November 25, 1949
• Three displaced persons from Europe arrived here last week and will establish their home on the Clayton Allen farm near the Brownville bridge. Leon Oieszuck and his wife, Ksenia, and son, Wolodymyr, were formerly farmers near Lublin, Poland. The farm was taken by the Russians, then the Germans, and the family was held prisoner and forced to work in the mines at Saalfield, Germany. After they were liberated by American forces, they were taken to an American displaced persons’ camp, where they’ve been for the past five years.
• A news bulletin says that with weather having been a favorable factor, most all of the CCC corn in this county has been delivered to the four storage sites in Atchison County: Rock Port, 695,000 bushels; Fairfax, 393,000 bushels; Tarkio, 500,000 bushels; and Westboro, 290,000 bushels.
• Someone went to the trouble of tearing a metal squirrel figure from a stump in the Raymond Smith yard last Thursday night, having to loosen four heavy screws. The Smiths bought the figure in San Diego, California, and prized it highly.
November 21, 1974
• Close to 300 people turned out for Hardin Cox’s appreciation night supper Saturday at the Memorial Building in Rock Port.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davis, Rock Port, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday, December 1. The couple has eight daughters and one son, 24 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
• The Atchison County Historical Society will meet November 23 at the English Grove Presbyterian Church, two and one half miles west of Fairfax. This church is one of the oldest in the county. Services have been held there for over 100 years.
• Rock Port will have liquor by the drink for the first time since Prohibition. The Coach House has been approved by the State Liquor Department for a license. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Ned Greenley received the license Monday and a Kansas City company began moving in equipment for the cocktail lounge the same day. The lounge is to be known as “The Office” because it is in the restaurant where Greenley formerly had his office.
• A much-needed machinery and equipment storage building for the city park is presently being constructed at the west side of the park next to Rock Creek, where the old settlers cabin was located.
November 18, 1999
• In the City of Rock Port Board of Aldermen minutes, the street department gave a report. Some of the information included: replaced a section of sidewalk in front of the Downtowner; striped parking area for the new phone building; and Robert Lee Stanton donated a load of sand and the county donated 25 tons of chat.
• Nikki Renae Gayler and Joseph Holland Hunter are engaged to be married. Nikki is a 1988 graduate of Rock Port High School and has her own business, Main Street Junction, offering a salon, tanning beds, and embroidery. Joe is a 1992 graduate of Rock Port High School and is a custom applicator at MFA in Fairfax.
• The Rock Port Market advertised “Have a Gobblin’ Good Thanksgiving” with these sales: Shurfresh grade “A” self basting turkey, 71¢ per pound; Shurfresh brown & serve dinner rolls, 79¢ for 12; and Idaho new crop russet potatoes, $1.59 for a 10 lb. bag.
