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Eleanor:  Do you remember one room schools?  I remember walking a mile each way
to attend a one room school for eight years.  One teacher taught 40 students in 8
different grades. And, oh yes,  no indoor plumbing!

Joe.


Eleanor Noone wrote:

> Ken,
> Do you remember the trucks with rides on the back?  They used to come around
> our neighborhood when I lived in Brooklyn.  I remember the bumper cars and I
> know there were others, but after fifty years, it's a wonder I remember that.
>  There was also the Good Humor man on summer evenings.  I guess it's a good
> thing we can't go back in time 'cause I'm not sure I'd come back.  I'm not
> sure whether I'd go back to Brooklyn or to Maxton, NC That's where my Mom is
> from and I loved it there too.  It's totally the opposite of Brooklyn--very
> small with lots of farms around.  OK--no more.  I'm making myself homesick.
> :-)
> Eleanor