Yesteryear

Body * And So They Say: Mrs. J. L. Morrissey: “We had a nice vacation, but I’m certainly glad to get back where you don’t have to fight traffic and look at hippies.

Body Siblings Joel and Sara McReynolds attained the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on August 26th when Joel McReynolds PA-C and Dr. Mark Meyer were on a medical mission trip to Tanzania. Joel asked his sister if she wanted to go along, and she told him she wanted to climb Mt.

Body The Chick Boyes Players, with Chick himself and his own company, will be back to the Rooks County Fair this year with a new bill of plays and vaudeville. Chick will be in the plays this year, and there are some of the old members of the company and a few new ones.

Body Chuck Hageman was honored during his retirement party for his 60 years of service to the Stockton Rotary Club. He also had the distinction of being the longest-serving member of the organization.

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Body * And So They Say: Fair Secretary George (Butch) Ostmeyer: “It was worth all the headaches of the Fair Board to see the faces of all those kids when they got their first look at Lassie.” Glen Buss: “Just because I have 24 cuckoo clocks is not a sign that I’m cuckoo.

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Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Clarence Heiner: “Most of this summer, I’ve got nothing done but water my tomato plants.” Milt Boethin: “Jo Stewart sure started something when she had us run that new cement walk in front of the Maris Store.

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Fourteen-year-old Melissa “Missy” Steinberger of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Body A series of local showers blanketed most, if not all, of Rooks County fell Wednesday evening and night, breaking a long and most disastrous drought. Some communities in Rooks report as much as two inches of rainfall. Others had less than a quarter of an inch of moisture.