56 Years Ago
SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR...1966
* And So They Say: Harold Stice: “Hound Dog Stewart had his prayers answered when he had a blessed event of eleven Bassett hound pups at his home last week.” W. McCaslin: “Kansas State University only has two plays—a lateral and a fumble.” Ira Hazen: “Well, at least I accomplished another birthday last week.” Dave Oyer: “That football game with Osborne was worth getting a little bit cold for.”
* A total of $735.00 was realized from the Goblins’ Glory Auction. Gary Dix of Alton was the auctioneer for the event with Ruth Hrabe crowned as Queen and Kenton Miller as King. Crown bearers were freshmen FFA members Roland Kriley and Ricky Lowry.
* A fire at the Les Eckart house southwest of Stockton had been discovered on a Sunday afternoon by a neighbor. James Reidel and the Plainville Rural Fire Department had been summoned. A tractor, Jim Reidel’s trailer house and an old trailer house belonging to the Eckarts had gone up in the blaze. Before the fire truck got there, the owners had fought the fire as best they could with a small bucket brigade. A good many personal belongings were destroyed along with the two trailers. No one lived on the farm, but both the Eckart and Reidel families spent a good deal of time out there. Although it was not known for certain how the fire started, it was believed that it started from some sparks which may have been smoldering in the old trailer house in which Jim had done some welding earlier on that day.
* The Halloween Costume Parade,sponsored by the Monroe-Taylor-Barnes Auxiliary of the VFW had proved to be a delightful affair. There were 120 children who took part and the costumes were all so cute it was hard for the judges to make their decisions. First prize of $3.00 went to Shelly Conn and Shannon Krysl, who were Tarzan and Jane; second prize of $2.00 went to the Robert Sooby children for a Batman entry, and the Jackie Swaney children took the third place prize of $1.00 for a Freddy the Freeloader entry.
* Mr. and Mrs. Albert Muir were the parents of a son, Ricky Lee, born on October 30th.
* Guy Rhoades had announced the opening of a New and Used Furniture Store located in the Arrington building. Mr. Rhoades had formerly owned a store in Downs. The family had moved to the Byerly place a mile east of Stockton.
* Mrs. Karen Stanton had announced the opening of a beauty shop just west of the Sunset Café. Karen had been an operator at Alma’s Beauty Shop for over five years and had quite a large following.
* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: Those high prices, which seemed so appalling a few decades ago, would be quite appealing today.
* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: All hunting was to be banned in the state after November 5th because of the drought. The interior of the courthouse was being redecorated with Belisles of Damar doing the work. The Rebekah Drill team was to demonstrate at a two-state conclave at Wichita.
* Mr. and Mrs. Russell Casad had spent the week on a vacation trip through the Ozarks. They visited around Brentwood, Mo. where her grandfather lived, but found the house gone and a new highway through the area.
* Capt. Ned Colburn had returned to London, England after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Colburn and his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hilgers, of Plainville, who had been ill. It had been three years since he had been home. He was stationed at headquarters of the Third Air Force in London.
* Terry Odle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Odle, was a member of the third place KSU Collegiate meat judging team at the American Royal in Kansas City. He was second individual in lamb grading; fourth in lamb judging; and eleventh overall.
* Jamie Roskilly, a Stockton senior at Fort Hays State College, had organized and was managing an intra-mural football team at the college. Jamie’s team had tied for third place in the final playoff. The team had a five win and one loss record during the school year, losing 14-7 in their last game during the finals. Other Stockton boys who played on the team were: Gale Hutton, Bob McCue and Bob Williams, Joe Oller from Woodston and Fred Pratt from Hill City.
* Showing at the Nova Theatre were the movies, “A Big Hand For The Little Lady,” starring Henry Fonda and Joanne Woodward, and “Ride Beyond Vengeance,” starring Chuck Connors.
* On sale at Oyer Food Market were a two-pound jar of Western Maid grape jam for 44¢, ten rolls of Lydia Grey (white or pink) toilet tissue for 79¢, celery hearts for 29¢ a package, and pure pork sausage for 45¢ a pound.
