Elam Bartholomew left last Friday via Phillipsburg for Denver to attend the funeral in that city of the late Professor Ellsworth Bethel, state botanist of Colorado. For the past 26 years, Mr. Bartholomew has been intimately associated with Professor Bethel in botanical work in Colorado and California, and the warm friendship existing between these two men was of the David and Jonathan type, and beautiful in its character. Professor Bethel passed over at the rather immature age of 62 years. He was a gentleman, a Christian, and a scholar, and one of the most thorough mycologists in America, and his fame was worldwide. Mr. Bartholomew sincerely mourns the loss of this true and tried friend.

Valley View was celebrating its 30th anniversary with an Open House on September 27th. The public was invited to stop by, tour the facility, and meet the tenants, board members and director Nancy Becker.

* And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “If you think it’s easy to find anyone to do any work, just try it some time.” Ilah Suhr: “I couldn’t believe it when my sister called me from Wilcox, Nebraska on Sunday by dialing direct. She was experimenting to see how the new system worked.” Richard Pinnick: “Stockton and Osborne have the two nicest football fields and stadiums in the state.” Bump Arrington: “People either aren’t very patriotic or else they don’t read the Record. I only counted three flags out on Citizenship Day.”

RIP POORE.

In a thrilling 15-inning diamond battle at Plainville last Sunday, Stockton was victorious by the score of 4 to 3. The game was one of the most exciting and interesting games seen in this section of the country for many a day. Tense moments and spectacular plays followed one another in rapid succession, and the outcome was ever in doubt until the final out was made. In fact, it seemed that darkness would put a stop to the contest before a winner was decided as it would only have been possible to play one or two more innings. Joe Pauley was the winning pitcher, going the full 15 innings for Stockton, while Wise and Shupp were on the firing line for Plainville. Wise worked the first eight innings and Shupp the last seven. The victory was Stockton’s fifteenth out of seventeen games played in the Rooks-Graham League. In the fifteenth, Coolbaugh lead off for Stockton with a clean single over second and went to second on a short passed ball. Burlin grounded down the third baseline and was out at first. Coolbaugh went to third on the play. Hindman grounded hotly to Giggey and Coolbaugh scored the winning run with Hindman safe at first when the third baseman juggled the ball momentarily. Hindman stole second, but was stranded when Case fanned with Plainville coming up to bat to finish out the inning. Pauley pitched brilliantly in the last half of the fifteenth. Giggey grounded weakly to Pauley and was out at first. R. Wise was safe at first when Flint dropped his pop fly. L. Wise struck out for the sixth time. Reddick worked the count to three and two and Pauley sent the next one down the alley with all he had. Reddick swung and missed, and the game was over.

Highway Maintenance Supervisor Merl Dunning officially retired from his position with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) after 22 years of service. The six-month nationwide search for the new Rooks County Health Center (RCH) CEP culminated in the hiring of Michael Sinclair from Artesia, N.

* And So They Say: Wilma Johnston: “Things are pretty quiet at our house now—in fact, things are just like they were when we started our home 21 years ago—no kids.” Palco man: “I hear that Stockton doesn’t have a football team, that it’s a machine.” Betty Cadoret: “Now that I’m back at work, maybe the men will stay on the job.” Mrs. Ray Schindler: “I’ve never ridden on a train or a plane, and only once on a bus.”

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Karen Spielbusch had an adventure of a lifetime when she bagged an elk at Star Mountain Ranch in Nephi, Utah. The SCI score was 365.7/8.

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