Yesteryear

Body * And So They Say: Postmaster Pat Reed: “Some people still expect to mail letters for a nickel.” Lt. Ronald Novotny (in Vietnam): “I got the box of cookies from the Lioness Club, and believe, me, they were certainly appreciated.

Body A 20% chance of thunderstorms during the weekend turned into a ferocious storm in the Stockton and Woodston areas on Saturday night— heavy rain and hail, with the bulk coming in during an hour-and-a-half stretch.

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Body * And So They Say: John Lawson; “Rain is getting closer every day.” Hazel Larson: “The new sign at the Maris Store makes the rest of Main Street look sort of small-townish.” Dean King: “Poor old dad isn’t good for much except to pay the bills.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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”

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body * 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.