the Rock Port Board of Public Works.
• Mrs. Lynn Hunter returned to the Rock Port teaching staff this school year teaching high school, junior high, and elementary music. Currently, Mrs. Hunter teaches dance and gives private piano and voice lessons at Lynn’s Dance Studio.
