SEGMENT: FARMING DURING WWII & ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
Jack Sarff>UIS Collection S>UIS Collection S, Segment 6
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- FARMING DURING WWI
- Effects on farm. He was only six, so the only thing he remembers was a rowdy public celebration by men shouting that the war was over.
- FARMING DURING WWII
- Explains that prior to the start of the war, men had to register. He was married with three children and was a farmer, so he was excused from the draft. Later wages were so low he left to work in a factory in Alton. His former boss reported him & a federal agent investigated, but his factory made war materials. Talks about food and gasoline rationing and coupons. Hard to get enough sugar for canning.
- ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
- Asked about heating in one-room school at end of tape. Describes burning dry corn on the cob and coal. The stove had a metal jacket standing around it to prevent kids getting burned while it circulated the air.