In his more than a half-century affiliation with The Superior Express, Howard Crilly often wrote a column he titled “Among Ourselves.” In my growing up years, it was one of the first things I read when The Express arrived in the mail box about noon on Fridays.

While searching for information for another story, I copied the following observations from his March 20 and 27, 1947 columns:

One of the prettiest things is a pretty girl who doesnʼt know it.

County Assessor Ira Adams told us the other day that fibbing to the assessor isnʼt going to be quite so easy this year. Youʼre going...