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ceptable and old denim or chambray nation of human waste. These were Water lightly stained.
work shirts are worn with ties for one or two holes and were located far are good on watermelon seed spin-
dressy dress up. Faded and very worn enough from the house to eliminate nerbaits white Rat . Trans and
out jeans are worn with coat and tie fly and odor problems Ashes from chrome slabs. Striped bass are fair
(even tuxedo jackets) as acceptable the stove would be sprinkled on the 1 : .
means day care centers and diapers Montgomery Ward Catalogue found jigs.Channelandbluecatfisharegood
are throw aways instead of washable its final place there. Brown paperbags oncheese ai an iver e ow cat is1
cottons. as well as corn cobs were also used. BUCHANAN
Typical Farm Houses On cold nights a chamber pot (slop ... . ....
The farm housesof my youth were jar) was kept inside for toilet use in /aterclear:5 degrees; 1015 )
little more than barns. They gener- the house. This pot was generally two Black bass are good on watermelon/
ally consisted of two or three original gallons large and covered with a lid to red Devil's Tongues, black/blue Snap
rooms, with a shed room or town that prevent odors. It wasemptied outdoors Back creature baits, and pumpkin/
had been added on. The foundations the next morning, chartreuse Whacky Sticks in 8-15
were either flat rocks or cedar posts Windows were prevalent to admit feet. Striped bass are good bottom-
that supported wooden sills. All the breezes in the summer, but conversely, trolling white/gray Hyper Striper
floors were "pier-and-beam" design, they made the houses even colder in jigs and tight-aning live bait around
The floor joists were covered with 1 the winter. Many of these houses had Flag Island. White bass are fair verti-
x4pine flooring (tongue and groove), a shed-room type porch affixed and cally jigging V4 °Z Pirk Minnows,
and this then was many times covered screened with window screen to keep clear/blue Spoiler Shads and chrome
with linoleum. Few, if any had carpet out flies and insects and folk would Tiny Traps in 6-15 feet. Crappie are
or even a centerrug. Floors were swept sleep out there where it would be slow. Channel catfish are fair. Yellow
daily and mopped each week. cooler than in the house proper, and blue catfish are fair to good on
The walls were generally just one Bedrooms were always on the east juglines.
boardthick, usually 1 x 12 stripped on and south of the house to catch the COLEMAN
the outside to cover the joints. This was prevailing summer breezes. , Water clear: 55 degrees; Black bass
cal led board and batten and the design The only rooms that were heated are excellent on dark red soft plastics,
was called a "box house" design.This in winter were the kitchen and living spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Hybrid
type of construction made the houses room. Many times on a very cold day, striper are slow Crappie are slow,
very cold in the winter since there was only the kitchen would be heated to Channel and blue catfish are slow.
Also before yogurt, 40 hour work ‘ no dead air space or insulation as in conserve firewood. We would spend Yellow catfish are slow.
weeks and minimum wage. Dispos- the modern frame house. the day there. That meant the bed- O.H. 1V1E
able diapers were the cloth ones that The inside was usually papered rooms would be very cold With no Water lightly stained; 58 degrees;
were worn out by use. These were the w ith heavy building paper to help electric blankets, several heavy quilts 25 low; Black bass are fan on live bait
days before ice makers in refrigerators, keep out the cold winter winds, were on each bed. It would be like and dark jigs worked around timber,
hair dryers, the coffee break, DDT, This was usually held on with tacks crawling intoan ice-box to get in these and on Carolina-rrigged live bail along
cup sizing for bras, Jeeps, Batman Sometime, if it could be afforded, the cold beds. Sometimes- w e would heat channel edges Crappie are good on
and Superman. walls would be covered with canvas flat-irons (used to iron our clothes), minnows and jigs. White bass are
Also before the United Nations, (special gauzelike cloth, or old bed wrap them in cloth and put them in good on live bait. Smallmouth bass
the bed a few minutes before we got are lair. Channel catfish are good on
in. That would warm the chill to some five and prepared baits.
degree.
With no electricity, there were no
fans or other means ofcooling. People
sweated a lot. Deodorants became
accessible in the 40s, but before that
imagine the smell as we all reeked
with body odor. Baths were taken
infrequently and clothes were worn
for several days due to the difficulty
in laundering. However, since we all
smelled the same and were used to it.
it mattered little to us
Looking back on this life and these
old houses, it seems that we just sur-
vived rather than living However, w e
managed and are none-the-woi .se for
wear today.
Privacy as we know it today was
impossible. Sometimes the whole
family slept in one room. Others might
have two bedrooms with parents in
one, and all the kids in the other Many
times three and four kids would sleep
in one bed.
If all this seems crude, primitive
and unsanitary you are not far from
wrong, but that is the best that could
be done by these poor families in the
days of the Great Depression.
(Continued'from Tuesday)
(EDITOR ‘S NOTE: This is a con-
tinuation of Jack Kirby's childhood
memories of Mercury)
For one nickel you could buy a
Spoiled children (brats) are now
Pepsi or Coke or enough stamps to hyper-active kids, child care now
mail one letter and two postcards.
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You could buy a new Chevy coupe
for $600—but who could afford one?
A pity too, because gas was 11 cents
a gallon!
In our day, GRASS was mowed.
COKE was a cold drink and POT was
something you cooked in. ROCK
MUSIC was a Grandma's lullaby and
AIDS were helpers in the principal's
office. We were certainly not before
the difference between the sexes was
discovered, but w e were surely before
the sex change.
We made do with what we had.
And we were the last generation that
was so dumb as to think you needed
a husband to have a baby.
We were also before deep freezers,
nylon, dacron, fax machines, cellular
or dial telephones, radar, jet airplanes,
florescent lights, Hawaii and Alaska
became states, long hair, earrings and
necklaces on men, and before women
wore men’s clothes.
World War II, Korean and Vietnam
wars Fast foods were those eaten
during Lent (fasting).
We were before so many things,
but one thing we had was faith in God
and trust that His will would guide us
in all facets and relationships of life.
Our family values were strong because
they were based upon the Bible.
Divorce was rarely heard of,
and these were scorned. People did
not live together out of wedlock. It
was not "sharing a relationship" but
"shacking up."
Many terms or names of things
have changed. We put a needle in
our phonograph, now you use a sty-
lus in your record player. A record
is now a CD, a shopping Center is a
mall and tennis shoes or sneakers are
now athletic shoes. Milk bottles, slide
rules dime stores, adding machines
and linoleum have been replaced by
cartons, calculators and computers,
family center and floor coverings. +
An old Victrola became a pho-
nograph, a hi-fi, then a stereo, then
cassettes and now compact disc in a
home entertainment center. Spaghetti
• and macaroni are now pasta. Fried po-
tatoes are French fries or just fries.
Jails are now correctional institutes,
junior colleges are community col-
leges and almost all of the colleges
are now universities.
Heros are called role models,
teenagers are adolescents, brothers
and sisters are siblings, boundaries
are parameters and sex means only
intercourse instead of gender. Shack-
ing up (living together out of wedlock)
is having a meaningful relationships,
fornication is now an affair, homo-
sexuals are now gays and perverts are
not sinners, but sick folk.
Bad is now good, cool means ac-
sheets, or other cloth scraps available)
then shower-tacked with tacks about
4-6 inch center to center and then
paper would be stuck on with flour
and water paste.
Many of these old houses had
no ceiling—the rafters and ceiling
joists were left exposed. These were
extremely cold. The roofs were gener
ally sheet metal (tin). When rains can,
the noise was rather loud as the drops
hit these tin roofs.
None had electricity before 1938,
so none of the modern appliances
in our homes of today were evident
then These homes were illuminated
by kerosene lamps or lanterns, and
heated by wood-burning stoves Very
few had running water, unless you
counted "running" out to the wind-
mill to get a bucket full; hence, there
were no bathrooms with commodes,
lavatories, showers and tubs.
Each home had a water bucket and
wash pan on a wash table for drinking
and washing hands and face. Baths
were taken in wash tubs usually in
the kitchen where water was heated
on the stove.
Each home had an outdoor pit-type
pri vey (outhouse) as a place forelimi-
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VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO:
• The Rochelle I.S.D.—Cafeteria use
• I lie ( Country from the Heart Band for Entertainment
• I he fish, hushpuppy and biscuit cookers
• Those who prepared the food and fish
• The food servers and helpers
• Those who donated baked items
- \H the contributors of items for auction
• file auctioneer, spotters and bookkeepers
• The bidders, buyers and money donators
• ind most of all, the public for attending and making this year’s
fish Fry the best ever.
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