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(The following article is taken in part by the unapproved minutes of the June 23rd Stockton USD No. 271 special board meeting.) A special meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No.

The Kansas Department of Transportation began a field survey on June 28 for a proposed guardrail replacement project along portions of U.S. 36 in Phillips County.

In last week’s edition, a 1962 article about the Good Castle in Stockton had been featured. Bill Skinner, who has emailed the Stockton Sentinel wonderful pictures and articles about the Castle, also sent this 1964 response from Stockton’s Francis W. Schruben referencing stories about the Castle.

(The following article is taken from the unapproved minutes of the May RCH Board regular meeting.) President Jeff Van Dyke called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. The other board members present were Charles Allphin and Charles Comeau.

The 2021 Swing Into Summer Festival Car Show was held on Saturday, June 19th.

THE NEW STOREROOM behind Webster’s Supermarket is being enclosed at this time. This area will carry all of the back stock for the store as well as house new bathrooms. The old bathroom area in the northwest corner of the store will be remodeled into more retail space.

Week of July 5 Monday—Independence Day. No lunch served.

The children of Harry and Willardene Purdum are hosting an open house on Saturday, July 3, 2021, to celebrate their parents’ 60th Wedding Anniversary. Please join them at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Street Christian Church, 602 Main St. in Stockton.

Co. A, 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment Josiah Grim was born the second son of Henry Judson Grim and Jane White Grim 1 December 1844 in Coshocton County, Ohio.

Roy Orr, formerly of the Woodston area, has retired from driving a school bus which he has been doing for close to 58 years. Roy, who now lives in Gaylord, began his bus-driving career with the Woodston school district in the early 1960s.