October 19, 1951
• New textbooks have been purchased for the Rock Port schools for geography, geometry, general math, physics, and literature classes to keep the school at its present high standing among Missouri High Schools.
• Music teacher Norman Clouse has been ill the past several days and has been unable to continue practice on an operetta which will be given by the grade school in the near future.
• A constitution written by the student council has been voted on and approved by the student body. This is the most practical experiment in Democratic government that is afforded to the students.
• Thieves got away with 59 young Hampshire pigs at the Deering Scamman farm in the Union City neighborhood Friday night of last week. Bill Scamman, who operates his father’s farm, was in town during the evening. The pigs averaged about 65 pounds each and were valued at $1,000 or more. They had been placed in a pen where there is a loading chute, and the presumption is that the thieves had no trouble backing a truck up to the chute to load the pigs. Neighbors report that they saw lights from a vehicle near the pen about 7:00 o’clock. Loss of the pigs was discovered Sunday morning, when the lack some of the lot was apparent when not all of the lot showed up at feeding time. The thieves were bold in their operation as the theft apparently took place early in the evening rather than during the night.
October 21, 1976
• Mr. Darrell “Buck” Greer 66, Rock Port, died early October 14 at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha. He was hospitalized following what appeared to be a series of light strokes after an illness with the flu. He became a member of the Rock Port Fire Department 34 years ago and in 1964 became Fire Chief. Services were Sunday at the Methodist Church in Rock Port, conducted by Pastor Cleo Colville, assisted by Pastor Clarence Morrill. Burial was in the Hunter Cemetery.
• The bond issue to upgrade Rock Port’s electric distribution system failed Tuesday by about 36 votes, according to Jack Kelly, city clerk. A total of 334 people voted in the election. In Rock Port 1,296 people are registered to vote. Only 26 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots in the election.
October 18, 2001
• The Atchison County preschool children from Head Start and Honey Tree rode their trikes and bikes to raise money for the American Red Cross. Community Kids in Fairfax could not ride so they are selling window flags for their participation. R&L’s Rollin’ Smoker donated hot dogs and cookies for the riders’ lunch and donated over $300 in other sales to the cause. Hy-Vee donated the drinks and Frito Lay donated the chips. Mo Valley Ag of Rock Port donated T-shirts for all the children to wear.
• Mrs. Shauna Farmer, Rock Port K-6 Counselor and math teacher, was the feature teacher in Blue Jay Corner.
• The Rock Port Booster Club is making a great addition to Blue Jay Stadium by adding 25 second play clocks. The equipment was purchased with funds raised by the jersey auction and a local trust. Rock Port Telephone, Board of Public Works, Gary Davis Concrete, Kelly Daugherty Welding, and Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative provided technical advice and labor.
