Yesteryear

56 Years Ago

6 years ago By News Staff

* And So They Say: Dave Oyer: “The only dirt I own is in my ears.” Lloyd Hollern: “I caught the biggest fish I ever caught in my life on the Fourth of July—a 9 1/2 pound channel cat.” L. D. Fuller: “My son, Lorenzo, and I are the same age—both, 4 and 5. He is 45 years old and I am 4 score and 5.

56 Years Ago

6 years ago By News Staff

* And So They Say: Whitey Smee: “Anyone can cuss, but it takes brains to think.” Rae Hageman: “Whenever it doesn’t rain for a week or two, I’m sure it will never rain again.” Bud McComb: “I don’t think I helped the rodeo parade at Plainville any, but my four grandchildren who rode in it sure did.

Yesteryear Picture

6 years ago By News Staff

Wanted: Pictures For "Yesteryear" Page

6 years ago By News Staff

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.

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

6 years ago By News Staff

M. Jepson, just east of town, harvested last week a pretty fair crop of oats from a field of 35 acres on which last fall he had sown wheat. Last year the field had produced oats and enough had rattled out to make a good even stand. In the fall Mr.

Looking Back

6 years ago By News Staff

The names of suspects charged in the burglary at Home Cookin’ were made public. Brett Kreutzer and Nicholas Nix, both 18, both of Stockton, had been charged with identical counts of Burglary, Conspiracy, Theft and Criminal Damage To Property.

WHAT STOCKTONITES WERE DOING 98 YEARS AGO

6 years ago By News Staff

Last Saturday morning at two o’clock people living near the culvert bridge on east Main Street were aroused from their slumbers by a tremendous crash and then all was silent.

Looking Back

6 years ago By News Staff

The new office building at Webster State Park was officially open as the staff had moved into the facility on June 19, 2006.

A RIBBON-CUTTING

6 years ago By News Staff

A RIBBON-CUTTING was held for Rockin’ K Shoe Repair in the early summer of 1997.

56 Years Ago

6 years ago By News Staff

* And So They Say: John Towns: “Watch out what you say now that the Office Cat is home again.” Don Peebles: “If a person has nothing else to be glad for, he can be thankful he is still able to work.” Butch Marshall (age 7): “Well, I know this is Sunday morning because the wind blows every Sunday.