Chamber Business Connection Vol. 1, Issue 11 | Page 13

ommunity
offee with Bill
adway
and one by one I hear them
relate how relatable Bill is.
“He’s got the best sense of
humor of anybody I’ve ever
met!” Marty says. Jimmy
pipes up after – “He knows
everybody by their names
that comes through his
door!”
“No I don’t,” Bill says in a
bashful tone, “I swear I re-
ally don’t.” Bill gets back to
the question, “The Spirit of
Grove City... I don’t know.
I just like the place, I guess,
Kay Kahoe (Left) and Betty Potts (Right) awarding Bill his Marshal sash
I don’t know.” he says with a smile. Sure it’s an honor, but they could have picked some more
deserving folks, I would think, like Marty down there,” He says with a chuckle. “I’m pretty excit-
ed about it. I just—I’m apprehensive. I don’t know. Like I said, you don’t know what shenanigans
these guys might pull on me.”I shift attention to the hundreds of patron’s photos that line the walls
at Planks. “Are they all customers?” I ask.
Yes, those are all customers.
That’s my mom and dad up
there on the top, right up
there. Then a couple of those
people up there, we lost them.
That guy wrapped in the mill
is Fedora, Tomcat and I don’t
know – I can’t remember all of
their names.
He continues on, telling me
funny, lighthearted stories
about the people in the pic-
tures. He pulls an antique hat
from under the bar and sits
it on my head. I sit there with
them, drinking coffee until
before I know it - I’m late to
work. I think to myself,
“I wonder when I’ll be in one
of his stories.”
A wall of patron’s photos displayed at Plank’s on Broadway
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