* And So They Say: Curley Walker when asked how his fishing was going: “I haven’t had time to fish. I had to plant my watermelons three times.” Bill Gouldman: “If you eat lots of horseradish, you’ll be healthy.” Red Hagan: “There’s nothing quite like being with a bunch of Boy Scouts for a few days.” Karen Wiklund: “I wish people would put diapers on their dogs.” Nellie Kern: “Larry thought he came home for a vacation, but I put him to work remodeling my house.”

Mrs. Henry C. Fleak, the wife of editor Fleak of the Plainville Times, passed away at her sister’s home in Iola, Kansas. Mrs. Fleak had been in poor health for several months. For a time, she was in the Hays Hospital, where she made some improvement. She was brought to her home later and then taken to her sister’s. The malady— Bright’s Disease and high blood pressure—had gained such inroads to her health that she could not overcome the effects. Mr. Fleak was at his wife’s bedside at the time of her death.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Kansas State University All-American and former NFL Green Bay Packer Verl Switzer was the guest speaker at the Stockton Awards Banquet. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kank Atwood, Jacksonville, Fla, who had served in WWII, swore in his great-grandnephew, Thomas Jay Atwood, to serve in the Air Force for four years.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “It’s awfully hard to convince the kids that it’s time to go to bed while the sun is still shining.” Linda Turnbull: “Sunday was the first time I ever went to a party empty handed and came home with a car full of loot.” Lionel Carter: “There are several places of business which won’t let me in because I flapped my mouth in front of a Record reporter.” Freddie Baughman: “My stockings run, but I don’t.” * The Stockton Chapter of the Future Farmers of America was named a Gold Emblem Chapter again, being one of the 17 chapters in the state to receive the coveted award. Receiving the State Farmers Degrees from the local chapter were Brent Casad, Alton Hazen, Eldon Kriley, Robert Lowry, and Kerry Maddy.

APRIL 23RD AND 24TH.

A chicken house on the Fred Wickland place east of town burned last Friday night. The loss was not so great to Fred as was the fact that nearly 100 little chickens perished in the fire. Fred knew nothing of the fire until sometime during the night when he answered a knock at the door and a passing motorist, who had discovered the building afire, reported the blaze. The fire was under too much headway to save the building or even attempt to rescue the chickens. The building caught fire, it is thought, from a brooder that was furnishing heat for the little chicks.

* And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “I think Loyalty Day is a good thing. This country could stand a little more loyalty.” Vivian Van Horn: “Some people are always late. They’d be late at their own funerals.” Velma Bedore: “This crazy weather—only 24 hours between the air conditioner and furnace.” Harold Maddy: “No telling what you will see the first day of May. A car coming in from the north stopped at the stoplight, and a big hunk of ice and snow fell off from underneath it.”

The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, held at the Rooks County Fairgrounds for third and fourth graders from area schools, had been held. Seventy-eight students from Stockton, Palco, and Sacred Heart Grade Schools attended. It was an entire day spent learning how to be safe around the farm and at home.

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