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Did you survive the 30 s 40 s 50 s 60 s and 70 s

Born in 41 and growing up on a farm in eastern Iowa one of my greatest memories was how beautiful the night sky was without the light polution we have today. Going to town on Saturday night was a big deal, free movies in the park usually Ma and Pa kettle. All three grocery stores, the hardware store, the International Harvester dealer, the shoe store, drug store, three taverns, barber shop, etc, etc. stayed open late. The size of the town? Less than 500 but it had everything we needed. Oh and I almost forgot the new car dealership and I think three gas stations that really wanted to fix a flat, even on Saturday nitht. Frank.

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Did you survive the 30 s 40 s 50 s 60 s and 70 s

Ibrown59; I guess by todays standards most everyone in our neighborhood when I was a kid would have been considered below the poverty level but we were happy, never missed a meal, never was cold. Most everything we ate came from the garden or was butchered at home. I don't remember not having a telephone, but I do remember the REA coming thru with a power line, and getting "Indoor Plumbing" when I was about 16. (my dad would'nt use it at first he said it wasn't necessary.) But I guess one of my fondest memories was the food, no "store bought" pie crust, it was made with real lard, Canned meat, fried down pork, fresh chicken, and of corse real butter and real cream on our oatmeal. Wow, I'm getting hungry. Oh, and dad smoked "Talor Mades" on Sundays and rolled his own the reat of the week. Even tho we cant escape the troubles and turmoils of todays world, those memories give us "Old Folks" some comfort now and then. Frank.

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