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Show BY THE OLD TIMERS From Mrs. Harold Myers, Shorts Creek, Virginia: I remember when our homes had floors made ol very rough lumber and full oi splinters. To mop these floors, you used a broom made of wood splints. You had to splash the water from a tub to the floor and scrub very hard. In the corner of the room there was a hole drilled in the floor, about the size of a quarter. Through this hole all the excess water was swept out. To dry the floor was the hardest and biggest job. On hands and knees you had to rub the floor with rags and wring out the water until un-til the rough planks were dry. . From George L. Wilkinson, Hilton, Hil-ton, New York: I remember when mother would send me to the store for groceries. When asked for a pound of crackers, the grocer gro-cer would open a paper bag and drive the cat out of the crackers. The crackers always were in a barrel and the cat always slept there. From Mrs. Jessie A. Miller, Salem, Oregon: I remember when a new family moved into a neighborhood neigh-borhood all the neighbors came calling. If you wished to be accepted ac-cepted as a neighbor, you received re-ceived their calls and returned the calls later. ' From Mrs. George Wagnon, Lake Charles, Louisiana: I remember re-member when ladies had appendix appen-dix and wore two petticoats. (Send contributions to this column to The Old Timer. Community Press b;rv-Ice. b;rv-Ice. Frankfort, Kentucky.) |