Yesteryear

Body THE WILKENS SITE south of Stockton had been a hub of activity during the first of the year in 1994 when five loads of structural steel had been unloaded to begin the construction of the building. Roger Roy of Roy Construction had supervised the project.

Body * And So They Say: Butch Ostmeyer: “I made the women happy at last year’s Fair by bringing them Myron Floren, so I’m going to make the men happy this year with Joann Cassel.” A. L. Pettijohn (Monday): “It is this kind of weather which makes me glad I moved in from the farm.”

Body The Stockton Motor Company got in a carload of Chevrolets the first of the week, the shipment containing three cars and a truck.

Body * And So They Say: Pat Langley: “People will steal anything—even Beatles records.” Judge Gilbert: “The next time they have a bunch of robberies in the county, I hope they choose any other day except Sunday, as it disturbs my day off.

Body THE MEMBERS OF THE 1994 STOCKTON JUNIOR HIGH seventh-grade girls basketball team were (bottom row, from left) Tiffany LeSage, Whitney Muir, Tisha Kibbee, Shannon Lowry; (middle row) Karen Iman, Kayla Muir, Jenny Poore, Brandi Ray; (back row) coach Dave Steeples, Tara Cikanek,...

Body A fiery plane crash Saturday night, Dec. 15, near Phillipsburg Municipal Airport, injured two New York men. The pilot of the plane, Darren H. Mesibov, 32, Potsdam, N.Y., was in critical condition at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus in Wichita.

Body Reading an item in one of the Kansas City papers that a woman of that city picked violets on Christmas day inspired a couple of Stockton girls to hunt for violets in Stockton. Sylvia Munn and Edit Douglas made a bet that they could find violets and they started a search.

Body The Stockton High School Snoball was to be held Saturday, January 5th.

Body THE 1997 ROOKS COUNTY NEW YEAR’S BABY was Cayden Conyac born on January 2nd. Pictured with Cayden were his parents, Linda and Phil Conyac and big sister Alyssa..

Body * And So They Say: Lucia Hamilton (Friday afternoon): “I’m going to shoot myself. I thought it was Saturday so I didn’t turn the soap opera on at noon.” Freddy Baughman: “It’s certainly getting so that no news is good news.