Yesteryear

Some vandal shied a rock through the window of Frank Vardaman’s Chili Parlor on Monday evening, barely missing his boy who was sitting there reading. Frank immediately rushed out, but could not find the miscreant whereupon he got as hot as anything in the chili line.

GAYLYN ANDREWS (left) and Veda Miller (right) decorated Smith’s Christmas Tree in anticipation of the annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library in December of 1994..

* And So They Say: Doyal Cook: “It seems to me that Christmas comes too early nowadays.” Ethel Elliott: “I won a turkey out at Hoxie the other day, but I brought it back to Stockton to eat it.” Unknown voice over the telephone: “Oh, I must have the wrong channel.

Well over 150 citizens from Rooks County were present for the Groundbreaking Ceremony at the site of the new Rooks County Health Center held on December 4, 2006.

The Midland Café will serve a fine chicken dinner on Thanksgiving. If you can’t afford a turkey, and many there be who can’t, take life easy on that day and enjoy a real appetizing spread at a moderate price, prepared under the skillful direction of Mrs.

THE STOCKTON KIDS who placed in the top three in their age group at the 1997 NFL/Gatorade Punt, Pass and Kick sectional competition held in Quinter were (from left: Sara Crosby, Heather McNulty, Alexa Rogers, Blaise Kriley and Tyler Bacon. (Not pictured were Logan Bennett and Austin Thayer.)

* And So They Say: Ira Smith: “I was 25 years old before I ever saw a stoplight.” Red Hagan: “I may be a little late in saying it, but I certainly did appreciate the nice way the teenagers behaved on Halloween night. There was scarcely any trouble.

Santa Claus was pictured on the front page, holding five-week-old Deacon Creighton, dressed just like the elder Santa, at the Olde Tyme Christmas on Nov. 24.

The Central Branch passenger train crashed into a Ford coupe at the crossing just west of the Woodston Depot. Mrs. Roy Tipton received injuries about the head from which she died three days later. Mr. and Mrs. Tipton were living at Hays where Mr.

An Alton landmark, Hartzler’s Store, burned to the ground Nov. 16, 2006. The cause of the fire had yet to be determined. The Stockton Fire Department was called to assist at around 6 a.m. that morning.