I told Linda that she knew what a washboard was even if she never used one. Roberta Selub ---------- >From: Carlton Wheeler <carlwhee@quantumworld.com> >To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PABRADFO] Washboards >Date: Fri, May 26, 2000, 10:16 PM > > Linda, > > I can remember my mother using a washboard occasionally when some item > couldn't wait for the weekly wash and I remember seeing them in the > stores in the 30's. I can remember my grandmother washing clothes using > "stompers" which looked like upsidedown funnels on long sticks. Then she > got a gasoline powered washer as electricity didn't reach the farm in > Wilmot township until the 40's. > > Carlton Wheeler > >