The Thanksgiving Day Stick Man Cloud Blower Tube Pipe	by Stephen Langley
Central States Archaeological Societies 2023 April Journal	Soddy Daisy, Tennessee

Figure 1. Portion of a painting by Mark Begley showing the tube banner found by the author in situ.

I had made plans to go artifact hunting with my buddy, Stanley Thurman, on Thanksgiving Day in 1989. Stanley and I both worked at United Parcel Service. He was a package truck washer at the Athens, Tennessee UPS Center, and I came through Athens, Tennessee every night to pick up the Next Day Air packages and then transport them to the air facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. At the time, I was driving a semi-truck for UPS out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Stanley and I shared a love for Indian artifacts and had become friends.

I had to work on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving Day in 1989. When I got off from work on Thanksgiving morning, I hurried home. I was excited because Thanksgiving Day had always been my most productive day to look for artifacts.

When I arrived at my home, my wife met me at the door. She was pregnant with my son and suffering from morning sickness. So, I had to call my buddy Stanley and tell him that I couldn’t go artifact hunting that morning. I understood why my wife wanted me to stay at home that morning, but I was disappointed as would be expected.

When I called Stanley and gave him the bad news, he asked if I’d object if he took another friend of his, Charlie Moore, with him. I told Stanley that it would be OK with me. He then asked where I thought he and Charlie should hunt that morning. I told him ...

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