* And So They Say: Pudy Larson: “Chuck Schruben really displayed unusual bravery the other day when he went out and played Bridge with the ‘Fearsome Foursome.’ He didn’t let the women get the best of him, though, as he played high score.” Howard Webster: “Everyone thinks the other guy’s job is the easiest.” Ivan Grimes: “I still have wheat and it is going to be all right—that is, if it rains.” Nora Marshall (Monday): “I wish we were supposed to be watching for thunder showers instead of tornadoes this afternoon.”

And So They Say: Elvin Keiswetter: “I don’t think most people had much trouble with Daylight Savings Time this year, but Raleigh Fenton set his clocks back and was two hours late.” Hazel Larson: “I think we’ll get a good rain one of these days since Pudy and Bill Votapka have sold their raft.” Ilah Suhr (Monday): “If I had known it was going to be such a nice day, I never would have come to work.”

* And So They Say: Eula Guthrie (to the person that took her garden hand tools): “I wasn’t through with them.” Wilma Johnston (Saturday): “I wish I could remember who it was who told me they would help me clean up the mud in the post office lobby if it rained.” Leta Bouchey: “I should never try to hurry. I hurry so slow.” George Riffel: “Last Thursday I used an ultimatum to the Record reporter that she have it rain or else be run out of town. It rained.”

* And So They Say: Dean King: “Sometimes, the less you know about your relatives, the better off you are.” Ira Hazen: “The pheasant hunters are getting thicker. I got nine beer bottles off my lawn early this morning—six Falstaff and three Coors.” Bill Gouldman: “I built my wife a nice sewing cabinet, and now I’m going to try to get her to take up sewing.” Lee Phelps: “So much of the really interesting stuff just isn’t for publication.”

* And So They Say: Floyd Lightfoot: “I always like to read the Record in the barber shop and save wear and tear on the one I get at home.” Lee Phelps: “There are really only 36 people in Stockton who will have the right to complain if they don’t like the way the City is run this year.” Rhada Hutton: “I think the wind blew all the fish away this weekend.” Pete Harding: “It won’t be long until my new grandson can say, ‘grandpa.’” * Over three hundred persons attended the annual Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Association meeting and barbecue at the Stockton City Auditorium. Governor Robert Docking was the principal speaker.

* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: “I wish I had some talent besides scrubbing.” Kenneth Currie: “March 28th was a red letter day. It was the first time Warren Harding ever had to buy the coffee.” Clark Stocking: “If you don’t believe I bowled a 200, I’ll never tell you anything again.” Stella Willis: “I’m afraid all the trash I hauled to the dump over the weekend has blown back into my yard.”

* And So They Say: Elton Smith: “They tell me the only way you could find a place to fish for walleye at the Webster Reservoir was to elbow someone out of the way.” Jim Riedel: “If they slap on any more taxes, I won’t have anything left of my paycheck.” Howard Webster: “It’s best never to take any chance of not staying on the good side of your wife.” Irene Holland: “Really am disappointed that Pat Paulsen did not get any votes in the New Hampshire primary.”

And So They Say: Reid Baxter: “I guess everyone thinks spring is here as we ran out of fishing licenses Saturday.” Bill Bedore: “Now that the ball games are over, there is nothing to do but listen to the politicians cuss each other.” Gary Schultz: “They say you shouldn’t change horses in the middle of the steam, but how about if the horse is downing?”

* And So They Say: Efford Lowe (Wednesday last week): “I thought maybe the Record would get out early today as it’s my birthday.” Dr. Harold Mauck: “If a person has to be sick, they are lucky to be in Stockton where people are so considerate and helpful.” June Arnold: “It doesn’t do much good to explain anything to me— you have to paint me a picture.”

* And So They Say: Bill Gouldman, with the help of Butch Jones and Rollin Stewart: “After six months of work, I’m about to get my gun cabinet finished.” Judge James H. Gilbert: “I own one thing that is in perfect running order— and that’s my nose.” Doris McMichael (the day after she retired): “I was going to sleep late this morning, but the latest I could make it was a quarter after seven.” Rip Poore: “Now that the basketball season is over, maybe I can get some work done.”