Show year passing brings bring interest in obituaries one thing more reminds me ine that I 1 am growing old the gray bray haired man remarked it Is the class of news that interests me in the papers there was waa a time when I 1 never thought of looking at the death notices notice and the obituary columns I 1 was too busy with other topics then slowly almost imperceptibly I 1 began glancing at the obituaries in the home newspaper which I 1 had bad been receiving for years there was scarcely a week went by without an article about the passing of some gome one I 1 had bad known when I 1 was a boy then just as gradually the news took on a more intimate aspect I 1 found myself reading of those with whom I 1 played when a youngster or with whom I 1 was associated socia ted as a youth these somber items were at first few and tar for between but as the years drifted by they become became more frequent and I 1 suddenly found myself reading obituaries before I 1 did the personals detroit news |