On June 17th, the special election to vote on whether or not we will have a one mil tax for band purposes instead of the present levy of one half mil will be held. The band is one of the best advertising mediums of Stockton as evidence by the great crowds that came from near and far to hear the weekly concerts last summer. During the past four years from $1,200.00 to $1,800.00 has been raised for band purposes among the business firms and professional men of Stockton, each individual paying from $15.00 to $30.00 for the six months’ season, and for the past three years about $600.00 has been raised by the one-half mil levy.

* And So They Say: Dean King: “I’m really in a bad way. I don’t even know any gossip.” C. R. Scott: “I’d better not say which of Lucille’s alumni reunion anniversaries we attended, as we are neither of us over 39.” Frank Adams: “Every time a cloud comes asy a time getting my magazines changed to my new address as I did my Rooks County Record.”

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The County’s oil valuation was down 38% from the year before. Butch Post had been hired s the new Emergency Management Preparedness Director for Rooks County.

* And So They Say: Jerry Riseley: “You just can’t hire friends and it’s about time our country is finding that out.” Marion Hamit: “I can tell anyone anything I know in thirty seconds.” Judge Gilbert: “I’m not supposed to tell you all the news—you’re supposed to guess at some of it.” Effie Lewin: “When I come home after just going to the grocery store, I can see how the weeds have grown.”

The electrical storm accompanying a heavy dash of rain Tuesday evening of last week did considerable damage to farmers southeast of Stockton. M. J. Schmitz lost a horse and a yearling colt, the two animals apparently standing side by side as the horse’s body fell across that of the colt. Wire cuts severely damaged two other colts in the field. Mr. Schmitz highly prized these two colts, and now injuries may prove defective. A cow belonging to Carl Liberty on the Fred Simons farm was also killed the same night by lightning.

Stockton sixth-grade student Richard Schleicher had won the National “Fight The Bite’” poster contest he had entered. The contest, which was sponsored by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and the DEET Education Program had invited fifth-and sixthgrade students to create posters that encouraged children and adults to protect themselves against mosquito and tick bites, and the diseases they cause. Art teacher Barb Hensonhaddecidedtouse the contest as a class project. It wasn’t surprising to know that Richard’s entry post boasted a boy riding a mosquito, much like a bullrider would, holding a can of spray DEET. Richard was honored in Atlanta with the expenses paid for his entire family to witness the award ceremony, where Richard was the recipient of an award plaque and a $1,000.00 U. S. Savings Bond. Anna Hahn won a state award with her entry of a camping ground complete with a yellow tent and a boy standing in front of it while his dad is spraying a can of DEET. The slogan read, “I can’t believe that I can avoid mosquitoes.”

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What We Do People often wonder what a county historical society and museum does with their time and effort. Yes, items are collected and then stored for future generations.