Big Tent

There was a big field across the street from the house. We would play ball over there. One time a revival came to town and they must have rented the field. Anyway they were on big trucks and sit up a big tent. They also hauled sawdust in and put on the floor. They hired some of the boys in the neighbor hood to set the chairs up. We would have races around the big tent. Every year there would be straw that would grow up head high and someone would catch it on fire and the fire truck would come and put it out. They would always try and fine out who had set the field on fire. In later years we dug a big hole over there. We would build a fire and roast marsh mellows. That was a lot of fun. I have more to say about the field later, there was a lot that happened over there.