SEGMENT: WOMEN'S WORK, FOOD & MEALS, & CHILDHOOD WORK
Winfred Mills>UIS Collection K-M>UIS Collection K-M, Segment 13
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- FAMILY
- Seven children in family. "I had a rough go. I had six sisters." Winfred born in 1898. Gives names of sisters.
- CHILDHOOD WORK
- "When they said to do it, we done it." If you did not do the work you got a whipping. "My mother like to beat me to death." Story about sister working in garden & Winfred was supposed to pick up onions that had dried, but he did not.
- WOMEN'S WORK
- Mother sold onions, eggs, butter, chickens, & many other vegetables in Springfield. "She was a regular peddler." Took horse-drawn wagon with produce to Springfield with sister. Mother & sister married 2 brothers & mother's sister died in railroad accident. Did shopping at Dockum & Dawson on North Grand Ave. in Springfield, IL where Noonan's Hardware store was located.
- FOOD & MEALS
- Foods kept in cellar. Mother did a lot of canning. In fall buried barrels of vegetables (cabbage) in ground to store. Had many berry patches & orchards. States fruit business is real business now requiring spraying to fight insects that were not a problem in past. Most of food eaten was grown on farm. Only bought sugar, coffee, & flour. Ate ham, beef, poultry.
