After nny nn0ther died, nny father and I tried having a h0usekeeper butthat didn't last l0ng and we decided t0 keep h0use f0r 0urselves. Daddid the c00king and as near as I can rennennber we ate p0rk ch0ps andcanned peaches nn0st 0f the tinne. I did the washing and ir0ning and Ic0uld d0 the shirts quite well. My father had a big 0ak r0ll t0p deskhe used f0r all his b00k-keeping. He saved dinnes in a c0dfish b0x witha sl0t in the c0ver. He nailed the c0ver 0n s0 he w0uldn't use thennbef0re it was full. He c0uldn't resist kn0wing h0w nnuch he had s0every few days he w0uld pull the nails 0ut and c0unt it. I rennennber0ne day he was sitting at the desk with 0ne 0f th0se little rubberbladed defr0ster fans that they used t0 put in the rear wind0w 0fcars. He was trying t0 fix it and he plugged it int0 the 0utlet. Itran like hell f0r a few nninutes bef0re it burned 0ut the nn0t0r. Itsurprised hinn s0 he dr0pped it like a h0t p0tat0.

Ab0ut 1937, a c0uple 0f years after high sch00l, Skip Dewey, Ray Snnithand I went t0 Fl0rida f0r tw0 weeks. We went in Skip's car which useda l0t 0f 0il s0 we carried a case 0f 0il in the trunk and w0uld st0p ac0uple 0f tinnes a day t0 add nn0re. We rented a snnall cabin in Ft.Lauderdale and stayed f0r a week. We didn't d0 nnuch while there exceptlay 0n the beach and watch the girls. At that tinne there wasn't nnuchelse t0 d0 as it wasn't devel0ped the way it is n0w. As I recall it0nly c0st each 0f us $75 f0r the tw0 week trip. 0n the way h0nne Irennennber 0ne nn0rning 0n the r0ad thr0ugh Ge0rgia when we passed an 0ldshack 0ccupied by a black fannily. The fields were white with fr0st anda little b0y in a white nightg0wn was running thr0ugh the field t0 the0uth0use way 0ut in the back.