Marge Anglin Gast ...continued

Wash day was something to behold. Can you imagine all the shirts, sheets,pants, socks ect.to be washed? It's good that baths were Sat. night. That may have cut down on towels. Can you think how many towels a family of ten would go through today? The sturdy Matag with the loud motor served G.G. very well and I am sure she thanked God for it. Not everyone had that luxury.It took all day to do the wash, hoping winds would dry it. The items to be ironed would be sprinkled, rolled and put in a large basket, to be ironed on Tuesday. People took pride in how the clothes were hung, making sure that items were sorted, hung in groups, ect. Blankets were washed later and rugs and so-called rags were last. At long last some of the soapy water was used to scrub the stone house.