Yesteryear

What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago

Body The most important news of the week was the strike made by the Jones Drilling Company on the Wm. Solomon Ranch, 15 miles southwest of Plainville, with a hit in the silicious lime at 3,629-32 and filling the hole to 2,600 feet in 24 hours.
90 Years Ago

56 Years Ago

Body * And So They Say: Ernest Trible: 'Believe it or not, but it does seem awfully good to be back to work again.' Freddie Baughman: “I’m a girl. I thought everyone knew it, but I've found out there are a lot of people in Rooks County who do not.
56 Years Ago

Looking Back

Body Virginia Iwanski made her first Hole-In-One on #4 while playing golf at the Cedar Links Golf and Country Club with Nancy Muir, Shirlee Muir, and Sherry Muir. The ladies were playing in a Two-Lady Scamble, with Virginia and Nancy winning the contest.
Looking Back

A Half Century Later—1976

Body * One of the saddle broncs, Copenhagen, that was to be featured by the McComb Rodeo Company at the Plainville Saddle Club Rodeo was destined for national stardom according to the saddle club president Harold Boller.
Half-Century

Reflections

Body * The Rooks County Sheriff's Department hired Travis Bacon. It was his first assignment as an officer after working in Corrections in Kearney, Nebraska.
Reflections
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