"We didn’t have electricity until 1939. I was born in ’32, there was seven years we had no electric power. We did have a Delco unit, which was a battery powered unit that gave some light at night, but most people had oil lamps. Feed the chickens, feed the milk cow. We had our own milk from the milk cow up until we had refrigeration in about 1939 or ’40."
David Dickson, describing growing up on a farm, interviewed August 15, 2009

