When the P.D.* store was in its hey day in the late 40s-50s, there were railroad tracks right behind the store where rail cars would come in and deliver food, furniture, appliances, etc. The produce workers would unload the food, and kids would be there with little wagons/carts to take any veggies and fruit that they would not want and would be ready to dispose of. The kids would then fill up the carts and go door to door in the neighborhoods, selling cantoulopes, bananas, lettuce,etc. for maybe 5 or 10 cents. Surprisingly, stuff that was given to them was not that bad, and it was edible. * The P.D. store was a company store that Phelps Dodge had in town, along with the hospital and the store had everything you can think of; three floors of you name it. Families could go up to a window and have coupon books issued to buy anything they wanted; the amounts would be deducted from the workers paychecks.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:43:00 +0000
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