WE JUST CELEBRATED THE BEGINNING OF GAS RATIONING IN 1942.  I WONDER HOW PEOPLE TODAY COULD ACCEPT GAS RATIONING.  AS I RECALL, I HAD A "B" CARD THAT ALLOWED ME FOUR GALLONS PER WEEK.  SOME MADE DO WIH AN "A" CARD THAT GAVE THEM THREE GALLONS PER WEEK.  THEN THERE WERE "C" CARDS  AND "T" CARDS FOR FARM TRACTORS.  

AT 35 MPH (THE NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT), FOLKS DID NOT WANDER FAR FROM HOME.  IT CUT DOWN ON DRIVING THE "SLOT" FROM THE DEPOT TO KOLLEN PARK ON SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER CHURCH.  TIRES HAD TO BE INSPECTED.  "BOOTS" AND FULL LINERS WERE POPULAR TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF TIRES. A NEW TIRE REQUIRED A LOT OF GOVERNMENT RED TAPE.  

I HAD BOUGHT 50 GALLONS OF GAS IN A BARREL TO EXTEND MY TRAVELS, BUT I WAS DRAFTED BEFORE I COUL USE IT, SO MY FATHER BENEFITED .  

MEMORIES OF THE PAST.