Ten-year-old Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Newbrey, was seriously injured last Saturday noon when he lom a bicycle, but at last reports seems to be getting along very well. Robert had not become an expert on his new Christmas bicycle and it was thought that he probably struck a rock, which caused him to lose his balance. No one saw the accident and Robert himself couldn’t recall what happened. Members of the E. F. Vallette family discovered him lying under the bicycle in front of their home, but had no idea how long he had lain there as they had been at the dining table for some time. He was unconscious when he was picked up and remained in that condition until late afternoon. His parents were badly frightened, but when he finally came to he seemed little the worse for his experience.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The groundbreaking for the new Stockton Medical Clinic was scheduled for January 19th, at the corner of Spruce and Main Street in Stockton. On hand to celebrate the Stockton Carnegie Library’s 100th birthday were board members Doug Conn and Betty Bedore, Judy Schroeder, Jess Iwanski, Jane Cunningham, Christina Blackford, Stockton Librarian Chris Sander, Central Kansas Library System Director Harry Williams, and Kansas State Deputy Librarian Marc Galbraith.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Public Library was marking its 100-year anniversary. The establishment had received a generous contribution from steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie, for its original construction a century ago.

A few weeks ago a poll was taken of the Fifth Avenue tailors to find out the country’s ten best-dressed men for the year 1934. The ten selected stretched all the way from New York City to Hollywood. As not one Rooks County man was included in the list naturally we felt hurt, so we sent our inquiring reporter to the local cleaners and pressers in an effort to determine the Beau Brummels of this and adjoining communities. The result of the poll is as follows: Abe Schneider of Webster; S. R. Tucker of Codell; R. P. Berland of Damar; Tub Hollen of Woodston; Dennis McAuliffe of Plainville; Ray Fessler of Palco; Joe Novotny of Zurich; and Harry Butler, George Beckley, and O. M. Goodrich of Stockton. Only two of the ten, Abe and Harry, received a solid vote, each being held up as a logical candidate for the title of Rooks County’s Best Dressed Man. Abe’s attire, according to those in the know, is remarkable for its stately lines and dignity. He is one of the few men in the county who can wear a duckbill cap without anybody thinking it funny. Harry’s immaculate attire is combined with a soft way of wearing clothes which gives him his place at the top of the list, so say the cleaners and pressers.

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SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Bernice Brown (Holdrege, Neb.): “If the Apollo 8 didn’t do anything else it certainly put an end to linking romance with the moon, as the pictures and descriptions by the astronauts have proved it to be the most unromantic looking place.” Maxine Bates: “One thing we can always count on is the Christmas exchange business being good.” Dave Oyer: “After two weeks of a holiday in the middle of the week and the paper getting to us on Tuesday, it will take at least another week to get back to normal again.” * The Robert Osborn family, which had been called to Vermillion, S. D.

The curb, gutter, and gravel contract on South First Street was let last Saturday afternoon by the city commissioners to the firm of Cook & Ransom of Olathe for the sum of $6,378.05. Eight contractors took part in the bidding, and their bids ranged from the successful offer to the sum of $8,789.70 by the firm of McKee & Hopper. The detailed bid shows that the six-inch curb with the two feet of gutter let for the surprisingly low figure of 60¢ per running foot. While the expense to the individual lot owners has not been computed, the owners of each of the 180 lots affected by this improvement will be charged not to exceed $25.00 a lot or $1.00 per running foot of frontage.

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The Parade of Christmas Trees winners were Crossroads Quilt Guild, Cuppas, and Stockton Mealsite in the Adult category. The youth winners were the Stockton High School Class of 2011, Ginger Kollman’s third-grade students, and Gina Dix and Beth Vrbas’ second-grade students tying for third.

* And So They Say: Frankie Dillingham: “When Spec comes home sick from work, you know he’s sick enough to stay for a few days.” Alma Maddy: “We won’t be having any more holidays for a while— not till—or is Ground Hog Day a holiday?” Mrs. Ben Niermeier: “Going to school programs has been the order of the day the past week in our family— but they’ve all been worth going to.” Paul Marshall: “That Mr. Nicholas has certainly done things for our school bands.”