October 10, 1947
• Three calves belonging to E. L. Yoder of Tarkio were killed and a 1941 Chrysler, driven by Stanley Staples of Tarkio, was badly damaged in an accident that occurred early last Saturday morning, October 2, on Highway 4 two and one-quarter miles east of Tarkio. Staples swung to the left to avoid three calves on the pavement only to hit three other calves that appeared across the center line on the other side of the highway.
• After 31 years in one of Tarkio’s oldest established businesses, Roy Millier is retiring Saturday night. Robert Martin has purchased the stock of the grocery business. He will be redecorating the building and plans to move his Tarkio Electric Shop merchandise into it. It was the fall of 1916 that Roy Millier first went into the grocery business here with his father, the late A. J. Millier.
• At the corner of 5th and Main streets, on the lots purchased some time ago by the Assembly of God Church, a groundbreaking service will be held Tuesday afternoon with the beginning of actual construction of a new 62×70 foot church building to begin immediately following.
October 12, 1972
• The Tarkio School District now provides a physical education program for all students. The classes are designed to meet the needs of all boys and girls regardless of their physical abilities. Miss Starla Eads and Dean Rolofson are the teachers.
• Dale Dragoo passed away October 4 in Tarkio, where he had lived almost his entire life. Born November 12, 1896, in Langdon, Missouri, he attended public schools in Tarkio and studied two years at Tarkio College. He was a veteran, having served in the Army in France and Germany in WWI. He was a retired weather observer, having worked for FAR for 30 years, 10 of those at Tarkio Airport. He also played the violin in the Mule Barn Theatre orchestra.
• Tarkio voters gave overwhelming approval to a proposal which will enable the city to construct a sewer system on north 7th Street.
October 9, 1997
• Work is underway to build a handicap accessible ramp at the American Legion Building on north 3rd Street in Tarkio.
• Presley Bywater of Tarkio is retiring from Hy-Vee after working there for 27 years. Presley’s last day at Tarkio Hy-Vee will be October 11.
• Barbara Simmons has announced her retirement from Mercantile Bank of Northwest Missouri in Tarkio. She has been a teller at the bank for 11 1/2 years. A retirement reception will be held at the bank all day Wednesday, October 15.
• A record tax cut for Missouri begins October 1 with the elimination of three cents from the state’s 4.2 cent sales tax on food. The cut, which will trim about $230 million from the grocery bills annually, will apply only to groceries (no alcohol or tobacco products and no prepared foods).
• St. Joseph, Missouri’s, own “Under the Influence” band has released its debut full-length album titled “What Is.” Jason Riley from Tarkio is the lead guitarist, and also plays acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin for the group, as well as backup vocals.
