Yesteryear

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Betty Cadoret: “I think the new drapes at the Midway Café should make headlines.” Jess Riffe: “When it comes to knowing news, I’m the dumbest person in town.” Bob Osborn: “I know more about washing dishes than most women do.

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Tiger eighth-grade boys finished the 2010-2011 basketball season undefeated and winning the Mid-Continent Elementary League Basketball Championship.

Body The political turnover in the Rooks County Courthouse resulted in three new official faces. Leslie Wells will succeed Frank Montgomery, who has held the office of county clerk for the past four years. H. E. Lenhard is now occupying the chair vacated by probate judge W. T.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Glen Buss: “I’ve got 32 clocks. They are all kinds, shapes and sizes, but I don’t let them all strike at once.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

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Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Bernice Brown (Holdrege, Neb.