Thanks, Jim for this description. This is just the kind of info that I needed. Although it probably seems so ordinary to those who have heard of it or even lived with it.....it is exciting news for others!. Everybody....keep on digging up remembrances of things you've heard! ======================= My mother went to school in Dodge County. She said the kids who did not have "store-bought" lunch boxes had metal syrup buckets they used for lunch pails like her and her siblings. They carried biscuit with ham, fat back (mostly) or occaisionally beef, a baked sweet potato and occaisionally a piece of cake. This was in the 1920's and early 30's though. She said some of the kids who "had more" caried sandwiches made from sliced bread. My Dad began to drive the bus when he was 12 and continued to do so after he graduated until his early 20's. James Harrell Burnham Virginia Crilley 4500 Kenny Lane Waco TX 76710 (254)772-5390 Subscribe to RUFFIN mailing list: Ruffin-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Subscribe to CRILLEY mailing list: Crilley-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Homepages: http://www.eramp.net/~crilley Ruffin homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6276 Taylor Co USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/gataylor.htm