July 25, 1947
• “One little act performed is worth a million good intentions.” Grant Colfax Tuller
• An all-county picnic will be held at the city park Tuesday, July 29, with the Rock Port Community Club to sponsor. Invitations have been extended to civic organizations in Westboro, Tarkio, Fairfax, Watson, and other points in the county to join in this get-together.
• The market which Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kerr have operated under the name of the Ideal Food Market has been bought by Milton Reid. Reid is a young married man and a veteran of World War II who has of late been employed at the Worley store in Oregon, Missouri.
• There has been on display in The Mail’s window this week a small twig from an apple tree which has 10 apples on it. Mrs. Pearl Millsap brought it in and the apples are of medium size and appear to be Early Transparents.
• Wm. Cheesman is now owner of the Frank Heyen barbershop, where he has been employed for the past two years or more. Heyen will devote all of his time to his clothing store, The Toggery.
July 20, 1972
• There are 63 youth in the Atchison County area receiving the opportunity this summer to learn good work habits and earn extra spending money in the Neighborhood Youth Corps program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The program is for youth ages 14 to 17 who are from low-income homes and are still in school.
• The Bank of Atchison County recently purchased the home of the late Mrs. William Amthor from her son, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Amthor. The house, located directly east of the bank at 111 Opp Street, is one of the oldest homes in Rock Port. Plans are for the immediate removal of the house and making an expanded parking lot for the bank.
• Mr. Orville A. Loomis, 79, former chief of the Rock Port Volunteer Fire Department for 23 years passed away July 14 at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Loomis had also served as Mayor of Rock Port.
• A young elephant has been carved into the bank on U.S. 136 northwest of Rock Port on the Garst bank. It is approximately 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide. There seems to be no signature for the sculptor, nor any political implications.
• Larry Gayler of Rock Port had to make an emergency landing of his spray plane in a farm field about one mile north of Rock Port Saturday, July 16. Gayler was uninjured but his plane sustained structural damage and will be sold and a new plane purchased for the Gayler Spraying service.
July 17, 1997
• In preparation for the 1998 75th Anniversary Sidney Iowa Championship Rodeo, the Rodeo Board of Sidney’s American Legion Post No. 128, which has owned and operated the rodeo since it began in 1924, and the Reunion singing group of Sidney are releasing a souvenir recording which portrays the Sidney Rodeo’s history through songs and commentary.
• Marie Rice, owner of Marie’s in downtown Hamburg, Iowa, has decided to retire after 56 years, and is closing the store July 17.
• The Yard of the Month designation goes to Kevin and Shelli Sutter. Their new home is set off by a bank in front filled with wildflowers. The yard is neat and trimmed and will lend itself to plantings in the future.
• Samantha Schoonover was installed as the Grand Worthy Advisor, state of Missouri, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls. This is the top office in the state and one of 41 in the world. Rainbow Girls is a service organization for girls between the ages of 11 and 21 and is sponsored by the Masons, Order of the Eastern Star, and Amaranth.
