I was still in grade school so I don't remember too much but I do know that the widow with four children drew a few groceries and a very small check. She worked in a sewing room 10 hours 5 days a week for them. As I remember she recived dried bean, rice, dry milk, flour, corn meal, a few cans of canned meat, don't think it was beef or pork though. this is all i can remember. My in-laws received 20 dollars a month when they turned 65 when they retired. My husband was drafted and his dad was not able to farm anymore so they had to sell out, not being to do it by himself. I hope this answers some of thw questions wanda in OK ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour