The Idle American
Mickey Eddins didn’t want folks to make a “big to-do” about him or his western accessory business, but that’s simply too bad.
“If he hadn’t wanted a ‘big to-do’ made about what he’s done, he shouldn’t a’done ‘em,” said one of the 400-plus guests crowded into the M&F showroom recently to honor him and Linda – his wife of 59 years – and their sons and families. Friends gathered in friendship, respect, reverence, curiosity and awe for the firm’s 50th anniversary, and to “rib” Mickey for a spell.
Somebody joked that even if nearby garage sales hadn’t been held simultaneously,