Field Note No. 06 · November
The bell that almost replaced Hannah's, and why it didn't.
Filed from the soda fountain, Bitter Root, SC.
The bell that almost replaced Hannah’s, and why it didn’t. Otis meant well. The town preferred the original twine and the familiar nickel jar.
This field note is filed and waiting for Teddy’s longer telling. The dates are approximate; the ring is not.
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Field Note No. 01
Hannah hung a brass bell over the soda fountain in 1924 and told the boys that any one of them who rang it without ordering a sundae owed her a nickel. The bell is still there. The nickels paid for the new roof in 1957.
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Field Note No. 02
No one in Bitter Root will tell a stranger about the schoolhouse. Not because they are unfriendly, but because the story takes the better part of an afternoon, and they want to make sure you have time for it. Bring a folding chair.
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