Yesteryear

The Swing Into Summer Festival was set to begin Friday, May 25, with a free picnic in the Upper City Park, courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce, followed by a Dance, featuring the Mark Kee Band. And this was just the start of a weekend packed full of fun.

* And So They Say: Irma Renner: “I feel like I need a cane and a crutch after going to commencement and seeing those kids graduate, whose parents were graduating only a few years ago, it seems.” Paul Marshall: “The preachers tell us not to lie, then one of them brags about catching a 7 ½ pound fish.

Senator Capper spoke to a large audience at the school auditorium last week. It was more of a talk than a set speech. He had been out to Webster in the middle of the day and had addressed the Capper Pig and Poultry Clubs in the M. E. Church and had been the guest of honor at a big luncheon.

Diplomas were to be given to 31 members of the Stockton High School Class of 2007 on Saturday, May 19, as principal Keith Hall would present the graduating class of 20 boys and 11 girls.

MEMBERS OF THE SHS CLASS OF 1954 had held their 40th reunion in June of 1994 and took a picture in front of the old high school, which was to be torn down during the summer. They are from left: Alan Roelfs, Ed Winters, Treva (Miller) Ruckelsausen, Reta M.

* And So They Say: Leta Bouchey: “Marsha went all through high school with a perfect attendance record and then came down with the three-day measles Commencement Week.

Last Sunday evening a Ford touring car containing Ival Colburn, wife and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Stewart and baby, skidded and overturned a short distance east of town resulting in a few minor injuries to the occupants, but demolishing the top and windshield.

THE 1997 SHS GIRLS TRACK MEMBERS included (front row, from left): Tara Towns, Betsy Lewis, Jenny McDonald, Jada Krob; (second row) Amber Glover, Sara McReynolds, Misty Bice, Stacey Steeples, (third row) Alicia McBride, Jenny Poore, Melanie Haines, Melanie Romey; (back row) Heather Jackson, Korina...

* And So They Say: Mrs. Ruth Marshall: “When my family asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day, I told them I just wanted a day when I did not have to do anything—and that’s I what I got.” Norman Griebel: “They say everyone is good for something, but I don’t know.

Our thoughts and prayers were for the people of Greensburg, where a massive tornado took out most of the town and killed at least 10 people. Stockton had been notified of a potential 72-bed expansion at the Stockton Correctional Facility, which would require 14 additional staff positions.