People & Living

May 21, 1948 • Professor C. H. Pollock will leave in June for Liverpool, England. He will be spending the summer traveling in Europe. Prof. Pollock was honored with the  Continue Reading »

May 21, 1948 • A record crowd of 300 former graduates and other guests attended the annual high school alumni party at the Memorial Building Friday evening. Bluford LaHue, president,  Continue Reading »

Ella Dick helped place signs advertising the Rock Port Farmers Market. The Rock Port Farmers Market will open for the 2023 season on Saturday, June 3, from 8:00 a.m. to  Continue Reading »

May is Mental Health Aware-ness Month! Atchison County Health Department and Connections Counseling and Wellness are having a block party on Saturday, May 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Continue Reading »

The 21st annual Tarkio Rotary Golf Tournament will be played at the Tarkio Golf Course on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m., and tee time is 8:00  Continue Reading »

Atchison County athletes will be busy the next several days. East Atchison’s baseball team will compete in District playoffs, starting at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in Maysville, Missouri. Rock  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • Mr. and Mrs. Cal Pierce have been advised by the government that the body of their son, Second Lt. Marlin L. Pierce, is being returned to  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • J.C. Penney, noted chain store founder, will be heard tonight at the local high school auditorium by the 33 seniors of the graduating class of Tarkio  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • Clarence Weedin suffered a serious back injury Thursday morning of last week when he fell from a horse while driving some livestock from a pasture. •  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Karl Forehand During my stroke recovery, progress is very, very slow, and parts of it are painful. For the first part of this week my body was very  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (15-20 oz. size, mixed fruit, peaches, pears, pineapple, small mandarin oranges), grape juice (64  Continue Reading »

Dan Cox (Tarkio College class of 1972), right, and his wife, Eleanor Shirley, left, weed and prune during the Tarkio Tech/Tarkio College Clean-up Weekend. The Coxes live in Shenandoah, Iowa,  Continue Reading »