Seldom did we see planes or cars. Growing up we lived closer to the train tracks than we did on Pleasant Drive. So we were familiar with trains. You would know they were coming long before they got to the Depot, which was maybe a block away from us. They ran on coal, which was in cars the train was pulling. They would put some out near the school which it was used in the heaters. Some of the homes also used it in their heaters. It lasted longer than wood and probably cost more. Some of the trains were troop trains. They carried soldiers from place to place, also passenger trains. Grandma, Moner, and I went to Vidalia on one. I had to have a tooth pulled. We left early one morning had to wait all day until the train went to Americus Georgia and back. It ran from Savannah to Americus. East to west in the morning, and west to east in the afternoon. If it hadn't have been for having a tooth pulled the trip would have been more enjoyable.
The air was cleaner then. I remember the honeysuckles, morning glories, and different wildflowers. Occasionally when the wind came from the east, you could smell Union Camp (was called Union Bag back then, and now International Paper) and didn't smell so good. When the daffodills started blooming we knew it would soon be barefoot time. Something we looked forward to, and blackberry picking. We enjoyed that, we would eat, and pick. They made jelly, pudding, cobbler, and other things from the berries if we had enoughsugar. After the war things were better.
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