Yesteryear

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Rooks County Appraiser’s Office released new oil valuation figures, showing an increase of $6,871,405.00 from the previous year, a 12.5% jump. The price of oil increased from $65.29 to $73.19.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Elmer Slansky: “The radishes out of my garden look more like turnips, but they taste like radishes.” Albert Richardson: “Record ads are really effective as I got my bee hive back the same day the paper came out.”

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What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The new oil valuation for Rooks County showed an increase of $6,871,405.00. The 2011 valuation stood at $54,821.929.00, an increase of 12.5% from the 2010 figure of $47,950.524.00.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Mary Alice Boethin: “I don’t stay at home very much because I think too much when I’m at home.” Ollie Ochampaugh: “I try to buy everything I can in Stockton. I don’t know why I should help support some other town.” John B.

A reduction of $341,336.00 in the assessed valuation of personal property in Rooks County for 1935 is shown by the abstract of the assessor’s reports in the office of L. W. Wells, county clerk and assessor. The valuations for this year are $1,351,299.00 compared with $1,692,635.00 in 1934.

There was considerable excitement in town Thursday evening along about eight or nine o’clock caused by a chase participated in by a father and son from Hill City. The father, O. Trexler, had been looking for his son, Kenneth, a 20-year-old youth, for some time.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The community was shocked and saddened at the news of the tragic death of longtime Stockton resident Alva Beck. He had been on his fourwheeler working some of his pasture ground spraying musk thistle when the accident claimed his life.