56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: John Towns: “Watch out what you say now that the Office Cat is home again.” Don Peebles: “If a person has nothing else to be glad for, he can be thankful he is still able to work.” Butch Marshall (age 7): “Well, I know this is Sunday morning because the wind blows every Sunday.”

* And So They Say: Doyle Cook: “The fishing weather is always good on the days I have to work.” Lucille Skinner (Fort Worth, Texas): “I read where scientist are working on something which will lengthen our lives to 500 years. If they do, it will make the first 100 years worth living.”

* And So They Say: Chuck Waller: “What we need is more Sundays each week.” Fred Hulse: “We sold a fishing license last week to a couple from California who decided to stop off for a few days fishing at the reservoir. When Californians vacation in Kansas—that’s news.”

* And So They Say: Jerry Riseley: “Of course you will always find someone complaining about something in the paper, but there is no one who would want to live in a town without a newspaper.”

* And So They Say: Mary Alice Boethin: “I don’t see why they don’t open the swimming pool on the last day of school.”

* 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.”