Dear Reader
�� �� �� �� ��The route that Marty took on his way to and from school included the whole length of Main Street. It was an interesting walk for him because of all the activity that surrounded the businesses along the street. There were several businesses that intrigued him; the pool hall (which was off limits for an eleven year old boy), the beer parlour (where only men twenty-one years or older were admitted), the drug store (that housed strange paraphernalia), the two hardware stores (where all the sports equipment was sold), Yee Eddy���s General Store (where you could buy hard five year old candies), the two garages (which displayed beautiful new 1951 cars and trucks), but none of these held his interest more than Tweedsmuir Hall.
�� �� �� �� ��Tweedsmuir Hall was the site of many functions for the community of nearly five hundred, the most important of which, according to Marty, was that of showing picture shows. Every Thursday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening, the weekly feature would be shown. The bill board which advertised the current show as well as up coming ones was placed in front of the hall and only a few feet away from the sidewalk.On Mondays, the day that changes were made, Marty would leave home a few minutes earlier than usual so that he could stop by and study the bill board. Eagerly anticipating an action show as a western Marty was often disappointed because he did not like musicals especially if Doris Day was featured.
�� �� �� �� It was on a mid September Monday morning when Marty stopped to view the billboard that he spotted the posters for Broken Arrow, the story of Cochise. Broken Arrow featured James Stewart as Tom Jeffords and Jeff Chandler as Cochise. With his heart thumping against his chest, he ran as fast as he could to the school playground where he would break the news to his good pal, Jimmy.
To be continued …………………..
