The Rooks County Relay For Life was held at the Plainville football field to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The preliminary totals showed that over $14,000.00 had been raised, with the Basket Auction bringing in service later in the month.

Eight-year-old Thelma Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clark of Hoxie, suffered three pelvic fractures and severe lacerations on her body when a Ford sedan, which her father was driving, overturned in a ditch at a railroad crossing six miles west of Hays. Mr. Clark, who was driving to the Hays hospital for his son’s appendicitis operation, is suffering from severe scalp lacerations and painful body bruises. It was necessary to put Thelma in a cast and to anesthetize Mr. Clark to close the scalp wounds with stitches. Mrs. Clark was riding with their son in the doctor’s car from Hoxie. The doctor’s car was slightly ahead of the Clark car when the accident occurred, and Mrs. Clark, who witnessed the wreck, said the Ford sedan plunged down a bank after her husband had lost control of it, and turned on its side. When they all arrived at the hospital after the accident, Kenneth, the son who is ill with appendicitis, was operated on at the Protestant hospital, and his condition is satisfactory. W. H. Clark is a lawyer at Hoxie and was a Democratic candidate for Congress two years ago from this Sixth District.

PICTURED is Shelly Steeples when she was a 1991 Stockton High School senior long jumping at the MCL meeting held at Stockton. She placed fourth with a jump of 14’10”

Mrs. Anna Eades and her mother, Mrs. Josephine Gick of Plainville, were spending several weeks in Europe. They went to Quebec, Canada, by train and left on the ship “Empress of Scotland” with the landing place at Cherbourg, France. The ladies will go to Paris and tour France before going to Switzerland. They plan to stop at several locations in Germany, with the leading attraction of interest being “The Passion Play” at Oberammergau. They will go to Munich and then stop at Prague, Czechoslovakia. This is Mrs. Gick’s old hometown, and it has been 50 years since she left her native country. They will visit relatives and friends in and near that city for about two weeks. Other countries and cities of importance will be visited before they sail from Antwerp to London, England. After a short stay in the world’s largest city, they will go to Liverpool and then the Isle of Man, where they will meet their brother-in-law and uncle W. H. Gick before returning home when they set sail from Liverpool on the “Duchess of Richmond.”

To kick off National Nursing Home Week during the first part of May, each resident released a balloon in the air with their names and the Solomon Valley Manor’s address on it. On May 24th, the Ternus family from Humphrey, Nebraska, notified the Manor that they had found Grace Turnbull’s balloon, which had traveled a surprising 248 miles.

* And So They Say: Grace Williams: “It’s real service when the restaurant staff looks after your baby while you eat.” Florence Coolbaugh (Nevada, Mo.): “I think the Record has more local news than any paper I ever saw.” Dean King: “No one can find fault with my campaign button as it says, ‘Get with Ike.’” Kenneth Edwards: “I went clean down to Great Bend on Friday to eat some Kirwin- caught fish for lunch.”

The farmhouse on the old L. Hulse place on the county line just south of the State Highway to Phillipsburg was destroyed by fire last Tuesday afternoon. Ed Forssberg and his wife and his brother, John, who purchased the farm from Fred Baxter some months ago, occupied the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Forssberg were just returning from a trip to Stockton when they saw the flames shoot from the roof of their home, and as they dashed into the yard they met John coming out of the house. He had not discovered the fire, which was still confined to the roof. They hurriedly removed everything possible, but the house was soon a mass of flames, and about all that was saved were some clothing, bedding, and a few small articles of furniture. The building was not large, only about four rooms, but well-built and a few years old. This is the second dwelling destroyed by fire on this farm in less than a year. Last August, the former Harry Hulse home on the west side of this half section was destroyed by fire. The Hulses had moved part of their effects to Stockton, but most of their furniture and household goods were burned. Neighbors of the Fossbergs plan on hosting a building party and helping Ed and John put up a small structure that will serve as a shelter until after the crop work is over this fall.

An organizational meeting of the Capital Campaign Committee was held for the new Stockton Health Clinic. Dr. Mike Oller and Dr. Beth Loney were interested in starting their rural practice in Stockton, and they had plans to come to the town by the following summer.

* And So They Say: R. J. Baker: “We’ve lived here since February and think it’s the finest place we’ve ever been.” Maxine Bates: “Everyone is going to be wearing lace or embroidered ruffles on everything this fall.” Velma Bartlett: “Well, now that they’ve got the pump primed, maybe we can get some more moisture around here.” C. R. Scott: “I’d certainly like to see a lot more boys get interested in golf because it is something they can get a lot of pleasure out of all through their lives.”

AN OAK TREE.