Yesteryear

56 YEARS AGO

* And So They Say: Earl Bartholomew: “I’ve only lived a day at a time ever since I’ve been bornf Doyle Cook: “I broke in my fishing luck Sunday by catching two nice channels.” Elizabeth Dryden: “I went hunting again, but I’m not going to tell the Record about it.”
56 Years Ago

WHAT STOCKTONITES WERE DOING 98 YEARS AGO

A letter from A. L. Look of Dolores, Colorado, informs us that his son Alfred has resigned his position as advertising man of the Groden Mercantile Company of Durango, and has accepted the position of leading man for the Navajo Film Company.
98 Years Ago

BILL SKINNER

BILL SKINNER sent this Yesteryear photo to the Sentinel. It is a picture of him fishing on Chuck Reed’s farm east of Stockton. Skinner noted that Chuck was a good friend of his father and whenever they visited Stockton, they would try to visit the Reeds at their home on the farm.
BILL SKINNER

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

The Keith Clevenger Address at the Opera House was heard by a mere handful of people, owing partly to the very short period of advertising, but mainly to the fact that there was sickness in nearly every Stockton home and the night was cold.
98 Years Ago

Looking Back

Rooks Countians were treated to a first look at the new Rooks County Health Center when two different views on a quarter-page artist’s drawing were published in the March 9, 2006 paper.
14 Years Ago

56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Maxine Bates: “I’m afraid if I should ever put on one of those new model bathing suits, I’d never come out from behind the bushes.” Lee Phelps: “Most everyone will be eating Girl Scout cookies for the next few weeks unless they freeze some of them.
56 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

Our sister town, Woodston, recently had another disastrous conflagration. Tipton and Stewart’s Bakery, and three other buildings of frame construction on the north side of Main Street, were entirely destroyed by a fire within an hour. Mr. and Mrs.
98 Years Ago

THESE STOCKTON MEN

THESE STOCKTON MEN participated in the Grand Island Bowling Tourney at the end of February in 1997. The men brought home $1,956.23 in prize money out of a total payout of $10,485.25.
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