October 12, 1951
• Showing at the Tarkio Theatre: “Gasoline Alley” starring Scotty Beckett and Jimmy Lydon, “The Kid From Texas” with Audie Murphy and Gale Storm, “Captain Horatio Hornblower” starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, “I Was A Communist For The F.B.I.,” and “My Foolish Heart” with Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward.
• The Rankin Hampshire sale next Thursday will be the first sale to be held in the new Tarkio Sales Pavilion, owned and operated by George Hooper. A large crowd is expected for this sale of 100 head of registered Hampshires. The Hampshires are owned by Walter Rankin and son, Robert Rankin, and the auctioneer will be Col. F.H. Harkendorff.
• Tarkio College Homecoming Day is Saturday, October 20, and will include a variety of activities. The Owls will face off with Concordia on the football field. The coronation ceremonies for the queen will be held that night followed by a dance, with Preston Love, one of America’s foremost saxophone stylists, and his orchestra providing the entertainment.
October 14, 1976
• Vandals are making a mess of buildings in Westboro, throwing rocks and breaking all the windows, and sometimes breaking into the vacant buildings and taking anything that had been left inside.
• The Tarkio High School Indians trounced Mound City 41-12 in Tarkio’s homecoming football game October 8. Leasa Bywater was crowned homecoming queen and Farleigh Farley was crowned king following the game.
• Tarkio had its first freeze with the temperature dipping to 27 degrees on October 8. The high for the week was 85 degrees on October 11.
• The Tarkio Junior High and High School bands both won their divisions at the Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree in Clarinda.
October 11, 2001
• Derek Hancock was crowned Tarkio High School Fall Homecoming King and Kylene Harney was crowned queen after the varsity football game at Kyle Field Friday, October 5.
• Laurie Whittington, a Tarkio High School Lady Indian golfer, placed fourth at Districts with a 96 and qualified for State Golf. The Tarkio golf team finished in fourth place overall.
• Christopher Riley, a first grader at the Tarkio Elementary School, will be featured in The Fort Western Wear fall catalog. Carol Wooten of Rock Port, Christopher’s aunt, will also be featured in the catalog.
• The Soaring Eagles 4-H Club, which began in the early 1970s for Westboro-area youth, has disbanded. Remaining funds in the account – totalling $214 – were presented to the Atchison County Fair Board to go toward the Don Mobley Arena.
• Leitch Chapel, located inside Rankin Hall on the Tarkio College campus (now Tarkio Academy), was rededicated on Sunday, September 30, in a special ceremony conducted by Chaplain Van Mason.
• The Tarkio Community Garden Club recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The club was organized in 1951 with 11 members. Of these original members, only Dorothy Currie is still a member.
