56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Susan Hamilton (age 4 after her first year at Bible School): “Mommy, how do you wash up God? I’ve heard this a dozen times at Bible School.” Leo McCue: “What does a man have to do to get his name in the paper? I cut my finger and had to have stitches in it last week—but didn’t read a thing about it in the paper.” Florence Coolbaugh (Nevada, Mo.): “The Record prints more local news than any weekly paper I know of.”

* Patrick, the nineteen-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Riffe, had been in quite serious condition in the Plainville Hospital since he had the frightening experience of swallowing some milking machine detergent the previous day. The chemical ingredient burnt his throat, mouth and stomach severely.

* An accident, which easily could have proved fatal, had occurred on Friday morning at the intersection of Cypress and Highway 183. Miss Judy Geschwentner, age 17, who had been working for Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Bagby at their Ellis Theatre and had come to Stockton to work for the Bagbys when school was out, had been driving Steve Bagby’s 1957 Pontiac. She had been driving north, and didn’t realize she was approaching the highway and did not see the stop sign. As a result she drove onto the high way and into the path of a semi trailer driven by Gerald Cochrane of WaKeeney. The impact threw Cochrane out of the tractor and onto the pavement. The vehicles swerved slightly to the right, pushing the Pontiac sideways, and came to rest on the parking lotsouth of the high school about 75 feet from impact. It broke off a Southwestern Bell Telephone Company pole and bent a city light pole, which stretched the electric line and broke it. When the vehicles came to a stop, Judy crawled out of the Pontiac, which had been damaged extensively. Although it did not appear that she had been injured, she was taken by ambulance, along with the truck driver to the Health Center. Miss Geschwentner was released, but Cochrane had a number of stitches to his head and 20 more stitches to close a deep cash on his back before he was released.

* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: The Town’s Old Grouch complains that the only time there is peace and quiet in his house is when his wife isn’t speaking to him.

* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: A severe hail storm had visited the area and damaged 45,000 acres of wheat. A new shower had been installed in the county jail. A new front was being installed at the Farmers Store.

* The following students were part of the eighth grade graduating class: Frank Slansky, Barbara Atkisson, Gary Scott, Patty Akisson, Terry

Byerly, Susan Atwill, Lawrence Cadoret, Phaline Baxter, Doug Cunningham, Linda Becker, Martin Davis, Debra Bobbitt, Merle Dunning, Judy Cross, Johnny Eades, Denise Cunningham, David Elliston, Pam Dean, Lawrence Fetterolf, Karol Farr, Mickey Haines, Darlene Green, James Hauxwell, Cassie Hageman, Lynn Hulse, Kay Harding, Kenny Knight, Anna Hazen, Roland Kriley, Judith Hoffman, Mark LeSage, Janice Hunt, Steve Lewin, Mary Jacobs, Donald Lowry, Jeri Keisweter, Gale Maddy, Cindy Lowe, Curtis McCall, Linda Niermeier, Roy Moraine, Barbara Osborn, Mike Muir, Jan Phelps, Wilfred Pfeifer, Katy Poore, Timothy Pfortmiller, Sandra Richardson, Dick Perry, Cathy Seahon, William Pettijohn, Vicky Smith, Greg Robinson, Rosalee Sprick, Rick Sanders, Shelia Stice, Bill Schmitz, Juanita Wallis, Michael Breckenridge, Barbara Yost, Garry Baxter, Jewell Zwink, Alan Stewart, Steve Timmons, Bobby Van Eaton, David Walker, Howdy Webster, Richard Lowry and Kathy Kreller.

* On sale at Slansky IGA were California oranges for $1.00, round steak for 79¢ a pound, three cans of Wilderness pie filling for $1.00 and two, one pound bags of powdered sugar for 25¢.

* Showing at the Park Drive-In was the Hank Williams movie, “Your Cheating Heart.”

* Mr. and Mrs. Duane Maddy had announced the engagement of their daughter, Janet Elaine, to Mr. Eugene Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mason