Yesteryear

Several people in Stockton listened in last Friday night for the Hardin College entertainment and heard very plainly Miss Ethel Smith’s fine recitation. Her father, F. M.

The upcoming election, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, was an important one, determining who would fill two empty seats on the Stockton City Commission, four seats on the USD 271 Board of Education, and voting for or against a proposed 1/4-cent sales tax increase for the City, earmarked for expenses at...

J-MART WAS SHOWING OFF ITS NEW LOOK on South 183 Highway in the spring of 1994. The most visible change was the signage from Kerr-McGee to Conoco logos. Along with the Conoco products, the shop also had a wide variety of grocery items and Hot Stuff Pizza.

* And So They Say: Edith Bouchey: “No, I did not get my garden planted, but I looked at it.” Ig Gross: “I am not running for anything, but I do think everyone should get out and vote.” Duffie Hindman: “I don’t want anyone to talk to me.

The Stockton Chamber of Commerce had an interesting meeting at the courthouse with subjects discussed being highways, dedication of courthouse and school building. The sum of $200.00 was authorized to be paid Mr.

Stockton Cub Scouts Pack 103 held its annual Pinewood Derby on March 18, 2007. Fifteen Cub Scouts competed in the Derby. Winners were: (Tiger Den) 1st place, Aaron Hahn; 2nd place, A. J.

THE 1994 SHRINE BOWL was to be played in August and Stockton’s Joel McReynolds, who had quarterbacked the Tigers to back-to-back State Football Championships, was named as a member of the West Squad. Pictured are (from left); Shriner Dr.

* And So They Say: John B. Smith: “Looking through bifocals is sure hard on your neck. Francis Cadoret: “It used to be that when a woman’s skirt blew up, it hid her face, now the skirts won’t reach that far.” James H. Gilbert: “The world treats me OK—it’s the people.

The Stockton Sentinel is always looking for pictures for our “Yesteryear” page. If you have a picture that you’d be willing to share with our readers (preferably at least 20 years old), send it to Stockton Sentinel, P.O. Box 521, Stockton, KS 67669, e-mail it to: stkpaper@ruraltel.

Chas. E. Bartlett died at Columbus, Kansas on March 9th of double pneumonia. The deceased was a brother of Morris Bartlett of Ash Rock Township and a cousin of the Coolbaugh brothers of Stockton.