Yesteryear

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Body 183Laneshadpresented Doug and Kori Bigge with a check for $1,500.00 as the result of a No Tap Tournament where there were 99 participants. Owners Jerry and Patti Sterling donated the lineage fees back to the Bigges to help with medical expenses.

Body * And So They Say: Curley Walker when asked how his fishing was going: “I haven’t had time to fish. I had to plant my watermelons three times.” Bill Gouldman: “If you eat lots of horseradish, you’ll be healthy.

Body Mrs. Henry C. Fleak, the wife of editor Fleak of the Plainville Times, passed away at her sister’s home in Iola, Kansas. Mrs. Fleak had been in poor health for several months. For a time, she was in the Hays Hospital, where she made some improvement.

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Kansas State University All-American and former NFL Green Bay Packer Verl Switzer was the guest speaker at the Stockton Awards Banquet.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “It’s awfully hard to convince the kids that it’s time to go to bed while the sun is still shining.” Linda Turnbull: “Sunday was the first time I ever went to a party empty handed and came home with a car full of loot.

Body APRIL 23RD AND 24TH.

Body A chicken house on the Fred Wickland place east of town burned last Friday night. The loss was not so great to Fred as was the fact that nearly 100 little chickens perished in the fire.

Body * And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “I think Loyalty Day is a good thing. This country could stand a little more loyalty.” Vivian Van Horn: “Some people are always late. They’d be late at their own funerals.

Body The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, held at the Rooks County Fairgrounds for third and fourth graders from area schools, had been held. Seventy-eight students from Stockton, Palco, and Sacred Heart Grade Schools attended.