Entertainment

With no television or computers in their lives, people had a remarkable sense of community involvement and had the ability to create entertainment for themselves and their neighbors. Our Aunt Helen and her husband, Willie Farrell, each winter welcomed friends and neighbors to their home for weekly card parties. The game was the traditional forty-fives, and the prizes were an assortment of canned goods from the local store. Each game cost fifteen or twenty cents, and two teams consisting of four players each competed. When one team won three out of four games, the losing four players were