56 Years Ago

Body * 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.

Body 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.

Body * 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.

Body * 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.

Body * 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.

Body * 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.

Body * And So They Say: John Towns: “Watch out what you say now that the Office Cat is home again.” Don Peebles: “If a person has nothing else to be glad for, he can be thankful he is still able to work.

Body * And So They Say: Doyle Cook: “The fishing weather is always good on the days I have to work.” Lucille Skinner (Fort Worth, Texas): “I read where scientist are working on something which will lengthen our lives to 500 years.

Body * And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “What we need is more Sundays each week.” Fred Hulse: “We sold a fishing license last week to a couple from California who decided to stop off for a few days fishing at the reservoir. When Californians vacation in Kansas—that’s news.