Who was Arthur Millson?

   Arthur Millson was a legend in his time. Bringing some of the most fantastic big band music to every area of the country that it would reach. Everyone who had a radio be it a Markson profile or the more expensive Shafer Audiotone would listen and become lost in the music for the briefest of times. Families in cities and country farms alike would gather in the evenings to listen as Arthur Millson's band played music for the Bernie Caperson show and the Golden flour hour. It was entertainment at it's finest. Music that would have you dancing, tapping your toes and forgetting your troubles if only for an hour or more and would have you remembering the music into the next day.
   The year was 1942 and The United States had conducted its first air raid attack on the Japanese main islands, Franklin D Rosevelt was the president, and the entire country was heavily involved in the war effort. Fighting on the homefront was the big theme which meant that everything from food to gas was rationed and having been not long out of the depression it meant that life in that respect had not changed much.
   Life in the small town of Cooney Mills Nebraska hadn't changed much either. It had been a small farming town for many years and would likely continue on that way for several more years to come. The important thing was that everyone knew each other and there wouldn't be a shortage of people to help out if you needed it.
   The town itself boasted a hardware and tractor supply store owned by John D Goodson, a small bank, a café, grocery store, two churches, a barbershop and of all things a new telephone company.
A number of farms surrounded the small town producing everything from corn and wheat, to oats and barley.

And this is where we begin.....
   
This is entirely fiction. More so a figment of my imagination. With winter coming on and my preserving and storing foods over with I decided to do something fun. I've never done a story set in the 1940's before but it's going to be an interesting history lesson for me. Next we'll get to know the people who live in Cooney Mills.