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Mrs. Oscar Leppin appreciates the refrigerator the family purchased in 1941 after the Rural Electrification Administration made such conveniences possible by stringing the wires in rural areas around Weimar in Colorado County. The Leppins purchased their ninety-acre farm in 1928 and made many improvements over the next quarter century. The entire family was involved in 4-H and Demonstration activities. During the decade the refrigerator had been in the kitchen of the Leppin home, it helped preserve the quality of much food.
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Mrs. D. H. Roland of Rural Route 6 outside Beaumont in Orange County brings a cured ham out of her log smokehouse. The Rolands butchered and cured sufficient meat and made enough lard for cooking to last a year. This was done as part of their goal of becoming self-sufficient. Before electricity was available in rural Texas, smoking was one good method of preserving meat. Salt curing, storing in a brine solution, and canning were the other methods used most often.
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