Yesteryear

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body Stockton has many couples who have achieved the proud distinction of having lived together in marital bliss for over fifty years, and several of them have been married for a good many more than fifty years. Still, it is to Mr. and Mrs.
90 Years Ago

Looking Back

Body At the invitation from Chris Kollman, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was in Stockton, spoke at the Stockton Rotary Club, and went pheasant hunting with Chris Kollman, Dale Winklepleck, and Zach Kesler.
Looking Back

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Wanita Touslee: 'I was in six towns over the weekend, about the size or larger than Stockton, and none of the Main Street Christmas decorations were nearly as pretty as Stockton's.
56 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body If there is such a thing as a million-dollar rain, and there is no question but what there is, Rooks County got one on Tuesday. The official rain gauge recorded 1.36 inches of moisture. It was more like a spring than a fall rain.
90 Years Ago

56 Years Ago

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Ollie Ochampugh: 'Everything always happens to everyone except me.' Lester Maddy: 'All that happens to me is I just get one day older every day.' Mrs.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Frank Sinatra impersonator Les Lankhorst, the star of Las Vegas’ 'The Rat Pack is Back!' and K-state alumnus, was to perform at the historic Nova Theatre for a 'Swingin' Christmas.' The 2011 tax figures showed an increase of $410,00.
14 Years Ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body One hundred and ninety- eight farm families in Rooks County who no longer have resources or borrowing power will benefit from a new program worked out by rural resettlement officials, according to words received here by Norris Nelson, county rehabilitation agent.
90 years ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Homer McCauley: 'When TV first came out, it was said that it would hold families together, but now it seems to be driving them apart as everyone has to watch a different program.' Gene Miller: 'I'm just a homebody. If you don't believe it, ask my wife.
56 years ago
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