August 12, 1949

• Phyllis and Lyllis Chaney, twin daughters born July 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chaney, Jr., at their Tarkio home and who have been in incubators ever since at the St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, finally returned home. They each weighed 3 1/2 pounds at birth and are said to be progressing rapidly now.

• Traffic was halted on Highway 59 north from Tarkio this week as work progressed on the new construction. Barrier gates were erected at the Park Street intersection, where that blind intersection is being eliminated.

• Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and local officers are continuing their search for the hit and run truck which crashed into Harold Mertz’s car early Friday morning. The car had been parked in front of the Mertz apartment at 102 1/2 Main Street.

• Funeral services were held for a longtime area resident, Patrick O’Herin. Mr. O’Herin was born March 26, 1873, at Forbes and came to Atchison County to make his home in March of 1887. He had lived in the Homer community until he and his family moved to town a few years ago.

• Keith Hurst has sold eight lots at the corner of Sixth and Main Street to Charles Sheppard and Ryland E. Coe as the site for the new International Harvester building.

August 15, 1974

• Residents with Yards of the Month are: Mr. and Mrs. George Freeman at 512 Sycamore; Mr. and Mrs. Summers Long at 311 S. 4th; Mr. and Mrs. John Wilcox, Jr., at 804 Elm; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Campbell at 212 N. 10th; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ellsworth at 1212 Chestnut; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gilliam at 1103 Maple; Mr. and Mrs. Dale VanLeuven at 612 Spruce; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cloepfil at 405 Vine; and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wallace at 2nd and Maple.

• The Tarkio Merchants Slow Pitch Softball Team will represent northwest Missouri in the Missouri State Slow-Pitch Tournament August 16-18. The Merchants have a 66-11 record and include manager George Barnett, Harry “Doc” Blewitt, Brad Nixon, Skip Shear, Bill Slaughter, Dick Cook, Bobby Wallace, Rick Riley, Lloyd Sybert, Marv Schlatter, Dick Bell, Gordon VanGundy, Bill Fox, Dean Rolofson, Jeff Barnett, Bill Lindsay, Paul Fell, Ames Crosby, Tony Gaines, and Leroy Allen.

August 12, 1999

• Members of the Nu Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Tarkio surprised Honorary Aunt Arlene Wheeler with a limo ride and a surprise party at 10th Street Restaurant in Tarkio for her 90th birthday.

• August Yards of the Month, selected by the Tarkio Garden Club, include: J.B. Turner at 501 Linden; Kathryn Wheatley at 505 N. 13th; Ed Hunkins at 903 Park; Kelly Rohlfsen at 312 Maple; Nida Brought at 805 Chestnut; Rick Martin at RR 2; and Tarkio Academy at 300 N. 13th.

• Ask Elsie Fae column: “Recent developments concerning plans for my funeral flowers strongly indicate that sainthood will not be mine. Edna picked pink roses (this met with an emphatic no from Mary Beth as she said pink roses do not sound like mother, but she must have forgot that they have thorns). Eddie or maybe it was Danny suggested sunflowers surrounded by thistles. Jane said her choice was Venus flytrap. The talk then moved to my epitaph. Suggestions included: ‘Known by many, loved by few’ – author unknown; ‘It’s too late to Ask Elsie Fae’ – Jane; ‘She forgot to take her longevity pills’ – Jim; ‘She came, she saw, she SAID…and…and…’ – Paul; ‘I DID spend time with mother’ – Mary Beth; and ‘Most Dearly Beloved Wife and Mother’ – Elsie Fae.”