* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: “I wish I had some talent besides scrubbing.” Kenneth Currie: “March 28th was a red letter day. It was the first time Warren Harding ever had to buy the coffee.” Clark Stocking: “If you don’t believe I bowled a 200, I’ll never tell you anything again.” Stella Willis: “I’m afraid all the trash I hauled to the dump over the weekend has blown back into my yard.”

On April 1st, an angry thunderstorm with lots of dangerous lightning moved through the area, but only after lightning struck one of two oil tanks filled with two loads of crude oil in a battery located at 24 and U Roads six miles north of Codell. The firefighting personnel from Stockton, Plainville, Woodston Natoma, Ellis, Graham, and Russell Counties were called to the scene. The oil tank had collapsed, and the burning oil and wind-driven heat exploded, sending split pieces of the tank flying through the air. Six firemen were dispatched to the Rooks County Health Center for treatment from fighting the fire.

In the March 28th Yesteryear picture caption, some people were not identified, and the school was not named. Pat Hrabe Wehrli came to the rescue and sent the Sentinel the lacking information. Diana Eagon is the little girl in the front row to the far right. The teacher’s name is Frank Sonntag from Penokee, and Prairie View is the school’s name. Pat thought the picture was taken in 1955. We love it when our readers help us fill in the blanks!

* And So They Say: Elton Smith: “They tell me the only way you could find a place to fish for walleye at the Webster Reservoir was to elbow someone out of the way.” Jim Riedel: “If they slap on any more taxes, I won’t have anything left of my paycheck.” Howard Webster: “It’s best never to take any chance of not staying on the good side of your wife.” Irene Holland: “Really am disappointed that Pat Paulsen did not get any votes in the New Hampshire primary.”

Next Tuesday, the local United Telephone Exchange will be host to the managers and owners of independent exchanges of this district. The district comprises all the counties west of Jewell and Mitchell Counties. The program includes questions about all phases of telephone work, round table talks, operator’s school, and other topics. There are more than 150 exchanges in the district, and it is expected that there will be more than 100 telephone people here for the meeting which will take place in the assembly room of the courthouse and will be an all-day affair.

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Taten Pulec was the 2010 Kansas Kids State Champion in his 12 and Under Division for folkstyle wrestling at the Kansas Kid Championship Tournament in Topeka. Dr.

Even with the dates of the Rooks County Fair’s annual meeting five months away, J. Q. Adams, the association’s secretary, is a busy man. In the past month, he had contracted for a significant portion of the free acts and other entertainment. Again, Mr. Adams is pleased to secure the Kilties Band of Beaver City, Nebraska.

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Thomas and Ruth Ann Bigge were named as the 2009 Kansas Master Farmer/Master Farm Homemaker at a banquet held at the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel in Junction City. They were also to be honored at the Kansas State Fair in September.