* And So They Say: Nellie Kern: “I wasn’t afraid to shoot a gun, but Vera gave Bill Gouldman his Christmas gift early. It was a lovely scope for his gun, but he missed a prairie dog mound so far, I was ashamed to let him know how well I could shoot.” Warren Harding: “I think it is certainly worthy of note that two of the nine 4-Hers from Kansas who won National Awards at the recent 4-H Club Congress in Chicago were from Rooks County—and from the smallest club at that, Bow Creek.” O. T. Meador: “I’m sort of like Santa Claus. I have a big heart and a hearty ho, ho, ho.”

* And So They Say: Doyal Cook: “It seems to me that Christmas comes too early nowadays.” Ethel Elliott: “I won a turkey out at Hoxie the other day, but I brought it back to Stockton to eat it.” Unknown voice over the telephone: “Oh, I must have the wrong channel.” Bill Gouldman: “Nellie Kern went out hunting on Sunday, but she was afraid to shoot.”

* And So They Say: Ira Smith: “I was 25 years old before I ever saw a stoplight.” Red Hagan: “I may be a little late in saying it, but I certainly did appreciate the nice way the teenagers behaved on Halloween night. There was scarcely any trouble.” Leta Bouchey: “The only thing I ever won was a bantam rooster, and I didn’t have much use for it.”

* And So They Say: Jimmy James: “I would rather be in where it is warm than out in the cold trying to find pheasants.” Lawrence Conyac: “If the State will not declare an open season on deer, I think it should have to pay for the damage they do.” Kenneth Medley: “This darn wet weather has rusted the zipper on my jacket.”

* And So They Say: Kenneth Orr: “Well, I think I’ve just about won the battle of the leaves.” Bill Gouldman: “The only thing I really know is that the fish aren’t biting.” Erma Jean Price: “Well, we got moved. Now all we have to do is find a place to put all the stuff we couldn’t get into the house.”

* And So They Say: Sterling Bagby (looking at his green November and December show calendars): “I guess I’m the first one to get any Christmas advertising.” Lloyd Maddy: “When I say I don’t know anything, I’m telling the truth.” Bill Gouldman: “On my hunting trip, I drove 1,803 miles and walked 802 miles.”

* And So They Say: Barbara Riffe: “Anyone who writes an anonymous letter or a makes a phone call certainly lacks strength in his convictions and is obviously ashamed of his deed.” Ray Bigge: “Earl Lee thinks he is the only person in town who has a Confederate flag.” Vernie Degenhardt: “I’ve found out that when you have a baby, you don’t run around as much as you did.

* And So They Say: Chas. Baxter: “Lee Phelps had my electric watch running on a hearing aid battery.” Doc Mason: “It gave me a sort of startled feeling to almost step on two deer which were bedded down the other morning while I was out hunting.” Chuck Ostmeyer: “You just simply haven’t seen anything until you have seen the sun come up about 3:00 in the morning when you are high in the air over the ocean.”

* And So They Say: Dode Morrissey: “I wouldn’t mind my wife taking a vacation if I didn’t have to work in the store while she is gone.” Matt Mullen: “My wife sat on a rock out at the reservoir fishing early Saturday morning and didn’t complain a bit about the cold, but coming back to town, she had to have the car heater on. Women are funny.”

* And So They Say: Doyal Hrabe: “Having nine kids in your home for a few days leaves you with never a dull moment.” Kenneth Cooper: “I am able to be about, but I do not know about what.” Red Dibble: “A person ought to be on a month’s vacation when he comes back to visit his old home town.” Chuck Hageman: “There are the biggest quail I ever saw around here this year.”