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To: Dale Baker who wrote (23242)	7/7/2006 5:06:01 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541536

I don't need to ask Suma. I know a lot of military families.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (23242)	7/7/2006 5:16:56 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541536

Some of the things that I can remember for now.. as I was not yet a teen ager. We made our own soap as one could not buy it... We never drove the car unless we had rationing coupons so Sunday outings were gone. We had a summer home that became a six acres garden where we raised vegetables for everyone we knew. Other parcels of land were proportioned off and people staked out their own garden and grew their crops. We got chickens and Dad built a chicken coop. They were free range in the summers. We sold or gave away eggs and ate the chickens on Sunday. WE collected tin cans (aluminum were not made yet ) and brought them to school for the war effort.. The movie stars came to town to see war bonds. Claudette Colbert and Bette Davis were two I remember... They would have a big rally in the square and bonds started at $ 18.00 and matured at $ 25.00 We had black shades and Dad belonged to the something squadron where they would watch for enemy planes. We fully thought Japan was going to bomb us. We had air raid drills at school. Everyone worked for the war effort.. Everyone crowded around the radio at night for the evening news to learn how our troops were doing. There was no TV.. or computer... no internet.. Patriotism was very high. It was like after 9/11 when everyone had a flag and we sang God Bless America and cried. Kate Smith sang it best.. When Butter came into a super market there was a stampede. Mother did all the baking as bread was scarce.... Rubber tires and everything that could be recycled was taken to the junk yard... That's all for now. Makes me nostalgic to remember some of these things as familes were closer and did more things together.