E. G. Swank & Sons, owners of the Nova Theatre here, acquired their second show house on Monday when they closed a deal for the Atwood Theatre. They will assume management of it on June 21st. Mr. Swank and Merle were in Atwood on Monday, attending to the necessary details for completing the transaction. Swank & Sons are well pleased with their new property, as they believe Atwood is a good town with a large territory to draw from.

The Class of 1936 included Clair Anderson, Rita Behrens, Loren Bronson, John Butler, Alonzo Combs, Naomi Cooper, Grace Copper, Mary Crowell, George Doak, Jack Eades, Kathleen Evans, Richard Fleming, Willis Fuller, Evelyn Hodson, Velma Hunt, Genevieve Keilholtz, Alice Lindsey, Meda Gae Litton, Efford Lowe, Lillian Maddy, Naomi Maddy, Blanche Manaugh, Albert McCue, Lola Miller, Robert Reed, Robert Reeder, Edna Riffe, Maxine Robertson, Francis Schruben, Iva Schultz, Alfred Southard, William Sykes, Donald Thompson, Essie Upjohn, Iona Vallette, and Frances White.

The many friends of John Smith were much pleased yesterday evening when they learned he had been elected second vice president of the state association of funeral directors at the meeting held in Wichita. This is quite an honor, and the community should be proud to have a funeral director in their midst who can hold such an office.

Within the next two weeks, drilling is expected to start on another oil test well near Stockton. It is located in the northeast corner of section 26-7-17 on the E. C. Stebbins land. J. A. Shoemaer of Wichita is making the location, and R. E. Hess is the contracting driller.

Two more oil wells will soon be drilled in Rooks County. Heimerich and Payne have made a location and have the cellar dug for their test on the Bedard estate land just west of Zurich.

Democrats from different parts of Rooks County were in Stockton for an afternoon meeting at the courthouse to select delegates to the state convention in Wichita at the end of the month. Those selected were J. B. Riseley, Mrs. Jay Phillips, and Mrs. Emmett Gallagher of Stockton, and William Morrissey of Woodston, S. R. Tucker of Codell, Forrest Stamper and Mrs. E. H McFadden of Plainville, Ray Fessler of Palco, Roy Brown of Webster, and Fremont Benoit of Damar.

Schell Brothers 4-Ring Circus will be in Stockton next Thursday and will give two performances. There will be clowns, elephants, and other animals, trapeze acts, and other circus wonders to delight the small boy and girl and those not so small.

Another Works Progress Administration project was started in Rooks County last Thursday, according to Franklin R. Trinkle, area WPA engineer. It consists of graveling, earthwork, culverts, and a 30-foot bridge on a four-and-three-quarter- mile stretch northeast of Palco. It will employ about 31 men for about six months.

* And So They Say: Clarence Spencer: 'I have to smoke a pipe because I'm too young to smoke cigarettes.' Clark Stocking: 'Nothing exciting happened on our trip—not even a flat tire.' Chuck Waller: 'I think it's a little early to start any campaigning. The election isn't until Tuesday.” Duffie Hindman: 'Twenty minutes is really not a very long time, but it seems like a lifetime when you are stuck in an elevator all by yourself.' R. J. Baker: 'I have a couple of good ideas for this year's United Fund Telethon and I hope I don't forget them before the time comes.' Barbara Riffe: 'I think one of the most beautiful sights I ever saw in my life was when everything was covered with frost Saturday morning.'

The Margray Oil Corporation Bemis No. 1-B has not had a production test because trouble has been encountered while pulling the big pipe. Hydraulic jacks have been placed, and work to pull the pipe is underway. This well came in two weeks ago; oil filled the six-inch pipe, and when the five-inch was run, considerable oil slipped over. The producing horizon is the silicious lime and will probably make the best producer in this area. The Stanolind Pipe Line Company is building a line to handle production.