November 22, 1946
• Edgar Lee Hewett, famed archeologist and writer of many books on his specialty, has just published an interesting bit of autobiography covering the first 40 years of his life under the title Two Score Years. Dr. Hewett was once the instructor in Business at Tarkio College. In his book he mentions many Atchison Countians by name and talks about his time spent here.
• The third annual Atchison County FFA Barnwarmin’ will be held at the Rock Port Community Building. This year, Rock Port furnishes the building and decorations, Fairfax furnishes refreshments, prints the tickets, and pays bills, and Tarkio furnishes the program and entertainment. A contest for the “typical farm wife and farmer” will be judged.
• Miss Lois Ferguson, play director, arrived in Tarkio Sunday to begin work on the Business Women’s League production of “Cornzapoppin’.”
• Westboro had a big day Tuesday, November 29, as the sixth annual God’s Acre Festival for support of the Methodist Church was held. A total of 1,284 bushels of corn – 22 loads – was sold at an average bid of $1.25 per bushel. Three pigs were sold at 25 cents per pound. Besides the auction, the event included a parade, games, baby show, dinner, Harvest Queen crowning, musical entertainment, square dance, and a 4-H Rough Riders exhibition. John Jackson served as chairman, George Laur as secretary and clerk, and Rev. E.E. Bayse of Akley, Iowa, who introduced the God’s Acre program at Westboro, was also present.
November 25, 1971
• Kenneth V. Woolsey, Tarkio College graduate and son of Mrs. Ica Woolsey and the late Lee Wolsey, was informed recently of his promotion to the civilian grade of Public Law-313 at Elgin Air Force Base, Florida. Mr. Woolsey is the director of the Armament Development and Test Center Computer Sciences Laboratory at Elgin.
• Mrs. Elwood Derr, Forest City, who has spent many years developing native skills, such as making pottery from local clay using natural berry and herb coloring and redeveloping the art of making hairpin lace, will demonstrate the art of making threads from animal hairs using natural source dyes. She will demonstrate spinning and knitting or weaving the thread into garments at the Mule Barn Museum.
• The Rev. Frank Lackamp of the Catholic Church has reported that St. Paul’s Catholic Church rectory was robbed while he was away at the Farmers and Valley Bank open house. The collections of both currency and cash from St. Paul’s and St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Burlington Junction were taken.
• The red and white clad Tarkio High School Indians will be out to yank the tail feathers from the Bluejays of Springfield Greenwood High School in the Missouri Class 1-A football championship Saturday at the Northwest Misssouri State College Field in Maryville.
• The Atchison County Fund Drive for Tarkio College got off to a good start as President Eldon Breazier was presented a $500 check from Lone Star Concrete on behalf of Tri-City Concrete. Presenting the check were Robert Teare, Paul Lester, Lee Troxel, and Mrs. F.C. Kling.
November 21, 1996
• Quite a bit of research and lots of digging in the archives has been going on since the board members of Tarkio College/Atchison County Historical Society Museum decided to collect pictures of the county’s memorable buildings to be woven into an afghan. The product is now ready and is in colors of cranberry red on a cream background. The complete shipment of these afghans is due to arrive December 10 and will be for sale at the museum.
• The Fall Fling of Tarkio’s Tanglefoot Squares Dance Club was held at the Tarkio Community Building November 17. Couples from the area participated in the square dancing activities with Lanny Weaklend and Tom Umphreys as callers.
