we had a old green ice box,that held on big block of ice,we kept just milk,butter and eggs in it.was good tho,we enjoyed it.We got our fist ge refrig in 1952.I remember standing there just looking,and kept opening the door,I was so amazed,lol..We still had the old wringer washer tho,didn't get a new automatic until 1958,how proud we were.My mom still says,the old wringer washed clothes a lot cleaner,lol ----- Original Message ----- From: <DLizgerlits@aol.com> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 12:51 PM Subject: [FLHOLMES] Ice Truck > In a message dated 12/30/02 6:26:28 PM Central Standard Time, > res00jqu@gte.net writes: > > > > Liz, Jimmie, do you guys remember the ICE TrucK? > > The ICEMAN use to give us a chuck of Ice when he > > pass our house. > > Oh, yes! I also remember our first "ice box." It was in 1948 when I was 7. > Seems that the ice truck came around about once a week. We were poor, so we > only bought a square foot block of ice. Daddy had dug a hole in the ground > under an old oak tree in the yard. He had put a metal box in the hole just > big enough for the block of ice to fit into. > > Liz > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz Gerlits (a cookbook with a > genealogy flavor). Email me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com for details. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >