My Home Town-Millinocket-Penny Candy

Well, as Thursday was payday we would stand in line to get our allowance.  Of course being the smallest didn't have its advantages on this day.  I got the least amount of money, however, I also knew how to save it, thus I always had money.  My piggy bank was well fed. Occasionally I would loan my brother a few coins so he could go to the dance but he would have to pay me back, not sure if that ever took place though. Anyway I'm forgetting my story.  My Mom and Dad would go out on occasion and leave us kids on Friday or Saturday night.  We would walk down to the Fruit Store on Main Street and buy penny candy.  Now of course it was extremely important to get the most you could get.  Miss Metangelo was the most patient person in the world.  She would stand at that counter and we would say, I'll have three of those, no wait, I'll have three of those as you can get three for a penny and that would be the best deal of the century.  After what must have seemed like eternity for her we would have spent our money and carry it all home so we could play Pokeno.  This is similar to beano only it is played with big cardboard cards with pictures of a deck of cards on it.  You would have a regular deck of cards which you would turn one at a time and if you had that card on your big card you would cover it with a token, or a button or what ever you had.  You could get Pokeno up or down or diagonally.  Now we would sort out all our candy lining up the ones you liked the least as those would be the ones you would anti.  We had four little bowls, one for center, one for four corners, one for diagonal and one for Pokeno.  Until you heard someone say Pokeno you continued to play, even though someone may have won center or diagonal or four corners.  When we finally had enough of the game we would quit and sort out our candy and give away some you didn't want or like and trade for some you wanted.  A good evening was had by all.