Tuesday, October 13, 1936
- Jill Johnson Tewsley
- Oct 13, 2020
- 1 min read
A CHILLY DAY CALLS FOR A FIRE IN THE FURNACE
Very chilly cold gloomy.
Wind from N.E. - Fire in
furnace to-day first this fall.
Henry went to G.R. Vera Watts
went along to spend the day
with her sister.
I mended all day.
It was October 13 in 1936 before the Johnsons needed to use their furnace for the first time. In 2020, I had to turn on my furnace to take the chill off much earlier in the month,
I am assuming that Edna and Henry may have had an oil burning furnace simply because I recall reading in another journal entry about oil heat in the basement.
I would love some heating and cooling experts to chime in. What were heating systems like in the 1930s? The picture shows a coal burning furnace in circa 1930.
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