Yesteryear

Work on the east end of Highway 24 is progressing rapidly. It is hoped to have the section between Osborne and Portis open for travel by the end of this week.

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Grace Turnbull and Neva Marshall were both celebrating turning 100 years young on September 9th, with their families and friends. For the second term in a row, Stockton USD 271 had shown an increase in enrollment for the school year, with a total of 303 students enrolled.

* And So They Say: Perry Probasco: 'I saw a white pheasant last week— about half grown. It's only the second one I have ever seen.' Velma Bartlett: 'The meanest husband I have heard of is the man who gave his wife a hoe for her birthday.' Doris McMichael: 'I'm busier now than when I was working.

* At 9:00 on Wednesday morning at the Catholic church, the wedding ceremony that made George Garvert and Miss Lenora Meyers man and wife was solemnized by the Reverend Father Henry.

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* Maylaine's Clothing of Stockton, which Mr. and Mrs.

From 15 Years Ago 2011 * Five legendary Kansas cowboys were to be honored for their contributions to Western life when they were to be inducted into the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City later in the month.

Earl Zink, 30, of Palco, who was killed Saturday evening, was one of the victims of accidents in Ellis County that took the lives of two men and injured others during the weekend.

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