56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: The Help at Waller’s: “We’ve got the boss out of the way now, so we can get some work done.” Red Hagan: “I’ve got my fingers crossed, but with only a few days to go, it looks as if Stockton is going to have a really good traffic safety record this year.”

* Leonard F. Dix had been the lucky winner of the 12x15 carpet given away by Thyfault & Hrabe. * Someone had attempted to break in at the Stockton High School on Tuesday evening, but did not get very far. A glass was broken out of the rear door, which alerted the janitor and the prowler was scared off. Superintendent William Voss stated that he was probably in search of the proceeds from the basketball game held earlier that night, but he would have been disappointed since the money was banked immediately following the game.

* Paul Silver had made his own outdoor Christmas decorations with his pride and joy being an eight-foot tall candle made entirely of iron and weighing about 100 pounds. He had it wired up so it lit up with the bulb at the top giving off a realistic looking candle flame.

* Winning the drawing prizes from the Santa Day Saturday were Jan Turnbull, Tony Jackson, Shelly Conn, Danny Miller, Elda Pulec, Joey Bellerive and Norman Bellerive.

* Robert Balderston, U.S.A.F. captain and aircraft commander and pilot instructor stationed at Glasgow, AFB Montana, had received the Sustained Combat Crew Award from Colonel Ryden, the vice-commander.

* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: True success is having money in the bank after the Christmas shopping is done.

* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: The fire department had been called out to extinguish a blaze at the Garber Drug Store, which had started in some wrapping paper. The mercury had dropped to 6 degrees below zero but there was no snow for Christmas. Mrs. Clara Mullen had been installed as the Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.

* On sale at Boyd & Conn Supermarket were fancy fryers for 37¢ a pound, a mix of 20 oranges and apples for $1.00, avocados for 10 each, a dozen eggs for 43¢ and two packages of brown ‘n serve rolls for 39¢.

* Mrs. Paul Marshall had entertained the members of Den 4 of the Cub Scouts with a hamburger supper and Christmas party. The boys of this Den were Greg Hagan, Dennis Yoxall, Bobby Bagby, Terry McRae, Leland Desaire and Dean Couch. Jerry Harding was the Den Chief.

* Earl Richardson had reported 62 deer had been brought in to his check station during the five days of hunting. Bill Hensley’s station near Natoma had reported 6 deer brought in during that period.

* Midway Café was hosting a Thursday Evening Special of two chicken dinners for the price of one!

* Lee Odle had the largest deer go through the Webster station, which he had killed the last morning of the season northwest of Stockton. The 275-pound mule buck weighed 210 pounds drawn. In addition to being the largest deer shot in the area, it also had a most unusual rack with thirteen points on one side and nine on the other.

* Showing at the Nova Theatre were the movies, “The Family Jewels” starring Jerry Lewis, and “Peyton Place.”