December 2, 1949
• A benefit dance, sponsored by the Tarkio Rural Fire Association, will be held at Tarkio Community Building Wednesday, December 7. Admission is $1 per person and music will be provided by Cliff Kyes Orchestra (Cliff and his Magic Marimba).
• Hart-Bartlett-Sturtevant Grain Company’s new 35,000 bushel grain elevator is expected to be in operation within the next week. The new building is located at the northeast edge of Community Park, adjacent to the C. B. & Q. Railroad tracks and south of Highway 4.
• Windy but mild weather continued in Tarkio after Thanksgiving. The week’s high, 66 degrees, was recorded at the local U. S. Airways Communications Station Saturday and Monday. The low was 29 degrees Sunday and Wednesday. Winds ranged to 30 miles per hour with strong gusts Tuesday.
• The Tarkio Chamber of Commerce has purchased new Christmas decorations for the four downtown Main Street intersections. The plastic ornaments, in the shape of Santa Claus and bells, are about the size of an automobile wheel.
• The old-fashioned good neighbor policy, a familiar custom with Atchison County residents, was displayed again last week. Thirteen friends gathered at the Holbrook farm southeast of Tarkio to shuck 60 acres of corn for Bill Barnett. Mr. Barnett is suffering from a leg injury.
• On Tuesday, George Johnson, pianist and humorist, will present a program at Tarkio High School of music ranging “From Bach to Boogie.” Mr. Johnson is a well-known stage and radio personality.
December 5, 1974
• Twenty-six eighth and ninth grade girls are participating in the Tarkio High School Home Economics I class study on how to raise a baby. The aroma of unchanged diapers and baby food has filled the classroom all week. They are being taught how to feed the baby, change diapers, and set up a tentative schedule with two-month-old Brian Fell and nine-month-old Janette Terry.
• John Rayfield, Jr. recently received his ham radio license. He is, at this time, Atchison County’s youngest ham radio operator. To qualify, John had to learn Morse code and pass a written examination on radio theory and regulations. He has already contacted other hams in 19 states.
• Mike Hale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hale and a senior swim team member at Northwest Missouri State, is listed as one of the “Cats to Watch in ’75.” Hale picked up 37 1/2 points last season including a best time of 12:56.6 in 1,000 freestyle. He is majoring in biology and chemistry and plans to put his fondness for scuba diving to work in a career as a marine biologist.
December 2, 1999
• Gary Lenz with Vital Network Services of Oak Brook, Illinois, a General DataComm Company, visited the schools to work with Dave Lee to do a check on the computer system. Lenz assisted with laying fiberoptic cable between Tarkio R-I and Tarkio Academy.
• Ask Elsie Fae: “The other day during a family discussion on ways to cut down the cost of Christmas, Mary Beth said Eddie suggested we start celebrating every February 29. That’s one Bredensteiner idea that won’t fly – Blu’s been pouting for two weeks.”
• Around 272 community residents attended the Community Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the Tarkio/Westboro Ministerial Alliance, held at the First Baptist Church in Tarkio November 23.
