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Show I 9 jbuttna, Qui 9 Jteata By STEVE WILLIAMS Sure sign of middle age: When the phone rings on Saturday night and you hope it's not for you. Christmas over, and the New Year week end approaching, with its rash of headaches Sunday a. m. and all kinds of resolutions that may last till Monday. Speaking of Christmas . . . had a couple of good duck-hunt part- ners last Monday, in Elliot Ar- . nolrison and Howard Pryor. We oagged a few, too, out Garrison way, but every time the three of us blasted away at a flock, Elliot started bragging about what a good shot he was and how he was gettin' all the birds. (Howard took credit for a couple, though . . . Elliott wasn't around when he shot 'em). We all had a swell turkey sandwich out at Art Brumbley's, Howard hit the jackpot on the nickel machine, and we bagged a few more birds at Gandy. Tuesday, Elliot went out alone for another try, and got into the honkers but made a mistake . . . he tried to outrun 'em from the windward side instead of coming up from downwind, and they all got away. Dave Morris is a bit unhappy. Several times he's had to replace the glass in his ornamental outdoor out-door light (a special stained glass) and last week the kids went on another rock - throwing rampage and after the barrage j he had a couple of more glasses shattered. Dave says he feels like returning return-ing their barrage with rock salt from a 12 gauge. Wonder why some kids think it's so much fun to destroy property. prop-erty. I Dave Morris figures lhat when a kid starts to sow wild oats, it's time to start the thrashing machine. j Just got the tally on Babe Ruth's Christmas party. He and Hazel (and Lonnie Willingham) passed out 396 candy and toy-filled toy-filled Xmas socks to Milford area children, at his annual B & J Club party. Quite a treat for the kids, we'd say. Bryce Draper asked an applicant appli-cant for a teaching job how long she expected to teach, and she said: "From now to maternity." |