It was a warm day, with a high near 60 degrees. Mr. Lanham spent some time in the morning collecting money owed his store by customers, then headed to the Kiwanis Club meeting, where he was inaugurated as president.
Having gotten to bed so late the night before, he lamented that he “did not rise to the occasion of my inauguration as I should have,” espec…
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