56 Years Ago
SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR..1967
* And So They Say: Red Hagan: “I’m one hundred percent for the kids of this town.” John Wells: “Nice weather isn’t getting us what we need.” George Riffel: “I’ve seen a lot of places, but there just aren’t many that can begin to compare with Stockton. The only trouble is that Stockton doesn’t toot its own horn enough.”
* The Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company had opened for business in its new location in the McMillen building on the north side of Main Street in the 400 block.
* Mrs. Janet Thacker had died early on Thursday morning as the result of injuries she had suffered when she was thrown from a motorcycle on which she was a passenger the night of June 16th. After the accident, she had been rushed to the Kansas University hospital in Kansas City, where the doctors did everything possible, but to no avail. Several weeks later, she was brought to the Plainville Hospital where she remained until her passing. She had never regained consciousness.
* The past week had been a dangerous one for the small fry of the community. One-year-old Barry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baxter, drank some furniture polish and had to have his stomach pumped. Four-year-old Monique, daughter of Mrs. Joan Santilli, had fallen off a slippery slide, and three stitches were required to close a gash under her lower lip. She also injured a tooth. Two-year-old Charlene, daughter of Von Scarrow, had received a nasty gash over her eye when she fell on the steps at a neighbor’s home. Three stitches were required to close the wound.
* The Stockton Chamber of Commerce finally had an office located in the front room of the Record building. It was hoped that the office would afford a clearing house for all kinds of community problems. Mrs. Myrna Kincaid was the secretary.
* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: Our idea of heaven is a place without alarm clocks. And while on the subject of alarm clocks, the music which comes out of them is just as disagreeable as the jangle which came out of the old-fashioned kind.
* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: The Rooks County Free Fair Association planned to sponsor a queen contest. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poore were to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary. Elaine Dryden had won the Arion Award. Webster’s Supermarket was advertising Kool-Aid at 4¢ a package.
* On sale at Glenn’s Mr. AG Store were beef liver for 49¢ a pound, Prell Shampoo for 47¢ a bottle, ten red Delicious apples for 49¢, and five frozen Shurfrost meat pies for 99¢.
* Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Turnbull had announced the engagement of their daughter, Linda Sue, to Donald Joseph Normandin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Normandin of Damar.
* Showing at the Park Drive-In were the movies “Torn Curtain,” starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, and “The Appaloosa,” starring Marlon Brando and John Saxon.
