Helen, Your mother was right about Watkins vanilla being the best kind - I have a bottle of it that a friend of mine gave me, and I always use it. It is a large bottle, so it will probably last a long, long time! Our "Watkins Man," as we always called him, was Mr. Moudy; I remember him as always wearing a black suit and white shirt - probably a tie, too. Can you imagine that in the hot summertime! There was also a Watkins salve that came in a large, round, green tin box. It seems like we always had some of that on hand. Just a little something else to think about. Betty

Betty, You know I always thought that Watkins products were a "Nashville invention", and I was obviously wrong. A friend/cousin is getting a bottle of Watkins Vanilla for me, and I plan to sit and sniff and remember. Helen Jlbjmcc@aol.com wrote: > Helen, > > Your mother was right about Watkins vanilla being the best kind - I > have a bottle of it that a friend of mine gave me, and I always use it. It > is a large bottle, so it will probably last a long, long time! > > Our "Watkins Man," as we always called him, was Mr. Moudy; I remember > him as always wearing a black suit and white shirt - probably a tie, too. > Can you imagine that in the hot summertime! > > There was also a Watkins salve that came in a large, round, green tin > box. It seems like we always had some of that on hand. Just a little > something else to think about. > > Betty