Rumble Seat

My mom's oldest brother, Lorne, was the first one to leave the farm to go into the city to work. He was also the first one to have a car in the family. It was a roadster with a rumble seat and he was just as proud as he could be to have earned the money to purchase that first car. He would come home on the weekends and the three youngest children in the family: my mom, the youngest girl; Uncle Bob, who was a little older than my mom, and Uncle Morgan, the baby in the family, couldn't wait to be taken for a ride. Only two could sit in the rumble seat so they would hurry to see who would get that special seat, or who had to sit in the front with uncle Lorne. He would drive them down to the corner store for a treat. He always had what they called
"coppers" to share with the kids. He would give each of them one so that they would have something for the offering at church on Sunday. (Coppers were large pennies.) I ld have something for the offering at church on Sunday. (Coppers were large pennies.) I have one of those coppers myself, which I've saved for a lot of years.