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Show "I REMEMBER" BY THE OLD TIMERS : ... From Mrs. Anna May Smith Waynesburgr, Ky.: I remember ii olden times my father had a pai of oxen. He would haul logs wit i them. Brother and I plowed up oui potato patch with them. He woul( plow and I would drive, then '. would plow and he would drive. From Mrs. Leta Burdick, Couders port, Pa.: I remember the nickel odeon, enchanting movie of mj childhood. The front of the bare un-luxurious little building wa: adorned on both sides of the dooi thus: "5c." The play I recall most was an illustration of the song "Wait Till The Sun Shines, Kelly.' Ah, the vivid blue, pink and yellow I of Nelly s gown in technicolor, the handsome mustached hero with whom she went strolling down lover's lov-er's lane! Once we attended s church social movie where a mar was flattened by a steam roller, but ran flatly around. From Mrs. James R. Taylor, Shawnee, Okla.: I remember when the stores used to get shipments ship-ments of dried raspberries. We thought the pies our mother made from them were out of this -world. It's been years and years since I've seen any of them in the stores. From Henry Houge, Houston, Minn.: I remember when Schais-berg Schais-berg and Solberg in Caledonia, Minn., operated a meat cutter with a 150-lb. dog-powered treadmill. tread-mill. Later a 200-lb. sheep buck was used. Later, a small gasoline engine. Now by electricity just turn a button. ' From Hendrik Dinkla, Florahome, Fla.: Sixty years ago my father told me to wash my hair once a month with petroleum and then with soap and water and I would never have dandruff. I have followed fol-lowed this advice. I am 75 years old and still have all my hair. (Mail your memories to THE OLD TIMERS, N.W.N.S., 210 S. Desplaines, Chicago 6J |