The Stockton National Bank has purchased the building formerly occupied by the National State Bank of Stockton the past week and will move to the new location within the next few days. It expects to open for business in the new quarters on Monday. Remodeling work is progressing satisfactorily in the new location, and the gold letters of “The Stockton National Bank” have already replaced those in the window of the failed institution. The Stockton National has sold its present building to Butler & Vallette, who rented it to the Carpenter Quality Store. Mr. Carpenter will move from the Oscar Gibbs building as soon as the bank building can be remodeled into a store, which will be about June 1st. While the financial part of the transaction has not been made public, it is understood the Stockton National Bank didn’t need to expend more than a few thousand dollars to make the transfer. The National State building was modernized with new vaults and built-in equipment only a few years ago, and the board of directors of the Stockton National felt that they could better afford the new location than spend thousands of dollars and a lot of time in modernizing their building. As part of the same transaction, the Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Associations purchased their present store location, which they have rented for several years, from the National State Bank. The Farmers Store will now be in its own building. The purchase was made from Harald Nomland, the receiver of the National State, and includes only the first floor and basement of the bank building, as the Masonic Fraternity owns the second floor of the entire building.

* And So They Say: Eula Guthrie (to the person that took her garden hand tools): “I wasn’t through with them.” Wilma Johnston (Saturday): “I wish I could remember who it was who told me they would help me clean up the mud in the post office lobby if it rained.” Leta Bouchey: “I should never try to hurry. I hurry so slow.” George Riffel: “Last Thursday I used an ultimatum to the Record reporter that she have it rain or else be run out of town. It rained.”

The Stockton VFW named Elvera Beiker of Plainville the Community Volunteer of the Year. J. T. Plummer, Alvy Beck, John Berkley, and Charles Dougherty presented Beiker with a plaque and pin signifying her over 5,000 hours of volunteer services.

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Chas. W. Coolbaugh was unanimously elected Stockton City School District Clerk at the annual school meeting. F. E Richmond, the present clerk, was not a candidate for re-election and could not be present at the meeting. Only forty voters were in attendance. The meeting voted a levy equal to 13 mills or approximately $21,000.00 for the expenses of the schools for the coming year. The wages of the teachers and janitors amount to about $2.600.00 a month or $130.00 for each school day.

The City of Stockton approved building a new medical clinic in Stockton. Lauriele Calvin and Dominic Antonini announced that Carousel Bakery and Café was to open in May.

* And So They Say: Dean King: “Sometimes, the less you know about your relatives, the better off you are.” Ira Hazen: “The pheasant hunters are getting thicker. I got nine beer bottles off my lawn early this morning—six Falstaff and three Coors.” Bill Gouldman: “I built my wife a nice sewing cabinet, and now I’m going to try to get her to take up sewing.” Lee Phelps: “So much of the really interesting stuff just isn’t for publication.”

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* And So They Say: Floyd Lightfoot: “I always like to read the Record in the barber shop and save wear and tear on the one I get at home.” Lee Phelps: “There are really only 36 people in Stockton who will have the right to complain if they don’t like the way the City is run this year.” Rhada Hutton: “I think the wind blew all the fish away this weekend.” Pete Harding: “It won’t be long until my new grandson can say, ‘grandpa.’” * Over three hundred persons attended the annual Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Association meeting and barbecue at the Stockton City Auditorium. Governor Robert Docking was the principal speaker.