The SHS prom king and queen candidates were Austin Smith, Katie Baughman, Brooke Waller, QingLing Li, Jacob Fielder, and Austin Wieden. Receiving I Ratings at the Regional Solo and Small Ensemble Contest at Fort Hays State University were MaryLynn Griebel on alto sax and vocalists Billie Chesney and Christie Cox.

Emmett Gallagher, Rooks County’s Better Housing Chairman, is anxious that the women listen to a special broadcast this Friday at 12:30 p.m. The program is coming over both networks in a national hook-up. He feels that this broadcast will be vital to Kansas women and help focus the women’s attention on the Better Housing program. The program will originate in Washington, and among the distinguished speakers will be Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Mary T. Norton, a member of Congress from New Jersey, and Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.

Greg Beougher, Sharri Coffey, Nicole Pulec, and Randal Riffel ran for the Stockton school board positions. Harry Purdum, Sandi Rogers, Donald McLaughlin, and Darrell Sammons were running for the two Stockton City Commission positions.

* And So They Say: Twila Smith: “On my day off, I go out and spend my money.” Chuck Waller: “A person would have had to have attended the Cantata Sunday evening to realize how many talented people there are in Stockton. Joe Bedore: “When the wind howls around the courthouse, it sounds like it is haunted.”

The air filter for the big engine, which generates the power at the city light plant, which was ordered by telephone from Massachusetts last Wednesday, was installed Sunday afternoon and tested until Tuesday morning when the smaller engines were again put in use. At the end of the 22-hour test run, which was satisfactory, about two pounds of dust were removed from the filter, with no exceptionally severe dirt storm having occurred during that time. The big engine uses 3,362,000 cubic feet of air each day, according to City Manager Goodrich, and it is estimated that in just ordinary weather, half a pound of dirt is contained in this amount of air. It can easily be seen that the amount of dirt taken into the engine during one of the bad dirt storms would be enormous.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Present for the groundbreaking of the new Stockton Estates Apartments were county commissioner Ted Lambert, Dr. Raquelle Bainter, Wes Bainter of Bainter Construction, city commissioners Kim Thomas, Wayne Madison, and Don McLaughlin, zoning appeals board chairman Vince Williams, Chamber president Denae Denio- Odle, Virginia Bice (SNB), Linda McLaughlin, county economic development director Roger Hrabe, city clerk Doug Conn, Dave Steeples (SNB), Loren Goodheart, city manager Keith Schlaegel, Anita Conger (SNB), and Diane Keirns (SNB).

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Brock Krysl: “I had to come home to catch up on my sleep after studying day and night for my exams.” Velma Bartlett: “The vandals got to the Flame of Freedom even quicker than I thought they would.” Chuck Waller: “If all the farmers would fly into Stockton until the mud dries up again, we can keep our streets clean.” Howard Wanamaker: “A person can usually find what he’s looking for, but I’m not looking.” * Mr. and Mrs.

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All previous Rooks County dirt storms have paled into insignificance since the storms of Friday night and Wednesday morning. All the old-timers are unanimous in their opinion that they were the worst ever seen here. Word came to Stockton early Friday evening that all traffic had stopped at Colby and Goodland early in the afternoon. Dust filled the upper air here all day, but the storm did not strike here in all its fury until about 7:30 p.m. From then on until midnight, a high wind raged, and the air was filled with the minutest of dust particles. The storm followed an afternoon when thermometers registered in the high 80s. All day Monday, it looked as if another severe storm was on its way, but the community escaped with a sifting of fine dirt. Tuesday was a nice day, so the storm that came yesterday morning was a complete surprise. The atmosphere began to darken a little after 6:00 p.m., and by 7:30 p.m., it was impossible to see across the street. From then on until after 9:00 p.m., objects a few feet away could not be seen, and lights did very little good. The dirt in the air did not beat in quite as bad as in Friday night’s storm as the wind was not so strong, but it was bad enough, and general house cleaning was necessary again. The dust was so fine that it was forced through crevices in buildings, which had withstood ordinary dirt storms. The air was so heavy that breathing was difficult even inside the good buildings. Outdoors, the few pedestrians on the street had to feel their way along by the side of buildings, and motorists, in some cases, found it impossible to see their way even if their cars kept running. Some progress could be made by dimming the lights and going slow, but any going was dangerous at best. Cars had to be guided into garages by flashlights, and many cars around town were left standing all night.