Yesteryear

*AndSoTheySay:Chuck Hageman: “I am really glad that 1969 is over as maybe 1970 won’t be quite so hectic.” Lee Phelps: “The town certainly seems awfully empty this week with the kids all gone back to college and the population has shrunk considerably.

Loren Newell of Damar caught the trout of a lifetime at the Webster Stilling Basin on January 4th, with the fish measuring 28 inches in length. He planned to have it mounted so that it would always remain fresh in his memory.

* Last Friday evening, a lucky auto collision occurred in which a Ford driven by Reverend Morton Miller of the Methodist Church crashed into a large Cadillac driven by George Moore. Mrs.

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* Dana Marie, as the first baby born in Rooks County in 1976 to parents, Mr. and Mrs.

The Girl Scouts decked the halls of Redbud Village with Christmas carols on December 7th to kick off their annual Christmas party. They also delivered Christmas cards to the residents before going to the elementary school cafeteria for a visit with Santa.

Thirty more men and six women went to work on Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Rooks County this week. Twenty additional laborers were assigned to the fairgrounds project here, and ten to the auditorium in Plainville.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Rooks County Sheriff Randy Axelson was arrested on December 30th, 2011, by agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on a probable cause warrant in connection with the alleged distribution of methamphetamine, according to a statement issued by the special...

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Frank Hrabe: “I have worked for John Russ for ten years and we’ve never had a word. So I’d say we get along real good.” Don Unruh (Saturday): “This snow is a little late for Christmas and a little early for New Year’s Day.” Jean Atwill: “How am I?

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