[or-roots] Dr Irvine and Lebanon History & Dr. Ralph E. Herron

[Harguess, Dale]

I think she was telling the truth too, but my cousin is so stubborn and
she doesn't remember how different things were even back in the 50s.  I
lived in a small town and we didn't have supermarkets.  A store was just
a small room that had a counter that a man stood behind and the shelves
with the food on them were also behind the counter.  You would hand him
a list and he would pull your groceries and you either paid with money
or he would write it down in a book and bill you later.  She doesn't
believe me, but I remember going to that store for my mom to get a loaf
of bread many many times.

Dale

P.S.  That was about 1944 in Los Angeles, which was a fair sized town
then.

 

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Dear Dale,

If your grandmother said she gave birth in a store, I would be inclined
to believe her.  You never know when the childbirth is coming, and it
may have come to quickly for her to even be able to get to
doctor/hospital/home which ever place they delivered back then.  My dad
was born at home on a farm in Friend Oregon in 1920.
With my situation, however, they took their beloved time getting here,
even at the hospital.  

Sincerely

Karla Williams



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