June 24, 1949
• The building and contents of Rupe’s Grove school, west of Tarkio, are to be sold at public auction at the school site Wednesday, July 6.
• The high wind Wednesday left a swath of damage eight miles west of Tarkio around 7 o’clock. The George W. Knierim house was damaged, as well as a barn on the Jess King property. It was also reported that roofs were blown off corn cribs on the Roy Kish farm and Gus Minter property. Several trees were downed and electrical and telephone services were disrupted.
• Two new city ordinances will go into effect this summer. A new parking regulation will provide for 19 10-minute parking spaces in front of the post office on Main Street at the Third and Fourth street intersections. Smokers will pay a 2¢ tax on each package effective August 15.
• A crowd of around 1,500 people attended Tarkio airport’s dedication and air show Sunday. A crowd, estimated to be even larger, viewed the proceedings from vantage points beyond the ticket takers. Around 75 planes few in with passengers for the dedication show.
• Kelvin Sheets, 15-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Sheets, completely recovered after drinking kerosene last Wednesday afternoon. He was treated at a physician’s office in Tarkio and then taken to St. Francis hospital in Maryville for 24-hour observation.
June 27, 1974
• In the First National Teller Tells column: “Nowadays, the swimming pool is the place for the younger set, but I remember when daily sprinkling of streets was necessary to keep down the dust on the unpaved streets. Each time the wooden sprinkler wagon made its journey up and down the streets, it was followed by scantily clothed youngsters enjoying the cool water.”
• An enjoyable trip to Silver Dollar City and the Shepherd of the Hills country in the Ozarks were made last week by the OATS bus. Bus driver Grace Freeman of Craig drove the following: Jessamine Altman, Rock Port; and Alma McGinnis, Helen Withrow, Pearl Harbison, Anna Anderson, Evelyn Greever, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wennihan, Tarkio.
• The Tony Award winner Cabaret opened June 26 at the Tarkio Mule Barn Theatre. The show is directed by Mr. Joe Guastaferro, General Manager of the Hawaii Performing Arts Company.
• A high reading of 98 degrees was recorded on the 21st followed by lows of 48 degrees on the 24th and 25th. There have been 14 days without rain, according to Lester Morton, local official weather observer.
June 24, 1999
• Center School students reunited in Tarkio on Saturday, June 19. They enjoyed a lunch catered by Dave’s Convenience. Twenty people attended.
• Tarkio R-I School Board voted to hire Dave Snead as at-risk teacher, athletic director, assistant football coach, assistant girls’ basketball coach, and health teacher.
• The First Baptist Church was the site for children to go on an expedition to Mt. Extreme: The Ultimate Good News Challenge Vacation Bible School. Sixty-two participated in the event.
• The Tarkio Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting July 1 at the newly-built Tarkio Avalanche newspaper/printing and screenprinting/embroidery office at 6th and Main in Tarkio.
