56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Bob Scoby: “My ear feels worse after my surgery—but then, the doctor said it would.” Bill Gouldman: “If I put all I know in a book, it certainly wouldn’t have very many pages.” Freddie Baughman: “I don’t know who invented daughters.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Blackie Randall: “The reason I get more rain than anyone else is because I’m the only person in town who knows how to put up a rain gauge.” Clark Stocking: “I don’t like the idea of my wife quitting work.

* And So They Say: Meryl Hus: “It was worth the trip from Altus to Sulpher, Oklahoma just to see the redbud trees and lilac bushes in bloom.” Paul Ballinger: “I’m afraid my income tax return will be late. I asked my wife for four cents so I could mail it, and she wouldn’t give it to me.

* And So They Say: Leta Bouchey: “When you can’t think of anything else to do—eat.” Beulah Waters: “I made that crocheted bedspread on the bed in the front of Smith’s store, and it took me 20 years.” C. N. Harper: “I’ve worked for the public for 37 years.

* And So They Say: Twila Smith: “On my day off, I go out and spend my money.” Chuck Waller: “A person would have had to have attended the Cantata Sunday evening to realize how many talented people there are in Stockton.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Brock Krysl: “I had to come home to catch up on my sleep after studying day and night for my exams.” Velma Bartlett: “The vandals got to the Flame of Freedom even quicker than I thought they would.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Gene Miller: “I found out that with two kids, you don’t get out and about as much as you used to.” Lue Slansky: “I guess I lost my voice because I tried to out talk everyone else.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Leonard Liebenau: “I want everyone to get down on their knees and pray for good weather for my sale.” Dennis Reynolds: “We certainly had a lot of usual weather this winter. It was all the same.

SPOTLIGHTING THE YEAR…1969 * And So They Say: Ollie Ochampaugh: “The only thing we can do about the weather is complain about it.” Dan Stewart: “There really are more nice people than mean ones. You just hear about the onery ones more often.