SEGMENT: ROADS, APPLIANCES, & NON-FARM WORK
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 24
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- ROADS
- Mentions names of County Commissioners, oiling of county roads using grader & traction engine that belonged to Frank & Ira Baker (who used engine to pull threshing machine on their farm) & receiving tar at bottom of oil tankers for his hog house. Names Louie March as distributor of road oil & road-oiler. (addenda item #114, 115, see Aikman 10, Clip# 844)
- RECOLLECTIONS
- Bert corrects himself on dates. (addenda item #116, see Aikman 10, Clip# 844)
- APPLIANCES
- Discussion of coal-oil refrigerator & Bert having to get rid of it because of fumes. Replaced coal-oil-refrigerator with Frigidaire at advent of electrification. (addenda item #117, see Aikman 11, Clip#878)
- NON-FARM WORK
- Bert again mentions quitting the Bank board of directors. Mentions that the township treasurer controlled all the school's money. (addenda item #118, see Aikman 11, Clip#878)
