Yesteryear

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Jody Sanders: “I’m looking forward to April when the Kansas Anthropological Society will have a dig near Alton.” Robert Osborn: “I was late for work on Tuesday morning because it took me so long to find my raincoat.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

Body Doug Conn gave two reasons why he decided to return to the workforce after retiring as General Manager/Controller at Wilkens Manufacturing, Inc. The first reason Conn had was that he worked every day of his life, and things he enjoyed doing didn’t fill up his days all the time.
Looking Back

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

Body It was a small, lively bunch of citizens who met at the courthouse assembly room to thresh out whether or not Stockton wanted to continue support of the municipal band and, if so, to make plans to secure a leader and the maintenance. The band will soon be without a leader as Mr.
98 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Clarence Spencer: “They told us this was going to be a wet year, so it better begin pretty soon.” Blackie Randall: “The only news I know is about myself, and I won’t tell that stuff.” Red Hagan: “I couldn’t be any more Irish if I had been born in Ireland.
56 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

Body Chas. Chamberlain, a farmer living northeast of town, was severely injured at the John Reed farm and immediately taken to the Concordia Hospital where he yet remains in a precarious condition. Mr. Chamberlain had been making his home during the winter with his daughter, Mrs.
98 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Bill Gouldman: “If I had known that Warren Miller was such a good cook, I’d have had him cooking instead of shooting snooker.” Viola Balderston: “I’m going to quit work so that I can go fishing with my husband.
56 years ago
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