by Wilbur Bush, local historian
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Do you remember….
*when service stations filled your gas tank for you, checked the oil and the air in your car’s tires, and washed the windshield
*when ice was sold in large cubes for the ice boxes
*when grocery stores delivered groceries to your home
*when you used red and green mills to pay sales tax
*when farmers took eggs to town in 36-dozen wooden cases
*when farmers purchased baby chicks in the spring and raised them in the brooder house
*when many farmers took their grain to the elevator in their pickups and wagons
*when you couldn’t go to town when the roads were muddy without putting chains on your car
*when cars had mud flaps and running boards
*when hogs were found on most small farms and were called "mortgage breakers."
*when soot had to be cleaned from the flues
*when vinegar was shipped in large barrels and used to fill the containers the people brought in
*when flour was sold in cloth bags and women used the empty sacks to make a dress, shirt, etc.