56 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

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Body Another Stockton concern has changed hands! Last Saturday, E. E. Fisher closed a deal with Ed Rea for the purchase of his bakery equipment. Mr. Rea has had his hands full in running both his baker and café and to get ride of some of the responsibilities, disposed of the bakery.

56 Years Ago

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Body * And So They Say: Voncile Ostmeyer: “I’m doing all my Christmas shopping in Stockton.” Mrs. William A. Voss: “We have seen the Christmas decorations in several towns bigger than Stockton this year, and they can’t compare.”

56 Years Ago

4 years ago By Spotlighting The Year…1965

Body * And So They Say: Anne Henderson: “I had a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. I didn’t have to cook at the lunchroom and my husband went hunting all day so I got all my floors scrubbed and waxed.

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Body * And So They Say: Warren Harding; “Rooks County has reason to be proud of its 4-H Clubs. Of the 134 4-Hers in the state chosen for Who’s Who awards this year, five were from this county.

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Body * And So They Say: Ivan Grimes: “I am not going to shoot any pheasants. I am not mad at them.” Rooks County Farmer: “I never did refuse to let anyone hunt on my place if they asked me first, but I have kicked some off who didn’t.

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Body * And So They Say: Virgil Bird (paying his taxes): “I think they assessed all the taxes in Rooks County to me this year.” Butch Ostmeyer: “I wish I had a lot of things done already that I haven’t got done, and what is worrying me is when I am going to get time to do them.

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Body * And So They Say: Duffie Hindman: “It gives me a feeling of importance to have folks call me Mister.” Ray Bigge: ‘I know a lot of things, but you couldn’t put them in the paper.

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Body * And So They Say: Ruth Phelps: “I get my daughter’s clothes after she outgrows them.” Daisy LeSage: “The East was awfully pretty this time of year, particularly the mountains in Pennsylvania, but Rooks County looked awfully pretty to me when I got back.

56 Years Ago

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Body * And So They Say: Joe Morgan: “People don’t steal the pens from the café. They just take them home and forget to bring them back.” Les Eckart: “I’m not saying anything. I’ve noticed you can get into trouble by talking too much.” Bill Bedore: “My wife certainly treats me mean.

56 Years Ago

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Body * And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “If we can hang onto Coach Becker long enough, we really ought to have some fine football in this town.” Lionel Carter: “I saw two planes out at the airport the other night. I wonder if I couldn’t get a job as traffic director.” Mrs.