Ruffles & Flourishes. In East Molesey, England, Butcher Shop Executive Stan Richards and his bride, after a formal wedding, left the church under an arch of soupbones held aloft by 14 meatcutters.

Boomerang. In Woonsocket, R.I., after ordering city police to enforce a strict no-fix'' policy on motor-vehicle viola tions. Mayor Kevin Coleman learned who had received parking tickets as a result:

Mayor Coleman, his finance director, his personnel director, a city councilman, two state representatives.

The Specialist. In Memphis, Rubin Parham confessed in court that he had made his living for the past three years by stealing automobile hub caps, selling them for 25-c- apiece.

Dixie Treat. In Washington, B.C., the Bureau of Internal Revenue announced that it had seized some Alabama moon shine whisky, selling for $2 a pint, made from the following ingredients: half a gal lon of water, one quart of orange juice, two pints of gin, one small jar of sassafras flavoring, a dash of sugar, half a can of lye.

Neither Snow, nor Rain . . . In Oswego, N.Y., Mrs. Thomas Keefe finally received a postcard mailed April 8, 1911, in Lyons, N.Y., 35 miles away, by her brother Godfrey, who died 39 years ago.

Places of Business. In Chicago, Municipal Court Clerk George Luto, 47, was arrested for taking horse-racing bets by the information desk in city hall. In Fayetteville, Ga., four moonshiners were charged with operating three big stills on the farm of Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine, Georgia's liquor-law-enforcement chief.

Night & Day. In Los Angeles, Walter R. Sprinkel, asking for a divorce, charged that his wife Clara lost his money on the horses during the day, insisted on sharing her bed with three pet cats at night.

New Leaf. In El Paso, Richard Marinoff. convicted of swindling nuns at a local orphanage while posing as an Army chaplain, told the court he had recently been released from Leavenworth, was only trying to get a fresh start.

Celebration. In Detroit, Dolores M.

York, suing for a divorce, told the court that Cecil York married her last October, stopped after the ceremony to celebrate with a drink, has been "celebrating ever since."

The Breaking Point. In London, Drayman Joseph Howes gave up trying to persuade his rented pony Dolly to pull a heavily laden cart, unhitched her, tied her to the tailgate, pulled the load himself.

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