Bean Boots

He knew this package was worth the wait.

James W. Pendleton

Lewis pulled the old Chevy van up to our house after school, and my brothers and I got out. My feet were wet as they often were that fall, but it was with excitement and anticipation that I went running into the house. “Did my boots come today, Mom?” It was late in the fall of 1943. The war had been going on for nearly two years. I was nearly 12. Footwear was rationed and very difficult to get, particularly rubber boots of any kind. On dry days, I wore my shoes and on wet days a pair of rubber pacs that a neighbor had given to me. They were hand-me-downs from one of his sons who was considerably older than I was. The boots were at least two sizes…

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Good Old Days (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2024

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