February 28, 1947
• Friends of C.H. Geveden got a distinct thrill this week when they looked at the illustration of the lead story in the Saturday Evening Post as the man pictured there was practically a double for our townsman. Gevvy’s face may be a little slimmer than that of the railroader man pictured in The Post, but otherwise the two could pass for twins.
• John C. Graf is making arrangements for the erection of an airplane hangar on his Missouri River bottom farm near the Brownville bridge. Not that he owns a plane, but his son, Bob Graf, who is the leading figure at the Tarkio airfield, might want to land on his dad’s farm to look over the stock and crops and decide to park his plane for a while.
• E.S. Maupin, one of the toll collectors at the Brownville Bridge, tells The Mail that he had an interesting visitor about midnight one night late last week in a man who was delivering a new fire truck to Valley, Nebraska, from the St. Louis factory. The driver said he helped extinguish two fires while enroute from St. Louis to Rock Port. One was a house fire and the other a barn fire. The truck, equipped with an emergency water tank, carried enough water that the driver was able to lend effective aid.
• The largest and newest Rock Port enterprise, from the standpoint of floor space as well as stock, opens for business Wednesday, March 5, when the Old Nick Seed Co. and Nickerson Maytag, associated industries, present their large new building on Highway No. 275 for the inspection of the public.
February 24, 1972
• The Miss Missouri Teenager pageant will have three entries from Rock Port High School: Sally Shubat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shubat; Rita Hendrickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hendrickson; and Cynthia Markham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs James Markham, all of Rock Port.
• Mr. and Mrs. Luther Thompson have sold their home on Charles Street to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Rosenbohm, Fairfax. Their immediate plans are indefinite, but the Thompsons have an option on a lot in the Country Club addition of Rock Port and plans are to build a new home there.
• Gene Moe, 43, of rural Rock Port, has been named as the new County Engineer for Atchison County. Moe was previously employed by the Missouri State Highway Department and has 12 to 14 years experience. Moe majored in civil engineering in college.
• Fire completely gutted the house occupied by the J.W. Kirk family in the R and K development on College Square Monday night. The family made it out in time but lost two pet mice and two guinea pigs.
February 20, 1997
• Janet Griffin and her Sunday school class from United Methodist Church managed to coordinate efforts for Rock Port’s Community Blood Drive. Their hard work helped collect 65 units of blood and register 13 individuals donating blood for the first time.
• The Lucky Clover 4-H Club presented a check for $5,061.31 to the Atchison County Fair Board for use in the construction of the multi-purpose fair building.
• The King and Queen of Hearts at the Rock Port Senior Citizens Center were King Otto Sutter and Queen June Lynn. Flowers were donated by Clay Pot Flowers and Antiques and music was provided by Lucile Knierim.
