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You only got one pair of shoes a year

She went to town, bought me a pair of shoes for two dollars and nineteen cents, and that was . . . you know, you only got one pair a year.

The mill here is running good. Still it’s hard to get a job as so many are still out of work. I will close by promising to write more often.

Reminiscences of the Cloverdale, GA community by Brody Hawkins, who was born there in 1927 (d. 1998) and lived there all his life.

I know the grocery business and I know the meat business from top to bottom. I do all the buying for the meat counter and cut it and weigh it.

My brother & sister, if we could get all our jobs done, why, Mother’d let us listen to “The Midday Merry-Go-Round” which was a comedy show.

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