Rural Customs and Values Circa 1960

America's modernization and change in my lifetime has been breathtaking.  Rural America, in the mid 20th century, was very different than today.  The social structure was strong and the values were engrained or applied with a switch!  The communities kept watch on each other and social norms were expected to be followed.  "At any time everybody knew where I was," stated my guest, Gene Millard.  How was that possible with a black phone that hung on the wall? Gene's family and mine paralleled each other in how we behaved in our homes, schools and churches.  We talk about life and death in a time that many say was much more accountable and moral than today.