I bought gas at 16.9 but the cheapest I ever sold it for was 19.9. I worked in a small independent station in Houston after HS graduation. "White Gas"( if you remember that) I bought for lawnmower at 12.9. Houston was notorious for it's "Gas Wars" Larry L. McElwee Dodge City, Ks. mcelwee1942@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <conestew@cox.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. >A girlfriend and I drove to California the fall of l968 and had to pay 47 >or 48 cents a gallon for gas in LA and we thought we > were robbed w/o a gun. Mary Stewart > > > ---- Leroy Achee <joandleroy@spillwaycable.com> wrote: >> We scooped the square in Greenfield, Adair County in the 70's plenty - a >> gallon of gas was .35 when I first started driving - which I had to fill >> from the farm barrell if I wanted to go to town 13 miles away. >> Apparently >> it was much farther coming from Greenfield as several dates were quashed >> for me because the boys mothers thought I lived too far away - at least >> that >> was the story I got hmmmmmm --- >> >> I remember how outraged my Dad was when gas JUMPED to .50!!! Oh for >> those >> days again - Jo Achee