"When the stock market went down to nothing there was people jumping out of two-story, three-story buildings in New York. That's what we heard anyway. Just jumping out! That was probably quite a bit of a shock. I was quite young at that time, but I still remember the Crash. I think probably word of mouth as much as reading it. Everything went to pieces, just right now! That's the way I remember it anyway. We just didn't have no money. It was, we were just living off of the chickens and cows was what we was doing."
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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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