56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “The grandkids are gone and we now have a new project at our house—painting the inside.” Lula Keeten: “It looked kind of good to see girls in dresses again the first day of school.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Viola Paulson: “As we were coming home from Phillipsburg last Tuesday night, we counted 87 cars going north out of Stockton from the Fair.” Stranger in the grandstand: “I always heard this was a good fair, but I didn’t have any idea it was this good.

* And So They Say: Jean Lindsey: “I took a week off from work to get ready for the fair, but I’m not ready yet.” Mrs. Alex Siruta; “I don’t feel old until I look at my fifteen-year-old granddaughter.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Virgil Olson (Monday evening at the church picnic): “I’m trying to eat enough to last till the Lions Club picnic on Wednesday night.” Tim Miller (in Vietnam): “We are playing all kinds of games.

* And So They Say: Butch Ostmeyer: “I think right about now would be an awfully good time for me to take a vacation.” Harry Butler: “The reason I didn’t look as good as my wife in that picture in the Record last week, was all taken care of by her and the photographer before the picture was taken.

* And So They Say: Don Unruh: “My boy was pretty proud of the fish he caught even if the bait was bigger than the fish.” Erma Jean Price: “What I need is a vacation from a vacation.

* And So They Say: Gene Miller: “The only thing there is to talk about is the weather.” Dorothia Lytle: “Our new granddaughter was supposed to be a grandson.” Freddie Baughman: “Where are my shoes, you ask? Well, they are where I left my dignity.

* And So They Say: Jack Berkley: “John doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to cut his wages for calling that strike on me.” Dean King: “I’ve managed to air condition everything except my favorite fishing holes.” Freddie Baughman: “Well, we went to the lake Sunday and barbecued ourselves.

* And So They Say: Kenneth Buss: “You won’t believe it, but my wife has a tomato plant with 75 tomatoes on it, and another with 60.” Kenneth Currie: “Duane says it’s hotter than a dollar pistol—but I say it’s hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

* And So They Say: Don Grieve: “Don’t blame the new cars or their manufacturers for accidents as 90 percent of all accidents are caused by the ‘nut’ behind the wheel.” Blackie Randall: “I’d like to trade some fishing tackle for an old yeller dog.