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Show I REMEMBER : BY THE OLD TIMERS l 1 From Mrs Stanley Narbert, Lumberport, W. Va.: I remember my grandmother's "spare" room The floor was covered with straw matting, so cool and peaceful looking. look-ing. Also. Grandmother's treasured "toilet set," consisting of a large water pitcher, decorated with immense im-mense red and yellow roses, and a wash bowl to match. From Mr. Leland Ross, Columbus, Colum-bus, O.: I remember back in 1901 when my father and mother moved from Wayne County, West Virginia, Vir-ginia, in" wagons. We arrived at Branchland which was the end of the wagon trail. From there we loaded the furniture on a push boat and moved up-river to Midkiff, W. Va.. which, at that time, was called the mouth of Nine-Mile Creek. The next seven miles to our home we moved by horseback.- From Mrs. N. D. Parker, Hughes Springs: I remember when women had to beat dirt from 'clothes when they washed. We had a "battling block" and a smooth battling stick. Children came in handy for this chore. Neighbors for almost a mile around always knew when it was washday. We used home-made soap made from meat scraps. From Mrs. Sarah DeLong, Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, O: I remember when I was 14 years old, Sam Jones, a great evangelist of the time, held meetings meet-ings near our home. Many people were converted. At one of them a lady asked to see him in private and he consented. When he walked into the room he picked up a coat and put it across her shoulders. She was amazed. Then he explained ex-plained that before they started to "talk he didn't want any temptations. tempta-tions. The lady was wearing a "plunging" neckline dress. Today's styles are not so new after all. |