We stumbled across this classic treasure in Petticoat Patter by the late Record editor/publisher Nancy Ezzell. It was first published in these pages on March 15, 1962.

Max Montomery, son of the Ernest Montgomerys, has been a friend of our eighth grader, Robert, since the two boys started first grade and has always, because of his smiling ways and polite manners, been a welcome guest in our home. He…