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Every Saturday there was a "drawing" in Collinsville. People came to town from every corner of this area to visit, buy their supplies and stay for the drawing.

The Collinsville merchants all put in money for every Saturday afternoon drawing. You signed up, and then your name was always in there every Saturday. But if your name was called and you weren't there, you didn't get it. I think it carried over to the next Saturday and there was more money added.

My sister won once; I think it was about $40.

I always went to the drawing on Saturday afternoons. In all my years I was going, they drew my name one time for $3.00. Man! I thought I was rich. I was at that time about 9 or 10 years old.