Billy, I still remember having to use my granny's outhouse. Every Sunday morning before church, taking a bath in a washtub. The washtub was fun, but the outhouse scared to death!! Billy, I think you are the same age as my Mom. She will be 78 in October. She is Jean Caraway O'Dell. My Dad was Melvin O'Dell (Boykid). Would you mind telling us who your buddies were and what ya'll did for fun. I love listening to my Mom tell her stories. Thanks for sharing with us. Jo O'Dell McDaniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy G Albritton" <bil.dot-alb1404@juno.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Early Wise Co. > I cannot remember the year I started to school. I must have been seven > years old, because my birthday > came in December. I do remember this, when I started, there was no city > water. On the east side of > the school building was a wind mill. There were no inside restrooms. > When you got a drink it was on > the east side of the building. On the West side was the outhouses. Down > in the south west corner, that > is where the one for boys. > > Most everyone that went to school at that time had an outhouse at home. > There were people hired to > clean those things. Most everyone went outside to get their water. > > I believe it was 1935, before we had city water. It took maybe a year > before everyone that wanted > city water had it. Very few had it piped into their house. They still > had to go outside to get their water. To > the ones that took a bath, it was once a week, in a number 3# wash tub. > > Many people still used kerosene lamps. That is the way you did your > homework. Many people still burned > wood, and they cooked with it. > > >From 1933 until 1940, it was hard times. There was the WPA. It paid > $30.00 a month. The people > who worked for the Railroads, made the most money. A dollar a day, was a > fair job then. > > The best time of the year was Christmas, and the forth of July. In all > this we had fun. Very few little kids > had a lot of toys. If you had one good toy you liked, you were happy. > When you could come up with > a dime, and that was hard to do, you could go to the movie. Most of the > movies I wanted to see was > cowboys, and that was every Saturday evening. Buck Jones, and Gene Autry, > was my favorite. > > All the Churches in town who had Revivals, had them outside in the > Summer. There was no air conditioning > in any Church. > > In about 1938, Mr Curly, had air conditioning put in the building. Some > went there just to cool off from that > Texas heat. > > I will say it again, in all this we had fun. > > Billy > > >