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Angela Varesano
7/21/72
Frank Zahay

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Speakeasies were private homes[?] used as saloons. Many made
moonshine. People heard talk that they existed. You
located them by talkin' to friends. Fellows who did go
would brag about it, especially if they "got a good skin full",
got drunk.
Mr. Sherman, as a sideline, was a barber. He used to
charge 25 cents for a haircut and give a shot of whiskey along
with it. This was during the 1920's. He lived on Back Street
across from Mrs. Timko. He made moonshine. In Freeland
there were licensed saloons.

There was a Game Club, as he heard it referred to. They
hunted and stocked birds and rabbits. They bought dogs for
hunting use by the club members. He never heard of any other
club in Eckley. He never belonged to this club either.
Therefore, his knowledge of clubs and their use in Eckley
is not too great.

The Society was like a Greek Catholic Union. It was an
insurance organization. It covered children until sixteen
(he remembers sixteen as most probable), and then they
were transferred to the men's group. His parents paid for
him maybe 15 cents a month. The benefit at death was about $100.
He doesn't remember the adult fee. He always belonged to it,
besides regular insurance, until he was paid up. Now he's
a member. It pays benefits, last one $4 or 6, after you are
paid up. You get dividents every few months.

Union meetings were held in the basement of the Episcopal
church. Frank thinks the union had to pay a couple of bucks
for use of the space. This was in the 1920's.

His family never kept a written budget, "just bought what we
needed." His family didn't keep one, nor did any family he
knew of. When he started work, he turned over his check to
his mother for rthe family use. When he was fourteen, she gave
him $3 or 4, but he never indulged. Neither did his brother
Steve indulge. His older brother did "like his booze," however.

Henry Jayne, who was a boss, must have had a budget. He
took care of the money. There were only four in his family.
He talked about this to the miners. He figured everybody
should do it this way too, should write out a budget.