56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Mary Stewart: “I am scared to death every time I go to a basketball game, but they always come out all right. Lillian Stithem: “I’m not saying which anniversary of my 39th birthday this is.” Jo Carmichael: “If there are no such things as flying saucers, they’ve certainly got an awful lot of pictures of them to be nothing.” Doyle Cook: “I don’t know why I should take down our Christmas decorations until everyone else has theirs down.”

* The tentative date for taking bids for the Home for the Aged was set for early in February, and after the contracts were let, the work was to start very soon after the approval. The site for the facility was located just south of the Health Center and had already been staked out. When Dr. William Votapka, Lloyd Hollern and Lloyd Lala had been in Topeka to meet with the State Board of Health, the plans had been approved with a few minor changes.

* The meeting of patrons and the Board of Unified School District 269 had been held at the Palco High School for the purpose of discussing the problems resulting from the proposal to close the Damar High School and transport the pupils to Palco had resolved nothing. Leonard Schamber, who was the spokesman for two members of the Damar Board, had stated they would never send their children to the Palco school, while the majority of the board members refused to back up on their opinion that the District could not afford to operate two high schools. Schamber did not deny the legality of the decision, but did not feel that the closing was required as he pointed out that there Methodist Church now stands and was used for a church by the Methodist people for some time. It was later sold to private parties. In 1880 the stone building was erected. The school population greatly increased so that other buildings were rented were 150 high schools in the state with smaller enrollments than Damar that were operating. He also disagreed with the four board members as to the District’s ability to support two high schools.

* There had been quite a large crowd of women who had visited Karen’s Beauty Shop during the Grand Opening. The lucky women who received prizes were Nancy Leffel, permanent; Dorothy Carsten, shampoo and set; and Eula Guthrie, hair cut.

* From The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: Maybe you don’t think you drive too fast. But to be honest now, don’t you always find yourself taking your foot off the gas when you think you see the highway patrol?

* Looking Backward Fourteen Years Ago: A small majority had voted on Bonds for a new school building at Webster. Damage amounting to about $500.00 had resulted from an explosion at the Touslee Motor Company. Paul Marshall had been employed as sales manager at the Lamoreaux Motor Company, and the Marshalls were moving back to Stockton from Kansas City.

* The engagement of Miss Lucille Corwin to Raymond Kriley of Stockton had been announced.

* Miss Regina Diane Blackburn had become the bride of Donald E. McDowell on December 10th in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Phillipsburg. Reverend Jesse Shaw performed the double ring ceremony.

* On sale at Webster’s Supermarket were ground beef for 47¢ a pound, three Tom Thumb frozen dinners for $1.00, a gallon of Bestyet milk for 99¢, and Brach’s chocolate peanut clusters for 49¢ a pound package.

* Showing at the Nova Theatre were the movies “Bellboy” starring Jerry Lewis and “Kaleidoscope” starring Warren Beatty and Susannah York.

from time to time. In 1907 the new Globe Building was built. The building served as the town’s grade school until 1941. The location is believed to be on South Elm Street near where the Scout House was constructed at a later date.