Yesteryear

The J. P. Vallette Cash Store was broken into Monday night, and merchandise of about $200.00 was taken. A pane of glass from the rear door was removed, permitting the robbers to unlock the door.

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SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Lee Phelps: “I’ll always have money because I embedded a nickel in my new sidewalk.” John B. Smith: “Up in Maine, all the houses in the small towns and the country look like they had just been freshly painted the day before.” C.

A wedding of more than usual interest was solemnized in the Methodist church on September 29th when Miss Lena Lambert was united in marriage to Mr. Hugh W. Bigge on the golden wedding anniversary of the grandparents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Lambert.

Marc Muller, a Swiss engineer traveling around the world in a unique solar- and wind-powered car, was in Stockton, drawing a lot of attention on Main Street.

* And So They Say: Judge Gilbert: “I fall down every time I stub my toe, and when I try to save my back, I hurt my elbow, so you can’t win for losing.” Elton Smith: “You don’t have to be capable to get your name on the ballot, even though it’s just a popularity contest.

Motorists from the west of North 40 Tuesday morning brought the information that a Packard car had been wrecked and, as a result, caught fire and burned that morning at a point about 20 miles west of Stockton.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The SHS Homecoming Queen and King were MaryLynn Griebel and Jon Bellerive. Quinling Li from Zheng Zhou, China, was a foreign exchange student with Doug and Stacy Keas as her host family for the year.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Howard Webster: “As old as I am, it looks like I would know more than I do.” Ollie Ochampaugh: “Well, fall is here—but it turned out to be just some more summer.” Martha Cramer: “The more I sleep, the more I yawn.” Reid Baxter: “I don’t hear much news.