Marty--Plainview, Long Island

[Guest guest]

Marty--Plainview, eh? Sam and I moved into Levittown in 1949, with two

babies. Nothing but potato fields out that way before that. It was a

great adventure, and everyone was young and a veteran--we had to put $100

down on the house (donated by my parents) and we got it back at

settlement. The house cost 7990, and you had to make $60 a week--Sam's

first job of a week paid $62.80 a week--we were in clover. And we were not

supposed to hang clothes out on Sunday--that lasted a very short time, with

all the diapers in town. Anyway, good luck to you and your wife. Sam and

Lou Reynolds