When Old Man Warner drew his slip, he declared it was his seventy-seventh time participating in the lottery. The older people in the crowd seemed to think that was ridiculous, saying "lottery in June, corn be heavy soon," but the younger members thought the idea had merit. While this process went on, some of the townspeople talked about how the north village was talking about giving up the lottery process. Summers called each family name, the representative would come forward and pick a piece of paper from the box without looking at it. If the head male of the family were deceased or incapable of coming as in Clyde Dunbar's case due to a broken leg, then a son over the age of sixteen could stand in or the wife would have to pick for the family. Hutchinson arrived after he had been sworn in, declaring that she had forgotten what day it was to the amusement of those people who heard her. His first order of business was to take role and make sure he knew who was the head of each family and which members could not attend.
He brought with him a box with small pieces of paper inside of it. The townspeople start the day as they normally would, but then at 10:00 all the residents had to report to the town square. The short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson takes place a few hundred years ago on June 27 in a small town.
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