Yesteryear

Body * And So They Say: Kenneth Buss: “You won’t believe it, but my wife has a tomato plant with 75 tomatoes on it, and another with 60.” Kenneth Currie: “Duane says it’s hotter than a dollar pistol—but I say it’s hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

Body The Stockton Area Arts Council held a pizza party at Stockton City Hall on June 26 for everyone who volunteered their time and artistic abilities to the newest and most colorful addition to the town of Stockton.

Body The time for the annual Fair of Rooks County is close at hand. The officers are working hard to make this year’s Fair eclipse any former meeting of the Fair. The free acts have been contracted besides a number of other entertaining features.

Body IN A STOCKTON SENTINEL INFORMATIONAL SERIES about the Rooks County Offices, the clerk’s office was highlighted during the summer of 1994. Pictured were the staff of the office (from left): deputy clerk Doris Schamel, Ruthie Muir, Noelle Vohs and clerk Clara Strutt.

Body * And So They Say: Don Grieve: “Don’t blame the new cars or their manufacturers for accidents as 90 percent of all accidents are caused by the ‘nut’ behind the wheel.” Blackie Randall: “I’d like to trade some fishing tackle for an old yeller dog.

Body Oil valuations for 2008 were up nearly $17.9 million from the year before, a 46% increase. The 2008 wheat harvest was running behind due to the devastating storms of a couple weeks earlier.

Body Weddings on the Society Page included the beautiful wedding of Miss Lola Grace and Willard Keeten, the Sunday morning marriage of Miss Myrtle Alice Noah to Earl D.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Stella Willis: “Everyone better beware of Pudy’s Batmobile.” Francis Cadoret: “It was certainly a welldressed fire department that made the fire run Sunday as most of the men left church in a hurry.

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago During the summer of 2006, children in Stockton were asked to take pictures and make suggestions as to what they would like to improve or see added to their town. That was how the Children’s Advisory Committee was formed.

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