FIFTEEN-YEAR 4-H LEADERS recognized at the 4-H Achievement Celebration in October of 1997 were Janet Languein, Elaine Hrabe, B J Poore and Larry Poore..

LORA BELLE SANDER AND DELORES GLENDENING were just two of the many people who volunteered their time to staff Stockton’s Thrift Store. In September of 1994 an article featured the history of how the store started in 1971 to serve as a humanitarian project for the local United Methodist Women.

FOUR OF THE MEN IN THIS 1994 PHOTO were part of a new program initiated between the Stockton Police Department and the Stockton school system. Volunteers started escorting students across Highway 183 at North First Street. Pictured are, from left to right: Stockton City Manager Dan Pickett, Cleve Hunter, Gordon Pettijohn, USD #271 Superintendent Neill Wheeler, Chuck Williams, Lawrence Bedore and Stockton Police Chief Don Jenkins, Jr. The four, Hunter, Pettijohn, Williams and Bedore, provided morning and evening volunteer crosswalk services to the school children.

IN AUGUST OF 1994, Myrna Kincaid (left) and Virginia Doughty (right) had presented two American flags to Robert Miller, who was on the board of the Rooks County Free Fair. Both women belonged to VFW Post 8873 Auxiliary, which provided the Fair Board with flags to fly during the weeklong event.

CHET BAXTER was proudly showing off his nine-foot tall sunflower in the summer of 1994. If anyone had a sunflower that was taller, they were to let Chet know..

The Stockton Sentinel is always looking for pictures for our “Yesteryear” page. If you have a picture that you’d be willing to share with our readers (preferably at least 20 years old), send it to Stockton Sentinel, P.O. Box 521, Stockton, KS 67669, e-mail it to: stkpaper@ruraltel.net or bring it in to our office and we’ll be sure you get it back.

THE READERS AND PRESENTERS straight out of the Wild West at the 1997 4-H Public Style Revue were (from left): Tina Lowry, Doug Bigge, Deanna Soll, Angela Sell and Holly Bigge..

COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR MARTINA MCBRIDE wowed the crowd at the Rooks County Free Fair in August of 1994. After the concert she graciously signed autographs until nearly midnight, and then she and her band enjoyed some food and relaxation at 183 Lanes.

RUTH PHELPS was the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce’s July Volunteer of the Month in 1997. Pictured are Chamber president Chris Kollman and Ruth Phelps. She received a certificate of recognition, a Chamber gift certificate, a Heartland SHARE box and a meal at Gambinos.

THERE HAD BEEN AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT for the third annual historic Thomas Barn Festival held on July 24th, 1994. The event included a flag ceremony, a church service, a presentation by Robert Manley, Jr., a noon barbeque meal catered by Ruth and Tom Bigge, a parade of several teams of draft horses, and a silent auction of two quilts donated by John and Edith Buttermore. See anybody you know in the picture?