My sixteenth year
It was one month before my sixteenth birthday. I decided to go to the early movie at the old Culver Theater. My buddies who usually go with me to the movies were tied up and it was the last day before the movie I wanted to see left the theater. The movies always changed on Friday. Being a school night I didn’t want to stay out to late because we had a big game cumming up Friday. I played center and forward on the junior basketball team. I took the bus and got to the theater in time for the six o’clock movie. In those days you always got a double feature, a news reel, and usually a cartoon. The theater was about 2/3rds full and I had an isle seat. I couldn’t see who …