Did YOU miss out on them?

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Ask an older relative or family member about what they knew about rural life prior to 1935, especially without electricity or a car.

How hard was it for people to complete daily chores without the following items that we take for granted today?:

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• Electricity for light, electric stoves, refrigerators,

• Indoor plumbing

• Electricity to pump water from a well

• Central heat

• Hot showers or baths

• Washing machines, clothes dryers, irons,

• Telephones, cellphones, computers

• Freezers, blenders

• Air Conditioning, flash lights

• Hair dryers, curling irons, electric razors

• Crock pots, Instapots, air fryers, coffee pots

• Automatic transmissions on cars

• Dependable tires for cars and trucks

• Chainsaws, weed whackers, lawn mowers

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Who took care of sick animals with no area vets? How would you contact a doctor in an emergency when you have no phone and only have an old wagon and a horse for transportation?

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It’s 11 P.M. in 1937 and you have a flat tire out in the middle of nowhere, no spare tire and no way of contacting someone. What do you do?

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Where did you buy your groceries, where did you buy your clothes, and needed household items? How do you get to town?