56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Twila Smith: “Folks will think I’m ignorant. Last Monday, I said that in three months it will be the day afterChristmas—notthree months and one day.” Frances Stocking (looking at Badlands in Dakota last week ): “It looks like the soil conservationists didn’t get here soon enough.”

* And So They Say: Jo Carmicheal: “I still say that the scenery around here is just as pretty as you will see anywhere.” Dr. Dean: “I was amazed at the number of replies I received to my help wanted ad in the Record. Your want ads really work.”

* And So They Say: Stella Willis: “I had a wonderful vacation. I caught up on my ironing.” Jake Jaros: “I certainly hope the sun keeps on shining so the rest of my tomatoes can get ripe.” Gardner Rogers: “I’ll tell you one thing, Kansas raises bigger weeds than Texas.”

* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: “I’m certainly glad I’m living when I am. Never in history have so many interesting things happened.”

* And So They Say: John Wells: “Any news I know, I wouldn’t want to have my name connected with it.” Abe Schneider, Jr.: “All that’s new with me is that I get a little older and a little fatter all the time.”

* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “The grandkids are gone and we now have a new project at our house—painting the inside.” Lula Keeten: “It looked kind of good to see girls in dresses again the first day of school.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Viola Paulson: “As we were coming home from Phillipsburg last Tuesday night, we counted 87 cars going north out of Stockton from the Fair.” Stranger in the grandstand: “I always heard this was a good fair, but I didn’t have any idea it was this good.”

* And So They Say: Jean Lindsey: “I took a week off from work to get ready for the fair, but I’m not ready yet.” Mrs. Alex Siruta; “I don’t feel old until I look at my fifteen-year-old granddaughter.”

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1966 * And So They Say: Virgil Olson (Monday evening at the church picnic): “I’m trying to eat enough to last till the Lions Club picnic on Wednesday night.” Tim Miller (in Vietnam): “We are playing all kinds of games.