56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Pat Langley: “People will steal anything—even Beatles records.” Judge Gilbert: “The next time they have a bunch of robberies in the county, I hope they choose any other day except Sunday, as it disturbs my day off.” Lloyd Hollern: “You’re not the only one who wishes I knew something. I’ve wished it for a long time.”

* Two young men from Hays and Catherine had been arrested two miles west of Zurich by Sheriff Elmer Odle, and were lodged in the Rooks County Jail accused of break-ins and robbers at Plainville and Zurich. Their night’s work had included breakins at the Coast to Coast Store, Letha’s Café, and the Rooks County Building & Loan Office in Plainville and the Zurich Coop Oil Station and Saindon’s Grocery in Zurich. The arrests were made after an eyewitness had seen them breaking into a place of business in Zurich.

* Reverend Rollin Dunnahugh, a former Stockton boy, had been officially installed as the pastor in the Congregational Church at Almena. A number of his friends and his wife, the former Wilma Coulson, attended the services and the dinner to honor the occasion.

* The newly organized Stockton High School wrestling team had engaged in its first match at Hill City. Tommy Carmicheal and Jimmy Baughman had won their matches. The team was coached by Kenneth Ellegood and Robert Becker.

* A building, which had been built on West Main in the 1880s by the late George Heiner, had been torn down. The facility had housed a general store, which sold everything from shoestrings to coffins. The building no longer stood on Main Street, as it had been moved to the west end of South First and became a boarding house for students and later for travelers such as Blind Boone, members of the KC Monarchs, the Globe Trotters and the Piney Woods singers. Mrs. L. D. Fuller who owned the building decided to have it torn down.

* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: If all the cold cures were laid end-to-end, people would still be sniffing and blowing.

* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: Acts for the 1952 Rooks County Free Fair had been purchased with Koshare Indians as the headliners. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hrabe, Sr. had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a fine program given by their descendants.

* Keith Elwyn Adams and Ida May Grimes had passed away.

* The engagement of Linda Lee Stahnke to M. Roger W. Hale had been announced. A summer wedding was being planned.

* The engagement of Miss Anita Kay Miller to Francis Shaw had been announced. No definite wedding date had been set.

* On sale at Webster’s Supermarket were U S. D. A.-inspected sides of beef, cut and wrapped free, averaging from 265 to 290 pounds at 47¢ a pound, ten Texas grapefruit for 69¢, Mars candy bars for 33¢, and four, ten-ounce packages of Bestyet sliced frozen strawberries for $1.00.

* Showing at the Nova Theatre were the movies, Walt Disney’s “The Money’s Uncle,” and “Cat Ballou,” starring Lee Marvin.