Yesteryear

Body Last Thursday night the store of the Damar Mercantile Company was again robbed. This time the thieves gained entrance by prying off the lock n the back door. The safe was broken into and about $40.00 in cash taken. No merchandise was molested, according to reports.

Body For the past three Thursdays, Stockton and the surrounding areas had been hit hard by dangerous storms. The home of Janet Chesney and son John Page at the corner of Ash and South Fifth streets was crushed in Thursday night’s storm by a huge tree that was thrown on top of it.

Body RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES were held at the end of June in 1994 at H. C. Sweet Abstract when Wendy King took the reins from Chuck Hageman, who had recently retired.

Body * And So They Say: Les Eckart: “I’ll buy someone a t-bone steak if they’ll tell me what friend I loaned my battery charger to.

Body Willis Beckley had the misfortune to get his arm broken last Sunday. He, in the company with some other boys, was playing on top of a shed and as they went to jump down, he broke his arm at the elbow.

Body ABE SCHINDLER was recognized on his retirement with the Rooks County Road and Bridge in the spring of 1994. He had spent 40 years with the county. Shown are (from left) commissioners Gary LeRock, Jack Turnbull, Schindler and commissioner Normand Hrabe.

Body * And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “The Stockton kids are sure lucky to have such a good swimming pool these hot days, and I hope they appreciate it.” Mabel Bartlett: “I do an awful lot of things, but don’t do anything very well.

Body The Stockton area was again hit with a severe thunderstorm. Not only did we experience the usual heavy wind and small hail, but the city of Woodston saw firsthand the fury of a tornado.

Body James Hunter. who has been working roads in Thomas County for some time, wrote to Stockton relatives that during work one day last week, the grading machine uncovered 32 quarts of hootch.

Body THE STONE LETTERING and decorative work had been removed from the front of the old Stockton High School, which was built in 1922. It had served as the middle school building for many years and was soon to be torn down during the summer of 1994 to make way for a new building.