A Half Century Later—1976
* The Plainville High School Homecoming Queen candidates were Leasa Mock, Nancy Wootton, Lora Selbe, Dana Miller, and Kim Hamel. * Mrs.
A Half-Century
A Half Century Later—1976
* The Plainville Lions Club's Candy Day Sales netted $235.00. The money collected helped purchase equipment for the new Kansas Lions Eye Research and Training Center at the Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
A Half Century Later—1976
* Rod's Texaco Service Station at the junction of Highway US-183 and K-18 closed. Rodney Hockett, the station's operator for the past eight years, announced he was relinquishing the lease at the end of the month.
A Half Century Later—1976
* Former Plainville High School music teachers David Rampy and his wife, Leah, had settled back in Kansas after having gone to Australia after being recruited by the Department of Education, New South Wales. During their two-year stay, they taught in the Sydney area.
A Half Century Later—1976
One of Plainville's most well-known landmarks was considering a new look when the Plainville Library Board began exploring options to remodel the City Library's interior.
A Half Century Later—1976
* The Plainville City Council's main agenda item was the possibility of a Plainville Senior Citizen Center. Mayor Jerry Staab appointed city attorney Jerry Smetana and councilmen Francis Malin and Paul Hancock to assess the feasibility of the proposal from the Northwest Kansas Area on Aging.
A Half Century Later—1976
* Maylaine's Clothing of Stockton, which Mr. and Mrs.
A Half Century Later—1976
* Ron Eggers of Stockton had taken home two grand champion ribbons and one reserve champion ribbon from the Rooks County Free Fair. He had the top two ribbons in the sheep division and was the top winner in the market hog division.
A Half Century Later—1976
* Alfred Reed of Reed's Plumbing and Heating had announced the formation of a corporation with two long-time employees of the firm, Joe Stahl and Kenneth Tucker. The business name was changed to Reed's Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
A Half Century Later—1976
* The American Cyanamid Company selected Marvin Hachmeister, Plainville High School vocational agriculture instructor and FFA advisor, as the outstanding livestock instructor in the state of Kansas and awarded him a Stetson hat and a plaque at the vocational conference in Lawrence. * The 4-H Style...
