Yesteryear

What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago

Body Miss Ruby Dotson and Miss Flossie Gaumer, both of Beloit, are opening a beauty shop inside the Maris store this week. The ladies are experienced in beauty work and come to this city highly-recommended.
94 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Mrs. J. L. Morrissey: “We had a nice vacation, but I’m certainly glad to get back where you don’t have to fight traffic and look at hippies.
56 years ago

Looking Back

Body Siblings Joel and Sara McReynolds attained the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on August 26th when Joel McReynolds PA-C and Dr. Mark Meyer were on a medical mission trip to Tanzania. Joel asked his sister if she wanted to go along, and she told him she wanted to climb Mt.
14 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago

Body The Chick Boyes Players, with Chick himself and his own company, will be back to the Rooks County Fair this year with a new bill of plays and vaudeville. Chick will be in the plays this year, and there are some of the old members of the company and a few new ones.
94 years ago

Looking Back

Body Chuck Hageman was honored during his retirement party for his 60 years of service to the Stockton Rotary Club. He also had the distinction of being the longest-serving member of the organization.
14 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Fair Secretary George (Butch) Ostmeyer: “It was worth all the headaches of the Fair Board to see the faces of all those kids when they got their first look at Lassie.” Glen Buss: “Just because I have 24 cuckoo clocks is not a sign that I’m cuckoo.
56 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Clarence Heiner: “Most of this summer, I’ve got nothing done but water my tomato plants.” Milt Boethin: “Jo Stewart sure started something when she had us run that new cement walk in front of the Maris Store.
56 years ago
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