When Electricity
Came to our Quaint Little World
In South Eastern Kentucky Electricity was
slow, getting to the little nook of it, we lived in.
Some folks in our
county got Electricity as early as 1939, but for us it didn’t arrive until a
few years later.
I can still remember
what an exciting day it was, to finally see the work crews with their trucks
carrying utility poles and wiring into our location.
It was a day that
was going to change our part of the world for ever.
Day by day the
workers erected the poles and string wiring thru the community until they come
to our home.
Uncle Elvin Weaver had previously wired our
home in anticipation of its arrival, but it would be a few days before the
designated route of wiring was completed, and we would finally get our first
Electricity.
When the first
flicker of light came from the bulbs, I immediately knew the kerosene lamp, was
now extinct and life was going to be much different and a lot better soon.
In the days to
follow mother was blessed to get an electric Iron…Ringer type
washer…refrigerator… and dad got his first radio…you talk about moving up to
the good times.
We came from the
Dark Age to the light age over night.
What a blessing
Electricity has brought to our lives.
Electricity is something we take for granted
today.
But I can still
remember living without it, as strange as that may seem.
A GLIMPSE OF
YESTERDAY---- Coleman Schell
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