Our Watkins Man was Mr. Heller. I remember the menthol liquid for your handkerchief and the maple syrup flavoring that you could use to make pancake syrup. We lived on River Park Drive. Our house had a half basement and the coal man came once a year to fill it for winter. The over flow was put in our one car garage, since we had no car. We had to haul the coal to the house when the coal bin was empty using an old kid's wagon. Did you, ever have the milk to freeze in the milk box and push the top off and the cream out of the bottle? Lots of interesting things in the old days. Bill

Dear Bill, Yes, once or twice the milk did freeze. But Louisville seldom had cold weather between 1932 and 1957 that I recall. My yardstick is the three years I lived near Schenectady, NY when I was working for GE. Louisville was Edenic in comparison. I was on the corporate staff of GE from 1968-1971. A person had to sign on to the staff for a period three years. My family and I were there three years and ten minutes. Tom the bewildered PlowmanKy@aol.com wrote: > Our Watkins Man was Mr. Heller. I remember the menthol liquid for your > handkerchief and the maple syrup flavoring that you could use to make pancake > syrup. > > We lived on River Park Drive. Our house had a half basement and the coal > man came once a year to fill it for winter. The over flow was put in our one > car garage, since we had no car. We had to haul the coal to the house when the > coal bin was empty using an old kid's wagon. > > Did you, ever have the milk to freeze in the milk box and push the top off > and the cream out of the bottle? Lots of interesting things in the old days. > > Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >