tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post5020409372425264239..comments2023-06-08T06:49:49.809-05:00Comments on New Baldwyn "Bearcat" Blog: The Saturday "Lottery"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-15402477311032024422009-06-30T15:02:34.796-05:002009-06-30T15:02:34.796-05:00The tables with white cloths are cars that got tra...The tables with white cloths are cars that got trapped at the intersection in the pedestrian traffic when they got the drawing started!Carl Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135737520303997277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-24344947015237866752009-06-30T11:35:05.140-05:002009-06-30T11:35:05.140-05:00What were all the tables with white cloths used fo...What were all the tables with white cloths used for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-5715059124866703202009-06-29T22:38:51.150-05:002009-06-29T22:38:51.150-05:00Folks who had purchased larger items during the we...Folks who had purchased larger items during the week (stove, washing machine etc.) might naturally have several hundred tickets to search through at the Saturday drawing. Various methods were used such as stitching them onto notebook pages or large pieces of cardboard etc.<br><br>On the Saturday before Christmas of 1959 the pot had reached the $200 range and Bernard, bless his heart, decided to give more people a chance to win by having multiple drawings of $25 each. I was one of the lucky winners and it couldn't have come at a better time, with Christmas presents to buy. mcMiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11722067221896564373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-44067201737913026062009-06-29T21:28:19.731-05:002009-06-29T21:28:19.731-05:00I recall that every once in a while some a##hole w...I recall that every once in a while some a##hole would give a non winning ticket to pore ole Damon and tell him it was a winner. He would quickly shuffle up to get his prize.<br><br>To show the character of people in those days, I have seen Bernard or whoever was handling the tickets give Damon a couple of dollars so he wouldn't be hurt by the deception. <br><br>That still makes my blood boil...<br><br>RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-37626495782349047562009-06-29T21:16:15.570-05:002009-06-29T21:16:15.570-05:00wow some store had a bargain day sale on white str...wow some store had a bargain day sale on white stripe shirts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-55672305664398127672009-06-29T20:43:35.679-05:002009-06-29T20:43:35.679-05:00Jim, thanks for using the term "mayor's o...Jim, thanks for using the term "mayor's office". I intended to do so in the text of the posting, but didn't. However, that is exactly what it was known as, and I referred to it in that way all my life there.Carl Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06135737520303997277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-65464212508873490702009-06-29T19:29:39.722-05:002009-06-29T19:29:39.722-05:00I believe that I see my mother believe it or not !...I believe that I see my mother believe it or not !!!!!!!!! The book of tickets came 50 to a book. You had to tear one ticket for each dollar spent. On Saturday in the grocery business spending was big, so you spent a lot of time tearing tickets and removing the stubs for the drawing. So many in fact, your fingers became sore from tearing the tickets. To overcome the constant tearing we would take the tickets to the meat counter and use the meat band saw to saw the stubs away from the tickets. I wonder if anyone else who worked in the grocery store remembers this. And whatever you do, don't stop by the poolroom on your way to the mayor's office to deposit the ticket stubs or you might be late...Of course that never happened to me.<br><br>Jim GJimmy Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812534277296231586.post-2660640535986887242009-06-29T18:03:26.578-05:002009-06-29T18:03:26.578-05:00Carl what would you have done with the money if yo...Carl what would you have done with the money if you had won it? Knowing you, you would have spent it at the Western Auto on your car for assessories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com