November 9, 1945

• Charles Thompson will open a new store, Thompson’s Men’s Wear, in Tarkio tomorrow. Mr. Thompson was in the grocery business here for nine years.

• The first post war model of the Chevrolet car went on display at the Lawson Motor Company garage Saturday and has been drawing the attention of the public this week.

• The U.S. Airways Communication station at the local airport reported a low of 18.5 degrees and a high of 76.6 degrees during the past week.

November 12, 1970

• A $1,600,000 plant for Allied Mills located at Elwood, Kansas, was completed November 3 by Tri-City Concrete Co., managed by Paul Lester. Lester set up an automatic batch plant at the site October 24 and the structure was poured, using 1,000 yards of concrete, around-the-clock in 5 1/2 days, with slip forms. The mill will be operated by computer to manufacture feed at a lower cost.

• Roy A. Perry of Tarkio is marking 25 years of service with the Missouri State Highway Department this month. Perry, maintenance foreman in District 1, started with the Department in 1945 as an hourly-rated employee in District I.

• Mayor Loyd Hills accepted a check for $100 given by the Farmers and Valley Bank to start the drive for funds for rat control in Tarkio from Tarkio Community Betterment Chairman Mrs. Bernard Gorman and drive co-chairman Mrs. John Turnbull. The money collected will be turned over to the city. The goal is for the fund to receive $1.00 from each household for a year of service. All householders and property owners are urged to keep weeds cut and eliminate trash piles and any food or garbage to aid in this necessary rat control.

November 9, 1995

• Will Johnson puckered up with a pig (supplied by Bobby and Gary Vette) as the winner of the C.A.T.’s Kiss-A-Pig contest. Last year’s winner Mary Lou Knepper, held the pig for the event.

• The Mule Barn Theatre Guild voted to lease the Walnut Inn on Main Street in Tarkio to Tarkio Academy at a meeting on Wednesday, November 1, 1995. The Academy’s business plan calls for clean-up and inventory followed by buffet-type meals several days a week. The next phase involves a full service restaurant with rooms available for private parties. Another phase will include dinner theatre once a month with one-act plays by various colleges and organizations. Opening a teen center in the basement and renovating the upstairs apartments is also in the works.