* And So They Say: Frances Nichols: “I do not know why they do not make postage stamps with good tasting stick-um.” Clark Stocking, “We advertised the Rooks County Free Fair all the way to California and back.” Ruby Sanders: “I cannot go on a vacation trip. I have got to stay home and pick peas.” George Turnbull: “I have been taking the Record a long time and I do not intend to try getting along without it.”

* And So They Say: John Towns: “I think they should make a new calendar with 13 months and all holidays falling on weekends.” Pudy Larson: “My dad always told me to save some of my youth for my old age—but I did not do it. “Bob Osborn: “I think the walls of the new bank should be painted the color of money.” Lester Eckart: “If I had six kids I would not have any money at all.”

* And So They Say: Irma Renner: “I feel like I need a cane and a crutch after going to commencement and seeing those kids graduate, whose parents were graduating only a few years ago, it seems.” Paul Marshall: “The preachers tell us not to lie, then one of them brags about catching a 7 ½ pound fish.” Mrs. Ruth Marshall: “It has stormed four years straight when I have camped out with the Girl Scouts.” Jo Carmicheal: “Another Kansas landmark, which is going to be destroyed, is the Indian writings on the cliffs at the site of the Wilson reservoir, and it seems a pity.

* And So They Say: Leta Bouchey: “Marsha went all through high school with a perfect attendance record and then came down with the three-day measles Commencement Week.” Coke Gouldman: “I was in charge of the convoy which moved Herbert Hoover’s household goods back to Palo Alto after he left the White House.” Lionel Carter; “The only thing anyone every gives you is trouble or advice.” Irvin Turnbull: “Well we’ve run out of kids to graduate from high school.” Jack Berkley: “I’m afraid to say when we will get into our new bank building. Every time I express an opinion the time gets farther away.”

* And So They Say: Mrs. Ruth Marshall: “When my family asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day, I told them I just wanted a day when I did not have to do anything—and that’s I what I got.” Norman Griebel: “They say everyone is good for something, but I don’t know.” Dan Stewart: “Every time I put on my summer clothes, it turns cold.” George Riffel: “According to the rain gauge out at my farm, we’ve had more rain in that area so far this year than we had all last year.”

* And So They Say: Jerry Riseley: “After working on income tax returns all these years, I don’t have many illusions about people.” Chuck Waller: “I am ready for hot weather now. I have my summer hair cut.’” Lee Phelps: “You realize you are beginning to get on in years when you have been out of high school nearly 25 years.”

* And So They Say: Jo Carmicheal: I would enjoy being lazy, but I do not have time.” Brad Waller (age 5): Mother, can we keep our cat after she grows up to be a tiger?” Hazel Larson: “After trying to get some seedlings started, I will never complain again about the price of plants.”

* And So They Say: Dorothia Lytle: “I am certainly glad there is only one Monday in each week.” Elaine Korb: “I’m different than most people—I enjoy being lazy.” Stan Krysl: “I can’t help but celebrate my granddaughter’s birthday on the exact day as it falls on the last day for filing income taxes.”

* And So They Say: Francis Cadoret: “I am more particular about what kind of food I buy for the dog than I am for the family.” C. N. Harper: “I would like to give my grandchildren some rabbits for Easter, but I want to keep on speaking terms with their parents.” Chuck Waller: “If we keep on having unpleasant Sundays like we did last summer, I think I’ll shut up shop on Wednesday instead of Sunday.” Virgil Olson: “I have two stories about how I got my cut nose and black eye. One is the truth, and the other is more lurid.” Elmer Slansky: “There is no question about it. It does make a difference whether you plant in the light or the dark of the moon.”

* And So They Say: Doyle Cook: “The faster I go, the farther behind I get.” Francis Eshler; “If they keep putting more taxes on cigarettes, a lot of people are going to be smoking pipes and cigars in the near future. Blanche E. Smith: “My post office box number has been 92 for 40 years and I’ve kept it through three post office moves.” * The annual banquet