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After a Meal Like This, You Don'T Need Dessert!
A Menu of Times Gone By
Introduction
Happy days are here again was President Roosevelts slogan in 1932 to quell the effects of the Great Depression. Meanwhile, half of western Oklahoma was blowing away in the Dust Bowl winds, resulting in hundreds moving west to find jobs.
Historical Context
A few years after that, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and we were at war with Japan and Germany. This is the setting on a small farm in northeastern Oklahoma in which a young boy with three older brothers and a younger sister must grow into adulthood.
Life on the Farm
It was a good but tough life. A father becoming an invalid with Mom becoming the breadwinner made it tougher. We were poor but we didnt know it was a common thought in later years. Everybody was in the same boat.
Closing
Let these storiessome amusing, some sadtake you back to those times in the last century.
