The election for a bond issue for the Webster consolidated school district carried with a nice majority, and the community is assured of an auditorium building. Considerable interest was shown throughout the day in polling votes, and at closing time, the records showed a total of 224 votes. Of this number, 130 voted for the bonds, 89 against the proposition, and five votes were thrown out for being illegal. The issue called for a $5,000.00 bond to erect an auditorium and community hall. Construction will commence after the bonds are approved and plans are worked out. It is expected to have the building completed in time for the school opening this fall.

Ken and Maxine Bates attended the graduation of their granddaughter, Brittany Bates, from Fairfield University in Connecticut. They also spent a short time in Iowa in the home of their daughter, Dee and grandsons Tyson and Kale Wicks, as well as several days in Chevy Chase Maryland in the home of their son, Brad, and his wife, Kim.

* And So They Say: Ellen Farr: “Martin Luther King and I were in Denver at the same time, but he made the headlines and I didn’t.” Clark Stocking: “It seems mighty funny to me, but no matter how many clothes a woman has hanging in her clothes closet, she never has a thing to wear.” Iva Lee Bennett: “My goal for the summer is to get my kids clothes all ironed before school starts in September.” Francis Cadoret: “I don’t know why they don’t keep school going through the summer.”

Guilty of burglary and also of grand larceny was the verdicts of the jury in the case of the State vs. Verle Adams, charged with those crimes. A complaint had been filed against him in February for charging him with breaking into and stealing from a granary of A.G. Schneider’s, south of Webster of 68 bushels and ten pounds of wheat. At that time he had been placed under a $2,000.00 bond for his appearance in District Court.

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183Laneshadpresented Doug and Kori Bigge with a check for $1,500.00 as the result of a No Tap Tournament where there were 99 participants. Owners Jerry and Patti Sterling donated the lineage fees back to the Bigges to help with medical expenses.

* And So They Say: Curley Walker when asked how his fishing was going: “I haven’t had time to fish. I had to plant my watermelons three times.” Bill Gouldman: “If you eat lots of horseradish, you’ll be healthy.” Red Hagan: “There’s nothing quite like being with a bunch of Boy Scouts for a few days.” Karen Wiklund: “I wish people would put diapers on their dogs.” Nellie Kern: “Larry thought he came home for a vacation, but I put him to work remodeling my house.”

Mrs. Henry C. Fleak, the wife of editor Fleak of the Plainville Times, passed away at her sister’s home in Iola, Kansas. Mrs. Fleak had been in poor health for several months. For a time, she was in the Hays Hospital, where she made some improvement. She was brought to her home later and then taken to her sister’s. The malady— Bright’s Disease and high blood pressure—had gained such inroads to her health that she could not overcome the effects. Mr. Fleak was at his wife’s bedside at the time of her death.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Kansas State University All-American and former NFL Green Bay Packer Verl Switzer was the guest speaker at the Stockton Awards Banquet. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kank Atwood, Jacksonville, Fla, who had served in WWII, swore in his great-grandnephew, Thomas Jay Atwood, to serve in the Air Force for four years.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “It’s awfully hard to convince the kids that it’s time to go to bed while the sun is still shining.” Linda Turnbull: “Sunday was the first time I ever went to a party empty handed and came home with a car full of loot.” Lionel Carter: “There are several places of business which won’t let me in because I flapped my mouth in front of a Record reporter.” Freddie Baughman: “My stockings run, but I don’t.” * The Stockton Chapter of the Future Farmers of America was named a Gold Emblem Chapter again, being one of the 17 chapters in the state to receive the coveted award. Receiving the State Farmers Degrees from the local chapter were Brent Casad, Alton Hazen, Eldon Kriley, Robert Lowry, and Kerry Maddy.