MEALTIME
In the 50s and 60s, families would sit down together for meals, especially the dinner meal. Mother would always send us to school with a hot breakfast, and for lunch, she would pack me a bologna sandwich, coke in a thermos and most likely a couple of Oreos. I carried this lunch in a metal lunchbox, featuring the comical characters of the Flinestones. Friday nights were special while Bryan played high school football.
Mother would make hamburgers before the game, and I often would invite a friend to come eat and go to the game with me. For lunch on Saturday, Daddy came home to eat with the family. I remember most often having a big pot of red beans and cornbread, and then he would be off to work for the rest of the day. Daddy worked 6 days a week as the owner/publisher of the Vernon Daily Record local newspaper. Sundays were his day of rest, after a quick trip to the Record office to make sure the Sunday paper had been run and on the delivery routes. We always had a special meal together after church, as stated above.
