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1928 - Alderson High School - 1968 |
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The Day In Alderson the
Bell Tolled For Me |
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ONCE
I SOMEHOW LANDED A JOB AT SMITHS DRUGSTORE ON THE MONROE COUNTY SIDE IN THE
HEART OF DOWNTOWN ALDERSON . I WOULD STACK BOXES IN THE BACK AND ALSO
OCCASIONALLY WAIT ON CUSTOMERS . ONE DAY A GUY WHO I WAS JUST GETTING
TO KNOW IN JUNIOR HIGH CAME IN. AT THAT TIME I WAS A REALLY GOOD
NATURED VERY NAIVE 8TH GRADED, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SOCIETIES RULES,
MORES, AND INSANITIES. THIS YOUTH NAME WAS ALLEN HIS MOTHER HELEN HAD
BABY-SAT MY LITTLE SISTER. ON REFLECTION I NEVER KNEW WHY ALLEN
CAME IN, BUT BEING THERE IN FRONT OF A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER I WITTY
TOTAL IGNORANCE ASK HIM ,WOULD YOU LIKE A GLASS OF WATER. SUDDENLY
ALL HIATUS BROKE AND I SAW GENUINE FEAR IN MY THEN ACQUIESCE EYES. AS
I WAS LED TO THE BACK OF THE DRUG STORE, RUBY TOLD ME NEVER NEVER OFFER
ALAN A DRINK OF WATER ,IT WAS NOT ALLOWED. I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR
ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN NOT HAVING A DEVELOPED MIND, I STILL CAME TO THE
CORRECT CONCLUSION ON MY OWN, I RETIRED FROM SMITHS DRUG STORE. IN
THE GREATEST NATION GOD EVER CREATED EVERYONE MUST HAVE ECONOMIC
,POLITICAL AND PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS THE PRIVILEGE TO
ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DESTINY. BY THE WAY ALAN THE NEXT
TIME I SEE YOU I AM GOING TO BUY YOU THE BEST SIRLOIN YOU HAVE
EVER EATEN.
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