Looking Back
What Was Going
On 14 Years Ago
The Stockton Tigers were crowned the MCEL Basketball Tournament Champions following their win over the Ellis Railers on Jan. 12, 2006. Team members were: Gabe Duncan, Carlos Gallaway, Shane Dunning, Clayton Becker, Brian Montgomery, Jameson Nyp, Derek Spires, John Campbell, Sage Penner, Scott Voss, Calvin Dix, Trevor Winters, Adam Murchie, Stephen Moll, Joseph White, and Dillon Pedigo. The team was coached by Joe Weidenhaft and Ron Storz; Manager was Kyle Zerr.
The timeless play, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” was to be performed at the historic Nova Theatre on Jan. 26. Stockton Grade School students had learned their lines the previous summer during a workshop overseen by Joan Balderston, Ruth Phelps and Maxine Bates. The Stockton Area Arts Council and the Pat Berkley Taylor Community Fund sponsored the event. Jenny Thayer-Wood and Toby Wood were in charge of the lighting and sound for the evening. The play cast included: Amanda Rubottom, Koby Beougher, Audrey Green, Delilah Griebel, Carlie Spires, Maggie Spires, Nick Henry, Hannah Lindsey, Kody Niblock, Rebekah Niblock, Molly Schleicher, Ravin States, Micah Moll, Alyssa Conyac, Kacey Scott, Jeremiah Rowe, Peyton Broeker, Sara Saunders, Zach Lowry, Miranda Wildeman, MaKayla Reed, Megan Niblock, Hannah Wildeman, Erik Scott, and Morgan Beougher.
Abe Miller of Palco was exhibiting his extensive model car collection at the Stockton Public Library.
Donated hay bales from area farmers were being dropped off at Rooks County Livestock in anticipation of being transported to the fire-ravaged areas in Oklahoma.
The Stockton High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams continued to struggle this week in their road games with Victoria on Tuesday and their league match-ups at home with Phillipsburg on Friday.
The Stockton Tigers finally picked up their first game of the season, soundly defeating the Osborne Bulldogs by a score of 61-35 in feather bracket action of the Mid-Continent League Basketball Tournament played at Smith Center on Saturday night. On the girls’ side of the bracket, the Lady Tigers lost their feather bracket game to the Smith Center Lady Red 29-38, falling to 1-8 on the season.
Deaths — Bonnie Jo Kleinschmidt, 1944-2005; Betty Parvin, 1927-2006; Ruth E. Biery, 1927-2006; Ione F. Clarke, 1913-2006; Maynard A. Bellerive, 1933-2006; Alvina Templeton, 1920-2006; and Calvin E. Boethin, 1929-2006.
Looking Back 14 Years Ago, Spotlighting the Year... 1992 — Amanda French claimed the New Year’s Baby prizes in Plain-ville also, as she was born at Plainville Rural Hospital. She was also named a Johnson’s Baby of the New Year by Johnson & Johnson. Francis and Velma Mahoney were celebrating 40 years together.
56 Years Ago, Spotlighting the Year... 1950 — “Swede” Coulson came up short nine bucks and an Eversharp pencil, since he heard something in his room, adjacent to the VFW Club. Swede gave a no uncertain command to who or whatever was to vamoose when he heard something hit the floor. He turned on the light and there lay a man, stretched out prone upon the floor. Swede summoned Bill Eckart and the two found $531 of Swede’s money on the guy, but failed to find the other currency and pencil. Happy to get his money back, Swede turned the guy loose, but later discovered that the man had “borrowed” a car parked down the street. In the excitement he neglected to call the officers and the thief went merrily on his way.
What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago, Spotlighting the Year... 1908 — Another case is apt to come up that will rival the famous Dunn dog case, only it is about a hog instead of a dog. Some six weeks ago a stray hog came to the Woodrum place just west of town. Charley shut it up and a few days later was about to advertise it when Mr. Hare, living north of town, claimed it as his. Hare took it home, but a few days later his own lost hog came home. In the meantime he had mutilated the animal and when he brought it back to the Woodrums, the latter refused to take it. It finally proved to be a thoroughbred boar belonging to M. Schruben, who naturally wants damages for the injury done, and threatened to sue both Hare and Woodrum. All the lawyers in town have been retained by the various parties.
