October 19, 1951
• A full day of homecoming activities for returning Tarkio College alumni will include a gala parade, a gridiron battle with Concordia College, an open house tea coronation program and the annual homecoming dance. This evening the traditional snake dance, pep rally and bonfire will give promise of an Owl Homecoming Day victory. Floats in the parade will be devised by the various Tarkio College campus organizations.
After the game, an open house tea in Marshall Hall Lounge will be given by members of the Kappa Literary society and Lambda Sigma Tau. The queen’s coronation is to be at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel of David Rankin Hall and a special musical program will be presented. One of America’s foremost saxophone stylists, Preston Love, and his orchestra will play for the Homecoming dance in Brown gymnasium.
• Pat Carey, 4 ½ year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carey, suffered a cracked shoulder bone in a fall from the Carey’s car. Mrs. Carey, who teaches at Sennett Iowa, was returning to Tarkio with an older son, Leo Francis, and had stopped at the Willis Smith home north of Tarkio where Pat was staying. On their return the car door swung open, Pat reached out to close it and fell out onto the highway.
October 21, 1976
An accident between a car and a dump truck resulted in lacerations and abrasions to the driver of one car and damages to both vehicles, October 8. The accident occurred a half mile west of Fairfax on Route J. Rocky Evans, 21 of Rock Port, was driving a 1974 dump truck owned by the State Highway Department. Evans saw a fire truck with red lights and siren and while he attempted to get off the road he made a left turn into the path of a 1971 Plymouth driven by Mrs. Annabelle Oslin of Fairfax. Mrs. Oslin suffered lacerations to her forehead and abrasions to her knees and was admitted to the Fairfax Community Hospital.
• John A. Knebel, Acting Secretary of Agriculture announced the loan rates for the 1977 crop wheat, feed grains and soybeans and said that they would also be immediately applicable to 1976 crops. The loan rate per bushel is raised from $1.50 to $2.50 for wheat and from $1.25 to $1.50 for corn. The soybean loan rate remains at $2.50 per bushel. The loan rates per bushel for other feed grains are increased proportionately based on the feed value of corn, as follows: sorghum $1.19 to $1.43: barley, $1.20 to $1.22, oats $0.60 to $0.72.
October 18, 2001
• The Tarkio Junior High Lady Warriors’ volleyball team traveled to Maryville on Saturday, October 6, to compete in a tournament hosted by St. Gregory’s. Participating teams included Tarkio, West Nodaway, Nodaway-Holt, Savannah, St. Gregory’s, and Bedford, Iowa. The Tarkio Warriors brought home the first place medals from the tournament.
• The United Methodist Youth Fellowship of the United Methodist Church in Tarkio will be sponsoring a “Halloween Cafe” on Saturday, October 27. A mystery menu will be served. Patrons will place their orders and then be surprised at what they get! The public is invited to join in the fun by offering a free will donation the night of the meal. Proceeds will be used for a summer mission trip.
