Posted by Dave Sherburne, NY on August 30, 2016 at 19:41:08 from (172.76.231.96):
In Reply to: Why I LOVE small towns posted by Steve in VA on August 30, 2016 at 16:45:10:
Here's one from the early 40s before I was born
Adjacent to the residences that have no plumbing, and usually located from ten to five hundred feet in the rear thereof, always is a small building known by various and assorted time honored names which are as euphonious as bath-room, lavatory or latrine. Such a structure located on the premises occupied by Henry Wilcox at Jonesville, the southern suburb of this village and near the Shell gas station, became on fire Friday morning Sept 1, to which the Fire Department made a rapid response as the first information was that it was the gas station. Such it was, but not the "Shell" As the damage was mostly confined to the roof, the usefulness of the edifice was unimpaired, except during a rain storm. Had the blaze continued til the heat reached the heart of the structure, the odor might have very distantly approached that emanating from the nearby Rendering Works. The blaze may have had its origin in some of the recent visitors smoking in self defense. All occupants escaped safely.
My father's, I think the editor had a sense of humor.
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