May 14, 1963
Tuesday, rainy and cloudy, windy, 50. Hard thunder showers and windy in afternoon. Kitchen window blew out. I started to clean the kitchen. LaVerne and Roberta here at night. Clifton went to union meeting.
Comment: There were only two windows in the kitchen, one facing north and the other south. I would think the southern window blew out which would be to the left in the following picture. This was as modern as the kitchen got, progressing from a wood-fueled cooking stove with a hot water reservoir and a hand pump in the kitchen sink for water. We also had a water pail in the sink with a dipper for drinking. The out house was through the brown door in the right of the picture. That door led to the wood house where we stored a lot of junk, usually with some split wood for the stoves. We used to shoot at woodchucks and deer through the north window on the right in the picture and I remember when shooting with the Savage 30-30, the shot would reverberate very loudly through the room......
Comment: There were only two windows in the kitchen, one facing north and the other south. I would think the southern window blew out which would be to the left in the following picture. This was as modern as the kitchen got, progressing from a wood-fueled cooking stove with a hot water reservoir and a hand pump in the kitchen sink for water. We also had a water pail in the sink with a dipper for drinking. The out house was through the brown door in the right of the picture. That door led to the wood house where we stored a lot of junk, usually with some split wood for the stoves. We used to shoot at woodchucks and deer through the north window on the right in the picture and I remember when shooting with the Savage 30-30, the shot would reverberate very loudly through the room......
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So many happy memories in the old kitchen! So many laughs while we (girls) washed the dishes! ( And the "men folk" were targeting shooting off the front porch!!!) It wasn't unusual to have 25 or so at the dinner table most week-ends!! A strong bond was formed with the adults as well as the kids and is evident whenever we are fortunate enough to get together.
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