When I was a kid back in 1967, we used to play in this field that was mostly wooded near the rail road tracks. It was on the edge of town, not far from the college and was a great place for kids to play. Years go someone had dumped a refrigerator, one of those ancient ones with the motor and coils on top.
One day we noticed that the weeds around the old fridge had been trampled on, and it was sitting upright more than usual. So as inquisitive kids that we were, we opened the door. Inside we found a box, and in that box was several small paper bags, the size that a beer can would fit in, each one about half full of pills. So we jumped on our bikes and rode off to tell one of the guys dad about what we found. We took him to look at it, and he went and called the police.
The police came and looked at it and said it was Seconal. We had no idea what that was at the time. So the police confiscated the box, then shook our hands and thanked us for being good citizens.
Later on the newspaper reported that the drugs were worth $22,000 bucks and was the largest drug find in the county at the time. Later on, after an investigation, the local and well respected pharmacist was arrested and charged with selling Seconal out of his pharmacy. He was convicted and sent to prison for several years, and the pharmacy was shut down.
I mostly remember going to the lunch counter at that pharmacy and getting a banana split for a quarter and sharing it with my dad.
Times have sure changed....
