Saturday morning cowboy movies

When I was about 8 or 9 years old, one of my favorite things to do was go to cowboy movies on Saturday morning. My mom would give me 2 bottles to take to the store for 10 cents deposit money so that I could go. My older brothers, Roland and Deverett, and I went just about every Saturday. We hardly ever missed one. They had their own money from doing chores or something.

We used to walk to the movie theater, and when we got there, we sat together. Once we found good seats, we stayed in them. The whole theater was full...just kids. It wasn't noisy. It was really quiet because we were all so engrossed in the cowboy movie.

The movies must have started about 9 in the morning and lasted until about 12 noon. We were so excited about those movies that we didn't even think about the popcorn for sale in a little cart in the movie theater.