Fashion Jack Revisited: TATTOOS & THONGS
By Jack Clark
Q. My boyfriend has the names of his old girlfriends tattooed on his arm. Now he says he wants to add mine. What do you think? -Lulu, Moreno Valley
A. … Maybe he’s trying to tell you something?
Q. My wife lost some weight and told me she wants to start wearing thongs. So, I bought her a nice pair of flip-flops. She ran into the bathroom in tears. What’s with that? -Ron, Palm Desert
A. I think you got your thongs wrong, Ron.
75 years ago – 1947A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet. 70 years ago – 1952Paul and Mary Gormley were manning the lookout post at Ranger Peak. During the rest of the year, the Gormleys worked as cook and butler for a family in the San Francisco area.• • •The…
65 years ago – 1951 The paper shortage created by the Korean War caused the Town Crier to announce it was limiting the number of copies for newsstand sales. 60 years ago – 1956 At a hearing on state highways, John Gilman and Dick Elliott of the Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee presented a Chamber…
70 years ago – 1950The Fern Valley Lodge was selling “fine diners” for only $1 per meal. 65 years ago – 1955Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) provided a bus to take Idyllwild students to football games in Hemet. 60 years ago – 1960Although the Forest Service had not declared the Keen Camp guard station as…
55 years ago – 1957 During what used to be conservation week, Izaak Walton League hosted the Junior Rangers and Girl Scouts at the town hall, where together they performed a playlet and multiple skits about conserving natural resources. 50 years ago – 1962 Dr. Earl Herald, curator of the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco,…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed the new litter of kittens. Zeus: Hey everyone! This is too good! Bear: Why are you laughing? Lulu: I didn’t see anything funny. Whiskers: He finds the kittens’ names pretty entertaining. Zeus: Oh, you guys gotta hear this. There is Snow White, and…
And then there was one. Paws up to Noah, the male puppy for wiggling, wagging, and wishing your way right into a forever home. That leaves Olivia, four months old and ready to snuggle right into your arms. These puppies are in Mt. Pawley Tech U. here in Idyllwild, and are A+ students. Baby Girl…
