"In '37, '38 or '39, the lights went by our place, electric farm lights. And they wanted to know if I'd take the lights. I said, 'I can't pay that bill.' It was only $3.50 or $4.00 a month, whatever it was, the minimum. I said I [couldn't]. And telephone, we had no telephone. That was only $18 a year, $1.50 a month. We couldn't pay for that. We never had no telephone."
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LeRoy Hankel was raised on a farm and spoke German in the home. He only learned English after he went to school. He started farming for himself in 1937 renting ground for years until he could buy his own land in 1948. That was also the first year they had indoor plumbing. He and his wife Blondina had five children. Later, LeRoy served as an assessor for York county for 13 years. LeRoy passed on in 2005.
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