Yesteryear

Body It was a four-way tie for the Anita Gale Simons Memorial Award for the eighth-grade students with the highest GPA. Claiming the title were Donny Riffel, Andrea Buss, Allison Dix, and Lexi Winklepleck.

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Body Shoemaker and Hess, on the Stebbins land about six miles southeast of Stockton, have set the big pipe and are drilling below 500 feet. Rooks County now has eight active drilling tests at two locations, with one location having the rig up.

Body * And So They Say: R. J. Baker: 'It just better not rain on Friday. That is when the Farm Bureau has its annual fish fry.

Body * Word was received in this city on Sunday morning that C. G Cochran, president of the First National Bank and an old-time resident of Plainville, had died at Hays at 7:30 a.m.

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Body * The upcoming sale of 720 acres of Smith County farmland was of interest to many Rooks County students who were planning to attend Fort Hays Kansas State College.

Body * A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the dedication of the new Plainville Swimming Pool. Those on hand were mayor Kelli Hansen, Gail Backer, Shelly Haas, Suzie Lindstrom, Alan Dinkle, Jim Mesecher, Kim Rounsley, and Mike Kemp.

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Body A retirement/goingaway reception was held for Stockton USD 271 employees and teachers, Adam Bedient, Karen LaBarge, Joanne Steeples, Kelsey Pinkerton, and Adam North. Twenty-four graduates walked the stage at the Stockton eighth-grade graduation.