It was called the "National Recovery Act." This ad appeared in the Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser one month before I was born (September 29, 1933). In a former post, I mentioned that the Glover family was trapped in the throes of the Great Depression. At the time, a family of five had to really scrape to exist, unless a family was fortunate enough to have a job with the Bell Telephone Company, Public Service, or many other recession/depression proof organizations. My father operated a freight hauling company known as "Gill's Express." His clientele was made up of the many potteries which proliferated in the Trenton of yesteryear. One by one, companies who owed him money defaulted on their debts. Each week brought a new financial loss to Gill's Express. Bottom line: "Pop couldn't pay his mounting bills and when the telephone company disconnected him, his business became still another victim of what has become known as"The Great Depression".
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: tglover320@optimum.net
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
1933:FDR'S "NRA" STIMULUS PACKAGE
It was called the "National Recovery Act." This ad appeared in the Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser one month before I was born (September 29, 1933). In a former post, I mentioned that the Glover family was trapped in the throes of the Great Depression. At the time, a family of five had to really scrape to exist, unless a family was fortunate enough to have a job with the Bell Telephone Company, Public Service, or many other recession/depression proof organizations. My father operated a freight hauling company known as "Gill's Express." His clientele was made up of the many potteries which proliferated in the Trenton of yesteryear. One by one, companies who owed him money defaulted on their debts. Each week brought a new financial loss to Gill's Express. Bottom line: "Pop couldn't pay his mounting bills and when the telephone company disconnected him, his business became still another victim of what has become known as"The Great Depression".
Hi Tom: I recall so many things from those days. Lampert's Dairy delivered milk for a whole year without getting paid. They were one of the first Pop paid when he went back to work. My mother made her own bread, I used my wagon to cart them to Soccey's Bakery, they charged 5 cents a loaf to bake. One loaf lasted all week, big Italian loafs with thick crust. My Ma made soup from everything that grew in the garden. I ate tomato sandwiches till they were coming out of my ears. But we made the best of it.
ReplyDeleteWe were cut from the same cloth, Ralph! We didn't have sliced bread until the mid 40's Mom said the unsliced bread would last longer. Our next door neighbors were the Arenas. Mom Glover and Arena bartered. Mom Arena would hand a pot of pasta over the back fence and mom would give her 2 chickens or eggs, or corn or tomatoes from our garden. We also managed. A typical dinner would be two slices of bread topped with stewed tomatoes. Desert? A slice of bread with a coating of Mickey Jelke's oleomargarine, with sugar sprinkled on top. No cereal....bread toasted with a fork over our kitchen stove, broken into croutons and served with milk and a bit of sugar for breakfast. I could write a book.....so could you!
ReplyDeleteTom Glover