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Show 'l REMEMBER"! BVTKSCLDIIMSRS , j i i From Mrs. H. T. BonnelL Span-: Span-: away, Wash.: I remember when 1 it was the proper thing to ask a , j young man if he objected to tak-: tak-: ' ing your younger sister (14 or 15 : years old) along to dances, the i theater, or circus to which he had ; ' asked the older girl. If he objected ; he was not considered the proper ! ; company for the older girl. ! From Mrs. Homer Kobey, Casey, 'In.: I remember the first automo-: automo-: bile I ever saw. My brother threw i his hat at it and we never saw ; i the hat again. At the time we were I ' living on a claim in South Dakota, 1 '. near a little town named Meirs. From John F. Ryland, Caldwell, Kansas: I remember when I went ! with my folks into the Cherokee ! Strip to gather bones. We hauled j them to Wichita, Kansas, 60 miles away, across rough country and un-I un-I bridged streams, and brought back j bacon, beans, brown sugar and flour. It took a week to make the I trip, but we had enough provision to last a month. From H. B. Stogdill, South Bend, Ind.: I remember when my father would bring home corn every Friday Fri-day night and we would shell it by hand in a tub so he could take it to the mill on Saturday to be ground into meal. From George P. Moeller, Hettinger, Het-tinger, North Dakota: I remember when the school geography listed all the territory between the Mis-: souri River and the Rocky Mountains Moun-tains as the great American desert. From Mrs. Connie Colton, Montrose, Mon-trose, Calif.: I remember when old ladies wore lace caps all day, but a nightcap at night. And I remember, when I was a small child, I slept on a rope . bed with a tick filled with shucks and on that a feather bed. Send contributions to The Old Timer, Community Press Service, McClure Bldg., Frankfort, Ky. |
