I wish I could remember my grandmother's wearing aprons.... However, one died when I was 2, the other moved into town (Stillwater, OK) by the time I was old enough to remember anything about her. My step-grandmother (maternal) and my grandmother (paternal) just wore them to clean house or to cook. I do remember when the whole Hays family would get together Grandma Hays would pass out extra aprons to all the daughters and daughter-in-law's, I have 8 aunts and uncles. I do remember my great aunt and great-grandmother in aprons though. They were in their 80's when I got to know them, and both lived well into their 90's. In fact I only recall ever seeing them without an apron at my aunt, and grandfather's funerals!! The rest of the time I think that was "standard equipment" for them. Speaking of Grandma's Apron though, I remember my grandfather and his brothers, never being in anything other than a pair of Osh-Kosh overalls. And even on Sunday grandpa would usually just throw a suit jacket over the overalls for church. I guess rural Oklahoma Methodists were casual even in the 60's and 70's. Scott Hays Economics Department RH 508 6001 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182-0048 (402) 554-2570 Scott_Hays@unomaha.edu