SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Chuck Ostmeyer (commenting on his Colorado vacation): 'It's the first time I ever stood in two feet of snow to fish.' Howard Webster: “I think it's going to be a long winter.' Chuck Waller: 'It seems to me we had an awfully short summer.' Richard Carmichael: 'I think the people who spend most of their time on Main Street know less about what's going on in town than the ones who stay at home.' * SP-4 and Mrs. James L.

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* And So They Say: Paul Ballinger: “I saw Warren Harding this time at the K-State football game.” Ernest Trible: “This time of year, you’re turning something on all the time— either the air conditioner or the furnace.” Kenneth Buss: “My wife had a birthday last week. She is sweet sixteen—well, anyway, she is sweet.” Pudy Larson: “Roy Mallum came home and the first thing we get is a frost.”

SHS Homecoming candidates included MolLy Schleicher, Tyler Peterson, Connor Winters, Bryce Reichard, Haley Dix, Ravin States, Austin Brookhouser, and Maggie Spires. Hannah Thomas’ wish to swim with the dolphins came true.

That Stockton has a very good chance to obtain a Freshman college was learned Monday evening when a meeting was held here to discuss the project. At that time, twenty-four students expressed their desire to become members of the student body, and as this is a sufficient number to initiate this new program, classwork will commence in the near future.

Rooks County went along with the rest of the counties in Kansas in taking it “on the chin” as the result of the drought of 1934, according to figures obtained in the recent farm census by the Department of Commerce which was released this week. The drought resulted in the crop failure of 7,435,680 acres of land in Kansas. In Rooks County the land on which crops failed totaled 195,822 acres.

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* And So They Say: Kenneth Buss: “They are sure growing kids big these days. My 16-year-old grandson is six feet tall.” Bump Arrington: “I nearly struck an antelope on the highway in Wyoming, and I think I saw at least 500 on my trip.” Barbara Riffe: “Fall is the nicest time of the year if the flies would just leave you alone.” Jim Chastain: “The spider that bit Pudy Larson died.” Red Hagan: “I want you to know that I didn’t paint my toe nails. It was those girls down at the Health Center while I was helpless.” Ollie Ochamapaugh: “Everyone talks about being so hard up, but you can’t find anyone to do any work.”

Edward C. Hageman, P.A.