Yesteryear

56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Bob Scoby: “My ear feels worse after my surgery—but then, the doctor said it would.” Bill Gouldman: “If I put all I know in a book, it certainly wouldn’t have very many pages.” Freddie Baughman: “I don’t know who invented daughters.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

Diplomas were going to twenty-two Stockton High School seniors. Twenty- five-year-old Douglas Albert Pfeifer was in critical condition at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita following a one-vehicle accident located two and a half miles south and west of Woodston on J Road.
14 Years Ago

56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Rip Poore: “The next time the company sends men out to paint the station, I hope it isn’t on a day before the dirt blows.” Mabel Nichol: “It IS news when people stay at home and enjoy it.” Hazel Larson:”It is really true that moth balls will keep skunks away.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

Darrell Pippin of Savannah, Ga. had bagged two big turkeys during his hunting trip with Mikey’s Outfitting in Stockton. One of the large turkeys sported five beards, which is very unusual for this part of the country.
14 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Crack athletes from all grade schools in Rooks County will be in Stockton this Saturday, making a supreme effort to outrun and outjump each other to be acclaimed winners of the annual track meet at the fairgrounds. The events will start at one o'clock.
90 years ago

56 Years Ago

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Blackie Randall: “The reason I get more rain than anyone else is because I’m the only person in town who knows how to put up a rain gauge.” Clark Stocking: “I don’t like the idea of my wife quitting work.
56 years ago

Looking Back

Two hundred and thirty stockholders, employees, and guests of the Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of their cooperative at the St. Thomas Parish Center.
14 years ago
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