Looking Back
What Was Going On 14 Years Ago
This edition of the Stockton Sentinel, published Dec. 25, 2008, featured the Thirteenth Annual Offering of “Santa’s ‘Deer Ones,” with 326 pictures of loved ones in a special 36-page insert!
There were three new homes in Stockton as a result of a cooperative project between Northwest Kansas Housing in Hill City, Solomon Valley Homes, LP, Rooks County Economic Development, and the State of Kansas. The Northwest Kansas Housing is a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) formed under the umbrella of the Northwest Kansas Planning and Development Commission of Hill City. CHDO has completed previous projects in Norton, Ellis, Russell and Smith Center, with Plainville and Stockton now benefiting from the organization’s housing program. Just in time for Christmas, On Dec. 13th, Sam and Susan Romo, and their children Danielle, Evan and Angelo, moved into the first of three new homes built in Stockton. The Romos are in one of the dwellings with a full basement.
Showing at the Nova Theatre was “Twilight.”
An obituary was published for Harold L. Casillas (1944).
Margerete Lowe announced the arrival of a new great-grandson, Justin Michael, born Dec. 10, 2008, to Mike and Kris Broxterman of Loveland, Colo.
Danae Joy Chesney was born Dec. 13, 2008, to Scott Chesney and Amanda Rogers of Pratt. Local grandparents are Mike and Sandi Rogers, and Kent and Sue Chesney, all of Stockton.
And So They Say — Nila Denton: “I heard from Michael, and he and Tracy got back from Nairobi.” Donna Swaney: “The cold weather doesn’t bother me as much as the icy roads.”
Looking Back, What Was Going on 14 Years Ago (1994) — The death of Cathleen Glassman during a Cesarean delivery at Hays Medical Center was ruled accidental. Genevieve Hrabe was the lucky winner of the Winter Vacation Giveaway by Stockton merchants: a trip to the Ice Capades in Salina. Delmar Mongeau, Zurich, presented the County with a bill for $10,000.00 for “damages” he said they did to his sandpit in 1987. There was an earthquake in Castle Rock, Colo., on Christmas Day.
56 Years Ago, Spotlighting the Year... 1952 — The Lions Club assembled, packed and distributed ten baskets of food and other articles to families around town. (From ASTS) Mail carrier Charles Baxter: “I guess I’ll have to get out my sled and reindeer.” Chuck Allen: “I have my Christmas dinner solved. I shot a coyote Sunday.” Mrs. Paul Silvers: “Christmas and Paul’s birthday come on the same day, so we have a double celebration.” J.C. Penney’s Clear-Away sale included the entire stock of women’s winter coats on sale for $21 to $23; Chenille bedspreads for $4; quilted housecoats for $5; and women’s dresses priced at $2, $3 and $4.
What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago (1910) — Twenty-five Kansas banks had been looted by robbers in the past 90 days. The Kansas Bankers Association had decided to join hands with the anti-horse thief league. It was recommended that the legislature put a bounty of $1,000.00 a head on bank robbers, dead or alive. Earl Ward, 30 years old, who on Dec. 15 robbed the Bank of Paradise, securing $2,500.00, killed himself when surrounded by a posse of farmers 14 miles north of that place. Ward’s suicide came as a climax to oneofthemostsensational robberies in Central-Western Kansas in recent years. He had made a hard ride for liberty, but as the farmers over the entire section had been notified by telephone, the posse easily picked up his trail. When surrounded, he immediately placed a revolver at each side of his head, one in each hand, and sent two bullets into his brain, killing himself instantly. The men searched his clothing and found $882.82. What became of the remainder of the $2,500 is a mystery.
