56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Doyle Cook: “The faster I go, the farther behind I get.” Francis Eshler; “If they keep putting more taxes on cigarettes, a lot of people are going to be smoking pipes and cigars in the near future.

* And So They Say: Edith Bouchey: “No, I did not get my garden planted, but I looked at it.” Ig Gross: “I am not running for anything, but I do think everyone should get out and vote.” Duffie Hindman: “I don’t want anyone to talk to me.

* And So They Say: John B. Smith: “Looking through bifocals is sure hard on your neck. Francis Cadoret: “It used to be that when a woman’s skirt blew up, it hid her face, now the skirts won’t reach that far.” James H. Gilbert: “The world treats me OK—it’s the people.

* And So They Say: Wilma Johnston: “Whenever I wax the post office floor, I know it’s going to storm.” Ruth Marshall: “I don’t know why they don’t make throw-away furniture.” Lionel Carter: “I think Stockton is very fortunate in having two such fine doctors down at the health Center.”

* And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “I’m disgusted with Kansas. I thought you could fly a kite on any day—especially in March, but Sunday, I tried and couldn’t get it off the ground.” Efford Lowe: “My birthdays are beginning to be important events.”

* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: “You know what the first thing is that I read in the Record? The ads.” Everett Hughes: “It is not much wonder that dogs bark at people walking past their houses. They see so few people walking these days.”

* And So They Say: Gardner Rogers: “If anyone should hear something barking in the trees, it is just my squirrels. I have been feeding them dog pellets lately.” Bill Gouldman: “If you want to get home from some place in a hurry, do not let Barbara Brown do the driving.

* And So They Say: Mrs. Willard Atwill: “Is there any news except flu?” Duffie Hindman: “I can tell you one thing about that flu, it does not get better until it gets worse.” Paul Bridwell (Monday morning): “I do not think I will go fishing this morning.

* And So They Say: Dan Stewart: “That thirty-yearold car we sold on Saturday is more valuable now than when it was new.” Doyle Cook: “Our town basketball team has good players, but it needs more followers.” Roy Nichols: “From now on, I’m only going to watch happy TV shows.

* And So They Say: Kenneth Medley: “You think you have got troubles! Well, we are breaking in a new cash register, and it is a mess.” Alan Stewart: “The kind of news I want to read is the kind you won’t print.” Stanley Krysl: “Can a lawyer do anything to make news during income tax time?”