56 Years Ago

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1963

* And So They Say: Mrs. Ben Niermeier: “The most exciting thing I did over the weekend was to pick up hailstones.” Chuck Ostmeyer: “I’m not taking chances of running out of ice this summer. I put a couple of bags of hailstones in the deep freeze.”

* The community was bombarded on Sunday evening by large hailstones, but almost miraculously, not too much damage was done. Many of the stones were as large as baseballs, although not perfectly round. They were extremely jagged as a rule and appeared to be made of many small hailstones fused together. That was probably one reason why there was no more damage as they had probably formed not too far above the earth. The big factor however, was the fact that there was no wind. So the big stones just fell straight down. A lot of cars received dents and many roofs took a beating. Many stones measured more than ten inches in circumference with a few measuring 11 1/2 inches. A few old-timers told of a hailstorm with stones as big as a baby’s head, but no date had been determined of when it was for sure.

* Tragedy shocked and saddened the town when death came to one of its finest young men. Richard Dix died after a large tractor overturned on him. The accident occurred one mile south of the Mt. Pleasant church northwest of Stockton and about six miles from the farm on which he had been living near Logan. Richard had left home to pull a oneway to another piece of land that he farmed. The road he usually used was closed for bridge repairs, so he had traveled a road not familiar to him. When he got to a deadend, he was evidently traveling too fast to make the turn. The one-way swung across the road and the tractor upset. Harley Ross of Plainville discovered the tragedy.

* A black Angus cow belonging to John Russ, Jr. had produced her sixteenth calf at the age of 18, and that was quite a record. John had purchased the cow at a dispersal sale in the early years of his 4-H activities. He kept all her heifer calves, which also turned out to be good producers.

* Twenty-one of Mrs. K.N. Pauley’s piano pupils presented a recital on April 12th at the Christian Church. They were Ronnie Ives, Betty Gilbert, Brenda Jo Hunter, Randy Ives, Cella Jo Sheffer, Dianna Lambert, Becky Jo Jarrett, Debra Hrabe, Susan Allen, Sara Jo Marshall, Johnny Eades, Derek Sheffer, Ricky Ives, Jeri Keiswetter, Cinda Bigge, Rhonda Miller, Pha Aline Baxter, Rhonda Williams, Janice Sutton, Karol Farr and Janie Sutton.

* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: It isn’t time that tells away a woman’s age—it’s the gals she went to school with.

* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: The mobile chest x-ray machine was to be in Stockton. A new postal regulation was ordering the post office to close at noon on Saturdays and remain closed the rest of the day. The mercury had soared to 96 degrees on April 22nd.

* On sale at Slansky IGA were two heads of lettuce for 29¢, three cans of Good Value sliced peaches for $1.00, Miracle Whip salad dressing for 57¢ a quart and three cans of IGA chunk style tuna for 89¢.

* Showing at the Park Drive-In were the movies “Charade” starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, and “The Traitors” starring Patrick Allen.