May 16, 1947
• Marilyn LaHue of Langdon has taken the four-year high school course in three. Besides maintaining a high scholastic record, she has willingly participated in many school activities. In the fall, she plans to attend Maryville state teachers’ college and hopes to major in music.
• Floyd Slemp is proprietor of Rock Port’s newest business establishment. He has opened a feed and produce store and cream buying station in one of the West buildings.
• James Richard Mackey, who lives with his parents on the old Shandy farm in the Goldenview district northwest of Rock Port, is the first amputee in Atchison County to be given one of the free government automobiles which are provided to crippled victims of the recent war. Mackey lost his left leg in action in Germany. In spite of the handicap, he goes about his farming operations every day. Gear shift pedals on 10,000 cars have been equipped for the handicapped men, whether they have lost the left leg or the right.
• Latest among the many building activities in Rock Port this summer are plans for a modern motel which is planned by Mayor H.P. Savage on highway No. 275. Twelve or sixteen cabins will be erected and have modern, heated construction with tile baths, a garage attached to each unit and the whole arranged with a central court where the office and commissary will be located.
May 11, 1972
• Rep. Hardin C. Cox was pictured with Missouri Governor Warren E. Hearnes as he signed Cox’s HB790, the endangered species bill. “This is the sixth state to pass such legislation,” Cox said. “The bill is designed to eliminate the market for skins and hides of endangered species of animals, fowl, fish, and reptiles in the U.S.”
• In the Kimosabi column: “One of our local insurance men got a letter from a widow complaining: You have asked me to fill out so many proofs of claims and I have had so much trouble in getting my money, that I sometimes wish my husband hadn’t died.” “…Price on the open market [for mushrooms] is about $2 per gallon. The hunting is as much sport as the eating and some tall tales are coming out of the woods. We will trade one newspaper subscription for two gallons of mushrooms…”
• Miss Isabelle Grebe, 82, lifelong resident of Rock Port, died May 5. The daughter of John Martin and Belle (Underwood) Grebe, she was born August 18, 1889, in Rock Port. She was the Rock Port City Collector for 30 years.
• Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Sickler have purchased the residence under construction at 207 South Water Street in Rock Port from Mr. and Mrs. Jim Allen. The home has two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, bath, and attached garage.
May 8, 1997
• Last Sunday, April 27, Micah Miller and his father, Richard, traveled to a heavily wooded area south of Rock Port to retrieve a weather balloon Richard had spotted earlier while walking the woods. Micah and Richard had to cut a tree down to finally retrieve the balloon. Once they got the balloon down they discovered it was attached to a box containing a radiosonde, which transmits temperature, pressure, humidity and winds at various heights back to the weather station. It was tracked to a height of 17 miles.
• Boyd Spiker, representing the Rock Port Telephone Co. and Rock Port Cable Vision, has donated $100 from each company toward the 4th of July Fireworks Fund.
