SC - Re: Pennsic Milk

[Bonne of Traquair]

During WWII, when my mom was little, her dad worked for Southern RR.   They 
and another couple of RR families lived in RR owned houses just outside of 
town. The dad's hopped a train to get into town for work each day.  Early 
each morning, the milk train coming in from the country would slow enough 
for the men to board, and to drop off one of those big metal milk cans full 
of milk fresh from the farm.  The mom's would come out and divvy the milk 
and cream up for breakfast and to fill iceboxes.  The can containing the 
extra would be stood in the creek to remain cold until later in the day when 
they'd divide it.

Now, that's fresh milk!

Bonne
(Grandpa's job was making sure the RR drawbridge over the St. John's river 
in Jacksonville, FL worked so that military trains wouldn't be delayed. If 
it stuck, he had to climb out and unstick it, and then make sure that 
particular sticking problem didn't happen again.  This job was important 
enough to exempt him from military duty.)
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