Grocery's

One time Mom and Dad went off on a deer hunt which included Uncle Kay and Aunt Helen. When it was time to go home a big storm came that caused a big rain for a day or two. In attempting to leave camp, the dry washes were now full of rushing flood waters. They could not get out.

When our parents did not show up as expected we children were very worried, probably not so concerned for their safety but we had run out of food.

I called the nearest store I knew Mom and Dad shopped at, The Market Basket near the Temple. I gave them a food order and asked them to deliver it and charge it to my folks. I explained my folks were out of town. To my relief they actually delivered the order. From that day forward I never feared  running out of food when left in charge.

Living out where we were quite often we had no transportation while Daddy was at work. Mom was happy when Jim's Mobil Market began coming our directions. Jim Andrews had a big truck set up as a small grocery store and made the rounds all over town. We could hear his long loud honk as he came near our house sitting out there alone form everyone.

Jim would let us kids trade our soda pop bottles in for 3 cents each and patiently wait for us to select our penny candies. He would let Mom charge up a small amount, knowing it would be paid as soon as Dad got back to town with a pay check.