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Show fl REMEMBER"! SV THE OLD TIMERS t - - 3 From Mrs. Eugenia McKinney of Somerset, Ky.: "I remember when Kentucky farmers had log rollings. I was only a small girl at the time, but I still remember when the neighbor men from all around gathered to help roll the logs. After the timber had been sawed down and the limbs piled up for burning, the women folk would come and prepare the noon meal. How I enjoyed that chicken and dumpling dinner, cake and pie!" From James A. McFaul of Oxford, Me.: "I remember hearing a woman caller at our home in Pembroke, Pem-broke, Me., back in f8&2 saying that if eggs stayed at 12 cents a dozen, she would be satisfied." From Mrs. Sylvia Belfield of Hall-stead, Hall-stead, Pa.: "I remember the first cocoa we bought. We steeped the little shells in hot water for a long time to make the syrup. I also remember re-member helping Mother make soap with lye made from wood ashes and candles with tallow from the beef we butchered in the fall." From Mrs. Everett Carter of Wil-liamsville, Wil-liamsville, III.: "I remember when my older sister's beaux would come a-courtin". They would bring chewing gum in squares (five in a bunch) with the words 'Kiss-Me-Gum' on them. I wonder how many youngsters ever saw gum done up that way." From Willard S. RIchey of Atwood, 111.: "I remember when fruit was dried and preserved instead of canned . . . when kraut was made with a spade . . . when doors hung on wooden hinges." From Mrs. Vera Norton of Mesa, Ariz.: "I remember Father's white shirt with its stiff, starched bosom. Was it ever good looking with those tiny gold studs down the center!" From C. S. Cooper of Xenia, O.: "1 remember when granulated sugar first appeared on the market mar-ket . . . when men wore fancy vests and had a comb and tooth brush sticking out of the upper !-'" pocket . . . when no one ever heard of vitamins or calories." |