February 13, 1963 The Frances Hubbard Diaries

February 13, 1963
Wed. 15 Cold Windy, Clifton and David worked on divider, went to Middleburg after lumber etc. I finished ironing.  Had 2 letters from Dougie with his address. I wrote to him. Clifton about sick with a bad tooth.

Comment:  Rural Free Delivery or RFD 2, was the name of our postal route for the hill.  The US Postal Service was really a great thing for the remote areas of the country.  We always looked forward the the mail coming and especially if we had ordered something from the Montgomery Ward or Sears and Roebuck catalogs.   I remember ordering "Roebuck" blue jeans for $2.98 a pair and various shirts for a couple of bucks. I always anxiously awaited the mail and checked it every day.  I still do it today and my family thinks I'm kinda weird about the mail.
 Baby chickens were also delivered through the mail and I can still remember the very unique smell of the chickens and the bedding when the box arrived.  The picture above shows the chick box at the post office, but our's came with the regular mail.  Letters were just about the only way that families kept in touch during the sixties and were looked forward to very intensely on the part of the family and service member.