56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Dean King: “I found a shark’s tooth Sunday, but that isn’t news as the woods are full of them.” Red Hagan: “Lee Phelps put out two flags on Washington’s birthday. The big one he said was for George’s birthday and the little one, for mine.”

* And So They Say: Mary Jo Robinson: “If Wilbur had bought me a Valentine, I’d have known for sure that he had been up to something.” City manager Harper: “I think the new engine down at the power plant should be installed and operating by May.”

* And So They Say: Lucille Scott: “My husband usually remembers our wedding anniversary as it falls on Valentine’s Day.” Francis Eshler: “If I’d buy my wife a Valentine, she’d wonder what I had been up to.” George Ostmeyer: “Sometimes a person just has to admit he’s not as young as he was.

* And So They Say: Ig Gross: “It’s hard not to know anything, but it’s not impossible.” Velma Bedore: “I do my duty, and that is all I do.” Kenneth Medley: “When I grunt, I am not ignoring you.”

* And So They Say: Irwin Wright (Eugene, Ore.): “I think Bud Lytle makes the best bread of anyone in the world.”

* And So They Say: Milt Boethin: “Well, I really should be doing something even if I do the wrong thing.” Nellie Kern: “Bill’s birthday parties are like the Rooks County Free Fair. They get bigger and better every year.” Clark Stocking: “All I did over the weekend was feed the squirrels.”

* And So They Say: Mary Stewart: “I am scared to death every time I go to a basketball game, but they always come out all right. Lillian Stithem: “I’m not saying which anniversary of my 39th birthday this is.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Alan Stewart: “We’ve really made some progress. We’re putting in some glass in our back door which has been out for 15 years.” Lawrence Conyac: “I’ve learned never to open my mouth in front of a reporter.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Ollie Ochampaugh: “I’ll be glad when the weeks get straightened out and Monday starts coming on Monday again.” Bob Osborn (to Timmy Miller): We’re sorry you have to go back to Vietnam, but we all feel a lot safer with you there.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Elton Smith: “I’m not taking credit for the snow, but I’m not disclaiming it either.” Harry Butler: “I wish I had the names of all the people who were wanting a big snow and see how many are complaining now.”