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Show I "I REMEMBER" SV THE OLD TIMERS ' From Mrs. Eliza BuckUad, j Idaho Falls, Idaho: I remember ; sleighing parties, with straw packed in the bottom of wagon boxes which had been lifted to "bob sleds" . . . plenty of old fashioned fash-ioned quilts to spread over the straw and up the side of the box, with some left over for lap robes. The driver, in a big, long fur coat, usually sat on edge of the box up front. Each couple or group would .sit with their feet across the widih of the box, filling in each side as they were gathered from lioi'sc to house. We were a merry crowd, enjoy-lug enjoy-lug the melodious tinkle of the sk-itjh bolls. A few of the bell strrnds could be heard for miles and often be identified by tone. Everyone took picnic lunches to the tchoolhouse where dancing, i 1'i-Sranis or games were enjoyed, rhc.-e seemed to be no "cliques" ir "wallflowers." If a blizzard :.'!mc up, we waited until daylight to go home. Even now, after 50 years, my neart beats faster when I hear the tuning of a violin or the sound f sleigh bells when they are (sometimes) carried by Santa Claus at a Christmas party. 'Ssid contributions to this calami U rfje Pit! Timor, Community Press Scrv ce. Itux .'111, Frankfort, Krniackr-) |