People & Living

The Tarkio Lions Club recently donated $500 to the Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry. Pictured are Lion Larry Hicks, right, and Food Pantry volunteer Judy Henson, left. The Tarkio Lions Club  Continue Reading »

Christmas is almost here. Do you have all your Christmas shopping done? If not, stop at one of our many local businesses for that last minute gift that just can’t  Continue Reading »

ACDC’s annual scholarship program was created to help outstanding Atchison County high school graduates fund post-secondary education and training programs, especially when that education enables students to live, work and  Continue Reading »

December 22, 1944 • About 75 persons attended the American Legion and Auxiliary Christmas turkey dinner which was held at the school building on Monday evening. • Charles Moore has  Continue Reading »

December 22, 1944 • An endowed scholarship for Tarkio College in the amount of $1,000 was established Wednesday by Don Hurst, Tarkio farmer. The gift was in the form of  Continue Reading »

December 22, 1944 Atchison County has done it again! Surpassed its quota of bond sales in the Sixth War Loan campaign. Last week it was mentioned that the subscription of  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: macaroni and cheese, tomatoes, crackers, canned beans, potatoes, stuffing, syrup, pasta, pasta sauce, sugar, cooking oil, mandarin oranges,  Continue Reading »

Second graders from Rock Port R-II School walked to the Atchison County Mail last week and mailed their letters to Santa Claus. Letters to Santa can be emailed to dearsanta@rpt.coop  Continue Reading »

50 looks good on you! Love, W.C., Chandler, Kaleigh and Makenna

December 15, 1944 • Ed Mayes and his brother, Clyde Mayes of Douglas, Nebraska, left Wednesday for Evansville, Indiana, where they will visit with a brother, Emerson Mayes, and from  Continue Reading »

December 15, 1944 • Santa Claus will be at the Tarkio 5¢ to $1 Store tomorrow. • Harry A. Love, president of the Tarkio Rotary Club, has appointed a committee  Continue Reading »

December 15, 1944 S/Sgt. and Mrs. Conley Bennington are the parents of their first baby, a boy, born at the Hamburg hospital Thursday, December 7. The baby has been named  Continue Reading »