When Mom was a teenager the young people would go to a nearby town and pick strawberries big time. They stayed in a barracks type house and stayed till the berries were gone. Money was used to buy their school clothes and books...Yes, back then you had to buy school books...Bad part of the good old days...We picked berries also, but for neighbors. We got a nickle a quart, and ten cents for capped ones...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:58:19 -0700 Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > My daughter picked strawberries when she was in Jr High School and > it didn't hurt her. But, Oregon decided no kids under 12 yrs old > could be in the fields working and that curtailed a lot of the > families from going to the fields. About that time, we moved to > Central Oregon so she couldn't pick any more. She still talks about > working in the fields. > Emma ____________________________________________________________ Hate Carrying Pet Food? Join the PetFlow auto-delivery service and save 25% It's free to join! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cce4d2cb3145bd0bm06duc

My older sister talked about buying the school books. Mom and Dad moved to Louisiana for a while, and she said they furnished the school books so she benefitted from that. Then, they moved back to Arkansas and you had to buy your own school books. They couldn't afford to buy the books so my other sister was the loser. The second sister has always said that she didn't get the education that the older one got. I think she only went to like 4th or 5th grade. She didn't like to write letters, said her spelling wasn't that good. Emma > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:12:44 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Making sorghum molasses.... > > When Mom was a teenager the young people would go to a nearby town and > pick strawberries big time. They stayed in a barracks type house and > stayed till the berries were gone. Money was used to buy their school > clothes and books...Yes, back then you had to buy school books...Bad part > of the good old days......Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~