July 14, 1950
• A new K-7 International fire truck and Howe fire fighting equipment were purchased Monday night at a meeting of the city council. To help meet the necessary financial obligations, the local fire department plans to sponsor a fire truck dance.
• Farmers of Atchison County who were badly in need of rain for their crops were very happy with the 3.05 inches of precipitation that fell this past week.
• Rev. James A. Adams, pastor of the Tarkio Baptist Church, along with his wife and daughters, will leave Wednesday for Cleveland, Ohio, where they will attend the five day congress of the Baptist World Alliance. They also plan to listen to President Truman address an estimated crowd of 70,000 persons at the ball park of the Cleveland Indians on July 22.
July 17, 1975
• The grand opening of the new Tarkio branch office of Safety Federal Savings and Loan Association of Kansas City will be held July 17 at 4th and Elm street. Jim Allen is the manager of the Tarkio office and Mrs. Darrell (Linda) Jackson is the assistant. The office also has a complete mobile unit.
• As usual, Atchison County paid more inheritance taxes during the past year than any of the other 14 rural Northwest Missouri counties. Atchison County paid $72,824.85 to the State of Missouri. The next highest payment of inheritance tax from one of the 14 counties was approximately $30,000 less than Atchison County.
• On Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, 132 golfers (66 teams) competed in the 5th Annual Best Ball Golf Tournament.
• Mrs. Charles Wheeler, wife of the mayor of Kansas City, will be the guest speaker at the Northwest Missouri Achievement Workshop dedication and open house at Tarkio Sunday, July 20. Mrs. Wheeler is a member of the Commission for Employment of the Handicapped.
• First National Teller Tells: “Hacketts, a general clothing store, will open in one half of the building occupied formerly by Clardy’s. The other part of the Gorman building, formerly the men’s department of Clardy’s, will house Park’s Western and Leather Shop. This will give them much more room for display of their extensive stock. Restaurants to patronize include D & B Cafe, run by Don Harvill, and Grannies, an old fashioned ice cream parlor.”
July 13, 2000
• Deva Marrs grew some rather large vegetables in her garden this summer. She harvested an 18 inch long zucchini and a 20 inch long burpless cucumber.
• The Tarkio Community Garden Club has selected the winners designated as Yards of the Month for July. Winners include: Bill and Teresa Smith, 802 N. 6th Street; Doug and Leslie Kingery, 1002 College Street; Kim Herrick, 809 College Street; Virgil and Sandy Henning, 205 N. 4th Street; Duane and Zerita Anderson, 802 Chestnut Street; Mike and Hope Vette, 804 Myrtle Street; and Full Gospel Community Church, 600 Maple Street.
• Ask Elsie Fae: “Mack Miller was foolish enough to ask me to speak to the members of Fairfax Kiwanis Club and since I’m always looking for a captive audience, I agreed. However, things didn’t go as I had planned. I became so carried away with my introduction that I didn’t have time for my speech.”
• Mary Ruth “Rudy” Koch performed with the Missouri All-State Lions Band in Hawaii. Rudy played the cymbals. The band played in the International Lions Parade in Honolulu and on the U.S.S. Missouri Battleship (the band was the first non-military band to perform on board the ship).
