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Pag# T*relr* — Blythevilla, 'Ark ) Courier Nw^i — Frlday, May 10,The View From HereEd Hayesl nurirr News Sports EditorFOLKS WHO FIGURED TO SEE THE FOLDUP OF THEWalker Park Roller Drome before a full \oar rolled b\ must heW %fshopping around for new fields in which to foist their inetfica-Cious forecasts. A full year has elapsed since Bill Walker first swung open his doors to the public and the business today looks healthier than it did back in the carle no\clt\ davs.If Bill were the kind of man who laughs at another's mis-for'une. he would guffaw- at his critics—but he's too busy getting ready for the anniversary party Saturday. Bill plans to ring in the new rink year by offering skating all day tomorrow, from 1 p.m until midnight 11 hours'1 lor .just $1 per person.it doesn't just end there other surprises are in store.cause Bill loves skating so much himself and wants to wheel around on nothing but the best.f*atYou don't have to call in an efficiency expert or industrial ^analyst to figure out why roller skating should he on solid footing ^here. You need not look bevond the floor itself which is in su-perbly slick shape. Walker modestly concurs: The rink is nicer j.than it was when we started a year ago. It s been sanded threetimes.”1Dlt;The facility gets pampered care and maintenance and looks it.And it's still a good clean place to visit. 1 remember last year about this time the way Bill promised to keep his place, as much as humanly possible, tree of delinquency, vulgarity. ^ necking and roughneckmgrHis was the kind of entertainment housf that could racily | |lt;have become a hoodlum haven It happened in other cities. faBut Bill, an exmop, found it s just as easy to keep it respectable vvand litter-freei tiI'd sav Bill has kept his promise That's why it's good to t sisee a hard-working country boy this own description- making ethe grade. i♦ * +aI have a hunch that one of the primary reasons he keeps the floor slick as a babv * chin other than monetan 1 ilt; be-C
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Blytheville Courier News
Blytheville, Arkansas, US
Fri, May 10, 1963
Page 12
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