Awake: 5:32am Temp 51 Clear Overnight @ Nicktown, PA
Today is Homecoming Festival day for Nicktown. We planned to all meet @
11:00am here on our property…except my bro Don who might be running a
little late…. & the Footes who might be late because of their attending
9:30am Mass in Indiana…. & Gary & Rosemary who we asked to come earlier if
they want to. I know this is bad journalism but it’s the facts! Nothing
but the facts!
So it’s Gary & Rosemary, Kathy & I walking to the Nicktown hall & standing
in the long line together. In line we are just behind Charlie (high school
buddy), his family & some of their siblings so they are introduce to G &
R. The line moves slow…. & maybe 40 min later, the Footes join in. Just as
we are about to enter the “great hall” & be seated, my bro, Don appears.
How does he do that! His waiting time was only 4 min.
The roasted chicken, locally grown & mashed potatoes, homemade noodles in
chicken soup, coleslaw, cucumbers in sour cream, homemade breads and
homemade pies for dessert were super good as usual. Getting this annual
event, including all that is involved in getting ready for today’s dinner,
along with all the other attractions & money raising events is a huge &
totally volunteer production. It takes a lot of cooperation & hard work
from a lot of good people. This yr was no exception; it was a busy,
crowded, family- oriented, super big picnic with a lot of out-of-towners
attending. This little village of 200 swells to 2,000 people for this
“Homecoming Festival!”
Kathy & I didn’t have much time with the Footes, my bro Don or Gary &
Rosemary after we finished dinner. G & R are heading to Ohio to visit
relatives, so their plan was an early departure anyway.
We had a 2:00pm start time for the fifty-fifty chance program & a stop
time of (?). We did our best…..talking to people nicely whom we didn’t
know, trying to be friendly & personal to the people we did know…..then
try & con both known & unknowns into buying tickets to win 50 bucks. I
actually did enjoy a lot of this salesman stuff but I felt like a phony
when talking with the people I have known for years & trying not to rush
the conversation….then quickly ending a good start of personal bonding by
asking: “Oh, by the way, would you like to buy a chance on the 50-50?”
Kathy had an advantage since she didn’t know a lot of people she was able
to sell her share of the chances much quicker than I. Anyway we did OK as
1st time volunteers. For next yr, we are going to try to volunteer the day
before the festival, and then have the Homecoming Festival day free.
@ 6:00pm, we were turned loose from the 50-50. We were free to mingle &
roam separately & we did until 8:30. Then we walked together back to our
bus & watched the 9:00pm fireworks from the comfort of our living room.
This fireworks display, was a 1st for Nicktown & was quite a thriller.
Today high temp=74 Lights out: 10:37pm
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