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From: "Alice J. Gayley" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-Civil-War] Bates ' History of the Civil War
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:31:17 -0500
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I remember them vividly. My mom kept hers in a little change purse that I was allowed to play with. The tokens were my "money" when we played "store". Alice Takota Sally wrote: > Alice, > > Always wondered what the use of those little red and blue disks > we found in my parents things had been. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alice J. Gayley" <> > To: <> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:40 AM > Subject: Re: [PA-Civil-War] Bates ' History of the Civil War > > > >>Thank you, Lew. When I retired about 8 years ago, I decided >>to indulge myself in my life-long interest in the Civil War. >> Retirement gave me the time to finally read all of the >>books I'd been collecting through the years (most of which >>had never been touched except for the table of contents and >> index). I also had the time to visit most of the >>battlefields in the State of Virginia. (Richard used to >>accompany me on these trips, but he drew the line at Ely's >>Ford. His response to that was "That's it! You're on your >>own from hereon!" You might say that Ely's Ford was my >>Waterloo! <Grin>) >> >>My recollections of WWII are: the 1944 lead pennies; ration >>books and the red and blue tokens you received as change for >>when using the coupons; standing in ration lines at the >>grocery store while my Mom did the rest of the grocery >>shopping; blackout window blinds on cars; makinig fudge with >>Mom and my older brother while my Dad was out being an Air >>Raid Warden (he taught school, plus he was in late 30's, >>early 40's when the war broke out); getting time off from >>school to collect milk weed which was used to make silk for >>parachutes; the "Weekly War News" at the movie theaters; gas >>rationing (we had to move from our home to a rented house >>near my dad's school as he couldn't get the gas to drive 30 >>miles round trip, M-F); fighting with my brother for the >>honor of squeezing the pill of yellow food coloring into the >> white oleomargarine; our cow, Bessie; listening to >>President Roosevelt on the radio and how his death affected >>the adults in my life, etc. >> >>Most of all I remember V-J Day; we "went to town" where >>every bell in every church was ringing and almost all of the >>town's residents were on Main Street, laughing and enjoying >>the moment. But the landmark of that day for me was that it >>was the first time I was allowed to stay up as long as I >>wanted...I think I made it all the way to 10:30 p.m.! >> >>Alice >> >> wrote: >> >>>Hi Alice: Yes, I've heard the stories about being "over 18", and I know >> > some > >>>of the drummer boys entered the army at around 14 or15, and later became >>>regular soldiers. I don't imagine the reqruiters were concerned too muck >>>about "accuracy" either, as bad as they needed troops, and many of the >> > boys > >>>"joined up" with there older brothers, both Union & Confederate. It was >> > a > >>>terrible war, and the carnage was >>>worse, when we consider that Americans were fighting Americans.It's sad >> > that > >>>so many of our school-age youth, have little knowledge of the sacrafice, >> > and > >>>the history of this war, (I was a combat vet of WWII, and their >> > knowledge of > >>>that war is minimal). >>>I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your knowledgable >> > assistance > >>>to other >>>list members, on a regular basis. Lew in Co. >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> > records, go to: > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Coordinator, Clearfield County, PA, USGenWeb Project >>http://www.pa-roots.com/~clearfield/ Co-Coordinator, >>Armstrong County, PA, USGenWeb Project >>http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/ >>Co-Coordinator, Jefferson County, PA, USGenWeb Project >>http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/ >>Pennsylvania in the Civil War >>http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ >> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > -- Coordinator, Clearfield County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~clearfield/ Co-Coordinator, Armstrong County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/ Co-Coordinator, Jefferson County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/ Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/