“But the mere sight of a needle makes me pass out, I can’t even knit!” — Mrs. Betty Slocombe’s character in the 1977 film “Have You Been Served.” “On a scale of one to ten …,” the nurse began.

From the Wednesday, August 18, 1974 issue of The Center Champion .

Today is March 4, 2013. Birthdays for the week are: March 4: Ben Owens, Sandie Helender, Regina Vaughn, Silvia McKey.

I was watching the Dr. Phil show the other day when he made a statement that I had not heard in a long time.

The Texas Railroad Commission has suspended nearly two dozen permits that allow oil and gas companies to inject saltwater into the ground, which regulators say has contributed to increased earthquakes of greater magnitude in West Texas.

by MATTIE DELLINGER From a Wise and Otherwise column dated May 20,1970 Do you remember the old Victrola records? They are valuable now and many of us older folks have a few in our homes that we treasure. Not long ago my fiveyear- old granddaughter was helping me clean up and she wanted to dust off some of the old records that I had put away in a box.

“It’s a small world. And the older I get, the smaller it gets.” — Attributed to my long-time friend and sage, Oscar Elliott.

From the Wednesday, June 6, 1977 issue of The Center Champion .

We got up this morning with temperatures in the low 20s, slightly chilly for this Arizona gal’s bones. But, with a cup of hot coffee, a roaring fire in the fireplace, and my favorite soft and fuzzy “wobie” blanket wrapped around me, life is good.

As a young lad, I recall my parents, Alice and Cecil, discussing certain people’s traits. I can remember that they often described someone as “down-to-earth.” The phrase, to me, meant that the person so described was very nice. I still hear this said even today as people may describe others.