We lived on the farm in Loomis, CA it was out of town about 5 miles so we didn't get there very much. Except to go to school and we had to walk 1/2 mile to catch the bus terrible if raining. I didn't start school till the end of the war but I remember they never talked about it at school. I guess they wanted us kids to be free from the war. My neighbor would gather up old batteries poor the acid out on the ground and brake the case open then take the copper and zinc to sell. I think if you went there today you could still find parts of those batteries. Mom would trade butter for sugar stamps they were very hard to get and she needed the sugar to can. We would spend a whole day with huge pans in the black berry patch picking them, at the end of the day mother would tell us to get some with red on them she needed these so they would jell. We were not rich by any chance grandfather farmed sold cream from his small dairy and fruit in the summer. He raised some hogs to sell at the auction in Roseville. Mother worked at the Air Base in Sacramento she was an Aircraft Mechanic building engines for the war effort. I got in trouble later on when I was in High school they didn't believe that mother was an aircraft mechanic. Life was real good out on the farm working and swimming in the American River. Mother was an excellent swimmer an made sure that all us kids could swim. Mother got in trouble when she bought a two piece swimming suit she looked very good in it but back then it was very risky to wear such things. I could write all day about this but I better save some for later. Walt
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