56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: A. L. Pettijohn: “I’m getting meaner all the time and proud of it.” Lee Robinson: “Most of the things I think I know, turn out to not be so.

* And So They Say: Pauline Southard: “Since my stay in the hospital, I think I’ll be a little more thoughtful about sending cards to people who are in the hospital.” Gisela Eckart: “It didn’t take long for our truck to get a frosted glass windshield in the sandstorm near Damar Friday morning.

* And So They Say: C. N. Harper: “I’m beginning to think about getting the swimming pool ready to open and I am considering the possibility of a family season ticket this year.” Bill Nichols: “What do you mean, a good day? The sun is too bright and the noise is too loud.

* And So They Say: Wimp Hulse: “Since the episode near the Marina on Saturday, I’m going to start advertising a three-minute car wash.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1963

* And So They Say: Lester Eckart: “Coming home in that wind Sunday I had the pickup wide open but couldn’t get it past 35 miles per hour.” Don Peebles: “We dodged tornadoes all the way home from Kansas City on Sunday.

* And So They Say: Everett Hughes: “Switzerland is the only country that is really as beautiful as the picture postcards make out.” Ben Winfough: “Just because a man is an ex-service man, that doesn’t mean he’s especially fitted for a public office.

* And So They Say: Betty Harding: “With all the things that are happening in other places, we should all be glad we live in Kansas.” Bernard Carlson: “Outside of numbers, the Messiah chorus at Lindsborg was no better than our local chorus.

* And So They Say: Clara Liebenau: “I certainly am getting a fine birthday present—this rain.” Elton Smith: “By the time I know it, it’s history—not news.” Mrs. Paul Marshall: “When I get the Record, I always read the ‘And So They Say’ first then turn to the classified ads.”

* And So They Say: Earl Bartholomew: “I’ve only lived a day at a time ever since I’ve been bornf Doyle Cook: “I broke in my fishing luck Sunday by catching two nice channels.” Elizabeth Dryden: “I went hunting again, but I’m not going to tell the Record about it.”