[or-roots] Let there be light

[Cecil Houk]

More from Florence Courtney Melton:
     We bought the first coal oil lamp that winter.  It was a small No. 1 burner glass lamp.  It gave a wonderful light compared to candles.  I had to tip-toe across the room on the far side.  We all watched it all evening.  When it didn't explode or run off in the night, Mother concluded to keep it.  It was such a brilliant light to read by; but in general people were rather doubtful if the use of such lights were not too hard on the eyes. 


I remember that when we lived in the Shea house near Foster in 1943, we had 2 kerosene lamps and a Coleman gas lantern.  The nearest electric light bulb was 1 mile away in Foster.  When I bought this house in 1969 I could not believe how many light bulbs I had ro buy to fill the empty fixtures (each bathroom fixture takes 4 bulbs!).



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