"Some of those schools
that are quitting eleven-man football and going to eight-man football, I don't think they lack the numbers is their problem," Ivan said. "If you got thirty kids out for football, I would think you would have enough to play eleven-man. If, and I say if, they had the knowledge and desire to play football. After all, you win football games with an offensive line, and there are only seven people on the offensive line."
"That dadgummed Zukeena phantom is everywhere," Ivan said [on October 22!]. I parked my car on the Lebanon Main Street. Was gone maybe five minutes and when I came back, there they were. Two of the ugliest zukeenie you ever saw in your life."
"1933 Smith Center was undefeated going into the last game," Ivan recalled. "Osborne was undefeated going into the last game. The two teams met on Thanksgiving. Osborne brought a heck of a crowd up from Osborne because they thought they were going to beat Smith Center for the first time in years. The final score was Smith Center 52, Osborne nothing."
"Lynn Pickel, owner of the Second Cup, bought the coffee last Thursday morning," Ivan reported. "Linton Lull said it was the fourth anniversary of Lynn owning the Second Cup. Another part of the fourth anniversary celebration was a luncheon special. Regular full meal deal for four bucks. I went home and told Momma not to worry her pretty little head over what to have for lunch. I was taking her out."
"You think this is just nothing but a sleepy little farming village," Ivan said, "well, think again. Last week. We had construction of the new Alco Store. The Family Drug is getting a new sign. Had a bunch of gifted kids from all over the area being taught by a bunch of gifted teachers. Had an injury to our all league quarterback. Gor rain, rain, and more rain. Got kids practicing for the school play. Phyllis Tucker came up to Western Plains to get the bingo cards and cage so they could play bingo at the after-the-game get-together at the Methodist church. Allen Shelton mounted a new photograph he had taken, flowers and a grasshopper, good stuff. Had a movie at the local theatre that had people talking. Had parishioners tearing the shingles off the Faith Community Church garage. Dick Stroup was out of town when it happened. Good timing. Had frost on the windshield but maybe not enough or it didn't last long enough to do any damage. Learned about a new dry fertilizer storage project. The list goes on and on."
"Edith Drake had a bogeyman hanging on her front porch," Ivan said. "When someone mentioned he might blow away, Edith assured her that her bogeyman was well-hung."
"Bruce Miles is trying to gain weight," Ivan said. "I've got some I would give him. He can have. No cost. Free of charge."
"Coach Bill Greene," Ivan said, "used to tell his offensive linemen that if they would just block, he would go up in study hall and get someone to carry the ball."
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