[or-roots] Depression Times / W.W.II

[Dorothy Wogh]

Do you remember the cars without any windows where the breeze blew through.
Later getting the curtains you hung up on the inside of the car.  That sure
helped.  No heaters, radios, etc.

Dorothy Wogh
----- Original Message -----
From: <kat1928 at integrity.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Depression Times / W.W.II


> Quoting Verdena Veelle <vveelle at molalla.net>:
>
> > Amen to your comments, Dorothy!!
> > Verdena Veelle
> >
> > Subject: [or-roots] Depression Times / W.W.II
> >
> >
> > : I grew up during the Great Depression and was a teenager during
> > : W.W.II.  The "way things were" didn't bother us because it was
> > : our way of life.
> > :
> > : On the coast, during the Depression we didn't know we were poor
> > : because everyone else was too.  Our rarents knew different many
> > : times when they had nothing to eat for several days.  Mother said
> > : that after a few days you forgot you were hungry.
> > :
> > : At the end of the Depression we moved to Portland, Or.
> > : There we were amazed at the milk delivery trucks, ice trucks, etc.
> > : Everyone loved the ice-man!  The kids would flock after him as he
> > : took the big tongs and carried the block of ice to the houses.
> > : Sometimes the order (card in the window) was for part of a brick.
> > : He'd chisel a line across and break the ice into a smaller piece.
> > : Then we'd all jump to scoop up the slivers of ice.
> > :
> > : When Pearl Harbor happened, we were very confused about our future.
> > : Everyone pitched in and did what they had to.
> > :
> > : There were no demonstrators questioning what we should do.
> > : The nation worked together and got the job done.  Sure there were
> > : innocent people killed as in all wars.  That is a sad part of war.
> > :
> > : These demonstrators today wouldn't have this land and the freedoms
> > : they enjoy if we'd layed down and let the oprressor walk all over
> > : us.  I'm not for wars but as long as some nations/groups are out to
> > : terriorize and kill people, they will remain  wars in our future.
> > :
> > : Today we are spoilt in a way.  Read your history and you will be
> > : a better, humble citizen - unless you are one of those who delight
> > : in terrorizing and murdering people.  Then you had better get your
> > : head screwed  on correctly.
> > :
> > : I am PROUD to be an American and I will do whatever I can to keep
> > : our nation free!
> > :
> > : Dorothy Webb
> > :
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> Verdena,
> Thank you for your comments.  After I had posted that mesage, I figured
that
> I "had done it again."  I expected some cutting coments from persons about
> my "Old Fashioned" way of thinking and all the harsh words they could
think
> of.  Instead,; what a delightful collection of other's personal memories.
> Maybe you are about my age- 75.  It was a good life
>
> Dorothy
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