It seemed like the agony would last an eternity for sixty-eight year old Henry McClure. The high fever, diarrhea and nausea had lasted throughout the night. Henry and his wife, Effie, lived in the small town of Ellen. Their two children had long since moved away leaving the McClures feeling forgotten and sometimes even abandoned. Their sadness compounded when they thought how seldom they got to see their five grandchildren whom they loved dearly. In the face of adversity, however, the McClures knew they could always call on their long-time neighbors and dearest friends, Hattie and Ethel Akins.

The McClures also found comfort at Full Fellowship Worship Center, Ellen’s only senior social hall. In fact, it was at the Worship Center that Henry had his last meal before falling ill. There had been quite a spread of food before the church Bingo game. Food and drinks were brought by residents from all over the town. Henry did not eat a lot of food but could not seem to get his fill of fresh lemonade that Mrs. La LaJuana Minor had made from the lemons off her tree. Mrs. Minor prided in harvesting the largest and juiciest lemons. Her lemons, she bragged, were so large that they would fall to the ground and continue ripening in her kitchen window. In Fact, the lemons she used to make the Bingo lemonade were lemons she picked off the ground.
 
 
 
 

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Bingo Bacteria or Minor Virus?"Barbara Lesure – USC CSP Leadership Cohort, Los Angeles, CA