June 27, 1947

• At a recent meeting of the board of education of Tarkio, it was decided to open the public schools on Monday, August 25, rather than in September, as has been usual. The earlier opening will allow the closing week of the public schools to coincide better with the closing of college here.

• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox and daughter have moved from their farm near Rock Port to the South Third Street home which they purchased recently from O. B. Morton.

• A two-headed calf was born Tuesday and died shortly after its birth at the town home of Robert VanLeuven, owner of the Guernsey cow. The two heads were joined between the ears and there were two normal tongues in two mouths and four eyes. Efforts to save the calf were unsuccessful, but it is to be mounted by Glenn Scott.

June 29, 1972

• In the First National’s Teller Tells column: “An accolade to Mayor McIntosh for reinstating the stop signs on Third and Fourth Streets on Main. Now we can begin to use Main Street again since avoiding it due to the difficulty in getting on it from side streets and also the risk of being run into by some speeder up the Main drag. Of course there are still a few people who resent the stop signs and who feel that they are above restrictions laid out for common people, but all in all, if this mayor does nothing else in his administration, we will call him a successful mayor.”

• Four Michigan men were arrested for marijuana possession by Sheriff Paul Seymour, Deputy Wayne Templeton, and Trooper Ed Lane. The subjects and their van were found in a corn crib at an abandoned farm two miles north of Westboro. Along with the van, officers seized a corncob pipe containing what appeared to be marijuana and seven large trash bags of marijuana with a total weight of 150 pounds.

• Bill Cooper, west and south of Fairfax, has a new facility for raising 640 head of pigs. The facility is 136 feet by 48 feet and features a Clay recirculating controlled temperature water system with chlorination. Automatic foggers in the ceiling cool the animals in the summer and in the winter the floor is heated to remain dry and the ramp floors are heated to prevent freezing. The pens are self-cleaning with the ramps emptying into a concrete manure pit which runs into a treatment lagoon.

June 26, 1997

• Larry and Lavina Pattee, former residents of Tarkio, will deliver the morning message June 29 at the Tarkio Presbyterian Church. Dr. Pattee joined the faculty of Tarkio College in 1963 as an assistant professor of physical education. In 1975, he became Dean of the college and in 1977 was appointed acting president. Larry also served as vice president for academic affairs and in 1975, served as interim president. The family is currently residing in Alexandria, Egypt, teaching at the Schutz School there.

• The Church of God recently got a facelift with a new paint job outside, the ceiling was lowered inside, and central air installed.

• The new city and rural fire trucks were on display at an open house held June 22 at the Tarkio Fire Station.

• Veda McFarling celebrated her 99th birthday at Community Care of America in Tarkio Friday, June 20. Another fun celebration at the facility included a “Hawaiian Vacation” complete with decorations, s’mores, and Mai Tai drinks. Several residents have visited Hawaii in the past and described their time spent there for the rest of the group.