Reader comments: Bounty of Depression: Poverty, sharing were 'way of life' for widow's family
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Brook | 8:51 p.m. May 4, 2008
Maybe excess does get in the way of true community spirit. Maybe a recession would have some positive outcomes. I think this lady's story is worth being retold.
Anonymous | 10:37 p.m. May 4, 2008
I liked this story, and it's great that she was telling young people some living history. It is nice that people shared and took in the babies and that people got by. There is something in many of us that believes in some of these great traditions, such as: gardens, fruit trees, using and taking care of what we have, quilts out of scraps, using soup bones etc.
becky | 10:45 p.m. May 4, 2008
It was a good story that everyone could learn from. It showed community spirit in the face of hard times, and compassion for others. I wish there was more of that in our times, and that we were as resourceful as they were, reusing the things that we have and not being wasteful.
Thanks for the story.
Thanks for the story.
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Rich | 12:04 a.m. May 5, 2008
My parents and grandparents survived the depression and taught us to be thrifty, to save our money, to avoid debt, to make do with less, to value people over things, to be happy with what we had, to provide service to the poor and unfortunate, and to prepare ourselves for future difficult times. Sadly, despite admonishments from our leaders, parents and grandparents, many of us are forgetting these important lessons. Let us all pledge anew to remember and live by these hard-earned lessons.
Clyde H, Fendley Sr. | 2:22 p.m. May 5, 2008
My parents and grandparents also survived the depression. I was born in 1930 and we lived on a small farm, We had chickens and a milk cow. We always had food from these sorces. We had no electricity or telephone and had a pot bellied stove to heat the house. We had a propane stove and kerosine lamps to light the house at night. We had a outhouse out back. Those were the "good old days".
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