* The basketball championship contest was held in Hays, with teams selected from this part of the country competing in the big affair. A number of games were played, and the Plainville boys stayed right in there to the last and emerged with the championship hanging to their belts.

* The newly elected Plainville Chamber of Commerce officers were Max Hutton, Harry Gilbert, Floyd Wheeler, Dan Nelson, Don Languein, and Paul Hancock. * A $5,000.00 grant from the Kansas Bicentennial Committee assured the restoration of the historic Ash Rock Congregational Church.

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From 15 Years Ago 2011 * The Plainville City Council had signed Resolution #144, approving working with USDA Rural Development to fund a receiver box for a storm siren for the City of Plainville. * Cornerstone Building and Design was scheduled to begin land preparation at the new Stockton Medical Clinic.

* And So They Say: Gisela Eckart: 'We are all going to have to pay more taxes when they scare everyone out of smoking and we have to make up what we get in cigarette tax revenue.' Hazel Larson: 'I think Pudy and I were the only two people in the world who ever went to Las Vegas and didn't spend a nickel gambling.' Gerry Wehrli: 'We didn't do anything this weekend except work on our income tax and yell at each other.' Mrs. Barney LeSage: “What a surprise to be charivaried by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Maddy Saturday night on our wedding anniversary.'

Stockton's fire and ambulance building had gotten a new facelift, with new paint, cable TV, and murals. The City wells were being upgraded with a new electrical system.

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* Mr. Williams, one of the drillers at the Bemis well, had a very severe accident last week when he was hit across the head by a piece of pipe.

* The flu, or variations of it, was hitting Plainville in full force. Reports from local schools and the Plainville Rural Hospital indicated that the bug was spreading.

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