56 Years Ago

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1968 * And So They Say: Lodeska Romeiser: “No, we’re not crazy at our house. We left our Christmas tree up and decorated all this time because we wanted it to be here when Doug comes home on leave.

Body * And So They Say: Frank Mitchell: “Those geraniums in the window at my barber shop are four and a half feet tall. I measured them.” Harry Butler: “I’m so lazy I don’t even like to work the television remote control station changer.

Body * And So They say: Charlie Springer: “I got a ten-point deer during closed season, didn’t fire a shot, and didn’t go through a check station.” Pat Reed: “The canceling machine in our post office is the one Lee surrendered to Grant.

Body * And So They Say: Duane Miller: “I do hope whoever stole my outdoor Christmas tree lights enjoyed them.” Judge Gilbert: “Santa Claus was real good to me. He left me lots of pinochle cards.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Dean King: “J. C.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Mrs. Paul Marshall: “The kids, I think it was Pam Miller, have renamed Main Street Sugar Plum Drag.

Body * And So They Say: Doc Mason: “No kidding, I feel like a grandpa today.” Howard Wanamaker (Monday): “I got my first Christmas card today and I think that’s plenty early.” Don Riffel: “The day after my wreck, I found out I had joints I never knew about before.

Body * And So They Say: John B. Smith: “The world is certainly getting smaller. I had a letter from Vietnam and one from Holland in the same mail. And neither had been on the way more than four days.

Body SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1967 * And So They Say: Shannon Krysl: “Doug DeRosear says real funny things. When I asked him why he smashed his rolls up at the dinner table, he said, ‘So I can get all the flavors in one bite.

Body * And So They Say: Albert McCue: “Bob, who is stationed in Okinawa, writes that it just takes a little while to make us appreciate the United States. He says they have no sewers, just ditches on each side of the street, and often they are not even covered.