August 24, 1951
• Showing at the Tarkio Theatre: “Cow Town” with Gene Autry and “Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone” with Marjorie Main and James Whitmore.
• Dr. H. Leslie Davis was buried at Home Cemetery in Tarkio Wednesday. Dr. Davis was a noted chemist who graduated from Tarkio College in 1918. Following his service overseas during WWI and continuing his education, he was quite active in research with radioactive isotopes, having been associated with atomic research at the University of Chicago during WWII.
• First National Teller Tells column: There is much speculation as to the purpose of the obstructions placed this week in the intersections of Third and Fourth and Main Streets. Possible uses have ranged from public toilets to a base for a statue of the mayor. Seriously, these plasters are experimental. They are four-way stop signs and have two purposes: to stop speeders and to keep trucks from using Main Street as it is hoped if they have to stop twice in a span of a block, they will lose enough momentum to get up the street and start using Highway Four as they have been repeatedly requested to do.
August 26, 1976
• The disadvantage of Missouri’s mid-summer heat waves are apparent. If you don’t use an air conditioner, you swelter. If you do use one, your electric bill rises. Most of the town’s residents have resorted to using fans instead of air conditioners.
• When reporting on garage sales: “Most clothing is priced between 25 and 60 cents. Drinking glasses range from a nickel to 35 cents apiece. A padded chair may cost approximately $4. At one sale last weekend, a giggly group of teenagers made an unusual purchase. They bought an item not sold by Tarkio merchants – a Frederick’s of Hollywood nightgown.
• The fire alarm blared Friday afternoon as firemen raced to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Umbarger at 1211 Maple to extinguish a fire. It took an hour for the firemen to bring it under control and three engines were on the scene for over three and one-half hours. The blaze began when a local plumbing company was soldering in the house’s second-floor bathroom.
August 23, 2001
• The letters spelling out Tarkio were painted on the new water tower Tuesday, August 14. The letters are red on a white background.
• Heith and Tim Shaw of Tarkio will soon be opening Shaw’s Collision Repair at the old Ed’s Tobacco location near the Y intersection of Highways 59 and 136 southeast of Tarkio.
• Flames engulfed a vacant house at 802 College Street in Tarkio. The house is owned by Charlotte Moses of Tarkio and is used as a rental property.
• Levings Construction of Tarkio was contracted to tear out the old track at Kyle Field in Tarkio. The work is being done by Don “Red” Kemerling. The new track is not expected to be ready for use until spring.
• Tarkio Academy students and staff in Tarkio celebrated their annual Summer Olympics August 19-21. Every student participated in at least one event, which included: obstacle course, water brigade, football throw, hot shot, heavy shuttle run, heavy tire flip, tire throw, track relay, long jump, free-style swimming, diving, problem solving, and chess.
