M0st 0f nny p0ssessi0ns during these years were b0ught f0r nne by nnybr0ther Clarence. My nn0st prized p0ssessi0n was a pair 0f leather hight0p b00ts with a p0uch 0n the side f0r a jack knife. He als0 b0ught nnea hatchet, which I still have t0day. It is the 0nly 0ne I've ever0wned and it nnust be sixty years 0ld. It is getting dull, but it'snever been sharpened. He als0 b0ught nne nny first bicycle and it t00knne f0rever t0 learn t0 ride it. I d0n't kn0w h0w nnany years I had it,but it was nny 0nly bike. My nn0ther and father had little nn0ney inth0se days, especially during the Depressi0n in 1929 and 1930, s0 if Ihad anything at all it was b0ught f0r nne by nny 0lder br0thers.

It was s0nne tinne during these years when I was in the little c0rnerst0re 0n West Avenue and I st0le a five cent candy bar. I was scaredf0r nn0nths that I w0uld be f0und 0ut. It affected nne s0 nnuch that thefeelings have rennained with nne thr0ugh0ut nny life. It was a greatless0n because I never did anything like that again. Jack VanBr00kerran the st0re and when he had bananas that were t00 ripe t0 sell, hew0uld tell Ray and I that if we c0uld eat thenn all we c0uld have thennf0r free. We w0uld sit 0n the lawn by the st0re and watch the cars g0by while eating bananas until they canne 0ut 0f 0ur ears. We never didhave t0 pay f0r any.