Small town papers

[silvercamaro]

I love small town newspapers. Adventure Boy mailed me the paper from his little Idaho town. I'm not sure why. I read all the real estate ads and the stories about firefighters and EMTs to look for anything that perhaps I "should" see. I recognized nothing but the pleasure of browsing through the pages, which included not just announcements in agate type, but photographs and stories about every baby born and every citizen who died during the previous week (one each.)

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Apparently, theirs will be a fancy wedding so they're hoping for really good gifts.

[MarleysGh0st]

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Oooh, I hope gsabc reads this. I bet BD and FSIL have forgotten all about registering at the local hardware store!

[peacock2121]

When I was on WoF, the Cambridge (NY) paper (my grandparents lived there at the time) printed that little tidbit in the same column that they said what grandchildren came from where to visit whom and how long they stayed.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

That's sweet and very practical.

[cindy.wellman]

I love small town newspapers. Adventure Boy mailed me the paper from his little Idaho town. I'm not sure why. I read all the real estate ads and the stories about firefighters and EMTs to look for anything that perhaps I "should" see. I recognized nothing but the pleasure of browsing through the pages, which included not just announcements in agate type, but photographs and stories about every baby born and every citizen who died during the previous week (one each.)

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Apparently, theirs will be a fancy wedding so they're hoping for really good gifts.

OOOH! I subscribed to our weekly newspaper for the reasons you stated. I find it important to know just when Mr and Mrs. Higgins grandchildren will be visiting, as well as finding out that they cut their grass in anticipation of said event. Two other fun sections are the police blotter, and the letters to the editor.

Oh, and I have NO idea why that engaged couple would register at the Ace Hardware in Driggs... According to the gang at OUR Scotty's True Value Hardware, the next largest place to get the selection of items that we have is in Salt Lake. lolololol Ace smchmace!!

[gsabc]

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Oooh, I hope gsabc reads this. I bet BD and FSIL have forgotten all about registering at the local hardware store!

They're gonna be living in or near Fort Irwin CA, courtesy of the United States Army. Snow throwers, tools and Turf Builder are not exactly high on their list ...

[Spock]

There was piece in one of our local papers that I just about sent into Letterman/Leno.

There is a weekly page of older photos and if you know the people you call and say who they are.

One picture showed a bunch of high school guys from sometime in the 1970's and the caption said-"I am not getting older, I am getting more head." Meant innocently, I know-but it cracked me up.

[tanstaafl2]

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Oooh, I hope gsabc reads this. I bet BD and FSIL have forgotten all about registering at the local hardware store!

They're gonna be living in or near Fort Irwin CA, courtesy of the United States Army. Snow throwers, tools and Turf Builder are not exactly high on their list ...

Yeah, but they may want to take in a good supply of the latest scorpion bait to keep those pesky rascals at bay. Nothing like stepping on one in your bare feet on the way to the bathroom at 3AM to ruin your whole morning...

Ah yes, life in the desert.

[silvercamaro]

There was piece in one of our local papers that I just about sent into Letterman/Leno.

There is a weekly page of older photos and if you know the people you call and say who they are.

One picture showed a bunch of high school guys from sometime in the 1970's and the caption said-"I am not getting older, I am getting more head." Meant innocently, I know-but it cracked me up.

It was intended as a reference to receding hairlines?

[SportsFan68]

I did find a gem of a last sentence in an engagement story about people I don't know: "The happy couple is registered at Teton Ace Hardware in Driggs."

Lots of people here in Podunkville register at Ace Hardware -- they really do have a fabulous selection of wedding-appropriate gifts, everything from china and flatware to crockpots and roasters. That's where I bought my last crockpot when the old one died after 15 years of faithful service.

[tlynn78]

The town where my parents live has a similar weekly. When we were younger (it was my grandma's paper, then) we kids used to mock it mercilessly. One of the things we were tickled over was the attention paid to 'who's visiting who', and in particular, the writer's seeming obsession with "who poured." The tea, presumably. Now, whenever one of us mentions having visitors, the other invariably asks "And who poured?" Yeah, we don't get out much.

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[Bob Juch]

They should have registered at Amazon.com.

[Spock]

There was piece in one of our local papers that I just about sent into Letterman/Leno.

There is a weekly page of older photos and if you know the people you call and say who they are.

One picture showed a bunch of high school guys from sometime in the 1970's and the caption said-"I am not getting older, I am getting more head." Meant innocently, I know-but it cracked me up.

It was intended as a reference to receding hairlines?

Yes.

[ne1410s]

The Knoxville Journal, a defunct old mail, used to have a local column written by a nice lady from my hometown of Gilson, IL. She once reported that "a meeting of the archery club was canceled due to lack of attendance and that a wiener was held at the Steve Cecil farm."

Charlotte H., we hardly knew ye...

[SportsFan68]

When I was on WoF, the Cambridge (NY) paper (my grandparents lived there at the time) printed that little tidbit in the same column that they said what grandchildren came from where to visit whom and how long they stayed.

LOL! Editors!

Sometimes I hate 'em.

I did enjoy making the headlines when I was a kid -- "Sprots, Jimmy, visit Grandma in OuterPodunkville."

[gsabc]

Oooh, I hope gsabc reads this. I bet BD and FSIL have forgotten all about registering at the local hardware store!

They're gonna be living in or near Fort Irwin CA, courtesy of the United States Army. Snow throwers, tools and Turf Builder are not exactly high on their list ...

Yeah, but they may want to take in a good supply of the latest scorpion bait to keep those pesky rascals at bay. Nothing like stepping on one in your bare feet on the way to the bathroom at 3AM to ruin your whole morning...

Hmmm, I don't think FSIL has mentioned that little item to BD. I don't think I shall, either. We'll just let it be a surprise ...

[dimmzy]

My favorite local newspaper headline was in MY hometown newspaper, the Batavia Daily News, back in the 1980s involving an international event.

"BATAVIA WOMAN SHOT AT VATICAN

Pope also hit"




Thankfully I was no longer a reporter there.