56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Tony Kreller: “I’m the kind of guy who will sneak in any place where they leave the gate open.” Harry Brewer: “Why doesn’t someone do something about this lack of rain business? It seems they don’t listen to me.”

* And So They Say: Nolan Harper: “I went fishing yesterday, but all I got was a boat ride.” Stella Willis: “You water, and water and water, and nothing comes up but weeds.” Leighton Marshall: “Friday the 13th isn’t always unlucky.

* And So They Say: Maxine Kenworthy: “Thirteen is not an unlucky number. I now have 13 grandchildren.” Lee Phelps: “The thing kids like best about a party is the food.” John Wells: “I hate to have to eat all this ice cream, but they want me to gain weight.

* And So They Say: Vernie Degenhardt: “It’s a nice day, but it would be a lot nicer out on the bank at the lake.” Robert Osborn: “I resemble my late grandfather quite a bit, except that he wore a beard and I don’t, and he was short and I am tall.”

* And So They Say: Floyd Fix: “Doesn’t it always rain on the day of the junior/ senior banquet?” Twila Strutt: “At the secretarial seminar we went to on Saturday, we didn’t really learn anything new, but were reminded of what we already knew and weren’t putting into practice.”

* And So They Say: Virgil Bird: “I went bowling and made a strike, and I think it should be in the paper.” Kenneth Medley: “I’d get into trouble if I told you what I know.” Erma Jean Price: “We have fewer little pigs now than we’ve had anytime since the first of the year. We only have 180 now.”

* And So They Say: Clark Stocking: “When I came here eight years ago, I planned to make a thorough inspection trip of the Webster Dam area that summer, and I haven’t done it yet.”

* And So They Say: Ken Bates: “I didn’t do a thing this weekend—thank goodness!” Charlotte Riffe: “I bought me a new fishing hat which I wish I could wear on Easter as I think it looks better on me than my dress-up hat.”

* And So They Say: Paul Marshall: “I’ve got to get my hair cut or they’ll be calling me ‘Shep.’” Ed Reichard: “I don’t think it’s spring yet. My rattlesnakes are still asleep.” Kenneth Medley: “I did have a small bank account until this morning and then I paid my income tax.”

* And So They Say: Fred McMichael: “As a painter, I’m a good electrician.” Judge Gilbert: “There are some advantages to getting old. I don’t have to buy a fishing license.” Charley Baxter (reading the grocery ad in the Record): “Fresh eggs from the country—but it doesn’t say what country.”