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"Harry Truman was our president A coke an burger cost you thirty cents I was still in love with Mavis Brown On the night Hank Williams came to town." -Johnny Cash "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" Life should be black and white, like print and pictures saved from the newspaper you could get for 5 cents at Scotty Richardson's General Store in Rumford Center after lunch with your dad at the shiny new McDonald's Hamburger Stand. Like the print and pictures, simple and sweet and lovely, we carry the past in our mind. Life is a nostalgic trip, slowly walking down a lonely lilac fringed lane, to pick a bouquet for mom's birthday. From the newspaper you could get stories of country fairs and new calves born at roadside farms across the land and all the events from across the seas, in places foreign and far away. For 5 cents at Scotty Richardson's General Store, I could have bought a mountain of candy, as dessert after a burger and fries, but my daddy gave me a penny for two gumballs; a great treat! In Rumford Center, after lunch with your dad, the time is right to walk and explore. Old Civil War statues and cannon stand in the shade of oak trees near the old ferry landing. Life is quiet and slow here. At the shiny new McDonald's Hamburger Stand, for 25 cents each we ate our fill then walked around our little town. Days out with my daddy are among my favorite memories of the way life should be. "Harry Truman was our president A coke an burger cost you thirty cents I was still in love with Mavis Brown On the night Hank Williams came to town." -Johnny Cash "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" |