SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: W. McCaslin (reading And So They Say column): “I don’t ever want to see my name in that darn column.” Dode Morrissey: “Everyone knows I’m a sort of a pest.” Harry Butler: “I think the rain did my tomatoes so much good that maybe my wife can have some too.” Bernard Carson of California: “I never saw Kansas look better.” * Marvin and Edward Lucky bailed out the Record for the second time in less than a year when the motor of the Model 8 Linotype machine ceased to run.

The harvesting of Rooks County’s wheat crop is now underway, but so small are the yields that farmers are evidently not bothering to take the grain to the elevators. Reports from Stockton show that only two or three loads have been marketed. Although Rooks County did not expect to raise much wheat, there were some fields two weeks ago that seemed to have a good chance of yielding a fair amount. Several fields in Twin Mound Township appeared to be suitable for a 20-bushel-per-acre average or better. The few thousand acres of wheat in this county that managed to survive the dust storms were damaged considerably by rust and hot weather. W. J. Fleming, manager of the Farmers Elevator, estimates that Rooks County will not raise one-fourth as much wheat as needed to seed it. Corn is continuing to look fairly good, although farmers are ready for it to rain almost any time now.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Nolan Buss won the Huffy bicycle and helmet at the Dollar General June raffle. At the Stockton Unified School District Board of Education’s meeting, new members Nicole Pulec and Shari Coffey were sworn in.

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In last week’s Yesteryear picture of the Girls Softball Team #4 sponsored by Walker Construction, the lineup and some of the names were wrong. It should read: (standing from left to right): coach Mike Hollern, Megan Schmitz, Dawnite Walker, Erin Schmitz, Melissa Hollern, Amy Lowry, coach John Walker; (kneeling from left to right) Stacey Steeples, Stephanie Lowry, Nichole Thayer, Monica Lowry, and Mindy Hollern. The picture and caption were taken from the 1989 Stockton Sentinel edition, and the mistake on the names was made at that time! Thanks for letting us know.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Bessie Marsell: “I don’t know why it couldn’t have rained before I spent two evening watering my lawn.” Doyal Hrabe: “When you are camping out, I don’t know which is worse, the wind or the mosquitoes—but you are bound to have one or the other.” Sterling Bagby: “My philosophy is that it’s better to try and fail than not to try at all.” Betty Cadoret: “You don’t know what trouble is unless our kid has brought home a bunch of baby jackrabbits.” * Two employees of the Rooks County Highway Department reached retirement age and had worked their last week. They were Ustle Bemis, who had been with the department since 1962, and Eugene Palmer, who began his duties in 1961.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The combined tax values of Rooks County real estate, severed minerals, personal property, utilities, and oil for 2011 increased almost $7.4 million in value compared to 2010 figures. The total for 2011 was $92,735,065.00 and $85,350,202.00 for 2010.

Drilling on another oil well in Rooks County is scheduled to begin later this week. The well is located on the J. A. Marshall farm, about three miles northeast of Stockton. The Eldorado Refining Company is drilling it. Erection of the derrick was completed last Thursday. If the company is successful in striking oil at this location, it is expected that offset wells will be sunk on the Will Moore, Fred Look, and Elvin Oliva farms.

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Awakened at about 1:30 Saturday morning by footsteps in his home northwest of Stockton, Barney Rea started investigating and found a young man about 17 in the house attired only in a pair of trousers. The youth appeared to be a little strange so Mr. Rae called the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Ellett and undersheriff Stevens, answered the call and brought the young man to Stockton and spent much time questioning him, but the boy was unable to remember anything until late that afternoon when he was himself long enough to tell the officers his name. He was Kenneth Nonamaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nonamaker, who live about three miles east of Osborne. Mrs. and Mrs. Nonamaker came after the youth on Sunday. They told Sheriff Ellett the boy had left home last Thursday on a bicycle. The parents remembered that their son was acting a little odd lately, but they took no particular notice of it.