Yesteryear

* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: 'Ask Chuck Schruben howhestayedathome two days last week.' Abbie Tipton: “I’m glad I don't have a family to raise these days—particularly if I had to do it in a city.' Jakie Willis: 'I'm allergic to work.

Two more oil wells will soon be drilled in Rooks County. Heimerich and Payne have made a location and have the cellar dug for their test on the Bedard estate land just west of Zurich.

The SHS Prom Queen and King were Hayley Dix and Michael Dix. Kim Thomas was set to serve another term as Stockton City Mayor, with Clerk Doug Conn administering the Oath of Office.

* A new laundry has been started in the Cal Farrier building on Mill Street, and the proprietors are Mr. and Mrs.

* Plainville had been officially designated a bicentennial community in a letter from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Regional Office in Kansas City to Plainville Bicentennial Chairman Paul Hancock.

* Plainville High School seniors Taylor Ganoung and Kylee Pywell were crowned the 2011 Prom King and Queen. * An estimated 150 people had gathered at the Nova Theatre for a benefit concert featuring inspirational Christian music from Crossroads.

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SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Edna Stice: 'No wonder a person can lose weight on that grapefruit diet. That unsweetened grapefruit juice makes you so sick you can't eat.' Spec Dillingham: 'Did anyone see my rose cones blowing down the street on Sunday?

Democrats from different parts of Rooks County were in Stockton for an afternoon meeting at the courthouse to select delegates to the state convention in Wichita at the end of the month. Those selected were J. B. Riseley, Mrs. Jay Phillips, and Mrs.