* And So They Say: Bill Gouldman: “I’m a poor hog buyer—and you can quote me on that.” Harold Snyder of Lyons; “I have twelve grandchildren now, but I don’t think they come cheaper by the dozen.” Frances Nichols (week after the Fair): “This is Exhaustion Week.” Vera Peaslee: “If a person had a little more money, they could have all kinds of fun.”

* And So They Say: Clara Mullen: “Everyone in this area should be proud of the fine camping area out at the Webster Reservoir. Why, it even drew a honeymoon couple last week.” Clark Stocking: “Don’t you hear my bones creaking now that I’m a grandpa?” Elizabeth Dryden: “I haven’t done any shooting lately as the dog hasn’t scared up anything but skunks, and they are pretty smelly.”

* And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “It was almost unbelievable that the air conditioners had almost a week’s rest.” Dode Morrissey: “A fine vacation I get! I’m spending it in the store while my wife takes a vacation.” Homer McCauley: “I’m just living for the day that it rains.” Robert Osborn: “When the fine new school stadium is finished, they can have commencement exercises there instead of sweating it out in the auditorium.” Stella Willis: “I never saw such marvelous corn as I saw in Nebraska over the weekend.”

* And So They Say: Howard Wanamaker: “About the only green thing one sees around here anymore are the weeds one sees growing along the edges of Main Street.” Ray Bigge: “Montana finally got around to paying its World War I bonus after 45 years. I just got mine today.” LeVeda Ives: “There are lots of interesting things to see in Kansas if people would just take the time to visit them.” Ina Copper: “I’ll certainly be glad when it starts snowing. I think I’ll go right out and walk barefoot in it.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1963 * And So They Say: Jess Riffe: “This weather keeps me hopping, from air-conditioner to air-conditioner.” Erma Jean Price: “If anyone were to try to put a water well down now, they would have to go clear to China.” Clark Stockton (Monday): “If it were 30 degrees cooler, it would be a nice day.” * The water situation in Stockton was holding its own, but was still a serious matter and there was no indication as to when the restrictions were to be removed. City manager C.

* And So They Say: Loyd Stice: “It rained three times on Sunday night and didn’t even wet the ground.” Mrs. Kenneth Roy: “The main souvenirs I brought home from the Worlds Fair were blisters on my heels.” Ray Bigge: “The worms have the leaves about all eaten off the elm trees now and I’m afraid they will start eating on the people next.”

* And So They Say: John B. Smith: “If we had saved all the old stuff we carted out to the dump from the store over the years, we could probably sell it now for a small fortune to antique hunters.” Ed Riffel: “If you are looking for news at the Riffels, the only thing I can tell you is that we need rain.” Ilah Suhr: “When I hear everyone talking about how tired they got on their vacation trips, I think we were smart to just stay at home.”

* And So They Say: Erma Jean Price: “When my husband goes fishing he always catches the same kind of fish—none.” Orville Livingston: “We came home with the same air in our tires, the same oil in the crankcase, and the same water in the radiator, but not the same gas in the tank.” Cleo Baughman: They say that life begins at forty—so I’m going to fly.”

* And So They Say: Dave Oyer: “The only dirt I own is in my ears.” Lloyd Hollern: “I caught the biggest fish I ever caught in my life on the Fourth of July—a 9 1/2 pound channel cat.” L. D. Fuller: “My son, Lorenzo, and I are the same age—both, 4 and 5. He is 45 years old and I am 4 score and 5.” Ollie Ochampaugh: “I don’t complain about the weather because it wouldn’t do any good, and besides that, everyone is tired of hearing about it.”