When the depression hit about 1929 the winter was bad and the hens couldn’t lay many egg. Christmas gifts were only given to the younger members of the family. Theresa asked what I really wanted. One thing I said was a ring with a red set. I got that and a light blue opal necklace also, I felt I was certainly blessed! Opal my birth stone! Adolph saw I could make Christmas wreaths out of cedar branches and add red crepe paper bows, he asked me to make more and he took them to market on Saturdays to sell to customers for 25 cents each to buy Christmas gifts for the little ones under 6 years at home.
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Sundays after church from 12-5:30 or 6:00 was free time for the children. I often remembers finding a gunnysack when I would walk home from Brazito where a small country store was located. On way way to the store, I would pick up pop bottles and cash them in for a one of the following: 16oz bottle of pepsi for five cents, candy bar for five cents, or a sack of candy for ten cents. While on my way back I would walk on the opposite side of the road and pick up bottles for the next time I went to the store. The return price on a bottle was two cents. If I had leftover candy, I would share it with the smaller kids.
Letter from Uncle Vernon and Aunt Florence 1979
[Uncle Vernon included a stamped, self-addressed envelope for grandma to use to write back.]