Ronnie’s Roller Rink was a local attraction from 1946 until it burned to the ground in the winter of 71-72. It had been housed in a military surplus colossal Quonset hut Uptown on Fig Avenue. It opened with the optimism of post-war America.

Illustrious, industrious, chivalrous Philander Jones, Warhaven city councilor, mayor, chair of scores of committees, sits at his roll top desk in his wheeled chair, fumbling, an ever-increasing tremor in his right hand. He stares at the legal document before him, a codicil or appendix, he doesn’t remember now, a document which comes in and out of focus for him.