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UNCLE BONDEE’S ADVENTURES
by Uncle Bondee
ruck Patch farming pays off
With summer
underway
the garden crops
were coming in.
The tomatoes
Uncle Bondee
were always ready
by the 4 th of July.
alton had planted a big field of
atermelons this year and they
ere getting ripe and ready to sell.
umpy said, “ Let’s peddle some
f the garden vegetables out of
the back of our pickup truck.” We
always were trying to come up
with ways to make a little spending
money. There was a problem.
We didn’t have a pickup truck.
Humpy said he would borrow his
Uncle Melvin’s 1950 Chevrolet
truck. A load of fresh produce
would sell quickly if we brought it
to Athens. The gang loaded the
truck early Saturday morning, and
we made our way to the square in
Athens. The truck was loaded with
tomatoes, corn, squash, and big
ipe watermelons. The town was
usy with people and we parked
the truck in front of the 5 & dime
store. This was one of the favorite
spots for people to visit and shop.
The kids liked the 5 and dime
store because of all of the different
kinds of candy they sold. The
first customer we had walked up
and said, “That’s some mighty
fine looking stuff yawl have there.
Where did yawl grow that stuff at
I answered, “Gourdsville on Shoal
Creek.” He replied, “That is some
of the best soil in the county.”
That black land will raise anything.
The gentleman said, “Give me a
half dozen of them tomatoes and
a couple of watermelons.” The
people started buying the vegetables
as fast as we could wait on
them. There was one man named
Chuck that tried to jew us down on
our prices. He must have been
short on money, and we gave him
a little discount. By noon the truck
was empty, and we had a pocket
full of money. I said, “Let’s go by
the Creme Delight on our way
home and get some ice cream.”
The square was a place everybody
came to on Saturday. There were
water fountains on every corner. I
guess shopping made people really
thirsty.
On our way back to the Gaston
Holler we stopped at Cross Key
and put some gas in Uncle
Melvin’s truck.
Gas was only 25 cents a gallon
back then. After eating a lunch of
souse meat and hoop cheese we
made our way home before dark.
After giving Uncle Melvin a cut of
our sale, he told us we could use
the truck any time we wanted to.
We made several trips to Athens
that summer and sold vegetables
until they ran out. Big city folks
were always wanting to buy things
we grew and made on the farm.
After the produce was gone we
sold several cans of molasses.
The money we made went a long
way in buying shoes and clothes
for starting back to school. Humpy
said, “If you are willing to sweat a
little, there is money to be made.”
That fall on Saturdays we sold
turnip greens. During the winter
months sugar cured hams and
oak firewood sold great. I guess
one might say a country boy could
survive.
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