October 17, 1947
• The Rock Port Volunteer Fire Department is asking its friends to vote for the bond issue for a new fire truck on Tuesday, October 21.
• While flying from his farm to the Tarkio airport on Sunday, Harold Luhrs, one of our air-minded farmers, noticed a cow belonging to Don Hurst mired down in a creek on Ranch 11. Upon his arrival in Tarkio, he phoned Hurst and soon the cow was rescued.
• The published statements of Rock Port’s two banks, in response to a call for condition as of October 6, have total deposits of $5,486,173.40.
• In the untimely passing of Mrs. Ray Lingerfelt (Patty Yvonne Cook), death claimed one of the youngest married women of this vicinity. Mrs. Lingerfelt went to the hospital with uremic poisoning. Unfortunately, nothing could be done for the expectant mother so a caesarian operation was performed, saving the life of her baby boy, who at last reports was doing well. Mrs. Lingerfelt passed away October 15, 1947, at the age of 15 years, two months, and 21 days.
• Jack Boettner, an ex-marine from Rock Port, is the new Editor-in-Chief of “Woodberries,” the Woodbury College newspaper of Los Angeles, California. Jack is studying to become a sports writer and during the past quarter, has been pitching on the baseball diamond as well.
October 12, 1972
• A search party was called out Wednesday night to hunt for a St. Louis man who rooms at Leo Holmes’. The man had gone hunting back in the hills behind Charity Lake. They found him about 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. that night.
• Mrs. Jane Nigh’s and Mrs. Dorothy Peck’s second grade class at Rock Port Elementary recently dined on flannel cakes, what you might call the “pancake of 1870.” One student brought a butter paddle that had belonged to his great-great-grandmother and the students churned butter then made the flannel cakes. The teachers also brought some corn cob jelly and hominy for them to try.
• The Centennial Church and parsonage, located eight miles north of Rock Port on U.S. 275, sold to Alfred Clodfelter of Rock Port for $7,250 on Monday.
• Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Carpenter have purchased a farm southeast of Rock Port, known as the W. C. Taylor farm. The 160 acres purchased from the Taylor heirs, Mrs. Edith Lewis and Mrs. Gertrude Shaver, is presently farmed by Floyd Davis, Langdon.
• Fire Prevention Week was observed by the Rock Port Volunteer Fire Department Wednesday by taking all the kindergarten, first, second, and non-grade pupils of Rock Port R-II on a tour of town in the big red fire trucks. With whistles and sirens going, 163 children were loaded up.
October 9, 1997
• The Rock Port Market recently held a coloring contest for children ages 1-12. The winner of the 1-6 years age group was Kalandra Comstock, age 4. Crystal Harmon, age 9, was the winner of the 7-12 age category. Both girls received a $50 savings bond.
• “Everything that can be homemade is homemade right in our kitchen,” states Marion Novo-Gradic, owner of Homestead 99 restaurant and truck plaza. The new restaurant and gas station is located on the east side of 1-29 at exit 99.
• The Rock Port Conoco Quick Stop Birthday winners for the gasoline giveaway and bicycle were Karen Culjat and Paul Tiemeyer. Karen was presented a gift certificate and Paul was presented with the new mountain bike.
