Yesteryear

THE STOCKTON GRADE SCHOOL had held its D.A.R.E. graduation in April of 1997.

* And So They Say: Lester Eckart: “Coming home in that wind Sunday I had the pickup wide open but couldn’t get it past 35 miles per hour.” Don Peebles: “We dodged tornadoes all the way home from Kansas City on Sunday.

A terrible tragedy occurred when Mr. and Mrs. Upton Douglas were driving to their country home. They had secured Frank Munn’s incubator at the George Crain place and were proceeding to the Dan Douglas place northwest of town in a lumber wagon drawn by a frisky team. Mrs.

MEMBERS OF THE 1997 SHS GOLF TEAM were (front row, from left): Miranda Dix, Joey Casad, Josh Foster, Chris Look, Whitney Muir, (back row) coach Ginger Kollman, Jacob Stice, Charlie Hageman, Amanda Cole, Seph Bellerive, Jesica Miller, Josh Perez, Jason Pickett, Joey Berland, Jim Green, Randy...

* And So They Say: Everett Hughes: “Switzerland is the only country that is really as beautiful as the picture postcards make out.” Ben Winfough: “Just because a man is an ex-service man, that doesn’t mean he’s especially fitted for a public office.

Two bluegrass bands entertained a large crowd at the Nova Theatre on April 8, 2006.

The contract for the new Stockton High School building was let onto Gordon Walker of Salina, Kansas. The new building is to cost approximately $90,000.00 when completed, leaving the District over $10,000.00 with which to purchase the equipment. Mr.

There was a very light showing of registered voters out for the April 4, 2006 general election, with only 22% of the City’s 1,021 registered voters turning out to vote.

CHARTER MEMBERS of the Auxiliary to Monroe-Taylor-Barnes VFW Post #8873 who received their 50-year pins in March of 1997 were (back row) Margaret Houser, Margerete Lowe; (front row) Alma Fleming, Mabel Schmitz and Voncile Ostmeyer.