A Man And An Act That Changed Our Lives
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August 11, 2011
Waitsburg resident Gary Hofer and a bronze statue of his great grandfather, Sen. George Norris, in McCook, Nebraska. Norris, whose efforts were instrumental in pushing through the Rural Electrification Act 75 years ago, was born 150 years ago himself.
WAITSBURG - She worked all day every day.
Chop the wood, haul it into the woodshed, split the rounds into useable chunks, haul it into the house, feed the stove for cooking or warmth, clean out the ashes, pump water from the well, haul it into the house, heat the water in buckets for washing or bathing, make candles or buy them, buy kerosene and lamp wicks if available, fill the lamps, trim the wicks, store the milk, cream, potatoes or apples in the cellar, smoke the meat, salt the pork, dry the fruit or can it, thimble and needle, washboard and clothesline, carpet beater and heavy iron, th...
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