Photo: 1931 International truck similar to “Old Man” Conroy’s

In the 1940s, during the Second World War, we kids had no trouble earning a few pennies. We could buy necessities like baseball cards packed with a flat three inch square piece of tasty bubble gum, a coconut jaw-breaker, or a pack of seven Turret cigarettes for a dime. We had to be careful where we smoked them and that Mom or Dad didn't find them.