June 15, 1951

• Orville Loomis, Legion 4th District Commander, left Tuesday on a rather unusual mission. He joined Legion State Commander Charles Bacon for a trip to Savannah, Georgia, to deliver a Missouri mule to the Georgia State Commander as a penalty for Missouri losing a membership drive to the southern state.

• S.F. Wier has tendered his resignation as judge of the probate court and magistrate. He was first elected in November of 1934 and has held the office continuously since the first of January, 1935.

• Clayton Allen and Jack Emry, who are building up one of the best herds of Shorthorns in this part of the country at the Allen farm near the Brownville Bridge, added a champion, pure white bull, H V F Supreme 2nd, to their herd. They paid $2,850 for the bull, who was sired by Calrossie Supreme, supreme champion at the 1945 Perth show in Perth, Scotland.

• Boatswain’s mate second-class Warren R. Smith returned to the states last week aboard the U.S.S. Okanogan, an attack transport of the Pacific fleet amphibious force. When the Chinese Communists staged their advance, the ship was called upon to evacuate 2,200 Korean civilians. The ship also participated in the assaults at Inchon and Wonsan, helped redeploy U.N. forces from Inchon and participated in a special mission near Kojo.

June 17, 1976

• Cindy Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Walker of Rock Port, placed 13th in the 49th National Spelling Bee contest in Washington, D.C. Cindy achieved the highest finish for the area in six years. While in D.C., Cindy and the other spellers had a personal audience with President Gerald Ford, toured the Smithsonian, visited the capitol and Olde Towne Alexandria, and had a moonlight cruise on the Potomac River.

• Something that was lots of fun took place Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wynn. For the first time in many years, all the hay was out of the barn so the Wynns decided to hold an old-fashioned square dance. Bill Ruddle of Skidmore was the caller and some 50 people were instructed in the art of square dancing.

• Scott Melvin, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Melvin of Rock Port, finished a car he calls the “Blue-T” which he has been building since April of 1974. Melvin got parts from different places and has worked on putting it together for the past two years with plans to race his car at the Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, South Dakota, or the Kansas City International Raceway in Kansas City.

June 14, 2001

• There is a new speed limit sign as you head east into Rock Port on Hwy. 136 near Perry’s Tobacco. Drivers’ speed is reduced from 60 mph to 45.

• Thirty-eight donors, two of which were first-time donors, gave a lifesaving blood donation at the Rock Port Blood Mobile. Thirty-seven units were collected.

• Jim Crawford, University of Missouri Regional Agricultural Engineering Specialist, spoke to the Rock Port Rotary Club Thursday. The main item of interest was the cool wet weather and the effects it has on area crops, lawns, and gardens.

• Funeral services were held for Jack William Hartman of Rock Port. Following his service in the United States Army, Jack bought a local welding shop and operated Jack’s Welding until retiring in 1998.