On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:51:20 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:

> And yes, county
> laws did play in, as I remember no stores in the two strip malls in the
> county at that time (they now have a few more) could open before noon. That
> was to 'assure' you went to church.
>
> That didn't stop the good ol' boys from makin' home brew tho. I remember
> one 'bust'....someone, we *think* he might have been the sexton of the
> church, installed a still in the crawl space under the church, tapping into
> the electric to run it. People knew it was there and looked the other way,
> I think it was, since the church was a 'family' deal, one relative getting
> upset with the other and turning him in. Never made the papers *where* the
> still was found, just that one was.
> -ginny

Aren't stills stinky? I'm surprised everyone couldn't smell the
evidence.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:51:20 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> > wrote:
>
>> And yes, county
>> laws did play in, as I remember no stores in the two strip malls in the
>> county at that time (they now have a few more) could open before noon.
>> That
>> was to 'assure' you went to church.
>>
>> That didn't stop the good ol' boys from makin' home brew tho. I remember
>> one 'bust'....someone, we *think* he might have been the sexton of the
>> church, installed a still in the crawl space under the church, tapping
>> into
>> the electric to run it. People knew it was there and looked the other
>> way,
>> I think it was, since the church was a 'family' deal, one relative
>> getting
>> upset with the other and turning him in. Never made the papers *where*
>> the
>> still was found, just that one was.
>> -ginny
>
> Aren't stills stinky? I'm surprised everyone couldn't smell the
> evidence.
>
> --
> Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

Like I said, it was a 'family' church and most everyone was 'in the know'
and after all, the church probably got a new roof out of the deal. (snork)
-g

"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:51:20 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> And yes, county
>>> laws did play in, as I remember no stores in the two strip malls in the
>>> county at that time (they now have a few more) could open before noon.
>>> That
>>> was to 'assure' you went to church.
>>>
>>> That didn't stop the good ol' boys from makin' home brew tho. I
>>> remember
>>> one 'bust'....someone, we *think* he might have been the sexton of the
>>> church, installed a still in the crawl space under the church, tapping
>>> into
>>> the electric to run it. People knew it was there and looked the other
>>> way,
>>> I think it was, since the church was a 'family' deal, one relative
>>> getting
>>> upset with the other and turning him in. Never made the papers *where*
>>> the
>>> still was found, just that one was.
>>> -ginny
>>
>> Aren't stills stinky? I'm surprised everyone couldn't smell the
>> evidence.
>>
>
> Like I said, it was a 'family' church and most everyone was 'in the know'
> and after all, the church probably got a new roof out of the deal. (snork)
> -g
>

Kind of reminds me of the old Andy Griffith Show. Andy and Barney did
occasionally hunt for the folks distilling corn liquor. But they still had
standing cell at the jail for the town drunk to let himself in and sleep it
off every weekend Yeah, we know it's there but <wink> we don't really
know where it is.

Jill

On 6/8/2010 1:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:51:20 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> And yes, county
>>>> laws did play in, as I remember no stores in the two strip malls in the
>>>> county at that time (they now have a few more) could open before
>>>> noon. That
>>>> was to 'assure' you went to church.
>>>>
>>>> That didn't stop the good ol' boys from makin' home brew tho. I
>>>> remember
>>>> one 'bust'....someone, we *think* he might have been the sexton of the
>>>> church, installed a still in the crawl space under the church,
>>>> tapping into
>>>> the electric to run it. People knew it was there and looked the
>>>> other way,
>>>> I think it was, since the church was a 'family' deal, one relative
>>>> getting
>>>> upset with the other and turning him in. Never made the papers
>>>> *where* the
>>>> still was found, just that one was.
>>>> -ginny
>>>
>>> Aren't stills stinky? I'm surprised everyone couldn't smell the
>>> evidence.
>>>
>>
>> Like I said, it was a 'family' church and most everyone was 'in the
>> know' and after all, the church probably got a new roof out of the
>> deal. (snork)
>> -g
>>
>
> Kind of reminds me of the old Andy Griffith Show. Andy and Barney did
> occasionally hunt for the folks distilling corn liquor. But they still
> had standing cell at the jail for the town drunk to let himself in and
> sleep it off every weekend Yeah, we know it's there but <wink> we
> don't really know where it is.

What makes you think Otis was drunk on bootleg whiskey? Drunks and
stills are separate problems.