Did Ya Know... Stone’s Throw Community Theatre will have a two act play, "Going To See The Elephant" on Sept. 11, 12, and 13 with dinner at 6:30 p.m. each evening.

Did Ya Know... Area Agency on Aging and The VantAge Point will have a seminar on "Understanding the Alzheimer’s Disease" and fun feature, video taping with Dee Timi on Friday, September 12 at Northpark Mall. For information, call 417-627-0600.

Did Ya Know... The Film Society club will have a meeting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14 at Cordell Wilson Booksellers located at the Brooklyn Heights exit. Films to be shown at the meeting are Drugstore Cowboy and The Wrath of God. For information, call 359-9380.

"Doc, I get this terrible pain in my back every time I bend over."

"Then don’t bend over."

"Waiter, there’s a hair in my apple pie!"

"I can’t understand it, sir. Those apples were Baldwins."

"Doc, there’s something wrong with my stomach."

"Keep your coat buttoned and nobody will notice it."

A Narrow Escape.

Dave Ramsey, a miner at the Dickey mines on the Chatham lease at Carterville was caught in a small drift in a cave-in this morning. He was covered with dirt up to his shoulders and was reported killed but was finally rescued. He was only slightly bruised and scratched.

The Frisco has a large force of men at work putting in a new turn table where the old one stood and they expect to complete the work by tonight. The engine will be turned around here for each return trip as soon as the turn table is finished.

W. E. Carlson, who has been visiting relatives and friends here for the past two weeks, leaves tonight for Gainesville, Tex., where he has been for the past four years working for G. C. & S. F. Railway Co. After a few days in Gainesville, he will go to Galveston to work for the same company.

Committee Dumps Mayor's Proposal.

The Finance/Personnel Committee discussed and then soundly defeated a proposal by Mayor Riley that the Council put the question of changing to a City Manager form of government on the ballot during yesterday afternoon's regular meeting.

Committee Chair Lujene Clark said she did not think this was something that should come from the Council.

According to Clark the proposal included a City Manager and a change in the number of Council members.

"As a policy maker, currently elected, it is not my place to determine the form of government," said Clark. "That is up to the citizens."

Such a proposal would require an amendment to the City Charter. Clark suggested that an initiative petition would be the proper channel for such a change. That would require signatures of 15% of the registered voters.

Committee members Mike Harris, Art Dunaway, J.D. Whitledge, Donna Harlan and Clark voted against the suggestion. Committee member Charlie Bastin was absent.

As a kid there was always the story of some sort of water torture used by the "enemy."

The method was to tie a person so water dripped from a container steadily dropped on the head of the prisoner.

This was never tried in my neighborhood that I was aware of, it would just be mentioned on occasion.

I have no idea if such methods were ever actually incorporated in times of war, but everyone seemed to be able to imagine the agony that would have been involved in the seemingly painless ritual.

Some would relate it to the trivial jabber of some neighbor or the screechin' of chalk on the school black board. Mental torture was believed to be the worst kind imaginable in our peaceful surroundin's.

'Course all that mental stuff went out the window while recoupin' from a good stubbed toe bein' black and blue.

This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin'.

Randall Cunze, D.P.M.