What was rationing during WWII?
Mrs. Shaffer: You had to go to City Hall to get a rationing book. It was full of stamps. You were allowed maybe 5 lbs of sugar of month depending on how many people were in the family. Gas was rationed. You could have 5 gallons for a month if you were a worker. Also, tires. When I say rationing, that mean you had to have the stamp to get it. But you still had to have the money to pay for it besides. Sugar and butteryou didn’t get much! Where did you hang out? We hung out in the Soda Pop Caf. We had so much fun there. You didn’t hear any bad words said. We use to jitterbug and just stand around and talk. They had hamburgers and sodas. I think half the Somers Point kids learned to dance there in the Soda Pop. It was very small. I would say not as big as this room. What was it like when the men went to WWII? Mrs. Murray: My husband was in the war although I wasn’t married to him then. I didn’t know him then. He went to Germany and Japan. When he fought in Germany, he had a bomb explode ri
