Yesteryear

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body Another Works Progress Administration project was started in Rooks County last Thursday, according to Franklin R. Trinkle, area WPA engineer. It consists of graveling, earthwork, culverts, and a 30-foot bridge on a four-and-three-quarter- mile stretch northeast of Palco.
90 Years Ago

Looking Back

Body Collecting the most boxtops as part of a moneymaker for Stockton Grade School were Ashlyn Hahn, who collected 607 boxtops; Magnus States, who collected 500 boxtops; and Basil Powers, who collected 712 boxtops. The school received a total of $778.
Looking Back

A Century In Review

Body No April 2nd issue was found in the 1926 Bound Volume of the Plainville Times. A Half Century Later—1976 Plainville News from the Past * Mrs.
A Century In Review

Reflections

Body From 15 Years Ago 2011 * Rooks County Commissioners and County Attorney Ed Hageman had hired an assistant county attorney, Danielle Muir, who would begin her duties in the courthouse in August.
Reflections

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body The Margray Oil Corporation Bemis No. 1-B has not had a production test because trouble has been encountered while pulling the big pipe. Hydraulic jacks have been placed, and work to pull the pipe is underway.
90 Years Ago
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