4. What were some of your
playtime activities as a child?
A.
We played kick-the-can, hope-to-see-the-ghost-tonight, baseball in the alleys.
There was a park two blocks from home where we played more baseball. We climbed
the bluffs, followed the river, Monopoly and card games. There was no T.V.
There was radio, but it didn't take up your time the way T.V. does. In the
summer there was a lemonade stand. A man
came along and said, “You don’t have an NRA sign”. And we said “So?” So, we got shut down.
Mother wasn't happy. We were just kids for heaven’s sake. In the winter, we’d build
snow tunnels and forts, go ice skating and skiing. We did a lot of stuff
outside. Once the neighbor was listening to a prize fight – one with Jack
Dempsey – and all of the men were gathered around. All of us kids sat outside –
it was on the window sill – and listened.
"Sandbox" - Jean
"Davey Wisted and I on the turning poles my Dad built" - Jean
"Heading for the skating rink with Edna - she worked for mother and babysat me" - Jean
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