SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Charley Baxter: 'I was hoping for some good moisture as every time I get ahead of the dust on the county roads, I have to slow down for a mailbox, and it catches up with me.' Martha Cramer: 'There is nothing like a good case of flu to provide a perfect lost weekend.' Milt Boethin: 'If John Smith had kept all the stuff which had been in his store, he could make a million dollars on the antique market.' Lloyd Hollern: 'I let my wife be the boss in our home. That saves a lot of arguments.' George Riffel: 'I never had so much fun in my life as I did on my trip, and I never knew an old man could learn so much.' * The University of Missouri Press held a reception in honor of Dr.

* And So They Say: Gisela Eckart: 'We are all going to have to pay more taxes when they scare everyone out of smoking and we have to make up what we get in cigarette tax revenue.' Hazel Larson: 'I think Pudy and I were the only two people in the world who ever went to Las Vegas and didn't spend a nickel gambling.' Gerry Wehrli: 'We didn't do anything this weekend except work on our income tax and yell at each other.' Mrs. Barney LeSage: “What a surprise to be charivaried by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Maddy Saturday night on our wedding anniversary.'

* And So They Say: Darrell Small: 'I hope whoever took the meat from my locker enjoys it while my family is going without.' Leta Bouchey: 'I'm nothing but a walking disaster.' Mae Green: 'I didn't lose enough weight while I was in the hospital to make it worth my time to be there.' Lu Slansky: 'Lillian Stithem had a blessed event at her house this Monday morning—a little boy colt.' Chuck Waller: 'I don't know why I couldn't have a holiday on Washington's birthday, as the government gets all my money.'

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Bill Gouldman: 'They say George Washington never told a lie—but then he never had to fill out a 1040.' R. J.

* And So They Say: Merton VanEaton: 'There are two people I don't think will ever learn how to fish. They are Glenn Conn and Roy De Rosear.' Pat Reed: “VanEaton claims he caught four fish on Sunday, but I haven't seen them.' Betty Harding: 'The end of the football season didn't help things much at our house. It's bowling on TV now.” Bill Gouldman: 'Corn bread and milk are about as good eating as there is.

* Country singer Conway Twitty and the world-famous Trotter Brothers Puppet Act were announced as the two main attractions for the Rooks County Fair. The Trotter Brothers were set to perform on Tuesday, and Twitty was signed for Wednesday evening.

* And So They Say: Lorene Walker: 'They're going to have a real good basketball team when those sixth and seventh grade kids get into high school.' Dennis Reynolds: 'The members of the High Plains Choir from this area were more than delighted with the big turnout from here at our program at Hays on Saturday night.” Merton Van Eaton: “I went fishing Sunday and yes, I caught something—a cold.' Sheriff Elmer Odle: 'Neither the Highway Patrol or the sheriff's office worked any highway accident in the county during January— now why can't be that like that all year?'

* And So They Say: Warren Harding: “I for one am glad the weather forecaster missed on his fiveday forecast last Thursday.” Trooper Bobby Norton: “I haven’t worked an accident so far this year, and I’m holding fingers crossed for the next few days of the month.” Clark Stocking: “Warren Harding always gets sick whenever he knows he’s going to get beat in bowling.” Butch Ostmeyer: “I’m always healthy and that’s the heck of it as I always have to do all the work when everyone else is sick.” Ollie Ochampaugh: “Did you ever see so many robins around in January as there are this year?” Mrs. Ruth Marshall: “The seventh grade basketball team has won all their games to date, and with only one more to go on Thursday night, the mothers as well as the kids, have their fingers crossed.”

* And So They Say: Edna Stice: “When your teenage daughter’s feet get so big you can’t wear her boots, that is bad.” Betty Harding: “Well, now that the TV football season is about over, maybe we can start living again at our house.” Chet LeSage: “I injure easy, but I heal quick.” Bonnie Hrabe: “I, for one, will be glad when winter is over— not only on account of the weather, but because of all the taxes that have to be paid then.” Jo Stewart: ‘It was certainly nice to go to market this year and not be hailed as coming from that place where Madalyn Murray tried to start an atheist colony. This year, it was ‘Oh, you’re the lady Chamber of Commerce president from Stockton.”

* And So They Say: Meryl Hus: “I was really surprised when I saw my article about ‘Butcherin’ Time’ in Capper’s Weekly. They didn’t notify me this time that they are using it.” Dennis Reynolds: “I guess we should’ve stayed at home this weekend as I hear the weather was a lot nicer here than where we were.” Lee Phelps: “Inventory is a necessary evil, but it’s the most exhausting work one can do, and it caused me to miss the ballgame on Sunday.” George Riffel: “Did you know men are not supposed to tip their hat to a woman in the house? Why? Because we are not supposed to wear our hats in the house.”