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Show fl REMEMBER" BV THE OLD TIMERS ! I From J. Risor Camryn of Seattle, Wash.: "I remember when we went to the woods for nuts in the fall mostly black walnuts and how we prepared them for winter. . By removing the hull and pounding them through the proper-sized knot hole or one bored through a plank. Then nailing a cleat on the sloping slop-ing barn roof, and placing them one by one behind it to dry and cure. And the stained hands we had for a long time afterward. Most of the boys in school had 'em." From Marie J. Chubb of Chicago: "I remember the good sponge candy we used to buy as children at candy kitchens or in school stores. We paid a penny for a bag. I sure wish I had some now!" 1 " . n i n irt . I ill II sra From the Rev. Robert E. Oughton of Kirkwood, Mo.: "I'm not much of an old-timer, but I remember when women used to raise children instead of poodle dogs." From Mary Stewart of Chicago to Mrs. Minnie Cox: Do you remember: remem-ber: "Won't You Come Over in My Yard," "She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage," "Molly, I and the Baby" or "Down Went McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea"? Or the song that began, "Satan is a dandy, he'll feed you on Nick's candy, climbing up the golden stairs"?. (Contributions for this column should be addressed to the Old Timers Column, Box 340, Frankfort, Frank-fort, Ky. |