Darn! Back to the old washer stick!
Funny, how those old memories come up ! It was about 2 months ago, when I handed my wife's washer stick off to my granddaughter.
That stick was well worn, and bleached near white. Although my wife was of the automatic washer age, her Mom would use nothing but a wringer washer, and my wife as a teenager did much of their family's washing.
...And she clung to the same practice...even going to the little Hoover washer, when wringer models were no longer available...before finally surrendering to the automatics. I remember her using that stick to periodically check the cleaning progress on the clothing.
That same stick was used by my wife's mother and grandmother, and since her grandmother came from Amish stock...I don't know if it goes back any farther !
...But in giving it to my granddaughter..it has come through
4 generations, that I am sure of !
