Yesteryear

LEADING THE 1989 ROOKS COUNTY FREE FAIR PARADE.

* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “One thing you can always expect on a trip is trouble.” Judge Gilbert: “It looks like most laws these days are just to protect the criminals.

Jessie James and the Lost Trailers were the headliners for the Rooks County Free Fair. Some of her songs that reached the Billboard 200 Chart were “Wanted,” “My Cowboy,” and “I Look So Good.”

Phillip Morin, 23, of Damar, was almost instantly killed yesterday morning when his car, stalled on the Union Pacific tracks, was struck by a freight train about two miles from Damar. The automobile was carried for a distance of 200 feet and demolished.

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SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Ken Bates: “Our biggest news is that we will be celebrating our first anniversary of being in business for ourselves next week.” Lu Slansky: “When I get tired, I’m not just tired—my feet hurt.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The entire Stockton area was saddened when they heard of the tragic drowning accident, which took the life of three-year-old Phoenix Wise, son of Brian and Nicole Wise.

* And So They Say: Bill Bedore: “It isn’t the heat that’s getting me down this summer—it’s the gnats.” Leo Bird: “Making a hole in one is a thrill that comes only once in a lifetime— and sometimes not that often.

The latest oil test to be made in Rooks County is the well being drilled in the exact center of NE1/4 of 21-8-19 on land owned by Dick Silvers. The drilling is progressing rapidly, and reports state that the hole is down by 925 feet. This well is being drilled by A. E. Creeley of Russell and H. K.