My family was also the way your your family was. My father would never borrow money unless it was an emergency. All of the folks that lived in the Tennessee mountain communities of Ripshin Mountain and Roan Mountain were scared for life because of the poverty they endured during the Great Depression. My family did without things we should have had...my opinion. I was a East Tennessee mountain boy that was a lumberjack from age 14-18. I was forced to enlist in the U.S. Army just so I could get some rest from the hard work. I also was able to see a lot of the world and get a college education on the GI Bill. I was fortunate a uncle loaned me a battered old pre 64 M70 .270 with two old boxes of 130gr Winchester Ammo. I still had one and a half boxes of ammo when I went to Ft. Campbell, Ky for basic training. Dad sold the rifle for doctor bills for my mom and paid my uncle back for the rifle.
