Yesteryear

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.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR...1964

What Was Going On 14 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.

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.

* 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.”

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.

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.

* And So They Say: Les Eckart: “You haven’t tried anything till you’ve tried to get a passport photo.” Butch Ostmeyer: “I don’t think it will be too long until we have the 1964 Fair lined up pretty well.”

A Scrapbook Crop Event was planned for March 18 as a fundraiser for the Stockton Fire Department.