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COUSINS

saw dust mound beside the lumber mill in Rome. They would
stay frozen all summer in the saw dust mound.

Aunt Eleanor would make real lemonade. She’d fill a milk can
full of the very best lemonade you ever drank. Everyone
would bring a dish. Macaroni, potato salads, green salads,
hams, beef roasts, hot dogs, and deserts, cakes, pies, puddings
and jello molds with vegetables.

I never knew everyone that came to these picnics, but the one
lady I’d knocked down was there. She was a cousin and I got a
chance to apologize to her. I’ll never forget that, nor that I
might run into a cousin anywhere within 50 miles of
Potterville.

My summers in Potterville were always great fun, and I
enjoyed them during these years as well as all the time since. I
continue to return to visit with my cousin Patty. Robert now
owns their family farm.

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