56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Wanita Touslee: 'I was in six towns over the weekend, about the size or larger than Stockton, and none of the Main Street Christmas decorations were nearly as pretty as Stockton's.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Ollie Ochampugh: 'Everything always happens to everyone except me.' Lester Maddy: 'All that happens to me is I just get one day older every day.' Mrs.

* And So They Say: Homer McCauley: 'When TV first came out, it was said that it would hold families together, but now it seems to be driving them apart as everyone has to watch a different program.' Gene Miller: 'I'm just a homebody. If you don't believe it, ask my wife.

* And So They Say: Hilda McClellan: 'I was certainly ashamed of Stockton and the American Legion for not doing even one small thing towards the observation of Veterans Day.' Dave Oyer: 'This was the first time in 28 years that Eva and I didn't have pheasant hunter weekend guests.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: R. J.

* And So They Say: Mrs. Everett Stewart: 'I've had a television set for 15 years and the United Fund Telethon is the most interesting program I've ever seen. I didn't realize we had so much area talent.

* And So They Say: Betty Hunter: 'Our high school band made the best appearance of any band at the Fort Hays Homecoming.' Leo Kollman: “Everyone should go to Acapulco before they die.' Matt Mullen: 'My wife keeps me too busy around the house since I retired.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Chuck Ostmeyer (commenting on his Colorado vacation): 'It's the first time I ever stood in two feet of snow to fish.' Howard Webster: “I think it's going to be a long winter.' Chuck Waller: 'It seems to me we had an awfully short summer.

* And So They Say: Paul Ballinger: “I saw Warren Harding this time at the K-State football game.” Ernest Trible: “This time of year, you’re turning something on all the time— either the air conditioner or the furnace.” Kenneth Buss: “My wife had a birthday last week.

* And So They Say: Kenneth Buss: “They are sure growing kids big these days. My 16-year-old grandson is six feet tall.” Bump Arrington: “I nearly struck an antelope on the highway in Wyoming, and I think I saw at least 500 on my trip.