March 10, 1950
• At the Paramount Theatre in Rock Port: “Blondie’s Hero”, “Mysterious Desperado”, “Great Lover” with Bob Hope, and “In The Good Old Summertime” with Van Johnson and Judy Garland.
• Dode Opp and O.W. Clifton went “rattler hunting” while wintering in Arizona recently. They sent the Mail a picture of Opp holding the skin of one of the nine they caught and killed, each of the nine having nine or 10 rattles and one measuring six feet in length with a wide body.
• Adding 12 new farms to its organization, the Atchison County balanced farming ring has 38 members for 1950. In 1949, the members built 47 miles of standard terraces, more than four miles of diversion terraces, and 40 waterways that had a total area of 1,025,000 square feet.
• The high winds last week caused considerable damage at Corporal Cohen’s highway super-market when it blew out two of the big plateglass windows on the storefront.
• The American Legion is enlarging the kitchen at the Memorial Building in Rock Port by using a part of the northeast corner of the dance floor. This will better serve the legion when they put on dinners and other activities.
• One of the cattle rustlers who escaped from the Atchison County Jail and stole a car in Rock Port January 27 has been captured and imprisoned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and sentenced to four years on a a car theft charge.
• A large party for the wholesale beer companies distributing to local businesses was held at the Memorial Building in Rock Port Tuesday evening. O. A. Loomis, Frank Dorrel, R. Q. Smith, Louis Hund, Jack Stewart and the Reutter Falstaff Distributing Co., in addition to the Goetz Brewing Co., Anheuser-Busch, Storz, Falstaff, and Schlitz companies were the distributors who hosted the 100 or so guests.
March 6, 1975
• A bomb threat at the Rock Port R-2 School triggered questioning of two 15-year-old boys February 26 after one of the youths reported that there was a box and jar in a locker and that there was going to be a big bang. After questioning, it was revealed the second juvenile had told him to say it so he could be removed from school.
• Rock Port citizens may have to give the town back to the Indians or the federal government might become complete owner. The city was notified that it is being fined $1,000 per day because the EPA demanded that the city diesel tanks at the city light plant have a dike around them. The city is also in trouble for not taking tests of the holding pond at the water plant. This, in spite of the fact that the holding pond is still under construction and not holding anything.
• Thirty-three Pack 59 Cub Scouts attended the Blue and Gold Banquet February 23. The Pinewood Derby was held after the banquet and Todd Bennington won a trophy for first place.
March 2, 2000
• The Atchison County Fair Board served over 225 people at the fish fry Saturday, February 26. The fundraiser brought in around $1,000 to be used to build a new covered livestock show arena north of the present barns on the fairgrounds.
• This week’s featured businesses are MO Valley Ag and Brown’s Agri Service, both in Rock Port. MO Valley Ag has been managed by Wally Riebesell since October of 1988 and currently has 11 employees. Brown’s Ag has been in business since 1981 and in Rock Port since the fall of 1989. Lyle Brown is the owner/manager.
• Massage Therapist Kathy Davis LMT is celebrating five years in business. Kathy is presently working out of her home in Union, Nebraska, and at Possibilities in Rock Port.
