Yes i remember Ricketts - he was a crook- he used to rent the Standley theater out for wedding photos- smile
i recall when they used to have bethelites as assembly hall keepers a "former" buddy of mine was assigned there - they rotated cleaning guys over there for like 6 months stints-
anyway they were allowed to order almost any food they wanted and they kept plenty STEAK
we used to have gatherings over there at night, esp after sat assemblies were over- the sisters would hang around and he and his partner would sneak sisters upstairs
for anyone who has been there - you may not realize it but the assembly hall keepers apartment is up over top of the stage, kinda off to the side, and one can actually open one of the painted widows that is up there and it is really a door so that you can walk out and over look the auditoruim
it is really cool- anyway they replace bethelites with pioneer couples word kept getting back to much partying, never was no sex to my knowledge but lots of partying
sometimes we would Pipe the OHIO PLAYERS. CAMEO, CON FUNK SHUN, LUTHER VAN DROSS THRU THE assembly hall sound system at night--yes we were wicked
and then they put Ricketts in - he had this ugly pioneer sister for a wife and i felt sorry for her cause he was always so COOL with the sisters- he also RAN A CATERING BIZ and used the assembly hall supplies as well- at this time we still had food service
he used to do jw wedding and at night he would rent out the theater so folks could take pictures like in GONE WITH THE WIND down that winding staircase
now some of my boys let folks in todo the same but not for money, but Ricketts did
of course as with every bethelite YOU NEVER ASK FOR MONEY if the bro gave you a GREEN HANDSHAKE you were thankful
BUT everyone knew they had to give Ricketts something
I wonder what the deal was that got him Dfed
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