Yesteryear
What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago
The Maris Store is this week inaugurating a gigantic sale in order to reduce the stock of merchandise. This popular and resourceful store is one of the fixed business firms of Stockton, carrying standard brands of merchandise.
56 Years Ago
* And So They Say: Kenneth Orr: “I farm for my recreation.” Doyle Cook: “I know I will never live in another place which is as friendly as Stockton.” Ed Baxter: “I don’t know what Bump Arrington does with his copy of the Record. He can’t read.
Looking Back
Kriley Farms and Cletus Graf brought in the first loads of wheat to the Farmers Union Elevator in Stockton and the Woodston Coop, respectively. The test weights were averaging about 60 plus, with the moisture content dry.
What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago
On June 17th, the special election to vote on whether or not we will have a one mil tax for band purposes instead of the present levy of one half mil will be held.
56 Years Ago
* And So They Say: Dean King: “I’m really in a bad way. I don’t even know any gossip.” C. R. Scott: “I’d better not say which of Lucille’s alumni reunion anniversaries we attended, as we are neither of us over 39.
Looking Back
The County’s oil valuation was down 38% from the year before. Butch Post had been hired s the new Emergency Management Preparedness Director for Rooks County.
56 Years Ago
* And So They Say: Jerry Riseley: “You just can’t hire friends and it’s about time our country is finding that out.” Marion Hamit: “I can tell anyone anything I know in thirty seconds.” Judge Gilbert: “I’m not supposed to tell you all the news—you’re supposed to guess at some of it.
