56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “One thing you can always expect on a trip is trouble.” Judge Gilbert: “It looks like most laws these days are just to protect the criminals.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Ken Bates: “Our biggest news is that we will be celebrating our first anniversary of being in business for ourselves next week.” Lu Slansky: “When I get tired, I’m not just tired—my feet hurt.

* And So They Say: Bill Bedore: “It isn’t the heat that’s getting me down this summer—it’s the gnats.” Leo Bird: “Making a hole in one is a thrill that comes only once in a lifetime— and sometimes not that often.

* And So They Say: Virgil Olson: “It really is a small world. The first people we saw when we stopped to stay all night at a motel at Denton, Texas, enroute to Dallas, were some people from Palco.” Rae Hageman: “I think I could cut out a dress for myself and make it blindfolded.

* And So They Say: Frank Mitchell: “I do think the kids are learning to spell better than they did a few years ago.” Merton Van Eaton: “I don’t think much of those Monday holidays they are talking about. It will just give more people a chance to be killed.” Terry Odle: “It cost us $10.

* And So They Say: Carmen Andrews: “How do you keep from antagonizing a friendly skunk that has taken over your place?” Lionel Carter: “I don’t get out very much anymore as it’s been too hot—but when I do get out, I go fishing.

* And So They Say: Postmaster Pat Reed: “Some people still expect to mail letters for a nickel.” Lt. Ronald Novotny (in Vietnam): “I got the box of cookies from the Lioness Club, and believe, me, they were certainly appreciated.

* And So They Say: John Lawson; “Rain is getting closer every day.” Hazel Larson: “The new sign at the Maris Store makes the rest of Main Street look sort of small-townish.” Dean King: “Poor old dad isn’t good for much except to pay the bills.

* And So They Say: Grace Williams: “It’s real service when the restaurant staff looks after your baby while you eat.” Florence Coolbaugh (Nevada, Mo.): “I think the Record has more local news than any paper I ever saw.

* And So They Say: R. J. Baker: “We’ve lived here since February and think it’s the finest place we’ve ever been.” Maxine Bates: “Everyone is going to be wearing lace or embroidered ruffles on everything this fall.