The crew of state highway engineers under Engineer Jackson, working on cross-sectioning State Highway 1 from Stockton to the Phillips County line, finished its survey and left Stockton a few days ago. The little metal pins with the red cloth markers are now set from the Stockton city limits to the Phillips County line, and all of the records have been sent to Topeka’s design department.

SHS graduate Patrick Poore was to be on the sidelines coaching the next season for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. Poore had been the quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach for Northern Illinois before taking on his new position.

* And So They Say: Velma Maddy: “All we did over the weekend was stay at home and enjoy the flu.” Elmer Odle: “No fooling, we do get Christmas cards from people we’ve had in jail.” Ollie Ochampaugh: “These cold days, even a one degree temperature rise makes it seem a lot warmer.” Dean King: “With all this flu around, I might as well have moved my bed down to the pharmacy.” Elmer Kern: “They say if you get the Hong Kong flu and take the proper medication, you’ll get over it in seven days, but if you don’t take any medicine it will take you a week to get over it.”

Last Friday night, the Woodston High School building was broken into, and the lower floor was completely ransacked. The prowlers entered the building by prying open a window in Miss Bowman’s room. After helping themselves to a few things to eat, taking a traveling bag, and picking up some money lying on Miss Bowman’s desk, the marauders proceeded to shake the door to the music room loose from its hinges and search the room. Here, however, nothing was found missing. The next move made bythethieveswastosmash a window above the office door to gain entrance. The lid of the office desk was forced open, and the contents of the desk were scattered about the floor. Here again, nothing was found to be missing. Discovery of the theft was first made on Saturday morning by Mr. Greene when he came to the school building to work and found things in topsy-turvy condition.

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* And So They Say: Christine Peterson: “I am so absent-minded that I wouldn’t have dared change my name when I got married. I never would have been able to remember it.” Pat Reed: “I guess I must be a kind of oddball as I’m getting a little bit tired of football on TV.” Harry Butler: “I’m not going to get my wife a color television. I’m the only luxury she can afford.” Dave Oyer: “I don’t move as fast as I used to. When I turn the light out now, I can hardly even get in bed before it goes out.”

Stockton’s new set of wheels, the VanHool 56-passenger charter bus, had arrived with the tiger mascot and school logo painted on the front, rear, and both sides of the white vehicle. Denae Denio-Odle, Jamie Snyder, and Shannon Mongeau were voted in as the new chamber board members, taking the places of Chris Sander, Michelle Storz, and Marian Conyac.

Sheriff Joyce F. Blackman found Clark W. Thuma, well-known businessman and merchant of Lenora, who disappeared from that town on October 26th, in Hill City as Thuma was on his way to Norton, riding the Midwest Stage. Thuma was wearing a pair of overalls, which he had purchased recently and took off as soon as he was recognized. He said he had been wearing them to keep him warm. He is in good health and seems to be suffering only from a slight loss of memory, which may come back to him when he sees familiar faces and places. Thuma says he remembers collecting some money from Elmer Troutner and was supposed to see him that Saturday night but needed more time to go over. He took his wife to church and then went out to see him the next day. He recalls driving to Norton in his car and then taking the train from Norton. He bought his ticket to Phillipsburg and got off at Philipsburg, where he bought a ticket to Blackwell, Oklahoma. When asked why he took the train at Norton and why he had been gone for so long and had yet to notify his folks of his whereabouts, he was unable to answer. He went to Blackwell and then came back to visit his cousin Will Blue, who lives in Wichita. From there, he went to see his cousin, Rolla Thuma, in Leon, Kansas. Thuma talked somewhat confusedly about being in a truck on the highway in Oklahoma when he realized what he was doing and where he was. He told a reporter that from then on, he had tried to get back home as soon as he could—acting as though he was dazed or as though it was an effort for him to answer questions asked of him by Sheriff Blackman. Thuma held his head in one hand and often brushed his forehead as though trying to recall events that had taken place.

* And So They Say: Cleo Baughman: “I think there ought to be something in the Record about Lucia getting picked up for speeding near Salina.” Margaret Kendall: “By the time Thanksgiving gets here, I don’t particularly enjoy turkey.” Dot Hrabe: “Some ways it isn’t so bad when you lose your voice, but it’s sure hard to holler at the kids.” Maxine Kenworthy: “I have 70 percent of my Christmas shopping done.”