56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “If you think it’s easy to find anyone to do any work, just try it some time.” Ilah Suhr: “I couldn’t believe it when my sister called me from Wilcox, Nebraska on Sunday by dialing direct. She was experimenting to see how the new system worked.”

* And So They Say: Wilma Johnston: “Things are pretty quiet at our house now—in fact, things are just like they were when we started our home 21 years ago—no kids.” Palco man: “I hear that Stockton doesn’t have a football team, that it’s a machine.”

* And So They Say: Howard Wanamaker: “I can’t tell you any news. It’s the women who do all the talking.” Clarence Spencer (after returning home from his trip to the West Coast): “Kansas is the only place to live.”

* And So They Say: City manager C. N. Harper: “In spite of this summer being a little cooler than last summer, a little more electricity was used up to the first of August, and the swimming pool revenue was also more than last year.”

* And So They Say: Doris McMichael: “This certainly deserves special mention. I balanced the fair books the first try this year.” Clinton Smee: “I don’t really think I’m getting old, but you should hear my bones creak after I’ve been playing football with the kids.”

* And So They Say: C. R. Scott: “Well, we teachers start our education over again each September.” Red Conyac: “The women aren’t the only ones who watch the soap operas on TV.” Robert Osborn: “Fishing is alright, but it does lead to lying.”

* And So They Say: Francis Eshler; “I don’t think I’m ever going to be a grandfather. My daughter, Darlene, just had another girl.” Jerry Jackson (after the big rain): “Well, this isn’t a very good day to put up hay, but it’s sure a fine day to fix fences.

* And So They Say: Rhada Hutton: “We’re getting awfully tired of those rumors that Quenzer’s is going to close out.” Nellie Kern: “My daughter sent me a package of candy from Japan, but it doesn’t taste much like candy to me.”