Overheard at a recent school reunion… He was a widower and she a widow. They had known each other for a number of years being high school classmates and having attended class reunions in the past without fail.

I received the following from one of our readers and really enjoyed the article. It is a list of Paraprosdokians.

Profound proclamations concerning life When you stand in front of a classroom of children for 57 years as I so enjoyably did, you encounter all sorts of questions, mostly about your personal life and sometimes about whatever topic we might have been discussing in class.

One of the first things I learned in Bible School as a youngster in rural Hughes County was that a parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning. And some 80 years later, I know of no time in our Nation’s proud history when all of us could use more Heavenly meanings.

I love this Japanese doctor. I wish he was close enough for me to be one of his patients.

It’s already August and it makes me think of Falls Creek. My old home church, First Baptist of Stonewall, always attended this massive religious camp. Except back then we were into numbers. Big numbers.

I have found that one of the advantages of reaching the four score level on the age chart is that occasionally people assume that if you have lived that long, surely you must have knowledge about a few things in this life.

My friend, the late Charles Biggs was one of my favorite columnists. Not long before he passed away he wrote one of my favorites, which I wanted to share today… Someone sent me a copy of a letter to the editor written by Ken Huber of Tawas City, Michigan.

Like every other means of written communication (and some unwritten), the church bulletin can be taken out of context. A nurse friend of mine collected these goodies and shared them.

We have said before and will say again that former Mayor Massad is one of the most outstanding mayors I have ever known, and I have known each of them since the 1950’s. And the recent audit report proves his success.