Harry & Gladys: Ice Cream Treat

Harry & Gladys: Ice Cream Treat

I remember spending most weekend evenings at the Mitchell house.  After the evening meal Harry would offer all his guest ice cream.  Each week there was always a different flavor but the one I remember most frequently was what I called "striped (Neapolitan) ice cream."

The truth is that Harry really didn't eat all that much ice cream, Gladys would always have to eat whatever was left in the ice cream carton, so as not to let it go bad.  I am not sure how much she even liked ice cream, but I think living through the Great Depression, Gladys could never let anything go to waste....she saved every twist-tie, bread wrapper, margarine tub, etc.  Now as soon as the ice cream caton was finished, Harry would go to the grocery store and buy more ice cream!!!  When I think about this little cycle it makes me laugh!

I asked Dana to share some memories about Grandpa.

Dana's Memories

My favorite childhood memories occurred at Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell's house. When Jolene asked some of the cousins to share memories, it was hard to pick just one. So I picked two.

Grandpa Harry was a jokester, as has been mentioned before, and I remember a running joke about a giant lollipop that went on for months. However, it was a more tranquil memory that I love the most.

Grandpa always had to have an evening snack before bed and having lived through the Great Depression it wasn't fancy. He would have either bread (or crackers) torn up in a glass of milk with salt and pepper. Whenever I spent the night, I loved sitting next to him on his couch (Grandma and Grandpa each had their own couch) and having my own "Grandpa snack" with him.

Thanks everyone for reading this week.  One more painting left in this series.