HURLEY HAD A FILLING STATION
By Mary Anderson-Boyd
Lena, Junior & Howard Anderson |
The station was owned by my Brother Howard Anderson. It was next door to the Old Mill that made our flour, out of the wheat, after it was thrashed. Dad took enough wheat, to make enough flour, to last us all winter. At home, we would grind the corn to make corn meal. Dad had a grinder run by a small motor out in the shop. He taught me how to work the machinery for when our neighbors would come to have corn ground, to make corn bread. We all loved corn bread and we had it every day sometimes twice. Sometimes we would grind what we called chopped corn for chicken feed that we fed our chickens and other animals with. My Brother enjoyed working at the filling station and had many customers due to the business at the mill. |
© Mary Anderson-Boyd 2003