* And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “If you think it’s easy to find anyone to do any work, just try it some time.” Ilah Suhr: “I couldn’t believe it when my sister called me from Wilcox, Nebraska on Sunday by dialing direct. She was experimenting to see how the new system worked.” Richard Pinnick: “Stockton and Osborne have the two nicest football fields and stadiums in the state.” Bump Arrington: “People either aren’t very patriotic or else they don’t read the Record. I only counted three flags out on Citizenship Day.”

* And So They Say: Wilma Johnston: “Things are pretty quiet at our house now—in fact, things are just like they were when we started our home 21 years ago—no kids.” Palco man: “I hear that Stockton doesn’t have a football team, that it’s a machine.” Betty Cadoret: “Now that I’m back at work, maybe the men will stay on the job.” Mrs. Ray Schindler: “I’ve never ridden on a train or a plane, and only once on a bus.”

* And So They Say: Howard Wanamaker: “I can’t tell you any news. It’s the women who do all the talking.” Clarence Spencer (after returning home from his trip to the West Coast): “Kansas is the only place to live.” Dave Oyer: “The kids are sure crazy these days—but I guess we were too, only our cars were not so powerful.” Virgil Hagan: “I still think we have the best kids in the world in Stockton, and the more I hear about other places, the more convinced I am.” * There seemed to have been an injury epidemic among the young men during the week, with the injuries affecting shoulders and arms. The first to be injured was Jerry Harding. Jerry was doing a Thrillcade act on a ramp some of the boys had rigged up, a bicycle being the vehicle. The stunt wasn’t a success, and Jerry fractured his right wrist. Thursday night, two other boys were hurt. While out practicing football, Johnny Hageman received a shoulder separation, which could cause him a lot of trouble and, at best, would keep him from playing with the eighth-grade squad for the remainder of the season. Tommy Charmichael was the other casualty. In a scramble over a big plastic bag filled with water, he received an injured right hand and some cracked bones in his left wrist.

* And So They Say: City manager C. N. Harper: “In spite of this summer being a little cooler than last summer, a little more electricity was used up to the first of August, and the swimming pool revenue was also more than last year.” Francis Cadoret: “A person has to be a millionaire these days in order to buy all the things his kids need to start back to school.” Erma Jean Price: “Someone told me that our first frost will be September 15th. I certainly hope they don’t know what they are talking about.” Kenneth Medley: “I like the harness races better than the motorcycle races at the Fair because everyone doesn’t stand up in front of you if a horse goes flying off the track.”

* And So They Say: Doris McMichael: “This certainly deserves special mention. I balanced the fair books the first try this year.” Clinton Smee: “I don’t really think I’m getting old, but you should hear my bones creak after I’ve been playing football with the kids.” Frank Mitchell: “Kind words do not cost anything and the average person can use all they can get.” Bill Wyant: “I can’t see why Ostmeyers couldn’t have declared a holiday for my birthday the day after the Fair. Of course, maybe when I get as old as Jack Benny, 39, they will.”

* And So They Say: C. R. Scott: “Well, we teachers start our education over again each September.” Red Conyac: “The women aren’t the only ones who watch the soap operas on TV.” Robert Osborn: “Fishing is alright, but it does lead to lying.” Vera Martin: “We have certainly found Stockton to be a friendly town.”

* And So They Say: Francis Eshler; “I don’t think I’m ever going to be a grandfather. My daughter, Darlene, just had another girl.” Jerry Jackson (after the big rain): “Well, this isn’t a very good day to put up hay, but it’s sure a fine day to fix fences. Dave Oyer: “If people keep putting out the propaganda about business places closing, Stockton will soon be known as ‘This is the town that was.’” * The worst storm to visit the area since at least as far back as 1951 had arrived unexpectedly on Thursday night. The cloudburst had a rain accumulation of over five inches at the power plant. The forces of the wind had driven the rain into houses from the north and under doors, windows, and seemingly just through the walls. Many basements were flooded with windows broken by hail or holes knocked in the roofs from trees falling. Corn, row crops, and gardens suffered with the combination of rain, hail, and wind. Bow Creek was particularly hard hit. Falling branches fell on power lines in many places, causing several areas to be without electricity. Many cars had been pulled out after miring down on the highway detour, but no injuries were reported. The birds were not so lucky, and hundreds lost their lives. People reported picking up from 30 to 50 in their yards the next day, with one family finding 75 birds.

* And So They Say: Rhada Hutton: “We’re getting awfully tired of those rumors that Quenzer’s is going to close out.” Nellie Kern: “My daughter sent me a package of candy from Japan, but it doesn’t taste much like candy to me.” Ruby Odle: “When it finally got to be summer, it really got to be summer.” City manager Harper: “If the sprayer doesn’t get the mosquitoes and flies, I suppose I’ll have to go around town with a fly swatter.” Glenn Buss: “It’s hotter in Nebraska than it is in Kansas.”

* And So They Say: Gil Thyfault: “Nothing exciting has happened to me in a long time, except that I caught a fish Sunday.” Chet LeSage: “I saw a mosquito flying down Main Street wearing a pair of bifocals. I don’t know who they belong to.” Leta Bouchey: “Maybe the farmers will get smart next year and plant rice.” Gerald Colburn: “Our plane trip to and from England was no rougher than a ride down Main Street in a car at any time.”