Blog For Free!
Archives
Home
2004 April
2004 March
2004 February
2004 January
tBlog
My Profile
Send tMail
My tFriends
My Images
Sponsored
Blog
|
| The drugstore library was a hit! |
| 02.29.04 (8:03 pm) [edit] |
Down at the drugstore, around 1941, they had a rental library. It was a little, old corner of the drugstore where they had books--just paperback books. Actually, it didn't cost anything; you could check them out for free. You just had to go down and sign them out.
It was not a very big place, but they were busy all the time. It was such a convenience. The drugstore was close while the regular library was a mile away--too far to walk, and of course it was cheaper than buying the books. The books were mostly novelty books or mysteries. I remember Perry Mason books were popular. They were books for adults, not kids.
I remember my brother Gene would go down and pick me out some books. He would pick out some good ones. The drugstore was a couple of blocks from our house, and the theater where he worked was about three blocks away. He would always go down at the last minute to get me some books; and as a result, he would sometimes be late for work. Once he brought the books home, I would stay up late reading them. At midnight, I might still be reading!
|
|
|
| |
| A broom in one hand, a book in the other! |
| 02.14.04 (7:02 pm) [edit] |
I have always loved to read. I remember my mom would tell me to sweep the floor, and then she would probably catch me standing in the middle of the room, broom in one hand, book in the other! Also when I was ironing, a book would always be on one end of the ironing board!
Even now, it seems as though I drop everything to read an article in the paper or in a magazine. I'm sure I must annoy my family because I'll cut out articles and give them to them, saying, "Hey, would you read this?"
|
|
|
| |
| Reading funny books on the sly |
| 02.13.04 (3:59 pm) [edit] |
I have to follow up on the funny books and the time I had scarlet fever. I was still confined to the bedroom, but I was sure I wasn't contagious anymore. We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house. My aunt Sophia (Dad's sister) and her family and cousin Irma (Dad's cousin) and her family were all there. The grown-ups all ate first; kids ate last. (My husband changed that at our house; kids ate first there.)
Anyway, my cousin Ora Mae slipped away to the front porch. Then I opened the window and passed the funny books out to her. It was fun, for I hadn't seen anyone other than my mother and the doctor for so long! If those grown-ups had known what we were up to, I don't know what they would have done to us! Anyway, Ora Mae didn't get scarlet fever, and it was fun having her read my first funny books. Weren't we sneaky?
|
|
|
| |
| Scarlet fever and funny books |
| 02.12.04 (4:00 pm) [edit] |
When I was seven years old, I had scarlet fever, and my bedroom was quarantined. I enjoyed the Sunday funny papers then...this was before they became comic books. They were printed in 4 1/2 inch squares...big enough to read! There was "Maggie and Jiggs, Mutt and Jeff, Tillie the Toiler, and Katz and Jammer Kids."
I would cut all those squares out and put them together with yarn to make a book. Even my doctor,(who delivered me, and then 23 years later delivered my first daughter) would bring me his Sunday funnies. I may not have had any comic books, but I'll bet I had some of the first funny books.
|
|
|
| |
| Saturday morning cowboy movies |
| 02.09.04 (7:09 pm) [edit] |
When I was about 8 or 9 years old, one of my favorite things to do was go to the movies on Saturday morning. My mom would give me 2 bottles to take to the store for 10 cents deposit money so that I could go. My older brothers, Roland and Deverett, and I went just about every Saturday. We hardly ever missed one. They had their own money from doing chores or something.
We used to walk to the movie theater, and when we got there, we sat together. Once we found good seats, we stayed in them. The whole theater was full...just kids. It wasn't noisy. It was really quiet because we were all so engrossed in the movie.
The movies must have started about 9 in the morning and lasted until about 12 noon. We were so excited about those movies that we didn't even think about the popcorn for sale in a little cart in the movie theater.
The big rage then was mostly cowboy movies with stars like Hoot Gibson, Jim Maynard, and Tom Mix. We watched stories about cattle rustlers and regular shoot-em ups. The good guys were always going after the bad guys. For example, they would go after a bank robber who robbed Wells Fargo. I remember that there was always a girl who played a minor part so the good guy could fall in love with her.
In those days, when they showed the movies, you could see the light from the projector coming down, from behind, upstairs way over your head. You could see it going down to the screen. Movie theaters then were not as sophisticated as they are today.
|
|
|
| |
| 70th wedding anniversary for my brother and his wife |
| 02.05.04 (4:01 pm) [edit] |
My oldest brother and his wife made the headlines on the front page of a local newspaper. On January 6th, they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. They had 6 children, 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great grandchildren there. That makes [b]40[/b] descendents, and I didn't even add the in-laws. Can't you just see that reunion!
I told him that he had better start saving for that 75th anniversary because my sister-in-law deserves that big diamond he will have to get for her then! I just hope when that reunion takes place, they have room for brothers and sisters because I sure want to be there!
|
|
|
| |
| No playing golf by myself in Spain! |
| 02.03.04 (4:08 pm) [edit] |
When I went to Barcelona, Spain to visit my daughter and her husband, my son-in-law took me out to a golf course. He was so busy taking pictures every time I took a shot that I ended up playing by myself.
Two Japanese men who were playing ahead of me noticed that. After about the fourth hole, they told me to just drive my ball up to where they were, and then they wanted me to play with them! It was very enjoyable. Luckily, they spoke English because I don't speak any Japanese!
At the ninth hole, I stopped to get something to drink. They wanted me to continue playing, but I decided to stop there. Imagine! Two Japanese men inviting me to play golf with them in Barcelona, Spain!
|
|
|
| |
| I wasn't going to be a golf widow! |
| 02.02.04 (5:28 pm) [edit] |
|
I didn't pick up golf until I was 50 years old, and my husband Lee was talking about moving to Florida. He was into playing golf at the time, and I said to myself, "I'm not moving to Florida and becoming a golf widow." That's when I decided to up take up the game. For the next fifteen years, it was great playing. It was a bunch of fun! I went out to play maybe 2 or 3 times a week because I loved the game, and I won 9 golf trophies in golf clubs in the area.
|
|
|
| |
| Back to my parents' dairy |
| 02.01.04 (12:43 pm) [edit] |
I don't know why so many memories of the dairy keep coming to mind. I remember my younger sister Rosa would take a half pint bottle and (Yes! Milk came in glass bottles with a cap! No plastic then!) go to the barn where Dad was milking cows. He would milk right into her bottle, and she would drink that 'old warm milk' fresh from the cow. She loved it!
Not me! I'd go to the creamer house where my mom was separating the cream from the milk. My bottle would go under the cream spout of the separator. To this day I like to eat my cereal with cream. I should have been fat, but I never was!
|
|
|
| |
|
Websites
Stormy's Corner
|
