Written by Aunt Joanne as told by Grammy. August 2011.
“Here is last Wednesday's update with Margie. We enjoyed a nice visit on the front porch keeping the neighbors under our watchful eyes. I asked Margie about what it was like during the summer when she was a child staying at the farm. She says she remembers one evening her father came back from Williamsport with something new. A big oil lamp for the kitchen. He mounted it on the kitchen ceiling just above the table. He could reach up and pull it down to put oil in it and light it. It was so bright everyone was amazed! That evening at dinner a car pulled and some people came to the door. They wondered if they had gotten electrity! and they wanted to see it. Grampy Logue told them that no, they didn't get electricity but did get a brand new oil lamp. Margie also told me that her mom and dad let the girls have an oil lamp to take up to their bedroom at night. It was stressed very strongly that they walk very carefully up the stairs and that they remember to turn the wick down and blow out the flame before they went to bed.
"My father loved to make a fuss over his girls and wanted us to have what ever we needed to be comfortable" Margie said. And she said her dad loved being a father. As Margie and I were talking we each had a piece of cheese cake, yum. Margie cut two more pieces, one for her and one for Norma Lee to have later after supper. The rest was packed up and sent home to Bob.”
