[or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago

[DanM]

1953  I tied 2 gunny sacks across the fender on the back of my bike, went
from Medford to Central point and about collecting bottles, they paid for
new shoes and another better bike. $ 10 was a lot of bottles at 1 cent each.
   Did the same later when we lived in Ririe Idaho. I bought some engineer
boots I think the deposit was 2 cents by then. My dad worked on a Mormon
farm, then we moved to Brooks Wyo as farm worker, and on to Yellowstone park
where he got a job with the YP Co.
    Genealogy and what they did were things I am trying to learn now so I
can try to find out what my people did .

Dan M
www.wvi.com/~wb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Houk" <cchouk at cox.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Huh? 60 years ago


> Les and the list:
>
> No and yes.
>
> As I start my 66th year of life (in not very good health [3 liters per
minute of oxegyn 24/7]), why
> not talk about things that might not be known by some of the younger
folks?
>
> There has always been a refund price on beer and soda bottles (cans came
later).
>
> I'm tired; goodnight,
>
> Cecil