In 1947, when I was the age of eight, electricity was made available. No more kerosene lamps! It was very difficult to read at night, even if the lamp was on the same table. I don’t know when we got it, but we always had a telephone. It was a party line that the members maintained. It had a hand crank phone in the home. About eight other families were on our party line. It tied into the Operator. One long crank of about 3 seconds notified the Operator for assistance. When used, the telephone unit had a battery for power. The ...