Yesteryear

Grace Turnbull and Neva Marshall were both celebrating turning 100 years young on September 9th, with their families and friends. For the second term in a row, Stockton USD 271 had shown an increase in enrollment for the school year, with a total of 303 students enrolled.

* And So They Say: Perry Probasco: 'I saw a white pheasant last week— about half grown. It's only the second one I have ever seen.' Velma Bartlett: 'The meanest husband I have heard of is the man who gave his wife a hoe for her birthday.' Doris McMichael: 'I'm busier now than when I was working.'

* At 9:00 on Wednesday morning at the Catholic church, the wedding ceremony that made George Garvert and Miss Lenora Meyers man and wife was solemnized by the Reverend Father Henry. * The drillers on the oil well being put down on the Case farm south of Zurich are going ahead quite rapidly at this...

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* Maylaine's Clothing of Stockton, which Mr. and Mrs.

From 15 Years Ago 2011 * Five legendary Kansas cowboys were to be honored for their contributions to Western life when they were to be inducted into the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City later in the month.

Earl Zink, 30, of Palco, who was killed Saturday evening, was one of the victims of accidents in Ellis County that took the lives of two men and injured others during the weekend.

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What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The new faces at Stockton U.S.D. 271 were Bobbi Basart, technology coordinator and junior high tech instructor; Brett Schmidt, new kindergarten teacher; and Megan Cahoj, new band teacher and kindergarten vocal teacher.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1970 * And So They Say: Hazel Larson: 'I wish there were some way we could get our dog on Medicare.' Clarence Heiner: 'My brother came 600 miles to attend the Fair.” Nolan Harper: 'Don't any Stockton people go to the Fair?