98 Years Ago

Body The bitterest cold to strike Stockton in recent years hit Friday evening, sending the mercury to a new low of 20 below by Saturday morning. An alarm broadcast over the radio on Friday morning warned all farmers to get their stock in before the severe storm arrived.

Body * The company in charge of the Bemis oil well is now feeling good and has drillers at work on the hole. They have been in forced idleness for the past two months and are now thrilled to know they can proceed—the driller, Messrs.

Body After more than two years of serving as the poor commissioner of Rooks County, Miss Pearl Rorabaugh has resigned her position to accept one on the faculty of Kansas State College in Manhattan. Miss Rorabaugh's resignation was effective on Wednesday. She will teach home economics.

Body A press dispatch recently released stated that U.S. Highway No. 40 North has been designated as U.S. Highway No. 24, confirmed by a letter to the Record from R. M. Sawhill of Glasco, secretary of the U.S. Highway 40 North Association.

Body The Sunlight 4-H Club is the name of the latest addition to the several organizations of its kind in Rooks County, according to Laurence R.Daniels, county agent.

Body Rooks County got another producing well on Saturday when a well estimated at 60 barrels was brought in on the old Bird Low place, eight miles north of Stockton. Gillespie and Hess own the well.

Body Ralph Imler, who took the petrified animal skull, which was recently found on Sand Creek, to Hays for identification by Professor Sternberg, reports that it has been identified as a prehistoric buffalo belonging to the species Bison Latifrons.

Body Thirty more men and six women went to work on Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Rooks County this week. Twenty additional laborers were assigned to the fairgrounds project here, and ten to the auditorium in Plainville.

Body Thirty-five men went to work Tuesday morning on the WPA project for rebuilding the Rooks County Fairgrounds. The men are now busy on the H. C. Sweet place quarrying rock to be used in the construction of various buildings. V. E.

Body The faculty of the Stockton School tried their hand at presenting a mystery play last Friday. They succeeded not only in pleasing two audiences with the production of 'The Black Derby,' but also in raising funds for lighting the athletic field.