" Scrounging pop bottles for the 2 cent deposit. "
Yep ...We took a wagon around the neighborhood and collected not only bottles , but also newspapers . We also got up early during winter vacation and winter weekends to shovel snow ...Sold lemonade , of course ...Anything to bring in a little extra cash ...We sure as heck weren't lazy ...
My grandfather farmed tobacco, my great uncle had sheep and cattle, between hoeing, topping, cutting, and spearing tobacco and baling hay, I didn't have much time once I got old enough. I had two farms, about 20 acres of woods, and a river (tidewater) to play in. Hunting and fishing, too.
We may not have had a lot of money, and I only remember one new car--ever, but we had enough--and Dad saved enough to put two of us through college.
Dear God, but we had it good.