Yesteryear

56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Jack Berkley: “John doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to cut his wages for calling that strike on me.” Dean King: “I’ve managed to air condition everything except my favorite fishing holes.” Freddie Baughman: “Well, we went to the lake Sunday and barbecued ourselves.
56 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

The search for Zelma Osborn, a Codell girl, continues a mystery with the parents. S. A. Turner, a Kansas City electrician, is charged with inducing the girl to go with him under the pretense of going to Middleton, Ohio to visit the girl’s sister. Mr.
98 Years Ago

Yesteryear Picture

FRANK WALKER stands near the remains of an oven that was hand-shaped from wet clay. The oven provided warmth to horse thieves who made frequent stops at Robber’s Roost Cave located just south of Stockton. Walker had said that the cave was named so because horse thieves used it.
FRANK WALKER

56 Years Ago

* 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.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

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.
14 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

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.
98 years ago

Yesteryear Picture

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.
IN A STOCKTON SENTINEL INFORMATIONAL SERIES

56 Years Ago

* 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.
56 years ago

Looking Back

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.
14 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

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. Hinkhouse, the afternoon marriage of Miss Faye Hinkhouse and Henry Bates, and the wedding of Miss Marjorie Taylor and Raymond Biery.
98 years ago
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