25 Years Ago - 1984

Excerpt from Looking Back (1934): "Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Serfling on Wednesday, October 10, a pair of twin boys…They were named David Lee and Leonard Thornton…"

Ad: "Family Hair Care - Staples - Introducing Jody Farber - on staff with Julie Peterson, Kathy Froslie (owner) and Barb Marcus… We are here to serve you!"

Sta- ples United District Hospital will offer free X-rays of candy for children in our area. The idea is to make Halloween safer for children and relieve some of the fear that parents have. This service will be offered from 5 to 9 p.m. on Halloween.

The 1984, Region 6A Champions in tennis are Chanda Sams, Penny De- Mars, Jackie Riewer, Kristi Wolhowe, Tosha Martell, Kari Wolhowe, Jackie Nelson and Barb Lee. The coach is Tom Wolhowe. This title is the Cardinal's seventh regional tennis title.

Merchants in Motley will be providing crossing guard service on Halloween night to aid trick or treaters crossing Highway 10 in that city.

50 Years Ago - 1959

Selected by the students of Staples High School to reign as queen and king at their 1959 Homecoming last Friday were Darlene Motl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Motl, and Lyle Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Stevens.

F.F.A. Royalty, recently elected by the local chapter are Darlene Motl, chapter sweetheart; Lee Torgerson, president; and, Mary Marte, chapter queen.

Ron Manning of Staples was named last Thursday night to WCCO Radio's third weekly All-State Football Team of the Week for the 1959 Minnesota high school grid season.

REMINISCENCES: Tasks that are repetitive each day build to incredible numbers as we age. The number of times the table gets washed, the dishes get done or the meals are made must be astonishing. These chores all have something in common - they are boring. When boredom strikes, my mind wanders.

My mind has traveled just about everywhere this week and if my brain cells were rubber tires I'd be having blow-outs. Little jingles from old commercials or radio spots have been playing incessantly, yanked from some hidden spot in that curlicued coil. Parts of old elementary school songs have me searching for a forgotten word while I am shocked to find I remember any of the words at all. Old sayings are racing through my head during boring times, a sure indication of just how sick I am of doing dishes.

I'm going to try to stump you with some of these bits that are falling out of my brain - due to an overflow of knowledge no doubt. See if you can fill in the blanks. We're on the honor system but just in case, I'll reveal the answers in next week's column.

1. Who said, "The sky is falling?"

2. "Life is a _____to those who think, a _____to those who feel." (by Horace Walpole)

3. What size shoes did my "Darlin' Clementine" wear and, what were they made of ?

4. The world is an ocean of misery, while social workers try to empty it with _____.

5. "Good-By, Old Paint, I'm a leaving ______."

6. "My home's in Montana, I wear a _____."

7. "Ad: gasoline, thousands say it's best, it's the greatest…"

8. "When it's springtime in the _____…"

9. "In the Blue Ridge

Mountains of Virginny,

on the trail of the _____ …"

No matter how bored I get with washing the table, doing the dishes or making supper, I never get too bored to eat. That's too bad.