A CHRISTMAS STORY

Each year at our church we assemble food baskets for those in need. We got our food from Parkway Supermarket untill Lee sold out. We then started using the IGA on Kanawha Terrace. The people who run this place are really great to help us. Keep reading it gets better.

This year we assembled 20 baskets. We picked up the can food and dry stuff on Friday night. Larry Smith and I went over on Saturday morning to pick up the Hams, eggs. milk & butter.

As the young boy was helping to load the truck I remembered that my older brother Bill had been working here as a stockboy for about a month. I asked the young man if Bill was working. He replied that he thought he was.

I told the young man to go inside and tell him that there was a guy out back that was going to kick his butt! Well he went inside and I could here them talking but could not make out what was being said.

I stepped inside the door and was still hidden by the large freezer. Larry was standing there where they could see him. He (not knowing what my brother looked like)was saying to the two other guys, you better get out there that guy outside is really mad! I said in a loud gruff voice GET ON OUT HERE I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME!

I then heard the voices again and didn't reconize my brothers voice. I steped from behind the freezer and there stood the young man that i had sent the message by, and another man about half my size and looked to be in his 70's.

I started to laugh and said, is your name Bill. He said yes but he wasn't going to come outside! By this time I was laughing so hard I could barley explain what was going on. he explained that he was the owner of the store! He didn't know who was out side but he wasn't going out to see! We all had a good laugh over all of this. I told him I was just glad he wasn't 6'8" tall and weighed about 350lb and came out back and beat me all over the lot!

Hope you have a great new year!