In Pat's Own WordsThese are selected quotes from the book, "Grandma Remembers." Pat began filling this out for the grandkids in 1995 and soon switched to her word processor because there wasn't enough room on the pages! She used the book as a guide as she spoke about her life.
Pat's Parents"My parents met..."At a picnic. My father was being introduced to 2 'more suitable' ladies who were from wealthy families. He liked my mother better. They met about 1931 or 2. They eloped July 1, 1933. Three years later they were married in a Catholic Church. My father was a union employee at Bowman Dairy Co. My mother was a secretary/bookkeeper.
Pat's ChildhoodWhen I was a little girl, the world was very different. If I were writing this in the 1940's, I would be using a pen and paper. The pen would be the kind that required filling from an ink bottle. It was messy, believe me. Actually, that pen was a pertty modern invention.Another change that is similar to what you and I do today, but for a different reason, is the recycling we all do. I was 5 or 6 and there was a war going on. We called it World War II. Many basic supplies were hard to get, like sugar or shoes... We washed and smashed cans and took them to what we called "victory boxes." Incidentally, I was chubby and strong, so I was the one in the family who got to step on the cans and smash them. This writing is bringing back a lot of memories. For example, the mention of shoes, leads me to recall a favorite activity when we bought shoes -- the x-ray machine. All shoe stores had one and we would put on a new pair of shoes and then stand in the machine to see if the fit was proper. We didn't know then that too much exposure to the rays could be harmful.
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