November 10, 1950
• Showing at the Tarkio Theatre: “The Palomino,” “Mississippi Rhythm,” “Perfect Strangers” with Ginger Rogers, “Devil’s Doorway” with Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, and Paula Raymond, and “Caged!” starring Eleanor Parker.
• A Quarterback Club was organized at a meeting attended by 26 people Tuesday night at the American Legion building. Dr. E.L. Niedermeyer was elected president. The purpose of the group will be to work in conjunction with the Tarkio College to find work for the athletes to encourage them to attend college here.
• Miss Anna B. Criswell, a 1904 Tarkio College graduate, will speak at the Sunday service of the United Presbyterian Church. Miss Criswell was a missionary in Egypt for 45 years. In 1905, she went to Cairo, Egypt, where she became administrative head of Pressly Memorial Institute School for Girls.
• The First National Teller Tells column: “We are greatly intrigued with the view of the new Standard Oil Station at 2nd and Main as seen coming up the street from the East. This very beautiful addition to the business district backed by the Cooper building makes a most attractive group of structures and gives us a lift every time we glimpse it.”
• The London Anniversary Club met Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Nelson who were presented with an electric table lamp.
November 13, 1975
• It has been estimated that half of all the people who have lived past their 65th birthday in the entire history of the world are alive today. There are 10,000 people who are over 100 years of age, six million over 75, and almost 20 million over 65.
• Dr. Murray Banks, psychologist and humorist, will appear at the Tarkio College campus for the Tri-State Artist-Lecture Series. Speaking on the topic of “What to Do Until the Psychiatrist Comes,” Dr. Banks leaves his audience well informed and brilliantly entertained with what has been characterized as two hours of “deadly serious fun.”
• A senior citizens center and hot meals program, a project that Tarkio Community Betterment sponsored this year, is now assured as it is receiving a Title 7 grant of approximately $25,000 in state and federal funds. The center will be established in the Enos Building on Main Street in Tarkio.
November 9, 2000
• Costume winners of Tarkio’s Halloween Parade held October 31 were: Kaylyn McKinnon and Kamden Brown, Malorie Smith, Christopher Rightsell, Ryan, Regan, and Blaze Erickson, and Steve Hodge.
• Glenn and Carmean Bargman of Tarkio were guests of honor at the home of Jerry and Shirley Chase in Tarkio the evening of Thursday, October 26. The Bargmans will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 22, 2000, but they will be in Arizona for the winter at that time.
• Several years ago, long-time resident Fred Frazier passed away, leaving $1,000 to the city of Westboro, Missouri, to use on any project the city desired. With that first initial $1,000, added with sizeable donations from others, a gazebo has been built at the city park.
• There is a new computer lab in the Tarkio Elementary School. The lab is currently located in what was previously Twyla Jagger’s room, but will be moved into the new addition when it is completed. There are 24 computers, 10 of which are new.
