RHYATT AND REKKER STATES took the opportunity during Stockton’s Olde Tyme Christmas celebration last Friday evening to tell Santa the items on their Wish List for this year. They are the children of Jed and Marche States, Stockton.

STOCKTON’S MAIN STREET was lit up in festive style during Friday night’s Olde Tyme Christmas celebration and parade. There were 43 entries in the parade, with most of them adorned with lights, putting the large crowd in attendance in the Christmas spirit.

The family of Bob McCall requests a card shower in honor of his 99th birthday, which will be on November 29, 2021. Bob and his wife, Edna, reside at Parkview Care Center. Cards may be sent to: Bob McCall, c/o Parkview Care Center, PO Box 247, 811 N 1st St., Osborne, KS 67473- 1512.

President Karen McCune brought the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with great food provided by Linda Stamper and Janice Miller. Secretary Terrii Collins took Roll Call with some Show and Tell. Twenty-two members and one guest, Barb Henson, answered it.

Karen McCune, a member of both the Daughters of the American Revolution and a local quilt club that presents veterans with their Quilt of Valor through the Quilt of Valor Program, recently received a Certificate of Appreciation for her presentation to the Fort Hays Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution regarding the Quilt of Valor Program.

Last Sunday the high was in the low-to-mid 60s with mostly sunny skies. Monday was mostly sunny with temperature nearing the 80- degree mark. Tuesday was mostly cloudy but the temperature still hit the high 70s. Wednesday was cloudy with the high hitting the 50-degree mark. Thursday was mostly sunny with the temperature in the mid 50s. Friday the mercury made it back up into the 60s with partly cloudy skies. Saturday was another low 60-degree temperature with cloudy skies. Evenings were dipping down into the high 20s to low 30s.

MOST OF THE STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL’S CAST MEMBERS AND CREW posed for a picture after Friday’s performance of the play “Bad Auditions by Bad Actors.” Pictured are (front row, from left): Michel Smith, Cheyenne Carlson, Delany Snyder, Saj Snyder (stage crew), Kymberly LeiVan (stage crew), Katie Post, Brin Muir; (back row) Noah Griffin, Kayleigh Cunningham, Zach Young, Jace Hartman Savy Gray, Jalia Creighton and Jake Benavides (stage crew). The play was held on Friday, November 12th and on Saturday, November 13th. Not pictured are Ethan Day (cast member), Addie Struckhoff and Colton Williams (sound crew), and director Rebecca Gray and assistant director Rachel Snyder.

Abraham Tucker Co. A, 92nd Ohio Infantry Regiment Abraham Tucker was born in 1835 in Ohio, son of Elijah and Sarah Cunningham Tucker.

Stockton Junior High choir students, Dayton Carpenter, Kolby Dix, Cheyenne Hoeting, Isaac Thayer and Mya Trevino, and band student Baileigh Balthazor (trumpet) who were selected and attended the Kansas Northwest KMEA Mini Convention on Saturday, November 6th at the Hays High School. The Guest Clinicians were Dr. Ryan Heinlein, Heather Augustine and Shawn Knopp.