Trust in a proper forecast around Chattasnootchie is at an all-time low after we literally ran Wilbur Garber out of town on a rail for missing a frost warning the night before the Quad-County Outdoor Flower Show and Pellet Stove Consortium Meeting was to take place.
There was a time when Chattasnootchie didn't get a lick of frost all year, but that changed in the July, 1954. Old Man Charles McCloin operating the ice house and supplied the town with ice in various forms. One night, in a fit absent-mindedness, he left all the doors of his warehouse wide open. The resulting billowing would reach all of Chattasnootchie, covering the entire area with a half-inch of frost. The children were elated, the parents concerned, and Ida Dinkleburg's prized winnin' tomatoes were never the same at the county fair.
Of course, no good deed should go unpunished. The unscheduled school closing for such a meteorological anomaly was cut short after Elmer Delroy misunderstood the concept of a snowball and simply layered large rocks with thin packing of snow.
The school pictures the following week were quite gruesome, although the dentist, Dr. Everett Winslow-Tucker, was able to pick up a new Windstream trailer with all the extra appointments added to his schedule. Of course, the Windstream was purchased at the end-of-season sail at the All Season RV and Camping Jamboree, the last event for the fairgrounds before they close them for the month of December, for Jesus' sake.
Now Elmer was never a bright boy, but he did rise to become the greatest car washer and detailer in the Quad-County area.... even if he swore even to his death bed that he'd notice polish one of them there rice burners.
There was a time when Chattasnootchie didn't get a lick of frost all year, but that changed in the July, 1954. Old Man Charles McCloin operating the ice house and supplied the town with ice in various forms. One night, in a fit absent-mindedness, he left all the doors of his warehouse wide open. The resulting billowing would reach all of Chattasnootchie, covering the entire area with a half-inch of frost. The children were elated, the parents concerned, and Ida Dinkleburg's prized winnin' tomatoes were never the same at the county fair.
Of course, no good deed should go unpunished. The unscheduled school closing for such a meteorological anomaly was cut short after Elmer Delroy misunderstood the concept of a snowball and simply layered large rocks with thin packing of snow.
The school pictures the following week were quite gruesome, although the dentist, Dr. Everett Winslow-Tucker, was able to pick up a new Windstream trailer with all the extra appointments added to his schedule. Of course, the Windstream was purchased at the end-of-season sail at the All Season RV and Camping Jamboree, the last event for the fairgrounds before they close them for the month of December, for Jesus' sake.
Now Elmer was never a bright boy, but he did rise to become the greatest car washer and detailer in the Quad-County area.... even if he swore even to his death bed that he'd notice polish one of them there rice burners.
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