NOVEMBER 13 1965
SUSSEX COUNTY OF
CONSTANCE BROWN
Hurricane Hazel and a
run on old timers coal-oil lanterns
Sussex Countians were
still talking about Hurricane Hazel and the blackout .
There was a run on oil
lamps and lanterns , dug out of forgotten store stock
and
half forgotten places ,
to be sure they were still working, “ just in case.”
There had been
household ingenuity used during the Hazel blackout, many
meals were cooked in the
fireplace and therapeutic value added to those who had
forgotten how life has
advanced.
The Hurricane Hazel
blackout brought an interesting experience to the household
of Constance Brown. In
1954 when they moved into a house they found a huge
wood and coal stove
occupying space in the kitchen and tried to get rid of it which
was
not going well, so, the
Browns decided not to sell the stove and it still sits ,
monstrous
and ugly, in te kitchen..
Yes. We use it, burn trash, takes the chill off on a cool morning
,
but primarily as insurance
for heating and cooking in emergency.
This abstract, September
11, 2018 by Harrison H, of an article of Constance Brown's
Column in the Saturday,,
November 13, 1965 Wilmington Morning News.
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