Yesteryear

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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